Should SE add more music to the game?

I just finished listening to the FFXIV soundtrack and there are so many as yet unused songs on the soundtrack.

FFXIV's music gets repetitive pretty fast, even themes like Twilight over Thanalan get repetitive. So perhaps SE should look at adding some variation to the themes. Or add two themes per region to split up the tedium. The soundtrack shows that there are many songs waiting to be used.

Yes they should, its very annoying and I blame how maps are designed. They also dont put songs into some places like Cassi/nana that could use them, and they have the same damn track running all over Thanalan its very boring.

I just ended up replacing a bunch and then muting.

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Originally Posted by viion

Yes they should, its very annoying and I blame how maps are designed. They also dont put songs into some places like Cassi/nana that could use them, and they have the same damn track running all over Thanalan its very boring.

I just ended up replacing a bunch and then muting.

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I don't mind the no music regions, its meant to set a mood, much like some cave areas in FFXI such as Cnest IIRC. Anyway, I agree, they need to redesign some maps or at least change the music a bit between transitions within a single region. Like the area over at Dry Bone should have a different soundtrack than that near Horizon, etc.

typically 1 zone 1 song. It can get messed up if they had 2 tracks because it would glitch on what to play. Every videogame is like this.

It's pretty much a given that they will add more music to the game, as they add zones, encounters and so forth.

@Kilta: It's not 1 zone 1 song. Each zone actually has 3: Theme, battle, guildleve.

I think new music via new zones simply isn't enough. The game is designed to keep the player in one zone for the whole play session during which you hear 2 tracks over and over again. The sound design needs to be changed to take this into consideration as repeating the same problem in new areas isn't going to help at all.

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Originally Posted by Kilta_Firelotus

typically 1 zone 1 song. It can get messed up if they had 2 tracks because it would glitch on what to play. Every videogame is like this.

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Do you ever learn!? (like I even need to ask).

As there are already multiple songs per zone which do not glitch, I find your comment hard to take too seriously.

One good thing about Shadow of the Colossus is that it had variable music that changed according to what you were doing at the time, while still maintaining its musicality. Example: If you were losing a fight or if you were winning a fight, the music would change to reflect it.

I think Uematsu is too much of an artist to implement something like that, and it's too late now anyway, but having a constant theme song to reflect the entirety of a mammoth zone is just not enough. One song per huge zone does not suffice and gets repetetive. There needs to be variations to the main theme to reflect the different areas within the zone that you travel, or new themes entirely. And songs that shuffle. Just anything to break the monotony.

Agree.
Need 2 tracks, or variations of one, per region at least and some parts of the same map should have sound effects only.

This is actually one thing that has been bugging me - the looped music. I enjoy Uematsu's music in the game, just not 100% all of the time. They should add an option to fade it in and out in longer intervals, ( for example - when you first enter a region, and every 5-10 mins thereafter) or during special circumstances.

And there is SO MUCH unused music in the game already. Should be put to better use, IMO.

Goes without saying that the game needs more music, some area's have no music still.

I would love them to change Behest to work like Campaign and have different music start to indicate that the area is under attack.

Something like this in Cassiopeia Hollow would be awesome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKyyQhb872Y

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Originally Posted by Munba

Agree.
Need 2 tracks, or variations of one, per region at least and some parts of the same map should have sound effects only.

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You can't miss with this.

mute music option
open youtube
play this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27R7US1tHdg

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Originally Posted by Munba

Agree.
Need 2 tracks, or variations of one, per region at least and some parts of the same map should have sound effects only.

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Yep, zones with music need separate daytime and nighttime themes to break the monotony.

Traditionally, the most memorable songs Uematsu-san has composed for this series have been his cave / dungeon themes (in my opinion). FF6 is the prime example here. Yet the caves are the only places in Eorzea that have no music.

I love the music in this game, but I've heard the music in Thanalan enough to last a lifetime.

I suggested a custom soundtrack manager here..: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...dtrack-manager

Like it and/or comment if you agree with the idea.. ^^

One thing I've always found off about this game's music is the battle scoring. Going from a really nice theme like 'On Windy Meadows' (La Nosca theme) to some high-strung mediocre guitar riffing that even the members of Disturbed would cringe at... seems a bit out of place IMO.

Nobuo said he was listening to 80s hair metal when he made some battle music, ok nobuo...for those of us playing this game in NA, we're over effing 80s hair metal, and we have been for some time now. This isn't the middle east where we get music 20 years after the fact. I wanted a classical FF soundtrack, and you gave me hair metal for battle music, thanks. Go back and revisit FFXI's battle music, it was hella simple. You just had to make that better somehow. And the town music? No town in this game has interesting music compared to Windurst, or even San D'Oria (hate those bagpipes). Gridania puts me to sleep, Uldah is too happy/relaxing. Limsa is okay, the only one that fits actually.

