Music Producer SHOCKED by Final Fantasy XIV Soundtrack

[@LionmightOfficial]

Welcome to the FFXIV community. Here are the channel guidelines so your expectations are set for what kind of content I'm willing to do and what I'm not, I value boundaries and I hope you respect that. bit.ly/read-channel-rules Suggest the next songs: bit.ly/content-suggest

[@Dragor9359]

You should look up the lyrics to equilibrium and their meaning

[@LionmightOfficial]

​@@Dragor9359 I don't do lyrics, I'm sure some other creator would be more interested.

[@Dragor9359]

@StringPlayerGamerOfficial oh I just thought I suggest it given how you felt the song was like the lyrics have a meaning

[@Uzidoorman-3]

Hey! i just submeted the murder drones ost its a really amazing ost and i think you should listen to it! if you want and amazing content keep it up!

[@Uzidoorman-3]

also the name for the playlist is called murder drones ost! or you can check out AJ DiSpirito the guy that made the music for murder drones!

[@scantor8648]

"Touched by Moonlight", "In The Balance", and "Footfalls", please!! All three took us players by such surprise and are universally loved! "Footfalls" is a long one, very involved, so it might need its own video.

[@zeehero7280]

you mean Dedicated to Moonlight?

[@OmegaEnvych]

@@zeehero7280 yes, that song is so... Reason why I prefer Euphrosyne to Thaleia every day.

[@lasagnatesla]

It's "Dedicated to Moonlight" Diwa! As a violinist, you'll love it!

[@lioncub73]

@@scantor8648 Close in the distance too

[@F3N01]

I'd suggest Footfalls with the caveat of also listening to the other FF14 expansion songs. ARR with Answers, Heavensward and its song as well as Stormbloods with him having already listened to Shadowbringers. Footfalls is a beautiful melding of all of them as a celebration of everything FF14.

[@fruitpunchronin]

Btw that's not just any Violin solo, that's the overworld theme "Eternal Wind" from Final Fantasy 3. Edit: Soken loves to use motifs from past FF in FF 14 and the way he sometimes weaves several motifs in one track is so good.

[@TarundiMC]

When he had the shocked look on his face I thought he recognized Eternal Wind since he knows of Uematsu!

[@josiedavis3792]

For me "Wayward Daughter" and "To the Edge" are still two of my favorite tracks, definitely worth a listen imo.

[@RumikoTheFox]

There's so much good FFXIV music. It's hard to pick babies, but three I'd like to recommend off the top of my head are "Close in the Distance" (there are several variations of this, make sure it's the full one), "Return to Oblivion", and "Voidcast Savior". The last one is a remake of a battle theme from FF4, so if you played FF4, it might tickle your nostalgia bone.

[@LionmightOfficial]

That's more like it, give me more reasons to continue making FF14 content.

[@Banorit]

Also for "Close in the Distance" there is a community version that you could watch after the full version, it really resonated with the community and over 1000 people contributed to the community version.

[@ucNguyen-ty9cx]

@@LionmightOfficial For future reaction videos, my friend - I recommended checking out "Flow", which is one of the main theme of FFXIV sung by the wonderful Amanda Achen(trust me, that song is one of the best VG songs that I've ever listen to!) Also, there was an "Endwalker" medley from my friend Husky by the Geek that was just released, and I think you should check it out as well(it has a lot of great melodies in it, and a special surprise at the end...)

[@waluigi6075]

I’d highly recommend listening To the Edge, being probably my favorite song in the entire game, especially with the story behind it in game and in reality

[@ShikiRyougi05]

To the edge is insanely cool but it really only hits like that when playing the game.

[@knowwhoiamyet]

@@ShikiRyougi05 The IRL implications in the song are really powerful too, when you know the conditions in which it was composed. Really hammers home the loneliness and the feeling of being pushed to the edge.

[@cherrydragon3120]

YEEESSSS

[@cherrydragon3120]

​@@knowwhoiamyet when i heard about that the song hits all sorts of different... 😢

[@ShikiRyougi05]

@@knowwhoiamyet 100%! Finding that out hit me so hard...

