@@keddage1 yep. This is prob one of the more subtle reasons why - no offense to PCT players - pictomancer just comes off as goofy to me. Viper feels a better fit for traversing Tural in many ways. in my opinion, anyway.
@@drummermg131 i always loved pct goofiness bc theres always something extremely funny about being locked onto by an enemy and responding by immediately smashing it over the head with a hammer or a comet
I know it sounds a bit dumb, but when I'm playing MSQ I try to travel to locations on foot as much as possible and actually fight any enemies that happen to aggro, sort of pretend like it's a "regular" Final Fantasy game, lol
ARR: Standard FF battle theme, very lighthearted and not too intense HW: Almost everybody you know is gone, and you are pretty much on your own, fighting for your life STB: War is happening, and the triumphant music is there to hype you up for battle SHB: You are in a strange new land and the music reflects it by being drastically different with the use of guitars EW: An extremely triumphant epic-like battle theme to be the end all to the ascian arc DT: Its a brand new adventure so the music reflects with a new style and curiosity to everything
I feel like coming from Endwalker, so much of DT’s ost is gonna be sleeper hits that grow on you after a few listens. But this one’s just fantastic from the jump. Can’t wait til you post the dungeon boss themes.
Absolutely agreed. It was how I felt when it was Endwalker out of Shadowbringers...I adore Insatiable as a boss theme. On Blade's Edge was enjoyable to me from early on, but it kept growing on me as we heard it more and now it's another of my favorites...And then I heard the dungeon boss theme for Dawntrail and had to wonder just WHY it went so hard. It grew on me very quickly...And then I hit the big story battle late in MSQ and the 100 dungeon. It's already one of my favorites. DT delivered sublime music at every step.
Glad there are others that are reminded of Wild Arms. I've only played Wild Arms XF but the OST for that just made a lasting impression on me that I can never forget.
This is the same kind of like, festival with a tournament vibe that Vamos alla Flamenco has, which makes so much sense given the setting being mesoamerican inspired.
Except this is not Mesoamerican at all. This has heavy Spaniard influence, and while they did conquer Mesoamerica (the Spanish, I mean), the true musical roots for the South-American cone is not as close to this as you might perceive. The music, sadly, does not fit the setting. But I know better than to expect Japanese devs understanding the difference between hispanic and latino music. It's good though.
@@SB-jj2cj As a spaniard let me tell you the japanese knows the difference, but the NA doesn't, after all the accent they learn back in japan is from spain, not like in NA. Make your own conclusions from that.
@@utialtec As someone who is hispanic, let me tell you *these* japanese devs don't, based on the music choice for the type of areas visited on this expansion.
@@SB-jj2cj As someone who is also Hispanic let me tell you you're reaching for no reason. Japan did good stop trying to white knight an argument that isn't there. I do agree with you the music is great tho
Might just be my favorite battle theme in all of XIV. It can't stop swaying to the beat whenever this plays. When it's not playing, I wish it was. I almost never want combat to end.
When I heard this in the job action trailer I thought it would be the dungeon battle theme or something, so when I aggro’d a random mob in the first area I visited and heard this I was absolutely floored
Shadowbringers' biggest problem is that it takes WAY too long to actually get started, which, coupled with how little time overworld battles usually take, means that you just end up having to listen to that opening riff again and again.
Me and my buddy I play all the msq with always use the car mount and go around together, and we both enjoyed this tune so much that we started pulling anything on our way to the next msq and call it "turn on the radio" xD
The first time I really listened to this, I literally stood up and shouted, "I LOVE THIS!" I haven't often been so moved, but here I am. Soken's work just gets better every expac.
Feels weird to say. But i feel like this is something i might hear in a Xenoblade DLC expansion as the battle theme. Maybe that's why i've been enjoying it so much.
@@Reynsoon Xenoblade hasn't had any smooth jazz battle themes lol. Future Connected's was disco/funk. Torna's was regular old classic jazz and Xenoblade 3's one was jazz fusion.
This doesn't sound like flamenco, it feels more inspired by traditional South American music while flamenco is from Spain (Europe). The drums are especially latin sounding.
Think this is the only battle theme I would purposely aggro mobs just to listen to in FF14.....by far my favorite battle theme followed by ff8 battle themes.....
@@sprigganfromffxiv Yeah, the ShB regular battle theme was really just noise with some vocals thrown in. The Stormblood one was better by far. But Dawntrail's combat theme blows them both out of the water.
Good theme but something I've noticed about battle themes as you run thru the expansions is you almost never hear them. You just don't fight a lot of enemies outside of Fate, Dungeons, or MSQ Trials with each of having its own theme. On the rare chance you do fight a normal enemy.. it dies in like 5 seconds so you have to sit there and let the monster live in order to hear themes like this.
