New Ifrit music...

[Reokudo]

We meet again, Ant! *Readies drake fire*

[Theplatter]

Ok, I met Soken, and he's a really cool guy. He took a pic with our group at Fanfest, signed our notebooks, and even commented on my Star Wars shirt ("Nice shirt!") lol. That said, his music is very hit or miss. I agree that for primals and other boss fights, his music works well for the most part*, but outdoor music should have been left from 1.0.


*They played a bit of Soken's score for the Shiva fight, which they said would play after the fight reached a certain point (I'm assuming post-Diamond Dust), and tbh it sounded more like the opening theme for an anime series than exciting boss battle music...

[DefendPopPunk]

Hmmm, listening to those 1.0 tracks you all posted really made me think a lot of ffxi. Nobuo is awesome like that, very consistent in the quality and feel of his music.

[Jeykama]

Didn't really care for the Ifrit rock rendition, but only because I never really cared for the Ifrit music. Uematsu or not, it's a pretty expressionless track.

[Cyrus-Wallace]

Wow, I really love Soken's music but I also love Nobuo's music. This game looks a lot like every Ivalice game I've ever played (I'm staring at you, Akihiko Yoshida) so I was expecting more Hitoshi Sakimoto than Nobuo/Soken. But I appreciate both composers the same way, so I'm fine either way. I can always listen to the "original track" in YouTube or buying the game's OST.

[Estellios]

Didn't really care for the Ifrit rock rendition, but only because I never really cared for the Ifrit music. Uematsu or not, it's a pretty expressionless track.

Well I have a feeling that based on the name of the track itself (Primal Fury I think?) and the fact that it was an early song I'm guessing that it was intended to be the song used in all primal battles which explains why it's kind of generic. So glad they all have their own music even if I don't like a few.

[Akira_Tenshi]

Well the theme for new Snowcloak dungeon blew me away. It is absolutely beautiful. The soundtrack has been a bit hit and miss for me with this game but It's starting to get much better. I love the vocal primal themes, the Shiva theme is amazing.

[Estellios]

Well the theme for new Snowcloak dungeon blew me away. It is absolutely beautiful. The soundtrack has been a bit hit and miss for me with this game but It's starting to get much better. I love the vocal primal themes, the Shiva theme is amazing.

With a soundtrack this large there are bound to be ones that you don't like. People are praising Nobuo's music but there definitely were some tracks that I could not stand in 1.0 just like there's tracks I don't like in ARR, but as a whole I love both of them a lot.

[Gilraen]

With a soundtrack this large there are bound to be ones that you don't like. People are praising Nobuo's music but there definitely were some tracks that I could not stand in 1.0 just like there's tracks I don't like in ARR, but as a whole I love both of them a lot.

Yeah, I felt some songs in 1.0 were poorly placed. Like the Limsa theme was way off, I think. It didn't convey the image of a pirate town at all.

[Haprimac]

When I first played ARR in beta phase 2 and 3, I was very impressed by the music. I thought Uematsu had composed them and I was hyping to my FF-friends that Uematsu has really done it this time. Was surprised to find out it wasn't him at all in the end.

There's not many songs that I don't like from ARR, think most of the "urgh" songs are battle songs like the FATE boss that really gets annoying fast. Not too into the primal boss songs, either, although I admit that they fit the battles. Just not something I'd listen to while not playing the game.

I adore the La Noscean, Black Shroud and Thanalan songs and of course the town day/night songs. The Ultima weapon (1st and 2nd fight) songs are also among my favourites. Okay, now I gotta stop before I gush too much.