[@lepus982]

With dawntrail coming out in a few hours your timing could not be better!

[@rikuclad1264]

How many hours?

[@Sheepdog_Alpha]

​@@rikuclad1264 10 minutes for early access preorder! Otherwise, it's July 2nd.

[@Kojir0555]

@@rikuclad1264 4 min from now XD

[@hana-qs3xj]

yep, sitting in queue right now and I needed something to watch while I login LOL

[@mssuns3t486]

@@hana-qs3xj You and me both

[@DeeFourCee]

Shadowbringers is the trailer theme and is actually a Medley. All the expansion themes are a Medley of songs from the expansion. It comprises of Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Emerald Winds as well as Who Brings Shadow

[@Trattato68]

Eternal winds*

[@kuronaialtani]

Big big recommend is To The Edge, In the Balance, and Echoes/Close in the Distance

[@TheMaxCloud]

the Violin part from Shadowbringers is "Eternal Wind" from FFIII is the "overworld" theme or the main theme of that series, made by Uematsu back in the day.

[@LionmightOfficial]

Good to know.

[@Guardie]

As a violionist you will definitely enjoy "Rhythm of the Realm" and "Dedicated to Moonlight". I've seen someone mention "Return to Oblivion" and I agree its an AMAZING track, though I recommend you listen to "Footsteps in the Snow", "Oblivion" and "Return to Oblivion" in that order since they kinda belong together and share a bunch of motifs.

[@Melin0e]

Second this! Listening to them in order is part of the experience

[@2percentnotthemilk]

Yeah, FFXIV loves its leitmotifs, to the point that many of the player playerbase's favorite and most recommended tracks are really best experienced after hearing like 2 to 5 earlier ones.

[@RothAnim]

One that might be interesting is "Footsteps in the snow", "Oblivion" and "Return to Oblivion" as a trio that build off each other.

[@Heathiekins]

Here I am, letting you know I want more. Incredible video, as always. Always fun to get a peek into the workings of professional music, especially in a series so near and dear to the hearts of many, myself included. #firstiekins

[@LionmightOfficial]

Yayyy! More to come! Thank you Heathie!

[@deadsightsx]

But do you know, LA HEE? Civilizations the theme for Rak'tika Greatwood is also fantastic and there is also a funny version performed by Masayoshi Soken as well that is worth adding into a vid. Accidentally discovered your channel, thank you for the reaction! ❤

[@LionmightOfficial]

Welcome aboard!

[@Silidirian]

Ah, the rabbit hole you've opened up by doing FFXIV, the requests will never end (especially due to just how many banger tracks exist from it, Soken is an absolute legend at this point), but also dropping it on us litteral hours away from a brand new expansion launch with everyone eagerly waiting the servers to come back on. Whilst i normally dont give suggestions as to any FFXIV (i can already see so many having done so and you'd almost always get repeat suggestions), there's one i haven't spotted at a glance through and thats 'The Extreme', a remake/remaster of Ultimecia's theme from FFVIII, and considered by quite a few as the best rendition of it (no offense to the original meant, just the audio quality and limitations are no longer there)

[@Anddroiden]

The thing that is worth knowing about Soken's skills is that he is basically the equivalent to a polyglot of music.The man has written some of the best musical pieces in gaming history in more genres than i think anyone in history. There's composers who have a specific style that they can make better music than Soken in, but very few of them can match his ability to compose music in as many genres as Soken and even fewer, if any, can compose at the same quality in as wide of a spectrum as Soken.

[@segafan2437]

This version of Shsdowbringers is actually a mix of three other songs, to be used for the trailer fir shadowbringers. It is a mix of Tomorrow and Tomorrow (this song makes us cry.) The last boss' music Eternal wind, a callback to a past final fantasy game to represent an area/person in the story. There are an overwhelming number of songs in ffxiv. You could make videos for years...

[@SkandiTV]

Btw, the boss music is called Who Brings Shadow!

