I must admit one thing, while Soken isnt bad at all, i do find that he is better at making remixes and updating older themes, than composing original songs. This might be a consequense of his very tight schedules and timeframes in wich he gets to be creative.

I have never touched FFXI, yet for some reason i feel that every theme ive heard from it has a soul. Like im in the game and feel nostaglic to a game i have never played. Its hard to describe.

Soken needs a break. Many of the newer themes have been lackluster and unimaginative. Baelsars wall and Zurvan springs to mind instantly. In 3.5 theres only one added theme i liked, and that was a leftover from 1.0- Quicksand. The current theme of Sohm Al hard mode.