Please get Naoshi Mizuta to re-do this disastrous soundtrack

[Ilean]

Hey are you Garland from beta? edo_orz? Sup! :P

Aye! Wassup!

[toshimoog]

Let me erase the preconceived notion that Uematsu develops the game tracks before the orchestral, because it varies.

I understand that a games track needs to loop but that does not account for how piss poor of quality the renditions for the games were.

That's because the quality of midi back then was piss poor
Midi today is way better, as you can very well see with all the new game music that's out now. Most of the music you hear on FFXIV is still midi, just really good quality midi. Back in 1997, midi wasn't as great, and that's why it sounds so meh in FF7. Also, the game disc could only hold so large of music files, so the less quality the sounds were, the smaller the file would be.

I also don't mean to sound like a up-nosed jackass, but I want to add that I write music as well, both using electronic midi arrangements and writing scores for orchestra too. I have a fair amount of experience with how this works.

[Duelle]

Nothing against Uematsu but if you're gonna replace him, I'll only accept Kano Youko (seriously, they got her to do Ragnarok Online II but not this game?), Shimomura Youko (Legend of Mana's epic soundtrack came from her), or Ito Kenji (the guy who did the music for the SaGa games). No one else would suffice.

[viion]

I agree with OP, I dislike a lot of the songs, only about 3-4 I enjoy. I think Nobuo has lost it tbh.

[Neptune]

This version of this song is very well done. I concur.

Correct me if I'm wrong, though, but that's not the version that's in XIII itself.

Hurray for one redeemable thing to come out of FF13.
(Not going to start a debate on this particular opinion, pls).

Well the only difference is this one is a live version and the other one is studio recorded.

[Shai]

Man with a Machine Gun and Balamb Garden are two tracks from the FF8 soundtrack I REALLY like, just wasn't too impressed by the entire thing. Battle With Seymour is good but the standard battle/boss themes in FF10 are awful.

Well at least we have some common ground. ^^ Those are some of my favorite tracks in the 8-10 era, battle or otherwise.

Do you like "Cosmo Canyon?" I like "JENOVA" & "1Wing Angel" as much as the next guy, even after remix/rearrange #10,005, but I think "Cosmo Canyon" is my favorite song in VII. "Those Who Fight Farther" (or however its translated) and "Those Chosen by the Planet" are also good. Overall I find the VII OST incredibly underwhelming, though - aside from these mentioned - several of which are rearranged all the damn time.

Anyway, I like the Mor Dhona & Coerthas background & battle music immensely. I think they are some of the most well done tracks in all of XIV so far. I haven't listened to the entire OST or any rearranged/orchestrated XIV songs yet. Mostly just what I hear wandering around - though (unlike XI) I have my sound turned off a lot because I'm watching TV while I do monotonously boring things like fish/craft. Haha. Fishing/Crafting music is cute the first time, but damn it sucks after the 300th hour (or quite possibly the 2nd hour).

[Shai]

Shimomura Youko (Legend of Mana's epic soundtrack)

That OST had some ridiculous good tracks. It was the first time I cared to know the name Yoko Shimomura.

(Kingdom Hearts is not that great, though...)

[Demacia]

Well at least we have some common ground. ^^ Those are some of my favorite tracks in the 8-10 era, battle or otherwise.

Do you like "Cosmo Canyon?" I like "JENOVA" & "1Wing Angel" as much as the next guy, even after remix/rearrange #10,005, but I think "Cosmo Canyon" is my favorite song in VII. "Those Who Fight Farther" (or however its translated) and "Those Chosen by the Planet" are also good. Overall I find the VII OST incredibly underwhelming, though - aside from these mentioned - several of which are rearranged all the damn time.

Anyway, I like the Mor Dhona & Coerthas background & battle music immensely. I think they are some of the most well done tracks in all of XIV so far. I haven't listened to the entire OST or any rearranged/orchestrated XIV songs yet. Mostly just what I hear wandering around - though (unlike XI) I have my sound turned off a lot because I'm watching TV while I do monotonously boring things like fish/craft. Haha. Fishing/Crafting music is cute the first time, but damn it sucks after the 300th hour (or quite possibly the 2nd hour).

Boy it's all about that Mako Reactor for the grimy atmosphere, and my favorite battle theme from FF7 is actually birth of a god. Mor Dhona is probably the only area theme in the ENTIRE GAME that is both well made and actually suits the setting. I sorta liked the music in La Noscea in beta 2 but once I went to Thanalan/Black Shroud I was veeeeery disappointed. It's funny that while I was slightly bummed when I found out that Naoshi Mizuta wasn't going to be a part of XIV's soundtrack I was still looking forward to Uematsu's work. In any case, like with everything else in this game I hope that whatever comes in the future sucks significantly less than what we have now.

[Elexia]

That OST had some ridiculous good tracks. It was the first time I cared to know the name Yoko Shimomura.

(Kingdom Hearts is not that great, though...)

First time >.>...

[Bled]

That's because the quality of midi back then was piss poor
Midi today is way better, as you can very well see with all the new game music that's out now. Most of the music you hear on FFXIV is still midi, just really good quality midi. Back in 1997, midi wasn't as great, and that's why it sounds so meh in FF7. Also, the game disc could only hold so large of music files, so the less quality the sounds were, the smaller the file would be.

I also don't mean to sound like a up-nosed jackass, but I want to add that I write music as well, both using electronic midi arrangements and writing scores for orchestra too. I have a fair amount of experience with how this works.

do you think the games OST is fine as is?