FFXIV OST Shadowbringers Story Mission Theme ( High Treason )

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Video showing the level 76 story mission in Shadowbringers, where a certain group of naughty monsters try it on in Lakeland. Really, really cool mission.
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[@marblethunder4323]

Theme of Artist Alphinaud and his Assistants.

[@MrMario4president]

I was disappointed that "we are the Shadowbringers" wasn't a dialogue choice in that scene.

[@darrienjones8917]

The true canon option.

[@houtarourayane7551]

People: complaining about this ost playing endlessly in Upper Kholusia Me: *loop*

[@BaineBloodhof]

Yeah I loved that

[@born2range7]

Turn down your volume a bit so others can't hear it

[@Xnightwolfx]

I turned off mounted music for that section.

[@ImPersonNation]

To be fair, yes, it's a great track, but I think it should've remained an msq track.

[@loomingdeath1758]

@@ImPersonNation No way it was fucking epic :3 lol gathering to this music felt like i was accomplishing (I wasnt tho)

[@BunnychanFarabee]

Soken: "I heard you like leitmotifs so here's all the major ones of Shadowbringers done in the style of Doma Castle with a little Prelude at the end cuz why not." Why is this so funky though?

[@plaguekatt]

Exactly!

[@aetherarcanist4819]

this is one of the best themes in Shadowbringers, listening to it on Mt. Gulg felt like "this is it, this is really it"

[@LysLilyRose]

And then this wasn't it

[@Ryshaad]

This one of those songs I will NEVER get sick of hearing! Soken has really showed his entire ass this expansion with pretty much every track and I absolutely adore him for it. Keep up the excellent work.

[@Skijaramaz]

Wait... why his ass, specifically?

[@matz3669]

@@Skijaramaz yes

[@anenemystand5582]

Isnt showing your ass usually a negative thing. Like "oops I really fucked up" I dunno maybe you're just really REALLY an ass man

[@darlin9153]

@@anenemystand5582 true but maybe he means "He worked his ass off"?

[@FoigTCG]

where is Soken's ass in the expansion? asking for a friend

[@OseronPhaer]

I see a few people lamenting this playing endlessly in the second leg of Kholusia. Here's the thing though: would everything leading up to Mt. Gulg have felt particularly heroic if the dreary everlasting light theme was playing the entire time? I contend that this theme is a huge part of why this entire section of the expansion worked brilliantly. Trying to do something as utterly ridiculous and absurd as making a giant talos to reach into the heavens suddenly becomes amazing and possible. Bringing the disparate and fearful people of Norvrandt together becomes real with this theme. Declaring you and your friends, proudly and unironically, the saviors of the world comes across not as campy and trite, but as fervent and true, all because of this theme. Every time this theme threatened to get old and dull, we would do something else, achieve a new goal, bring salvation one step closer and it would all click again.

[@katanatsunami]

It's not even the same music as Kholusia Part 2 lmao

[@OseronPhaer]

@@katanatsunami ...And?

[@ZeroScope100]

Wow, people complained about that? I LOVED that this played during that section. So many goosebumps, I felt SO engaged in the story. I was so sad when it stopped playing but I understand why

[@dangerousshoes]

It's a lot more fitting, but I've got to be honest. This song gets pretty tedious after the third or fourth loop, but that could just be a personal thing.

[@crimsonwizahd2358]

I think you mean "The Artist Alphinaud and his assistants."

[@IPWNEDSASUKEANDKIRA]

When this plays all the time during the second part of Kholusia

[@KillChaos7]

Norvrandt wide epicness!

[@BoredomVirusXP]

It got old real quick at this part of the game xD

[@Montai]

@@BoredomVirusXP i agree. its when I had to turn mount music back on because it was driving me nuts.

[@twillij29]

I could honestly listen to this for hours, so I loved it when it kept playing throughout the whole area.

