Music of Final Fantasy XIV

"XIV" refers to the original version of the game, while "A Realm Reborn" refers to its reboot.

The music for the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV was composed by Nobuo Uematsu, a regular contributor to the music of the Final Fantasy series. Several other composers including Masayoshi Soken and Naoshi Mizuta contributed music for updates to the game. The music for the game's reboot, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, and subsequent expansions, is compiled of a collection of original and remixed songs by numerous composers, namely Uematsu, Soken, as well as others including guest composers such as Okabe of the NIER series. Soken was the sound director for both releases of the game. Music from both releases of the game has been released in several albums. A pair of mini-albums containing a handful of selected tracks from XIV, Final Fantasy XIV: Battle Tracks and Final Fantasy XIV: Field Tracks, were released by Square Enix in 2010 when XIV first launched. A soundtrack album titled Final Fantasy XIV - Eorzean Frontiers, containing most of the music that had been released by that point for XIV, was digitally released in 2012. A final soundtrack album for the original release of the game, Before Meteor: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack, was released in 2013 just before the launch of A Realm Reborn, and contains all of the music that was composed for XIV throughout its lifetime. The latest soundtrack album, Shadowbringers: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack, was released in 2019. This album contains the music for the third expansion, Shadowbringers, and music from the previous expansion, Stormblood, that was added to the game via patches after the release of that expansion's soundtrack.

The soundtracks for both releases of the game were well received by critics. Uematsu's mix of orchestral and rock tracks for XIV were praised, though the delayed release of a full album drew criticism. Soken's work on A Realm Reborn, including both his original tracks as well as themes carried over from XIV and previous Final Fantasy games, were heavily praised by reviewers for the game. Music from the initial release of the game has been played in the international Distant Worlds Final Fantasy concert series, and books of sheet music for piano arrangements of music from the game have been produced.

Creation and influence

Composer Nobuo Uematsu in 2006.

The massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Final Fantasy XIV was released in two versions: the original (live between 2010 and 2012), and its remake (Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, live since 2013). The music for XIV was composed by Nobuo Uematsu, who was the lead composer for the first ten main Final Fantasy games and a contributor to the Final Fantasy XI and XII soundtracks. Over the two years that XIV was active, several updates were made to the game, which included additional music composed by Masayoshi Soken, Naoshi Mizuta, Tsuyoshi Sekito and Ryo Yamazaki. XIV was poorly received, and despite the updates, Square Enix decided to take the game offline for a time, and relaunch it with a new development team under a new name. Soken, the sound director for both releases, composed the soundtrack to A Realm Reborn.

Prior to agreeing to create XIV's score, Uematsu had already planned to compose "Kimi ga Iru Kara", the theme song for Final Fantasy XIII. Wanting him to fully focus on XIV, Square Enix asked XIII's main composer Masashi Hamauzu to write the song instead. Thus, XIII was the first main-series Final Fantasy game soundtrack to not include Uematsu's work. Despite XIV being an MMO and thus a new genre for him, Uematsu treated it as any other video game project. Compared to his previous work within the series, Uematsu had considerable creative freedom while composing the soundtrack, because the rest of the production team did not fully envision beforehand how the soundtrack would sound or fit into the game. Uematsu created a mixture of orchestral and rock pieces for the game's battle themes. There was a momentary crisis when he lost most of the data for his completed tracks and needed to hire a data recovery service. He worked as a freelance composer during the project for Square Enix, also composing the music for The Last Story, a game from Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. The game's theme song, "Answers", was sung by Susan Calloway. She was chosen by Uematsu, who had worked with her during the first Distant Worlds concert and was impressed by her singing abilities.

