Yes! I couldn't remember this band for the life of me either, my brain kept calling endwalker theme "foo fighter adjacent" but didn't feel exactly right...lol
Honestly the band the vocals come from "Architects". Many have pointed out that already. Sam Carter. As a long fan of both I've said the same. Architects is just British Chevelle.
It's fucking great. Funny thing is I had started listening to more of architects before the preview trailer for this dropped and when the full one came out and I heard it, I lost it. It always feels great being able to point out the vocalist from something you didn't expect them to be in.
Maybe it's weird but for at least ShB and EW I almost prefer the trailer versions with the voices and everything. Likely just due to watching/listening to them countless times each, but it fills the lulls of the song expertly and kind of helps to lead the song in a way.
So Endwalker's trailer theme is pretty fun, it's made up for a bunch of pieces. The start is the main Endwalker theme, which then goes to Heavensward and Stormblood. We then get a whole new track we haven't heard most of yet (Wings of Hope), a brief snip of Shadowbringers, then finally back to Endwalker.
@@KatlamosQuickdraw it makes sense though ahah. the "it" is semisilent so it's hard to hear when some people say it. i personally pronounce it as "light motif" so that it comes across more, but even so...
My favorite thing about this trailer is how in previous trailers, our character has always been seen looking up (a gesture symbolizing looking towards the future/hope) and in Endwalker we do the opposite. We the WoL are constantly looking down in this trailer SAVE for the Scions who are now looking up towards the Moon were we're at. WE have become what they look for the future and hope.
That section is my favorite too, especially the lyrical connotation. All sections have their own little story to tell and section, almost specifically "on wings of hope" its about Louisoix Leveilleur. When I first heard the Endwalker trailer, every other expansion songs just clicked like how the shadowbringers "two toned echo tumbling through time" is about our soul and azem and possibly even ardbert as he is technically a time traveler who shares a soul with us as well. ITS JUST SOOO GOOOOD
@@jonel3596 Its crazy how the music to a video game brings random people together. A video game! I got into ff14 because 2 dudes that produce wow content said it was pretty good. I decided to check out the "Answers" trailer and that was it for me.
The Leit Motifs are what I love about all the FFXIV music, its like a game listening to every single track in the game trying to find the leit motifs Soken weaves into the each OST to make a scene come alive and to draw the player back to previous parts of the story where the current narrative is hinted at. The Endwalker Main theme is just a massive love letter to all the amazing fucking tracks over the past 10 years created for the fans by Soken and Uematsu.
Yeah, it does so much to boost the emotion of a scene. Like, the sad theme that plays when we talk to Ardbert, it's the main Warrior of Light theme, just played slower and lower, really pushing the feelings of the WoL in that moment.
As many have said - the song is put together from several other songs (which you have all reacted to I think): Heavensward theme, Torn From the Heavens, Stormblood theme, brief Shadowbringers there if you listen closely... it's essentially a love song to the players who have been waiting for a decade for the ending of the current story arc. That's why all FF14 players rush to tell people to listen to this. Each of us have an emotional investment to certain parts of the story and that just... * chef's kiss * But like you said... It is a really cool song on it's own. Because of the previous reasons mentioned you heard like 4 different bands in it. I believe the main singer is from The Architects (did I spell that correctly? I only know what they shared in the summer).
When the Heavensward theme kicks in, I’m full of goosebumps…then it shifts to the hardcore Stormblood themes…man, this was a fantastic love letter to the players, then the Sharlayan female choir covering a high range in perfection just hits the heart in the feels.
I miss the days when HW was released. I have tried so many times the last few years to get back into ff14 hard-core again but I just can't, just not the same game as it was then, the dungeons were challenging the ex fights were ridiculous, communicating was very crucial even in dungeons. Took me years to get good at Ninja and then they go and make it easy af to use anyway
Idk why I enjoy this guy reacting to music so much. It's like genuine hype with a bit of music trivia. I hope he does Bury the Light at some point. I think that one will be epic
If you want to shake it up a bit from the a lot of the FF14 requests, a really good track I can recommend is either "serpent eating the horizon", That person's name is", or "Battle of providence" from the bravely series. The first two are done by the band Linked Horizon who are absolutely CRAZY with the range of instruments they use, as for the last song being by Ryo. Out of the three though I would definitely recommend "serpent eating the horizon" it is a long song though at like 6 min.