[@TheFaeCourt]

I love this game and its ost so much, but I do wish the initial section could be reworked from the ground up again. Its so hard to get people to dedicate 100+ hours into the mediocre beginning to get to the good part of everything else (and completely understandably so). I am so glad that even despite not being able to personally get into the game, you are experiencing the teams phenomenal work on the ost!

[@hannessteffenhagen61]

FWIW I've only started playing a bit before EW came out, and I thought ARR was mostly fine. If there was any real criticism it'd be that the zones are a bit too small due to them trying to get stuff working on old hardware at the time, but other than that it's really just that there are a _handful_ of really annoying quests which is true for all the following expansions too (even ShB which is my favourite expansion has a couple of those). I'd say 1-10 feels very slow, but I think it's not unwarranted there are a lot of people who are completely new to MMOs. I think the game picks up a lot after the godawful Titan questline, and I thought the 2.x patch stories were actually really good.

[@FerrumAnulum]

You can swing a cat and always hit a banger in the MASSIVE soundtrack that is ffxiv.

Not that FFXIV is one of the best game OSTs of all time, but its story is EASILY my favorite story in all of fiction. (Specifically Shadowbringers & Endwalker expansions) And that's coming from someone who grew up on FFVII and it was my favorite game prior to FFXIV. If you ever find time in life, I suggest you give it a try. FFXIV's story literally changed my life. It's the story I cried to the most, and I'm not someone who cries easily. lol

[@LionmightOfficial]

No more MMOs for me.

@@LionmightOfficial Yeah, I'm a touring musician so I completely get it. I too only play when new expacs relaese, just to enjoy the story & then cancel my sub after, since I barely have any time. Happy you'll be experiencing some amazing OST though!

[@LionmightOfficial]

Yeah, an MMO is basically a second job. Anyway, happy touring!

@@LionmightOfficial Thank you! 🙏

[@donovan9324]

There's so much amazing music in the Final Fantasy series, and XIV is no exception. Unique to it, though, is that so much of it is referential, to both earlier FF's and it's own themes. It's reflective of its story, which also draws from earlier FF's. Even if you haven't played those games though, both the music and the story stand well on their own.

[@Sephirothll]

Ethereal vibe is also referenced by the devs as "High Fantasy".

[@redxmaverick]

What timing and joy! Lionmight reaction and analysis of my favorite game's soundtrack just one day before the newest expansion Dawntrail early access opening on Friday. Just hearing Shadowbringers Main Theme brought all my emotions flooding through my body with eyes swelling bringing back beloved memories on why I love Final Fantasy XIV so so much. Not only is FFXIV it's own unique entry into the FF series but many of FFXIV's soundtracks is an amalgamation and tribute to the entire Final Fantasy series as you have begun to notice. With that said, even the godfather of Final Fantasy Sakaguchi is deeply in love with FFXIV. To parapharse "FFXIV is like a Disneyland of 35 years of Final Fantasy history." I totally understand FFXIV not clicking with you. The game didn't click with me when it first launched. I came around 7 years later to try FFXIV again; only because I had so much free time during the pandemic. I am so happy I gave FFXIV another shot otherwise I would have never got to experience the deeply engaging story, character comradery, laughs, tears, the outstanding music by Masayoshi Soken, and most important of all, the friends I made and wholesome community. So yes, of course, I would love to hear more of your reactions to other FFXIV songs!!

[@dudeco93]

shadowbringers and endwalker are the only 2 songs in a very very long time that were so perfectly done for the story emotions you were feeling at the time that it literally made me cry like weep tears when i finished my playthrough a couple months ago. Started in april and finished all of story without skipping just in time for dt. Dawntrail made me cry for different reasons and not good ones XD

[@ChrisMorray]

Oh, I love how you featured Equilibrium! It's one of my favourites, yet also one of the least covered ones generally. The lyrics were written on a very short notice but they paint such an eerie picture, and the strings just make you feel that eerie sadness, but also a tranquility. It's a song of balance, even if it's twisted you still feel that calmness.

[@DigitalCoffee08]

Oh gosh. There’s so many excellent songs in XIV that I would hardly know where to begin. “Rise” is a good one, along with “On Blade’s Edge”. “Dedicated to Moonlight” is another excellent piece.

