Gridania music.

[Ceravic]

I'm actually for once going to put something in bold and caps.

PEOPLE'S TASTE IN MUSIC DIFFER FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL, MUCH LIKE FOOD, ART OR ANYTHING FOR THAT MATTER.

Do not expect every music in the game to fit your criteria. When listening to a music track for a game, you need to pay special attention if said music fits the scenery or not. There are many tracks I dislike in the current ffxiv 1.0. But it does not mean that I don't find them fitting.

Example: I hate the ambient music style that appear in some zones of the black shroud(aka the old track). However it did fit the forest scenery.
I don't like limsa lominsa's town music. That one however I find that it not only is not to my taste but also doesn't really fit a city run by pirates. But again this might be my own personal taste.

Using logic? That's dangerous around here. You're supposed to just come out and state your opinions as facts (while asking that they make every aspect of the game like FFXI) like everyone else does.

[Sakasa]

Well I was always hit or miss on individual songs from Final Fantasy Soundtracks but them as a whole usually fit. For instance FFVIII had alot of heavy bass rifts in their battle musics, and bellowing undertones for their dungeons and sorceress story lines. But at the same time it had Fisherman's Horizon, Balamb Gardan, Triple Triad, Timber (Martial Law), and my personal favorite Deling city (Under Her Control). All together you can piece them together along with your memories of the entire game.

So I am not worried because if the this and the character creation are signs I think the story line, boss battle musics will be a step above what they were in 1.0

[Alhanelem]

Sounds and feels nothing like a final fantasy. Too ambient and it has no feeling. This isn't a song ill ever be remembering in my head hours on end when I log out. What garbage

You can't possibly be serious.

...

Final fantasy has had all different kinds of music throughout its series. There isn't any "kind" of music that is or isn't final fantasy. I'd be careful even trying to rule out a single genre that 100% doesn't exist at all somewhere in some game with the words final fantasy in the title.

[Rustyhagun]

I've said it before.. this game is gonna have a Ivalice feel to it. This ost is going that route... and that's a good thing ^^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQNWa...feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOAD5...feature=relmfu

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

[Diyne]

I enjoyed the music. It gives the forest city a more friendly ambiance. I don't dislike the original music, but I feel like a lot of the original music placement (Not saying Gridania, but in general) wasn't very well thought out. The music that got moved around with the new team felt a lot more in place.

I agree that it's a little less catchy and memorable as a whole in comparison to say, a battle or event track, but I could see the emotion in some parts of the track getting stuck with a player, as well as a few of the sections. I don't really feel that a city, that you're going to be in for extended periods of time during downtime, needs to have a big, loud, or 'epic' feel to it. A more ambient and 'backgroundish' track like this will keep me with my music turned up more often.

[Riv]

I think the music is much better than what we currently have.

[Diyne]

Actually--It feels kinda Crystal Chronicles...

[Shougun]

I think the music is much better than what we currently have.

1.0 Grid isnt bad (though for some reason they recorded on a bad mic, or lowered the quality to 128kbs...) I always thought Grid music would have done well as one of those background musics to the login screen when on a Grid theme. I just felt it didnt work as a town theme.

Worst soundtrack has to bee the holiday firedance music though - fun for the first two play throughs.. but..... You can't play that for a month and survive. Everyone I know found out how to mute the music one way or another lol

[Len]

I'm sure I'm not the first to mention this, but aspects of the song sound reminiscent of "The Shire," from the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. There's nothing wrong with pulling inspiration from one of the greatest fantasy series of all time.

It's fitting for Gridania, and I can't wait to hear more.

[Diyne]

I'm sure I'm not the first to mention this, but aspects of the song sound reminiscent of "The Shire," from the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. There's nothing wrong with pulling inspiration from one of the greatest fantasy series of all time.

It's fitting for Gridania, and I can't wait to hear more.

I actually felt it was very 'hobbit like' when I heard it, especially near the end. Was my first reaction.