{"id":779,"date":"2010-12-20T22:35:26","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T22:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=779"},"modified":"2010-12-20T22:35:26","modified_gmt":"2010-12-20T22:35:26","slug":"musical-scores-in-latin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/musical-scores-in-latin\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Scores in Latin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nobuo Uematsu is a video game music composer. He\u2019s best known for his music in the Final Fantasy games. His native language is Japanese, but he\u2019s produced many scores in Latin. One of his masterpieces is called \u201cLiberi Fatali\u201d :<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Liberi Fatali&quot; Lyrics Translated to English\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F7Ng07R_HIM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It just goes to show that Latin is not quite dead. It\u2019s still being used in popular culture. One of the reasons for why Latin is the preferred language by composers is because Latin gives the impression that the song is an elite composition. Perhaps that\u2019s why classical music is often littered with Latin phrases and songs. Nobuo Uematsu\u2019s other masterpiece is called \u201cOne Winged Angel\u201d. Despite the use of electric guitar in the song, the Latin lyrics give the song a sense that this is still a serious and high level piece of work :<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One Winged Angel Translation\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y_U_LERYaOM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, this is another piece by Nobuo Uematsu called \u201cThe Promised Land \u201c<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Promised Land Translation\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2D8isFaQ2PM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobuo Uematsu is a video game music composer. 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