Serpent Eating the Horizon is great, but it makes so much more sense in the context of the game and its soundtrack. There's a really insightful video that explains the context for this song among other musical choices found in the game: th-cam.com/video/COgzJey4EAc/w-d-xo.html
When you play the game and enter into the zones you hear a low layer version of the song (piano, nothing more for example) and as you progress into the story and zone, the song adds more to the song until eventually it plays the entire full layered version of the songs. It's really interesting how they introduced the music.
Unfortunately it's a little hard to find good versions of the theme without all the trailer SFX, as I don't think the official song has been released. There are some good covers and some versions with mostly removed SFX though!
Hungrychad released a really good version th-cam.com/video/2vC04VYKEg0/w-d-xo.html Since the vinyl hasn't shipped yet (for me), this may not be the real single, but it's good if it isn't.
I commented month ago about that full song should be out on 17th November. WELL IT'S OUT NOW! The song in the trailer video is 'Endwalker - Footfalls' and official MV for 'Endwalker' is also out, they are slightly different songs if you want to check them out without trailer "noises"
Now im playing just past storm blood, and storm blood part in this song really hit me hard and make me wanna cryd, i can feel the ala a migo feeling get their freedom from garlean
This song Is just always brings tears to my eyes especially when you been playing the game for years you would understand but still glad you loved it ♥️
Here's a few suggestions from a few other games: Transistor - We All Become Bastion - Bynn the Breaker Sonic Adventure 2 - Meteor Herd (tbh, all of the knuckles maps have incredible music) R: Racing Evolution - 04 - Liquid Soul Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete - Fortress Town (all of the town music is incredible) I also recommend the Tower Town theme. The OST/composer has won awards. I could go on forever with this, but I'll comment with some others when I think of them on future videos. Loving the content!
Thanks for doing this! As mentioned on a previous video, this trailer has remixes of some of the other expansion themes. FFXIV has somewhere on the order of 500+ songs, and most of the soundtracks are on spotify. Tons of variation as well, not just rock.
This is by far my favorite part from the trailer 4:21, this woman's singing just pull my heartstrings really hard. I really hope this is a standalone song.
I love it when Music people/Music-based channels do these reactions to FF14 OSTs (and some of the other popular video game OSTs). I appreciate them because it stems from a music-focused POV. Great vid
Loving all of your VGM reaction vids Uncle Jesse! Had to come back to this after the launch trailer. I noticed that we went from the song "To The Edge" to the new banger that is "Forge Ahead". I wonder if Soken kept that in mind while making Endwalker's theme!
Since I know guitar riffs are your thing PLEASE listen to the Emerald Weapon phase 2 theme called "The Black Wolf Stalks Again" from FFXIV. Guaranteed satisfaction
Your humble ways will take you to heights you might not have thought possible. I literally sometimes just pop in to like your videos if I dont have time to watch.
I'm going to go off the beaten path from Final Fantasy XIV to another FF, Final Fantasy 6, and request "Dancing Mad." In an era of 16-bit music, this one stands out as one of the greatest video game tracks of all time. This song really opened the eyes of an entire industry on what video game music COULD be. And it's a long track for something in the SNES era. BONUS POINTS: Also watch the 8-bit Music Theory video explaining many of the nuances of the song. That's a great channel that I think you would get a kick out of, as well.
I dont know why anyone could complain about the actual trailer effects in this song. It adds SO MUCH emotion to each scene within the trailer. Every time I see and hear any of the musics from this game, I can't help but feel the powerful emotions that come from investing time into this game. FF games will always be one of the only titles(all of them not just this one) that can pull emotions out of me from just its music.
I'll just throw this one out there (most likely not going to be a common request): FFXIV Titanias Theme (What Angel Wakes Me) It's one of the more unique themes in the game.
One of the cool things they do for FFXIV is hold player contests: design armor or weapons for tank/healer/etc, create hairstyles (and yes, they end up putting the winners, runners up and honorable mentions of these things in the game eventually), but 5 years ago during the Heavensward expansion they held a music contest. Play your own rendition of the piece entitled Night in the Brume. There were lots of great entries, with the winner being Kara Comparetto, a classical pianist. Her cover was great, but it's not my favorite. That title goes to someone using the in game crafting sounds (hammers, saws and the like) for the most of percussion section. TH-cam never seems to like me posting links so instead, if you search "[FFXIV_HW_Music_JP] Pharrell Nefertiti" it should pop up. Not for a reaction or anything, it's just a cool listen. And if you just search FFXIV_HW_Music you should get most all of the still public videos people submitted. As for suggestions for what music to react to from FFXIV: yes. Just all of it. So much musical variety and honestly none of it that I've disliked. The closest thing was one area in game is freezing cold, constantly battered by blizzards, with the music there feeling totally oppressive. But it just worked; it completely fit. Just like an actor playing a character you hate and cheer when they receive a horrible death on screen. if the actor wasn't doing his job well, you wouldn't hate the character would you? It was in the summer, it felt like 1000 degrees outside... and I wanted to get out of that damn snowstorm and curl up next to a nice, warm fireplace. The most part of that feeling came from the music. I absolutely got tired of it, but I also completely respect it for doing its job. Job well done!
