I didn't see it mentioned yet, but this music made its debut in the penultimate patch of 1.0 as the music to the open world "Castrum Novum" in Mor Dhona, which means it was originally field music! The Castrum contained many high level imperial soldiers and machina and was easily at least ten times larger than Castrum Centri in ARR's Mor Dhona. We were sent there in that patch's MSQ to destroy the allagan transmitter that was summoning Dalamud. Just though this was a cool piece of lore trivia for you all!
Thank you for sharing your piece. I'm always searching for clues and details about FF14's past, and it's really nice to find people who actually played it!
@@indigocactus3089 It was a trap. I still remember attacking the transmitter while the party tank ran laps getting chased by a magitek armor. But then the place exploded while van Darnus watched and walked away into the fire, Sephiroth style. The final fight against van Darnus was the last ditch effort to destroy the real transmitter.
2014: Sneak carefully around Livia. Don't agro her. Don't agro her. Don't agro. Okay, got to the missile stockpiles. Is the tank ready? No? Okay, hold on a second. Tank's ready. Gotcha. Okay, tank's engaged! Set the claw to start loading the cannons. Game's on! Stay alert! Be careful who she's agro'd on. We can do this! 2019: Screw it. LEEEEEEROY JENKINS!
It’s 2021 and I literally didn’t even realize the mechanic during my first encounter with her. I was pelting her with Fire III and still making her HP Bar drop.
@@zenosyeetgalvus Has anything been said yet? Haven't been following, but with FF14 they have a problem with hyping two plotlines at each pre-expac. One is followed through, the other left alone; the one they follow up with is actually the one that they teased the last expac and didn't go with. This in my eyes automatically yells "The Warrior of Light gets involved in a Garlean Civil War".
oh the glorious harmony that is the guitar singing beautifully with the orchestral instruments, how ive missed it so and me thanks for posting this video on youtube as it seems like such a crime for this not to be heard!
I just beat ARR a few days ago now myself, and I have to say I thought the CoH story was where it started getting really good for me! Definitely the stuff after is much better still though.
Just beat ARR a few days ago! Gotta say, I don't think I've felt more hype than when me and my party faced Livia. I don't know what it was, but when she got out of the Magitek armor something felt so fucking hype. The music was conveniently at it's climax with the guitar as she was giving her speech before starting off the final phase of the fight. It was the second time I felt chills up my arms because of how cool that moment was. First was the summoning of Titan!
Just started ff14 again after a long break from Heavensward. I miss being able to hear the full themes like when it first came out. All low lvl stuff seems to be nuked now.
Despite knowing Nero went his own way after his later Encounter with Cid after 2.0, I get the ominous (and somewhat happy) feeling that his role in FFXIV will not end there. Everytime I listen to this theme, it's not Livia, but Nero that pops into my head, with notions and thoughts that he is somewhere out there, finding his own path to become full of pride once again, and this time, I believe, whether for good or ill, he will undoubtedly end up making a grand re-appearance that will leave us with the lingering thoughts of his legacy, without aid from the empire and built solely with his two hands. Because regardless of his attitude, he was a man exuding an aura full of hidden depths.
God this theme gets me every time. I wish I could've played the original--YES, I am well aware of how bad it was--so I could have experienced the splendor of fighting the Garlen Empire firsthand. Oh well. I'll just have to settle for the current game. 😁
This sounds more like it would play when you're fighting an old rival for the last time than it sounds like a fight against the generals of an invasive empire. Especially when the guitar kicks in. I love it.
This theme is just so good. It gives you a lot of motivation but at the same time is a very funny and entertaining song. Not to mention you know everything is going to get serious!
hilarious to watch you skirt the back side to get to the stockpile while the bard just waltzes up to try and beat you to the punch. its like people dont bother looking to see if someone is already in place to click the payload to load the cannons and go there instead.
