FFXIV & Pulse Remix - Sunrise | Reacting To Video Game Music!

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[@copjing]

Quite fitting that you compare the song to DDR given that you quite literally have to dance to pass the phase transition in this fight.

[@DracoSuave]

So the story of Suzaku in FF14 is that she is a fire bird who had attained immortal life. She and three others had become an adventuring party with a heroic warrior named Tenzen. In the process, Suzaku fell in love with Tenzen, however being a bird there was little she could do to consumate her love. But, tragically, while she was an immortal bird, Tenzen was not, and he died as all men do in the end. To add a tragic twist, she eventually learned how to take on a humanoid form, and learned the secret of ressurection, much like a phoenix. So she's tortured by the knowledge that she'd learned how to be with Tenzen and save his life only after he died. So the vocals themselves in the song are set up where the male singer is singing Tenzen promising to one day be with her again in another life, whereas the female vocals are her dealing with her grief. Also something to note: The shrike flute used in the song is traditionally associated with Suzaku, the Vermillion Bird in japanese custom.

[@DracoSuave]

@Александр Костров Or even just her memory of him, which is even sadder.

[@HyperGamer14]

Suzaku also mistakes the player for Tenzen in the fight, (like the other four lords) which makes it more tragic. (luckily you don't kill them though) Also when you start the fight a voice line plays (like in a lot of other fights, not to mention the multiple lines mid-fight), in english it's "Tenzen! 'tis I! Sheathe your sword, I beg of you!" which is fine but the german voice line is imo heartbreaking. In german it's "Oh Tenzen, warum richtest du dein Schwert gegen mich? Hast du mich etwa vergessen?" which translates to "Oh Tenzen, why are you raising your sword against me? Have you forgotten me already?"

[@Queen_Elyana]

@@HyperGamer14 I copied this out wiki "There is also the less likely but not impossible alternative that Tenzen was a previous incarnation of the Warrior of Light, as Suzaku (though under emotional duress at the time) has difficulty in telling the two apart during a confrontation, and the Four Lords all note similarity with the player character to Tenzen."

[@ivaultboytsr4894]

The english and japanese vocals also play in the lore of tenzen and the four lords, tenzen being a mortal that is able to understand the words of animals, and the four lords being these giant misheard creatures that would terrify humans with just their presence

[@Malacite]

It was interesting how they brought Tenzen back - I legit never expected to see him again after FFXI, kinda hope he gets added to Dissida at some point.

[@Tets_MK]

The remixers on Pulse are basically the same regular music team of FFXIV: Soken, Daiki Ishikawa and Takafumi Imamura. This one was done by Imamura, a few of his in-game tracks have already featured on this channel (Twice Stricken, The Black Wolf Stalks Again, Landslide)

[@Mijiroth]

"How do you play the game while listening to the music?" Through tears, usually. The female singer is Nanjo Yoshino, she is also the voice actress of Suzaku and another central character named Krile. The high pitched flute you can hear in the first version of the song is a shō, it's meant to emulate the cry of a phoenix. Right now I can't remember if you ever listened to Wayward Daughter, another great boss theme from Stormblood. I might not have liked Stormblood as much as other expansions, but boy is the music fire all the same (pun totally intended)

[@yodafani]

would like to see him check the whole tsukuyomi fight with transitions and all

[@Dhalin]

@@yodafani Ooof. Tsukuyomi is like.... grab your tissues type thing. The game builds you up to absolutely hate her, and think of her as a wretch... and then she gets taken down a peg and humiliated and at first you're made to cheer for that... but Gosetsu takes pity on her, and then Asahi comes in and completely exploits her, and then you have to kill her, and all she ever wanted was a decent life and no matter what she did, everything turned out terribly and she just started lashing out at the world around her. Everybody gave her hate, so she gave it right back and when given the chance to get one last act of revenge, she took it.

[@Irisfantasies]

yeah honestly all the four lords songs are amazing i enjoy a hell lot suzaku's theme and seiryu's theme such fkn bangers

[@EagleCeres]

>Nanjo Yoshino also known for being the voice of idol characters in other franchises

[@Triciachan]

@@Dhalin Tsuyu deserved a kinder fate.

