FFXIV OST The Tempest Theme ( Full Fathom Five ) SPOILERS

[@Tensazabimarukai]

Years down the road this song still hurts

[@hexagram56]

When Emet-Selch's fingersnaps appear as a thematic callback in the BGM of the final zone, you know the creative engine is firing on all cylinders.

[@hefewy]

This area makes me so sad. The tale of the Ascians is such a tragic one.

[@Kairos_Akuma]

Yeah.. And if the... hints are really true, we spreaded the Suffering even more .-.

[@carolhayward4975]

After finishing Endwalker... yeah

[@infinitemausoleum721]

From Shakespeare's The Tempest: "Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange."

[@christianrodriguez8577]

So that's where the name comes from. Know where Neath Dark Waves comes from?

[@citizensnips4637]

If you apply the poem to the melody, it's almost like a song of sorts......

[@KawaiiNeko333]

Okay, who let Urianger get isekaied into our world and then renamed him Shakespeare?

[@anonymoususer8681]

@@citizensnips4637 The poem is a song lol, the spirit Ariel sings it to someone

[@12markinlove12]

the bigger question here is: was Urianger secretly Shakespeare?

[@TheIceLurker]

God damn the feels. I can't believe they got me feeling bad for the Ascians. Also just the situation for why you're here. You're slowly turning into a monster and there's no real guarantee you'll be saved. The entire zone is this dark and dreary void. It's just perfect.

[@TehParismio]

I'd feel sorry for them if they hadn't sacrificed their own people, murdered multiple civilizations, worlds, and caused 7 umbral calamities... Actually, yeah no, fuck em.

[@flygonkerel781]

@@TehParismio agreed

[@Riftimmortal]

@@TehParismio I get where you're coming from because that's my thinking is that their age has passed and it was their own fault for the splitting of the world. Now they can't stand the sight of the mortals who are former shades of the powerful individuals that they used to be so they destroy worlds to rejoin into the original. This is peak arrogance, it was by the Ascians' hands that the tragedy took place that destroyed their own peoples and they say mortals are unfit to defend the star.

[@dazzlemasseur]

it's probably why Zenos and Fandaniel are such bland vilains. We need to focus all of our energy into just ending them. For our friends, for those we lost, for those we can yet save.

[@YungYdoc]

@@dazzlemasseur damn dude, you legit live in Eorzea?! 😂

[@elinfini]

I must say, out of all the final zones they could've gone with, this one's the one I _least_ expected. Certainly far more "chill" compared to the final zones of previous expacs (ie. HW or SB). I like it.

[@SuperKOR246]

This zone blew my mind when it was first revealed to use. Who would have thought we'd be getting an underwater zone like this?

[@WhiskaAliapoh]

The city is absolutely mind blowing. Never in all my imagination did I expect that.

[@Zoigification]

It works too because its very melancholy which fits the conditions surrounding it.

[@WallinGaming]

I had been spoiled of the zone name before I got there and expected it to be a cross between Garuda and Azys Lla, an unexpected but welcome surprise indeed. So many great songs this expansion.

[@Rivers256]

I found it disappointing they removed all the water. Like... All of it. Needed to see some in chasms or something. I found this expansion had way too many generic brown dungeons too. Asyz Lla was way more mind blowing.

[@Vaelanthart]

this is my favorite track in the entirety of XIV

[@gridergirl]

Same!

[@HuNtOziO]

Same, still the best song in the game if you ask me. A few le motifs based off it too like Amaurot dungeon and neath dark waters, even to the edge is based off this but with awesome added lyrics. Pure master piece

[@bradstarzz2921]

I have to agree with you there

[@Invincible-Under-the-Sun]

Same

[@Tjag321]

Sastasha (Ultimate)

[@MultiSpoofa]

It's DEFINITELY Ascians

[@Darkmage1293]

Sastasha (Extreme)

[@bigfoxki]

@@Darkmage1293 It's Probably Ascians.