I almost wish this song had another act it's so good. But if it did we'd never actually hear it as combat wouldnt last long enough, so it's for the best.
When you aggro a monster in tural it's challenging you to a dance battle. 🕺 🕺 💃 💃
🤣
Good thing it's my main DPS role
Makes sense. Much like WoW, FFXIV is just an elaborate dance simulator.
You aggro into a tango?
A TEST OF YOUR REFLEXES!!
I think this is my favorite field battle theme
i know this is my favorite field battle theme
Agreed, by far
I second that
Third that sentiment
Honestly, Shadowbringers is still my fav
I’ve been kiting enemies on purpose just to hear this song as I travel on my mounts for MSQ. It’s such an earworm and I love it.
I need a mount with this track on it, it's perfect riding music
based
lol same
Me too haha
Is it just me or this theme fits viper's movements so well like it's a dance
Exactly this haha. I love fighting to this music!
@@keddage1 yep. This is prob one of the more subtle reasons why - no offense to PCT players - pictomancer just comes off as goofy to me. Viper feels a better fit for traversing Tural in many ways. in my opinion, anyway.
@@drummermg131 Lol well thats why the classes arent based in Tural I mean my Dark Knight doesnt fit either lol
@@drummermg131 i always loved pct goofiness bc theres always something extremely funny about being locked onto by an enemy and responding by immediately smashing it over the head with a hammer or a comet
@@psisurge8021 yeah I won’t disagree that it’s comical. I just personally don’t have any desire to play it and thus be the goofy one myself haha
Legit the only battle theme across all expacs that i will never get bored of listening while doing overworld content
This theme just gets me going when it hits. So much so when a mob aggros accidentally I have to fight it.
Agreed. Might level jobs 90-100 purely off fates to listen to this banger
This is so real LOL
OH? YOU'RE APPROACHING ME? Yeah I feel you man, I have been going out of my way to fight things just to hear this theme.
I know it sounds a bit dumb, but when I'm playing MSQ I try to travel to locations on foot as much as possible and actually fight any enemies that happen to aggro, sort of pretend like it's a "regular" Final Fantasy game, lol
@@ExaltedUriel I'm the same way, it's such an awesome vibe
Been waiting for a clean version of this song since the Viper reveal, thank you! What an absolute bop ❤
Me toooo, absolute bangerrrr 🔥
They did not need to go this hard for an overworld battle theme lol
ARR: Standard FF battle theme, very lighthearted and not too intense
HW: Almost everybody you know is gone, and you are pretty much on your own, fighting for your life
STB: War is happening, and the triumphant music is there to hype you up for battle
SHB: You are in a strange new land and the music reflects it by being drastically different with the use of guitars
EW: An extremely triumphant epic-like battle theme to be the end all to the ascian arc
DT: Its a brand new adventure so the music reflects with a new style and curiosity to everything
EW's one was also made to deliberately sound similar to the ARR one's style.
While I love everything else about ShB, its normal battle theme made me mute the battle music. It just sounds awful.
@@TearsofaLunarian but one of the best dungeon endboss themes
I feel like coming from Endwalker, so much of DT’s ost is gonna be sleeper hits that grow on you after a few listens. But this one’s just fantastic from the jump.
Can’t wait til you post the dungeon boss themes.
Absolutely agreed. It was how I felt when it was Endwalker out of Shadowbringers...I adore Insatiable as a boss theme. On Blade's Edge was enjoyable to me from early on, but it kept growing on me as we heard it more and now it's another of my favorites...And then I heard the dungeon boss theme for Dawntrail and had to wonder just WHY it went so hard. It grew on me very quickly...And then I hit the big story battle late in MSQ and the 100 dungeon. It's already one of my favorites. DT delivered sublime music at every step.
This theme fits so well for sam, vpr, nin, dnc and rdm. The "blade dancers"
Remove sam and nin from that list…
@@Chihiro-KikuchiVega from Street Fighter and Jetstream Sam from Metal Gear Rising would like to have a word with you.
@@Chihiro-Kikuchi No, I'm not removing them from the list because they also fit there.
What a time to be Latina!
What a time indeed, sister!
Hell ya! Viva Latinos y Latinas! 💃 🕺
Epa!
0:59 gives off Wild Arms theme vibes and I love it. Im so glad this is a battle theme, cause it hit hard in the trailer 🔥😎
Ahhhhh true... that's why I like it so much! Love wild arms! 3s battle theme and xfs are still in my playlist to this day lol
Glad there are others that are reminded of Wild Arms. I've only played Wild Arms XF but the OST for that just made a lasting impression on me that I can never forget.
God I miss Wild Arms, Zone 4 really hit me with how much I miss the franchise.
Glad I wasn't the only one!
Actually this is what i was thinking 💯
This is the same kind of like, festival with a tournament vibe that Vamos alla Flamenco has, which makes so much sense given the setting being mesoamerican inspired.