[@Caramaram]

To me, the right music enhances the experience. It draws you into the events and helps focus you on it. That said - there are bosses in FFXIV I've almost died too because the music has me shaking with excitement :D

[@darkmirror21]

*~cough~* getting tossed by a building, rezzing then be run over by trains at tower raid final boss because of the emotional damage from song *~cough~*

[@Caramaram]

@@darkmirror21 Yeah, that one was a toughy :D

[@Vashy434]

The answer to how you play with the music is because its a complete experience, the music puts you in the zone.

[@TarundiMC]

The Pulse album is pretty much an EDM remix album. I would go insane (in a good way) if I heard it in club irl (not that I go to clubs normally, but I'd make an exception)

[@FunnyGinMan]

You fight through the tears. That's all you can do.

[@aznlink7]

One of my favorite songs in FFXIV! 3:02 very fitting considering the female vocals and lyrics were provided by the lovely Yoshino Nanjo (Fripside, Love Live, Symphogear). One of the few pulse remixes I enjoy from the pulse album. The taiko drums in the beginning gives me goosebumps as it transitions into the EDM portions of the song. This particular remix is arranged by Takafumi Imamura.

[@EagleCeres]

"How do you play while this music plays?" some play WITH the rhythm, some play TO the rhythm... the music has always been part of the whole experience, it brings omph! more to the story nudging those highs higher and the lows lower

[@Rashik30]

This song is sung by the lead singer of Fripside which is a popular jpop/video game/anime band in Japan. That singer is also one of the VAs for the Japanese version of FFXIV.

[@aamasna]

FYI: Much like Tsukuyomi's theme, the official English translated lyrics fits the melody perfectly and can be sung along.

[@ColorOfSakura]

Honestly, the remix of Sunrise is the entire reason I bought the Pulse album in the first place. It legitimately is so incredibly above and beyond what was already a really great, stand out boss track.

[@GimmeTOKYO]

Yeah. The bassline of the male verses is so sick.

[@lalalovestherain]

Your videos recently showed up in my recommendations and...wow. It's so nice (an understatement) to see someone else hear these songs for the first time. Thank you for sharing these, so we can kind of vicariously have that first listen 🎶

[@JessesAuditorium]

Enjoy your time Kayla

[@aidan8473]

Genuinely one of the best songs in the game. It switches up so often, plays with instruments and keys you just don't hear often together. So good.

[@admiralbuttloaf5608]

Pulse is only mostly EDM. The track 'Thunder Rolls' is actually Electro Swing Jazz.

[@AnonymousCoward3000]

Wow, Sunrise Pulse Remix is quite a hidden gem!

[@aeternusvotum]

This is still one of my most favorite bossfight tracks ♥The mix between something more rock/metal and then traditional Japanese melody lines and instruments are just the stuff I love most! The part at 4:13 and 4:29 (and earlier) is what sold this song for me when I did Suzaku for the first time! (For those, who also like that, check out UNDEAD CORPORATION's 紅染の鬼が哭く album :D) It's always interesting to get to know the Pulse remix songs through you as I'm not a big fan of that style of music - but at least getting to know them is amazing :D Rise is not connected to this song in anyway but I look very much forward to the day it comes on this channel :D

[@nurulururu]

Ohhhh, I missed your ffxiv reactions! Can't wait for more ❤️🖤

[@windsgrace688]

I'm glad you listened to both. Personally, while I like the original, the Pulse remix definitely takes the cake and has been in my phone music library ever since the album came out in late 2020.

[@TheZorch]

The Pulse remixes are part of an album and they're also scrolls for a music player in game for your player house.

[@LightKeyDarkBlade]

Maybe this can pique more of your interest but in the liner notes of the Pulse remix album, Takafumi Imamura (the arranger for this) didn't list this as one of his favourite works in the album. So he's more satisfied with a few of his other remixes than this. And yes, the Pulse album is filled with remixes in the genres of EDM, future bass, dubstep, house, techno pop, electro swing, etc. They're all done by the same 3 main composers of FFXIV too.

[@alexvandu1]

I love that you are always trying to improve your setup. I love your vids

[@suzleber4]

One of my favorite songs in FFXIV, this bass line is f'n sick! The Ramuh Pulse remix is my favorite from that soundtrack.

[@Manopeteca]

Loved the new camera angle, nice work!

[@guiltygamerxrd]

My favorite boss track in the game (and you already know how much competition there is for that)! The bassline really makes it for me. Fun note about the Pulse version, you can actually buy it and a few other Pulse songs in game to play in your house.