[@Levelent01]

@@MultiSpoofa underrated lol

[@wakkaseta8351]

I'm not saying it's Ascians But it's Ascians

[@JamieBarrington]

What I wouldn't give to have my memory wiped, so I could experience this part of the game again. Leaving The Tempest and entering Amaurot was one of the coolest moments in media for me. And realizing just how damn sad and lonely Emet-Selch was for thousands of years 🥺

[@Roxas80]

I can imagine Emet-Selch strumming this alone, because the backup instruments are all in his head.

[@maozi33]

Probably my new favorite zone in the game, the big reveal of the southern part of the area had my jaw on the floor!

[@objectionablechione]

i had pulled an all nighter to try and finish story and was extremely sleep deprived and i get to the final zone and i lost my fucking mind lmao

[@signas9896]

" I would never forsake my duty. I would NEVER forsake my brethren." - emet Selch God listening to this after endwalker just makes me realize how much of a caring man he was and how much more it hurts that we had to kill him preciely for his love of his people 😭

[@Lyu-Phy]

Almost 3 years have past.. and it still feels like it was yesterday.. damn. Edit: Now 5+ years..

[@ultrascati95]

For real

[@KingdomOfaHeart]

this zone blew my mind with story... and oh the feels Y_Y

[@bananachan2684]

Y_Y CUTE! n.n

[@noblelc5008]

This is one of the most beautifully composed pieces I've ever heard anywhere, let alone in a video game. It's incredibly alluring with a hint of deep sadness and a rising crescendo that invokes a sense of hope. This has literally moved me to tears. My gaming background extends beyond two decades and I am blown away by the sheer polish and passion this game oozes in everything from the story, characters, worlds and the incredible music score. Thank you SE for creating one of the most memorable gaming experiences I've ever had and sharing this masterpiece with the gaming community. You have raised the bar to what an MMO expansion should be. And to think, this game almost didn't get a 2nd chance and now look at what it has become ….incredible!!

[@malaki7123]

This was the absolute best place they could've taken the story to. Everything seemed to be falling into despair, with you yourself falling into a figurative "abyss" of your own, along with the full knowledge of the ascians' tragedy. All accompanied by this somber and emotionally evocative guitar and piano piece. I love how Shadowbringers really captured the bleakness of FFXIII-2, up to music, scenery, and even color palettes. They really knocked it out of the park.

[@ottoeks1]

Not a lot of people seem to realize FFXIII trilogy’s OST evokes the same emotions as this expansion.

[@malaki7123]

Don't tell anyone! It makes it funnier when they don't realize they loved FFXIII all along! 😂

[@Spika94]

@@malaki7123 I actually really enjoyed XIII, though I can't play it anymore because my PS3 sounds like a jet engine (unless it's out on other platforms now).

[@mlemlemmlemmlem]

@@ottoeks1 you're right, I really wished that more music from FFXIV would be like FFXIII-2... it was just too good

[@tenokosowa1207]

With a name like "The Tempest" I expected something ominous and threatening, especially given the situation of everything when you first get there, and given that it was the last zone in the expansion. But perhaps it is poetic. The waters are calm and the music is as well. The civilization that once thrived here is long gone, and so too are the tempests that once raged here.

[@TJetPrime]

Best zone music in the game for me. I just finished the story, I had legit tears. Epicness is beyond the word I would use.

[@yoshikagekira8947]

Try to visit lochs night

[@TJetPrime]

@@yoshikagekira8947 I did, countless times in Stormblood. This song kills it 100x times imo.

[@TJetPrime]

@@yoshikagekira8947 Can't wait to see the Moon in Endwalker now!

[@Sivrn-Val]

When I got here I literally just sat there for a solid hour just grooving to the theme

[@Shizukanexen]

I wish I could put my finger on what makes this track so magical to me. The Spanish Guitar and the light raindrop notes have this nautical feel. I never get enough of this. It's almost been two years since release, I get a nostalgic feeling like it's a song from the distant past, or maybe even another life. I like to replay the FFXIV storyline on alts from time to time, and whenever I get to the Tempest I just want to slow down and take in the moments, even though I know how it ends, I'm always hesitant to move on to the end.

