MUSIC DIRECTOR REACTS | Dragonsong - Final Fantasy XIV
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- The orchestration prowess of Nobuo Uematsu is mind-blowing!
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I have no power here but you gotta hear “Return to Oblivion” from ffxiv
Yakuza songs and themes are bangers!!
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I second return to oblivion
@@Blusmj indeed an amazing song!
Then the order will be , Answers => Dragonsong => Revolutions => Tomorrow and Tomorrow => Flow
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Heavensward is good too gotta include that after dragonsong before jumping into next expansion
I took a screenshot. Thx
@@DrumRollTonyReacts Tomorrow and Tomorrow a thousand percent. 🙏
Great timing to do FF14 reactions with the new expansion, Dawntrail dropping soon
hell yea cant wait for Dawntrail, playing a new expansion when it drops is always my favorite experience in MMOs because thats when the servers are most populated and when everyone is going through new content together, so much fun!
"When this plays I'll put the controller down"
Well, rip the rest of your team mates facing the expansions final boss
Except the song plays on the platform while you wait for the queue for the fight...
Don't forget about p6 of DSR.
You don't want to put your controller down there
@@timoliver3587 *Laughs in healer queue*
nah just playing Dragoon
@@TheWickedWizardOfOz1 Healer on my server seems to be in low demand right now compared to Tank. This is one area where I don't mind the queue though, still one of my favorite songs.
You've opened up an enormous can of worms with FFXIV music. It's an endless selection.
One thing you may be interested to note is that Answers (from base game) and Dragonsong (from first expansion) are from Nobuo Uematsu. At around the third expansion, Masayoshi Soken takes over as lead composer for the game so you may notice some differences. Still very great music, bit of a different style. Soken is also part of a metal band for the game, The Primals, which features a lot of great music as well.
Oh that's interesting. Was there a reason for the switch?
@@DrumRollTonyReacts I think just so Uematsu could retire. He's been doing FF music since the beginning!
@@SephaliaI believe this is right. Soken had been working under Uematsu for a while at this point and it was kind of a passing of the torch so Uematsu could work on other projects while his involvement wound down.
@@Tobeh Uematsu did the main themes for ARR through Stormblood ("Answers," "Dragonsong," and "Revolution"). Most everything else from 2.0 and later, including the main themes for Shadowbringer and Endwalker, is Soken. Some of it is Soken doing his own take on Uematsu's stuff, since stuff from other games in the series does show up.
@@DrumRollTonyReacts Uematsu's been doing final fantasy since no. 1, so he just felt it was time to retire. He was just running out of energy for it
Soken was doing the overall sound design and had contributed many songs already, an Uematsu felt he was more than capable of carrying the proverbial torch
and, uh, in case your wondering how deep this rabbit hole can go.... final fantasy 14 alone has over 1500 individually copy-written tracks of music credited to the game. No, that's not a typo, 1500 individual songs.
Oh, he stumbled on FFXIV. Have fun on your listening journey :D
When she sings "A throne lying empty, A reign incomplete, Alone for eternity, A pain without cease." That whole section with the orchestra just stabs straight in my heart the best way.
"...-long / seas of blood are a song / and death an afterthought / for those who fight for naught" is another excellent set of lines.
This song is brilliant in every regard.
*pacha meme* Just right
Thoridan’s throne made empty by greed, Ratatoskr’s throne empty by betrayal, Niddhogg’s throne empty in spirit with a vengeful wraith were a stern king once stood, and Hrysvelgar’s throne empty due to his infinite simp energy
So, a few things about the context of the lyrics, Heavenward is about finding the truth behind the theocratic city-state of Ishgard (the "Children of the Land" in the lyrics). It was once ruled by a king, and they went to war with dragonkind over territory. One day, a woman of Ishgard fell in love with a dragon, and together they brought their people together in peace, ("one true love they did find, bringing land and heavens near") until a king, after 200 years, was manipulated into killing and harvesting one of the elder dragons for power. That dragon's brother went mad with grief and anger, determined to bring pain to that king's people and decendants for all time, as dragon perception of time is different from mortals: after a thousand years, his sister's death was as fresh as when he first discovered her mutilated corpse.
