Really? That's interesting! I listened to this for the first time today so I never knew, I just assumed it was Soken due to the similar style I'm hearing here.
@@AlexMoukalaMusic Okabe himself mentioned that he wanted the track to "fit" with the musical style of FFXIV, so he intentionally mimicked Soken's style. He's truly an incredible composer!
No. Please nerd out more. You'd be surprised but the way you nerd out shows your interest and passion the best way. Not to mention you explain it so clearly it's easy to share that enjoyment with you. To pull from your analogy of music composing to be like cooking, I feel as if I'm being spoken to a master chef explaining the process that went into creating a wonderful meal. If you've ever had that experience, you know that it causes the meal to be that much more enjoyable.
Listening to people nerd out about stuff they love is the real content I look for. Genuine reactions and energy will always be better than slick, polished fakes.
The only game I ever felt satisfied completing after that deletion of the save file 🥰 leaves you to shed a single tear as you close the application with how humanity is literally involved by sacrificing everything you’ve built to help another person 😭
I"m late to the party, but thank you so much for a great video! I really appreciate that you explain things so clearly in an accessible way (and also introduce us to terminology like subdivisions and modulation).
I’ve never seen or heard an analysis like this that focused solely on the music. You’ve definitely earned my sub and I can’t wait to see the rest of your work!
I love your video ! Your comments about the technicities of the track are really interesting too. For example about how the instruments answer to each other (that I didn't even notice btw). Please do some more on FFXIV's tracks (other primals or bosses music, or just regular tracks) !
You Madlad! That Major/Minor pic! XD I love watching your reponses to these song as I remember the hype I felt when I first heard them but with words for as to why I was so hype
We came for the nerding out. Please continue doing it, we need more nerding out from a professional PoV. You help give words to what we're all thinking but don't know how to put into proper terms. Keep nerding out, keep the reactions going, and may you always walk in the light of the Crystal.
Great video! I did The Copied Factory for the first time coming back to the game last night. It was an awesome raid!! I died a lot but had a great time. Was astounded at how epic the music was. I would love to see you do the Rak’Tika theme!!
I love that they sneaked in the "crystal" music they usually put in almost every Final Fantasy game (the one around 9:02) and you did a perfect job breaking this epic beat down! :D
I love these music theory discussions! I'm glad you, and a number of other youtubers, have popped up in my recommend lately - I've been learning how to use a DAW and these types of breakdowns are super helpful. Don't apologise for stopping the track to talk about things, you sharing your knowledge is the main event hahah. As for a track to recommend, Unbending Steel would be my pick. It's a waltz with the deepest tenor I think I've ever heard in my life
If you're into DAWs, feel free to check our my professional channel, "Alex Moukala Tutorials"! I have plenty of videos in there where I explain in detail how to write orchestral music by ear, using my final fantasy covers as an example sometimes
Watched the "Beautiful Song" vid and this ans instantly subbed. I'm a musician and I'm so so glad that someone else has picked up and enjoyed this amazing sound track.
For more FFXIV there's always "Twilight over Thanalan" or "On Windy Meadows." Would definitely like to see some Final Fantasy 9 songs at some point as well. "Melodies of Life" "Vamo Alla Flamenco" "You're not Alone" "Rose of May"
Omg please please do Innocence's Theme. I could NOT stop listenign to that song. And when it played the first time you do the fight, I barely was able to complete my rotations because it was SO powerful. I realized then that the Shadowbringers boss themes were actually a toned down version of the masterpiece that is the Innocence Theme.
When I listen to this track, I can't wait to explore next parts of the NieR Raid. Was kinda disappointed that they choose twice Song of the Ancients, but Bipolar Nightmare for Engels was quite welcome. So now, I can't wait to discover which tracks they will feature. There are so many great songs and music from NieR & NieR Automata OSTs. Give me Grandma - Destruction, Emil - Despair, A Beautiful Song, Shadowlord, Kainé - Salvation ... I can't wait to listen to the new "collab" we may get between both OST from NieR & FF. We already know it will be AWESOME. That something we tend to forget to praise when it comes to FFXIV : The fandom is used to hear so many great tracks, we all have our favorites songs from Primals. Everyone was excited when we fought Niddhog the second time for obvious reasons. I have a soft spot for Tsukuyomi's theme because ... I don't even need to explain, it's awesome. With Shadowbringers the community learnt to love this annoying theme that is What Angels Wake Me, now we all call it FALALA. Innocence's one of course was also great, BUT The last primal of the 5.0. THE LAST ONE. IT ALL MADE SENSE. WE SAW WHAT YOU DID NAOKI-SAMA. Now every big patch we're like : Which awesome music we'll get to love this time ?