I was too busy getting pissed off at the guy telling me how to do the fight properly (he was being an ass whenever I screwed up despite me never having done it before, cut a guy some slack) that I didn't really pay attention to the theme. Now that I get to hear it, it's pretty cool. It sounds so odd at first, but then picks up and is epic. Me likey! ^_^
Yeah I had the same experience in The Praetorium. It was just me and my brother and the rest was a premade who had obviously been farming it for the Philo tomes. They wanted a speedrun, we didn't know what the hell we were doing (it was a few days after launch) and they said some bad things and essentially left us behind. The internet brings out the worst in people unfortunately.
I know the feeling. My last run on Meridianum, our main tank and one of our healers were new, so it took us significantly longer to clear, and our other healer was being a huge prick about it. Personally, I like running with new people. Aside from the nice bonus, it actually feels better to help out and take a few falls as a team, rather than just quietly and methodically speed through it.
***** Every run I've ever done of Meridianum, including my own story run, had people telling the newcomers to skip and watch later.Generally, they just want to speedrun the dungeon to get their tomes. Personally I think it's poor sportsmanship.
***** Dang sorry to hear that. I actually forced myself to skip the cutscenes because my first run was full of speed runners, and lacked knowledge of how to run it. It took a few runs to learn until I actually ended up leading it myself and was the most cooperative group I have ever seen. I taught a Ninja how to activate the bombs without having to bother pulling mobs and watched his back to make sure he was alright. I'm the kind of guy that'll help in any way I can to teach people what experience has taught me, because you want to encourage people to have fun rather than attack them while hiding behind the fact that you were no different, no matter how much you deny it.
When I first heard this song I was like "Now THIS is the first battle theme in FFXIV that sounds like an actual Final Fantasy battle theme". Turns out my thoughts weren't entirely wrong!
You know, reading the comments about people leaving other people behind.... Well.... **Now** we CAN'T skip any of it. "This scene cannot be skipped," the game says. In return tho, we take toilet breaks, make fun of bosses, talk about the general prickiness or stupidity of some characters... :v It was such a great time when we weren't in a hurry. (RIP those who's just doing it for MSQ roulette tho) So both "screw you guys" and "thanks for that" to the playerbase. **tips hat** On the plus side, I loved how it played during Nero's battle. I totally forgot about "that one trial that is the fastest you'll ever see" until I reached Castrum and Praetorium. Think this plays in some other battles I had too, but most of them are Garlean related anyway.
Does anyone else hear how the part at 1:50 sounds similar to a part in Edgar and Sabin's theme from FF6? I dunno if that's a coincidence but I certainly hear it.
***** Well Rhitahtyn was made an official regardless of his race, so I think that anyone can rise Garlean ranks as long as they have the necessary strength.
+Helel Bright Correct. The Garlean Empire is modeled roughly after the Roman Empire, in which anyone, even a slave, could rise to a very high rank. Rhitahtyn's homeland was captured by the Garlean Empire. Part of the Roman Empire's practice was absorbing other cultures into their own, and it was common to find people from the cultures they'd captured serving as officers, senators, and other official positions. That's what happened to Rhitahtyn.
Now that you mention it, it kinda does sound like You're Not Alone from 9. Definitely my favourite song in 9 by far, always loved playing through Pandemonium with it playing in the background, made that scene of the game so epic. edit: spelling
+Mekkah Dee True, but her loyalty was to Gaius, who was the only thing she had left after becoming a war orphan. Basically driven to fanatical insanity.
nero_does_a_6_minute_monologue_then_gets_knocked_the_fuck_out.mp3
Ah yes, the Garlean Gym Leader theme
This fucking broke me.
Lmfao
Must be tough, heard the Gym Leader is so fierce he wants to rule Eorzea...
Lmao!!!!!!
@@MegaManJake No, he's the evil team leader. Just need a totally boppin' tune that you won't hear anywhere else in the game.
I didn't see it mentioned yet, but this music made its debut in the penultimate patch of 1.0 as the music to the open world "Castrum Novum" in Mor Dhona, which means it was originally field music! The Castrum contained many high level imperial soldiers and machina and was easily at least ten times larger than Castrum Centri in ARR's Mor Dhona. We were sent there in that patch's MSQ to destroy the allagan transmitter that was summoning Dalamud. Just though this was a cool piece of lore trivia for you all!
Man 1.0 had so many cool ideas. It sucks that the technology and manpower wasn't really there to do them justice.