The king's children thought they killed this dragon, and decided Ishgard no longer needed a king, ("a throne lying empty, a reign incomplete") and gave a false account of events to take away their complicity in events. But that dragon didn't die, and instead periodically continued the war, killed thousands of Ishgard's people every few years for the next 1,000 years, with Ishgard changing their doctrine to obsolve them of guilt and making the war with dragons a holy war in order to provide stability and hope for their people, even though it also ensured the people of Ishgard would never want the war, and the cycle of retaliation, to end.
The expansion really delves into themes of how lies create pain far beyond what you initially expect, and the importance of letting go.
Omg you should do “Tomorrow and Tomorrow” and “Flow” next
(but I’m biased cuz I sing those songs…. 😅)
Crystal Mommy! 🤗
I'm Achen to hear it
We miss you so much 😢
Your companion possessed by an evil dragon, the dragon's brother coming to help us stop his rampage -- after a vicious battle of two ancient dragons tangled in the skies it concludes with the two collapsing on a bridge before you. The evil dragon is victorious, but not all hope is lost... bestowed with the last of the fallen dragon's power, it's up to you to fight the evil dragon and try to save your companion from the evil dragon's thrall and put an end to the 1000-year dragon war once and for all.
As you turn to face the evil dragon this song begins to plays seamlessly from cutscene into battle.
FFXIV truly is a once-in-a-lifetime story experience that is only possible as a MMORPG. A 10 year long journey where you grow to love the world and its characters and that couldn't have ended the Ascian arc on a more satisfying note. All that accompanied by one of the best and biggest soundtracks in gaming history, which they masterfully interweave with the story. What a game.
On top of that, we've been hearing bits and pieces of this music all through the expansion. Never the full piece, and sometimes not even prominent enough to catch on a surface level, but this theme has been underlying the entire story of this arc, and the fact that it plays all the way through the battle only adds to the impact of the moment.
Never skip that cutscene and the one s at the end. Even playing it for the thousandth time.
The song themselves are epic. Have goosebumps as I am listening.. but the CONTEXT of the song, the story beats and meaning of those moments…..
FF14 music hits the soul!!!
By far the ONE game I wish I could experience again for the 1st time.
No matter how epic the song is in itself…. Hearing it ingame is just magic!!
@@Gharon It's been self proclaimed by Squeenix that it's a RPGMMO as the focus is on the story more than the MMO aspect. This distinguishes it from other MMOs.
I'm sure I do not talk only for myself but on behalf of others by saying this : I would pay you for sure to see you play this game. I mean... It's a must and a once a in lifetime experience to listen to that beautiful music and to play at the same time because then you understand what is at stake. The story is as beautiful as the music. Who's with me? Who wants to see him play this masterpiece?? Do a thumbs-up!
The whole thing wouldn't have to be live streamed, but a zone by zone musical takedown of XIV would be absolutely INCREDIBLE. I was one of the 2.0 alpha testers and the first time I zoned into New Gridania and the woodwinds kicked in.... it felt like I was home. Souken is a musical genius, and the fact that the majority of the music is composed on a synthesizer is quite surprising to folks (obviously the lush orchestrations of Answers and Dragonsong were live performances.) I asked him about it once at a Fanfest and it's a custom system unique to SE, likely built to their in-house standards. (Never forget that Sakimoto of the original FF Tactics is the whole reason video games start sounding more like real orchestras and less like the blips and bloops that Uematsu wrangled into something decent. Sakimoto did not like the PS1 sound chip.)
I can't tell you how excited I am for you to listen to the countless FFXIV ost masterpieces
16:41 You ask when this song plays in the game, and the answer is kind of constantly? Just about all the rest of the music used throughout an expansion is based on the main theme via heavy use of leitmotifs, but each track is done in different styles and tempos. The repetition of the theme in this way really cements the vibe of each chapter in the game's sprawling story.
yea they repeat the main tracks for each expansion over and over in all kinds of places to the point where just hearing it start in the background brings back all those memories of the other times youve heard it. Its like a home base they go back to over and over just to set a mood
@@SpydersByte It's incredibly helpful to have those leitmotifs, even if I can' recall the details of the story the emotions I felt come back like a hammer in the face.
Final Fantasy series has 100x more great songs than any other game series. There are litterly thousands.
The great thing about this piece is it builds slowly over the whole story arc becoming more and more complete and at the end of the expansion when the story hits the hardest it plays the full song.
