If you've ever caught yourself jamming out to a Latin-filled song in a Final Fantasy game, or any other game in which Nobuo Uematsu was credited as a composer, you might've been wondering just what the heck the singers are saying so elegantly, yet powerfully.
If, on the other hand, you're scratching your head reading that sentence, I'll fill you in. Uematsu has a history of adding Latin words into his music; one particularly well-known example is the Sephiroth boss fight in Final Fantasy 7 and the 2020 remake. The battle is set to the song 'One Winged Angel' and prominently features Latin lyrics, and according to Uematsu himself, that's because he wanted to be fair to both English-speaking and Japanese-speaking players.
