This song in particular hit the fanbase much differently after we found out this was the major song that Soken and Company worked on while he was hospitalized for his cancer. They actually gave him a mini studio setup that he could use in his hospital room. And listening to the lyrics, while yes, they are fitting to the boss you fight, they're also echoing the feelings of a man who was potentially facing his own mortality.

"Special guest, the Sun." Dude that has more meaning than you could possibly know with this game XD

"To begin, we first must see the end." That's fuckin' intense coming from Soken.

There's a reason why people call the OST for the Shadowbringers expansion "Shadowbangers".

So To the Edge is the culmination of a trio of tracks, starting with the gorgeous Neath Dark Waters that plays in The Tempest, to the somber Mortal Instants in the dungeon Amaurot. They all tell the tale of the last survivors of a long-dead civilization raging against the slow erasure of even the traces that they ever existed at all.

Probably I am not the first to point this out, but Soken-san wrote this song while he was battling cancer, isolated in hospital due to the Corona pandemic. And he asked Yoshida-san, the producer, to not tell about his fight to any of the development team. Soken-san didn't want to be treated differently because of his personal situation. I find it impressive

FFXIV - Wayward Daughter FFXIV - Fiend Those two are totally bangers that you will love

Thanks for those that watched my first ever KZfaq Premiere! The chat got caught off at the end, but I wanted to just show my appreciation for everyone that was there. Should I do more premieres? The fact Soken could make something like this during such a terrible time is truly inspiring

Quite a portion of the enjoyment of the songs that ppl feel is their connection to the story of ff14. They're often tied to emotional highs and lows, climaxes in combat and character arcs. Because of the story, you also encounter the songs in a certain order. Callbacks to previous ones, leitmotifs used throughout expansions, it keeps going. These songs make people relive their favourite or even dreaded moments in the game, which is powerful.

Fun fact! Jason Charles Miller, vocalist for this track, was also the lead of the 90's industrial rock band Godhead. They were signed to Marilyn Manson's short lived label Posthuman Records, and have toured with Black Sabbath, Rammstein, Slipknot, and countless others! Yeah I'm kind of a nerd about this stuff. 🤓

Symbolically, the ticking in the song is akin to something of a countdown. Won’t say any more than that. But for the song, it adds to the beat and tempo. It’s rather nice.

The ticking clock in the background is akin to a doom counter which is a spell in FF the typically results in death once the timer runs out. Soken added this in on purpose...this man is a fucking god.

This song wouldn't have been as amazing without Jason Miller's powerful vocals. He has a soul that perfectly conveys the emotion. He also did some Guilty Gear vocals back in the day as well.

I think one of the main reasons To the Edge goes so well with everything like you said is beacuse it's not just one characters theme but sort of a conversation between 4 broken men desperately trying to find their purpose in life, I know these names will mean nothing to you unless you play the game but it's the theme of Azem, Elidibus, Emet Selch and the player character all of them have thier own aspects in the lyrics!

From two years in the future - I'm so glad you were so glad to be introduced to this music, and just yesterday I knew I had spotted you in Husky's most recent FFIXV collab video! So glad to see you

FFXIV - Tsukuyomi’s theme. I personally love that one.

I don't think I've ever resonated with a song from a game more than this, and I think it's because it's the first time I've experienced a song where the lyrics felt like they were telling me a story along with the game. It almost felt like Elidibus (the boss) was actually speaking and for some reason I was just so emotional the first time I did that fight.

I would recommend checking out the Welcome Back Soken Medley by Huskey the Geek. It was a community made song to welcome back Soken after this. This song also goes through a lot of different genres and it really well composed.

To The Edge vocalist is Jason C Miller(Metal Gear Rising's soundtrack 'Rules of Nature & Red Sun') what great about this song is, it not going full crazy rock but it hit harder, wholesome especially if you played the game. if you interested there is fans translation of Play by Play session from July's event by Soken where he breakdown process how he doing soundtrack using tools like DAW and he did demonstrate and explain how he made To The Edge, how he do the clock ticking sound etc, even show the raw voice of Jason.

Soken has a way about bringing past melodies/motifs into relevence from past tracks that makes it so gawd damn sweet, drawing even from other final fantasy games. Oh right the lyrics for this hit so much harder with context.

Even after Endwalker, this is still my favorite track from FFXIV and up with my favorite songs, in general. The emotion and power, even without context, is still so impactful.