[@Juskaey]

Yay, Pulse Album

[@clericneokun]

A banger song, interesting gameplay mechanics, and a flaming chicken lady having a huge emotional breakdown. Just an amazing boss fight overall. People love to rail on Stormblood a lot but I played it during the 6.1-6.2 patch era and I was not disappointed at all.

[@galeofblades]

I've been waiting for this!!!!!

[@fenrir2197]

Rise and these are unrelated but you have done videos on some of the music from the same section as it. If you remember Locus, and metal they are a part of the same content as Rise being involved in the Alexander raid tier from the first expansion

[@fredt1983]

It feels like an anime opening, but it's still catchy and enjoyable.

[@stephbenson7340]

Some of her attacks are melodic, and so enchanting they actually force the player to either move toward, or away, from her, and you have to take this forced march into account to avoid other attacks that will happen at the same time, too. One attack puts a color on each quadrant of the field, and a series of colored icons on the outer ring that a phoenix flies through, causing each corresponding quadrant to explode in time when it does, so you have to dance away from them with the rhythm. And as some have said, the interlude phase of the fight is a literal DDR-style dance, having to input certain directions in quick succession.

[@dakotanowlin4226]

I don't know if anyone's mentioned it before but a few other songs in Stormblood do the similar vocal formula w JP and EN vocals Amatsu Kaze and Wayward Daughter come to mind, which btw you need to listen to the whole Tsukuyomi arrangement, its... quite a story. But if you can find the whole Nightbloom > Lunacy > Wayward Daughter I have a feeling you might like the "story" it tells

[@AgentRedShirt]

Theres also a 3rd version to this song. One that is an actual Primals Band Version.

[@JustSpag]

How do I play? By riding my Soaring Emotions, grasping hold of my Burning Soul.

[@IforIsengard]

FF14 Ramuh's team and its pulse remix is really something as well. They are totally different with different vibes and feeling. I already liked ramuh's theme. (Thunder rolls) but his pulse remix hits different.

[@italian504]

The Taiko drums really complete the original song during a certain segment and the 'Monk Chanting" enhances the melody (the part in english) A genuine nicely flowing song the original is. And with the story portion of the four lords about Suzaku the song becomes more understandable. One of the more popular tracks of the four lords but i still think 'From the Dragon's Wake' (seriyu's theme) is much better.

[@mrboxy3970]

Yesss. Can't wait for you to hear more original+pulse comparisons. They're an absolute blast, and hearing how many are not just a remix, but a whole genre/vibe change. Original for this gave me hard early DDR vibes.

[@mrboxy3970]

Also, the open vowel ended language that is Japanese makes for some serious ease for catchy lyrics, pair that with their performance arts history and it just flies off on its own.

[@PuppyPizzeria]

if your doing pulse remix's you have to check out the 2 versions of thunder rolls its so so good

[@fibblygibbly]

It’s so weird hearing this without the voice lines, 90% of this fight is just her crying over the music lmao Great reaction though! Would love to see more FFXIV music on your channel, they have such a wide range of great songs, esp after Endwalker dropped a couple more bangers

[@LockelyFox]

TENZEN TIS I, SHEATHE YOUR SWORD I BEG OF YOU

[@everyonethinksyoureadeathm5773]

@@LockelyFox She wants Tenzen's sword, just not that one.

[@Malacite]

It's just part of the experience man. FF has had 3 tremendous composers grace its games - Uematsu, Mizuta and Soken - each with their own distinct styles and I love them all to pieces. Legit a good 1/3 of the fun of FF is just jamming away to the music (the other 2/3 being split between gameplay and story). Mizuta is my favorite because he handled 11's expansions and I love his emphasis on brass and woodwinds and generally high tempo songs, but if I had to pick a singular title for overall best soundtrack it would have to be 13. A lot of people like to shit on the 13-series of games (Unfairly IMO) but you cannot deny the quality of the OSTs. Sunlith Waterscape alone is a masterpiece, and Blinded By Light is by far the best general battle theme of the franchise.

