Zeromus Phase 1 Theme "FINAL FANTASY IV: The Final Battle (Endwalker)" - FFXIV OST

[@bwehhueh5135]

i won't lie, i was jumpscared by how hard this track goes the first time

[@Choji2011]

Hearing this and doing this fight then playing FF4 and hearing the theme on pixel remaster while fighting that form was making me wish i played it the other way. Both go hard

[@VioletNightmare]

Zeromus is literally a void corrupted dragon throwing a temper tantrum because it wants to go home and we said "Not looking like that you aren't. Go take a shower and change your clothes first. You're FILTHY."

[@NoxietyPrime]

"Hurry up and shower, stinky." - The Warrior of Light, to -Alphinaud Leveilleur- Zeromus

[@AuroDHikoshi]

The 2nd phase does have a few temper tantrum moves

[@Eacowind]

Our adorable lala saviour discribed the void as simply another place filled with boring creatures

[@BeanMan157]

Endsinger was the physical representation of depression, Zeromus like in Final Fantasy IV is anger

[@fawkespryde9183]

It's not the first time we dealt with a stinky dragon having a temper tantrum. I recall Estinien being just as stinky in Heavensward.

[@FalkRaegos]

It's criminal how HARD this track goes, yet another amazing bop from the sound team.

[@DigitalCoffee08]

It’s magnificent, and captures the feeling of the fight very well. It’s frantic, almost demented and distorted, a grim reminder of what’s at stake should you fall, and yet at the same time feeling reflective of poor Azdaja, the fear and confusion…

[@Luminous882]

This fight was a bit difficult for me honestly

[@steweygrrr]

​@@Luminous882definitely harsh for casters without movement skills or instacasts.

[@PubstarHero]

@@steweygrrr So Samurai?

[@theeternalshade2981]

I exploded several times in the fight while headbanging.

[@AGrumpyWitch]

This is what I hear when my alarm doesn't go off and I have 20 minutes to make it to work on time and not get fired

[@DraconicCatgirl]

Set multiple? Just in case?

[@AGrumpyWitch]

@@DraconicCatgirl I do, don't worry 😊

[@Eacowind]

Ya that’s why this plays lol he slept through them all

[@AGrumpyWitch]

@@Eacowind he? Breh

[@All4Tanuki]

Breh? Aw man!

[@SnancyNegative]

I love how they had every opportunity to make Zeromus's theme ANYTHING And they chose EDM and it fucking SLAPS

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

Eh…I don’t feel it fits the theme.

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

Like the Battle with Four Fiend, both versions are so much better than OG. This one feels like…wrong. XD

[@KinkyBurrito]

@@DarthAlphaTheGreatsame I think they really dropped the ball with the FF IV music in 6.5. Didn’t even get Within the Giant for the Lunar Subterrane.

[@kreeon3739]

I think it gives it a terror from space vibe, which is what Zeromus is in IV, much like JENOVA's theme

[@melaniebiberger2191]

​@@DarthAlphaTheGreati think it fits an alien being like zeromus

[@winturd4218]

0:37 sanest warrior opener

[@crowdemon_archives]

WAR do be like that sometimes

[@ShermTank7272]

Warrior: "I am here to unga, and I am here to bunga. AND NOBODY'S GONNA STOP ME!!!"

[@ProfessorHeavy1]

rotation and damage be damned, if he wants to go monke mode, he shall go monke mode.

[@XenoJoker]

We don't think, we Unga and we Bunga.

[@ProfessorHeavy1]

@@XenoJoker we unga therefore we bunga

[@ZeldaMumie]

"PKMN Trainer Golbez wants to battle. PKMN Trainer Golbez sends out Zeromus." Jokes aside, I really like the remix and overall the fight. I kinda wished we could have fought his other form too.

[@limontree476]

Glad I'm not the only one that thought this sounded like a Pokemon Champion battle theme

[@RoxiiShirogane]

​@@limontree476same xD

[@KawaiiNeko333]

One idea is they'll save that for an Ultimate.