I'm dying for a copy of this song without the voices and game sounds, but even with it I've listened to it a million times. Digging the reactions - looking forward to diving into your other videos too! o/
This song is also special as it contains portions from each expansions main theme as this is the final expansion to this storyline...and it is beyond an experience.
You taking notes mid song gives me vibes of another streamer that aims to become a loremaster for FFXIV (a WoW refugee) named Pyromancer. I love that passion.
This song is a culmination of what came before it. It has songs from A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers. Endwalker is bringing a close to some of the major plot points of 8 years, and so they included songs from each of the expansions in this one piece. And the male vocalist; if it hasn't been stated already, is Sam Carter from the Architects.
I like how you said you need to listen to the clean version of it, three months later it's still not out. But maybe by the end of February! So it's great that you're loving it, we'll be hitting you with it again by the time it comes out
Not really a song to react to as its mainly just piano bgm, but "The Warrens" is my all time favorite from FFXIV. Def give it a listen if you need a chill track to relax to. Its a really pretty song
We sadly don't have a version of this separate from the trailer yet. I'm looking forward to a clean cut of this song almost as much as the expansion itself lmao If you want something more obscure, there's Baten Kaitos, a weird and forgotten gamecube jrpg with (imo) a very good soundtrack. The composer later went on to do all the Dark Souls music! "The True Mirror", "Chaotic Dance", and "Vitriolic A Stroke" are all good battle themes w/ guitar.
Just caught up with the FF14 story tonight and after watching the trailer itself I rushed right over to watch this. Super interesting that you mentioned 30stM and Evanescence cos I heard similar. As I was listening I was like 'I'm sorry, was this _made for me?'_ cos I was getting old-school Britpop vibes with those opening chords/instrumentation, 00s indie rock with the vocals and drums, and then when the track goes hard it goes into somewhere between like pop punk and nu metal? I was _not_ expecting that when I clicked the trailer, that's for sure!
with FF i like how they tend to mix in older related songs whilst telling the new story in somewhat mysterious ways. and uhm thats pretty much what i liked about Miracle of Sounds music for a long time too.
Not joking-I was looking at my YT feed with the Endwalker theme buzzing in my brain when I saw your video post. This thing is an earworm and a half! There’s going to be heaps more the end of November when this expansion releases so prepare for a flurry of new FFXIV requests then 😃
Good news! You can now find a clean version of the song on youtube, there's the shorter Endwalker main theme on Square-Enix's channel and a few people have uploaded a clean version of Footfalls, the full song from the trailer.
This song while being its own thing is also a culmination or homage the the other main themes from past expansions. I recommend listening to "Heavensward", "Brotherhood (Stormblood main theme is a pain to find. It starts at 3:45 in the launch trailer)" and "Shadowbringers (which you did already)"
If you want something really heavy i recommend "under the weight" . that track rocks (no pun intended). Otherwise one of my favourite tracks from 14 is "rise".
Now that you've reacted to the main themes, there is so much other good music packed into FFXIV! Some of my favorites: Zone OSTs: Coerthas Field Theme "Fealty" Amh Araeng Theme #1 "Sands of Amber" The Rak'tika Greatwood Theme #1 "Civilizations" Boss Music: The Weapon's Refrain Garuda OST Sophia's Theme Seat of Sacrifice Theme "To the Edge" (Late game spoiler stuff) I look forward to your future reactions :)
If you want to understand some of the theme transitions, I would highly look it up the following: 1) Torn from the Heavens 2) Heavensward Trailer (not Dragonsong). 3) Stomblood Trailer (not Revelations, but you should totally check that out too!) You've already watched Shadowbringers, so I'm keeping that one off the list :P
Did you ever get a chance to visit this piece without the VO? It's simply glorious - more so when you realise it has all the themes of each expansion turned up to 11. Soken is a genius.
if you want to give a clearer listen to that one distorted guitar bit i reccomend "Endsinger phase two" it basically comes back for the very end of the fight and loops around a bit.
the thing to take note about Soken is that he is big on motifs, you will see him make a theme and then draw everything else from it. the thing this music is that THERE IS a lot going on, this is the moment when everything we have been through converge, so it has motifs from every single expansion, every theme we have heard before is in there in a way or another.