Thank you for sharing your piece. I'm always searching for clues and details about FF14's past, and it's really nice to find people who actually played it!
@@Longlius The tech was there. What killed 1.0 was the incredibly long list of stupid and counter intuitive game design choices.
To destroy the allagan transmitter that was summoning Dalamud, huh?
So you failed?
@@indigocactus3089 It was a trap. I still remember attacking the transmitter while the party tank ran laps getting chased by a magitek armor. But then the place exploded while van Darnus watched and walked away into the fire, Sephiroth style. The final fight against van Darnus was the last ditch effort to destroy the real transmitter.
I attribute this theme more to Nero than anyone else. It plays when we fight against him and when he fights alonside us.
When Nero gets his armor again during the Omega raids and this play... So good
@@AvelineMelena ah yes, Nero's magical girl transformation. XD (I know it's supposed to be an Iron Man thing, but...my way's funnier.)
@@AkariYuudou I thought it was Nero's Magical Girl Transformation, too.
Me too. Whenever he summons his magitek while fighting alongside us, this theme plays.
I just finished the game recently and I personally associate it with Rhitahtyn.
2014: Sneak carefully around Livia. Don't agro her. Don't agro her. Don't agro. Okay, got to the missile stockpiles. Is the tank ready? No? Okay, hold on a second. Tank's ready. Gotcha. Okay, tank's engaged! Set the claw to start loading the cannons. Game's on! Stay alert! Be careful who she's agro'd on. We can do this!
2019: Screw it. LEEEEEEROY JENKINS!
Yeah
2020 and I can say with certainty nothing has changed.... LEEEROOOOY
It’s 2021 and I literally didn’t even realize the mechanic during my first encounter with her. I was pelting her with Fire III and still making her HP Bar drop.
2021: Tank is literally just standing in front of her in a relaxed pose while everyone else is doing whatever they feel like
@@lolzor96 Nothing like going afk with hildy pose and letting the boss bring demolished in front of you.
Strange seeing gameplay from 10 years ago, where now Castrum is more like "I stand in the AoE to feel something"
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Well, Rhitahtyn is actually an engaging fight now
It's a shame that there shall never be another army of half naked lalas taking him down ever again...
I died twice on him. Didn't mind it because this track is fire
I’m a new FF14 player and immediately fell in love with this
Same same o/
SAAAAME I just finished ARR last night and this is my favorite song out of the OST I've heard so far
Wait till you listen to "heroes" when you fight against King Thordan
Noob here who just finished ARR. It's a banger of a track!
Yo, when we hit Garlemald, just have this be the boss music again; it's already good enough.
Same theme, but remixed. Make it even better. :)
@@Dastan117 Soken got lazy so yeah its gonna be a remix instead of a new theme.
I don't think we're getting a Garlemald anymore...
@@D14V0R05 "Soken got lazy"
Please take that horrendous opinion somewhere else.
@@zenosyeetgalvus Has anything been said yet? Haven't been following, but with FF14 they have a problem with hyping two plotlines at each pre-expac. One is followed through, the other left alone; the one they follow up with is actually the one that they teased the last expac and didn't go with.
This in my eyes automatically yells "The Warrior of Light gets involved in a Garlean Civil War".
Just... When 1:35 hits... Pure bliss.
Oh god yes even better when boss syncs there big attack to it
Never lit Nobuo's Black Mages hit guitars... the shredding is such devastation.
This song is criminally underrated and I hope we get it or a version of it in 6.0
This freaking guitar goes so hard, love that riff
Farewell Rhitahtyn sas Arvina, you'll be missed.
That guitar is so Dynasty Warriors to me. I love it^^
ARR: Garlemald invades Eorzea
Endwalker: *Uno reverse card*
That doesnt age well atvall
oh the glorious harmony that is the guitar singing beautifully with the orchestral instruments, how ive missed it so and me thanks for posting this video on youtube as it seems like such a crime for this not to be heard!
I just beat ARR a few days ago and holy shit this music alone made the entire Company of Heroes questline worth suffering through
I just beat ARR a few days ago now myself, and I have to say I thought the CoH story was where it started getting really good for me! Definitely the stuff after is much better still though.
