Final Fantasy XV - Somnus Orchestra

This exclusive live performance of Somnus from the Final Fantasy XV soundtrack, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra featuring an appearance from Final Fantasy XV composer, Yoko Shimomura at the world famous Abbey Road Studios on 7th September, 2016.

[@PunkieDudie]

After all these years, I still come back to listen to this masterpiece..

[@kaze3856]

Yeah true

[@devon9374]

Ditto, best part of FFXV for me personally. I only beat the non-DLC original game and was disappointed but this song has always stuck with me. Love Square Enix

[@armedeuz981]

''what can i say... you guys.. are the best..''

[@sanadasanada2643]

Thanks

[@super-engineer8437]

Don't do this to me 😭😭😖

[@underhill7641]

Walk tall 🫡

[@habitsrabbit]

I'm not ashamed to admit I cried twice during this game..once when Noctis got stabbed with his father's sword and again when he said that..I had fun bonding with my Bois. Just driving around, fishing, killing enemies. 9/10 game would complete for the third time.

[@etcetera369]

4 years old and brought a tear to my eye

[@bappagone299]

The game is 7 years old now and its still my favorite game ever. No matter what i could always load up another playthrough, and with this as the menu song just perfectly describes the sad narrative of the game and the ending. Masterpiece 🎉

[@hischransen8069]

Absolutely. At first people shunned it. Its one of those things in life you start to appreciate much later. 15 has become my fav game of all time.

[@KilluaZoldyck-qx9jf]

cant believe it's been 7 years man......

[@whoami-uc7dd]

i just started playing this game a couple of days ago and still on chapter 27! ​@@KilluaZoldyck-qx9jf

[@wren7195]

@@KilluaZoldyck-qx9jf One goes to sleep in a crystal, awakens years later with clarity at last. Long live the king.

[@onebakedwalrus]

Ff15 and ff6 are the 2 best final fantasy games ever made and ill stand by that until i die or another comes up in the ranks but as of now and having okayed every single title these 2 have the best soundtracks story and gameplay out of any

[@dreamEnd]

0:24 Cor is on fire with the violin

[@HappyRogue1202]

Oh my god he look just like him Jesus Christ!

[@yolosnuff1476]

I knew I wasn't the only one!

[@Phil_529]

He looks like Jon Hamm crossed with Christopher Meloni.

[@Shinz.90]

So PERFECT and so Sad >>> After you beat the game and understand the fate of the characters and the sacrifice they have to do .. god this makes me cry

[@forbidsin2919]

Mohammad Shannan it made me so sas that Luna and noctis were fated to die...

[@sspd077]

@@forbidsin2919 that always the outcome for both versus and ffxv.. they were Romeo and Juliet of final fantasy games.

[@Scantronacon]

Yea like FF9, Vivi, and FFX, Tidus find out the truth about himself, complete heartbreak at the end. The game is really good idk why there's so much hate

[@sspd077]

@@Scantronacon from what I gathered. comes down to the game having a lot of the story and content cut out of it. the only way to find how it really ends is u got to read a light novel which is the true ending to the story and was plained as the final DLC after the luna DLC story.

[@abyssalchaos556]

If you wanna cry some more look at Ardyn’s back story the most tragic even more so than Noctis and Lunas fate.

[@danjohn8371]

It's easy to do your duty as the "hero" if you know your going to win and have a happy ending. But what if you know doing your duty means saying goodbye to everyone you love and giving up everything. Would you still be able to be the hero and do your duty? That's what Noctis did and it's more beautiful than any FF story because of this. His sacrifice was the most heroic act you can make. This music embodies that emotion perfectly. To the haters... haven't you had more than enough stories where everything works out perfectly the way you hoped like a fairy tail? This story was way overdue.

[@eza2228]

This better be played at my funeral or I’m not going.

[@Mastermindx88]

Don't be anxious mate.. keep going

[@extinctbaryonyx]

uhh you dont have a choice tho XD

[@APoetsCorner]

The first song Yoko Shimura composed for Final Fantasy 15, also my favorite..