[@remus2565]

Yup, it was cool. But when I got to that zone, after doing all the quests I needed a break from that song

[@arachineatzeer7478]

I love this theme it fits perfectly with the story mission where you're trying to save your forces from being, as the games says, DECIMATED

[@jedahaw]

Just did this yesterday. It really feels like there's alot at stake.

[@TheRapGeneral1]

i so want a orchestrion roll of this added to the gold saucer 25k mgp maybe revenge twofold(ilberd theme)is already there

[@StarshadowMelody]

@@TheRapGeneral1 _Sloppey!_

[@TheAzulmagia]

I fell in love with this song when I went with Lyna to save Ryne from Kung Fu Grandpa.

[@mcadogan629]

It's funny I always just thought of him as Master Asia from G Gundam

[@RequiemDelta]

@@mcadogan629 Too bad they couln't use his seiyuu, since he already voiced Gosetsu in Stormblood

[@KakaowyKruk]

"Kung Fu Grandpa" Ranjit was the most underwhelming adversary from this expansion. Scions run away from him so many times because he is so "strong". He survives the collapse in the temple and Thancred special cartridges but then he just die on the floor and no one even notices this when they go to Vauthry chambers...

[@TheAzulmagia]

Considering how much he was built up as Thancred's adversary/foil, he should've only fought him and never really dealt with the Warrior of Darkness.

[@katanatsunami]

@@KakaowyKruk Ran'jit was playing the Storge foil to Thancred, essentially showing Thancred his reflection in how he was treating Minfilia/Ryne: as a tool rather than a real person, when Minfilia told him to, essentially, protect her and teach her as if he was her father. We learn of Ran'jit's motivations, backstory, and personality throughout the expansion. And once Ran'jit's role in the story was over, he was taken out by a WoL who was done fucking around. If there was one nitpick for the story, I agree that it's definitely Ran'jit. A death scene would've done him justice given the depth they had just showed him by him stating that he was not under Vauthry's mind control, and followed him because he truly believed the world had seen enough suffering.

[@DreamerGamers]

this quest (from initial cutscene to end) felt like an epic anime/manga episode, and soken music made it 1000x better, loved it so much!

[@kylekillgannon]

Of all the hero themes in FFXIV this is absolutely my favorite of all time.

[@MrJoshStarlight]

When this song plays in the MSQ you KNOW shit's bout to get HYPE!

[@KillChaos7]

LETS BUILD A MOUNTAIN SIZE GOLEM! MINNA! IKUZOOOO!!

[@heliotropei]

1:28 - 2:15 I love this part so much. Ended up replaying the Astrologian job actions just to hear it again and again.

[@Taevarth]

It's my favorite part too! It made this song for me, its great otherwise of coursez but it just gives the song so much OOMPH. It pumps you up so hard.

[@shadowthehedgehog181]

"Good day, everyone, and welcome to the ShadowBringers Job Introductions! This time featuring--" oh, wrong video

[@IaconDawnshire]

shadowthehedgehog181 heard it in Graehl's voice

[@HalinHaber]

This time featuring: Chemist - Shows a chemist throwing a flask on the tank head. While laughing and pointing in the background...

[@BleedPeroxide]

This is one of my favorite themes in the new expac - it never fails to get you pumped up. Considering you hear in a certain area the entire time, it's a good thing it's so infinitely listenable.

[@Jadeykins83]

I found myself again saying before the expansion, "how can they possibly top this music, it's got to be impossible" But yet again, Soken proves me wrong, by far the best music yet, the fact it gets better and better with each expansion, just shows how much of a genius Soken is

[@aliciafraser1835]

Wasn't uematsu the music guy for the last three expansions though?