For A Realm Reborn, Soken was the primary contributor for numerous original and remixed songs, in addition to reprising his XIV role as lead sound director. The primary goal given to the music team was to make the music true to the series, such as remixed versions of traditional Final Fantasy theme songs including the Final Fantasy theme, Chocobo theme, victory fanfare as well as many others. Naoki Yoshida, the game's producer and director, told Soken to "give [the team] something straightforward that anyone could identify as Final Fantasy, with an easy-to-understand, expressive orchestral sound". Soken focused primarily on creating the soundtrack rather than his sound director role. He often created new tracks due to requests from staff members. As the game was developed and released in a shorter timeframe than the original release, Soken and the sound team were given less than a year to create both the music and the various sound effects for the game world. According to Soken, it felt like "enough work for two full games in that time". Unlike the freedom given Uematsu for XIV, most of the tracks for A Realm Reborn had specific guidelines, though Soken was allowed to "do what [he liked]" for Titan's battle theme. Soken sang the vocal work for some tracks, such as the battle theme for Leviathan. Several themes and tracks from the original game were carried over both directly and as a part of new tracks in A Realm Reborn, including the original vocal theme. Soken also remixed pieces from earlier Final Fantasy games for use in special in-game events.

Original release

Mini-albums

Final Fantasy XIV: Battle Tracks Final Fantasy XIV: Field Tracks
Soundtrack album by Nobuo Uematsu
Released	September 29, 2010
Genre	Video game soundtrack
Length	34:36 (Battle Tracks) 45:05 (Field Tracks)

The mini-albums Final Fantasy XIV: Battle Tracks and Final Fantasy XIV: Field Tracks were the first releases of music from the game, and were published by Square Enix on September 29, 2010, a week after the game itself was released. They feature selected tracks from XIV. The music was composed by Uematsu and arranged by Tsutomu Narita. Kenichiro Fukui also helped arrange some of the pieces on the Field Tracks mini-album. Battle Tracks has nine pieces, and includes the game's opening theme, the boss theme "Nail of the Heavens", and Final Fantasy XIV's rendition of Uematsu's "Victory Fanfare". Field Tracks predominantly features the main themes for the game's countries Ul'dah, Gridania and Limsa Lominsa, along with other pieces of music heard during traveling, for a total of eight tracks. Each mini-album was accompanied by special liner notes by Uematsu describing his experiences writing music for the series, with particular reference to the first game.

Patrick Gann of RPGFan termed the mini-albums as a good return work from Uematsu despite some of the unexpected battle tracks, though he questioned whether the discs themselves would be worth purchasing once a full soundtrack album was released. Jayson Napolitano of Original Sound Version was generally positive, and cited the composition of the battle themes as "a cross between The Black Mages and Uematsu's work on Lord of Vermilion". The more orchestral field tracks were also praised. Chris Greening of Square Enix Music Online termed Field Tracks as "largely likeable", and appreciated Uematsu's use of rock music in Battle Tracks, though he disliked the strategy of releasing two incomplete mini-albums rather than a full soundtrack album. Both mini-albums sold well: Battle Tracks appeared at position #73 on the Japanese Oricon album charts for a week, while Field Tracks appeared at position #75 for that same week.

Battle Tracks

No.	Title	Japanese title (Romanization)	Length
1.	"Opening Theme"	オープニングテーマ (Ōpuningutēma)	6:02
2.	"Beneath Bloodied Banners"	紅蓮ぐれんの戦旗せんきの下したに (Guren no Senki no Shimoni)	5:32
3.	"Nail of the Heavens"	天てん楔くさび (Tenkusabi)	3:10
4.	"In the Shadow of the Colossus"	旭あさひ影かげを追おいかけ (Kyokkage wo Oikake)	3:26
5.	"The Forest's Pulse"	鳴動めいどう (Meidou)	4:27
6.	"Bathed in Woodsin"	草藪くさやぶを掻かきわけ (Kusayabu wo Kakuwake)	3:01
7.	"Quicksand"	砂塵さじん (Sajin)	4:41
8.	"Desert Moon Defied"	砂礫されきを踏ふみしめ (Sareki wo Fumishime)	3:19
9.	"Victory Fanfare (Full)"	勝利しょうりのファンファーレ　~凱歌がいか~ (Shouri no Faanfaare　~Gaika~)	0:58

