We sat down with Final Fantasy XIV’s Composer, Masayoshi Soken!
He listened to our FFXIV Endwalker Boss Theme Cover, giving us a wholesome reaction.
This is a sneak peek from a full 25 minute video-interview that I and @Husky by the Geek did with Soken, which you can find here: https://youtu.be/-0fguLgOMwY
——– ▼MENTIONS▼——-
FFXIV SCIONS & SINNERS ALBUM: https://www.jp.square-enix.com/music/sem/page/ff14/ScionsSinners/en/
FFXIV ENDWALKER COVER: https://youtu.be/Z0xRn33p6rU
MASAYOSHI SOKEN: https://twitter.com/SOKENsquareenix——– ▼LINKS▼——-
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– Composer: Masayoshi Soken
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why do I feel like Soken-san might collab with both of you
Wholesome!
Nice, bossed it!!
4:00 "really hits you in the heart" Uuuuuuh YUP LOL
It must be so flattering, to have a composer you look up to. Exchange opinions and impressions between you and him. Especially confirming some of the analysis you made. Its great to have a developer so close to his fanbase.
I got the game just because of him, and I am having a blast. Hit LVL 15 first day (yesterday), enjoying the questing, the world, the way I feel like a person in the world. It is rather immersive, and the map is riddled with things to do. If this is just the starting area, I am excited to see what else is there later.
it really is so good, it gives me chills when i hear it. So cool you got to sit down with Soken like this. And you speak Japanese?? Alex is awesome. So is Husky, So is Soken!
i cant help but think of Soken WHILE IN RECOVERY taking the time to do this. what a legend!
2 things we as humans dont deserve: dogs and Soken
Dude! HIGH FIVE! And you can speaj Japanese. Dude your awesomeness is sky high!
if I could recall, I once said in one of your videos that S.E would someday reach out to you or would even ask to collaborate with you in producing music for FF XIV
I only recently discovered that Soken was born in La Paz, Baja California Sur, and as a Mexican from Baja California (North) I was like WOT
Lol I almost have a sneaking suspicion that Soken may work with Husky and Alex for future music.
HE'S ADORABLE??????????????
"La-hee!"
-Soken
This must have been so fulfilling!
Awesome video! Talent recognizing talent. #welcomebacksoken
Ugh i love all of them, when i watched the trailer i just freakin cried it was so beautiful. Soken needs to know how good it is
I can't help to smile like an idiot
man you are all adorable, this made me smile
This is the coolest thing. New to FFXIV myself, played WoW for nearly 15 years and moving on; it's so strange to see the developers, the composer and the rest of the people working on this massive project care just as much as the fans.
Soken is so fucking adorable!! Can I get a Wind-up minion of him!? Pweeeeeeease!!!!
Hey I'm curious, when Alex is praising how Soken integrated the main themes of the previous games into the Endwalker music, what is Alex referring to? This video came out in March; and the full Endwalker trailer (which has the Heavensward / Stormblood / Shadowbringers themes) only came out last month in May. I tried listening to the Teaser trailer again, but I didn't pick up on it; was it there but I just don't have the ear for it?
I think I'm buying this game.
The look on Sokens face when he asked what they thought of the trailer was amazing. He was genuinely interested in their answers. This is how Devs need to be man!
I. Cannot. Believe. This. You guys come together with such love and passion for a singular topic and it just warms the soul.
holy shiet you can speak japanese!!!!
After Endwalker we hopefully get a 3rd job path for Monks, breakdancer for the funk. It worked for Yakuza, it'll work for us!
Soken is the kind of guy who actually listens to your mix tape, and then writes you a 6 page assessment with ways to improve and refine your music.
Oh Alex! I'm so glad to also see not just Uematsu to notice but Soken as well!
Truly amazing! Your talent is spreading through the music side of SE!