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3:55 gives me actual chills at this part

Thanks for having me as a vocalist! Was so fun to track vocals for this and to work w u :)

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for participating on the album! It was a pleasure to mix this track, haha.

Sorry, I can't stand the main singer. I feel no emotion, a complete disconnect of lyric and feel. Her technics are bad, it's almost out of tune. The choir is awesome,the instrumental is awesome, I just don't understand the direction choice for this weird main vocal technics. Weak voice choice. Also, super out of place this song was in the MSQ.

Hearing this while building a bomb In preparation to lay siege to a kingdom will always stick out as a final fantasy thing to me now lol

I'm looking to arrange this track and as someone with minimal music theory background, this video is super helpful!!

While it does fit the expansion and i do kinda enjoy it- it just is so off-putting lol. Its so fucking cheesy and im saying that as a dawntrail/wuk lamat lover

This needs to have more views. Commenting for algorithm!

I think this perfectly encapsulates dawntrails theme of dont linger on those who are gone and instead appreciate those who are still there

This song sucks until 3:55 then is a literal bop for the next minute, falls off again until 5:45 where it finishes REALLY strong.

Bad song, terrible writing, horrible characters, dogshit expansion.

We need this version without vocals.

I like this song but it feels out of place ingame ngl lmao.

trash weeb woke black garbo in my mmo

Someone’s gonna make a version of this with the xiv community singing the chorus and I’m gonna absolutely bawl.

In terms of the sound, Stormblood is my favorite. They are just so catchy to me. In terms of iconic, I'd say the Shadowbringers quest complete and the EW ones. (I never understood the SHB accept so don't really have an opinion on it, the motif comparison is cool though!) In terms of my all time favorite, Heavensward. SHB and EW will be all time greats of the game, but HW was my first love of this game and I distinctly remember these sounds playing as the story gets real and I got invested into the story. The Dragonsong War is just as amazing as the rest of the story.

I find stuff like this so fascinating!

THIS IS REAL? THE SINGING IS REAL? THEY REALLY RELEASED THIS? I had to check other videos...oh my god...

I came here to listen to it again and agree if it is indeed "Black Gospel" music and if I am indeed racist for not liking it as Woke Lamats VA says

My favorite part was the end of it

Soken and his team use Prelude like it was a damn musical instrument all on its own. It needs more Prelude!

The great thing about prelude is that because it's just going up and down the scale, it can be used as rhythmic background in pretty much any piece

Me checking comments to see what all people think of the song: *insert random vitriol about dawntrail msq story* there it is qwq

So it’s all the 5th? Always has been.

Omg, I never realised how much this theme was EVERYWHERE

1:51 - There is no such thing a a coincidence, if your hearing these two notes together in sequence, then Hydaelyn wants to your ears to be exactly where they are, hearing those notes at this current time. Remember, she guides us through all hardships, not to punish us or make us hurt, but to make us strong and appreciate the times we have with those around us who we love. Your clothing is spiritually aligned with your aether, making you one step closer to who your supposed to be. There’s no such thing as a coincidence.

Nice job I like that u pointed that out ❤

Lyrics: At the crossroads standing here Not a star in the sky to guide me tonight Ever lost in loss and fear Deep in darkness drown my cries All this pain inside of me Don't know where it starts or when it'll end Try to tend the agony As I close my eyes and scream to the wind Look around and find you're standing all alone (Look again we're standing there) Cause this storm has taken everything I know (Ev'ry loss, you needn't bear) Don't know why you thought I'd make it by myself (After all that we've been through) Out of time I'm running back inside my head (We were always there for you) There's so much in life I couldn't understand (Understand we're by your side) Standing tall we'll face tomorrow hand in hand (Putting yours in yours and mine) If we make it through the war through every land (This is our tale, our tapestry) Never losing sight of everywhere I've been (???) -Backing Vocals In lightning's wake did naught but ash remain Yet with the rain does life's song ring again Our ancient war has gone beyond the plains (unsure about this one) It carries on, we will carry on

2:05 wait, I can't hear it on this one...where should I put the attention?

I do love how it features in every main menu theme

I put prelude in it, and but it, I mean my penitus

Dawntrail's Jingle sounds like a nursery rhyme whose name I forgot.

Glad this video popped up in suggestions!

ppl need to realize this is a song about ALEXANDRIA, It’s Sphene’s POV, sang with the people of Alexandria (Endless), and is not a song about Wuk Lamat.😅 The lyrics add so much to this song’s emotional impact, especially after completing MSQ. It’s about the fusion of Alexandria and Tuliyoall. "Fitting together this land we fend"😢

This song could've been perfect. But something is not right. It's like a car. But there's something loose, some screws, I don't know. I feel like a little fixing and it would be one of ffxiv greatest song.

Really wanted to like this, but I just cant. Easily the worst song from all of ff14. Nothing against those that like it, but it's such a step down in quality from everything that came before.

I wish i could've play Dawntrail with my Hueband... Sadly he ended his life at the start of this year... Dawntrail was surely representing my life in many ways... I surely enjoyee it a lot! R i.P. my beloved Husband, may our chorus carry on!

The melody itself is extremely flexible, harmonically speaking, so they really can just sneak it into almost anything

Quotation and callbacks have always been a key part of final fantasy music across the series. Final Fantasy 8 soundtrack is fascinating in that nearly every single song in the entire game is quoting the main song (that plays during credits). Once I figured that out, I noticed that Final Fantasy 9 does the same thing. I've not studied the other ones as much to find all their references and quotations, but I'm sure they are there. FF14 seems to have a main theme for each expansion, and a large amount of music for each expansion quotes and references it extensively. It's not just the opening or closing interval. It's the entire thing. Dig in deep and you'll start to see it everywhere.

Chills everywhere

Fuckin reaching aren't ya

love ffxiv's usage of eastwest, symphonic orchestra

Its almost annoying how much it gets used in 14, but somehow, I still love it. Im gonna get sick of it eventually, im sure.

saw thumbnail and idk I wouldn't be terribly surprised if we were looking at a 50+ number at this point lol

ShB: Wind on the Plains (Bozja) has a prelude starting at around 0:13

In my mind, the significance is super simple but effective. That perfect fifth marks a beginning. A new story or a new chapter of a story for our Warrior of Light to go down.

I love how FF gets 2 iconic tracks that are instantly recognizable. Prelude and the FF theme.

The first 3 combo trial mounts use the prelude, ShB doesn't. Fenrir mount also uses it

02:38 haha