[@HuaYunlan]

"How do you play with the music" Me progging Ex2: I cry

[@chanmico1343]

I love suzaku fight and all versions of her son (in game, pulse remix and live version) because she one of few bosses I feel emotional about considering her story. The reason we fight her is not to kill but to gain her help and trust but she confuses us for someone else because of the us having the same light as her lover who she lost name tenzen who was a character in final fantasy 11 (I think that’s his name) and wants to not fight but we fight her anyways and her lines during the fight are sad as she begs for us to stop fighting until she caves in and has no choice but to fight. The four lords quest line is amazing and you should listen to the other two being byakko (Amatsu Kaze, which in some version, maybe all but the producer of 14, yoshi-p sings in it) and seiryu (from the dragons wake)

[@paigeg.9261]

As an FF14 gamer I must say, I hate that fight and love it at the same time. The battle mechanics really are devlish in how it works. That is what makes FF14 fighting music so awesome, the fights are puzzles and have many phases sometimes and each phase has separate music to it. It's awesome.

[@TheVnom]

Ah yeah, i really love Suzaku, probably one of my favorite bosses because of the multitasking challenge it presents

[@lanonyme-vod8090]

Great reaction as always Actually we have more than two iconic composers for Final Fantasy. Obviously, Uematsu is the original composer for most of the titles and Soken for XIV but Hamauzu did an amazing job as well on X (as a co-composer), XIII trilogy and VII Remake (for arranging some of the OG tracks and creating new ones as well). Obviously, Yoko Shimomura made a fantastic job with XV OST and Sakimoto as well for XII. I feel like these are iconic too

[@umbranex9274]

Pulse is soo damn good. Rise is my favorite from that album

[@UltimaOX]

"Rise" is one of Alexander's Themes. The Final Phase. And the "Pulse Remix Rise" is God Tier. (Do both) (Also the Live 2021 Primals version) Youve heard most of Alexander's other Phases. "Brute Justice" being one of the Biggest ones. The only other Song you havent heard of Alexander (Other than Rise) is "Moebius". The Pulse Remix album is really fun, so many amazing tracks like: Pulse Titania, Pulse Alexander, Pulse Suzaku, Pulse Sophia, Pulse Lakshimi, Pulse Ramuh.

[@everyonethinksyoureadeathm5773]

Rise is from Alexander that is part of the raid and the fight itself is a 2 part fight, an instrumental and then you get RISE.

[@Firestar0513]

Every Pulse song is indeed a more electronic/edm version of the song, but they are all different types. Like one is electro-swing, "Oblivion" (one you reacted to) I don't even know how to describe, it is like very distorted and intentionally weird sounding. There is also a dubstep remix of one, and some others that I don't even know the genre of beyond just electronic/edm, but most of them are a distinctly different type of that music.

[@carlatterbery2748]

Now to listen to Byakko's theme and get that reaction, unless he's already done that one and I just missed it in all the reactions.

[@NightwalkersReprisal]

Someone already explained the origins of Suzaku but the story behind why you're fighting her is that Suzaku and her companions sealed away an ancient threat with Tenzen. But at the point where your character joins the story, the seal had begun to weaken. You are tasked with gathering The Four Lords - Genbu, Byakko, Suzaku, and Seiryu - to reinforce the seal to prevent the rogue Auspice Koryu from being released. However, except for Genbu, each of the Four Lords are slowly being corrupted by the aramitama, a corrupting force likely brought by Koyru, and so your biggest challenge is fighting Byakko, Suzaku, and Seiryu in their primal forms to cleanse them of the aramitama. Byakko willingly accepts your help, but Suzaku initially blows you off until Genbu compares your character to Tenzen, which angers her. Byakko and Genbu convince her to fight and she gives in to her aramitama, consumed by her grief. Throughout her battle she has vocal queues to many of her attacks, as in her grief and due to your character's spirit, she has confused your character for Tenzen, starting the fight with "Tenzen? 'Tis I! Please, sheath your sword I beg of you!", and other lines where she is on the verge of tears "You never did make this easy, did you?" "We will wake you from this madness!" "All I ever wanted was for you and I to- to!"

[@chrisleverne]

While you ARE correct in assuming that this boss has two phases and therefore two songs, it is not "Rise" :) (though please do that one as well, it's amazing) The song for the first Suzaku boss fight is called "Sunset", with "Sunrise" being the second part. As to the importance and implications of those names, look at DracoSuave's fantastic comment from a few days ago :)

[@vexkin3286]

ohohoh i love this fight and ost can't wait to hear it

[@NobleRed]

Oh ho ho ho RISE is ALEXANDER. Much like the rest of A1-12 ost… It’s a treat.

[@keanubredenkamp3776]

I hope you react to "Flow" from FFXIV, its just soo good. :)

[@DracoSuave]

Close in the Distance!

[@keanubredenkamp3776]

@@DracoSuave That as well. Its right up there with Flow.