Funny part is this song in game plays just before the final boss of the expansion AND during the boss fight. So you are trying to stay alive while in awe of this track. Made for a memorable experience.
The true difficulty curve in ffxiv is learning new mechanics through a river of tears.
@@gaycryptidhoursHaha! For me it’s queuing up when I’d rather just listen and enjoy reliving the moment.
My only regret with 14 is that I can’t unlearn the story to experience it all in 1 go for the first time.
try singing along while crying... IRL bards be weepin' with the song transitions to Revenge of the Horde.
Not just that but if you're a dps you can actually take in the song over the queue. I remember as I was waiting soneone from my fc at the time showed up and we just had a chat with this hightening the mood in the background
I was so glad I was able to do this fight with Duty Support because it meant I had a second when I zoned in and the song started playing, and I started crying, to wipe my tears before I started the fight.
When this theme plays in game, it's a lyrical version of a motif we hear a lot throughout the story, and this version is right at the climax. The song plays right before a matchmade activity, so you have nothing to do other than sit there waiting for the queue and listening to the song. When I played FFXIV for the first time, THIS is the point where I knew it would be one of the best games I've ever played.
It stands alone, but the context of the game adds so much. The song continues into the start of the fight, definitely fitting for anyone who played that far but very non-standard for a game when looking at the epic battle beginning. Then phase 2 and 3 come with their own musical changes, it's a whole journey, and I always have to hear them all together.
with the point that it starts playing on the bridge, it's almost like hydaelyn telling you to go kick that dragon's ass
I remember when this was just released, and the bridge was filled with people. No one minded waiting for the queue. In fact, some (including myself) delayed queueing for the battle simply because they enjoyed the music so much. Some people even joked about moving the endgame area shops over there, just so we could spend more time there.
@@burgers641 The musical changes in that fight still make it one of my favorite boss themes in the entire game, going on three (almost four!) expansions later. It's just SO DARN GOOD.
to this day, that battle has been the only time a game ever made me cry mid fight
Another vote for To the Edge! Give this man some variety.
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@@BlakeAustin2011 To do the Twinning, you must first do all the bits that go into that particular mash up for it to be fully appreciated. That's primarily eScape, Eternal Winds (recycled as G'raha's theme in XIV but originally from FF3), and a few other bits and bobs thrown into the musical blender.
Our best man Soken deserves to have his gorgeous work appreciated the realm over
I never "got" Dragonsong the same way I did with Answers. Until I got to the Final Steps of Faith. That they chose this soft, melancholic song for the boss music is brilliant. There's so much storytelling that goes on through music.
I LOVE you’re reacting to FFXIV music. It’s one of my most favorite games of all time at this point and I get emotional hearing some of these songs again. Can’t wait for you to react to more and I’ll be here with you on that journey too!
FFXIV is an exceptionally deep rabbit hole of amazing music, the entire game is a musical journey with literally hundreds of worthy tracks. You can spend a lot of time here, and it is not at all strange once the community sees you doing it for more of them to turn up.
The game also excels at building up connections and emotions, then putting them into a tube sock and waiting for the exact right time to beat you in the heart with that bag of emotions, to incredible music.
You will never know what you'll find. You could hear a waltz. You could hear a Alt Rock song. You might end up with an EDM mix.
_And that's just Shiva!_
"Don't you like hearing adults playing major chords in tune?" Seriously, my heart goes out to all the music instructors out there lol
It can be so hard to train your ear for the fine tuning of...well tuning. Took me years to even get mediocre at it. Use a tuner!
To The Edge is pretty good. You've heard a really tiny bit of it when you did Shadowbringers, but it's such a chill song that Soken wrote while in the hospital with cancer iirc.
There's also In the Balance (Amanda Achen vocals) that you may like, but it's just piano and voice.
In the Balance was sung by Tea, and involved a lot of musical instruments. Might you be thinking of Tomorrow and Tomorrow?
To The Edge is by far my favorite song in FFXIV, and that's saying a lot as practically everything music related in the game is 10/10 quality for me. I would love to hear his thoughts on it.