[@KevinMCable]

Bro the Chrono Cross callout! I've seen a lot of these composer reacts but to see one with a deep cut experience with squaresoft music is really cool.

[@KevinMCable]

Bro busting out the flying V fiddle!

[@ilakya]

I was meant to press like at the end but man, when you play your violin, I have to get out of full screen and hit the like right there. Amazing.

[@PKFireFawx]

E-Scape would be a fantastic track to see you cover, especially for the very triumphant sounding breakdown halfway through. that part always gets my heart racing!

[@Rushifell]

Brother, you NEED to see the community medley pieces made by Huskybythegeek. Not only as a musician but as a person who makes videos for KZbin. He has literally hundreds of contributions edited and mixed into the video, one came out a few days ago to send off Endwalker. 300 musicians/contributions in a single video.

[@LionmightOfficial]

I prefer official tracks, I've only checked out two official tracks and you're already wanting to skip to covers. Nah.

[@Rushifell]

Fair enough, the well is deep and rich for FFXIV. The community videos do show how much love there is for the game and it's music. There's SO much to sink your teeth into with 14. Look up Dedicated to Moonlight and In the Balance. Music from some Endwalker Alliance raids (24 player raids).

[@RianaFelblade]

@@LionmightOfficial To be fair, Husky's covers aren't your run-of-the-mill covers. They're widely loved by the FF14 community not just for the amount of production time and effort that goes into them, but also for how he highlights various content creators in the community. I do agree though, definitely worth listening to the original songs before going to covers. Some other recommendations would be "Close in the Distance", "Locus", "Rise", and "Dedicated to Moonlight". Obviously there are tons, but these are some of the cooler and more impactful songs that come to mind for me.

[@Rushifell]

@@RianaFelblade my real intent on the suggestion wasn't really for a reaction or analysis video, more just as an insight into the love the community has for it, and the impact of the music to the game as a whole. It seems it wasn't taken that way but the way I worded it was poor.

[@RianaFelblade]

@@Rushifell No no, you're good. I definitely agree that the community covers like that really do convey how much we all care about the game. You're 100% right about that.

[@MikeBison_]

I have to agree with the others here, I think there are so many more absolutely spectacular tracks from FF14 you'd love listening to. As a player of the game myself for several years, the developers absolutely *nailed* the atmosphere of the game through their clear expertise of the power of music. The fact you started with the Shadowbringers main theme is great, it's regarded as one of the best tracks in FF14 overall by a lot of the community. Soken is seriously a master of music. If I can provide suggestions for future videos featuring FF14 tracks, I would heavily recommend the main theme of the Heavensward expansion, followed by 'Black & White', the nighttime theme of the Coerthas Western Highlands region, which pulls inspiration from that theme. There's also the night and day themes of the main city, Ul'dah, called 'A New Hope' and 'Sultana Dreaming', respectively. Sultana Dreaming is my personal favorite track in the entire game, being the most calming and beautiful nighttime themed piece I've ever heard, frankly. Cheers!

[@LionmightOfficial]

Just keep suggesting and I will listen eventually. I have no plans to seek out the songs myself so I will rely heavily on you all, the Final Fantasy XIV fanbase. If nobody of you suggest, then I won't lift a finger.

[@kiri92azel]

wwow the more he explains his thouths about eqalibrioum the more it amases me how well tthouth out the song is, i thouth i had understood it, but the coment about the tribal... i,, its so well thouth out lore whise

[@zallian]

can i recommend "A Pall Most Murderous" and "home beyond the horizon"? they are my absolute most favorite songs from the game, and glory be from Garlemald!

[@ShikiRyougi05]

It's almost such a missed opportunity when people react to the ffxiv main themes without the trailers. I understand wanting experience it without context but those cinematics are just...so damn amazing. I hold shadowbringers in high regard especially. It's probably the best video game trailer of all time.

[@LionmightOfficial]

I don't care.