Except this is not Mesoamerican at all. This has heavy Spaniard influence, and while they did conquer Mesoamerica (the Spanish, I mean), the true musical roots for the South-American cone is not as close to this as you might perceive.
The music, sadly, does not fit the setting. But I know better than to expect Japanese devs understanding the difference between hispanic and latino music.
It's good though.
@@SB-jj2cj As a spaniard let me tell you the japanese knows the difference, but the NA doesn't, after all the accent they learn back in japan is from spain, not like in NA. Make your own conclusions from that.
@@utialtec As someone who is hispanic, let me tell you *these* japanese devs don't, based on the music choice for the type of areas visited on this expansion.
@@SB-jj2cj As someone who is also Hispanic let me tell you you're reaching for no reason. Japan did good stop trying to white knight an argument that isn't there. I do agree with you the music is great tho
@@SB-jj2cjwho gives a shit. it‘s a fantasy world with a fantasy music
Good enough to get me to unmute the battle theme!
Oh we did hear parts of this theme in the full trailer.
I'm still in stormblood, but I had the great honour of experiencing this during my Viper trial and it's amazing!
Might just be my favorite battle theme in all of XIV. It can't stop swaying to the beat whenever this plays. When it's not playing, I wish it was. I almost never want combat to end.
Doing Dawntrail as Dancer was one of the best idea i ever had
How do they keep doing it
Unbelievable, yet here we are. We're eating so good.
No idea. I thought this expansion would be a bit of a flop musically and I was ready for it.... NOPE.
Indeed, I'm not so far into DT yet but most songs until now remind me of classic RPGs like Chrono Cross, Wild Arms, etc. Wonderful!
Almost maxed out my FATE in Urqopacha just because of this theme. I really should continue the MSQ...
Urqopacha is such a cute name for a region
Some fates still play the basic fate them and that's a bummer when it happens
So, I played through the MSQ as dancer. It was fitting.
I love when this plays during the last trial when wuk lamat comes in, such a full circle moment
When I heard this in the job action trailer I thought it would be the dungeon battle theme or something, so when I aggro’d a random mob in the first area I visited and heard this I was absolutely floored
This theme and HW theme (melt) were the only themes that made me just wanna aggro mob after mob just to hear it play. Such a wonderful battle theme.
My favourite field battle music
Shadowbringers is a close second
Shadowbringers' biggest problem is that it takes WAY too long to actually get started, which, coupled with how little time overworld battles usually take, means that you just end up having to listen to that opening riff again and again.
Me and my buddy I play all the msq with always use the car mount and go around together, and we both enjoyed this tune so much that we started pulling anything on our way to the next msq and call it "turn on the radio" xD
Goes so hard. I'm fully ready for this expansion.
The moment I heard this from DT's trailers, I already know this is going to be one of my faves. And it definitely doesn't disappoint.
Every field encounter felt like a dance in DT.
As someone of mexican descent, it totally rocks hearing hispanic (not tejano) themed music in this game
This alongside Stormblood are the best battle themes.
You know what? I think I’ll give Dancer a try.
This is a stupid fun song for playing Dancer!
You can fight to this or eat queso and chips with margaritas. Your choice.
Fantastic. This video loops too. Great job!
this theme really fits into new adventure vibe
That Eye Gouge at 0:58 in time with the music gives me life.
The first time I really listened to this, I literally stood up and shouted, "I LOVE THIS!" I haven't often been so moved, but here I am.
Soken's work just gets better every expac.
Me whenever i accidentally pull a mob: DUN DUN! DUN DUN DUN DUN!!!! DUN DUN DUN DUN!! TENENENENENE
Hahahahha so me as well 😂
Feels weird to say. But i feel like this is something i might hear in a Xenoblade DLC expansion as the battle theme. Maybe that's why i've been enjoying it so much.
Not enough smooth jazz battle theme for a Xenoblade DLC battle theme.
@@Reynsoon Xenoblade hasn't had any smooth jazz battle themes lol. Future Connected's was disco/funk. Torna's was regular old classic jazz and Xenoblade 3's one was jazz fusion.
This, "Blade's Exaltation," and "Rencounter," Shadowbringers' field combat theme both take up #1 spot for me.
Recounter was what made me turn off combat music
Rencounter was what made me turn up all music
If Ace Combat Zero taught us anything, it's that the Japanese know how make Flamenco work as battle music.
As did Vamo Alla Flamenco and possibly the eastern battle music of Paldea.
Between Vamo Alla'Flamenco, Course Uncharted, and Over Despair and Animus... yeah.
This doesn't sound like flamenco, it feels more inspired by traditional South American music while flamenco is from Spain (Europe). The drums are especially latin sounding.
This made me get close to enemies as a lvl83 PCT and died quickly. Worth it.