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Originally Posted by zaviermhigo

Nobuo said he was listening to 80s hair metal when he made some battle music, ok nobuo...for those of us playing this game in NA, we're over effing 80s hair metal, and we have been for some time now.

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How dare you! There is NO getting over 80s hair metal!

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Originally Posted by Kallera

How dare you! There is NO getting over 80s hair metal!

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Hey man I was born in 1990, I was born....over hair metal.

I miss the Summer Fest music from XI, I wish their holliday events had their own music.

I also hope we get a Summer Fest in XIV

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Originally Posted by Abriael

It's pretty much a given that they will add more music to the game, as they add zones, encounters and so forth.

@Kilta: It's not 1 zone 1 song. Each zone actually has 3: Theme, battle, guildleve.

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Correction: 1 zone, 4 tracks: Theme, battle, leves and City track considering its in the same zone.

Oh yes, need also one village theme (for 2 villages) per region. :p

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Originally Posted by Verecund

One thing I've always found off about this game's music is the battle scoring. Going from a really nice theme like 'On Windy Meadows' (La Nosca theme) to some high-strung mediocre guitar riffing that even the members of Disturbed would cringe at... seems a bit out of place IMO.

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I also dislike the Battle Theme music. Synth-guitar and synthesizer music in general does not fit and does not belong in this environment. The music itself is not horrible (but not exceptional either) it is the Instrumentation that bothers me.

That battle music style is a trademark of Uematsu since first FFs eheh.. and i love it. :D

To me it is perfect at the moment, I never get tired of the music. But remember there is new areas and cities opening up in the not so distant future and with that will come new music. Also is it possible to adjust the music to play songs of your choice like you could do in FFXI? (I never did that stuff but I had plenty of friends who were .dat freaks.)

I agree with OP, some larger variation of music would be nice. For instance, the ul'dar music is the same music when the update checker is running.

There is'nt much in the way of music in this game (although the music there is, is nice). Some more tracks would definately benifit the feel of the game

Kimiko x

not to mention some themes are pretty much cutscene/quest instance only, I'd like it to cycle between a few themes for the cities and major walking areas.

I always listen to this when I'm traversing the plains of Thanalan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMqFV6wdqz0

Seriously, it makes me feel adventuress like nothing else, even when I'm playing a game with environments as dull as XIV

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Originally Posted by Munba

That battle music style is a trademark of Uematsu since first FFs eheh.. and i love it. :D

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Nobuo admitted he didn't get to see the finalized game before he made the music and there is some things he'd change. I wonder though if he could change or tweak the music, it probably be a lot better/more fitting in some areas.

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Originally Posted by zaviermhigo

Nobuo admitted he didn't get to see the finalized game before he made the music and there is some things he'd change. I wonder though if he could change or tweak the music, it probably be a lot better/more fitting in some areas.

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I think he said that (^) in response to the score for the opening cutscene. He didn't say it in repsonse to the entire game soundtrack. The music for the intro has lots of dynamics and phrasing, and perhaps if he had seen the cgi before composing it, he would have composed it around the scenes he could see instead of the scenes he was forced to envision.

But all in all, Im sure it wouldn't be Nobuo's choice to use some of the music where it has been used. I think it's a crime that some of the best pieces on the soundtrack still haven't been featured yet, or are hidden in rare cutscenes. And the few good tracks we get end up being boring after such repetitive usage.

I really would like to see more dungeons with specific music themes or at least a general dungeon them for each dungeon type (cave type, ruins, etc.) Also it would be great if behest had different music than any other battle, much like how guildleves are different from the normal region battle theme.

Also having Uematsu on board, I can only hope that when true bosses are implemented, the boss battle themes are just as great as all his boss compositions ( FF 1-IX, Lost Odyssey).

EDIT: He really hit the mark with Coerthas theme though.

i love the xenoblade systeme music

one music for day time
one another music (slow variante sometime) for night time

I do get a bit bored of hearing the same zone track for so long.

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Originally Posted by Evangelus

i love the xenoblade systeme music

one music for day time
one another music (slow variante sometime) for night time

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Was like that in FF 4 heroes of light too. Might be kinda hard to implement dynamic battle music, unless its done based on boss HP.


The size of the regions is probably detrimental to each of the themes either way.

There are many great tracks on the OST but those that are really great you barely get to hear...
I expect more from SE OST wise, really. This isnt a simgle player offline RPG where i complete the whole game in 30-50 hours. You play the MMO more than 100 times as long and the tracks must be perfect.

I really can't hear the market wards track anymore, it is plain unfitting, that bossa nova track... i can only hope it will get changed.
Some of the other tracks start to get annoying too.