Rising event music

The previous Rising events had the most beautiful soundtrack, and I've been eagerly awaiting the event's return specifically for the chance to hear it again. What happened? :(

I mean, sure this year we get a theme that's been part of the Final Fantasy franchise from the beginning, so it has some nostalgia value, but we already get that music on the game's launcher anyway. It definitely shouldn't have taken the place of the most beautiful music in the entire game.

Please, PLEASE bring back the Rising's soundtrack from the last couple years.

Look up "Answers". The Rising played an altered version of that song.

that song is called "Answers" and was - you can say - the theme of 2.0. it is played in the opening cutscene and in the coil of bahamut raid. it makes sense to replace it now, because the story is finished. there is a orchestrion scroll for that song btw.

It's not the Answers music, though it is an adaptation based off it. I've also heard from some 1.0 players that a very similar theme played near the end of the original game. But the Rising has its own adaptation of that. And it's the Rising event's adaptation that I want. (The regular "Answers" theme is nice enough itself, but is nowhere near the one I've been waiting all year to hear again.)

Yeah I prefer the bgm of when dalamud gonna burst than this bgm which looks like ceremony of eternal bonding inside chapel...

The one they played previously was Answers (Reprise). It's on the Before the Fall soundtrack.

I think this is what the OP refers to. However, this version is just an altered version of the one used when 1.0 was closing down.

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Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh

I think this is what the OP refers to. However, this version is just an altered version of the one used when 1.0 was closing down.

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Yes, that's the one. That's supposed to be playing during this event. Without that music, the whole event is broken.
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Broken? Don't be dramatic. It's nice that the events are changed up every now and then.

It's not being dramatic. It's being honest. That music is the Rising. Without it, the event shouldn't exist. The event is plenty "changed up" by the fact that it has completely different content each year. What makes these events with different content qualify as being the same event is their one unifying element, that theme music. A theme which this year is missing, so yes, that's broken.

(And all that's completely apart from the fact that it's also the most beautiful music in the entire game. It's bad enough that it's only available once a year, but if we can't even get it that once, the game has lost its best element.)

still stuck in 2.0 eh

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Originally Posted by Niwashi

It's not being dramatic. It's being honest. That music is the Rising. Without it, the event shouldn't exist. The event is plenty "changed up" by the fact that it has completely different content each year. What makes these events with different content qualify as being the same event is their one unifying element, that theme music. A theme which this year is missing, so yes, that's broken.

(And all that's completely apart from the fact that it's also the most beautiful music in the entire game. It's bad enough that it's only available once a year, but if we can't even get it that once, the game has lost its best element.)

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You know when I first went to Ul'dah, I got excited to hear the version of Answers you're talking about only to be disappointed. At first anyway. One of the themes of the Rising is not only to remember the calamity but also to look forward to the future.

After the shenanigans on the 18th floor last year with that crazy minstrel, we got a heartfelt thank you that was pretty hard to top. A thank you for sticking around even through the game's many faults, and a promise that the devs are trying their best to entertain and learn from their mistakes in the content to come. This year...

We starred as the lead role in a play reenacting the calamity and the Warrior of Light's grand return. Although Louisoix is defeated, he is able to power us up enough to fell Bahamut in one super punch. (That whole play was super adorable by the way! Smiled all through it.)

An interesting retelling of events to be sure. The confetti pop would make medieval Michael Bay proud.

All in all, I find it likely that the Rising event has gone from a foreboding reminder of Eorzea and the devteam's past mistakes to a celebration looking at how far the world and the game has come since those events happened. If I'm allowed to be cheesy, we are still looking heavensward.

I was disappointed as i wanted to watch the fireworks as it played.

I also like that version of Answers and have some fond memories attached to it. I'm ok that they change the theme music though.

Personally, the event should be both. A time to remember those that we lost in the Calamity and the hardships of that time. It should also be a time to celebrate the rebirth of Eorzea anew and the hopes that came with it.

Yeah, I had the exact same thought. I went into the Rising event and was so disappointed when I went to hear that hauntingly beautiful music...only to be rebuffed with that real basic FF theme. Like, bro...I've heard that music so often before.

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Originally Posted by Ovenmitts

All in all, I find it likely that the Rising event has gone from a foreboding reminder of Eorzea and the devteam's past mistakes to a celebration looking at how far the world and the game has come since those events happened. If I'm allowed to be cheesy, we are still looking heavensward.

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Except that the Rising Event isn't about that. It's always about looking back to ensure a kinder future. For years, it's the one time of the year that we as the residents of Eorzea get to reflect on the earlier tragedies and how it's shaped the current world. Changing the music distances the reverence of the original tone.

Download Answers (Reprise) or load it on youtube, turn off BGM, play said track. Done!