I’m like 95% sure this music does not play during that quest line. What quest is it used in?
@@weef8975when you go slap the big armoured dude one on one
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When the solo's about to hit but Rhitahtyn dies in 38 seconds.
This also plays for the Gun Breaker's 70 battle
cuz its an imperial guy
Looking forward to that 😊
One of the best thing that I like the most from this game is the music... man it's so good. It makes the gameplay more immersive
They should have remixed this for the Emperor Varis boss battle instead of reusing the Shadowbringers boss battle theme e_e
I agree to that 100% love. This theme is worth a remix for shadowbringers
I agree as well but i can forgive them because the shb theme is soooooo good
Well the name of the Emerald Weapon trial is Castrum Marinum, which happens to be located in... Cape Westwind. This song may yet be in Shadowbringers.
@@EikoHarvey hehe man you are a prophet
FFRK brought me here....
That boss fight against Rhitahtyn in that still gives me nightmares... :/
Man if I didn't want these fights to be tougher. This has such a finality to it. Fits the scene so well.
2023 and this fights are actually good now
I adore this theme so much. Such an amazing boss battle theme!
I remember tanking her as a white mage, was hilarious just dancing and posing for her while she did next to nothing damage! XD
Oriental vibes
Lol
that guitar part...damn
Most likely going to hear this a lot in the up coming Garlean battles in SB, looking forward to it
It's amazing how far this game has come
Just beat ARR a few days ago! Gotta say, I don't think I've felt more hype than when me and my party faced Livia. I don't know what it was, but when she got out of the Magitek armor something felt so fucking hype. The music was conveniently at it's climax with the guitar as she was giving her speech before starting off the final phase of the fight. It was the second time I felt chills up my arms because of how cool that moment was. First was the summoning of Titan!
@@ikkemenx Unfortunately she dies in like 3 seconds lmao Which sucks
Just started ff14 again after a long break from Heavensward. I miss being able to hear the full themes like when it first came out. All low lvl stuff seems to be nuked now.
time and balancing will nerf all content eventually.
Despite knowing Nero went his own way after his later Encounter with Cid after 2.0, I get the ominous (and somewhat happy) feeling that his role in FFXIV will not end there. Everytime I listen to this theme, it's not Livia, but Nero that pops into my head, with notions and thoughts that he is somewhere out there, finding his own path to become full of pride once again, and this time, I believe, whether for good or ill, he will undoubtedly end up making a grand re-appearance that will leave us with the lingering thoughts of his legacy, without aid from the empire and built solely with his two hands.
Because regardless of his attitude, he was a man exuding an aura full of hidden depths.
This theme just makes me think of Rhitahtyn and the fact that he dies like 45 seconds after his fight starts.
The cutscene before the fight lasted longer than his fight did.
Blind Kumiho I so hope he comes back in 4.o I've been wondering what's become of Nero...
After the very last bit of the soul surrender last cutscene, I think he's going to be back soon
Mara X just finished it last night so all i can say is YES!!!!!
God this theme gets me every time. I wish I could've played the original--YES, I am well aware of how bad it was--so I could have experienced the splendor of fighting the Garlen Empire firsthand. Oh well. I'll just have to settle for the current game. 😁
Ha! That was a cool idea for a countdown! I'll have to remember that one!
This sounds more like it would play when you're fighting an old rival for the last time than it sounds like a fight against the generals of an invasive empire. Especially when the guitar kicks in.
I love it.
I mean by arr a lot of this makes garlemald feel like old rivals
Now a days when this theme plays you know you're about to hand the bad guy's asses to them
So this is what more than 30 seconds of this theme sounds like.
This theme is just so good. It gives you a lot of motivation but at the same time is a very funny and entertaining song. Not to mention you know everything is going to get serious!
"This Scene Cannot be Skipped"
gotta love the people who bring the colossi into the livia fight and make things so much harder than necessary.