Highly recommend tomorrow and tomorrow. One of the most beautiful songs in the game. They have a video on their channel that does contain spoilers from scenes throughout the game, but the only audio is from the song.
the song is not officially out. But its in this trailer. In youtube youll only found covers. Also, there is a segment in this song 2:503:32 All of that is sung in Dragonspeak, but cause the lyrics are so hard to hear in the trailer, we wont get the Dragonspeak lyrics until the official song is out.
Thank you, this was pretty cool. ❤️ It'd be nice if you relisten to it when the clean version comes out! If it's worth it hehe, I don't know much about music
I mentioned the band "Chevelle" in this video. If anyone was curious, the guitar reminded me of "The Red"
th-cam.com/video/trinU3VD1Zo/w-d-xo.html
Yes! I couldn't remember this band for the life of me either, my brain kept calling endwalker theme "foo fighter adjacent" but didn't feel exactly right...lol
Oh god you're right. It totally sounds like the guitar in The Red
That's exactly what I thought when you mentioned it.
Hey Jesse, I dont know if anyone pointed it out to you yet, but the male vocalist is actually Sam Carter from The Architects (British metalcore band)
Honestly the band the vocals come from "Architects". Many have pointed out that already. Sam Carter. As a long fan of both I've said the same. Architects is just British Chevelle.
"Song of hope" hits SO much differently after you beat the game.
man...
Still recovering before getting back to the grind.
Always carry venat's song of hope
Also much different when you realize what the wings of hope literally ended up being.
On wings of hope we rise up through the night higher, oh higher.
@@wyrmoffastring riding zenos thicc dragon ass through space
cool little thing: the vocalist they got for this song is Sam Carter from Architects
What?? I had no idea. But I can definitely hear it now.
Ty for the info.
Wow! I didn't realized that! It's been a while from the last time I listen to their songs.
It's fucking great. Funny thing is I had started listening to more of architects before the preview trailer for this dropped and when the full one came out and I heard it, I lost it. It always feels great being able to point out the vocalist from something you didn't expect them to be in.
Omg what?! That is amazing!!
Unfortunately we don't have the music itself yet, both so you can hear it in it's purest form AND so I can put all of it on repeat.
Maybe it's weird but for at least ShB and EW I almost prefer the trailer versions with the voices and everything. Likely just due to watching/listening to them countless times each, but it fills the lulls of the song expertly and kind of helps to lead the song in a way.
So Endwalker's trailer theme is pretty fun, it's made up for a bunch of pieces. The start is the main Endwalker theme, which then goes to Heavensward and Stormblood. We then get a whole new track we haven't heard most of yet (Wings of Hope), a brief snip of Shadowbringers, then finally back to Endwalker.
And don't forget torn from the heavens. Soken is so obsessed with it.
@@aswinfeb Torn From the Heavens is the Le motif of A Realm Reborn so we have every xpac represented from 2.0 til now
@@KatlamosQuickdraw that would leitmotif, not le motif! it's a fun word
@@maxoweenie D'oh. I knew I was spelling it wrong!
@@KatlamosQuickdraw it makes sense though ahah. the "it" is semisilent so it's hard to hear when some people say it. i personally pronounce it as "light motif" so that it comes across more, but even so...
It's important to note that these aren't the official lyrics - we're getting those sometime around next month!
Soken is a mad genius.
My favorite thing about this trailer is how in previous trailers, our character has always been seen looking up (a gesture symbolizing looking towards the future/hope) and in Endwalker we do the opposite. We the WoL are constantly looking down in this trailer SAVE for the Scions who are now looking up towards the Moon were we're at. WE have become what they look for the future and hope.
I love when you point out similar bands. Gives me things to check out if I want to see more in similar styles.
I will always do that when given the chance. I know too many songs/artists
Man, when it breaks down into the woman singing.....that little section is so damn good. And when she sings "on WINGS of hope"....love it!
That section is my favorite too, especially the lyrical connotation. All sections have their own little story to tell and section, almost specifically "on wings of hope" its about Louisoix Leveilleur. When I first heard the Endwalker trailer, every other expansion songs just clicked like how the shadowbringers "two toned echo tumbling through time" is about our soul and azem and possibly even ardbert as he is technically a time traveler who shares a soul with us as well. ITS JUST SOOO GOOOOD
Amanda Achen became one of my favorite singers ever basically thanks to her work on this game
@@jonel3596 Its crazy how the music to a video game brings random people together. A video game!
