Shift in music quality? Redo the old, crappy tracks?

[WinnipegJet]

I'm sure I'm not the only who has noticed a real improvement in the music in XIV lately. A lot of it feels much more RPG-esque, if you get what I'm saying... not to mention it's much catchier. Honestly, such tracks are substantially better than many of the original XIV tunes... such as some of the awful battle themes, leve music, etc. The exception(s) to this being the town and zone music.

So, do you guys agree? Should the devs consider replacing some of the older tracks?

[Leyza]

I actually enjoyed the original music, and don't really enjoy the new music (except for the new Gridania music.), so I can't really agree with this suggestion.

[viion]

Well, a lot of the old content that the songs were for I never do so it doesnt bother me (eg: Guildleves, omg i hate that song).

If I were to request, I'd probably just want the 3 main nations because I hate the crap out of their default song (and already manually replaced it for the grand company songs respectively)

I dont think whole new ones needed, because i'd rather have new songs for each patch content! That way not only can i look forward to xya content/changes, but i look forward to some new music!

[Meow_Zedong]

I don't know about replacing, but I wouldn't mind some music shifting, which they have already done to some extent. The original Mistbeard's Cove theme is now Thanalan Theme #2, for one example.

But I wouldn't like deletion altogether. I'm rather fond of a couple of the battle tracks myself (especially the Behest Boss Theme)

[WinnipegJet]

I guess it's a matter of choosing which tracks people like and hate. I already mentioned the leve music, and I frickin' hate it. I also hate the battle music around Thanalan when solo... same with Grid for that matter.

[Genz]

No

(yeah, we know. Rock, or electric music in general, is non-existant in RPG so it must be bad... oh, wait... ok, but not in FF... wait, what?)

Fun fact : the new composers, Mizuta, Yamazaki and Sekito, are strongly influenced by rock too.

[AlexNiculaie]

Sorry, but I like a lot of the original pieces. I like most of the new ones as well, but there is absolutely no need to replace any of the old.

[Estellios]

You will rip my Ul'dah city music from my cold dead hands.

The only music I don't like from the original release is old Black Shroud music (which isn't so bad now that it's appropriately in "scarier" parts of the forest) and the first 5 seconds of the Thanalan battle music.

[WinnipegJet]

No

(yeah, we know. Rock, or electric music in general, is non-existant in RPG so it must be bad... oh, wait... ok, but not in FF... wait, what?)

Fun fact : the new composers, Mizuta, Yamazaki and Sekito, are strongly influenced by rock too.

Hmmm, I didn't explicitly say that rock was bad... but in some of the instances where it's used so far it just feels out of place to me. But I do have a preference for piano, horns, etc. in my RPGs when it comes to music.

[Sav]

The Thanalan track is a keeper (as is 'Answers'), but otherwise I agree with the OP. New tracks would be nice.