I don't think Soken will ever understand just how much joy his music brings me. And I make sure to thank the man pretty regularly as we talk on messenger.
@@ZincZXzinx Thank you for bringing this up. Much like Soken has spoken of working on FFX with Nobuo Uematsu and going out for beers with the man, yes we didn’t really hear his name until 12 years later for ARR, I imagine there are a lot of unsung heroes working on these bangers that don’t get the recognition they deserve. Soken is amazing, a musical genius, but yeah, he probably didn’t have his hands on this as much as people want to imagine he did beyond laying out the motifs/leitmotifs and preparing instructions and maybe supervising/advising changes needed.
@@TheTrinitySaga At the same time, Soken's contribution to laying out the sound and feel of FFXIV's soundtracks can't be denied. Even if he didn't directly compose every track his influence is all over it. So while I absolutely agree that the other composers on deck need to be given credit, he is still owed some gratitude for his role in establishing XIV's sound.
That third leg of the dungeon, on the rooftops, i just had a feeling in my stomach thinking about Vivi and Puck. This whole expansion is an echo of 9's themes, of comraderie and found family. And of living a life worth living, and that being different for every person.
The case with dawntrail i feel like it perfectly mixes the themes of both ffix and ffx - the theme of a journey and learning of the cultire is greatly reminiscent of that of ffx's story, and the themes of newfound family and that of finding meaning (echoed through Galool Ja's + Otis and Galool Ja's + Zalool Ja's relationships) adds an even more personal twist to the story that is JUST PERFECT
This is an absolute masterpiece. Didn't think this expansions 100 dungeon theme could match the dead ends one, but this is just as good in a more upbeat way. Soken the GOAT.
if I had a gil for every time the primary quest NPC for a series of job quests turned out to be an imaginary friend, I'd have three gil, but at least it wasn't MY imaginary friend this time.
Beautiful song. It goes hard. With Sphene and the villagers talking in the background and the map slowly becoming more darker and destroyed, it was actually a pretty emotional dungeon. Every time I do expert dungeons in roulette I always hope it is this one.
I was crying tears of joy seeing this be the pennultimate level 100 dungeon. What a perfect way to end the story with a very nice callback to 9 in design and some themeing
@@jsnjsn761I keep seeing comments it was bad and I feel bad for them that they could not be open minded about a new world building expansion I really enjoyed the characters
@@meitomiyazaki9848 the first half of the story is objectively poor in pacing and inconsistent in the quality of it's worldbuilding. Did we really need to collect SEVEN macguffins one at a time in a repetitive cycle? Furthermore how can they spend so much time worldbuilding without asking essential questions related to the cultures we meet like 'why do the pelupelu all wear identical pelican masks when there are no native pelicans and their culture revolves entirely around alpacas?' and 'why do the moblins still wear gas masks even though they aren't miners like their goblin cousins?' The moblin area in particular was awful because it was an idiot plot (a plot that can only happen if every character is suddenly acting stupid) where all of Wuk Lamat's bodyguards AND her brother AND his bodyguards let her go off alone into an ambush even though there had already been multiple attempts on her life. In comparison the Mamool Ja and Yok Tuy had pretty good worldbuilding, but it still took too long to deliver. A good point of comparison is WoW dragonflight. That expansion was praised for it's gameplay but criticized for having a bland story, yet even dragonflight does a better job of introducing a plethora of new tribes and establishing their culture efficiently than dawntrail. And speaking of warcraft, Dawntrail's story felt immensely like a WoW story, because it focused entirely on following around a brand new character in Wuk Lamat and both the player character and several other established characters were somewhat sidelined in comparison (especially Estinian, he was barely even in the xpac).
I have no doubt that this theme brought so many nostalgia to those are fond of FF9. I've also played it back in 2001 on my PS2. It was one of the reason why I got PS2 for that backwards compatibility and later on Bleem. But suffice it to say, FF9 didn't resonate with me after completing it. So, I took this theme at face value and there's one thing for sure, Soken rarely misses. He managed to make a theme that told a story. It had grim finality into the theme where everything seem to be at stake. But the theme also encapsulated the unshakable hope into it. What an amazing track this was. Knowing the story, it's a tragic one. A one that still bothers me weeks after completing MSQ.
@@natetoopi567 like a kind of nostalgic but powerful feeling, a sensation of sudden motivation, sudden realization that you might actually see a bright part of your life
Sounds like it's based on "Fleeting Life" from Final Fantasy IX! It was there in plain sight with the launch trailer... no wonder something about it felt familiar. Also, 0:22 Final Fantasy IX "Battle 1" music starts
The bit that we can hear here a few times (one time stamp @1:55), I feel like that's similar to that same melody we can hear for example in "Tragic Love (starting at 0:20)" or "Find the Princess (starting at 1:25)"
So is the fourth time I enter a sentient AI's mind (Alexander, Omega, The Red Girl...) and the fourth time the final dungeon is a recollection of memories of the current antagonist (Hades, Meteion, Golbez...)