Love your work! Hearing some of the inner melodies in the music brought to attention is really eye opening (or rather, ear opening?). I've seen from your FF7R battle theme remix that you also enjoy Shimomura's music, would you be interested to do a reaction analysis to the recent KH3 Remind DLC's rendition of "Vector to the Heavens"? Xion's theme has been re-arranged/orchestrated many times, and each time she adds something new and unique. The latest rendition I feel did something really interesting in the sense that she knows that the listeners know what is coming next, and (i think) plays with our expectations to add further suspension and relief. I would really want to see a musically inclined professional react and break it down.
Dude I just found this channel and it is awesome. I love your new arrangements of old FF songs. Keep it up and grow your channel. Also do Civilizations (La hee) next please.
Hope you're able to achieve your dreams! I'm all about the Twinning and even eScape, but what I think would be really cool is a comparison between the "normal" version of garuda/ifrit/titan themes and the ultimate versions.
I farmed that raid tonight for 6 hours to get the Orchestration rolls. Finally got two of them, Alien Manifestation and Weight of the World (Prelude Version). I was so pleased to get WotW. Such an incredible piece in an amazing set of raid music. But being forced to fight Nines _sucks_ I gotta admit.
When I first heard this song I was the main healer in our team (WHM) ... now ... the song itself left me in a state of "awe/shock" and because of that my entire team was dying around me (I wasn't healing)
I freaking LOVE that game! And Mankind Divided too, incredible soundtrack. Though I want to keep this channel mostly around Final Fantasy to be honest for now, but who knows, maybe in the future!
Can you do Insanity? It does some really interesting things with the Shadowbringers main theme, and might work as a good companion piece to your video on that. Alternatively, the three stages of the Tsukuyomi fight would be cool, if you feel in the mood for a big video.
I can't understand a single thing of what you're saying man, since music is just a mistery for me and I'm dumb as a rock... but man, you're so passionate that you make me stick until the end in every content you upload. Go on this way, these videos are so interesting
Final Fantasy does alot of epic music but they also have a really harmoniuous and extremely emotional side like Dragonsong from FFXIV:Heavensward, I would love to see you cover it :D
I don't know if you would want to do any older OST stuff for FFXIV, but Revenge of the Horde from the Heavensward expansion is probably my favorite of anything besides the Shadowbringer stuff. Would be dope to have you break that down if you have not already!
I wonder, have you considered like a live feed of something completely new? So like when they release something new to just react live on it? also perhaps Amaurot's song? When we go through the past of what happened to it.
I don't understand peaple comparing WoW and FF14 .... just listen to this music and this fight it's just another level. Show me an beautiful battle in wow please. Ok wow is fun to be honest but FF14 is fun and beautiful !
Love this reaction! A bit out of place but something I would really like to see react to is “The Other Promise/Vector to the Heavens” from Kingdom Hearts 3. It was a track that I heard and instantly fell in love with and i would love to hear your thoughts on it
This was the first time I listened to the track since I didn't play the 5.1 content yet. I think it's officially my favorite boss theme from FFXIV now. PS. Gameplay video is from Mekkah Dee!
In FFXIV it's a crime to run this raid and not set the music audio to 100% for this fight. I never played Nier but just hearing this in the preview led me to do so much research about the game and gave me that much higher a respect for the track here, which was already incredible. I can't wait to see more of your stuff! It's fascinating to me as a musician who went into engineering to see a deeper theory background to the pieces while sharing the same enthusiasm for all the emotional musicality bits that just hit hard. Love it all, you rock and thanks for uploading! The Twinning would be wonderful just since it's a combination of other themes the playerbase has heard prior, and seeing things mixed and brought back together is always super cool. Absolutely gets my vote!
TBF Blizzard are never wrong when it comes to 2 things : the quality of their music and the quality of their High CGI cinematics. All other things became so trash over the years that it really pains me to say that Blizzard is no longer a good firm. I mean Sc2 was really gorgeous to look at, the Warcraft's music is still appealing and Overwatch had some decent music however when it comes to gameplay aside SC2 it is very repititive and or is heavily lacking in fun factor. When a game company is more interesting with its cinematics and/or music more than their gameplay ( by a HUGE margin ) you know that it doesn't have the passionate people it needs in order to innovate and bring something new and fun to the table.