Field Tracks

No.	Title	Japanese title (Romanization)	Length
1.	"Prelude - Remembrance"	プレリュード　~追憶ついおくの煌きらめき~ (Pureryūdo ~Tsuioku no Kirameki~)	6:01
2.	"Navigator's Glory - The Theme of Limsa Lominsa"	潮風しおかぜの集つどう街まち　~リムサ・ロミンサのテーマ~ (Shiokaze no Tsudou Machi ~Limsa Lominsa no Tēma~)	5:23
3.	"On Windy Meadows"	ラノシアの疾風しっぷう (Ranoshia no Hayate)	5:25
4.	"Born of the Boughs - The Theme of Gridania"	木々きぎのさざめく街まち　~グリダニアのテーマ~ (Kigi no Sazameku Machi ~Gridania no Tēma~)	5:32
5.	"Emerald Labyrinth"	黒衣くろごの迷宮めいきゅう (Hēiyīno mígōng)	4:37
6.	"The Twin Faces of Fate - The Theme of Ul'dah"	運命うんめいの交まじわる街まち　~ウルダハのテーマ~ (Unmei no Majiwaru Machi ~Ul'dah no Tēma~)	6:33
7.	"Twilight over Thanalan"	ザナラーンの黄昏たそがれ (Thanalan no Tasogare)	4:21
8.	"Aetherial Slumber"	エーテルのまどろみ (Ēteru no Madoromi)	7:13

Eorzean Frontiers

Final Fantasy XIV - Eorzean Frontiers
Soundtrack album by Nobuo Uematsu, Masayoshi Soken, Naoshi Mizuta, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Ryo Yamazaki
Released	September 1, 2012
Genre	Video game soundtrack
Length	3:14:24 (iTunes download)

Final Fantasy XIV - Eorzean Frontiers was the first full album of music from the game to be released. It was published by Square Enix on September 1, 2012 as a digital album through iTunes. The tracks include most of the music that had been released for the game at that point, including pieces that were present at the game's launch and some which were added later, including "Rise of the White Raven", the theme for Nael Van Darnus, and the themes for the Grand Companies of Eorzea. All of the tracks from the album were additionally released on the same date in a set of smaller digital mini-albums, also released through iTunes, titled Final Fantasy XIV Frontiers - Gridania, Ishgard, Limsa Lominsa, and Ul'dah. The majority of the music was composed by Nobuo Uematsu, with additional pieces contributed by Masayoshi Soken, Naoshi Mizuta, Tsuyoshi Sekito, and Ryo Yamazaki. The 38 tracks of the album cover a duration of 3:14:24.

Derek Heemsbergen of RPGFan reviewed the album as an "incredibly rich and diverse musical score", and felt that regardless of the reception to the game itself, that the soundtrack was worthy of a Final Fantasy game. Jayson Napolitano of Destructoid, in his review of the album, found that while there were many interesting tracks in the album and that the total length of more than three hours made the album a "good deal", that most of the tracks that he enjoyed the most were previously featured on the Final Fantasy XIV Battle Tracks and Field Tracks mini-albums.