[@ShikiRyougi05]

@@LionmightOfficial sry✋😳🤚

[@TSLsmokey]

I see quite a bit of good suggestions to take a look at. If I might throw some into the ring for later. The themes of Pandemonium: "Ancient Shackles", "Hic Svnt Leones", "Scream", "Embers", "White Stone Black", "One Amongst the Weary", "Fleeting Moment", "Athena the Tireless One" and "Ultima's Perfection(Endwalker)". Yes, that last one is a remix of a FFT theme

[@kikukat8780]

You must have done this on purpose to drop it right before the expansion comes out... cause good job, I'm watching it now as i wait! lol

[@tayalt2406]

And here I am watching this while waiting for the release of the ffxiv new expansion Dawntrail. Only 15min left to open the servers

[@ArkSylv]

I ducking love this game

[@Staresss356]

Maybe you should react to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. soundtracks, they are one of the most atmospheric soundtracks i heard in my life

[@BaithNa]

I see a lot of the same suggestions for FFXIV songs so I'll go with some fan favorites that haven't been mentioned. Dragonsong The Twinning Answers Insatiable Innocence Tomorrow and Tomorrow

[@CheysserBellen]

Never got to like FFXIV before, I tried the trial and quit after a few hours. IDK what happened but I got to try again last year and damn, it seriously gets better. By the time I finished Endwalker MSQ it's on top of my list surpassing my love for Zelda and other RPGs I played. Wonderful review would love to see you review more and who knows if we'll see you playing the game and loving it someday. ❤

[@EriksBlue]

A little lore for Equilibrium Soken completed that song in 3 days

[@WildfireMagni]

I'd be down for hearing your thoughts on more songs from FFXIV if you have the time. I haven't played in a while, but Leviathan's theme goes pretty dang hard.

[@melodydiagames]

"What a beautiful edgy & ethereal vibe..." I've only just started Shadowbringers myself, and I feel like that captures what I've seen so far quite nicely. 😂

[@crimsongunner]

If you're taking FFXIV recommendations, I particularly like 'Scream' and 'Metal - brute justice'. While I understand that you prefer in game tracks, The Primals are an official band for the game containing a couple of the development team, including Masayoshi Soken. They do some wonderful covers of thier own songs including my preferred version of 'Metal - brute justice'. Thanks for the video.

[@LionmightOfficial]

Let's start with the basics first as always. And if the videos are a hit, then we can go more daring.

[@TheHarmonicaMusician]

I've never really understood the Final Fantasy franchise nor have I played the majority of the games, but I just recently played Kingdom Hearts from the Remix edition and now I want to get into learning the series.

[@LionmightOfficial]

I love the mainline non-MMO entries especially 7 and 8. But no more MMOs for me.

[@DeeFourCee]

@@LionmightOfficial That’s a shame because FF14 also pulls music from other games with crossovers or setting. literally having bosses from the older games for instance such as the Four Fiends.

[@hannessteffenhagen61]

What's worth keeping in mind is that there's no overall storyline to the games themselves, though some games have spinoffs. So e.g. you don't need to play 6 or 7 to play 8, each game has different gameplay, themes and aesthetics. So FF9 has a completely different vibe compared to FF8, and FF10 is very different again.

[@LionmightOfficial]

@DeeFourCee Why shame? I value my time.

[@DeeFourCee]

@@LionmightOfficial it arguably has one of the best RPG stories in the world via Shadowbringers expansion and the overarching story that culminates on Endwalker’s main story tying up 10 years of story from the start of the game. It had a great community and great music. Fun and interesting raids and dungeons as well as exciting Trials bosses. So that’s why it’s a shame the game doesn’t grasp you as miss out in these experiences. That being said “a couple hours” for a game which is easily 300 hours, IF you skip all the cutscenes, to reach the end game. Is not really a fair shot imo when it comes to MMOs. I don’t think you even reach the crux of the story where you meet the main cast of characters yet by that point? FF14 is a final fantasy game first MMO second. The RPG story is the main focus of the game and they’re made it easier to experience it with as little human interaction as possible with NPC dungeons now The FF community loves people experiencing it and are disheartened when people can’t find themselves enjoying it of arbitrary because we know how great the story is

[@InteusVII]

Definitely got to throw in a few jazzy ones like "Anamnesis Anyder" and "Akadaemia Anyder". You could throw a dart at a board of all the songs and it'll for sure land on something good.