[@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723]

I haven't played the game yet, but fuck, this song is simply majestical

[@violetstorm117]

This is perhaps one of my favorite songs. And honestly, I miss it whenever I go back to playing the game after beating it. It’s truly beautiful. But I really want is for the singer, Andrea Hopkins to do a live version of this. I need chills down my back

[@KimberlyHudson-m9j]

I remember first playing this game and hearing this song in the title screen. I thought oh man this is going to be an emotional rollercoaster of a game. And I definitely wasn't wrong but what an absolutely beautiful game flaws and all will always be one of my favorites along with 7,8, and 10.

[@elizabethreyes2613]

"Walk tall my friends"

[@CaptainPure]

And soon all his friends dies too 😓

[@BKrendy666]

Tears of awe every time

[@icalmccartney1371]

:'(

[@Ararmadhiw-vj1ptz]

​@@CaptainPurewait they all died too!? Now that just sadder

[@brannycedeno6823]

​@@Ararmadhiw-vj1ptz Yes. Noctis dies by purging Ardyn's corrupted soul forever. His friends stay behind to guard him against the last daemons trying to brave into the castle. They end up dying in service for their homeland.

[@GamingNewsSummary]

I can see the tears coming from the violin having to play such a sad melody...

[@user-ly2pj6mf6g]

This piece is SUCH a mood. I love that they all put such emotion in their instruments/art.

[@pat_elite4324]

How does someone like somnus get a theme this good

[@luthfiamanullahjuidi]

Good, but sad and tragic at the same time.... Just like the story of Somnus 2000 years ago

[@pat_elite4324]

@@luthfiamanullahjuidi I suppose his story is sad and tragic due to having regretted his actions and killing the oracle and putting chains in his brother for 2000 years

[@JustCauseFan]

people really should play the royal edition + all DLCs, it has it's flaws but for me it will forever be in my mind as a special game especially for soundtracks like this

[@iCoonen]

This game is pure meloncholy, so is the soundtrack one of the best in the franchise

[@Daikaito0]

非常喜歡下村陽子的這首曲子，悠長的弦樂中流露出無盡的憂傷，太美了

[@rzeinelgabi]

Lie down. Try not to cry. Cry a lot.

[@marca4585]

Rakhman Zeinelgabi shouldve not laid down bro........thats where the heart becomes vulnerable and brings the tears out easily....

[@lisawilliams-jones8144]

What a beautiful and emotional sound brought tears to my eyes🥰

[@alucard6365]

we are the same

[@knightspartan7201]

Damn that dude goes hard on the violin

[@ShortThe1st]

This game has such a good ending one of the best imo, it deserved better.

[@Jakey-mf]

Yeah IK right?

[@Jakey-mf]

I love Final fantasy xv so much my favorite of them all tbh

[@Steph-lb2ic]

i got goosebumps. Such a beautiful song for a beautiful and emotional game.

[@charaznable8072]

The first second that piano play sends shivers damn.

[@hakuro1808]

If you play it at 1.25x, it will sound like the original.

[@keattipongsaravit2504]

This song is beautiful anyway but this version loses the intensity it had in the original. They really should've played it faster.

[@Lily_Catt-]

It's better slower IMO

[@alumlovescake]

eyes that see the light of expiring souls a meeting predestined by the divine

[@Keenanlovers]

Coming back to Somnus while playing FF16 which has an AMAZING soundtrack but no composition can make cry so fast as Somnus does 🥲 I will forever be aching for og versus 13 Noctis 🖤

[@flade6790]

This is such a timeless beauty.

[@leifdux7277]

Crazy bittersweet ending...I enjoyed every moment of FFXV 😥

[@ponghahaha]

What a performance. it can stop my breath

[@danieloftamriel]

God that violin makes Somnus sound like a funeral song. I guess that’s what Versus XIII was going for :(

[@TheThehaze89]

This deserves a million likes..

[@KN1GHTRESS]

thank you sir. you are a gentleman and a scholar

[@TAR424]

😭😭 Just 1 time, just 1 time, you can do it. 0:10

[@u.e.s.2982]

Here I find myself; a year later... Fantastic job to all in this video!