Ouch. While I quit WoW because of what Activision has done managing it, I will definitely say Blizzard's grunt level guys making the content itself are putting their effort into the art and sound assets, the storytelling (the story itself may lack but the actual storytelling has been spot-on). But yeah, this is like some guys making some pretty good game music versus people several leagues above them in music composition. It's not even close, but it doesn't mean WoW doesn't have some good tracks with effort and love put into them, even now. Those Activision buggers can sod off though, give me back my classic Blizzard.
Oh man, as someone who's completely musically brain dead you actually explained all of the musical theory in the video super clearly, so thanks! Definitely checking out your other stuff now ^^
even when you are Musically brain Dead, you see the difference between FF14 soundtracks and other games ... FF14 have one of the best EVER created soundtracks and i bet it cost Square enix more money to make that kind of music then Other Producer spend in ther entire products.
Yeah I love singing but can't sing Weight of the World because if I think about it any harder than just trying to remember the lyrics I'll literally choke up and possibly cry. It's absurd and it's been years but still, to this day...
@@maudlin9725 its actually a combination of eScape/rise (the bassline) and the Syrcus tower theme, which are the things that bind this dungeon thematically and adds another layer for the listener that only works if you know the context of the dungeon.
@@angrytwxgaming8423 Tsukoyomi Trial is by far one of the saddest fight in the game along side with Shiva for the same reason: they are no monsters but humans who have been sent to this extreme by the rest of the world, If Ishgard tried to understand many things could be differents, same with Tsuyu, if she wasn't rejected like she was (and forced into prostitution) her hate will never growth like this leading to this ffight where, well, I wanted to save her because the moments she had with Gosetsu were really happy for her, even if she was one of the biggest traitor in Doma history it's for all the suffer she had from them
This track is what pushed me over the edge and into finally buying Nier Automata. It's just incredible, and the experience is even more mind-blowing when you're hearing it whilst in the fight yourself.
I SECOND THIS! The Copied City is one of my favorite tracks from NieR: Automata! That menacing, unsettling, yet mysterious feeling. Perfectly fitting the monochromatic city created by a robot with a flawed understanding of what makes one "human".
If you'd like a "silly" track, look at Good King Moggle Mog's Theme, Titania's Theme, or even Brute Justice' Theme(just the normal one as it's pretty cheesy and power ranger esk). If you're looking for a good FFXIV meme, look into The Rak'tika Greatwood Theme #1 (Prepare for misheard lyrics and probably an influx of game references in the comments). If you like some baritone voices, try the second half of Ravana's Theme. Nael deus Darnus' Theme (Coil T9) is an interesting mix of rock, orchestral, and choral that evolves as the piece goes on with callbacks to other themes. If you're looking for a great all around orchestral theme with some powerful choral elements, look into Shinryu's Theme.
It's so enjoyable listening to someone who actually understands music breaking it down. it gives me more words to describe WHY it's so fun to listen to instead of just "hhhhhhhhhhhh pretty."
When I first did this raid, I went in blind, not knowing what would happen. When that song played, I actually started trembling. It's so immensely powerful! The word "epic" gets thrown around a lot these days, but this piece truly is epic, in every sense of the word.
When I heard the Prelude theme in this track, it gave be goosebumps. Even though Nobuo Uemtasu is kind of ashamed on how popular the arpeggio got when it was super simple, but I feel like Nobuo unintentionally made it such a genius melody that fits with any song from any Final Fantasy game
glad i subbed, i love these videos definitely a yes on ''a long fall'' (the twinning) i would like to maybe see all songs from either the tsukiyomi or suzaku fight, there is a lot of mood shifts in the music in those fights
Omg don't apologize for the music nerd things. I don't know anything about music...things... but when you are going nerd i still understand what you're talking about. it's so awesome!
I love seeing you "music nerd"-out to the music that "I" love. It's such a nice feeling to see a representation of what I'm feeling in the same moments (since you can't see your own face). Even though I've listened to these tracks hundreds of times, you have given me more appreciation for each individual part. I love what you're doing, and can't wait to see more.
The thing I like most about this track is how they mixed the iconic FF Prelude into it. They did it so subtly, that I missed it the first few times I did the boss encounter.
