Ask Sound Director Masayoshi Soken Your Questions

[Birch]

I really love the way calm music mixes with the battle music in Crystal Tower and Shadows of Mhach raids, and you have told previously how this is achieved with blending both music tracks together. The Dungeons have really pretty background musics and it's a shame they get cut off when you enter a mid-boss fight.

Would it be possible to have a similar music blending for Dungeon mid-bosses, as what you used in those raid battles?

[ChiefRampancy]

There are many songs in the game that have wonderful vocals like Locus and eScape and many others, though I also wonder sometimes how these songs would like without the singing! Is there any chance of releasing instrumental/offvocal versions of songs?

[strigiformes]

Are there any samples you've worked with that you think would surprise people if we knew where they came from? Maybe some interesting foley work that would shock us?

I love the introductory sound effects in Shadows Withal, the Akademia Anyder theme, and I've actually heard those same "radio tuning" samples in other media. I was really surprised and excited to recognize them.

[Sussis]

I love all the piano music, is there a chance we could get a ffxiv piano selections cd?

[DrWho2010]

I love all the piano music, is there a chance we could get a ffxiv piano selections cd?

there already are piano soundtrack releases of XIV music out there.

[CertaintyStrength]

The shadowbringers soundtrack was amazing when can we expect it on spotify?

[Gula]

I absolutely loved playing XIV's music in Thearhythm, is there a chance with the game's current development to have something like that as a mini game? Bard Assist Mode already feels like it and I would truly enjoy more with boss themes.

[Gitrid]

Most of the game's vocal tracks feature English vocals, with Japanese vocals being introduced in Stormblood due to it fitting the Far Eastern portions of the game.

Are there any other languages you would like to feature in the game's vocal soundtrack in the future?

[Dalvy]

I once heard an interview where it was said you were unsure we would like the simplistic theme of Amaurot, with its metronome ticking sound. Now that we are several months in, what are your current thoughts on the tune? I personally find it to be soothing.

P.S. as a jazz enthusiast, Shadows Withal (akademia Anyder theme) is absolutely amazing

[omgitsnewton]

Hello Mr Soken! And thank you for all your hard work in making the music of Eorzea!

One of my favourite songs in FFXIV is Beyond Redemption, from the Flames of Truth cinematic which also appears in Unending Coil of Bahamut as the theme of Golden Bahamut. In UCOB in particular, the song is preceeded with a verse from Answers, which sent chills down my spine when I first heard it and turned it into an instant favourite. However, that verse is not present in the official soundtrack or on the Spotify version of Beyond Redemption. I'm curious, is there any reason why it was not included?