[@Abyss0fDelta]

Y'know for most of the main story Ahm Araeng had my favorite music. So chilled out and relaxing, but also very sad at the same time. When you get to The Tempest this music hits you like a sack of bricks. So much anguish and longing. It makes me tear up every time I listen. Then you get to the second half and it picks up. The sounds of hope and triumph. I wonder who that's for...myself, the warrior of light, or is it for Emet Selch, our immortal enemy and oldest friend?

[@RobdeliaYT]

This song just floors me in a way that my brain can’t even process. For the first 15 minutes down here I was literally just slack-jawed at all of it and the scenery. It’s just so goddamn good. Major kudos to everyone who worked on this fantastic expansion, and especially to Soken for composing banger after banger.

[@TKUltra971]

This music is the weather channel from the 90s cranked up to 1000. Instantly hands down my favorite.

[@JamesTheTurnbull]

I could swear Square saw Blizzard's newest patch and said "ya know, let's just outdo them to insult to the injury"

[@Gwyndolinn]

LMAO I thought the same, Nazjatar indeed.

[@geraldburke8522]

Square looking at Blizzard: Im gonna end their whole EVERYTHING

[@krasussien]

@@geraldburke8522 ff 14 destroy them with shadowbringer i think

[@whiteknight74648]

@@krasussien Blizzard pretty much destroyed themselves but FF XIV stepped up their game big time. I was a WoW player for over 10 years and last year made the switch. So glad I did. I grew up on FF starting with V. I miss the community I played with in WoW but that's about it. Looking forward to future FF patches and expansions :)

[@IEatYourSandwiches]

blizzard: Here's a massive underwater area taken over by naga! Fight hazardous sea life and ancient horrors as you explore the sunken depths! square enix: okay but what if it didn't look like a ps2 game

[@lostconnections824]

I flat out cried when I got here. The pacing of this is outstanding, from the last fight, to being hit with that sack of bricks right after that fight. Finding out I'm dying and turning. Then you get here. And Bam this bucking music, I couldn't do it. I cried. This patch is freaking amazing.

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

When meeting Grenoldt it took me out of the immersion because I was still level 79.

[@alexischannels5896]

@@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668 LMAO.. you know what tho... me too. XD

[@Darkfortune629]

Oh my god please upload the other half with the huge city. The two complete each other and It's absolutely beautiful.

[@orniky]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4iak2uDpMSGfLc enjoy :)

[@Oppurtunafish]

best final zone in the game by a long shot thanks to this music, it works so perfectly to compliment the natural area and then takes on a whole new meaning when you reach the ascian city... really impressive story telling

[@jubirelle]

I just got here and...wow. The buildup and pacing of the story to get here and then this track hits. Utterly speechless. ShB by far is the best expansion both in terms of story and music even exceeding HW.

[@nevy4256]

Just got to this place. Damn well near sobbed to the song alone. Shadowbringers is beautiful, man.

[@Spika94]

Man, I wish I could just wipe my memory so I could experience all of this again for the first time. Such a fantastic game, such fantastic story and music, and characters.

[@OmegaEnvych]

Not gonna lie, when I heard Emet-Selch saying that we will meet at Tempest, I expected all sorts of things. I expected something dark and possibly, angry. But instead all I see is sadness and pain of not willing to let go what was lost long ago. Lament of life long lost. A silent cry for help that will never come. Not willing to move on, wish to return things back the way they were. But it's not full of tears - those tears have been shed long-long ago. What is left is just a memory, founded by creation magic. Tempest, while looks kinda drab and dark is all colours of blue. Which is perfect for its themes. I so wish more stories could get this much out of music and visual style alone.

[@babyyoshi9476]

It's Absolutely Pirates.

[@HayTatsuko]

I can't even begin to express how much I love this theme, and the very closely-related one that shows up in the southern part of The Tempest. It's part playful joy, and part eternal melancholy, and i love both sides of it. This is one of the few areas in which I've exhausted all the quests, mainly because I wanted to hear more of this while making up for the wrong done to the fishmen of the First.

[@Darkmage1293]

The majority of FFXIV SHB was FF8, FF9, and a splash of FF3...but this track? Reeks of Chrono Cross. And I LOVE it.