I got into ff14 because 2 dudes that produce wow content said it was pretty good. I decided to check out the "Answers" trailer and that was it for me.
The main vocals is Sam Carter from The Architects.
The Leit Motifs are what I love about all the FFXIV music, its like a game listening to every single track in the game trying to find the leit motifs Soken weaves into the each OST to make a scene come alive and to draw the player back to previous parts of the story where the current narrative is hinted at. The Endwalker Main theme is just a massive love letter to all the amazing fucking tracks over the past 10 years created for the fans by Soken and Uematsu.
Yeah, it does so much to boost the emotion of a scene. Like, the sad theme that plays when we talk to Ardbert, it's the main Warrior of Light theme, just played slower and lower, really pushing the feelings of the WoL in that moment.
I think the best way to describe many of the songs in FFXIV like this is to call them a journey. When you listen, you're going on an adventure.
As many have said - the song is put together from several other songs (which you have all reacted to I think): Heavensward theme, Torn From the Heavens, Stormblood theme, brief Shadowbringers there if you listen closely... it's essentially a love song to the players who have been waiting for a decade for the ending of the current story arc. That's why all FF14 players rush to tell people to listen to this. Each of us have an emotional investment to certain parts of the story and that just... * chef's kiss *
But like you said... It is a really cool song on it's own. Because of the previous reasons mentioned you heard like 4 different bands in it. I believe the main singer is from The Architects (did I spell that correctly? I only know what they shared in the summer).
Endwalker theme isn’t officially out. The single and vinyl will be out soon probably later/ next month.
When the Heavensward theme kicks in, I’m full of goosebumps…then it shifts to the hardcore Stormblood themes…man, this was a fantastic love letter to the players, then the Sharlayan female choir covering a high range in perfection just hits the heart in the feels.
I miss the days when HW was released. I have tried so many times the last few years to get back into ff14 hard-core again but I just can't, just not the same game as it was then, the dungeons were challenging the ex fights were ridiculous, communicating was very crucial even in dungeons. Took me years to get good at Ninja and then they go and make it easy af to use anyway
Idk why I enjoy this guy reacting to music so much. It's like genuine hype with a bit of music trivia.
I hope he does Bury the Light at some point. I think that one will be epic
Appreciate it! BTL is coming also too!
So awesome to see you back with the FFXIV music. I hope you enjoy them as much as the rest of us!
Oh there's still..... plenty coming >_>
If you want to shake it up a bit from the a lot of the FF14 requests, a really good track I can recommend is either "serpent eating the horizon", That person's name is", or "Battle of providence" from the bravely series. The first two are done by the band Linked Horizon who are absolutely CRAZY with the range of instruments they use, as for the last song being by Ryo. Out of the three though I would definitely recommend "serpent eating the horizon" it is a long song though at like 6 min.
I'll absolutely second Serpent Eating the Horizon, that's my favorite final boss theme in any game.
That Person's Name Is - is a kickass tune!
Serpent Eating the Horizon is great, but it makes so much more sense in the context of the game and its soundtrack. There's a really insightful video that explains the context for this song among other musical choices found in the game: th-cam.com/video/COgzJey4EAc/w-d-xo.html
Serpent is fantastic. Anything less is unacceptable!
100% second Serpent Eating the Horizon. Insane boss theme.
The actual official lyrics and name of the track were just released today. It's called Footfalls.
When you play the game and enter into the zones you hear a low layer version of the song (piano, nothing more for example) and as you progress into the story and zone, the song adds more to the song until eventually it plays the entire full layered version of the songs. It's really interesting how they introduced the music.
the singer of this track is the main vocalist from architects
Unfortunately it's a little hard to find good versions of the theme without all the trailer SFX, as I don't think the official song has been released. There are some good covers and some versions with mostly removed SFX though!
Soon the vinyl and mp3 is rekeased 25 oct!!
Hungrychad released a really good version
th-cam.com/video/2vC04VYKEg0/w-d-xo.html
Since the vinyl hasn't shipped yet (for me), this may not be the real single, but it's good if it isn't.
謝謝！
You're welcome!
I commented month ago about that full song should be out on 17th November. WELL IT'S OUT NOW! The song in the trailer video is 'Endwalker - Footfalls' and official MV for 'Endwalker' is also out, they are slightly different songs if you want to check them out without trailer "noises"
Now im playing just past storm blood, and storm blood part in this song really hit me hard and make me wanna cryd, i can feel the ala a migo feeling get their freedom from garlean
I cannot wait to go on a Fan Fest again and listen live to all the songs in the Trailer.
