Please get Naoshi Mizuta to re-do this disastrous soundtrack

[Trigger]

Hmmm... I dont agree with the OP but some of the music does sound out of place. Like for instance the boat from thalan to limsa doesnt sound like a boat ride at all. In fact it sounds like nearly identical to the music before the charector select screen in FFXI, and Ul'dah theme sounds like the patcher music.

[Nuru]

Hmmm... I dont agree with the OP but some of the music does sound out of place. Like for instance the boat from thalan to limsa doesnt sound like a boat ride at all. In fact it sounds like nearly identical to the music before the charector select screen in FFXI, and Ul'dah theme sounds like the patcher music.

Oh, lol the patcher music is random isn't it? Sometimes it plays Limsa Lominsa music. >.>

[Ilean]

Ul'dah theme sounds like the patcher music.

LMAO

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[Eight]

I like the soundtrack it's good it doesn't need to be changed.I will say they need to add music into areas like Nanawa Mines and what not.

[Leeloo]

I dig the fieldcraft leve music. That 1 definitely fits well. It's just happy-sounding "Yay, I'm going fishing!" music.

I do agree that some of it just doesn't "do it" for me or feels out of place.

I think part of that comes from the overall disappointment with the game a lot of people have. Music is emotional and brings back memories. I perk up and smile if I hear music from older games I love, not always because the song was epic, but because the great memories come rushing in. In XIV, people are reminded of frustrations & negativity. A lot of unhappy time spent with those songs playing on a loop in the background. That's not the case with songs you've always thought were awful, but those songs you were indifferent about can become the source of good or bad memories based on the experiences you had.

[Darkshade]

I can't believe some of you guys.

Anyway, while I still definitely prefer most of FINAL FANTASY XI's soundtrack, XIV isn't terrible in my opinion. The game has many strong tracks. For those of you who haven't listened to the full data mined sound track, there are still a few gems waiting to be added to future content.

At any rate, I do like many of the tracks, and it would be far too costly to have the complete sound track re done for those who aren't satisfied. You'll have to wait for future content to be developed that requires new scores.

[Luneyune]

Some of the songs aren't that great

[Seif]

Why does music even have to be everywhere? Can't there be more quiet areas like in XI?

Btw where the hell are all the ambient tracks? Why don't the birds sing, waves crash, wind blow and the trees sway?
It's weird that the sound-scape of the non music elements is so limited.

This extends beyond the lack of ambient tracks too. The battle effects sound all alike. It's a bit different when you're using magic but almost all of the physical hits sound the same. You'd think that a slash and a blunt hit would sound distinctly different but they're not.

In XI I can usually determine what spells to use by listening to what spells have already been cast like slow and bio for example but in XIV (and XIII btw) everything has this generic "bash"-sound to it.

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

The music in Final Fantasy XIV is pretty good in my opinion. From past topics like these, most of complaints are from the arrangement(i.e. too many rock songs), most of the songs feel out of place(i.e. Thanalan's overworld theme), and repetition(i.e listening to the same song on repeat without a break). But I think most of it comes from repetition, these zones are huge so you're hearing one song constantly. I agree with someone's option, add some day and night tracks or when it's nighttime don't have any music playing. That would help in the short term.

Now as for a future composer, they definitely should get Sakimoto Hitoshi over Mizuta. I don't think I could survive another folk music, woodwind based soundtrack again.

[ckb]

@OP

Sorry, major difference of taste between us. Those XI battle tracks were terrible. The Flowers on the Battlefield song is amazing though.

But I feel you on your dislike for the electric guitar tracks. They're not as annoying to me as the instrumentation of the XI battle tracks, but as a whole they're pretty bad.

What they SHOULD do, is get Masashi Hamauzu to do the battle tracks, as obviously he is feeling it when it comes to grandiose battle themes. Check out Blinded By Light, the XIII battle theme.

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

Rate up if you're feeling THAT!

He is definitely a battle track composer. Idk about regular zone stuff (XIII did have some great music though) but I do think his work should be included in XIV.