This Track wasnt actually done by Soken, as part of the nier colab, Keiichi Okabe joined as the guest composer for this remix.
Really? That's interesting!
I listened to this for the first time today so I never knew, I just assumed it was Soken due to the similar style I'm hearing here.
Alex Moukala Music It is likely / probable Soken helped him or collaborated with Okabe, but Okabe is the credit. Still a great video! Easy mistake.
@@AlexMoukalaMusic Okabe himself mentioned that he wanted the track to "fit" with the musical style of FFXIV, so he intentionally mimicked Soken's style. He's truly an incredible composer!
@@AlexMoukalaMusic Hoping for a future collab with Soken and Okabe. Just imagine how amazing that music would be!
I’d love to see what your take on some of the unique primal boss themes in the game are,
Shiva’s theme
Tsukiyomi’s theme
Are just two to name a few
No. Please nerd out more. You'd be surprised but the way you nerd out shows your interest and passion the best way. Not to mention you explain it so clearly it's easy to share that enjoyment with you. To pull from your analogy of music composing to be like cooking, I feel as if I'm being spoken to a master chef explaining the process that went into creating a wonderful meal. If you've ever had that experience, you know that it causes the meal to be that much more enjoyable.
Listening to people nerd out about stuff they love is the real content I look for. Genuine reactions and energy will always be better than slick, polished fakes.
Nerds are the best at in-depth explanations, because they REALLY understand what they're talking about.
"For those of you that haven't played Nier Automata... PLAY NIER AUTOMATA!"
For those of you that haven't played Snake eater, what a loss too x'D
The only game I ever felt satisfied completing after that deletion of the save file 🥰 leaves you to shed a single tear as you close the application with how humanity is literally involved by sacrificing everything you’ve built to help another person 😭
@@PoraArts can you please alter your comment to remove the ending spoiler. For many it could be seen as ruining the entire game of Automata for others
I'm not gonna lie, the music is one big reason why I want to try nier. I enjoy the alliance raids, that also helps alot
GET ENDING E
Should react to "Answers" that song always brings a tear to my eyes.
I agree 100000% PLEASE DO ANSWERS
Nael’s song ‘rise of the white raven’ is another good one.. infact just review all the UCoB ost and I’ll be happy 😂
The best way to experience Answers is to level sync Bahamut Prime and listen to how it progresses as the fight goes on.
I"m late to the party, but thank you so much for a great video! I really appreciate that you explain things so clearly in an accessible way (and also introduce us to terminology like subdivisions and modulation).
Dragonsong. Do Dragonsong. For the love of the Twelve, do Dragonsong.
I VOTE FOR THIS!
Do all the expansion main themes, you already did Shadowbringers, so do Dragonsong, Answers, all of them!
I’ve never seen or heard an analysis like this that focused solely on the music. You’ve definitely earned my sub and I can’t wait to see the rest of your work!
I love your video ! Your comments about the technicities of the track are really interesting too. For example about how the instruments answer to each other (that I didn't even notice btw). Please do some more on FFXIV's tracks (other primals or bosses music, or just regular tracks) !
You Madlad! That Major/Minor pic! XD
I love watching your reponses to these song as I remember the hype I felt when I first heard them but with words for as to why I was so hype
At 00:03:24 - I always hear this bit as 'Hoooly Shiiiit - AHHHHHHHH' which sums up my reaction to the piece nicely.
Would love to see you analyze NieR's music!
We came for the nerding out. Please continue doing it, we need more nerding out from a professional PoV. You help give words to what we're all thinking but don't know how to put into proper terms. Keep nerding out, keep the reactions going, and may you always walk in the light of the Crystal.
Great video! I did The Copied Factory for the first time coming back to the game last night. It was an awesome raid!! I died a lot but had a great time. Was astounded at how epic the music was. I would love to see you do the Rak’Tika theme!!
I love that they sneaked in the "crystal" music they usually put in almost every Final Fantasy game (the one around 9:02) and you did a perfect job breaking this epic beat down! :D
Pharos Syrius ost is one of my older post 1.0 favourites. Also FFXIV OST - Phoenix Theme (From the Ashes). Great video btw.
