This is absolutely in my top ten tracks from FFXIV – I love it for so many reasons but it just hits. It was so fun to really sit with this track and try to understand why it’s written the way it is.
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I can't unhear the Macarena now XD
I think ShB was the most impactful expac to me, even with the tears shed in EW.
The ShB hero leitmotif in there feels like it's almost the WoL asserting their will, their determination. What is the entirety of Shadowbringers, after all, if not "rage against the dying of the dark"?
I can't imagine that this being potentially Soken's last expac didn't inform his compositions.
This is a Top 3 Shadowbringers track for me, but my favorite is Invincible. I'm a sucker for loud bombastic choirs.
Vauthry kind of feels like the final boss just as Mount Gulg feels like the definitely final dungeon.
What comes after feels like the post credits extra quest to get the true ending.
I love how your video just starts. It kinda took me out I'm not used to it.
Also Innocence's theme is STILL my favorite even with all the amazing music in endwalker. Absolute banger of a trial theme.
I didnt need to associate the macarena with this, what have you unleashed upon us, marco 😢
This is a good track. Fits the boss fight very well.
My all time favorite is Tsukoyomi's boss fight songs. All three phases are beautiful and incredibly fitting for the story.
For people encountering this style for the first time – check out Enigma (MCMXC A.D. album especially) 😀 it's clear they went for that vibe when you hear the beat, it's a classic.
that one section where a man starts shouting in the middle of the track sounds exactly like my dad shouting my brothers name so it throws me off every time i hear it
Ngl, I was gonna riot if you didn't mention the piano at least once.
Yesss this is one of my favorite tracks in the game but I never see anyone talk about it
This has to be my all time favorite music from this series. I say this because I was a story skipper for FF14 for more than 6 years and hearing this song on the launch trailer made me realize maybe, I was missing out on the greatness. It convinced me to replay the entire game before the Shadowbringer released. I am so glad I did because I see FF14 on completely different ways than I used to. Everything felt like it all fell into place.
Def not my favorite battle theme from ShB and even more overall, since some of my favorites are field themes, like Unmatching Pieces, Unchanging, Everchanging & Amaurot theme. BUT this track is still a certified bangers. So many ShB and Endwalker tracks are! Incredible breakdown as always Marco.
Now that I think about it, the "Macarena" could be a reference to how Innocence commands the other sin eaters to "dance to his tune" as well as a nod towards Elmore's ( his city ) philosophy:
" The world is ending, let's party"
This is the track that stood out to me the most when I first heard it. It's incredible
One of my favourites aswell.
Marco + FFXIV = I have never clicked faster on a video
As the three years I played XIV, I have never once recalled ever listening to Vauthry's battle theme. And now? I walk away with loving this banger of a battle theme. Also the Macarena is stuck in my head as well lol
theres this quiet shouting in the background of this track and i always get jumpscared thinking someone was in the house whenever i listen to it LOL
Since i did this trial around 75 times before getting mount I hate this theme, is not like it's "Scream" from P6 which I can hear on loop forever
EH MACAARENAAAA
Yet.
Man ffxiv have such good ost
Shadowbringers really had some banger tracks. Insanity was one of my favorite tracks that I sort of missed the first time through until doing EX and really started listening to it. The piano is just stunning and a little insane (pun intended).
Vauthry is an interesting character. He was told he was special and born to save the world. To him, he is righteousness, he is always right and he is the chosen one. He’s still just a spoiled kid that was doted upon all his life. Hence the name: Innocence.
(Also watching the gameplay in the video, rip diurnal and nocturnal sect T.T)
cant explain it but vauthry screaming over the music adds to it for me his va does incredible work underrated performance.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow is probably my absolute favourite of Shadowbringers, though To The Edge and Shadowbringers itself have me in a griphold as well.
The songs from Shadowbringers are just all top tier however.
I always saw the 'tomorrow and tomorrow' section of the mix as the theme of the people of the Crystarium. So in essence it isn't just you vs. Vauthry, but you and all the people of the First fighting back against him and all he represents. It's the sound of the world turning a corner and taking control of their own futures again
This is probably not personally in my top 5 but it's definitely a good one. Also it's not muffled anymore…. because Vauthry is no longer Jabba the blob and has "come out of his shell" so to speak, much like the music did. Soken is truly a musical genius, he hides so many things in these tracks that you might not catch first or second time but when you go back and listen to it, you can think "huh, that's neat."
8:00 Oh no he's hot
Me: Reads the title of this video
Me: Okay but….. "Do you know… la HEE??"
In all seriousness though, Shadowbringers had SO MANY amazing musical pieces as does all of FFXIV. So many amazing stories told through music
A part I feel that was missed right at the start. The chorus kicking in and it's all melodic, but there's that high, sharp note that does that unnerving slide up. So the soprano first with that almost scream like call and then following it the unnerving slide upward. Sure it's all regal and godly, but it isn't right. It isn't comfortable. I find that to be a detail that makes this one more fun
I’ve had the Shadowbringer’s OST on my phone since it came out and Insanity is my favorite track. I completely forgot it was the trial’s music.
yeah this track was also one of my favourites, it's so underrated
My FC and i did this blind and when the music started we all agreed to hold the pull so we could just vibe for a bit 🥲 such a s good song