[@Hogridahhhh]

Could you please react to the orbital bullet soundtrack?

[@serqet42]

Liked and subbed for ffxiv!! Sooooo many good tracks!

[@LionmightOfficial]

Thanks for the sub! Would love to hear your music only suggestions.

[@harold_bryant]

unrelated suggestion, but have you seen combat initiation "castle crusher"?

[@NakuruKouChannel]

saw that violin riff, insta sub

[@ikeaira8701]

Been following you since you uploaded your cover of Cosmo Canyon on the Hegalong(not on same account I'm on now...lost the password to the old one xD), so glad to see you finally reacting to this!!!!!!

[@LionmightOfficial]

More to come!

[@ikeaira8701]

@@LionmightOfficial can't wait!!!!!!

[@Carwinley]

The church-chior sound in Equilibrium is interesting; Sophia is the manifestation of a deity from a now-defunct nation. However, Sophia cares only for balance, and the song tells a tale of how seeking balance only makes things worse - in short, the lyrics detail a family broken apart by war, and how Sophia taunts her faithful to commit unspeakable acts out of revenge. Finally, the only survivor realises that things have only been made worse and commits suicide, leading to the repeated line of "An empty hearth down by the sea."

[@Bardic_Knowledge]

Yeah, it's a fairly common thing of you either bounce off XIV in ARR or you become a walking advert. I've seen a few people nearly leave the game by the time of Titan, but then the aftermath hooked them hard.

[@nerthailabs]

This came across my feed today and wanted to thank you for giving these a listen! I personally recommend the following from FFXIV: "I Am The Sea", "Breaking Boundaries", "A Father's Pride", "Cradle of Hope", "Heroes", "Miracle Works", "Seven Hundred Seventy-Seven Whiskers", "Thunderer", "The Seventh Sun (Endwalker)", and "The Maker's Ruin"/"With Hearts Aligned". Most of them are purely instrumental, and that's exactly why I would love to see a rundown of them :3 Thank you so much for leaning your ears towards Eorzea!

[@Asmodean1111]

Honestly just picking a few ff14 songs is hard, as every expo and patch all bring some insanely good songs. Limiting myself to just three, Fiend, Rise and Forged in Crimson, with FoC being a totally remake of ff4 boss fight music for Rubicante. Plus they all are very different styles of music to show just how crazy Soken is when it comes to music, he just go ham.

[@LionmightOfficial]

Just suggest what you like and I'll pit it against everyone else's collective suggestions.

[@flamer360]

Please look at the bully soundtrack, its amazing

[@Runic-Raven]

When the first Song came out i listened to it for days straight on repeat. I couldn't stop :D

[@yvreux]

I stumbled upon this video as I'm a FFXIV player and I love the OSTs so much and I've been wondering where have I seen you before. Then I remembered: Ragnarok Online. It's Master Diwa ahhhh!😄

[@Guardie]

I have no idea if you know how excellent your timing on this upload was. The game is currently on maintenance for the new expansion with the ETA in 2-ish hours. All the emotional vampires are starving for content (Also the Flying V-olin will never not be funny to me)

[@imjusttubers]

Wait until he hears the tower defense simulator roblox duckstep theme (yes its a boss music) 🗣🗣🔥🔥 im telling you rn the composer of the game is one of the best composers 🔥🔥

[@WernerFigueiredo]

"Tried for a few hours" sadly is something that doesn't work for FFXIV, you have to commit until 5.0 then you will have fun. That is very unfortunate.

[@LionmightOfficial]

Unfortunate for who? Definitely not me. I don't care, but sure bully me for having personal preferences. MMOs don't interest me anymore. And i f you do, you do you

[@LionmightOfficial]

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[@WernerFigueiredo]

​@@LionmightOfficial I think you got this wrong. Is unfortunate for the game. If square did a better job right on the early game, we would have many more players. Sorry if my message got another meaning, english is not my primary language

[@WernerFigueiredo]

@@LionmightOfficial BTW, very funny you had a short that serves well for this context. Its really not what I meant.