[@TJetPrime]

This gives me Xenoblade Mechonis vibes.

[@Infrared-nyne]

Nerd

[@anonnonames8782]

Radical Dreamers!

[@Snorlax9]

“Nerd” said by one with Pichu profile pic and name

[@EnuoAkatsuki]

damn, i didn't think someone would have felt the same as me, made me remember of chrono cross and it also seems to be inspired on FFX zanarkand theme

[@Silverman216]

The intro reminds me of Craig David's 7 days lool I kept singing that while traversing this area! btw I love that build to the drums 2:29

[@mystic2689]

Right!!

[@elitegaming821]

When I discovered this region I was more than beside myself. Magical.

[@spectreshadow]

Such a beautiful and sad theme.

[@robytrice22]

Going through all the Amaurot remixes after hearing the lyrical version in the 5.3 trailer. I need it to be the 11th already

[@abavendarlocke5455]

I wish I could experience uncovering and exploring the mysteries surrounding the entirety of The Tempest for the first time again. I've never felt such amazment and wonder quite like what I felt in this game or any other form of media that I can remember. This game truly is a masterpiece.

[@TawdyMcStoic]

the aesthetic has chrono cross written all over it tbh.

[@VisionoftheChief]

I can see that.

[@fahriza88]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of this. It sounds alot like Chrono Chross' theme. Now wheres our CC remake

[@TheSlammurai]

Unpopular opinion: I prefer this one over the Amaurot version.

[@Jsyah2001]

same tho

[@bigfoxki]

This is popular opinion o-o+

[@xehant7319]

I prefer amaurot but both are very good

[@Wiwii1999]

Same ;)

[@lunausagi8495]

Lame opinion!

[@NekWolfGFX]

After all that happened after the Innocence fight I spent the following 30 minutes just crying listening to the Crystarium's theme. Coming here after all that was so relieving for me, it was a such a soothing experience. That's why this song has got a special place in my heart.

[@FloraAnneFauna]

the popping bubbles as percussion are so cute! 1:53

[@flamingosalad3541]

The perfect song to pace you along to a story that was rapidly approaching its climax, that you felt something was building up. This song helped the final zone of the expansion feel final. I didn't get that in Stormblood, I didn't really get that in Heavensward. This unlocked at a great pace, introduced you to the area and strung you along until you meet with the final area. What I wouldn't give to re-experience this expansion fresh, not new game + fresh but actually fresh. This is honestly one of the best games I had the privilege to play.

[@KindredEmotions]

This was the song that defined Shadowbringers for me.

[@ccl3130]

This theme is titled "Full Fathom Five".

[@keelansteele8138]

Lookat what Sastasha has become 😍 The glowup is real lol

[@Fain255]

For some reason when I arrived this beautiful area I already knew the music by heart, though I have no memory of listening to it before (I avoided spoilers like the plague). Not the first time that that shit happens to me, and I bet I'm not the only one.

[@808pitfallseed]

8 months late but I just beat the game and felt that

[@kleptisr.phillips8800]

I just arrived at this area and had the same feeling like I already knew the music. Then it dawned on me. Oh I'm back in Zora's Domain.

[@VectorJW9260]

This is the same melody as the bar theme from Buscarron's Druthers, so there's that.

[@chokoanders6546]

Best area in the game

[@commentingchannel9776]

The Forelands and Yanxia exist.

[@NoelCries]

The guitar DAYUMMM :”)

[@bejewelleds]

i loved hearing this i thought the beginning sounded like the start of a rnb song 😂

[@macabre73]

It is difficult to pick a favorite song from FFXIV, especially considering how amazing the Shadowbringers soundtrack is. But this one... wow... very high on the list. I remember it from doing the story and how tragic and sad it was. Unfortunately, I had forgotten about it for some time afterward as I moved on and did other things in the game. It wasn't until I came back a bit later as a miner and botanist that this song grabbed me by the soul and refused to let go. The Tempest has a lot of valuable collectible nodes, and I remember tapping my foot to this song while sitting on my mount waiting for the node to spawn, and I would be in awe at the underwater theme and the shadowy reflections. It's perfect.