@@omegagilgamesh Came here to second this comment. I love In the Balance though it's one of my faves :)
Music is the one thing that embodies emotions better than anything else. It doesn’t matter what you are doing, if you hear a piece of music that means something to you, all of the emotions you once felt come rushing back. Dragonsong from Heavensward, Eternal Wind/Tomorrow and Tomorrow from Shadowbringers, and Flow/Answers from Endwalker, will always stick with me and others who have experienced FFXIV. Thanks for doing these songs and letting us relive those moments. Now to grab tissues and get back to work lol.
To be clear, Answers was ARR (well technically it was first heard when the 1.0 servers shut down) but weaponized to deal great emotional damage in Endwalker.
Such devastation WAS their intention ;)
One amazing thing about this song is there's actually two main versions of it. The first one is without lyrics and is played during the first chunk of the expansion story. There's then a really dramatic turning point in the story and the song starts playing again. Only this time, it's the second version and you actually hear the lyrics for the first time and understand. Truly an amazing experience when you realize that and hear the true version of the song that you've been listening to for the entire time so far.
Also, the name of the song is a bit of a key to all of this as it's kind of the song that the dragons sing to humans (children of the land) asking why did they do what they did and asking them to understand/remember what actually happened.
You should play the award-winning MMORPG with a free trial all through Stromblood (which includes Heavensward!) for free. With no restriction on playtime. Because when they do include this song its just powerful!
So, fun fact for you. You mentioned playing the OG 8-bit Final Fantasy, which would have been Final Fantasy 1. The composer for that game was Nobuo Uematsu, who composed both Answers and Dragonsong. Of course, our boy Masayoshi Soken has been doing a lot of the other FFXIV music by this point so I'm really excited for you to get to Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Flow to finally get your first couple of doses of Soken's work!
Uematsu has been retired or a long time by this point, hes only done limited work for FFXIV actually. most was done by Soken, who afaik, uematsu said is his protégé
@@NarutoLikesSherbit01he wrote those 2 songs tho thats all the guy said
It's really hard to describe how perfectly the sound team inserts these tracks into the game to heighten the emotional peaks. Throughout the entire Heavensward expansion we catch little bits and pieces of this melody but it's always just a small little phrase with various solo instruments. It's only at the end of it all after we've learned the full story of what happen thousands of years past to destroy the bond between dragon and mankind, after our character (a representative of man) underwent a multitude of trials, walked in the memories of the Great Wyrms, experienced the rawness of their betrayal, fury, and forlorn, finally earning the trust of the eldest survivor and being gifted his ancient power to put his vengeance mad brother to peace...that we finally "hear" the Dragonsong in its entirety.
This song and the moment surrounding it was the very moment that I fell in love with FF14.
I've been an Nobuo Uematsu fan ever since I booted up my first introduction to the Final Fantasy series, FFVIII, in 1999. I have listened to each FF soundtrack so many times I've lost count, been to Distant Worlds orchestra concerts (cried every time "At Zanarkand" has been played), played every game he's composed for multiple times, and still to this day, this Uematsu-san's music makes me emotional. Each time someone in the music world listens to his work and validates what I have felt for years, it brings tears to my eyes. I love watching people react to his pieces and can't wait to see more from DrumRollTony and others.
So, this was a mushy way of saying, "thank you" for listening to the music that has been the soundtrack to my life's journey for so long and I'm so glad you've enjoyed it so far! I look forward to seeing even more pop up on this channel and will probably geek out every time they do.
Might as well listen to "Heavensward" after this one.
To the Edge is my personal favorite song in FFXIV. The fact that Soken wrote it during his battle against cancer just makes it hit that much harder
I hope you review so many of Uematsu's work. He's a legend and I absolutely am in love with your reviews.
Thank you!!
Other comments have already covered a lot of the context behind this song, but the thing that stands out to me the most in FFXIV music is the excellent use of leitmotifs. Soken in particular knows how to tug on our heartstrings by calling back to poignant moments in the story and as you listen to more music from FFXIV you will start to notice them as well! Thanks for your commentary, always love seeing FFXIV music enjoyed by new listeners!
The lyric for death with the scene of the House Fortemps Lord who's voice actor died 2 years ago. Hits you in the feels when you remember the wanderer's campfires that lined the Vigil for days after...
