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The YouTube channel Game Score Fanfare has a great video on this exact song if you want to dive a little deeper.ĭuring the scene, Zidane staggers through a series of battles, and in each battle, different party members come to his aid, despite Zidane’s best efforts to push them away. Yet for as somber as it is, there’s a certain playfulness underneath as well, making it the perfect encapsulation of the game at large. It’s a somber melody that focuses on a distorted guitar, different from anything else found in Final Fantasy IX’s music. At this point, it’s important to point out the song “You’re Not Alone,” a phenomenal track composed by Nobuo Uematsu that plays in only this scene, and can’t be found anywhere else in the game. Square EnixĪs Zidane grapples with his very existence he pushes his friends away and treats them like garbage, something wildly uncharacteristic of his character. Zidane had a quip or a comeback for everything.Įvery party member plays a role in bringing Zidane back from the brink. That’s what makes one of the revelations near the end of the game so heartbreaking when Zidane finds out he’s essentially a synthetic being created to be an “Angel of Death.” Zidane’s entire life and purpose for being are shattered, leaving him a husk of a person. You see Zidane’s personality start to chip away at everyone’s shells, and from the very first minute, it’s clear Zidane has an extremely strong sense of self. Still, the valiant thief leaves a lasting impression on the rest of the party, even the stickler knight Steiner who is a stickler for rules. Zidane doesn’t think twice before jumping in to help people, something that even gets him into trouble multiple times. If you let the main menu of Final Fantasy IX sit for a bit, it plays a sequence of quotes for each character, with Zidane’s being “you don’t need a reason to help people.” That's how the character approaches everything throughout the narrative. Everything the game has done comes to a head in one special moment that any fan will know as the “You’re Not Alone” scene, corresponding to the name of the song that plays. A huge part of each character’s personal growth is support and guidance from the game’s main character, Zidane. Final Fantasy IX, in particular, goes to great lengths in order to flesh out each of its party members and make each have its own narrative arc. Final Fantasy has always been a character-focused series, building out memorable ensemble casts with each entry.