I think I really connected to this story because I view my FC as family and I would give and do anything if I could save them from what's coming for our world
![Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail: Living Memory Theme [City of Gold]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oAlGMdSbq9g/mqdefault.jpg)
I don't think Soken will ever understand just how much joy his music brings me. And I make sure to thank the man pretty regularly as we talk on messenger.
Soken probably didnt do it
@@ZincZXzinx Thank you for bringing this up. Much like Soken has spoken of working on FFX with Nobuo Uematsu and going out for beers with the man, yes we didn’t really hear his name until 12 years later for ARR, I imagine there are a lot of unsung heroes working on these bangers that don’t get the recognition they deserve. Soken is amazing, a musical genius, but yeah, he probably didn’t have his hands on this as much as people want to imagine he did beyond laying out the motifs/leitmotifs and preparing instructions and maybe supervising/advising changes needed.
@@TheTrinitySaga At the same time, Soken's contribution to laying out the sound and feel of FFXIV's soundtracks can't be denied. Even if he didn't directly compose every track his influence is all over it. So while I absolutely agree that the other composers on deck need to be given credit, he is still owed some gratitude for his role in establishing XIV's sound.
@@goztboy I truthfully just wish SE gave us an easy way to tell who's responsible for what in the soundtracks because I would love to know
The in-game orchestration roll of this is called "A Trail Unending", For those of you curious ♥
Where can we get it?
@@monologuesofablueogre1869 the dungeon of course
Somehow, that name makes the song much more impactful.
Thanks! Had to run out and grab it from the MB!
Appropriate. On many levels.
이 노래만 들으면 벅차오르는 희망의 광경과 스펜이 겪었을 과거의 마음이 느껴지는 것 같아서 슬픔이 함께 느껴져요.
That third leg of the dungeon, on the rooftops, i just had a feeling in my stomach thinking about Vivi and Puck. This whole expansion is an echo of 9's themes, of comraderie and found family. And of living a life worth living, and that being different for every person.
And being remembered or forgotten.
The case with dawntrail i feel like it perfectly mixes the themes of both ffix and ffx - the theme of a journey and learning of the cultire is greatly reminiscent of that of ffx's story, and the themes of newfound family and that of finding meaning (echoed through Galool Ja's + Otis and Galool Ja's + Zalool Ja's relationships) adds an even more personal twist to the story that is JUST PERFECT
Did you notice the Puck cameo? There is a boy on the roofs dressed exactly like him!
@@Kefka1986 i need to go through the dungeon looking everywhere left and right
@@mekaminokushi2964and the aesthetics of ff11
This is an absolute masterpiece. Didn't think this expansions 100 dungeon theme could match the dead ends one, but this is just as good in a more upbeat way. Soken the GOAT.
Its way better.
Welcome to the FFXIV Dawntrail job action trailer :)
Ive had this theme on repeat for hours
If I had a gil for every time a final dungeon was a first hand recount of a civilization's end, I'd have 4 gil (thank you Squril :) )
Four.
Endwalker had 2.
@@darksquril Ah, much appreciated
@@darksqurilI mean (the dead ends) had 3 in one. So more than that technically.
if I had a gil for every time the primary quest NPC for a series of job quests turned out to be an imaginary friend, I'd have three gil, but at least it wasn't MY imaginary friend this time.
Beautiful song. It goes hard. With Sphene and the villagers talking in the background and the map slowly becoming more darker and destroyed, it was actually a pretty emotional dungeon.
Every time I do expert dungeons in roulette I always hope it is this one.
You are a gift for this, I was looking everywhere!
"Have you heard? Princess Sphene is hyah!"
I LAUGH EVERY TIME I RUN THE DUNGEON 🤣🤣
I keep saying Amaurot is the best...I keep saying Dead Ends is the best...Alexandria was a true joy to experience.
The part at 0:21 is really good. I love that part of the song.
The final dungeon themes just don't miss in this game. Very cool.
I was crying tears of joy seeing this be the pennultimate level 100 dungeon. What a perfect way to end the story with a very nice callback to 9 in design and some themeing
been waiting to see when this would play, I've been just playing the trailer just to hear it
The story wasn’t good 😂
@@omensoffate story is good,just not for rage people
@@jsnjsn761I keep seeing comments it was bad and I feel bad for them that they could not be open minded about a new world building expansion I really enjoyed the characters
@@meitomiyazaki9848 the first half of the story is objectively poor in pacing and inconsistent in the quality of it's worldbuilding. Did we really need to collect SEVEN macguffins one at a time in a repetitive cycle?