Rip haurchfeant
Uematsu did the main songs for the original release of FFXIV, and came back for this, Answers from the previous expansion and Revolutions from the 3rd expansion. But Masayoshi Soken is the lead composer and musical director for the game. If you check out more of the music from the game, you’re going to hear more from Soken including his rock styling. He’s one of the guitarists in The Primals, the Square Enix/FFXIV in-house band. Soken himself was suffering from cancer and receiving chemotherapy as he wrote the music for the games final expansion, Endwalker. The man was dealing with his mortality as he wrote about the battle between hope and despair, the reoccurring theme since answers. Check out Flow, and Close in the Distance, two songs from Endwalker that helped them to win the Game Award for Best Score and Music in 2023. And if you watch the Primals version of Close in the Distance, you can see Soken playing his custom guitar. But there are live orchestra performances of both songs as well on the Final Fantasy XIV channel on TH-cam.
13:35 Ok now imagine you're fighting the final boss, and he suddenly becomes invincible, yells at the player while referencing the narrative theme of the song, and then charges up a super attack, timed to hit with the crescendo.
It's fucked up how the FFXIV team can write music this good and also weave it into the gameplay such that if you play optimally, a boss fight will perfectly line up with the music. It makes for unforgettable experiences.
Besides the other tracks suggested, "In the Balance" is an absolute banger.
maybe you've already realized by now, but you just tapped into a fandom that loves its composers
So glad you're covering FFXIV, brings so much joy to me to listen to these songs again, and hearing your analysis
16:40 It's featured in a certain plot-relevant fight during the Heavensward expansion, so fairly early on as the overall game goes. As with many parts of Answers, there are leitmotifs from it throughout the expansion and elsewhere in the game. The composers also really love to start with songs that develop from one plot area, dungeon, boss fight, etc. to another and ultimately culminate in something larger - e.g. "A Long Fall" (Shadowbringers) and "Scream" (Endwalker) are good examples of the penultimate expression of this concept. I highly recommend both.
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Did you know that the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV has a free trial, and includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn AND the award-winning Heavensward, and Stormblood expansions up to level 70 with no restrictions on playtime?
The final vocal Oooooooo makes my heart drop in my chest and the hair on my...well everywhere stand up. All these years and years later.
I had the absolute pleasure of hearing this preformed live at Distant Worlds (the concert dedicated to all things final fantasy music), and to say it was overwhelming to hear this song sung live with a choir is an understatement. everything I thought it could have been was it and more- this song already gets me misty eyed on a good day so I was holding back TEARS for the whole performance and felt like I couldn't breathe, because I felt like it would detract from the performance. amazing song and i hope you look into other FFXIV music- there's something there for everyone, from hugely orchestrated songs like this, to rock, dance music, and even just silly stuff. :)
Here we go! FF14 music crowd assemble!
Important thing about the role of music in this game: they are very consciously and deliberately placing and using music for everything. Answers and Dragonsong and other expansion intros are not just simply epic cinematics. They are used as frames and returning narrative additions to the story. Background songs for areas also add to narratic change, that is why so many mentioned Closed in the Distance for example: you are in the very last area in the game, at the end of the world, in space, among the stardust, where all species lost hope. After you arrive, you eventually bring hope, and the promise that races, factions, continents, planets can unite and stand together. That is when the music changes PERMANENTLY forever for that character to Closed in the Distance for the final area. Instances have chunks of the music on repeat, depending on which part of the fight you are doing. As your team progresses in the fight, music flawlessly transitions to the next loop. Many bosses even have timed attacks that fit the rhytm of the music! Narrative and music absolutely go hand in hand. They spare no money when it comes to both. I am a proud owner of all the released vynils! ^.^ You must do the remaining 3 expansions songs, too! ^.^
lets goooo prolly my favorite ff14 song, when it played in game I just stood in place for like 15 minutes listening to the song
The FFXIV expansion (next game installment) comes out next week so you are about to blow up man. I love the breakdown and analysis!
You should really play this game. I'm not kidding.
Sophia's Theme next! Equilibrium!
Good stuff brother, FFXIV ost is amazing.
I love watching people with no or little context react to the FFXIV music! So don't worry about not knowing the story or whatever. It's massive, and honestly the music all tells a story on its own, whatever that may be depends on the individual. Beauty of music, beauty of these compositions by Nobuo Uematsu and Masayoshi Soken! 🙇🏻♀🙇🏻♀🙇🏻♀
This may be weird.. but you were mentioning the timpani, and I took a second to really listen and it occurred to me that there is something just so.. fundamentally Uematsu about the timpani. a feeling that goes back to even the 16, 8bit titles. that low bassy rumble and percussiveness with wind punctuation just... FEELS Uematsu.