[@VorpalGamer91]

Gives me Gen 5 tournament vibes.

[@Aschentei]

You know what, I’ll take that as canon for 6.5 lmfao

[@SweetKiguBro]

That bass solo had so much STANK on it.

[@MegaDarkness5000]

It's so good!

[@soulseeker9855]

Oh yeah.

[@lv.99mastermind45]

"We have Zodiark at home" Works for me

[@enlongjones2394]

It was kinda neat to me that the final regular trial of the expansion had a situation so similar to the first one.

[@ShabadoobieVT]

In a way, it made the final fight of Endwalker Zodiark, just as we all suspected

[@shawnscouten5184]

@@ShabadoobieVTwait, who expected that? I thought they made it incredibly clear he wouldn’t be the final boss of endwalker as he was just a tool at that point, many more votes were on hydaelyn than zodiark for final boss or even zenos merged with one. The only scenario I could see zodiark being a final patch boss is if endwalker was 2 expansions and it was the final boss of part 1 which now that I think about it probably would have been better than what we got.

[@sno_au]

@@ShabadoobieVT big brained

[@ShabadoobieVT]

@@shawnscouten5184 I did, I thought that Zenos was going to merge with Zodiark and that would be the final Trial, with a post Trial Zenos beat down a la Sephiroth. I was half right. But I never bought into that "Hydaelyn is evil" stuff because that goes against literally everything we knew about the character even before we met Venat.

[@wolfblade6569]

I like the sound of urgency in this theme.

[@Ioun267]

After the first few bars the conductor checks his watch and realizes there's an 11 minute enrage. (He's performing for the Extreme)

[@SuperSisby]

It sounds like an anxiety attack and I love it.

[@MegaDarkness5000]

1:39 Oh that bass line is so good.

[@GeekInBelgium]

You could say ... it SLAPS ...

[@hewholaughsoutload]

Oh its filthy is what it is ^_^

[@Lukeormaybenath]

I like how if you queue to this fight from anywhere, the drop syncs exactly with the light pillars from Azem's summoning, a very cool detail

[@bellamango6708]

1:39 The nasty bass makes me so happy oh my god

[@Battlecop]

I've been waiting for YEARS for this theme. This FIGHT. Seeing Big Bang sends chills down my spine as FF4 was the game that got me into this series and still means so much to me. GOD they did this fight justice.

[@Churee]

>The Big Bang >The Black hole >The fucking lightning sparks EVERYWHERE >getting absolutely bodied on the first few runs >Golbez literally casting METEOR in the cutscene after the fight It's perfect.

[@JinTekyta]

I'm really happy for the FF4 fans getting fed, because this is how I felt about the Ivalice alliance raids, and Bozja.

[@HyperfixationWizard]

I literally typed in all caps: "YES" when I saw Big Bang being cast.

[@Neoarchon]

As a fellow FFIV fan I know what you mean

[@rathernot6509]

Now they just gotta feed the FFXIV-playing fans of the other PS1 Anthologies game a.k.a. Chrono Trigger, probably with an alliance raid in 7.0 and / or maybe somewhere in 7.X raids

[@ryanrushford7918]

Beats to prog EX trials to. This kinda music gives people hidden DPS buffs confirmed.

[@andohbernard8846]

Fr 🤣 beat Ex version with reaper. I was mashing so hard

[@ProfessorHeavy1]

This has me imagining Zeromus suddenly stopping mid-fight to style on your ass with some sick moves.

[@shinobi_magi]

*pulls out an enormous bass guitar*

[@Reynsoon]

Zeromus just breakdancing on the arena like that one GIF of Moebius DJ.

[@paladinbrewer]

Sounds like a mix of the original Zeromus theme + Zodiark theme a bit, which is pretty cool.

[@thegentleman4284]

Soken loves his blends lol And I'm gladder for it.

