I've been playing FF8, and have played all the American versions
of Final Fantasy since they've come out.

Squaresoft builds upon very simple spell principles, perhaps too
simple, but they make sense and they work well.

I would like to see a high level song called:

Solon's Song of Silence
Effect: NON-PARTY: Silence.

PBAE, fixed radius, 2 tick negate casting.
NPC has one chance to resist intial and to break free each tick
thereafter. Lute for enhanced effects. Save versus Magic.

Harmonic.