I agree. Way back with Roaming Sheep from FF3, he has his stamp. There's no one else like him.
Its funny how you would probably nail this as a sort of ballad credits theme....when in reality its a boss track lol. You get an absolutely insane amazing cutscene between the big bad and thier brother, and your character gets thier badass moment, only for it to fade back into gameplay and this track starts. Its just you staring down a large dragon on to of a shattered bridge. Then you queue into the fight....and the music continues into the fight until phase 2.
Also yeah the lyrics being an absolute pivotal part of the track with how its basically a direct plea to the big bad. Also i always get goosbumps during this fight when the uplifting part of track hits in the fight.
You have some incredible insight that I've been really enjoying as you visit songs that I've known for years. Definitely a very interesting perspective that gives me a newfound appreciation for these songs. Very well done!
really funny that i saw your reaction to Yoiyami no Uta and thought "when is this guy gonna do FFXIV reacts" lol
You made me smile in a way I did not expect. I was a student at Interlochen Arts academy in the late 70s. Frederick Fennell conducted the band I was in as a guest conductor. I remember him at one point in a practice yelling at the band "Schmultzy! It has to be Schmultzy!" That was the only time I heard that term until you said it here. Good times remembered.
This is my favorite piece in the entire game. I have it playing in my player housing.
I found this channel while i was looking for some Persona music and i have to say that not only i have found new music to listen but i also have learned so many new stuff about music composition. Superb channel my man, you got a new sub.
The FFXIV community is so passionate and welcoming regarding the game.
Can't wait to see if you will listen to the rest of the expansion themes, and if you do, please enjoy!
Its funny you mention putting the controller down, I've had a group of 8 random people who stood in front of the boss and not starting the fight just so we could listen to the song before the pull. One of the things that made me fall in love with ffxiv was how much the players loved the game to the point they would not play it just to enjoy the music. (This includes when I find random bard shows in a town and just give up on doing anything productive.)
"When does this piece play in game?"
At the end of a tragedy.
This music plays during the first half of an 8-player boss fight! Very wild to queue into a final boss and hear one of the most epic and beautiful songs that recounts the story your character just went on. FF14 has some real great stuff ahead if you wanna hear more.
bruh just play the game and your ears will thank you
Put the controller down and listen happens a lot in ff14
Final Fantasy 14 is just a wonderful journey. It’s so beautiful and has so many wonderful moments, especially musical. I’ve been playing since 14. This songs expansion, Heavensward came out on my 16th birthday. I have learned so much from this game over 10 years and it is truly an amazing experience.
yesssss I knew after the answers review you’d do this next let’s gooooooo
When this song started playing in game, I just stopped and couldn't function for a good while.
A thousand-year-long war culminating to a final showdown despite all your efforts for peace. All the lies, betrayals and religious misleading behind the conflict revealed, but this confrontation was still inevitable. And at the core of the conflict was a very tragic love story over a thousand years past, when an immortal dragon and a mortal fell in love.
Hell yeah, more FF14 music!
Ink Long Dry from FFXIV next!
Its awesome seeing people who have never played the game loving the music so much. Im sure you can imagine how much more it means to those of us who lived through it. This was the title track for the first expansion after A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, and plays often throughout the story for that part of the game, including in some EPIC fights. It's funny so far Ive seen you cover Answers, Footfalls, and Dragonsong and those 3 are always on my Orchestrion playlist, which is basically a jukebox you can put in your player-owned house so that you can set your own background music. Amazing tracks, all 3, and I hope you cover more FF music in the future :D
Great gubal library is a great jazz piece
If you want something completely different from FF14, I recommend Lakshmi's Theme (Beauty's Wicked Wiles)
Nobuo Uematsu has always been in a league of his own, man. It’s unreal
Wait we have Dragonsong already?! Lets go!
ohhh the tears we had when this was out we all Teared river
You should watch and react to all of the expansion opening songs. They're the perfect medley of things to come in each expansion and Endwalker specifically is the perfect musical payoff!