[@hereniho]

The fight itself is basically a better version of Zodiark in every way. Zeromus reshapes reality and everything changes, you even get debuffs similar to Neo Exdeath's. Zodiark just did a 🔄 of the stage.

[@scotty110]

I swear there's a hint of the Lavos Core (final battle not World Revolution) theme in there as well.

[@carter2electricbogaloo652]

No spins, therefore better boss

[@frank3le]

this track is prob done by Takafumi Imamura.@@thegentleman4284

[@fatepod]

1:18 ここからのパート、アレンジでどうなるかずっと待ってたのは俺だけじゃないはず

[@FatalFatalisFtFts]

This sounds like a battle theme from a legendary Pokemon

[@DJ_Javikz]

Giratina type beat

[@RamMarq25]

​@@kirigherkinsI was thinking this feels like it'd fit in well with Gen 5!

[@infinitygirl92]

I literally said this to my friend too. I'm so happy I wasn't the only one who thought it was inspired by a pokemon theme.😂

[@ChaotisRavendark]

I was thinking this while doing this fight. It would definitely fit a Dark or Ghost Type Legendary Pokémon (Darkrai or Giratina). Jokes aside, this beat was just bopping 😁

[@Taikomo]

Maybe because Pokemon composers were inspired by the original Zeromus theme by Uematsu?

[@bewolf16]

- Game: "A wild Zeromus appear!!" - Warrior of Light: "Fckn finally!"

[@SneakyMuffin]

This fight felt like what Zodiark would have been if he was actually the last boss of Endwalker.

[@Wishmaster787]

Zodiark on mdma

[@serisothikos]

I love how they kept to the discordancy of the original while leaning on the insistency of the tempo. Excellent work.

[@kevindenis9551]

This honestly sounded like music you would hear during a boss fight in Metroid, heck the whole boss looked like something out of that series to me, and it made me love the heck out of it. Like some giant Space Pirate that got horribly mutated and blown up from some experiment gone horrifically wrong, or right, knowing how those Space lunatics think, lol. But yeah, amazing fight, a banger of a soundtrack. A tier battle as always.

[@TheCarash]

Metroid prime 2 remastered and 4 can't not come out any sooner

[@Ayarane]

I am reminded of the best logbook scan from Prime 1 in which the Space Pirates tried to replicate the Morphing Ball, saw that whoever attempted it would get snapped in half and the researchers are just "...k, let's set that aside for now."

[@DaimoHope]

FF4/2NA was my first FF game and seeing Zeromus realized in 3d was a treat. I had no idea how they were gonna mltranslate his sprite to 3d, but it exceeded expectations

[@codypturner]

Mans is slapping the shit out of that bass guitar for that sick short riff

[@onioncultistlordoftheonion8315]

No matter how many times this piece is remixed. The remixes understand how vital the trumpet fanfare at 1:21 is for the piece.

[@incredicassio]

He angy

[@Holyblades1982]

I was waiting for this track since we learned about Golbez. Blew my expectations and when that final phase hit and changed I literally teared up from nostalgia.

[@mearogaming8202]

Then you got punched by Nostalgia during the fight!

[@antikisa4158]

Oh the Nostalgia hit alright, literally and figuratively 😭😭😭

[@ragateguh2825]

drum and bass, venjent make me love this genre, now soken bring this, WHAT A YEAR!!!

[@Youspoonybard1]

You see my username. You know it’s my favorite FF game. Holy shit what a amazing version.

[@brandonnull6795]

This track kept me 100% hype during the Extreme learning parties.

[@stephan7379]

Zeromus looks very similiar to Giratina too, and then this track underneath. Brought back fear thought I had to sit through 3 phases...

[@Hizumi9922]

Thats true and both themes are amazing.

[@technotenor0487]

"Zemus. No, Zeromus. This time I set out to finish what I have to do." "Zeromus. This is the end for you, not us."

[@heretic_prince]

It just warms my old heart to see Zeromus in FFXIV. Final Fantasy 4 was the first FF I ever beat. So much nostalgia. Worthy tribute to the villain.