Track list

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Japanese title	Length
1.	"Holy Consult"	Nobuo Uematsu	聖せいなる助言じょげん者しゃ	4:53
2.	"Unspoken"	Uematsu	クルザスの静寂しじま	3:45
3.	"Starlight and Sellswords"	Uematsu	桟道さんどうを上のぼりて	4:08
4.	"Flightless Wings"	Uematsu	猛もうき嵐あらしの剣けんに	4:31
5.	"Fallen Angel"	Masayoshi Soken	墜天せし者もの	6:42
6.	"Tempest"	Uematsu	戦乱せんらん	12:08
7.	"Rise of the White Raven"	Soken	白銀はくぎんの凶きょう鳥とり、飛翔ひしょうせり	5:55
8.	"Born of the Boughs (The Theme of Gridania)"	Uematsu	木々きぎさざめく街まち (グリダニアのテーマ)	5:34
9.	"Whisper of the Land"	Uematsu	冥めいき地ちの底そこに	5:30
10.	"Emerald Labyrinth"	Uematsu	黒衣くろごの迷宮めいきゅう	5:18
11.	"Bathed in Woodsin"	Uematsu	草薮くさやぶを掻かきわけ	3:59
12.	"Dewdrops & Moonbeams"	Ryo Yamazaki	露ろの玉たま、月つきの光ひかり	3:25
13.	"Good King Moogle Mog XII"	Soken	善ぜん王おうモグル・モグXII世よ	5:35
14.	"Into the Adder's Den"	Tsuyoshi Sekito	双そう蛇へび党とう統合とうごう司令しれい部ぶ	6:49
15.	"Seven Jesters"	Soken	七なな匹ひきの道化どうけたち	6:03
16.	"Navigator's Glory (The Theme of Limsa Lominsa)"	Uematsu	潮風しおかぜの集つどう街まち (リムサ・ロミンサのテーマ)	5:24
17.	"Freedom"	Soken	自由じゆうなる風ふうに吹ふかれて	5:50
18.	"On Windy Meadows"	Uematsu	ラノシアの疾風しっぷう	5:20
19.	"In the Shadow of the Colossus"	Uematsu	旭あさひ影かげを追おいかけ	4:08
20.	"Horizons Calling"	Uematsu	水平すいへい線せんの彼方かなた	5:10
21.	"Ripples in the Sea"	Yamazaki	洋上ようじょうの小波さざなみ	2:21
22.	"Maelstrom Command"	Naoshi Mizuta	黒くろ渦うず団だん軍令ぐんれい部ぶ	6:17
23.	"The Promise of Plunder"	Soken	隠かくし財宝ざいほうを求もとめて	4:00
24.	"Quick as Silver, Hard as Stone"	Mizuta	疾やましきこと銀ぎんの如ごとく、硬かたきこと石いしの如ごとく	7:03
25.	"The Twin Faces of Fate (The Theme of Ul'dah)"	Uematsu	運命うんめいの交まじわる街まち (ウルダハのテーマ)	5:51
26.	"Twilight over Thanalan"	Uematsu	ザナラーンの黄昏たそがれ	4:15
27.	"Widdershins"	Uematsu	深ふかき海うみの淵ふちに	3:26
28.	"Quicksand"	Uematsu	砂塵さじん	4:32
29.	"Desert Moon Defied"	Uematsu	砂礫されきを踏ふみしめ	3:52
30.	"Primal Judgment"	Uematsu	原始げんしの審判しんぱん	4:38
31.	"Conflagration"	Uematsu	紅あかき焔ほのおの熱ねつに	4:54
32.	"The Sand's Secrets"	Yamazaki	砂すなの機密きみつ	2:59
33.	"The Hall of Flames"	Yamazaki	不滅ふめつ隊たい作戦さくせん本部ほんぶ	6:17
34.	"Pitfire"	Uematsu	炎ほのお獄ごくの火種ひだね	2:57
35.	"Tears for Mor Dhouna"	Uematsu	モドゥーナの涙雨なみだあめ	6:53
36.	"Phantoms on the Lake"	Uematsu	幽かそけ境さかい	5:36
37.	"Steel Reason"	Uematsu	鋼はがねの理念りねん	4:13
38.	"Imperium"	Uematsu	インペリウム	4:17

Before Meteor

Before Meteor: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Nobuo Uematsu, Masayoshi Soken, Naoshi Mizuta, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Ryo Yamazaki, and Ai Yamashita
Released	August 14, 2013
Recorded	2008–2012
Genre	Video game soundtrack
Length	6:05:51 (Single Blu-ray disc)

