FFXIV needs more FF-ish music (more violins and piano please!)

I'll be honest, FFXIV music can be hit or miss but there's too much miss and not enough hits.

Can they please hire more violinists? It just feels like FFXIV music too generic. It's like something I'd hear in any other rpg.

We need more dramatic music.

Who else agrees?

My fave dungeon music wise is still praetorium.

So agree

Yeah, let's get some more music like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXiwYnRo4Rs

In fact... could we get Yoko Shimomura to write a song or two?

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Also this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH1DEdX3j3M

More violins and piano ? that looks like more Shimomura than a classic Uematsu.

I actually miss a lot of Mizuta's work from FF XI. Even with comparably less audio quality the tracks themselves are way more memorable than most XIV tracks to me with the exceptions being Pharos Sirius (Short), Ultima Weapon, Rise of the White Raven and the Titan Theme.

We need also more e-guitars

example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FImhMrOpBLo

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Originally Posted by Cutie_McSnuggles

Yeah, let's get some more music like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXiwYnRo4Rs

In fact... could we get Yoko Shimomura to write a song or two?

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This kind of music is exactly what FFXIV needs.

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Originally Posted by Felis

We need also more e-guitars

example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FImhMrOpBLo

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Why isn't this in FFXIV anymore?

SE are you serious? :O Put this back into the game

I'm going to second that request for more Naoshi Mizuta.

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Originally Posted by Felis

We need also more e-guitars

example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FImhMrOpBLo

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The old ones used to be so memorable. ARR on the other hand, meh.

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Originally Posted by Ghastly

Why isn't this in FFXIV anymore?

SE are you serious? :O Put this back into the game

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Another good music is this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxMf...tailpage#t=267

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Originally Posted by Livilda

I'm going to second that request for more Naoshi Mizuta Nobuo Uematsu.

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I fixed it a bit
We want classic FF music

I'm still shaking my head at the Shiva battle when the Britney Spears rock anthem starts.

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Originally Posted by Livilda

I'm going to second that request for more Naoshi Mizuta.

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I fixed it a bit
We want classic FF music

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Naoshi Mizuta is "classic" to some of us, that's our opinion, and this is yours. Classic is defined by the listener.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LqY8cjuNsw
This is one I'll always enjoy <3 It was such a wonderful storyline, and the ending did not disappoint.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gXGqjKZJI
Here is another one that goes with that OST.

AND...! Just because it such a classic song from these OSTs
Gustaberg
Ronfaure

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Originally Posted by Felis

I fixed it a bit
We want classic FF music

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Let's be nice. FFXI music counts as classic FF music too. While we're at it can we also get some:

Masashi Hamauzu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xaUdbEgP1A
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Hitoshi Sakimoto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhAtJhr9bhA

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Originally Posted by Yamimarik

Naoshi Mizuta is "classic" to some of us, that's our opinion, and this is yours. Classic is defined by the listener.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LqY8cjuNsw
This is one I'll always enjoy <3 It was such a wonderful storyline, and the ending did not disappoint.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gXGqjKZJI
Here is another one that goes with that OST.

AND...! Just because it such a classic song from these OSTs
Gustaberg
Ronfaure

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I regret that I can only like your post once.

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Originally Posted by Felis

Another good music is this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxMf...tailpage#t=267

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Still in ARR. Plays in Zaharak, just like 1.0.

Agreed. ^^
I'd love to hear some music from Naoshi Mizuta, some of my favorites are,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuvxcpQ-veg FFXI The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7euMe0Y5sw FFXI Dusk and Dawn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD2cQZmeaFc FFXI Faded Memories

I also enjoy music from Nobuo Uematsu.

Ronfaure had such good music. Ah.. XI in general had a ton of amazing tracks. Music I literally get excited when I hear it again, like Ronfaure. Spent so much time in that zone. :)

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Originally Posted by Felis

We need also more e-guitars

example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FImhMrOpBLo

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Sanctuary of Zi'Tah... loved it!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuvxcpQ-veg

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Sanctuary of Zi'Tah... loved it!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuvxcpQ-veg

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OMG! how could I have forgotten to mention that wonderful masterpiece!!! Thank you!! <3

While I'm dreaming about things that will never happen, can we have some Christopher Rouse? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bF789OUEHI (Audio quality isn't the greatest but you get the point.)

Mine is probably not the popular opinion, but I enjoy all the music in our game. I don't want this game to have music like other games. It's not original and I won't get the same feeling I get from story missions, primal fights and coil.