[@AsaValana]

with ff14.. id have to heavily recommend "Answers" and "Dragonsong" if you want their heavier, more emotional music otherwise for the sake of goofy fun? "Brutal Justice" "Rise" or "A Long Fall"

[@sosayweall_jpg]

Shadowbringers, Footfalls, Heavensward, and the absolute Queen of them all, Answers... these tracks are absolutely unmatched.

[@SharkyLunasaurus]

I believe it was during the writing of music for Shadow Bringers that Soken wrote a lot of the music while in the hospital being treated for cancer. He's just such an amazing composer I can't think of a single track from the game that I don't like. I do think its amusing though that Rob Zombie's son threatened to sue over one of the songs. It for for the song Fiend used in the Sephirot fight. Which is also from the heavensward expansion. Sephirot(Fiend), Sophia(Equilibrium), and Zurvan(Infinity) are the main big fights from that expansion. Honestly though I'd suggest just listening to all the expansion soundtracks even if you don't do reviews for them.

[@mr.mystere4999]

Few hours. It is Final Fantasy through and through. Like all FF games, it will start super duper slow so as to not overwhelm new players with too much information at once, and that goes double for FFXIV since it is an RPGMMO. Since you can be all of the jobs on one character, you are not bound by what you started out as. Simply complete the Lv10 quest for your starting class and you can go unlock the other classes, even crafters, gatherers, and fisher.

[@saltybutters3456]

You should listen to the Call of Duty WWII soundtrack. I really love it and maybe you will too, it’s very triumphant. I’d recommend "A Brotherhood of Heroes" and "Untoten Requiem".

[@malaakadam4382]

You should react to fnf Mario madness here are the songs I think you would like! 1. Nourishing blood 2.Mario and sing rhythm 9 (I know it’s a weird name) 3. Powerdown 4. demise I Hope you like the songs!

[@jeniffer7799]

"Shadowbringers" will always be Soken's Magnum Opus. Nothing compares. I never heard something like it before.

[@toximenexythol]

Man, you're the absolute best. Would love to watch your journey through 14 one day.

[@LionmightOfficial]

I already juggle 3 jobs. I won't be adding a 4th.

[@AATTrueGGamer]

He may have won his award and recognition for FFXVI's (spectacular) soundtrack, but some of Soken's absolute best work is from Shadowbringers

[@scuhbeefluff-leelufsk5198]

Can you check out the Dont Starve Together soundtrack? I suggest the /original/ main theme (there are many variations) Spring Cleaning Ragtime and The Elder Bog (A) What do you think of the ragtime era?

[@TheIndigoEclipse]

If you like Rock, FF14 tracks I highly recommend are "Oblivion" and "Scream". Both have and older 00's era vibe and I love them so much.

[@thatdragonperson]

I'd recommend listening to The Black Wolf Stalks Again, Answers, Smile, and What Angel Wakes Me. Some of my favorite songs in the game.

[@BigGomer]

i would love for you to listen to Warhammer darktide's soundtrack its amazing by jesper kyd its got some amazing different sounds that really fit the 40k universe synths chants I would love to hear your breakdown

[@aceman67]

Soken wrote the entire Shadowbringers OST while battling Cancer. And won. Praise be to Soken. Fcuk Cancer.

[@dirk9306]

Too many good tracks in xiv but to be brief, 3 Recommendations from me: Amatsu Kaze, Wayward Daughter, and To The Edge

[@tankdadffxiv]

Oh my! I saw my comment. Salamat po kuya!

[@nimbus10]

14 is very much a Final Fantasy game so there's a lot of story. Much to it's detriment almost the first 50 hours is spent building up the story and introducing characters. There are amazing pay offs later, but that long of a build up isn't for everyone.