[@u.e.s.2982]

Such a beautiful rendition to the ears. It truly makes me shed a tear for past thoughts.

[@AlejandroLinares-zl8sy]

I am not on the planet earth , you guys transported me to another dimension, you transplanted new emotions inside of me , thanks for sharing Daniel

[@yours.yasmin]

I always comeback to listen to ffxv’s music masterpieces ❤ my favourite game ever

[@theforest9131]

One of the best soundtracks ever !

[@dannychristopher4918]

It's not music It's an emotion 😢

[@traversetowndistrict4922]

Im not crying, you are 😢 noctis isn't gone,he can't be

[@christopheraldana7271]

Listening to this song always gives me chills absolutely beautiful

[@gamingmeanslife1222]

Started in December 2022 Finished the main game in January 3 2023 its my best journey of gaming in my life after feeling in touch in watch dogs about aiden Pearce like in my profile now its aiden Pearce Underrated game

[@zahee241]

i'm not crying for those beautiful ffxv memories! no!! 😭

[@золотаярыбка-ж2ъ]

Ребят знаете я часто слушаю эту песню , и я готова каждый раз делиться новыми впечатлениями, по сколько это не композиция а шедевр , я когда слушаю эту песню я всегда думаю каждый раз по новому и это классно 👍

[@kirbyretrolandasia]

A great song for Final Fantasy XV

[@baim2533]

Masterpiece!

[@nerodvl5953]

2:03 my God... listen to that...

[@teero121]

it is so beautiful

[@MarioHernandez-1]

Absolutely beautiful, wow

[@renacsama]

Best orchestra i have ever listened.

[@Mastermindx88]

I got something in my eyes masterpiece

[@золотаярыбка-ж2ъ]

Это прекрасно Так нежно исполняют слов нет 👍

[@TheArguerrero7]

Beautiful Gorgeous Calming Sad Tell a story Sacrifice Masterpiece Song ❤

[@MachiriReviews]

I fucking loved FFXV

[@이름-k1s4s]

😊

[@H1gami]

i have to play FFXV with no volume because if i listen to this song playing i won't be able to see anything because of the tears

[@Pomkidtuengpeena]

Couldn't agree more

[@SmokiDyno]

"Guys... let's have a final picknick together... Ignis cook us something delicious will you?... I will miss you guys... You guys are the best..." - Fallen King Noctis Lucis Caelum

[@sks4728]

This is.. where it all began..

[@dominguezadrian93]

Tidus is that you?

[@kamranaliyev5890]

@@dominguezadrian93 No its Squall Leonheart...

[@satorusakurai666]

this is the song i want to hear when i die

[@miriamaurora]

Increíble...estoy pensando en usarla para mi poesía. 🎻💖

[@miriamaurora]

Está guardada y cuando tenga el video lo subiré.

[@ACE-eb7ce]

The best ff soundtrack

[@teero121]

the fact that its slower than the game version makes it so so much better

[@KN1GHTRESS]

totally agree

[@cruzzosanchezzo9632]

If only the solo violinist had a wider, less restricted vibrato then the piece could've sounded just a bit better. Still an amazing performance.

[@kuske77]

Magnífico

[@cienciadacomputacao3178]

Essa é a melhor música do jogo que tem a trilha sonora impecavel, porém deixa a desejar bastante na história, nada contra a mecânica dele, e de fato o ambiente que te traz com caracterização dos personagens e trilha sonora, é algo de outro mundo, se não fosse a história pouco aproveitada, seria uma obra prima.