[@rafaomegax]

Usually FF music distracts you from your frustrations... i guess haha... and pumps you up for the fight or immerses you into the scenario. FF music affects your "soul" making it... ... relaxed? compatible? immersed? to the game and the events you are experiencing.

[@HayatoEvoker]

How HOW has this man not listened to Rise yet That song is so damn powerful, and the Pulse remix is godlike

[@daisyaran2084]

I remember being scared of trying the Pulse versions of the songs for a long while, because I already liked the originals too much to step out of that safe comfort zone, but this is the one that made me take that first step and personally I feel like I couldn't have chosen a better one to start with.

[@rumasai]

I know this means nothing to you, but humanoid Suzaku looks so much like a certain version of Kuja from FF9 to me. I freaking love that game, and apparently can't get over that opinion.

[@nathanperquin9910]

these trials are all against spirits that are based on the japanese folklore beasts. Suzaku starts of as a fire bird, then shifts mid battle into a humanoid form, Assistedd by her bird form

[@Dhalin]

It's hard to listen to this without also hearing Suzaku's battle lines that she says during the battle. I highly suggest looking up a video of this battle with voice lines turned on, like raw unedited footage of this fight. The boss's actual voice lines during the battle, meshing with the song just really pounds the tragedy into you as she tearfully pleads with your group, thinking you are Tenzen, her lost beloved as she pleads with you while you fight her, especially when she gets into this ... I don't know, half grief-stricken, half-angry voice where she goes "You never did make it easy, DID YOU!?!?" right as the fight transitions into Phase 2, and all of her lines after that are dripping in this anguish and anger that's just dripping from the VA's lips. The English VA during this fight was absolutely phenomenal.

[@brunosouza3326]

The japanese vocals are supposed to represent the story of the boss (suzaku) and the english vocals are kinda of (or at least supposed to represent) the last words her loved one said to her before dying.

[@AoyanagiChisa]

this music was featured in patch 4.4 trailer followed by "From the Heavens" and that mix kinda stuck in my head.. it'd be nice if u can react to alphascape v4.0 savage "From the Heavens" too ;)

[@DantoriusD]

You really should do more direct comparisons between Original and the Pulse Remixes. Some are just freaking awesome like What Angels wakes me from Titania or Rise from Alexander or the Twinning Theme.

[@Snoobjack]

Rise is completely separate from Sunrise. That's also what I requested and can't wait for it!

[@drekor884]

How do we play with the music? Sometimes we don't... I've died to a boss many times because I was just vibing to the song.

[@kittikoncharoensuk1862]

Pulse version of this song is super good

[@dra6o0n]

The type of music for Suzaku is a mix of Enka and Rock.

[@Skyylis]

YESSSSSSSS

[@geletrode]

Welcome back!

[@pyyro1114]

This is by far the best of the Pulse Remixes btw. But all of them are good. Disclaimer: The Shiva pulse remix is... weird.

[@arverezzle]

well, when you got people doing call out on discord, hard mechanic to resolve, and you need to be really focused, people just turn off the music lol

[@nodot17]

personally prefer amatsu kaze but this is good too

[@Elyakel]

As a final fantasy fan i can't even take the other final fantasy seriously with how good FF14 is compare to other MMORPG and other final fantasy ( especially for the story part , it can be a slog sometime but damn it's so worth ) Even musically this game is a masterpiece ( except arr who is kinda classic for final fantasy because it's our usual composer Nobuo uematsu )

[@hqyang6193]

how do we play with the music you ask: floor tanking

[@TheZenaku69]

every time he says hes not played 14 i get the urge to post the meme.

[@sophmys7653]

alexander pulse!!!!!!!

[@geletrode]

Also the question how do you play with this music? I dead before because of the music lol, also some music is just peer hype. First time fighting innocence? Holy shit

[@jdue722]

Just wait til you start reacting to all the FFXIV Endwalker songs (You are in for quite the journey) :D

[@bryansuminski7543]

Could you listen to Old Wounds from FF 14

[@RaveSault]

". . .It sounds like a DDR game. . ." Which is funny because you kinda play this DDR-like minigame during phase transition.

[@ms.mittenz]

Wth, what is this? Well... my new favourite song ig..

[@PicnicDeficiencySyndrome]

Fighting boss Other game : my hand hurt Ffxiv : my hand, neck, and leg hurt Yeah we're not suposed to play ffxiv while standing.