Ask Sound Director Masayoshi Soken Your Questions

[Catwho]

This question is courtesy of a FC member who is unable to post on the forums.

"Dear Soken,

Who would you consider to be your most influential classical or modern composers? Would you ever consider doing a collaboration with the likes of Masaru Yokoyama or Kevin Penkin?"

[EorzeaHero69]

What's the most difficult part about coming up a good theme while making music for FFXIV?

[Gula]

When or ever will we receive full versions of the 8bit April Fools music? Like Titan, Alexander and all the Eastern music from Magnai's video.

[Mikenno]

Hi Soken,

Thank you for always making us laugh, cry, and get excited just through music alone.

What's a song in your life that you always go back to - like a song that strikes a personal chord with you? Doesn't have to be Final Fantasy related. Just curious.

[SenorPatty]

First, let me say how amazing the Shadowbringers OST is. It has become a regular part of my Final Fantasy series playlist and not a week goes by that I don't, at the very least, hum a song from its collection.

Now onto a different subject, I'd like to know if SE will add a preview for combat voices at the character creation screen?

[OculystOwl]

Were the links between Sephirot's theme (Fiend)'s lyrics and the plot of Shadowbringers intended since way back in Heavensward or was that just a happy accident?

[Tanama]

Hi Soken,

Thank you for the awesome work you have done over the years and for the amazing work you've done for Shadowbringers.

As for my question, can you add the music that plays on the Hrothgar reveal trailer as an orchestrion roll as well as the 8-bit songs used in the YouTube specials such as the 8-bit Titan fight and the Tactics Ogre X Alexander music.

[VeganPete]

Hi Soken. I really like instrumental covers of popular songs that TV shows like Westworld and more recently Watchmen have done. If you could cover a song to add to the game, what would it be?

[Split_Infinitive]

Would it be possible to allow the player to choose which BGM plays in Kholusia? I fell in love with the track 'Unmatching Pieces' that played until level 79, but after reaching level 80, it changed to 'A World Divided.'

Thank you for yet another wonderful soundtrack!

[Sloprano]

Hey Soken, still love your work. Keep it up.
Help! Healers are getting no response to issues and we don't get heard on this forum.
I would like to ask if you have any insight to the bug in Windows where if you swap audio devices, say from speaker to headset, you can lose all audio in-game until you restart the client? Is it tied to the "Default device " and "Default communications" registry key and if it's due to Core Audio APIs and either MMDevice or WASAPI. Would really help troubleshooting.