A Music Producer’s reaction and analysis of In The Balance – Nald’thal’s Theme from FFXIV Endwalker’s soundtrack.
Let’s talk about the music from this new boss fight, explained from the perspective of a Music Composer & Producer but in a way that everybody can understand.
I lost count of how many FFXIV music reaction videos I made thus far, but everytime I make one, I learn something new as this game’s music keeps innovating itself at every expansion.
Let’s see what Soken did this time to blow our minds!
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– Emet-Selch dancing video by: @ureshiiiiii
– Composer: Masayoshi Soken, Ryo Furukawa, Tea
– Remixes by: me
– Game: Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker
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You can find the remix at the end of the video here:
https://twitter.com/alex_moukala/status/1517530068691701760
i was listening to this song on hi-fi IEMs and I knew Alex had to breakdown this song, its freaking majestically crafted
I was waiting for this.
Hey can you react to Phineas and ferb songs “Gitchi Gitchi Goo”, “Summer belongs to you”, and “bouncin around the world”
The more i hear Soken's music, the more i'm worried for FF16 music. If you compare this composing quality with what Hamauzu did (or Sakimoto, or Shimomura, or Mizuta), there's an abyss between them. I'm not talking about taste, there are a lot of very lazy techniques and clichés that Soken made to avoid difficult things (but which are more interesting).
I hope he will undertsand that making FF16's music is a huge different task from doing some MMO tracks without artistic direction.
I thought it was cool that the song was supposed to be the thaumaturgy's prayer to Nald'thal, as they are a church dedicated to him.
As far as what themes they might do, if they're making the raid series revolve by the Eorzean calendar, we'd have Ishgard (final boss would be Menphina, the goddess of love and the moon) and Limsa Lominsa (final boss would be Oschon, god of mountains and vagrants).
Since I heard the song, I was waiting for this video. <3
Who else danced a bit in their chair watching Alex geek out?
Seeing someone who can appreciate the fidelity in the song as much as me who's like: that sounds cool. Is awesome 😀
Loved the comments you made about the whole song!
About the future ones from Myths of the Realm, I am hoping to hear a Halone exclusive!
I have been looking forward to this video since I first heard the song. Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into these. I've learned so much about music from you and a much deeper appreciation for the music that I was already jamming to.
I really love the new music and the raid is so much fun! Thanks for the video, your reactions to the FFXIV music are the best!
I just discovered this song last night, and I’ve already put about an hour into listening to it.
I died too many times coz i was so focused on the song the first time i ran this.
In the Balance is a really sad song to me, given the context of how insanely shitty life in Ul'dah is if you're poor. if you can't meet fortune in life, your only hope is that you can meet with it after…
One thing I love is how hopeful a lot of the song sounds.
This song is such a bop!
Can you also analyse some of Elden Ring's OST?
love your vids <3
It caught me off guard in the raid when this started playing because it was so unexpected and just fit the theme of both a God with a dual personality, but also Ul'dah's patron deities so well.
I don't know how Sokken keeps nailing it like this, but FFXIV just has seemingly endless amazing music.
Haha, there’s the Alex react video for the alliance raid! I literally was just thinking yesterday, “I wonder when Alex is going to make a video about that song…” Sure enough, you were already on it! Thanks for the video! Love your enthusiasm and your insights!
Loved your analysis and the modernized version at the end, so good!
Pretty moving watching this as well as I see the news happening over the world