[@fernandohudson1]

Que lindo, Amo ff15

[@Swamp_Thing_4487]

So much sorrow yet compassion

[@Mr_MikaelsonGaming]

If your still listening to this song in 2022 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@hiimyou2409]

Me!!!!😭😭😭😭😭

[@danryder3865]

This is so soul retching but😂 i love it ... thank you

[@logosh_br8272]

Brabo demais. 🤩🫠😌... 👏👏👏👏

[@robikkupegasus7039]

I'll never forget the chocobros... ;w;

[@astralisk]

perfect

[@leonardrich2265]

“I am not sure what we are fighting for, our people are dying out there,” said the young soldier shaking in terror. “We are lambs to the slaughter, we are the wall, that holds back the Hordes. Only to preserve life as we take life. Son, there are human beings just on the other side ready to die as we are,” replied an older soldier sitting a few feet away. “But, why?” asked the young soldier. “So that our children can have their own children and not fear the night, sleep with one eye open, thinking, is this my last breath. Somewhere out there is death stalking its next prey, swinging his blade and snuffing you out of existence. Here I sit, awaiting death to climb over our wall, but here, me and you, we are their death. Fear is just an emotion that keeps us sharp and focused, when we raise our weapons, chaos follows, and thunder roars and lightning shatters the night. Our enemy needs to cry out to God for mercy, for they will have no mercy by my hands.” The older soldier locks his weapon and looks into Hell, seeing blood and minions of evil marching their way. Looking back to the young soldier, “Son, be ready to meet what God or Gods you worship, they are about to have company,” in a breathless moment, the two soldiers’ charged into the darkness.

[@alucard6365]

The game is a Masterpiece

[@SANUX1]

Слушаю и плачу. Прекрасная музыка

[@simonediblasi8198]

orchestra was my favourite character

[@confetti4798]

BRAVO

[@TatooineGamingg]

legend

[@falcono3963]

Creo que esto es lo mejor de todo el juego

[@muratblacckk4567]

Magical

[@thatonedude36]

This made me breathe manually for 3mins

[@supunchathuranga7503]

lOVE

[@まなゆいもえ]

バイオリン弾いてるの コル将軍ソックリじゃね

[@RudyVisuals]

I've only just recently finished this game. Sure it was flawed, but this piece is a masterpiece!

[@culturalivrosetc5259]

BRAVO 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@shinkOkyuuL01]

shit I cried

[@alucard6365]

i cried for an hour

[@GreywardenRimu]

play at playback speed 1.25, perfect!

[@Brave_New_Tube]

Jeez man Yoko’s music is just so gorgeous. I hope she continues to work with Nomura/Square for the foreseeable future.

[@MyShadowSoul]

is it just me or is the orchestra playing it a bit slower than it is originally?

[@marcantoine4868]

Depuis que j'ai remarqué Kayane dans le public avec la robe rose. Je ne vois plus qu'elle 😅

[@covidfox8264]

Pain

[@imagine1st]

Does anyone know the name of the violinist

[@bestfrenchguy]

Philippe Honorė

[@imagine1st]

@@bestfrenchguy thank you is that you the men playing the violin

[@KN1GHTRESS]

@@imagine1st yes it’s really him

[@serpentblade8704]

why do good games always end in sadness and epilogue becomes happily ever after. same with lightining return in FFXIII trilogy, same in FFXV and even FFXVI.

[@MiguelGonzalez-iw5wp]

The violin is crying

[@giulyanneandrade7624]

😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Senguitarrist]

Can someone tell me when the song is played on the game?

[@DanielNguyen821]

The main menu and the final chapter at Insomnia as I remember

[@armedeuz981]

where i can find the piano notes for this? thanks

[@ferinajjg5370]

Just look of the same of the song & add piano sheet music to the end, make sure the website is legit

[@squarefenix9694]

Tellus dormit et liberi in diem faciunt numquam extinguunt ne expergisci possint Omnia dividit tragedia coram amandum quae Et nocte perpetua ehem vel vera visione par oram videbo te mane tempu expergiscendi

[@sandralewis7437]

THIS FEELS LIKE YOUR PLAYING THE GAME😂

[@yusufkenansonmez315]

Ff15 en iyi parça

[@meranthonytolosa3572]

[@mazinrejabo4624]

No one hate the idea it was but the game we get was empty short wasted an amazing dark trilogy maybe of open bloody world so sad i wish they will make it again and saying ff 15 was nothing but a vision the king had and thats how we can still have the dark noctis