Ask Sound Director Masayoshi Soken Your Questions

[OvernightSiren]

Is there any chance for the Demi-Ozma mount riding music to be changed to the Eureka overworld theme?

Once I have the Ozma mount I've spent a lot less time in Eureka, but I do love that music so I would love it if the music while riding the mount could be the same as Eureka. I'd also be okay if it played the Final Fantasy IX boss battle music since Ozma is originally from that game.

[OvernightSiren]

I have a question regarding the Shadowbringers theme--why has the full version not been released anywhere on youtube?

The full version of the themes for Heavensward and Stormblood were both released on youtube with accompanying music videos showing scenes from those expansions before they launched, but I feel like Shadowbringers has been around for half a year and I still don't have a good feel for the lyrics of that song or even how the full composition sounds.

Bonus question, is there any chance Susan Calloway will be back for the next expansion?

[AesaThornrun]

How do you decide which songs will have lyrics, such as Wayward Daughter, and which ones won't? What's your process for coming up with the lyrics?

[Nucah]

What's your approach to developing music for a new expansion? How do you decide the tone and feel of the different themes that you create?

[Eerendialis]

Was there a specific reason as to why Susan Calloway wasn't featured in the main Expansion theme for Shadowbringers? I mean the theme is amazing and you did a great job, but I think a lot of the fans are wondering where Susan disappeared to.

[KalinOrthos]

Your music feels like it comes from many different places, like rock, funk, rap and dance. Are there any artists that you take inspiration from?

[Sailysium]

For my question can we start to see many mount music changed away from the default that been used since heavensward. It would be great each of the beast tribe mounts for example to play a theme related to the beast tribe’s area or theme in their questline. Demi Ozma Mount could play blade soon arsenal. Other Eureka mounts could play Eureka zone themes and so on.


Keep up the good work on the music of FFXIV!

[Sloprano]

Hey Soken, the music still checks out, great stuff. This one though is for the hard-working community managers.

In the brief moment of ludicity before you realize this isn't a music related question and corporate pride compels you to delete this post, please hear this plea:

Please pass on the request to make job skillsets, in complete form, from previous expansions available to use and when used limit the participation in Duties only through Party Finder and premades. Just like how you're doing with Blu.

This is appealing to your empahty coming from a tour of six years on Scholar. The current iteration and lack of awareness shown by all official channels about how since Heavensward only taking away stuff and making moment to moment fights not fun but tedious as you define by role and not letting the job stand on it's own feet. It is not only making my interest in the job wane, but the whole game as a result.

Thank you for reading this, now feel compelled to delete this wish.

[Rizon]

I have not heard anything new since the official announcement. Could you please give us an update on the health and well being of Uematsu-San. Thank You

[Kazran]

Are there any celebrity musicians (like Lana Del Rey, Florence and the Machine, Etc) you would like to work with and have them perform for one of your songs for the game?