It's how I do it since I bought the CD, and I don't have to continue to stand around Ul'dah. xD

(Not to mention it was rather low volume in-game too...)

I sort of took the change of music to signify that people had started to move on. The Rising used to be a very mournful event to mark the anniversary of so much death and destruction and remember the sacrifices of those that saved the world. This year the event seemed less mournful and more hopeful. They were celebrating all the progress they had made since the Calamity and giving thanks to those that gave their lives to let them do so.

It's actually quite a believable change I think. Many real world holidays are happy and positive celebrations that used to be very sombre and mournful ones. As the event that originally marked that holiday on the calendars fades from modern memory the nature of the holiday to remember it changes too.

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I sort of took the change of music to signify that people had started to move on. The Rising used to be a very mournful event to mark the anniversary of so much death and destruction and remember the sacrifices of those that saved the world. This year the event seemed less mournful and more hopeful. They were celebrating all the progress they had made since the Calamity and giving thanks to those that gave their lives to let them do so.

It's actually quite a believable change I think. Many real world holidays are happy and positive celebrations that used to be very sombre and mournful ones. As the event that originally marked that holiday on the calendars fades from modern memory the nature of the holiday to remember it changes too.

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That was my impression as well. It's been, what, 3 years? People seem to be ready to move on. Hope goes hand in hand with the passing of a tragedy.

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Originally Posted by Niwashi

It's not being dramatic. It's being honest. That music is the Rising. Without it, the event shouldn't exist. The event is plenty "changed up" by the fact that it has completely different content each year. What makes these events with different content qualify as being the same event is their one unifying element, that theme music. A theme which this year is missing, so yes, that's broken.

(And all that's completely apart from the fact that it's also the most beautiful music in the entire game. It's bad enough that it's only available once a year, but if we can't even get it that once, the game has lost its best element.)

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Go run turn 13, trust me there are plenty of us that are really sick of Answers by now (as beautiful as it is).

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Originally Posted by Colino

Go run turn 13, trust me there are plenty of us that are really sick of Answers by now (as beautiful as it is).

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^^^^THIS. I was sick of Answers after the first time I heard it, and it's ridiculously overused in the game. Nice to hear something different, even if it's the crystal theme that's used in just about every FF game.

I'm glad I don't have to hear it again. I absolutely and deeply love the original version of this (which played on the whole overworld just before Dalamud crashed down),
but it's been weirdly sped up for The Rising and therefore feels like those songs you can find on youtube that want to avoid copyright claims and are just a bit sped up, not enough to REALLY notice, but it feels off anyway and destroys it all ._.

This year's Prelude fits very nicely with the decorations and mood they were going for this year.

I was also glad to not hear that version of Answers (I have Before the Fall as well, and always skip over that track when it comes up). Past two years I would only spend time in the even locations long enough to do the quests. Yeah, I'm not a 1.x player, so that meaning isn't mine (though, I bet if I did play then, I would still hate it now)

Yet, I'm the one who keeps throwing Answers up in the FC house (and I'll sit and listen to it there every so often). For some odd reason, it always seems to be changed the next day (often with Pa-paya...)

Speaking of music scroll, it'd be pretty funny if they sold the exclusive music scrolls like "Heavensward" and "moonflaire" in mogstation next year.

Personally i'm glad they used a classic sounding version of the FF Crystal theme. The original XIV version is a little too elaborate.

Yoshida: Thank you so much, all of you. For sticking with us and protecting Eorzea. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you all :)

Players: Wow!! WTF Yoshi!? You couldn't even make the event right? You didn't even put the right music in the event and now it's ruined! Ruined! I'm so disappointed. Events get worse every year...


Yoshida: Dips head down*.. goes back to Japan.


Seriously. Everything finds its way to hate DX

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Originally Posted by Niwashi

It's not being dramatic. It's being honest. That music is the Rising. Without it, the event shouldn't exist. The event is plenty "changed up" by the fact that it has completely different content each year. What makes these events with different content qualify as being the same event is their one unifying element, that theme music. A theme which this year is missing, so yes, that's broken.

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Doesn't help that the event is pretty much a reenactment of the 'End of an Era.' Answers (Reprise) or Answers itself would have been perfect for it.

Answers on a puppet show? Would be tough to take that seriously, especially in the endings where you botch your parts.

Not during the show, just in the area. If the event was about something else (more dev stuff), then the Crystal theme would work perfectly. However, since this is a reenactment event, having Answers Reprise play in the area would work better.

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Originally Posted by Nestama

Not during the show, just in the area. If the event was about something else (more dev stuff), then the Crystal theme would work perfectly. However, since this is a reenactment event, having Answers Reprise play in the area would work better.

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Doesn't the play use From the Ashes? That's a different mix of Answers, but it's still Answes nonetheless, no? And you could argue it's more appropriate to use this version given the link between End of an Era and T12.