![]() ![]() It’s still great to hear an alternate version though, so I’m glad it was included here. I think the Soken-only version indeed fits the battle better, as Leviathan doesn’t have the ethereal quality that other primals do, where the female vocal work seems more fitting. Whether or not this version is better, I can’t decide. One of the most noteworthy tracks on here is the original version, Through the Maelstrom (Female Vocals) (track 14). With a looming deadline and a need to re-record the lyrics, Soken sang the song himself! That’s dedication. Game director & producer Naoki Yoshida felt the song would fit its use in-game better with male vocals. ![]() Soken revealed in 2014 that this song was originally recorded with female vocals. The lord of the seas features a hard rock theme with “Leviathan!” chants as the primary vocal. ![]() Through the Maelstrom (2.2) was all about Leviathan. It’s the kind of thing only feasible on Blu-ray, and how we can get a single disc with almost four and a half hours of music.Īlmost every patch features a primal (or summon to old school Final Fantasy fans) as a central battle/character. And that’s before we even get to the music itself, which also benefits from the sheer storage space of the Blu-ray format several key themes are extra-long here, with the primal themes featuring multiple loops and 8-10 minute track times. The Primals made up the other half of the aforementioned album, and this concert took place at the Tokyo FFXIV Fan Festival, held in December 2014.Īs you can tell, this is an impressive as hell package, into which a lot of work went. On top of this, there are two videos on the disc - a piano concert by Keiko, who was responsible for the “piano” half of the From Astral to Umbral album, and a video of Soken’s band, The Primals (they play primal music). Even better, every song with lyrics has said lyrics displayed on-screen as they’re sung, something that’s especially helpful for harder-to-hear words, or, you know, because Thunder Rolls is in Latin. That means all 61 tracks have hand-selected images, animated in a specific fashion. The slideshows are built in meticulous fashion: They’re not a collection of images that randomly display, but rather, every single track has game images specific to that song, slowly panning and zooming (thanks Ken Burns!). Once again, this FFXIV album comes on a Blu-ray disc, with an interactive visual menu & slideshow for every track, along with the option to pull mp3s to your computer either via your Blu-ray drive, or over your home network (say, from a PS4). At over 60 tracks, there’s a lot to cover!īefore we discuss the music, the multimedia aspects of Before the Fall need highlighting. The latest album, Before the Fall, contains all of the music added to FFXIV between 2.2 and 2.5 (the last patch before the Heavensward expansion). Patch 2.1’s music was included in the ARR soundtrack release. ![]() Since ARR (aka 2.0) released in August 2013, every three months or so saw a major patch that, along with adding additional story and battle content, brought new music. After composing most of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn’s 120-track album, XIV’s Sound Director has continued to create new music for the game’s several major updates. If it’s possible to be over-saturated with Masayoshi Soken’s immense talents, I have yet to reach that level. He also has a secondary page titled Alex Moukala II that features all the musical snippets that span from Alex's Videogame Music channel such as his LoFi Remixes, EDM tracks and Bass interpretations.14 – Through the Maelstrom (Female Vocals) He's now slowly delving into videogame music, while managing a YouTube channel where teaches people everything that he learned on his path about Orchestration, Music Production & more. On the later years, he's been known to be working with Trailer Music Labels such as Really Slow Motion Music, composing the soundtrack for TV Spots and Movie Trailers of Hollywood Blockbusters such as "Avengers Endgame", "BEN-HUR (2016)" and "John Wick Chapter 2". Without prior classical training, his only way into his dream of making music for a living was to follow a self-taught path, relying on online tutorials and a copious amounts of all-nighters filled with experimentation and practice. On the later years, he's been known to be working with Trailer Music Labels such as Really Slow Motion Music, composing the soundtrack for TV Spots and Movie Trailers of Hollywood Blockbusters such as "Avengers Endgame" Read Full Bio Born in 20 October 1992, Milan-based Composer Alex Moukala has been making music since 2013. Born in 20 October 1992, Milan-based Composer Alex Moukala has been making music since 2013. ![]()
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