Gridania music.

[Shougun]

music is nice imo, but I'm more surprised by the environmental sounds, I might try the game out without any BGM just to check the difference from current version.



Dude for BGM that matches those images from Laputa is Chrono Trigger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNzYIEY-CcM

Well that is the theme song for Zeal :P (Zeal ~= Laputa ^_^), but now I know what I can be doing while FFXIV is down ;D

Anyway felt the new grid song would work well with stone architecture since the wood doesn't hold "grandiose"y sounds and should feel more down to earth (not a musician so I cant explain why I feel that way lol). That being said it really isnt jarring for me and I like the song regardless so its not something I even care to make a thread of outside of making posts in threads already talking about music.

Also lets get hardcore:

http://youtu.be/fJpp-Uj3c64

[SpringLeaf]

1: I'm not Klaus Volka 2: I'm not just looking for something to complain about. 3: I sincerely just think the music is something that will stick in our heads like any other Town music in Fantasy. That can work in a zone, but for a town? It has to be monumental. We spend hours on end and we become so attached with music to express nostalgia. When a song has no feeling I personally think the Game loses it's touch. I know people agree. Heck, we all more than likely played ffxi and who can say the music wasn't a big impact?

[Kallera]

1: I'm not Klaus Volka 2: I'm not just looking for something to complain about. 3: I sincerely just think the music is something that will stick in our heads like any other Town music in Fantasy. That can work in a zone, but for a town? It has to be monumental. We spend hours on end and we become so attached with music to express nostalgia. When a song has no feeling I personally think the Game loses it's touch. I know people agree. Heck, we all more than likely played ffxi and who can say the music wasn't a big impact?

Recollections was not a "Starting Town" kind of Music. It would honestly be overly depressing if it was.

As for the actual ffxi music in town. No it wasn't "stick in my head" variety.

Not everything has to be a reference to some other title of Square Enix. We wouldn't have new stories if they did.

[indira]

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

alot better then the one we have now. well a big open forest can be ambient so why cant the music be.

[Reinheart]

One part that I'm bit confused is for ARR sound tracks if Nobuo-san is working on some of them or it's all Soken and others since I remember reading Nobuo-san only agreed to doing FFXIV was if and only he can compose all of the music himself. (Originally) and all the new music since the team change I haven't really seen Nobuo-san's 'new' stuff yet.

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

One part that I'm bit confused is for ARR sound tracks if Nobuo-san is working on some of them or it's all Soken and others since I remember reading Nobuo-san only agreed to doing FFXIV was if and only he can compose all of the music himself. (Originally) and all the new music since the team change I haven't really seen Nobuo-san's 'new' stuff yet.

He's not doing any of the music. Square holds the rights to the pieces he wrote for FFXIV 1.0 and they have since been re-arranged by their new group of composers. Also, when I say re-arranged, I don't mean placing tracks in different areas. I mean in musical composition terms [Example of this is Zahar'ak Stronghold]. Though I know they have literally arranged music and implemented them in different areas.

So far, the tracks are completely new and written by SOKEN. If you hear any early 1.0 tracks, they will either be Nobuo tracks remastered (because the original sound quality is just horrid) or Nobuo tracks with a re-arrangement by SOKEN and the sound team. Nobuo is long gone from this project and I can't say I blame him. They had him compose the soundtrack off of concept and not seeing the zones themselves which gave some of the game's areas a weird feel and it wasn't cohesive. The tracks were all over the place.

A completely new soundtrack is what this game needs to tie it together. That doesn't mean they need to completely trash the Nobuo tracks, they just need to edit them with instrumentation that fits with their new soundtrack.

[ShinigamiKayla]

I love the song personally suck it haters o,o

[Doho]

to each their own. i LOVE it.

[Imoen]

I don't hate the music but I got more of a Lord of the Rings mixed with general fantasy game town music from it.

[OrionInerghem]

I love it! One of the things I dislike most about the current game is the music is too grande (especially the chocobo music) it takes over everything and I have to turn my speakers down. Grande music is fine.. but after you hear the song over and over it gets so tired. I'm really looking forward to a soundtrack that's in harmony with the game! And It's Totally FF and Square, Gridania reminds me so much of Secret of Mana now, it's wonderful!