On August 14, 2013, two weeks before the release of A Realm Reborn, Square Enix published Before Meteor: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack, a full soundtrack album with all of the music composed for the original release of the game, which had shut down a year prior. The 104-track album was released on a single Blu-ray disc and included music lasting 6:05:51, with both the original music by Uematsu as well as the additional tracks composed by Mizuta, Yamazaki, Sekito, Soken, and Ai Yamashita during the game's run. The disc also included a remastered version of the "A New Beginning" trailer and a bonus download code for an in-game Dalamud Minion. The Blu-ray disc allowed purchasers to rip digital copies of the album on their Blu-ray devices to play without the disc. Emily McMillan of Video Game Music Online generally praised the music, praising some of the newer tracks and Uematsu's work on the more orchestral tracks. Her main criticisms were that some aspects seemed artificial and that the composers were playing safe with the themes and motifs used. Before Meteor appeared at position #11 on the Japanese Oricon album charts for its release week and remained in the charts for three weeks.

Track list

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Japanese title	Length
1.	"Prelude - Remembrance"	Nobuo Uematsu	プレリュード　～追憶ついおくの煌きらめき～	5:50
2.	"Opening Theme"	Uematsu	オープニングテーマ	5:56
3.	"Navigator’s Glory - The Theme of Limsa Lominsa"	Uematsu	潮風しおかぜの集つどう街まち　～リムサ・ロミンサのテーマ～	3:56
4.	"Freedom"	Uematsu	自由じゆうなる風ふうに吹ふかれて	5:30
5.	"On Windy Meadows"	Uematsu	ラノシアの疾風しっぷう	5:18
6.	"Nail of the Heavens"	Uematsu	天てん楔くさび	3:17
7.	"In the Shadow of the Colossus"	Uematsu	旭あさひ影かげを追おいかけ	3:28
8.	"Siren Song"	Masayoshi Soken	セイレーンの呼よび声ごえ	2:05
9.	"Born of the Boughs - The Theme of Gridania"	Uematsu	木々きぎのさざめく街まち　～グリダニアのテーマ～	5:02
10.	"Whisper of the Land"	Uematsu	冥めいき地ちの底そこに	5:28
11.	"Emerald Labyrinth"	Uematsu	黒衣くろごの迷宮めいきゅう	3:33
12.	"The Forest’s Pulse"	Uematsu	鳴動めいどう	3:04
13.	"Bathed in Woodsin"	Uematsu	草藪くさやぶを掻かきわけ	3:28
14.	"March of the Moogles"	Soken	モーグリ行進曲こうしんきょく	0:44
15.	"The Twin Faces of Fate - The Theme of Ul’dah"	Uematsu	運命うんめいの交まじわる街まち　～ウルダハのテーマ～	5:32
16.	"Twilight over Thanalan"	Uematsu	ザナラーンの黄昏たそがれ	4:12
17.	"Widdershins"	Uematsu	深ふかき海うみの淵ふちに	3:24
18.	"Quicksand"	Uematsu	砂塵さじん	4:38
19.	"Desert Moon Defied"	Uematsu	砂礫されきを踏ふみしめ	3:20
20.	"Unspoken"	Uematsu	クルザスの静寂しじま	3:13
21.	"Pennons Aloft"	Uematsu	槍やり旗はた	6:01