Fun fact: the vocalist on this track is the same artist who did 'Rules of Nature' :D

Bro I love your whole vibe. Your so chill and positive and you clearly want to give every song a shot a praise it on its merits. Honestly it's so refreshing

So this song is actually made based off two songs composed prior to when this one came out, with a few twists. You can obviously hear the "Shadowbringers" theme you reacted to recently in this track here and there, but the other track is "Neath Dark Waters"/Amaurot Overworld Theme which is where the more somber and slower aspects of this track come from. Neath Dark Waters is a very good track if you want to hear something much slower and played using predominantly a piano, instead of the mostly faster guitar tracks you've heard so far.

'La Hee' (the theme in Raktika) has to be one of the ffxiv communities' favorites, also if you haven't seen Soken himself play it, its great for a solid laugh. Its a beautiful song though. I also personally love the music that plays in Kugane, "Crimoson Sunrise" for day time and "Crimson Sunset" for night time and the lovely differences.

To be able to understand music like you do, but I can't, so instead I watch your wonder at the music while I'm nearly brought to tears by watching the moments that meant so much to us as players, just being overwhelmed with the desire to share this amazing game with brilliant music with anyone I can so they can experience something made by people that truly love and are passionate about this game - the laughs, the tears, and the bonds made. :)

the reason us FFXIV love certain songs is not just cause they have nice melodies or a lot of intruments, majority of a song's popularity comes from the meaning behind the song itself. The Boss you're fighting and why you're fighting them is what drives a lot of songs in the game to be epic and very memorable, this one especially for multiple reasons, both in and outside of the game.

Talking about how Soken iterates on himself, if you ever have time, listen to Footsteps in the Snow/Oblivion, then listen to Return to Oblivion. There are so many call backs to both of those songs in Return to Oblivion, and all three songs are very different genres. It's so incredibly good.

Been waiting for this for a few hours !

I love how you can tell when lyrics hit you right in the feels

I think you described it perfectly in no matter what context you have for watching it, it paints a picture for you in whatever way. And I think that's very beautiful.

loving your channel, ff14 player happy to see you liking our jams, also cool to see the 13 sentinels reaction aswell!

FFXIV eScape, It for me was the high point of a already awesome Raid series, even if Larboard Starboard can burn in a private special hell.

Me watching this video after Dragonsong: o_o!! Also, the Endwalker trailer is an absolute banger. It made me start playing the game and then i watched it again after I caught up to where the story is now and then i started bawling.

ooooooooooooooofffffffff this one is sooooo gooooooood, the music is amazing and the fight was sooo good as well! so many fun memories!

Your content is always so good I am so glad I subscribed right away I hope the best for you and hope all the good luck

Found your videos today, and I appreciate you taking the time to listen to this game's music, which moves all of us who play it in so many ways, on a daily basis. I would definitely recommend you give FFXIV Shiva's Return To Oblivion theme a listen, as well as Sophia's Equilibrium Theme :)

8:40 I know what you mean here. I listen to literally everything (except country), too, and like... one part that hit me along those lines was in this one song. It plays during Doman Mahjong matches, which is a tiny minigame tucked away in the corner of a much larger arcade. Anyway! The song takes inspiration from Japanese, Chinese, and Mongolian themes, and I could hear a Tuvan style of throat singing (called Khoomei) in the song! As the guy in my social group that actually seeks out Mongolian music, this was a delight to hear. Doman Distractions is the song if you want to check it out for yourself!

I am very happy that you are enjoying FFXIV's music! There are sooo many songs that I wish you could react to~ If you'd like I can give you a list of however many songs you'd be willing to listen to. The songs of FFXIV are varied and unique that I listen to so many of them again and again on Spotify ever since I started playing it last year. Yet if I had to choose two specially selected songs for you that will give you another spin on FFXIV's music, they would be the Akadaemia Anyder Theme (Shadows Withal) and the Qitari Beast Tribe Theme (Mekkah Dee's videos for these themes are perfect). Also, something that I think could be cool for you do, for some Dungeons in FFXIV there is a Normal Mode Track and then a Hard Mode Track which is a remix of the normal mode track. It would be interesting to watch you listen to the normal track first and then the hard mode track and see just how creative and talented Soken and Company are! I can recommend a few dungeons if you'd like. :) Plus for some bosses, in the fight they have 2 phases or even multiple phases (Titan) and each phase has a song transition. I saw that someone in the comments recommended Shiva's themes. I would recommend youtuber dudewhereismyspoon's video "FFXIV OST - Shiva's Theme (HQ reupload)" this will have the transition of the fight and the first two songs. Then for Return To Oblivion, I would recommend youtuber Mekkah Dee's video for Return to Oblivion. However if you'd like to see the whole fight for the song Return to Oblivion, I would recommend dudewhereismyspoon's video "FFXIV OST - Eden: Shiva's Theme" but the video is longer then Mekkah Dee's video. Sorry for the long paragraph and I cannot wait to see more of your videos!! You sir got yourself a sub

There are literally more than a thousand track in this game if i remember correctly. It got Guinness world record for most track in a game.

