The direction of FFXIV's music.

[Endemerrin]

Right, right. I retract my J-rock statement. Point made, haha.

And I think it's actually Naoshi Mizuta working on XIV right now, which explains why the new tracks we've been getting have struck a positive note with me.

[indira]

Naoshi Mizuta > Nobuo.

i think the same.

[Noir]

You missed the point. Uematsu isn't with Square-Enix anymore. He's not in there talking with the devs and getting a direct feel for the game. I find this soundtrack to be one of his worst, actually, apart from one or two songs.

Just because Uematsu scores it != good music. When will fanboys understand this?

IMO, they need to get the staff that scored FFXI, FFXII, and the FFT series. They need to go into Nobuo's songs, which seem pretty bare bones to me, and embellish on them a bit. Get some real melody in there with more than just 1-2 verses. You know, songs that last longer than 4 minutes, because any less is frikkin' annoying when set on repeat for hours at a time.

When I was younger I used to refer to Hironobu Sakaguchi, Nobuo Uematsu, Tetsuya Nomura, Yoshinori Kitase as the four gods. That's how much I respect these guys. Everything they touched became instant success.

[Scott]

Well. I got used to the music, and some tracks I find very fitting. Limsa Lominsa and Gridania for example, or the music in most of the Cutscenes. But some tracks are unfitting or not really memorial.
Ul'dah for example sounds like Elevator Music for me. Since Day one I really disliked it.

I think Uematsu is a great composer sure, he as some really really great tracks, but he isn't the ultimative answer.

XI was gorgouse. I remember nearly every single Track. Sure my favourite track in XI is from Uematsu, but the other tracks are very fitting too.
I must say that I like the new track of XIV more than the older ones and fare more catchy. Even when this Song is very annoying, but I hum the Moogle Music from King fight very often.....

[faris]

I'm looking forward to XIV's direction, musically. It's Naoshi Mizuta, after all.

[Genz]

Who is doing the music right now anyway?

Naoshi Mizuta (FFXI, FFXIII-2)
Ryo Yamazaki (FF Crystal Bearers)
Tsuyoshi Sekito (The last remnant)

It hasn't been specified if Uematsu is still working for the game now.

[Renshi]

To be honest, I don't care who does the songs. It could be Naoshi, it could be Noubo, it could be Waldo, until there is variations and the music is good it's really fine =)

[Slice]

I premise that for me the soundtrack is very important(if not essential).
I think that the current FFXIV's soundtrack second my modest opinion is not appropriate with the game's ambience(although with the latest patch some released soundtracks are good).
I can't identify myself in the game with this soundtrack because I think that the genre of some of them (progressive rock and pop) aren't good.
While for other soundtracks I think are a bit 'neglected(the minority of these).
Trying to compare the current ost to FFXI, I think that i can't really compare them.

For this game i recommend or FFXI and old synth style or a full orchestral Soundtrack.
Here are some examples of what I mean:

Orchestral:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjwT7JUmMSg (Coexistance imperial version from FFXII)
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFvwsYSycJ0 (Airship theme from FFXIV)

No orchestral:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oQ9J-HJm5w (Wings of Goddess from FFXI)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNRaXqbAuFE (Besaid Island from FFX)

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gt5qFLWOQ4 (Imperial Capital Kazas from Legend of Dragoon)

For me, these soundtracks have a strong spirit of adventure, perfect for a game like FFXIV(except the last soundtrack that i've posted because is for other situations).

I hope that Square Enix might consider the idea of change (or add) the soundtrack, because I think it's really important.
Thank you for all!

P.S: However, respect to Nobuo.

[Charismatic]

I also did not like the FFXI music from what I experienced of it.

Sure would hate to have your taste in music/experiences.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSt8vifJG38

[Endemerrin]

Sure would hate to have your taste in music/experiences.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSt8vifJG38

Word.

Everyone has their own tastes, but I mean honestly? I probably could count on one hand how many times I've seen people openly saying they didn't like XI's OST.

It's just.. ....really damn amazing all around. Hard to live up to, even.