When man hit that laHEE I had to pause for a second
damn dude
came for the nier feels
stayed for the la hee
(that seriously threw me off for a laugh at the end lmfao)
I love these music theory discussions! I'm glad you, and a number of other youtubers, have popped up in my recommend lately - I've been learning how to use a DAW and these types of breakdowns are super helpful.
Don't apologise for stopping the track to talk about things, you sharing your knowledge is the main event hahah.
As for a track to recommend, Unbending Steel would be my pick. It's a waltz with the deepest tenor I think I've ever heard in my life
If you're into DAWs, feel free to check our my professional channel, "Alex Moukala Tutorials"!
I have plenty of videos in there where I explain in detail how to write orchestral music by ear, using my final fantasy covers as an example sometimes
@@AlexMoukalaMusic Ooh! I most certainly will, thank you!
Watched the "Beautiful Song" vid and this ans instantly subbed. I'm a musician and I'm so so glad that someone else has picked up and enjoyed this amazing sound track.
Yes!! Definitely do more of these, I am loving them! :D
For more FFXIV there's always "Twilight over Thanalan" or "On Windy Meadows."
Would definitely like to see some Final Fantasy 9 songs at some point as well.
"Melodies of Life"
"Vamo Alla Flamenco"
"You're not Alone"
"Rose of May"
By coincidence your ShB theme video showed up on my recommends the other day and I'm so glad you're tackling this track too :D
You are amazing Alex ❤️ God bless you Sir
This is phenomenal analysis and I want you to never stop with these.
Omg please please do Innocence's Theme. I could NOT stop listenign to that song. And when it played the first time you do the fight, I barely was able to complete my rotations because it was SO powerful. I realized then that the Shadowbringers boss themes were actually a toned down version of the masterpiece that is the Innocence Theme.
This so much! Insanity is one of the most slept on tracks of ShB! It's so good.
When I listen to this track, I can't wait to explore next parts of the NieR Raid. Was kinda disappointed that they choose twice Song of the Ancients, but Bipolar Nightmare for Engels was quite welcome. So now, I can't wait to discover which tracks they will feature. There are so many great songs and music from NieR & NieR Automata OSTs. Give me Grandma - Destruction, Emil - Despair, A Beautiful Song, Shadowlord, Kainé - Salvation ... I can't wait to listen to the new "collab" we may get between both OST from NieR & FF. We already know it will be AWESOME.
That something we tend to forget to praise when it comes to FFXIV : The fandom is used to hear so many great tracks, we all have our favorites songs from Primals. Everyone was excited when we fought Niddhog the second time for obvious reasons. I have a soft spot for Tsukuyomi's theme because ... I don't even need to explain, it's awesome. With Shadowbringers the community learnt to love this annoying theme that is What Angels Wake Me, now we all call it FALALA. Innocence's one of course was also great, BUT The last primal of the 5.0. THE LAST ONE. IT ALL MADE SENSE. WE SAW WHAT YOU DID NAOKI-SAMA.
Now every big patch we're like : Which awesome music we'll get to love this time ?
Love your work! Hearing some of the inner melodies in the music brought to attention is really eye opening (or rather, ear opening?). I've seen from your FF7R battle theme remix that you also enjoy Shimomura's music, would you be interested to do a reaction analysis to the recent KH3 Remind DLC's rendition of "Vector to the Heavens"? Xion's theme has been re-arranged/orchestrated many times, and each time she adds something new and unique. The latest rendition I feel did something really interesting in the sense that she knows that the listeners know what is coming next, and (i think) plays with our expectations to add further suspension and relief. I would really want to see a musically inclined professional react and break it down.
Dude I just found this channel and it is awesome. I love your new arrangements of old FF songs. Keep it up and grow your channel. Also do Civilizations (La hee) next please.
this is such a great breakdown and analysis, I learned a lot. thank you!
Big fan of whenever the main theme of a game gets used throughout. Like undertale. The prelude part in this was just amazing.
Hope you're able to achieve your dreams! I'm all about the Twinning and even eScape, but what I think would be really cool is a comparison between the "normal" version of garuda/ifrit/titan themes and the ultimate versions.
Oooh, I second this!
Nice ! How about the Mortal Instants track ? The one playing in the Amaurot dungeon ? :D
Such a good one, I'm still emotional thinking about that one.
This is one track for one fight in one raid the whole of ffxiv... The fact the effort all the songs get in the game is just incredible
I'd like to see you do other video game music if you want to! Really enjoy the music and review! Love the energy!
