Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today I’m going to gush about just how amazing Final Fantasy VII Remake’s music is, and specifically a few of its new tracks that weren’t in the original. Advertisement It took me a while to get into Final Fantasy VII Remake (YouTube / longplay / VGMdb), and even longer to come around to its complex arrangements of the original’s often stunningly simple and deeply affective PlayStation tracks. But eventually both won me over. The music, like the game, is layered like sheets of sedimentary rock that take years of history and put it neatly on display for you to appreciate, analyze, and digest in the present. Here’s the new version of “Shining Beacon of Civilization” which first plays when Jessie explains the layout of Midgar to Cloud following the game’s opening bombing mission: