Battle Music Concerns

[Gardes]

My only concern is that the one doing the themes right now is not Naoshi Mizuta.

Yep.

[Gabanisu]

Oh god, her track were memorable... but I'm thinking Naoshi Mizuta's kinda music isn't mainstream...
SOKEN did music for the masses, and it strike the populace a little better then Naoshi's intrument choices.

Some people think Flute, Harp, Violin and other classical instruments etc are retarded... although, I love her music--it's not really for everyone?

[Arale]

My only concern is that the one doing the themes right now is not Naoshi Mizuta.

Yep.

I'm glad hes not. XI's music was very good, but the combat/boss themes were pretty generic and a letdown for me. However the boss themes for ARR are outstanding in comparison. Also, XI followed a similar 'light' theme for most of it's music, which made the experience feel very samey to me. A few pieces stand out, like Fury or Awakening, but the rest sounded very similar in so many ways for me. I'm happy with 2.0's direction on music save normal battle music. 1.0's were definitely better.

[Tupsi]

I'm glad hes not. XI's music was very good, but the combat/boss themes were pretty generic and a letdown for me. However the boss themes for ARR are outstanding in comparison.

..Huh. ARR's music is overly generic and XIV 1.0's wasn't since the battle themes/boss theme and leve theme were built around the zone's theme. I don't know though, music is personal tastes but:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HSU-rrYKtE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxBAbIQrYp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmzrFRs3pbg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ6Es1h8W0g

These doesn't strike me as 'generic' compared to ARR's same battle theme everywhere with different instrumentation and some battle/boss music that isn't that in ARR was Uematsu's work in 1.0.

I'm happy with 2.0's direction on music save normal battle music

Based on saying XI's music felt 'samey', this struck me as ironic lol.

[Arale]

..Huh. ARR's music is overly generic and XIV 1.0's wasn't since the battle themes/boss theme and leve theme were built around the zone's theme. I don't know though, music is personal tastes but:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HSU-rrYKtE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxBAbIQrYp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmzrFRs3pbg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ6Es1h8W0g

These doesn't strike me as 'generic' compared to ARR's same battle theme everywhere with different instrumentation and some battle/boss music that isn't that in ARR was Uematsu's work in 1.0.



Based on saying XI's music felt 'samey', this struck me as ironic lol.

Just as you said, personal tastes.

[Sove92]

However the boss themes for ARR are outstanding in comparison. I'm happy with 2.0's direction on music save normal battle music. 1.0's were definitely better.

Yes, considering one of these boss themes (Pennons Aloft/Boss 4) used to be the normal battle music in Coerthas. I wish they'll reuse Quicksand, The Forest's Pulse and Nail of the Heavens as boss themes later.

[Zorzi]

I like 1.0's music more devoid of context - but that context is important. ARR's music suits the world better I think, but just listening to the soundtracks themselves I like 1.0's more. It must be the guitars.