Furthermore how can they spend so much time worldbuilding without asking essential questions related to the cultures we meet like 'why do the pelupelu all wear identical pelican masks when there are no native pelicans and their culture revolves entirely around alpacas?' and 'why do the moblins still wear gas masks even though they aren't miners like their goblin cousins?' The moblin area in particular was awful because it was an idiot plot (a plot that can only happen if every character is suddenly acting stupid) where all of Wuk Lamat's bodyguards AND her brother AND his bodyguards let her go off alone into an ambush even though there had already been multiple attempts on her life.
In comparison the Mamool Ja and Yok Tuy had pretty good worldbuilding, but it still took too long to deliver.
A good point of comparison is WoW dragonflight. That expansion was praised for it's gameplay but criticized for having a bland story, yet even dragonflight does a better job of introducing a plethora of new tribes and establishing their culture efficiently than dawntrail.
And speaking of warcraft, Dawntrail's story felt immensely like a WoW story, because it focused entirely on following around a brand new character in Wuk Lamat and both the player character and several other established characters were somewhat sidelined in comparison (especially Estinian, he was barely even in the xpac).
Been needing this so bad since the launch trailer came out.
Absolute chills, we havent had dungeon music this good since ala mhigo 2:00 the little motif of the music that plays in meteions final scene
It’s absolutely brilliant, Soken is a genius
1:42 when I use reawaken as viper 🔥🔥
I KNOW RIGHT?!?!?
the part right after at 1:55 gets stuck in my head all the time
I love this theme for me there's a sense of hope with everything that happened they still hold on and fight with there queen
This song gets me hype during the fights
Did anyone else feel Fire Emblem vibes with this theme when they ran the dungeon. The orchestration reminds me a lot of Fates and 3 Houses.
Glad i wasn't the only one who though of FE when i heard this. Lol
The song being called "A trail unending" goes with her boss theme "paved in solitude"
They should have kept this song playing during boss fights
Fr bro
1:55 Sounds like the amazing digital circus
This sounds like the producers just kidnapped the composer for Fire Emblem: Three Houses for like a day and made him contribute on this track alone.
I have no doubt that this theme brought so many nostalgia to those are fond of FF9. I've also played it back in 2001 on my PS2. It was one of the reason why I got PS2 for that backwards compatibility and later on Bleem. But suffice it to say, FF9 didn't resonate with me after completing it. So, I took this theme at face value and there's one thing for sure, Soken rarely misses. He managed to make a theme that told a story. It had grim finality into the theme where everything seem to be at stake. But the theme also encapsulated the unshakable hope into it. What an amazing track this was. Knowing the story, it's a tragic one. A one that still bothers me weeks after completing MSQ.
TH-cam really doesn't like this theme, keeps trying to force Alexander OST instead
1:44 , everyone.
This part hits hard! Always hypes me up. Something sad about it though
@@natetoopi567 like a kind of nostalgic but powerful feeling, a sensation of sudden motivation, sudden realization that you might actually see a bright part of your life
I think of an epic combination between me and my party going off on a boss.
Sounds like it's based on "Fleeting Life" from Final Fantasy IX! It was there in plain sight with the launch trailer... no wonder something about it felt familiar.
Also, 0:22 Final Fantasy IX "Battle 1" music starts
ill have to listen to it, i keep hearing Weight of the World since i havent played 9 before
The bit that we can hear here a few times (one time stamp @1:55), I feel like that's similar to that same melody we can hear for example in "Tragic Love (starting at 0:20)" or "Find the Princess (starting at 1:25)"
Reminds me of Fire Emblem map theme
So is the fourth time I enter a sentient AI's mind (Alexander, Omega, The Red Girl...) and the fourth time the final dungeon is a recollection of memories of the current antagonist (Hades, Meteion, Golbez...)
"Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
If it works it works
As sad as this was... SE? Please take a break from that.
I think I really connected to this story because I view my FC as family and I would give and do anything if I could save them from what's coming for our world
I came here because (spoilers)
People pointed out that the final boss' 1st phase theme is a remix of this music.
Was that me? 😂
@@r3q901 nope
Got the overworld battle theme?
I have all songs from FFXIV DT. TH-cam limited my uploads. Will do that one next :)
Horrible choice to out this in the job action trailer, but it's fire so I get why they did it
This is very similar to FF16 music.
yeah?
And FF7 Remake has many tracks that are similar to FF13 because they got the same composer. :D
@@hiddenmaster6062 FFXIII music was phenomenal. I think you've convinced me to finally try VII remake after much delay! :p
also LOOP YOUR VIDS CORRECTLY
You're welcome to do it yourself you know lol