[@Jadeykins83]

@@aliciafraser1835 From what I read, Uematsu writes the themes, and Soken arranges them, hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong though. :)

[@tomcrescent7058]

@@Jadeykins83 Nobuo only composed the main themes (Answers/Dragonsong/Revolutions) and the 1.0 OST. Soken composed everything else, including the Shadowbringers main theme

[@VioletMaeve]

@@aliciafraser1835 Then Shadowbringers the legend himself wasn't able to due to something medical wise and left the entire soundtrack to Soken to compose. So Shadowbringers was basically entirely Soken

[@jasonwright2665]

During that first scenario when this music starts playing, it just kind of amps you up. It makes things feel epic and that you are doing something important and are just an all out badass. At least that is how I felt playing.

[@KooriGraywolf]

I like how the FF prelude arpeggio is featured so many tracks in this game, really giving it the cohesion to feel like a true Final Fantasy game. Here it's across most parts in the background, but most noticeable at 1:59

[@Zaulr9797]

This song playing back in the Job Actions trailer hyped me up so much in the sense that this theme really is THE song that represents the feeling of Shadowbringers: dangerous and helpless at first, then hopeful and powerful

[@hgjfkd12345]

I was looking for this theme. Just glorious

[@lovecervere3699]

Criminal that there's no orchestrion roll of this

[@katiepersons6575]

Thank you so much for uploading this. I couldn't find this track ANYWHERE online.

[@NyanPoptartCat]

Shamelessly in love with the piano bass that kicks in around 1:45.

[@laughingmew]

I have been looking for this for so long, bless

[@918dean]

このbgmホントかっこいい！ずっと聴いてられる！

[@ryanc5572]

This song was incredible... especially going through Eulmore and fighting the two clown girls. The feeling of fighting alongside your friends in trying to save people, knowing you could very well be at the end of things was breathtaking. I was a white mage at the time, so that only made me feel like I had to watch over everyone even more. Incredible game.

[@starshade7826]

Was disappointed the jester girls didn't last longer.

[@TheRealLink]

Thanks! Been looking for this one.

[@kittycatzuka]

I just love how most of the OSTs in this expansion are just rearrangements of its main theme.

[@yuriski1]

That's actually the same for all expansions.

[@arahman56]

That's called a leitmotif.

[@GiganticPyro]

You know things are getting serious and powerful when this hits.

[@scottydawg1234567]

Man, this theme really captures the all-out fucking chaos of a battle, doesn't it? I also like how the trumpet calls to mind a sort of alarm horn at times.

[@demonjin6876]

Oh my god. I was looking for this music when I reached the upper levels of Kholusia for the first time and the music was just pumping. I know this music was done in previous story instances, but I really want this music. It's so good and adrenaline pumping.

[@YashiroIsana]

Demon Jin I found that it kind of gets annoying though. Some adrenaline pump is good but it doesn’t feel like much when all I am doing is odd jobs (because side quest tho)

[@obbiesmith9335]

do we know if there is an orchestration roll for this?

[@demonjin6876]

@@obbiesmith9335 as of yet and so far, none. It's not yet known or identified to my knowledge.

[@Alovon]

Yesss, still in upper Kholusia, but I really hope that the final boss theme has a triumphant remix of Shadowbringers (the ost), in it like what happened with Shinryu and Triumph (Stormblood's theme) (Don't tell me yet if it does)

[@finnthedoctor]

Man, I wish there was an orchestrion roll for this. Would make for some great war room music.

[@KnightRaymund]

seriously how the hell is this not a roll yet? Better be by the end of the expansion.

[@DalikSkywing]

Literally every patch day since 5.0 I look up datamine just to see if they implemented it....

[@darrienjones8917]

​@@DalikSkywingHey did it come out?

[@OmegaMetroid93]

The best part where this plays is in the cutscene towards the end of 5.3, when WoD is running through Lakeland. It's just so heroic, yet filled with anticipation, dread, worry. It screams "high stakes" and I love it. Definitely one of my favourite shadowbringers tracks.

[@HoneyBadger363]

This specific instance was awesome as an AST when I focused on saving all the Crystarium guards nearly at death's front door. The sense of urgency that something is horribly wrong and needs your immediate intervention is also another thing I love about this theme.