This song Is just always brings tears to my eyes especially when you been playing the game for years you would understand but still glad you loved it ♥️
Here's a few suggestions from a few other games:
Transistor - We All Become
Bastion - Bynn the Breaker
Sonic Adventure 2 - Meteor Herd (tbh, all of the knuckles maps have incredible music)
R: Racing Evolution - 04 - Liquid Soul
Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete - Fortress Town (all of the town music is incredible) I also recommend the Tower Town theme. The OST/composer has won awards.
I could go on forever with this, but I'll comment with some others when I think of them on future videos. Loving the content!
Ooooh. Supergiant has so many great things
Thanks for doing this! As mentioned on a previous video, this trailer has remixes of some of the other expansion themes. FFXIV has somewhere on the order of 500+ songs, and most of the soundtracks are on spotify. Tons of variation as well, not just rock.
I'm not a music guy but i think here 3:23 took inspiration from Linkin Park
This is by far my favorite part from the trailer 4:21, this woman's singing just pull my heartstrings really hard. I really hope this is a standalone song.
Look at endslinger part 2 there’s a full song of it
honestly even if people dont necessarily play XIV you just know the music is such a BOP! great vid Jesse!
Thanks!!
A mashup-collage and culimination of 10 years of musical history in one ending for the Endwalker expansion
You sly little foxes made him react to the Endwalker trailer. Well done guys, well done.
The leitmotif of the violin @4:15 can also be heard from the "torn from the heavens" song
I love it when Music people/Music-based channels do these reactions to FF14 OSTs (and some of the other popular video game OSTs). I appreciate them because it stems from a music-focused POV. Great vid
Three songs you definitely need to check out from the FFXIV soundtrack: "Rise", "Locus", and "Metal". Some of the best tracks in the game.
"Sorry, you can hear that. I'm drumming!" Don't worry, dude, we're also playing drums, air guitar, etc on our rooms.
Loving all of your VGM reaction vids Uncle Jesse! Had to come back to this after the launch trailer. I noticed that we went from the song "To The Edge" to the new banger that is "Forge Ahead". I wonder if Soken kept that in mind while making Endwalker's theme!
That drum you were talking about was very Snapcase. It was all over their album Progression Through Unlearning
Since I know guitar riffs are your thing PLEASE listen to the Emerald Weapon phase 2 theme called "The Black Wolf Stalks Again" from FFXIV. Guaranteed satisfaction
Merry Christmas to you cause that reaction is coming tomorrow
Absolutely, one of the best songs in the game
@@JessesAuditorium More belated bday present (was earlier this week) Thank you!!
I highly highly recommend The Black Wolf Stalks Again, an instrumental FFXIV song
Reacting to that tomorrow!!
Your humble ways will take you to heights you might not have thought possible. I literally sometimes just pop in to like your videos if I dont have time to watch.
1 year ago" thanks for the 4k subs" me watching it 1 year later "50k subs"
Life comes at you fast
I'm going to go off the beaten path from Final Fantasy XIV to another FF, Final Fantasy 6, and request "Dancing Mad." In an era of 16-bit music, this one stands out as one of the greatest video game tracks of all time. This song really opened the eyes of an entire industry on what video game music COULD be. And it's a long track for something in the SNES era. BONUS POINTS: Also watch the 8-bit Music Theory video explaining many of the nuances of the song. That's a great channel that I think you would get a kick out of, as well.
I dont know why anyone could complain about the actual trailer effects in this song. It adds SO MUCH emotion to each scene within the trailer. Every time I see and hear any of the musics from this game, I can't help but feel the powerful emotions that come from investing time into this game. FF games will always be one of the only titles(all of them not just this one) that can pull emotions out of me from just its music.
dude i cant believe asmons channel shat on this so happy to be here. subscribed. this music is AMAZING, and sick bodom cover dude
I'll just throw this one out there (most likely not going to be a common request): FFXIV Titanias Theme (What Angel Wakes Me)
It's one of the more unique themes in the game.
Thanks for triggering my PTSD...
@@RohanSpartin Fa-la-la-la-la~
We appreciate you listening to the music man! Support is only natural! Keep it up 💯💯
One of the cool things they do for FFXIV is hold player contests: design armor or weapons for tank/healer/etc, create hairstyles (and yes, they end up putting the winners, runners up and honorable mentions of these things in the game eventually), but 5 years ago during the Heavensward expansion they held a music contest. Play your own rendition of the piece entitled Night in the Brume. There were lots of great entries, with the winner being Kara Comparetto, a classical pianist. Her cover was great, but it's not my favorite. That title goes to someone using the in game crafting sounds (hammers, saws and the like) for the most of percussion section. TH-cam never seems to like me posting links so instead, if you search "[FFXIV_HW_Music_JP] Pharrell Nefertiti" it should pop up. Not for a reaction or anything, it's just a cool listen. And if you just search FFXIV_HW_Music you should get most all of the still public videos people submitted.