Didn't know there's a FFXIV WotW version track! Sounds very epic!
3:23 that was my reaction when I first ran this raid xD. Song was amazing.
I farmed that raid tonight for 6 hours to get the Orchestration rolls. Finally got two of them, Alien Manifestation and Weight of the World (Prelude Version). I was so pleased to get WotW. Such an incredible piece in an amazing set of raid music. But being forced to fight Nines _sucks_ I gotta admit.
you should do a music analysis on the song that plays during the opera singer battle
Am I the only one who hears the melody of "Monday Morning" in the french horn part? :D
"From the Heavens" - the Final Omega theme from O12S. It has a 5 minute loop and incorporates a ton of leitmotifs.
I love this video and I love this song.
I'd actually LOVE to hear your take on Rise of the White Raven. Old content, but good song
this theme always gives me goosebumps
LA HEE is now in my head for the whole day, thanks...
When I first heard this song I was the main healer in our team (WHM) ... now ... the song itself left me in a state of "awe/shock" and because of that my entire team was dying around me (I wasn't healing)
To be honest the Shadowbringers soundtrack is one big masterpiece! Thank you so much for that amazing analysis! That was what the music deserved!
I've heard rumors that the choir sings in Eorzean for the chorus.
I’d love to see some analysis on the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided soundtrack! Bloody hell is that an incredible and unique soundtrack!
I freaking LOVE that game! And Mankind Divided too, incredible soundtrack.
Though I want to keep this channel mostly around Final Fantasy to be honest for now, but who knows, maybe in the future!
Please yes!!
Yep. That sound track is badass!
Can you do Insanity? It does some really interesting things with the Shadowbringers main theme, and might work as a good companion piece to your video on that.
Alternatively, the three stages of the Tsukuyomi fight would be cool, if you feel in the mood for a big video.
I can't understand a single thing of what you're saying man, since music is just a mistery for me and I'm dumb as a rock... but man, you're so passionate that you make me stick until the end in every content you upload.
Go on this way, these videos are so interesting
do INSANITY (the Innocence fight!!) That track BLEW MY MIND when i first heard it in game!
I'd love a breakdown of the other Nier music ♥
> what is your favourite part of the track
ALL OF IT
Final Fantasy does alot of epic music but they also have a really harmoniuous and extremely emotional side like Dragonsong from FFXIV:Heavensward, I would love to see you cover it :D
i don't know what he is talking about but i am happy cause he is happy
I don't know if you would want to do any older OST stuff for FFXIV, but Revenge of the Horde from the Heavensward expansion is probably my favorite of anything besides the Shadowbringer stuff. Would be dope to have you break that down if you have not already!
I'd be really interested to hear a reaction to La-Hee haha. Adoreee this song.
I would love to see his reaction to Titania's theme, or just the music shift from Shyva.
came for the fandom, stayed for the lessons
I play this raid again and again, just for the music ^^
Edit : And yeah, definitly the Twinnings, or Answers.
I wonder, have you considered like a live feed of something completely new? So like when they release something new to just react live on it?
also perhaps Amaurot's song? When we go through the past of what happened to it.
Unique request: check out Lakeland's zone theme (aay and/or night,) it has hella wild tempo!
Part 2 of Hades fight please 😳😳
Ahhh yes keiichi okabe.. the only man who could rival sokens compositional prowess
you have to do A Long Fall (the Twinning) and Invincible (Hades)
I don't understand peaple comparing WoW and FF14 .... just listen to this music and this fight it's just another level. Show me an beautiful battle in wow please. Ok wow is fun to be honest but FF14 is fun and beautiful !
*still waiting for the reaction/analysis on Puppet's Bunker music*
I would love to see you do these on Nier ost
Hello, just found your channel. Would love to see your reactions to Kingdom Hearts music!
that lahee killed me XD
Love this reaction! A bit out of place but something I would really like to see react to is “The Other Promise/Vector to the Heavens” from Kingdom Hearts 3. It was a track that I heard and instantly fell in love with and i would love to hear your thoughts on it
Why you do my heart dirty like that by putting Edda in the video!
Glory to mankind
This was the first time I listened to the track since I didn't play the 5.1 content yet.
I think it's officially my favorite boss theme from FFXIV now.
PS. Gameplay video is from Mekkah Dee!
It's my favourite, bar none. Not even Suzaku's or Titania's could come close.