[@CactuarMaster]

My god I wasn’t ready and this ROCKED me dude. It was worth the wait I’m practically vibrating

[@gojibbq]

this is what 10yo me felt like i heard while fighting Zeromus huddled in the corner of my room on my little dslite lmao

[@Aschentei]

0:46 this part in particular goes so hard i love it

[@jhalilxvii]

A bop of diabolical proportions. I would expect nothing less from the thirteenth.

[@metricAsc02]

this honestly sounds like Something out of Dissidia Arcade/NT and I'm all for it

[@thickynugnug]

like.... SOKEN HOW DO YOU DO THIS??? bop after bop after bop. this is the expansion that had Thal's Balls as well, another landmark achievement of a song. EW is easily the most impressive music wise these days.

[@MasterPancakes]

This fight is Zodiark on crack, and I love it.

[@extinctbaryonyx]

Reminds me a lot of Pokemon Black/white OSt which is why i love this track so much

[@TheRealLink]

Terrifying boss as a kid and man, they went HARD with this and I love it. Such a fitting theme for Zeromus

[@PDohm123]

My first every foray into the Final Fantasy world was FFIV. So, you can imagine how much I geeked out over Endwalker with the FFIV heavy elements. This fight, the music had me rocking. It brought back memories to the first time I took on Zemus and Zeromus. I can't thank Soken enough for the love he showed to the classic FF themes over the years. He did FFIV right with Endwalker.

[@SutaSafaia]

I've been waiting/hoping for this song since they first released info about FF4 being a heavy theme for this expansion. I am not disappointed.

[@White_Dadh]

I just like the fact that the guitar sounds like an alarm occasionally, emphasizing the level of danger zeromus has

[@MrCarlWax]

When you just downloaded a music program and you're testing all features

[@LZ02-OVERTURE]

Takafumi Imamura is the guy behind a lot of the raid tracks everyone loves (example the Eden remixes) so I assure you he knows what he's doing here lol

[@Magiron.]

Don't know if anything wrong happened with anyone else's Trial experience but my whole instance got some massive bugs where everyone was getting each other's buffs, passives, or abilities completely breaking because we couldn't finish them. Couldn't use Microcosmos or Swiftcast cause someone else in the party had it, melees couldn't use finishers cause healers had their combo buff. And this song just added to the total insanity of it. We cleared but it was such a wild experience lol.

[@Mance1680]

DId you have a Dancer in your party? That bug has been showing up quite a bit and from what I could gather it might have to do with DNC's Tech Step

[@Magiron.]

@Mance1680 yea the Dancer in chat was saying they could only use Tech Step & procs lol.

[@crowdemon_archives]

The wild buffs make the fight funnier I think 😅 WHM with MNK buffs because clearly they're tired of bonking Zeromus or party members with a stick.

[@charliemcmillan4561]

God that four fiends lietmotif with the bass getting slapped like a mf is perfect

[@Lilrol99]

The part at 1:10 really reminded me of a Pokémon battle theme God this track slaps

[@tinyjester27]

Man..... The original FF4 theme for this fight was epic as a kid. Back when we first saw the moon in the first Rising seasonal event. When we finally met Yoshi and his staff along with all the Easter Eggs??? Bro..... All I could dream of was a FF4 crossover and the epic music from it. To think we'd get a fleshed out story of Cecil & Rosas world destroyed. A reunion with Golbez and these epic themes!!!! A lot of people have pooped on the Wndwalker post game, but these events completely make my old heart all warm. The games we grew up loving reborn again!!!!! My heart wheb phase 2 and the Red Wings Theme kicks in...... Oh boy.....

[@RidleyUwO]

Was not what I was expecting at all, but I am pleasantly surprised.