Best field battle theme
ever since i heard this part in the Opening I have been dying to hear the full version, so glad its the world battle music!
Monster: ¡Qué Pasión!
WoL: [Shakes Head. Tries to flee.]
Monster: [Jumps in front of WoL. Stops them.]
WoL: [Sweats Profusely.]
Monster: DANZA [DDR Battle ensues.]
Love this! Reminds me of the song that plays when the Bride battles Orin Ichii in Kill Bill!
this song sounds like the absolutely cracked South American cousin of To Make the End of Battle and I am 1000000% here for it.
I will go out of my way to attract enemies cause of this bgm it is my favourite battle theme since I’m a dancer main and it goes so well 😍
Best outworld battle theme of all expacs.
Gonna be hearing this one quite often. :p
I keep expecting the Krile music part to kick in. :p
I've been waiting for this ost for MONTHS!
My favorite part of the trailer !!! I'm so happy this is the battle theme!
My wife is from Nicaragua 🇳🇮 (Central America). I’m loving this music. 🎶💃❤️♨️
Best field battle theme of all finalfantasy❤
Hero. Thanks for these uploads.
This theme has some Gerudo Valley vibes! That's neat!
My favorite field battle theme so far, kind of wish this was used as the dungeon boss battle music
this theme slaps.
Awesome! Thank you for uploading!
2:50 someone had to point out the sheep…
Ironically one of the first dps i leveled was dancer. Made these field battles hype af though.
When i try to make burritos
Think this is the only battle theme I would purposely aggro mobs just to listen to in FF14.....by far my favorite battle theme followed by ff8 battle themes.....
Soken really shines in this kind of music.
The only battle theme you have no problems hearing on repeat in all of FFXIV. All rise for the Vipers national anthem.
It just loops so well, yup worth buying the xpack.
Such a banger
This by far my favorite battle theme alongside with heavensward and stormblood
The problem I have is playing the mini game of keeping mobs alive just long enough to chain them together to keep the theme going 😂
Track name is Blade's Exaltation for 300 sacks of nuts
This is it. They somehow beat shadowbringer's combat theme. I did not think it could be done. But they did it the absolute madlads and lasses.
“somehow beat shadowbringers combat theme” i don’t think that’s much of a challenge at all 😨
Shadowbringer's combat theme is really not that good though
The battle theme of Shadowbringers is a pretty low bar...
@@sprigganfromffxiv Yeah, the ShB regular battle theme was really just noise with some vocals thrown in. The Stormblood one was better by far. But Dawntrail's combat theme blows them both out of the water.
I love how people are actually pretending shb’s was good…. It was not.
When you at the saloon and a showdown is about to happen.
I’m glad they actually did something with this song and didn’t completely throw it away like Endwalker did with “Higher, oh Higher”.
While the mid boss and duty end bosses songs didn't wow me like Endwalker did this song is sooooooooooooo good.
Music this expansion is truly Soken working magic!
no wonder y i love doing sidequests and fates just because of this lol
mad respect for sticking to your own choices for this vod, I personally combine DRK and NIN ♥
I love your gunbreaker reaper combo though ♥
As a Dancer main, this theme is perfect 🥰
Time to start maining Dancer.
This theme got me dancing 😁
Double Down represented. I am happy.
This got me to turn the battle music back on.
I wish the bit beginning at 0:57 was just a *biiiit* longer!
One of the few instances where I feel the normal battle theme is alot better than the dungeon boss theme
意味も無くモンスターを殴ってしまう光の戦士の気持ちがわかるbgm
The reason is they drop Gil and Loot!
The battle for/on Big Br-... The Road to El Dorado
Getting gerudo valley vibes from legend of zelda. Very nice!
I love this song so hard
Does anyone hear a bit of Wild ARMs in here or is it just me
Blade's Exaltation
Soken has traditionally composed and arranged the normal battle themes but I feel like this is an exception. It sounds more like Takafumi Imamura.
Good theme but something I've noticed about battle themes as you run thru the expansions is you almost never hear them. You just don't fight a lot of enemies outside of Fate, Dungeons, or MSQ Trials with each of having its own theme. On the rare chance you do fight a normal enemy.. it dies in like 5 seconds so you have to sit there and let the monster live in order to hear themes like this.
ok this and the battle theme from shadowbringers are imo the best battle themes from soken
oh my god why do i have field battle music off, turning it back on right away
Everyone raise your blades for the anthem of the Vipers!
Might be worth to play DT as Dancer
Dnc rdm or vpr are all valid choices
Lv 100 DNC here to tell you: yes, it is.
This honestly sounds like something I would hear coming out of a Tales game lol
best battle theme for the 2nd best expansion.
I almost wish this song had another act it's so good. But if it did we'd never actually hear it as combat wouldnt last long enough, so it's for the best.
dawntrail: the WoL and Scion's wacky woohoo vacation