I love this funky drumline

Listening to warrior of light whole having the sun almost blinding you. 😅 great timing

For more of the really cool diversity of FFXIV music. Check out songs like: FFXIV OST Akadaemia Anyder Theme FFXIV OST Lakshmi's Theme ( Beauty's Wicked Wiles ) FFXIV OST Suzaku Theme ( Sunrise ) FFXIV OST Shiva Theme - Eden's Verse ( SPOILERS ) [ Return to Oblivion ]

Fuck yeah! Glad this one is taking off bro!

I can finally watch this since I just finished Shadowbringers a few days ago. ^_^

I feel the genre of FFXIV music is Symphonic Metal, such as Nightwish, Epica, Within Temptation... especially Nightwish. You can hear, since it's not game music, to "Ghost Love Score live Wacken 2013", it's usually a good start to feel/know the genre and after that go to whats more metal or more soft inside of this genre.

If you like Soken’s work, you should listen to LA HEE. It’s probably his finest work to date

I would suggest Bury the Light - Vergil from DMC5 and EDEN Shiva ost FFXIV

6:30 ive realized this myself, listening to good music takes you to a better place.

this song hits so much harder when you realize the context aswell as context on its creation of it literally make this the objectively best trial in the game the trial is great and with an absolute banger

How am I supposed to wait 10 hours for this? You're killing me xD

my first reaction in this fight "what do you mean he got 4 limit bre..." *slashed into oblivion* lmao

Its basically the antagonist faction's version of Answers.

this song hits different after fanfest when he made this in the hospital and had cancer...absolutely NUTS

You should totally do Unbending Steel from FFXIV! My personal favorite battle song

I don’t know you will be able to appreciate it but the Endwalker theme is an amazing piece which is the accumulation of the full game from it relaunch in 2.0 until 6.0 endwalker. It pulls motifs from every expansion theme, an accumulation of our journey.

Masayoshi Soken, the guy that composed this was in the hospital battling cancer and said writing this song and the love of his fans helped him pull through. His co-workers didn't even know he was in the hospital the whole time, especially his friend Naoki Yoshida, who had just lost someone close to cancer at the time. Then when he got a clear bill of health the first thing he did was go to fanfest and performed this and many of his other songs live. I'm a Warrior main in FFXIV, but this Soken is the true Warrior.

"I saw an ocean" - yeah the ocean is actually used in FF as metaphorical imagery/symbolism a LOT. The fact that it sounded like both radiant light and something deep in the ocean, believe me, is VERY intentional haha.

FFXIV- RISE this is i can say one of my favorite song

Is it bad that this song gives me goosebumps even outside or the game? 😍

"COME WARRIOR OF DARKNESS LET US FINISH THIS" I am the light incarnate

Not sure if anyone else mentioned this. That is the Jason C Miller, from Godhead, singing.

I heard this song so much trying to learn quintuplecast lmfao

The new Endwalker theme is also pretty great, at least the version in the launch trailer that just came out a week ago

This song is actually paying homage to Near Dark Waters, where we first heard the backdrop music for part of a zone in 5.0 that fits well with the theme behind To The Edge, which didn't drop til 5.3 in the Warrior of Light boss fight. While the ticking clock in the background of both songs does resonate with Soken's time left as he fought cancer, the in game significance of it also plays a part. In the story, the city of Amaurot is a phantom recreation just before the Final Days, the clock ticking down til the apocalypse. Here's the link to Near Dark Waters: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n71nlZt-1MW3dok.html

I got Bowie vibes from this, kinda later Bowie (First Outside to Blackstar)

Surprised he hasn’t done neath dark waters since piano

I didn't give 2 fucks about Final Fantasy but for some reason decided to give FF14 a shot. Been a great decision so far, made a decent amount of friends I talk to everyday. It's just something about it man.