Just found you channel yesterday and I love your content
Even if I wasnt a Nier fanboi, this track would be my favorite FF14 track. And thats saying a lot considering the Innocense theme was my favorite.
In FFXIV it's a crime to run this raid and not set the music audio to 100% for this fight. I never played Nier but just hearing this in the preview led me to do so much research about the game and gave me that much higher a respect for the track here, which was already incredible.
I can't wait to see more of your stuff! It's fascinating to me as a musician who went into engineering to see a deeper theory background to the pieces while sharing the same enthusiasm for all the emotional musicality bits that just hit hard. Love it all, you rock and thanks for uploading!
The Twinning would be wonderful just since it's a combination of other themes the playerbase has heard prior, and seeing things mixed and brought back together is always super cool. Absolutely gets my vote!
5.2 comes out next week! There is more to come!
FFXIV... puts more effort into one track than Blizzard puts into an entire expansion.
Sir, I'mma need you to turn in your gun. Shots were fired xD
TBF Blizzard are never wrong when it comes to 2 things : the quality of their music and the quality of their High CGI cinematics. All other things became so trash over the years that it really pains me to say that Blizzard is no longer a good firm. I mean Sc2 was really gorgeous to look at, the Warcraft's music is still appealing and Overwatch had some decent music however when it comes to gameplay aside SC2 it is very repititive and or is heavily lacking in fun factor. When a game company is more interesting with its cinematics and/or music more than their gameplay ( by a HUGE margin ) you know that it doesn't have the passionate people it needs in order to innovate and bring something new and fun to the table.
god damned dude you made me laugh.
thats what happens when a company's goal turns into sucking on china's tiny penis that smells like nothing but money.
Ouch. While I quit WoW because of what Activision has done managing it, I will definitely say Blizzard's grunt level guys making the content itself are putting their effort into the art and sound assets, the storytelling (the story itself may lack but the actual storytelling has been spot-on). But yeah, this is like some guys making some pretty good game music versus people several leagues above them in music composition. It's not even close, but it doesn't mean WoW doesn't have some good tracks with effort and love put into them, even now.
Those Activision buggers can sod off though, give me back my classic Blizzard.
Oh man, as someone who's completely musically brain dead you actually explained all of the musical theory in the video super clearly, so thanks! Definitely checking out your other stuff now ^^
even when you are Musically brain Dead, you see the difference between FF14 soundtracks and other games ... FF14 have one of the best EVER created soundtracks and i bet it cost Square enix more money to make that kind of music then Other Producer spend in ther entire products.
i hate how im emotionally attatched to niers music in such a way that hearing it makes me fucking cry lmao god i love nier, bless you okabe
Yeah I love singing but can't sing Weight of the World because if I think about it any harder than just trying to remember the lyrics I'll literally choke up and possibly cry. It's absurd and it's been years but still, to this day...
Even now hearing City Ruins fills me with a mix of joy, sadness and intense calm.
The Twinning. Definetly do The Twinning next haha
fuck yes
You mean the craziest medley but not medley ever done in a video game? Thats a thumbs up from me.
If he does the Twinning's track, he needs to check out eScape first, since it's a remix of sorts.
@@maudlin9725 its actually a combination of eScape/rise (the bassline) and the Syrcus tower theme, which are the things that bind this dungeon thematically and adds another layer for the listener that only works if you know the context of the dungeon.
The jazz radio music in the dungeon Akadaemia Anyder after the twinning
I couldn't concentrate on that fight AT ALL because the song took me by surprise
and I was singing all the time ... WE'RE GONNA SHOW IT LOUUUD
Shout^ O:
this track makes me cry every time I hear it, hard to dodge AOEs through the tears
"Wayward Daughter" from the Tsukiyomi trial would be a great one to review.
The entire tsukoyomi trial tbh. Wayward daughter then the theme shift to lunacy
@@angrytwxgaming8423 Tsukoyomi Trial is by far one of the saddest fight in the game along side with Shiva for the same reason: they are no monsters but humans who have been sent to this extreme by the rest of the world, If Ishgard tried to understand many things could be differents, same with Tsuyu, if she wasn't rejected like she was (and forced into prostitution) her hate will never growth like this leading to this ffight where, well, I wanted to save her because the moments she had with Gosetsu were really happy for her, even if she was one of the biggest traitor in Doma history it's for all the suffer she had from them
@@vayalond7203 I absolutely love this trial on ex
This track is what pushed me over the edge and into finally buying Nier Automata. It's just incredible, and the experience is even more mind-blowing when you're hearing it whilst in the fight yourself.
