The words Giygyas speaks during the fight with him at the end of Earthbound have a very disturbing source.....
The movie Jacob's Ladder is seen by many to be one of the major influences on Silent Hill, including the change to a 'decaying' world, human-like monsters, and the disturbing rapid head shake.
(Spoilers) In Final Fantasy IX, the plight of the world Terra, the desperate means the Terrans take to survive using advanced technology, and the parasitisation of Gaia echo the basic plot of the Doctor Who story The Tenth Planet.
Mark Wing-Davey, the voice of Judge Ghis in Final Fantasy XII, is also famous for playing the role of Zaphod Beeblebrox from the radio and TV versions of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, while Simon Templeman, the voice of Judge Zargabaath, is of course best known as Kain from the Legacy of Kain games.
Force Your Way, the boss battle music for Final Fantasy VIII, has elements from Bach's Fugue in D Minor, while the opening sequences of One Winged Angel from Final Fantasy VII were admitted by Nobuo Uematsu to be more or less an orchestrated version of the opening of Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze.
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