As for suggestions for what music to react to from FFXIV: yes. Just all of it. So much musical variety and honestly none of it that I've disliked. The closest thing was one area in game is freezing cold, constantly battered by blizzards, with the music there feeling totally oppressive. But it just worked; it completely fit. Just like an actor playing a character you hate and cheer when they receive a horrible death on screen. if the actor wasn't doing his job well, you wouldn't hate the character would you? It was in the summer, it felt like 1000 degrees outside... and I wanted to get out of that damn snowstorm and curl up next to a nice, warm fireplace. The most part of that feeling came from the music. I absolutely got tired of it, but I also completely respect it for doing its job. Job well done!
This guy is so nice doesn’t even wanna pause the video ❤️ respect
I'm surprised not many people recommended Brute Justice live version, you 'd have a blast with that one!
Awesome that you've been open to new music by new communities (ex: FFXIV). Grats on the 4k, keep up the awesome work man
Been a huge music nerd my whole life, huge video game nerd my whole life, it only makes sense to combine the worlds. Appreciate it.
The male vocalist in the middle (storm from blood, born from blood) is Sam Carter :)
This medley is still my favourite FFXIV song.
it's a beautiful end to this story, it incorporates parts from every past trailer song
I'm dying for a copy of this song without the voices and game sounds, but even with it I've listened to it a million times. Digging the reactions - looking forward to diving into your other videos too! o/
This song is sung by the lead singer for Architects'. Sam Carter hes amazing. Love that band so much.
This song is also special as it contains portions from each expansions main theme as this is the final expansion to this storyline...and it is beyond an experience.
Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but the singer is Sam Carter from Architects.
You taking notes mid song gives me vibes of another streamer that aims to become a loremaster for FFXIV (a WoW refugee) named Pyromancer. I love that passion.
This song is a culmination of what came before it. It has songs from A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers. Endwalker is bringing a close to some of the major plot points of 8 years, and so they included songs from each of the expansions in this one piece.
And the male vocalist; if it hasn't been stated already, is Sam Carter from the Architects.
The singer with the solid belts and screams is the singer from Architects, btw
I like how you said you need to listen to the clean version of it, three months later it's still not out. But maybe by the end of February! So it's great that you're loving it, we'll be hitting you with it again by the time it comes out
Not really a song to react to as its mainly just piano bgm, but "The Warrens" is my all time favorite from FFXIV. Def give it a listen if you need a chill track to relax to. Its a really pretty song
Love The Warrens
We sadly don't have a version of this separate from the trailer yet. I'm looking forward to a clean cut of this song almost as much as the expansion itself lmao
If you want something more obscure, there's Baten Kaitos, a weird and forgotten gamecube jrpg with (imo) a very good soundtrack. The composer later went on to do all the Dark Souls music! "The True Mirror", "Chaotic Dance", and "Vitriolic A Stroke" are all good battle themes w/ guitar.
Just caught up with the FF14 story tonight and after watching the trailer itself I rushed right over to watch this. Super interesting that you mentioned 30stM and Evanescence cos I heard similar. As I was listening I was like 'I'm sorry, was this _made for me?'_ cos I was getting old-school Britpop vibes with those opening chords/instrumentation, 00s indie rock with the vocals and drums, and then when the track goes hard it goes into somewhere between like pop punk and nu metal? I was _not_ expecting that when I clicked the trailer, that's for sure!
with FF i like how they tend to mix in older related songs whilst telling the new story in somewhat mysterious ways.
and uhm thats pretty much what i liked about Miracle of Sounds music for a long time too.
holy shit i didn't hear those drums until you pointed them out and its very nostalgic
Hmmm reacting to FFXIV content, guaranteed sub.
Recommendation: Insatiable from FFXIV Shadowbringers. It's the main boss theme in the expansion's dungeons.
Not joking-I was looking at my YT feed with the Endwalker theme buzzing in my brain when I saw your video post. This thing is an earworm and a half! There’s going to be heaps more the end of November when this expansion releases so prepare for a flurry of new FFXIV requests then 😃
"don't worry, i'm listening to the musi - there's that dragon again!"