True.
If you liked it, NieR is getting a remake and the environments look great so far!
@@Lakross101 OMG OMG YESS THIS GOTTA BE WORTH TO WAIT 😍😍
I’d Love to See you Doing One On The NieR OST
Maybe Tracks like Copied City
I SECOND THIS! The Copied City is one of my favorite tracks from NieR: Automata! That menacing, unsettling, yet mysterious feeling. Perfectly fitting the monochromatic city created by a robot with a flawed understanding of what makes one "human".
Yeah we need some good nier automata music review please!
As for recommendations I would love to hear your take on the Alexander music, its some of my favourite and more unique in the game.
Anything from Alexander would be great. Particularly Brute Justice with it's Sentai Homage.
I'd love to see a reaction to Locus.
The theme from Cruise Chaser (A11) would be great too.
Names for Cruise Chaser is Exponential Entropy and Brute Justice is Metal but the Brute Justice Remix
YES PLEASE! ALEX SOUNDTRACK IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE IN FFXIV
If you'd like a "silly" track, look at Good King Moggle Mog's Theme, Titania's Theme, or even Brute Justice' Theme(just the normal one as it's pretty cheesy and power ranger esk). If you're looking for a good FFXIV meme, look into The Rak'tika Greatwood Theme #1 (Prepare for misheard lyrics and probably an influx of game references in the comments). If you like some baritone voices, try the second half of Ravana's Theme. Nael deus Darnus' Theme (Coil T9) is an interesting mix of rock, orchestral, and choral that evolves as the piece goes on with callbacks to other themes. If you're looking for a great all around orchestral theme with some powerful choral elements, look into Shinryu's Theme.
I'd love to hear all of Ravana's music - the waltz at first, followed by his awesome deep lyrics - it'd be amazing to hear a full analysis.
It's so enjoyable listening to someone who actually understands music breaking it down. it gives me more words to describe WHY it's so fun to listen to instead of just "hhhhhhhhhhhh pretty."
I thought I wouldn't enjoy his videos because I know nothing of music, but I think being ignorant might actually make it more enjoyable
When I first did this raid, I went in blind, not knowing what would happen.
When that song played, I actually started trembling. It's so immensely powerful!
The word "epic" gets thrown around a lot these days, but this piece truly is epic, in every sense of the word.
3:30 Anime or game reactors sometimes say "Nani?!". It always makes me laugh😂
from🇯🇵 Thanks for great review!
That "La Hee!" was pretty good though, real talk.
we talking ending A,B,C,D endings for weight of the world or are we TALKING ENDING E I WANT TO CRY weight of the world
All of the above I think
When I heard the Prelude theme in this track, it gave be goosebumps. Even though Nobuo Uemtasu is kind of ashamed on how popular the arpeggio got when it was super simple, but I feel like Nobuo unintentionally made it such a genius melody that fits with any song from any Final Fantasy game
glad i subbed, i love these videos
definitely a yes on ''a long fall'' (the twinning) i would like to maybe see all songs from either the tsukiyomi or suzaku fight, there is a lot of mood shifts in the music in those fights
Second that! I need to understand how one track can jam that hard. XDD
Omg don't apologize for the music nerd things. I don't know anything about music...things... but when you are going nerd i still understand what you're talking about. it's so awesome!
I love seeing you "music nerd"-out to the music that "I" love. It's such a nice feeling to see a representation of what I'm feeling in the same moments (since you can't see your own face).
Even though I've listened to these tracks hundreds of times, you have given me more appreciation for each individual part. I love what you're doing, and can't wait to see more.
PLEASE Do "Invincible", Hades's theme. The first 25 seconds are the most epic intro in fight music history. And then it throws you off a cliff.
A Wild Prelude starts playing
Alex: Oh..... okay :D
lol same
The thing I like most about this track is how they mixed the iconic FF Prelude into it. They did it so subtly, that I missed it the first few times I did the boss encounter.
The whole A12 section would be incredible to hear broken down, the Moebius/Stasis Loop/Rise is forever seared into my soul at this point :D
5:42 oh no... Edda flashbacks O_O
I got suggested this by the algorithm. Thank you for breaking this down and showing me new things in this song. I liked your explanation!