[@shaneh6707]

This goes from 0 to 100 in an instant and I love it

[@Pikacha25]

0:57 Now I know of course it's not the same gameseries so its unlikely to be a deliberate reference or homage, but... The moment this hit? I was back fighting Lavos in Chrono Trigger again. If Zeromus would've had 'the screech' I would've gone insane. ♥

[@VincentOcyris]

Bro i hear that screech in my nightmares

[@Ple7ades]

massive pokemon platinum vibes, when fighting giratina

[@RoseFielden]

They did not have to remix this song so fucking hard like holy shit. They made this already 16 bit Master piece and made it even better wow.

[@PedroSacramento2022]

An incredible tribute to the iconic FFIV's Final Boss theme!

[@AgentX2007]

You know. This reminds me of something you'd hear on OC Remix back in the day. Which is a compliment of course.

[@Juno__Music]

ZEROMUS appeared! ZEROMUS is exerting its PRESSURE!

[@lizcaggiano5569]

It's such a great homage to FFIV. Has parts that reminds me of Chrono Trigger too actually. I've loved every part of the FFIV story fitting into the FFXIV world. I had really been expecting Zero to be the Azem of the 13th, but after this patch, I can't help but wonder if maybe the original Golbez was based on the descriptions Durante gives.

[@thesunthrone]

It is very strongly implied that original Golbez was Azem of 13th. This is the first time we see Echo flashbacks in first person, with no voice in an otherwise voiced cutscene.

[@kevinelgin7076]

Final Fantasy 4 (2 in USA) was my absolute favorite. the whole Endwalker post MSQ story line has been so much fun for me. I was excited for this theme and the fight didn't disappoint either.

[@solitonmedic]

I didn't mind wiping to this boss if it means listening to this theme more

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

I'm glad that my whole team ran into the black hole and we got to play through it a second time

[@MiniPagan]

Ngl, when I was queuing up for this fight I was Vibing with this song. It goes incredibly hard, especially the choir and guitar

[@DudeTrustMe30]

I was going trough the msq with some fc members i was yelling "He loooks sick!!!!" As a big fan of FF4 the whole story was amazing for me

[@susanaustgen6441]

This fight was already amazing to begin with but this song is FIRE. Definitely made the experience more amazing for a boss that could destroy EVERYTHING.

[@sno_au]

This fight was a BLAST. Music got me going so hard

[@DraconicCatgirl]

Me and a friend were doing the patch together, she was a little bit ahead of me because of some things, but while I was still in Subterrae, I received two texts from her, which were "IMPOSTER", and "POKÉMON!?" Needless to say this does legit use the soundfont Pokémon Black & White did, or, instrument files or whatever idk music! Edit, 20/3/24: This, Rokkon, Aloalo, and Thaleia are all very, bittersweet now, considering the circumstances around them. I did them all with the aforementioned friend but, early December 2023 she kinda just, left my life. I still don't really know why she did, or why she changed so, drastically, but I do know that I'll treasure these instances and memories even with the pain attached to them now. Thank you for loving me, Evalyn, and showing me that it is possible for people to love me. I hope that wherever you are you're doing well and can deal with, whatever issues caused what happened to happen, and that you enjoy Pictomancer as well. -Vivi

[@infinitygirl92]

1:08 to 1:40 totally reminds me of a Pokemon champion or legendary fight. I wonder if Soken had been playing Black and White before making this track?

[@RaidersLair]

I was expecting a remake of Zeromus' theme, but nothing like this. When that beat dropped I nearly died. This track is phenomenal!!!

[@coreywong6229]

Nice remix for the ff4 final boss music.

[@Badger3X]

This was one of the first fights in a long time that made me feel hype. Endsinger was fun but...this was epic on so many levels. Managed to clear first time but that was through Covering our only healer on a sliver of health, then the two tanks being the last up at the last 2%...you could cut the tension with a knife. First time I saw "TANKS ADJUST!" In chat as well.

[@crowdemon_archives]

Lmao, tank adjust indeed

[@hereniho]

Agreed except the part about Endsinger being fun. Even on release that fight was a snoozefest compared to the SHB EXs. Even other expac final bosses, like Thordan and Shinryu, were way better. Heck, you can do Thordan Unreal right now and compare it to Endsinger EX MINE, and it's not even a contest... Dunno why they skimped out so badly on her fight.