This song is a kind of remix of another song Neath Dark Waters I believe

Should definitely check out "answers" from xiv, kinda like "the song that started it all" and I think you'll enjoy

Its hard for someone to listen to the songs from FFXIV without playing the game and to understand why a song was made in the genre or the way it was. Yeah they might sound amazing still but youll never truely be able to appreciate the songs because songs like To The Edge are made for the story. The story is such an important factor when it comes to how the songs in FFXIV's are produced. Everytime i listen to To The Edge, it literally makes me tear up because of how impactful it is when it comes to the story and just the weight the lyrics hold in their meaning. Soken is an absolute master when it comes to the emotion and passion he puts into every song he produces for FFXIV and it shows. Us FFXIV fans are incredibly lucky not only have him but the entire dev team because they work incredibly hard to make the story and the game as enjoyable as possible because imo (and from experience playing games for the past 25 years of my life) no other devs come even close to how well were treated in FFXIV.

While the vast majority of music (particularly boss themes) in FFXIV is super solid and can absolutely stand on its own, i find that the story makes me appreciate them way more than i otherwise would

I will never not rock out to this song

Keep in mind that Soken san was once the Guinness World Record holder for the amount of music in a game. (Someone would help me in narrowing the actual Record)

check out Neath Dark Waters to hear where the melody of To The Edge came from.

I honestly feel at some point in the future when you have time, give the game a shot you might find it quite good.

hey my recomendation would be to react to the Ultima Weapon Ultimate From FFXIV its a remix of all the primal songs fused in one big package, also one of the top 3 hardest fights in ffxiv!

Singer of Shadowbringers OST, Jason C. Miller, also did "Rules of Nature" from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance OST. Definitely speeding music.

Soken is cherished

And now you definitely gotta check out Return to Oblivion !

My god, being a tank in this fight is one of the most satisfying and amazing things I've ever experienced. SPOILERS BELOW At a point he will unleash an ultimate attack. One of the tanks has to pop Limit Break 3 or the entire party will die.

i definitely would like to see your reaction to FFXIV Sephirot's Theme (Fiend), I think you would thoroughly enjoy it

i feel like "i liten to everything except country" is so common its funny bc im trhe same ...one of my exes showed me a fw country songs i liked but i dont go out of my way for them.

ff14 is kind of an anthology of the franchise. A franchise that has had everything from heavy metal (like otherworld from ff10) to a 10 minute+ symphony (dancing mad from ff6) and flamenco chocobo themes. So ff14 kinda just has everything ever in it.

You should react to fleeting moment which plays off of this

#WelcomeBackSoken

There is K-Pop style music and Koji (the singer for the primal and the localization lead for the game) raps in one song. There is even a Nightmare Before Christmas parade song. That's how varied in music this game is.

If people ever recommend you check out Neath Dark Waters from this game--which I'd be shocked if they haven't by now--I strongly suggest you pair it up with Full Fathom Five. Same tune basically, just different instruments. Both great.

I would recommend a few songs Mechanical Rythem -Xenoblade chronicles definitive Edition Daredevil- ace Combat 7 Skies Unknown Steel of Destiny Thunder Force 5 Perfect system Keep up the great content

And if you dont mind spoilers (the video there is one already) but want some context I'll give you a quick rundown Spoilers This song is the boss theme for a character who gave his humanity to become a saving hero for his people, becoming the embodiment of their collective wish. At this point, theyre now long gone and the last two others of his kind die during the game's story. In becoming this wish embodied and no longer having his humanity, he no longer remembers anything about himself, the people he fights for, or even why he promised to take up the fight. But because of what he became, he must fight, and still holds hope despite being the last of his kind. He's the soldier who doesnt know the war is over or that there is no fight left to fight

Also once you hear the main themes from a Realm Reborn, Heavensward, Stormblood, and then Shadowbringers.. you should give Endwalker's theme song a shot

There isn't a singular musical genre to the game because they more or less try to do what is more appropriate for each situation... Generally boss fights and dungeons do get some faster paced and heavier songs, but you do get exceptions when the situation in the story related to it all is not just about going in and killing everything in typical MMO fashion... Most boss themes in the game that have lyrics generally talk about the boss you're actually fighting, as kind of an extra layer of story.

if someone who haven't played the game some themes wouldn't make sense like asmongold when he saw endwalker trailer before playing the game, "i'm not into the songs" but as he plays the music makes more sense since the themes are related to the story.

"...except country." My man

I would suggest a good song to listen to if you want a experience is ludwigs song from bloodborne. Though learn about the character first and the song will really have a impact.

for the love of god please do the brute justice theme or any of the alexander raid songs >.

You should check out Alex Makoula's channel as he has a full 2 hour interview with the vocalist Jason Charles Miller.

Enjoy the ride that is the song called The Edge.

You might like rose of may or your not alone from FF9, maybe im a lion from ff8 might be worth a look to.

I honestly recommend checking out either: 1) Nier Replicant - Song of the Ancients or 2) Nier Automata - Vague Hope (cold rain)