[@scorpiowarrior7841]

This is the best story theme since Hevansward

[@YoungRikku]

AGREED!

[@SonicKurosaki]

This is probably the best soundtrack since Heavensward

[@scorpiowarrior7841]

@@SonicKurosaki Fucking truth

[@absinthe2461]

Hell yeah brother

[@xxPyroShankxx]

Agreed

[@viviblackmage2326]

This song gets me so hype.

[@thisguymrmrs6016]

Say what you want about this song but it really does capture the essence of being in a war, and I love it way too much because of that

[@randogai2915]

I fell in love with this when they showed off the actions

[@YoshiroPoh]

That's exactly it! Even during the Titania fight in the benchmark trailer!

[@kobayashi4377]

*Dwarf quests intensify*

[@KnightRaymund]

yes, I'm highly motivated doing these dwarf quests

[@sephyuk]

me: This remix cant get any better 1:28: hold my beer

[@Darkmage1293]

1:35 : hold muh other beer.

[@MBOmnis]

1:01 FTFY

[@Adoranger]

Literally my fave part. Good god.

[@Sjohnson1217]

Why does that part remind me of my days in the marching band in high school?

[@JimDBerry]

1:44 starts the kegs.

[@Multxverse]

Gods, I love this song. I never once got tired of it and never will get tired of it. It gets me too fired up.

[@AshP210]

This is such a banger of a track, full of guts, bravado and a slight necessity to save the mankind of the First from the Sin Eaters.

[@scorpiowarrior7841]

When that beat dropped I fell for the track instantly, my god

[@kaseyj979]

This gets me hype every time. I feel like the wol/d and want to save everyone. Like I get the goosebumps every time I hear it.

[@HealerType0079]

The ost of someone who's battling cancer..or was at the time.

[@8749236]

I really liked this long shot. It showed most of the best part of animation they got and panning/moving camera away from them before they look stiff. That's the quality of shooting I'd like to see in the future. If you slice the footage of first 30 seconds from the rest and view them one at a time, they will look like two entirely different game.

[@silverancient7840]

Absolutely fantastic, blood pumping theme.

[@cheesemuffin8129]

Soken is a musical genius.

[@Nexdex]

This track was arranged by Ken Ito

[@Tik115]

"Fool! You would see your city razed?" "I would sooner see it razed then conquered. Suffice to say, we are ready to recieve you."

[@NyanPoptartCat]

"BREAK!"

[@anumbranprincess210]

I stopped playing this game a long time ago. It still holds so dear in my heart, met my now IRL husband on this game, and Im still always floored by the music from FFXIV. Soken is a literal god. I always feel so many emotions storming over me listening to the soundtrack. Incredible feeling.

[@Tigerblade11238]

I have so many good memories of this song and the boss theme from watching Graehl gaming's job preview vids

[@naruto7team1]

Part of the melody in this ost fits these parts from shadowbringers ost 1:01 The road that we walk Is lost in the flood Here proud angels bathe in Their wages of blood At this, the world's end, do we cast off tomorrow 1:26 Authors of our fates Orchestrate our fall from grace Poorest players on the stage Our defiance drives us straight to the edge A reflection in the glass Recollections of our past Swift as darkness, cold as ash Far beyond this dream of paradise lost

[@Infinitiver17]

Not to sound like a know-it-all, but that's kinda the point. It's called a "leitmotif", which is a simple, easily recognizable melody repeated throught a soundtrack in different ways to connect themes together.

[@ElectariumTunic]

Every expansion have their own leitmotif, which is part of almost every song

[@Shizuka965]

As many said already, Soken you're a genius, this song is just so heroic and dynamic ! The very moment i've found the name of this song i just put it each time i'm against a boss xD

[@BenedictusZosPius]

My favorite Shadowbringers battle theme.

[@Contracrostics]

This is my favorite variation so far on the main final fantasy theme. If you listen closely, you will hear it's the theme but in the minor mode, and then with a varied antecedent.