LOL
Good news! You can now find a clean version of the song on youtube, there's the shorter Endwalker main theme on Square-Enix's channel and a few people have uploaded a clean version of Footfalls, the full song from the trailer.
This song while being its own thing is also a culmination or homage the the other main themes from past expansions. I recommend listening to "Heavensward", "Brotherhood (Stormblood main theme is a pain to find. It starts at 3:45 in the launch trailer)" and "Shadowbringers (which you did already)"
oh dude, almost forgot. you might also really like Answers, the theme from the base game
Answers is being uploaded tomorrow!
If you want something really heavy i recommend "under the weight" . that track rocks (no pun intended).
Otherwise one of my favourite tracks from 14 is "rise".
And its remix version "Landslide" from Eden raid!
Jesse goddamn your voice is so calm, you seem like the chilliest person ever
Lmao thanks, I hate my voice but I appreciate it!
I've been a FFXIV Player since 2.0 and this trailer really tug at my heartstrings! Also I became a big Architects fan thanks to this Trailer!
I personally think Sam Carter gives off very linkin park vibes in the Endwalker song.
The main riff at the beginning/end sounds like the same progression as Bad Apple by Basement :)
Now that you've reacted to the main themes, there is so much other good music packed into FFXIV! Some of my favorites:
Zone OSTs:
Coerthas Field Theme "Fealty"
Amh Araeng Theme #1 "Sands of Amber"
The Rak'tika Greatwood Theme #1 "Civilizations"
Boss Music:
The Weapon's Refrain Garuda OST
Sophia's Theme
Seat of Sacrifice Theme "To the Edge" (Late game spoiler stuff)
I look forward to your future reactions :)
Dont forget locus
It's your lucky day for To the Edge: th-cam.com/video/cMmtFUunjs4/w-d-xo.html
Oblivion and Return to Oblivion are also a jam. They should be done in that order though
Man I cannot wait until we finally have the clean version of this song.
If you want to understand some of the theme transitions, I would highly look it up the following:
1) Torn from the Heavens
2) Heavensward Trailer (not Dragonsong).
3) Stomblood Trailer (not Revelations, but you should totally check that out too!)
You've already watched Shadowbringers, so I'm keeping that one off the list :P
Thanks!
Did you ever get a chance to visit this piece without the VO? It's simply glorious - more so when you realise it has all the themes of each expansion turned up to 11. Soken is a genius.
This has alvl the dlc music wrapped into it which is why it sounds the way it does. :)
I need to see your reaction to Titania's theme in FFXIV.
The actual name of the song is "What Angel Wakes Me"
Got a bunch of requests for this, possibly next weekend!
@@JessesAuditorium woohoo!!! :D
Falalalala 🧚♀️🧚🧚♂️
if you want to give a clearer listen to that one distorted guitar bit i reccomend "Endsinger phase two" it basically comes back for the very end of the fight and loops around a bit.
This song was created to follow our journey in the game thus does it have bits from every opening song from every expansion.
The crazy thing is Soken wrote and worked on this while he was in the hospital being treated for cancer .. the man is amazing.
Subbed for so many reasons...i love all of your videos man.
Also you cute c:
@ 7:55 the drums you mentioned, gave me KoRn vibes hard.
Ooh, please listen to The Weight of the World, (yes, more FFXIV lol), when you can. Its epic and there are a lot of transitions.
Side note the vocalist is the vocalist from architects
the thing to take note about Soken is that he is big on motifs, you will see him make a theme and then draw everything else from it. the thing this music is that THERE IS a lot going on, this is the moment when everything we have been through converge, so it has motifs from every single expansion, every theme we have heard before is in there in a way or another.
I don't know if anyone pointed this out yet, but the male singer for this is the singer for Architects
Highly recommend tomorrow and tomorrow. One of the most beautiful songs in the game. They have a video on their channel that does contain spoilers from scenes throughout the game, but the only audio is from the song.
the song is not officially out. But its in this trailer.
In youtube youll only found covers.
Also, there is a segment in this song 2:50 3:32
All of that is sung in Dragonspeak, but cause the lyrics are so hard to hear in the trailer, we wont get the Dragonspeak lyrics until the official song is out.
Thank you, this was pretty cool. ❤️ It'd be nice if you relisten to it when the clean version comes out! If it's worth it hehe, I don't know much about music
Im a sucker for female vocals and the drop in at 4:20 along with the lyrics hits so hard for me every time.
Greatreaction as usual.. looking forward to seeing more..
3:00 Well you may stop listening to the music and listen to Emet Selch's beautiful voice instead sir!