Music

[Maat]

I do agree that the music is very well composed and alot of the tracks are very very good in XIV.. but some just seem out of place and dont really correspond with the region to me... One of the biggest being around gridania region... just was expecting something a lil more whimsical and alive. Also Uemetsu's choice on using an electric guitar for some of the battle tracks were a hit or miss for me.

[Anty]

i dont like every track but most of them i do like a lot. The problem is they get way to repetitive. Especially in cities, where you spend a lot of your time.
An option on "how often" a music plays, or the same tune with some minor changes playing instead of the current them would be nice and spice things up. I think atm it would be easier to give us some more options (i know SE hates options) but since theres not many places to go the music is repetitive like hell After 20 major patches and 20+ cities and areas well, i think the repitition wont be a problem anymore but til then i would like to have some more music options.

The music i HATE is the crafting tune, i would love to be able to just fade that one out. not the entire music but this one.
The music to me is like the middlefinger when im crafting around in hope it will be useful in the end....

[AdvancedWind]

Oh you, FFXIV forum posters.

"The older game has better music? That's just nostalgia I much prefer this random rock garbage battle theme and extra dull zone music". The problem with XIV's music is that it does not suit the game's setting at all. XI had no problem in that department. Every zone had a theme that expresses the area, the cutscenes had music that match the mood, and the battle themes didn't violate my ears even after I heard them a thousand times over. Can you really compare Gustaberg, Ronfaure, and Saruta to Thanalan/La Noscea/BLACK SHROUD. I don't think so. Hell the only decent tracks in XIV are the boss theme that plays when you fight a very anticlimactic end mob in faction levequests and Coerthas battle theme.

Saying the soundtrack is "better than XI by far" is like saying the market wards are better than having an AH. Even Aion had a better OST than XIV. I like Uematsu's work but he seriously dropped the ball with this one.

OH you FFXI nostalgia guys. Can't you even accept the fact that IN SOMEONE ELSE'S OPNION, XIV feature X is actually better than XI feature X? Why keep flaming and arguing about that?

Some people WILL like XIV's OST or the Market Wards or anything else over the 'same' feature in XI, disagree all that you want, but don't close your eyes to the fact that not everyone will agree that everything in XI was the epitome of perfection and instantly better than their XIV's counterpart.

[Cendres]

I like the music just fine, if anything I wish they would add more in places like in caves, although no music there does add to the sense that they are desolate places.... I guess.. No actually I'd rather they added some cool moody music to these places.

Track Manager, yes please!!

[Nuru]

Hitoshi Sakimoto. That is all.

[Demacia]

OH you FFXI nostalgia guys. Can't you even accept the fact that IN SOMEONE ELSE'S OPNION, XIV feature X is actually better than XI feature X? Why keep flaming and arguing about that?

Some people WILL like XIV's OST or the Market Wards or anything else over the 'same' feature in XI, disagree all that you want, but don't close your eyes to the fact that not everyone will agree that everything in XI was the epitome of perfection and instantly better than their XIV's counterpart.

Of course I can accept that it's simply someone's opinion, but he obviously couldn't since apparently he boils another person's opinion down to being pure nostalgia. See where I'm going with this? Equality and Justice, yo.

[Eldaena]

I think people like the music in less common areas more because...well it is less common for them to hear. We play the game so much and hear the same music so often that the music slowly lost some of it's magic on us. I remember when I first started the game and going outside and hearing different music in each area was like breathing in fresh, cool, crisp air. Now it's a little stale, but you know, I still play the music. I think it gives the areas feeling. Though, it is hard for me to remember back when I used to LIKE the music in the Black Shroud...now I just have to turn it off when I'm there lol.

[Shiyo]

The problem with this games music is it isn't "Bad music", it's that it doesn't fit any zone AT ALL. None of the music fits or makes any sense, it was completely rushed. This games music is good, but it doesn't work for where they put it. Coerthas music makes no sense AT ALL, seriously, go listen to it and look at the zone. Thanalan's music also doesn't make sense, why am I hearing this type of music in a desert? Uldah's doesn't really fit either, limsa's is fine, Mor dhona's is AWESOME once the creepy music starts. A lot of zones don't even have music, like nanawa, muy-tuy, cassie, etc.

The music is fine, the places they use the music is horrible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpmsFVCaKP4 <- Coerthas theme, please, tell me, how does this music make ANY sense being in Coerthas? It doesn't.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OzLR...eature=related Is this in the game? It's good, but shouldn't this be boss battle music and not "coerthas battle music" lol?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhHoc...eature=related <- Thanalan theme, why is this desert music?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiHA7...eature=related <- "Track 37" - Where the hell is this song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dJ3D...eature=related <- Fieldcraft guildleve music. this reminds me of music for bastok for some reason, why is this music for a fieldcraft leve?

Another problem is we hear the SAME music all the time. Just bought the game and killing mobs? Have fun listening to thanalan's theme. Killing mobs at 10? Same. 20? Same. 30? Same, 40? Same! 50? Yep, you bet. Very lame, different parts of the zone needs different music, different atmospheres, different everything. It mainly goes back to everywhere being copy/paste tbh.

[DeadRiser]

The problem with this games music is it isn't "Bad music", it's that it doesn't fit any zone AT ALL. None of the music fits or makes any sense, it was completely rushed. This games music is good, but it doesn't work for where they put it. Coerthas music makes no sense AT ALL, seriously, go listen to it and look at the zone. Thanalan's music also doesn't make sense, why am I hearing this type of music in a desert? Uldah's doesn't really fit either, limsa's is fine, Mor dhona's is AWESOME once the creepy music starts. A lot of zones don't even have music, like nanawa, muy-tuy, cassie, etc.

The music is fine, the places they use the music is horrible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpmsFVCaKP4 <- Coerthas theme, please, tell me, how does this music make ANY sense being in Coerthas? It doesn't.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OzLR...eature=related Is this in the game? It's good, but shouldn't this be boss battle music and not "coerthas battle music" lol?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhHoc...eature=related <- Thanalan theme, why is this desert music?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiHA7...eature=related <- "Track 37" - Where the hell is this song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dJ3D...eature=related <- Fieldcraft guildleve music. this reminds me of music for bastok for some reason, why is this music for a fieldcraft leve?

Another problem is we hear the SAME music all the time. Just bought the game and killing mobs? Have fun listening to thanalan's theme. Killing mobs at 10? Same. 20? Same. 30? Same, 40? Same! 50? Yep, you bet. Very lame, different parts of the zone needs different music, different atmospheres, different everything. It mainly goes back to everywhere being copy/paste tbh.

Meh just because you don't think it fits, doesn't mean it doesn't fit. The subtle music with a light piano music while adventuring is actually very peaceful and I like it. The coerthas battle music, maybe they have something else planned and there will be more mobs from the garlean empire there or something. And if you have ever traveled there, the mobs are a little more epic than an antling digger. I very much enjoy the music in this game and hope they don't change it

[Demacia]

Meh just because you don't think it fits, doesn't mean it doesn't fit. The subtle music with a light piano music while adventuring is actually very peaceful and I like it. The coerthas battle music, maybe they have something else planned and there will be more mobs from the garlean empire there or something. And if you have ever traveled there, the mobs are a little more epic than an antling digger. I very much enjoy the music in this game and hope they don't change it

He's completely right. None of the game's music really suits the setting. I could play death metal to deer prancing about a meadow but that doesn't make it fit no matter how much I'd like it to.