[@koridic3188]

Definitely one of my Shadowbringer favorites.

[@jadeparelius]

I've realised that many of these fight songs in shadowbringers have the hades theme as a leimotif and i find that very cool.

[@jaeusa160]

It's more fair to say Hades is another iteration of the Shadowbringers leitmotif, with a really big emphasis on the notes corresponding to "The End" in the lyrics, giving it a very climactic feeling that the song is literally yelling at you that it is The End. Which you can hear in Shadowbringers, various boss musics, Innocence's music, the day themes of Crystarium and Eulmore... In the Crystarium's case, there is an emphasis on the part of Shadowbringers that echoes "We fall" many times but with optimistic instruments, as if to echo "We rise". Much like Dragonsong is present in many Heavensward tracks, including an inverted version as the Heavens' Ward's ominous music.

[@y0av359]

1:02 the road that we walk

[@TCTCyou]

Idk why people hated this music looping during the end of ShB. It was so fitting, bring everyone together and build a giant stone robot. oof

[@Reynsoon]

Those brass stabs are giving me Operation Briefing flashbacks.

[@Michi34621]

this is just so good, nothing else to say

[@millis6054]

I gotta say, the errands you run up on the bright cliff are nice and the pay off is worth it Shadowbringers Lv79 spoilers ALL HAIL THE TALOS KING, HE WHO GRIPPED THE HEAVENS!

[@millis6054]

ALL HAIL THE TALOS KING!!

[@MartyMonstah]

Need this as an Orchestrion STAT!

[@buhlayke]

Rewatched Bard and Dragoon actions solely because of 1:25

[@KingArokh]

Me too and when I did the lv 72 story instance yesterday as DRG it was intense. It sounded just like the job trailer with the sound effects from DRG and this tune together. It was amazing and I destroyed them! :D

[@Adoranger]

SAAAAME.

[@TheLinkandmarioshow]

Not sure how anyone could complain about this, the second leg of Kholusia is tying together everything you've done up until now, all the hard work and effort you've put in is paying off and the friends you made along the way are here at the end of the world to see you through it. This song is perfectly fitted for that. If you've never seen Gurren Lagann maybe you wouldn't understand, but there's nothing more hype than a scene like that.

[@Asthiruma]

This is the you say run of ff to me,SHB's ost didn't have to slap this hard tbh.

[@--Animal--]

How did 21 people "like" this and it wasn't even a coherent sentence?

[@EinsamerSagoon]

@@--Animal-- "you say run" is a track from My Hero Academia, lol

[@UltimatelyProficient]

Kheiran K that feeling when you don’t shonen

[@captainalexaaa1796]

It slaps

[@admira1l_280]

everytime I hear this ost .. I begin singing ... " The road that we walk is lost in the flood ..."

[@AndrewEvenstar]

I just found this on random today. I know every other mainline ff ost song by heart. This is 🥇

[@SyndicShadow]

My favorite part for this was when you're rushing to the junction inside the ruins to stop Ran'jit and the bunny girls are hot on his tail, and then the music just starts up about a second after you first see him

[@meijing7937]

I just got past this part, my response was to bolt at his ass full speed and shoot arrows at him.

[@ChaoticLizard]

This song is called "High Treason" as a heads up

[@DanielDavidAllenChannel]

So it's treason then

[@ImOblivious]

There's an audio sting used in this song multiple times. It's a spring noise at around 0:53. It's used as a jump sound effect in Pajama Sam games and probably elsewhere too. Great track, but I cannot unhear that spring noise.

[@andohbernard8846]

yooo. I love how this comes on in 6.5 when Y'shtola calls us Warrior of Darkness as we are about to head back into the First

[@siaraalmandine864]

Still remember doing my solo instance as a dancer.all the fighting and things in between it was a rush playing back then.