[@elianuson2421]

Someday, i would love to see you react to "Journey" from Destiny 2 Or Transformers Fall Of Cybertron main theme

[@Da.swaggermaista]

Hi! I wanted to ask you if you could react/analyse music that is universaly used in rythm games like songs from camellia or one of my favorites XI, regarding XI's music he is the composer of the known freedom dive and my personal favorite song ascension to heaven (a masterpiece in my opinion), i would love to see your reaction and analysis on those fast pace energetic songs.

[@TheCreepypro]

so cool to see you do this since I have become very acquainted with the music of this game since I am subscribed to many musical artists who cover music from this game and have grown quite fond of it myself despite not playing the game which I am scared to do honestly since I am pretty sure if I did no one would ever hear from me again but maybe one day anyway love hearing your take on both songs especially since they both have a lot of moving parts that the composer Soken has put together so incredibly well, honestly it is quite staggering and you totally appreciate most of it which is great to hear, in fact in that first song you pointed out the great violin playing which I agree with and since I am such a nerd of the music of the final fantasy series I recognized it as the song eternal wind from ff3 which is so cool how it is put in there and sounds so natural, and in that second song I don't think I ever noticed before the bassline that sounds so similar to the one used in chrono cross, that was cool to have pointed out to me along with where the percussion comes from, you just always point out such cool things which makes these videos so much fun to watch! also those 2 violin solos that you did for both songs sounded especially cool and hope those become full covers one day!

[@ayyygeee]

oh man you if you haven't heard it already you should do a reaction to the the Outer Wilds soundtrack (not to be confused with the Outer Worlds). In my opinion it's one of the best video games soundtracks of all time.

[@realchoccibikki]

Cannot recommend Athena The Tireless One enough. Pair it with Hic Svnt Leones and One With The Weary for a complete set

[@FPS_NO]

day 1 asking to review roblox game: Combat Initiation ost, Delicate Glass in Ice (glass house theme)

[@hildy1]

Whenever I watch people react to the music or trailers I always end up binging the soundtrack afterward

[@blu4presidnt]

Hey! an Music Reaction suggestion that i think it might be cool would be Sonic Frontiers! hope that it was an good suggestion!

[@Nytrusdeathcyde]

its understandable that the story didnt click right away the gegining is slow and there's a lot of building not everyone can handle it but it is worth it if u do withstand it imo

[@melaniebiberger2191]

Its technically the same song but i suggest listening to the orchestral version of Shadowbringers theme. The string parts are very beautiful there

[@miguelgamer5622]

I like the music of this game haha, btw can you listen to the music of the game project zomboid xd?

[@zaiguul]

i highly recommend you to listen soundtracks from Hunt: Showdown! Really nice music

[@Arrowned]

Finally getting a chance to watch this (the new FFXIV expansion has stolen all my time, lol), and I was VERY happy. You know I've got a lot of respect for your experience, your work, and your takes, and hearing you gush over exactly *why* the theme of Shadowbringers is as good as it is was such a delight! Also it's always a fun time to be like "...oh, it's *that* sample library", which happened to me the first time I did the Ramuh fight in this game 😂

[@LionmightOfficial]

Hahaha! Thank you so much @Arrowned! Glad to know I'm not alone with recognizing the common sample libraries.

[@PhantomSinger1]

Why can't I give more likes?!

[@Abnormal_S.W.A.T]

You should react to Tower Defense X soundtrack, good ones i think

[@RealMrB1ank]

Please please please do Project Zomboid’s soundtrack!

[@Kuyalayya]

pls try little nightmares 2 Soundtrack and little nightmares 1 Soundtrack

[@AmirRivero-rw9xj]

you also have to react to the all stars song from friday night funkin mario madness v2

[@Nshadowtail]

Sure, this seems like a decent enough way to pass time while sitting in the login queue.

[@malven3330]

You should react to Bee my Honey xD it just dropped with the new raid series

[@kageroux1193]

FF14 starts pretty slow in ARR, but I can't help recommending powering through it and getting to Heavensward. The expansions are just way better. Understandable if you don't have time though. If you haven't done Answers you should, Nobuo Uematsu did that one. And Footfalls is amazing.

[@LionmightOfficial]

Playing an MMO is like a job. Too busy nowadays.