[@athmanemahfouf140]

That bits from 0.58 onward reminds me so much of Chrono Trigger's last boss theme intro !

[@Aschentei]

this bgm fucking slaps i couldn't stop banging my head

[@DarthXelion]

I had PTSD when Big Bang went off and the backgruond changed, as it immediatley made me think of Grand Cross Delta from Neo Exdeath in Deltascape. Granted albeit I'm thankful this fight was a Execution Ex and not a Puzzle fight like 4th floor savage fights. I can't imagine the hell Zeromus would of been had its fight been put on par with like P4s P8s or P12s. But I can already imagine how a Ultimate would go with Zeromus

[@bugman7starsifu]

This is how to properly reimagine a classic FF theme!

[@thehooded-guru]

Straight up Ultra* Sun and Moon vibes from this song!

[@juniper2788]

Love this theme, i can see where people are coming from with saying it sounds like pokemon. Personally i get chrono trigger vibes, especially lavos but thats just me

[@ZStarShadow]

I’ve been battling severe depression lately and this song damn near cured it on its own. That’s how good Soken is. Another 10/10

[@nerothos]

I... was not expecting that. Looking forward to grinding this just to listen to the music a bunch.

[@gladiolus5133]

I really liked the fight

[@Edelweiss487]

The parts from 0:58-1:10 gives Lavos final boss theme and I love it. Never get tired of this

[@TheAuron32]

listening to this while trying to reel in a legendary fish in Stardew Valley is very fitting.

[@ToXiC9GaMeR]

This literally sounds like a metroid boss fight theme. and I love it

[@ChrisBabaganoosh]

Man's out here thinking he's in the Elite Four

[@ShermTank7272]

Nah, the Four Fiends were the Elite Four. _This_ is the _Champion_

[@solar5684]

@@ShermTank7272the champion is Golbez and Zeromus is the legendary

[@qubrinformoush5199]

Dddaaaammnnnn XD

[@jamestan5105]

Imagine being a boss of XIV. And this being your theme.

[@Elsinlock]

ok i just did this tonight and HOLY this theme goes haaard

[@zeng58]

this fight is trully a healer fight basic foundation i hope ff14 keeps it this way soo damn awesome

[@segafan1316]

That breakdown goes so hard

[@SocketedSocket]

Man FF4 is my all time favorite, so when I heard this version I almost SCREAMED on how GOOD it is

[@Reynsoon]

3:38 We Death Row (Assault) now

[@--baphomet]

The silence before getting here, and then hearing this took me for a shock..oh my goodness..it’s great.

[@Ethera55]

That hit so hard Right away😂❤

[@benjaminbergren7464]

Black Hole is such a cool move.

[@TwinSpiritTV]

Way back when, my brother and I would walk over to Blockbuster to rent FF4. Playing that game all the way thru, and seeing the final fight then (and hearing the tunes) was something I'll never forget. I had no idea that years and years later, I'd be revisiting that same fight and music. Once again, CBU3 crushes it!

[@Ruenvale]

Every time I think Soken peaks out comes another banger like this

[@Angel_Flash]

I LOOOOOVE this, it sounds like classic PSO2 music!!

[@sergiopablosanchezcorderog1514]

0:57 reminds me of chrono trigger's lavos final battle for some reason

[@FlynnFromTaiga]

I love how it's starts as generic orchestra, then in one second crumbles into the beautiful abomination. And intro fits cutscene perfectly. You are hearing the boss battle, you wait for your comrades to teleport, then music changes. And you feel the urgency.

[@neverbloom4717]

Play this to someone who doesnt follow ff14 and they could believe its a modern pokemon game

[@ateezinx6448]

This reminds me of specific boss battle in Legends Arceus and I love it. Loved the patch!

[@crimsonshadow1477]

Soken and the music team be spoiling us with these bangers