In-Game music - do you like it??

[HuaTuo]

Yes, some are synth heavy. But you know what? You basically said that anything with a synth in it is bad. Which proves you are an insipid individual.

I'm gonna just carry on as normal, came to the forums to basically complain about the cheap and honestly terrible synth arrangements of soundtrack accompanying the entire game. There are people out there who arrange Uematsu's work into an ensemble settings, and it sounds fantastic. And in a videogame, where "Immersion" and capturing ambience matters, the cheap sounding synth just somewhat degrades this aspect, at least for me it does. If you wanna call me insipid or whatever else, just because you don't agree, well that speaks more about your own taste than mine xD

Why can't we have something like This on our login screens baffles me, more so that SE wouldn't let us have it, with the money they make.

[Fellgon]

I'm gonna just carry on as normal, came to the forums to basically complain about the cheap and honestly terrible synth arrangements of soundtrack accompanying the entire game.

You say that cause you never heard the regional music of my State. Soken music is a blessing, videogames music saved my musical and cultural life!

[Fellgon]

Impetuous fool, I think your ears are broken, especially if they're cherry picking a 15 second portion of an arrangement almost two minutes in, where a lot is going on in a very upbeat battle track that has to stand out over combat sound effects, normally.

It's fine to miss music that you have nostalgia for, but unless you're Neal Acree, Jeremy Soule, or Russell Brower then it sure as heck isn't your work. Put up or shut up.

Try these:

Wayward Daughter

Mortal Instants

Sunrise

Rise

Yes, some are synth heavy. But you know what? You basically said that anything with a synth in it is bad. Which proves you are an insipid individual.

For music I hope they add, I do really hope they bring Naoshi Mizuta on board for more tracks, if possible. Hell, I'd settle for them just ripping more of his tracks from FFXI.

Wail of the Void

Bring more synth please! make final fantasy 14 a true rave! i love it!

[RyuDragnier]

Impetuous fool, I think your ears are broken, especially if they're cherry picking a 15 second portion of an arrangement almost two minutes in, where a lot is going on in a very upbeat battle track that has to stand out over combat sound effects, normally.

It's fine to miss music that you have nostalgia for, but unless you're Neal Acree, Jeremy Soule, or Russell Brower then it sure as heck isn't your work. Put up or shut up.

Try these:

Wayward Daughter

Mortal Instants

Sunrise

Rise

Yes, some are synth heavy. But you know what? You basically said that anything with a synth in it is bad. Which proves you are an insipid individual.

For music I hope they add, I do really hope they bring Naoshi Mizuta on board for more tracks, if possible. Hell, I'd settle for them just ripping more of his tracks from FFXI.

Wail of the Void

They know not of the glory. But the day will come, when they reach the end of 5.3 and hear the glorious track of Seat of Sacrifice. Then they will know the true glory, the glory of Soken's full power.

[MilkieTea]

Endwalkers theme song? *chefs kiss*

Shiva’s theme, Seat of Sacrifice, Kainé, DR endboss theme? *chefs kiss*

Every other song in the game? *chefs kiss*

Stating you can do better at 10 years old? not chefs kiss worthy.

Carry on.

Edit: Seat of sacrifice gets an even bigger chefs kiss because that was composed while Soken was on what very well could have been his death bed, battling cancer, during one of the worst pandemics in recent memory. The sheer power in that track, the actual emotion that it lends to the track, the idea that this couldve been the last of his legacy? And it was so powerful a legacy? “Finding hope, don’t lose hope…”

I digress.

Soken’s composing style is very much indicative of the style of music he likes - funky, punk sounds with punch.
That glorious distorted electric guitar in the EW trailer theme is… amazing.

Anyways, the music in this game is amazing, disparaging the many people who’s hard work and lives efforts goes into it is … vomit inducing.

[Wyssahtyn]

I really am not sure if this thread belongs on this particular part of the forum, but I just wanted to share with you all the fact that I find the soundtrack accompanying you through the entire game lacking "very much and more". I graduated from Prague Music Conservatory as a pianist, composer and conductor - so I accept my personal bias based on my education.

Most of the music is as if made from a soundbank of some cheap £60 Yamaha keyboard, the instruments are terribly synthetic, especially Strings and Brass. It was tolerable until level 60. But now, ever since I entered the Stormblood campaign, it's now so terrible that I created this account only to make this post. It would seem, that they employed "some" acoustic instruments like Guitar and Lute, but in a very chamber setting, consisting mostly two, sometimes up to FOUR tracks (compared to standard 19-21 with average size enssemble) - and trust me I could do some of this (if not most) when I was 10yo.

For a game that is presumably now the most played MMO (yes, me too hanged 10+ years of WoW for sake of FF14), and for the epic and absolutely captivating story, did SE not thought to employ and actual composer and hire an orchestra to best capture ambience of the vast areas of the game world? As much as I dislike WoW more and more with every passing hour spent in FF14, their music is entirely different world in comparison.

I could be wrong, but the game literally "sounds" like the music was 1-man job, some basic version of LogicPro and MIDI keyboard. This game deserves so much more!!! Not saying "hire me" or anything, but yeah, I could do far better xD

no one archived the op yet and edit whinging in the future is probable given how conceited they appear to be

[Enkidoh]

As I already covered my thoughts and opinions on this topic in my earlier post, I don't really have anything more to add, other than maybe to suggest to the OP to look at getting the Eorzea Symphony arranged albums, as they are full orchestral arrangements of some of the best tracks in the game, and well worth the money.

It's just a shame that the pandemic kind of put a third ES album for Shadowbringers on the backburner (a fully orchestrated arrangement of Mortal Instants would have been amazing for instance), and probably more closer to what they are looking for than expecting a fully orchestrated soundtrack in the game itself.

[HuaTuo]

As I already covered my thoughts and opinions on this topic in my earlier post, I don't really have anything more to add, other than maybe to suggest to the OP to look at getting the Eorzea Symphony arranged albums, as they are full orchestral arrangements of some of the best tracks in the game, and well worth the money.

omg YES! My entire point being, why can't we have THAT in the game??? Instead of watered down synthesized version that smells like a dozen rotten eggs dropped in a vat of vinegar!

[RyuDragnier]

Because we want style. And there's a lot of it in the soundtrack, especially ShB which may be Soken's greatest work to date. We've got music from across the spectrum. The Long Fall is a personal favorite of the vast majority of the fanbase. As is Civilizations. LA-HEE!

[WhiteArchmage]

I was trying not to post anything because what I wanted to say is not very nice, but you're insulting the soundtrack a lot for someone who has claimed to do better but ignored requests to post their own music...