Can we get BGM from other final fantasy games?

[kyuven]

I agree that theres a lot of BGMs thats reused on boss fights as an example, however I rather they didnt resuse BGMs from other FF games, I want to hear new stuff entirely, please give credit where credit is due, a composers job is to create music and thats their talent, let them do their job and not someones elses.

A good point except the composer for FFXIV is the same one that did a lot of the work on those other games...

[Shioban]

As odd as it may seem. There'd be licencing/permission issues in using older Final Fantasy game music without express permission.


Without the express consent and proper procedures they can't actually use a lot of the old designs/content most especially something as solid as the music, as it's simply not theirs to use, regardless of the fact they share the same title.


If you recall when SOKEN went home one night and re-created Terra's Theme for ARR, (without permission) he was in a fair bit of trouble for it, (for which he apologized) but as a treat they decided to seek temporary permission to use it in a promotional video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8RuIXX4ntc

[raelgun]

A good point except the composer for FFXIV is the same one that did a lot of the work on those other games...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_Soken

Soken is the one in charge of music in FF14, I know of the composer you speak of, he did 1.0, but not most of 2.0 stuff, this is sokens work and he hasnt really been in charge of the music of the older FF games.

[Enkidoh]

Yeah, Nobuo Uematsu did the early music for FFXIV version 1.0 but ended up being replaced as composer by sound director Masayoshi Soken, with a number of other tracks composed by Ryo Yamazaki, Naoshi Mizuta and Tsuyoshi Sekito. And as has been said, a number of tracks from past FF games have appeared in form or another in ARR. This is a short list of the ones I'm aware of:

Battle I from FFII (a remix titled Battle 1.X)
Battle II from FFIII (a remix titled Tumbling Down)
Crystal Tower from FFIII (a remix that appears as the BGM for Syrcus Tower)
Battle with Gilgamesh from FFV (a remix titled Battle on the Big Bridge Reborn)
Feast of the Ladies from FFXI A Shantotto Ascension (a remix titled Reign of Pain)
Blinded by Light from FFXIII
Saber's Edge from FFXIII

There is also a remix of Terra's Theme from FFVI that SE used in a promotional trailer showing the magitek armour mount before launch which a petition is going around to convince SE to actually be used in the game as the mount music for the magitek armour.

I wouldn't be surprised if the upcoming Gold Saucer also features a remix of the eponymous theme from FFVII as well. But yes OP, I'd love to see some kind of jukebox mode be added to the game for company/personal housing.

[kyuven]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_Soken

Soken is the one in charge of music in FF14, I know of the composer you speak of, he did 1.0, but not most of 2.0 stuff, this is sokens work and he hasnt really been in charge of the music of the older FF games.

Ohhh that's right...and Uematsu isn't a Square-Enix employee anymore and was smart enough to maintain control over his IPs so he can make money off the concerts.
Shrewd, but a bit of a bummer. Would've liked to have Terra's Theme play when we mount up the Magitek.

[TimelessShine]

By all means the producer who makes music for FF14 is good. Like the titan theme music and stuff but if they want us to run the same stuff over and over . At least let me have the option to change the BGM.

[Morningstar1337]

Here's some songs I want int hsi game
From the XIII trilogy:

• Crimson Blitz (since Blinded by Light is already used by the Lightning event, also I feel that Crimson Blitz is better)
• Eclipse -Aggressive Mix-
• The Sunleth Waterscape (yes it's a bit too calm for battles, but I think it can add a different feel to them that way)
• Etro's Champion

From the Ivalice games:

• Esper Battle (preferably for future Ascian fights)
• The Cerobi Steepe (same reason as Sunleth)
• The Mosporean Highwaste
• Phon Coast

[TimelessShine]

bump bump bump bump

[Warlyx]

i want Naoshi Mizuta , he is my favorite (tied with Nobuo for obv reasons :P)

[Shamdeo]

There's a new Theatrhythm game coming out that looks pretty fun... why not get that if you just want a playlist of songs from other Final Fantasy games?

I love the original music for Final Fantasy XIV by Masayoshi Soken and others.

I want to hear more of that, barring places like Crystal Tower or Gold Saucer where throwback remixes are more appropriate.