Damn my tear flew out just because I heard this great piece of music by Mr. Uematsu
And it appeared in 2.4... SE literally can't disappoint from now
Ooo I haven't got that far yet; this is such a cool theme! :P
RHITAHTYN SAVAGE WHEN YOSHIP
I'm just waiting for them to use this again in the future Garlean fights and probably a fight with Nero again in World of Darkness.
Nero traumadumps then fucking dies
i don't mind the MSQ roulettes because of this awesome music, this is how the dungeon used to look before I started playing.
This is awesome! Thanks for the upload!
im amazed how much of the OST i missed while playing, going back over the games ost with youtube i have to say its Treat to my ears :-)
Long Live Emperor Uematsu!
Thanos Yes!!
Is this Uematsu or Soken?
VXTwistful Uematsu!
I praise both of them. They're both geniuses.
Nobuo Uematsu composed this track. It was in FFXIV 1.0.
hilarious to watch you skirt the back side to get to the stockpile while the bard just waltzes up to try and beat you to the punch. its like people dont bother looking to see if someone is already in place to click the payload to load the cannons and go there instead.
5 years later and people still can’t click on the cannons at the same time.
RIP Cape Westwind we still miss you, you will forever be the hardest trial for us
this has been my wake up alarm on my phone for 3 years
Although they stand in the way as enemies in the story, they had their own justice and cause
We need a remix of this song in Endwalker when doing the final push in garlemald
This song SLAPS
1:01 so good x3
1:34 Holy fuck this slaps
TIS LIKE ALL ME NAMEDAYS CAME AT ONCE!
01:35 best :)
FFRK brought me here. Underrated theme imo AND I LOVE IT!!
Same here :3
It's these songs that make me miss Eorzea so much, I miss cruising in my White Devil mount.
I was too busy getting pissed off at the guy telling me how to do the fight properly (he was being an ass whenever I screwed up despite me never having done it before, cut a guy some slack) that I didn't really pay attention to the theme. Now that I get to hear it, it's pretty cool. It sounds so odd at first, but then picks up and is epic. Me likey! ^_^
Yeah I had the same experience in The Praetorium. It was just me and my brother and the rest was a premade who had obviously been farming it for the Philo tomes. They wanted a speedrun, we didn't know what the hell we were doing (it was a few days after launch) and they said some bad things and essentially left us behind. The internet brings out the worst in people unfortunately.
I know the feeling. My last run on Meridianum, our main tank and one of our healers were new, so it took us significantly longer to clear, and our other healer was being a huge prick about it.
Personally, I like running with new people. Aside from the nice bonus, it actually feels better to help out and take a few falls as a team, rather than just quietly and methodically speed through it.
***** Every run I've ever done of Meridianum, including my own story run, had people telling the newcomers to skip and watch later.Generally, they just want to speedrun the dungeon to get their tomes.
Personally I think it's poor sportsmanship.
***** Dang sorry to hear that. I actually forced myself to skip the cutscenes because my first run was full of speed runners, and lacked knowledge of how to run it. It took a few runs to learn until I actually ended up leading it myself and was the most cooperative group I have ever seen. I taught a Ninja how to activate the bombs without having to bother pulling mobs and watched his back to make sure he was alright. I'm the kind of guy that'll help in any way I can to teach people what experience has taught me, because you want to encourage people to have fun rather than attack them while hiding behind the fact that you were no different, no matter how much you deny it.
***** I am sorry you had to deal with that. There is no reason to ever treat another person in such a manner.
The loader is moving the magitek missile into place...
Yeah, that guitar part is 100% Uematsu.
Not surprising it stands out to me then.
FFXIV's hype music. 'Nuff said
Imo the best soundtrack in a game which already has a lot of great tracks
Sometimes i queued for Cape Westwind just because of the music
this song NEEDS to be in Dissidia NT
It sounds too cute. :0
Time for the hardest ever trial!
It's so easy to pick out the Uematsu songs. Man has such a strong sound signature.
When I first heard this song I was like "Now THIS is the first battle theme in FFXIV that sounds like an actual Final Fantasy battle theme". Turns out my thoughts weren't entirely wrong!
Marking the enemy like that is hilariously effective.
This song is the only reason I still do daily MSQ roulette
I really don't know why I jam to this ost, lmfao.