[@DracoMetorHD]

When this theme plays u know ur abt to cry

[@artemiciadcastigliana8935]

That moment this song played during the last quest for the Pixies, and ye already know somethin's up

[@StarryAngels17]

Coming through here as a SAM... "Save as many as we can!!"

[@jericm151]

As a GNB: DEMONSLICEDEMONSLAUGHTERDEMONSLICEDEMONSLAUGHTER--

[@lunaperez5036]

As a DNC: MY HIPS DONT LIE

[@MrMetnasty]

Why is this music already hitting different

[@Zidofnir]

MrMetnasty ??

[@Bongaboi151]

Need a marching band cover to this with some sick drumline cadence breaks.

[@davidyaconis7002]

This is my 'driving to the track' pre-PT test music now.

[@Sneedboy]

Man, I miss PT tests

[@Jayzgame]

God the Talos scene

[@itsatentaquil3152]

The sin eaters are relentless,normally in previous expansions it was just a simple npc vs enemy but here we had to save the npcs on the verge of death.

[@VerdantStrike]

UGH This needs to be made into an Orchestrion Roll... :(

[@lukaemmersontheenigmaticun4621]

I had to hunt this song down specifically for the drums. They sound insanely like one from a GBA soundfont used by a game I'm really nostalgic for. I mean, both games do make me cry.

[@lukaemmersontheenigmaticun4621]

Oh, and it's groovy too. I just wish I knew how to get the orchestra scroll for songs like this, Shb battle theme and the stormblood boss theme... Eh what can I do lol

[@KalaamNozalys]

We need some covers of this.

[@ThijiHiguri]

*Keeps note of this*

[@ChrisKitsune]

1:36 "Break!"

[@gfjake7757]

i wish this was an orchestrion roll ingame, but alas it is not

[@bingbongdingdong867]

Fuck, this theme was, and is, so much hype.

[@SiveenO]

Shadowbringers Pre-release. Day 1. 3 hours of this song as I stare at a single message. "Waiting for free Instance Server. Position in Queue: Over #50."

[@8749236]

Mean while in China, when 5.0 releases, position in queue for login, 9001, 4031, 1052, 132, *Error in lobby: 2002, 90002, 90001!* Position in queue: 8645

[@YoshiroPoh]

OMG! What's the name of this OST!? PS: When can I throw money at SE for this music?

[@petratyraanderson]

If i was square enix I'd just release the soundtracks by patch

[@cubinojr]

September 11th. Confirmed in today’s live letter.

[@iancastro9830]

I feel like this theme is like telling u to hurry up and save someone or something from certain destrction or you're gonna regret it for the rest of your life or until u repeat the instance again lol

[@DrakeSilvos]

hell yeah

[@scottalberts3366]

That Crystarium Guard that died at the end of the video though! Noooooo!

[@mewmewlunar]

This feels at home with a trauma center operation theme.

[@IaconDawnshire]

This needs a 30 minute extension

[@bewolf16]

I feel a little sad because once we complete the Story we cant hear it again in-game. On stormblood, Lochs had that feeling. IMO they had to do the same with this one... Maybe leave the North side with this one and the south side with the Kholusia one. I know that it would be kinda hard since it is the same map, but would be awesome.

[@jaeusa160]

It actually would be very simple for them to use different music in different zone parts. Several ARR zones (beast tribe areas in particular, some Garlean installations) already do that. That said, I think this track would wear out its welcome on a loop. It sure did for me during the MSQ.

[@SiveenO]

Hell, even the final zone of ShB does it.

[@garinhash]

@1:28 this part of the song is so epic

[@SakuraSnow-]

インスタンスバトルBGMでは一番好き

[@menslady125eif2590]

FF Prelude...I hear it!

[@90sallthewaybaby]

I delay any CS that has this song, just to take it all in.

[@riktorheverez1068]

lol same

[@NaitomeIya]

Before I knew the title of this track I call this "Shadowbringers version of For The Sky"