Im not going to lie, youve earned yourself a sub. Your breakdowns and how much you appreciate this beautiful music even though you dont even know the story has earned it. Its one of my favorite games of all time. I have been playing for years and I cant even describe my emotions to you of how much I love the music and arrangements of not just this game but all final fantasies.
Nobuo Uematsu is a legend and will forever be one of the best to ever do it.
At some point, you should give FFXIV's "Ink Long Dry" a listen. It's the theme for one of the dungeons -- The Great Gubal Library -- in the Heavensward expansion. They lay down some pretty funky stuff in that song, and I've always enjoyed it.
I'm here for all your ffxiv reacts haha the music in this game is so unbelievably good ❤
Please listen to “Flow” and “Close in the Distance” - two amazing songs that are forever etched upon my heart.
If you’d like to step away from cinematically and explore a bit of the battle music (which is definitely a good idea!), then a few of the community favorites are “Eden: Shiva’s Theme”, “To The Edge: The Warrior of Light’s Theme”, “Exponential Entropy: The Cruise Chaser’s Theme”, and “The Knights of the Round Theme”.
Then, if you really want to stretch your ear drums and listen to some funky, crazy battle music, then I would recommend “What Angel Wakes Me: Titania’s Theme”, “Thunder Rolls: Ramuh’s Theme”, and “Equilibrium: Sophia’s Theme”. You’ve probably never heard stuff like that before, haha!
There’s SO MUCH you could listen to and all of them are so meaningful. Next I genuinely think you should listen to Heavensward, but I cannot fucking wait for you to look at Shadowbringers. That song means a lot to me.
Dragonsong follows you through the entire expansion, and when this full version came up I wrote /sit, sat back, listened and cried. Absolutely gorgeous and so, so emotionally impactful when you know what she's singing about. When you've experienced that yourself over so many hours. It's before a really major story dungeon. I didn't queue up, for quite a while I just took my time soaking in Dragonsong.
You should check out the Distant Worlds versions of some of Uematsu's absolute bangers. Zanarkand, Main Theme Of Final Fantasy VII, You're Not Alone, Jenova, Don't Be Afraid would all be great to check out.
You know, I could have SWORN you did a reaction to Scream from FFXIV before, but I just looked through all your vids and I didn't see it. Highly recommended!
Long time player, and there are LOTS of really good songs in the collection for this game, but my top picks (Other than Answers and Dragonsong, since you've now heard them) would, in no particular order, be: Flow, Scream, The Black Wolf Stalks Again, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and The Striking Tree (Ramuh's Theme). There are other fantastic choices, just about anything from this game is either a bop or a mood.
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lol but actually, if you like video games and you like a good story, it's definitely worth playing. and you clearly like the music already!
FFXIV has been taken over by Masayoshi Soken who is an absolute genius in his own right, and worthy successor to Nobuo Uematsu. You should check out some of Soken's work next!
Uematsu is still making Final Fantasy music, though! He is working on the new FF7 remake trilogy. Turns out the credits song for 'Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade' features Loren Allred, of "Never Enough" fame! I didn't realize until I saw a TH-cam video of her performing "No Promises To Keep" live with Uematsu. I did a triple take and almost had to pinch myself. I'm an avid gamer with a guilty pleasure of watching clips of shows like AGT and BGT and got really confused when this random video in my feed was from two very disparate interests of mine rolled into one🤣
Not FFXIV, but I would recommend music from the Octopath Traveler games. It is one of my top soundtracks of all time. The Octopath Traveler main theme is amazing on it own but if you then also listen to Octopath Traveler 2’s main theme, it gets elevated! Some other top Octopath 1 songs would be The Frostlands, My Quiet Forest Home, Decisive Battle II, and They Who Govern Reason. Octopath 2 is so full of bangers that idk where to start, but I will recommend (other than the main theme) Critical Clash II and Battle on the Sea.
FFXIV soundtrack though, my two biggest favorites and recommends would be Ultima (theres a few alternate versions of this but the one I’m talking about is from “The Realm Reborn” soundtrack specifically) and On Our Fates Alight (Shadowbringers expansion). Ultima is an epic battle theme and On Our Fates Alight is a chill, inspiring piece that just makes me happy. (Tomorrow and Tomorrow is another fav but that has already been highly recommended by others)
it's so funny how when composers DON'T use the picardy third, musicians are like OH YES THIS IS GOOD YES SPICY STAYING IN THE SCALE WOW
We're going down the FF14 road, way to many awesome tracks that deserve mention. However at some point you gotta ask yourself: Do you know LAHEE?