Getting a bit of an Ace Combat vibe off this one
Man, nothing as lit as performing a Rage of Halone in this moment 1:32
🎸nooooow dananna naaaa naaaa ⚡️
Give 1.25 speed a go with this song! It's really cool!
Oh Wide Volley, how I miss thee...
You know, reading the comments about people leaving other people behind....
Well.... **Now** we CAN'T skip any of it. "This scene cannot be skipped," the game says. In return tho, we take toilet breaks, make fun of bosses, talk about the general prickiness or stupidity of some characters... :v It was such a great time when we weren't in a hurry. (RIP those who's just doing it for MSQ roulette tho)
So both "screw you guys" and "thanks for that" to the playerbase. **tips hat**
On the plus side, I loved how it played during Nero's battle. I totally forgot about "that one trial that is the fastest you'll ever see" until I reached Castrum and Praetorium. Think this plays in some other battles I had too, but most of them are Garlean related anyway.
I miss those days. You can't even preload the cannons anymore :(
@@yxyburke and now we cant even load the cannons at all because they dont exist anymore.
That one trial thats easy enough, (you know which one) you basically face roll and call it a day.
Does anyone else hear how the part at 1:50 sounds similar to a part in Edgar and Sabin's theme from FF6? I dunno if that's a coincidence but I certainly hear it.
Probably because Uematsu made this piece.
rip cape westwind trial, the memes will be missed
at least we have better endgame dungeons nowadays
This be hitting different after gunbreaker lvl 70 mission...
Felt like my pride and honor was on the line
The 16 second theme between 0:30-0:46 that is repeated -- that is a harmony or whatever from another game I think FF7?
This sounds like something that played at the end of the Pain arc
I hope that a Lalafell and Mi'qote Tribunus will appear at some point in the story.
***** Well Rhitahtyn was made an official regardless of his race, so I think that anyone can rise Garlean ranks as long as they have the necessary strength.
+Helel Bright Correct. The Garlean Empire is modeled roughly after the Roman Empire, in which anyone, even a slave, could rise to a very high rank. Rhitahtyn's homeland was captured by the Garlean Empire. Part of the Roman Empire's practice was absorbing other cultures into their own, and it was common to find people from the cultures they'd captured serving as officers, senators, and other official positions. That's what happened to Rhitahtyn.
Is it me, or does anyone get that nostalgia feel at 01:35. FF9 to be exact
Now that you mention it, it kinda does sound like You're Not Alone from 9. Definitely my favourite song in 9 by far, always loved playing through Pandemonium with it playing in the background, made that scene of the game so epic.
edit: spelling
ProdigySlayer YES!
God what ever her name is made this music so manic lol
Poor Livia :(
+Lucia Moore She was a crazy bitch.
+Mekkah Dee True, but her loyalty was to Gaius, who was the only thing she had left after becoming a war orphan. Basically driven to fanatical insanity.
I'm glad we put her out of her misery. A evil wench like her deserves the capital punishment.
@@MekkahDee she was amazing
Technically it would have been in Castrum Novum first from 1.0 before the fall of Dalamud if we wanna get technical.
my favorite soundtrack in the game
This is a very underrated song! Livia HM / Garlean Leaders HM please!
The Garlean Empire have to back in Eorzea !
Vincent H I imagine in HW there will be a Castrum HM and etc, or other invasion raids that are similar.
KyvannShrike All signs point to a Garlean reinvasion. I'm guessing that will happen before 4.0.
New to FF14 song is so good 🔥
"can be found in game and on the newest OST from Square Enix." Where!? I have the ARR soundtrack and it is not there.
Sorry you're right, I meant the Before Meteor OST there, thanks for pointing that one out.
Darn DX
narutobands Could always torrent it :V
Cheese Muffin or use a converter and convert this video to an mp3 file like I just did lol
Nero’s theme
If Rhitatyn, Livia, Nero and Gaius are Garlemald's Gym Leaders, would that make Varis the Champion?
flew through this one yesterday O_o holy crap, its awesome !
the song is so anime
❤
I miss Cape Westwind being an 8-man trial