In-Game music - do you like it??

[Icedmind]

I really am not sure if this thread belongs on this particular part of the forum, but I just wanted to share with you all the fact that I find the soundtrack accompanying you through the entire game lacking "very much and more". I graduated from Prague Music Conservatory as a pianist, composer and conductor - so I accept my personal bias based on my education.

Most of the music is as if made from a soundbank of some cheap £60 Yamaha keyboard, the instruments are terribly synthetic, especially Strings and Brass. It was tolerable until level 60. But now, ever since I entered the Stormblood campaign, it's now so terrible that I created this account only to make this post. It would seem, that they employed "some" acoustic instruments like Guitar and Lute, but in a very chamber setting, consisting mostly two, sometimes up to FOUR tracks (compared to standard 19-21 with average size enssemble) - and trust me I could do some of this (if not most) when I was 10yo.

For a game that is presumably now the most played MMO (yes, me too hanged 10+ years of WoW for sake of FF14), and for the epic and absolutely captivating story, did SE not thought to employ and actual composer and hire an orchestra to best capture ambience of the vast areas of the game world? As much as I dislike WoW more and more with every passing hour spent in FF14, their music is entirely different world in comparison.

I could be wrong, but the game literally "sounds" like the music was 1-man job, some basic version of LogicPro and MIDI keyboard. This game deserves so much more!!! Not saying "hire me" or anything, but yeah, I could do far better xD

Having graduated from some conservatory doesn't mean you automatically are the most skilled musician, to be honest. I've got friends who graduated from Vienna conservatory, although most of them only really know how to play one instrument. Consider, if you will, that Masayoshi Soken improvised A LOT of instruments on the spot (The maracas in Costa del Sol aren't "maracas"), and he plays more than one instrument. And if I'm not mistaken, a few songs were intonated by Soken-san himself, so that's an achievement.
A bit of advice: if you come here to brag about your qualities, at least show a portfolio for comparison. I'm sure many of us want to rate your creations.