Your reacting to the FFXIV soundtrack. The FFXIV community will come. Our passion is there.
I am enjoying watching these ff14 videos so far and hope there are more. I left a recommendation on your lasty video, the Black shroud theme, but would also like to recommend FFXIV OST Sophia The Goddess Theme ( Equilibrium ) with lyrics. It's a great song with a dark meaning. Cant wait to see more. thanks
You gotta keep listening to ffxiv music. Soken is a fucking legend
What angel wakes me
The Final day + With Hearts Aligned (One boss, two songs)
To the edge (Soken wrote this in the hospital while battling cancer)
Through the Maelstrom (Oldie but goldie)
Ruby Weapon Theme
本当にかっこいい歌ですね。God bless ya man, awesome video, keep them coming
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I guess Revolutions would be the next one as it marks the final main composition by Uematsu and Calloway, who are replaced by Soken and Amanda for Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Flow. You already reacted to Shadowbringers and Endwalker. However other good songs from FFXIV are Footfalls, Scream, To the Edge, In the Balance, Oblivion. Then you have the lyrical replies Return to Oblivion and Your Answer (responds to Answers but it’s not voiced). I think Athena the tireless one is also a response to Scream. If you are into techno the music for the Omega raids and Alexander are great. And Wayward Daughter is a favorite of mine but that whole section is mostly in Japanese with only some English.
Probably my favorite thing about the FFXIV soundtrack is that the big main themes (Answers, Dragonsong, Heavensward, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, etc.) are represented by leitmotifs appearing in most of the other songs of the expansion. So you can often tell when a song came out just by listening to it.
EDIT: Technically not as true for ARR, but definitely more true for the expansions afterwards.
Thirty-five year veteran jobbing muso and producer, and normally one of the most hyper-critical about music. I got completely sucked into the game mostly because of the music. There isn't a note out of place, even in the twee, tropish bits. It has an incredibly diverse sonic palette, and it's all breathtaking.
FFXIV is the best and most complete entertainment experience I've ever encountered. When Close in the Distance plays in the Endwalker MSQ, the combined effect is to suck all the breath out of you and the tears won't stop. Just brilliant.
Cried in this song, cried in answers. Legitimately. There's rarely a song I don't like.
Semi-spoilers alert.
This song plays twice in gameplay, once at the end of Heavens ward, and once in a great battle afterwards.
I balled first time during the battle, it was not at all what I expected to wander in and just Dragonsong playing. I think I died way more than usual trying to sing and fight at the same time while crying. If you never play, but check out a playthrough, you'll know why it stung so bad.
This game really knows how to make me cry. The only other game I've played off the top of my head that got me this worked up was Persona 4. (Still working on Persona 3)
Bro I know you mentioned you haven't played XiV which is perfectly fine. If you do ever jump into it I promise you, go back and re-listen to the music and while you've done an AMAZING job in unpacking the music, someone like you will truly be able to appreciate the melody's used. They actually reflect the story being played by the player and the notes hit SOOOO MUCH HARDER once you know what they are referring to. You are absolutely not at fault because you are WAY more experienced than I in recognizing the intricacies of music. but my man, you will be enveloped in pure musical bliss if you have the background of the melody. not the lyrics (even though they are immensely important too) but the notes that you already distinguish. it truly changed peoples lives and i want that happiness for all who listen to these legendary tracks.
If you love that old 90-00 style rock music. Two songs I highly recommend from FF14 are 'Oblivion' and 'Scream'.
I'm so glad to have stumbled on another Tony FF14 video. This song always makes me cry, my favorite character throughout HW was Haurchefant, I sobbed when he sacrificed himself, and then again when his spirit shows up to help us save Estinien, my other favorite character (DRG main). Heavensward made us feel so many emotions, and this song encapsulates it all. I would love if Tony did Close in the Distance o.o
The other suggestions post here kinda amount to more of the same of the tracks you've done already.
you wanna move around to different styles thats where FF14 stands out.
Exponential entropy
Revelation, riot, at both ends
Beauty's wicked wiles
Under the Weight
Blinding Indigo
Amatsu Kaze (i heard you like bass)
Sunrise