[@kennedyshits9840]

so much calm before a storm

[@FallenAngelSariel]

They did a great job connecting the feeling the music gives off and the events that happen in this area. This whole expansion was a great success if a bit more dramatic then needed but this is final fantasy, if there was nothing overly dramatic they didn't make a final fantasy game.

[@chaptap8376]

Funny how there's already a song in XIV called "Tempest", about Nael van Darnus trying to bring an end to the world. Then along comes The Tempest area with its themes about the Ascians trying to bring back their own world.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

" Nael's" plan was part of Emet-Selch's schemes, so the connection exists

[@kisislenain]

Honestly, the best end-zone Shadowbringers could ever have. It was so fucking brilliant, so fucking unexpected yet really fitting. And... calm. One of the best zone.

[@apathy2454]

I always come here to craft the visuals atmosphere and music is just amazing I love it so much

[@RoosterBTU]

First thought was omg Zanarkand from X

[@kanekou1elswordfrhd941]

This zone is so damn cool, give me fucking vibes, that ost is sick

[@ZeiYuga101]

I love this version. I think it's the guitars

[@sartharyon]

At first I hate this zone when I arrived, didn't give me the feel of a final zone, and I couldn't quite figure out what the music was supposed to make me feel. But it's amazing how after finishing the game my opinion on this zone has done a complete 180 and it's now my favorite zone and I find the music perfectly fitting. The way this zone was crafted was very clever, and a perfect way to close-up the story.

[@Reonlasbard]

This is such a good song. There aren't very many covers of it on youtube. That makes me sad. I just started learning it. Getting that first arpeggio has 5 strings in it and I'm having a hard time haha.

[@Kirbychu1]

Probably my favorite theme in the entire game!

[@rekionodera4959]

I used a translator to be able to share this writing of mine in English ... This came to mind when I heard this beautiful piece ... ffxiv means a lot to me. . . . Remember? The deep subversion of ideals that involve the destruction of a lost land? The magical memory of a life that is born and slowly extinguished by the Tempest. That darkness remains in itself, the life that once managed to progress and I wish to survive. You may not understand it yet. But in this place only empty shells of individuals live ... It is simply ephemeral how a great life collapses. We never decided to really die, but circumstances are involved in an endless cataclysm of tragedies. We cannot fight something that is superior, we are simply victims of those who believe or believe us. We are homeless dreamers, but we form one to survive.

[@citizensnips4637]

we are homeless dreamers, but we form one to survive. reminds me of the fayth from x.

[@AmeliaCC22]

Oh, Emet :(

[@havelard]

This bgm is so beautiful. Just finished the msq yesterday and Im humming this music when i woke up this morning

[@kaseigunsou]

I love how this theme is a broken version of the Amaurote dungeon one. I love how you only get glimpses of it when walking through the Tempest. Just like echoes from a distant past which has been lost through time. Just like pieces of the souls that once were, and are now broken and shattered, only to be hinted at within a few measures from times to times, as if they were desperately saying "remember that we once lived".

[@nevsforest]

this theme plus the slow speed of us going to the objectives makes me sleepy

[@eleventy7]

Just found out about Ariel's song from Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Feels like the name for this track, Full Fathom Five, and the area itself, where inspired by that poem from the play. The stuff you learn. Felt like listening to the song again. Had to post this finding somewhere.

[@ZeromaruAgito]

HW's final zone was an ominous floating continent, SB had a mountainous salt flats, and Shb now has an underwater land akin to the Coral Highlands from Monster Hunter World and Sylvalum from Xenoblade X

[@KakaowyKruk]

Better than pathetic Nazjatar from WoW

[@Crasheschick]

I like how they mixed the Amaurot theme with a slower tempo and more oceanic sounds.

[@siaraalmandine864]

I remember when me and my buddy first zoned in to the tempest we sat and talked for 45min before we did anymore msq and decided that this place would be our private meet area.2months later found a spot to just sit and talk after guild duties and raiding.

[@aaronpinder7071]

There's a version of the Tempest/Amarout melody that's plays in Crystal Tower at the Elidibus battle que area. I just got there yesterday and been trying that version all day.