The music fits and it should stay that way.

Snowcloak is one of my favorite, btw >_>

No offense, everyone's entitled to their opinion, but when I read "more dramatic" and "more FF-ish" I have no idea what you are talking about. This thread is seriously reminding me of that scene from Lost in Translation where they yell at Bill Murray to act with "more INTENSITY!"

What does "FF-ish" music sound like? The FFVIII boss theme? FFIV's town theme? Does FFX-2 count?

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I adore the music in this game! I wouldn't want them to change what is already implemented either :D It's really good, and I have some good memories with said music (I always get so excited when I hear Garuda's theme!)

That doesn't mean (since this game is a fan-service) that we can't request other music from other Final Fantasy's we enjoyed, doesn't have to be the exact same song, but it could be reminiscent of those other songs.

Shiva's part one song is my new favorite in FFXIV:ARR atm :D

I love violin so FFXIII saga has the best soundtracks IMO.

but there's nothing wrong with Soken's musics in this game.

Yes, current music seems rushed. I hope 3.0 brings some epic sounding music.

I agree. I would be delighted to see more symphonic music in the style of the FFXI opening or the arrangements from Distant Worlds. Bring in Nobuo Uematsu and Arnie Roth for a few 3.0 tracks!

I also really enjoy the current music and having the mix of different styles - the transition from Shiva's intro to Shiva's rock BGM worked really well. Both pieces are so much fun to listen to.

And I love the lyrics.

My dream is to write ff music one day

Non-FF game made by non-FF people doing "Final Fantasy" better than the current games, music included:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVlwSxt14gI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWtMrTJ6hnY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BroCkzRgaCU

Not that I hate the current music, but...yeah.

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Ronfaure had such good music. Ah.. XI in general had a ton of amazing tracks. Music I literally get excited when I hear it again, like Ronfaure. Spent so much time in that zone. :)

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I found this version of the Ronfaure theme years ago. I can listen to it over and over....and over lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj9RAgyTt_s

I like the music of FFXIV, especially when I hear something from one of the other games, so much nostalgia. Sometimes I have to just stop and listen to the loop, I've missed a few fates here & there. Soken is just okay, nothing truly memorable tho, IMO. By this I mean there isn't much I'll listen to outside the game. More Uematsu please.

I loved the way the FFXI "Memoria de la Stono"/"Distant Worlds" motif kept appearing in different songs. They were kinda opposites of each other, the first appearing during the bad times (usually around the darkness of man), the other during the good.

Original Memoria and Distant Worlds (orchestrated): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5EgbPr50hY

Despair (Memoria): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joxCId9SvAU
Repression (Memoria): http://youtu.be/we8IzS0qy3s?t=2h23m32s
Recollection (Distant Worlds): http://youtu.be/we8IzS0qy3s?t=1h37m35
One Last Time (Distant Worlds): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV3Wb1JxooE THIS ONE IS MY FAV, and supposedly by Uematsu. Played in the final cutscene for the Bard Job unlock quest iirc.

First Ode: Nocturne of the Gods (Distant Worlds): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awESZa3yTnc
Third Ode: Memoria de la Stona (Memoria obviously): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfZxJ6Gqt84

FFXIV does this a bit with Answers and the Halatali intro/Preatorium but FFXI injected it everywhere, not just some dungeon themes.

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Originally Posted by Felis

I fixed it a bit
We want classic FF music

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Yeah. The god of FF Music.

http://files.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/28261...e-composer.jpg

Who spend crystals to summon him?

Nobuo Uematsu: Final Fantasy 6 - Born with the gift of magic

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Originally Posted by Felis

We need also more e-guitars

example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FImhMrOpBLo

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Final boss theme for 2.5 dungeons pwease SE :< Or... Wherever else it'd fit. Put it into Hildibrand for all I care, just.. it has to be in the game somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Cutie_McSnuggles

In fact... could we get Yoko Shimomura to write a song or two?

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Just gonna add that and this link. And this one. And this one too. Yes, that's all from Legend of Mana. No, that's not unusual for me at all. >.>

OP, violins and piano are not everything when it comes to FF music. 7 and 8 had a lot of non-violin/piano music, for example.

I would wish for Masashi Hamauzu to do some compositions for FFXIV too, but I am happy with what we have and I am always pleased to hear the amazing tracks for the hard mode dungeons :).