[@oscarchan244]

I played the MSQ to 6.0 2 times (now I am almost done with my 3rd, and my 4th character just got through the bloody banquet :v ), and every time I am at the tempest I had the same feeling: the wanderlust, the vagabond-ness, exploration. The exoticness of the underground sea, the guitar, it is as if I am in another world. It is all so...... therapeutic. I always look forward to my pilgrimage to Amaurot each playthrough. Nothing beats that, not even the world unsundered, or the final duel. :)

[@stormdrain23]

Just arrived here today. I’m avoiding the comments on this vid because I don’t want spoilers, but wanted to throw out there that, of all the AMAZING themes I’ve heard in this expansion, this is my favorite. When it started as I first arrived during a cutscene I was like “whoa okay I hope Mekkah Dee got this one”

[@coldReactive]

Basically their answer to everyone wanting underwater combat.

[@Azdaja13]

Oh, I don't know if you're aware but Kholusia has a different daytime theme if you go back there after defeating the final boss. Legit my favourite of the new zone themes. Would appreciate muchly if you were to upload it. :D

[@TJetPrime]

I really love they they did this. The everlasting light theme would not make sense after completing MSQ. The song makes me think of LOZ.

[@Azdaja13]

@@TJetPrime Strangely it makes me think of Sharpe. Especially when standing up atop an outcrop near Wright and just looking out over Eulmore and Open Arms. I keep AFK-ing there just to listen to the music since no-one's uploaded it yet. xD

[@Oppurtunafish]

@@Azdaja13 Sharpe, the Napoleonic war period drama?

[@Nekonik101]

This song feeds my soul! 💕💕

[@VisionoftheChief]

That Guitar gives me FFX vibes.

[@Kladthekiller]

With this song, we're one step closer "to the edge" :D

[@omensoffate]

I get a mechonis xenoblade chronicles vibe and that’s why I love it

[@TJetPrime]

This, THIS. Ragnarok online music x Xenoblade.

[@chokoanders6546]

Even the amaurot part of this area reminds me abit of agniratha in how serene and sad it is

[@DoctorLoveRWC]

Ffxiv music gets better and better each expansion. I love the tempest and amarout(sp?)

[@TonyBMan]

I'm torn between the whole "WoL, save the world" thing and the restoration of the one true original world. I want both.

[@abdullahaljassar7463]

I can’t get over how good this expansion is

[@Mykenai]

Got some serious Bravely Default vibes from this. Loved this theme so much.

[@Wisenfrosty]

anyone else get a heavy chrono cross vibe?

[@ThereRnoIDs]

Had a Trails of cold steel vibe from this xD Love it!

[@AlexCole272]

Zora Domain theme got some comp with this one

[@bigfoxki]

I know there is something sad when a place named "Spoiler" has these bgm ; ;

[@kumomeme7852]

Basically this piece had vibe of their favourite game lol

[@Belarhos]

I never noticed but around 1:03 there is a strange toned bass sound, and then a lot of the instruments get snuffed out.

[@hansisahorcrux]

a round of applause for the ascians’ legacy

[@shaitful]

Heavy FFXIII vibes at 2:20.

[@scoobyElinguisa]

Best zone of all FF XIV areas

[@MonoChromium]

We caused a localized ecological disaster just for this zone to exist. We did that. With Bismarck's help, and as a means to an end, but the Ondo and wildlife in this part of the ocean will literally never live in water again, because we had to come down here to fight an eons-old tyrant. And we still haven't fixed this zone even now, years after 5.0's release. Some heroes we are.

[@dacbiet]

THEM STRINGS HITTIN

[@Archedien]

Thank youuuuu! I love you.

[@keelansteele8138]

I love you too.

[@ultrascati95]

The 5.3 trial version of this theme is top tier, bravo Soken

[@dazzlemasseur]

This theme costs 950k gil on the market board. I can see why.

[@ArcticSnorlax100]

The guitar melody reminds me of 7 days by Craig David.

[@Silverman216]

I just commented the same thing, instantly sang 7 days when I entered this area