22.	"Starlight and Sellswords"	Uematsu	桟道さんどうを上のぼりて	3:50
23.	"Tears for Mor Dhona"	Uematsu	モードゥナの涙雨なみだあめ	4:27
24.	"Phantoms on the Lake"	Uematsu	幽かそけ境さかい	5:20
25.	"Supply & Demand"	Uematsu	街路がいろの雑踏ざっとう	1:44
26.	"Behind Closed Doors"	Uematsu	安やすらぎの部屋へや	3:28
27.	"Horizons Calling"	Uematsu	地平線ちへいせんの彼方かなた	2:51
28.	"No Quarter"	Uematsu	ノー・クォーター	4:05
29.	"Beneath Bloodied Banners"	Uematsu	紅蓮ぐれんの戦旗せんきの下したに	5:50
30.	"With these Hands"	Uematsu	すべてはこの手てから	2:58
31.	"By Design"	Uematsu	バイデザイン	2:20
32.	"Nature's Bounty"	Uematsu	自然しぜんの賜物たまもの	2:22
33.	"When a Tree Falls"	Uematsu	汗あせを流ながして	1:03
34.	"Decisions"	Uematsu	駆かけ引ひき	2:30
35.	"Crowning Achievements"	Uematsu	栄光えいこうの賛歌さんか	0:11
36.	"Where the Heart Is"	Uematsu	心しんの故郷こきょう	2:33
37.	"Holy Consult"	Uematsu	聖せいなる助言じょげん者しゃ	4:39
38.	"Aetherial Slumber"	Uematsu	エーテルのまどろみ	3:18
39.	"The Echo"	Uematsu	追憶ついおくの迷路めいろ	1:45
40.	"Fever Dream"	Uematsu	前触まえぶれ	2:31
41.	"Daring Alliances"	Uematsu	日溜ひだまり	1:46
42.	"Sacred Bonds"	Uematsu	哀愁あいしゅう	2:57
43.	"Piece of Mind"	Uematsu	清浄せいじょうなる心こころ	3:16
44.	"Inner Recess"	Uematsu	焦燥しょうそうの旅路たびじ	1:19
45.	"From the Heart"	Uematsu	帰かえるべき場所ばしょ	2:27
46.	"Fourteen Steps"	Uematsu	また、ここから	3:13
47.	"Fragments of Forever"	Uematsu	永遠えいえんの欠片かけら	2:22
48.	"Tranquility"	Uematsu	静しずかなる一刻いっこく	2:09
49.	"Neverborn"	Uematsu	疑惑ぎわくの廻廊かいろう	2:08
50.	"Everbinding Oath"	Uematsu	永遠えいえんの誓ちかい	2:37
51.	"Heavensturn"	Uematsu	降くだ神祭しんさい	4:27
52.	"Moonfire Faire"	Uematsu	紅蓮ぐれん祭さい	3:23
53.	"All Saint's Wake"	Uematsu	守護しゅご天てん節ぶし	3:15
54.	"Starlight Celebration"	Uematsu	星ほし芒すすき祭さい	6:05
55.	"Conflagration"	Uematsu	紅あかき焔ほのおの熱ねつに	5:02
56.	"The Hero of Hatchingside"	Soken	エッグハントの英雄えいゆう	0:07
57.	"Enraptured"	Uematsu	淡あわき光ひかりの夢ゆめに	4:02
58.	"Battle Drums"	Uematsu	蛮勇ばんゆう	4:02
59.	"Bo-down"	Uematsu	レンタル de チョコボ	2:53
60.	"Fury"	Uematsu	憤怒ふんぬ	5:18
61.	"The Seventh Gate"	Uematsu	試練しれんの戦たたかい	5:40
62.	"Victory Fanfare (Short)"	Uematsu	勝利しょうりのファンファーレ　～凱歌がいか～ (ショート)	0:11
63.	"Without Shadow"	Uematsu	忍しのび寄よる闇やみ	3:08
64.	"Canticle"	Ai Yamashita	祈いのりの歌うた	1:19
65.	"Wrath of the Eikons"	Uematsu	怒おこれる神かみ々	3:51
66.	"Primal Judgment"	Uematsu	原始げんしの審判しんぱん	5:07
67.	"Final Respite"	Uematsu	夢ゆめはいまも……	3:31
68.	"The Dark's Embrace"	Uematsu	闇やみの抱擁ほうよう	3:32
69.	"The Dark's Kiss"	Uematsu	闇やみの口くち付づけ	3:28
70.	"Nemesis"	Uematsu	ネメシス	4:53
71.	"Victory Fanfare (Full)"	Uematsu	勝利しょうりのファンファーレ　～凱歌がいか～ (ロング)	0:40
72.	"Maelstrom Command"	Naoshi Mizuta	黒くろ渦うず団だん軍令ぐんれい部ぶ	5:50
73.	"Into the Adder's Den"	Tsuyoshi Sekito	双そう蛇へび党とう統合とうごう司令しれい部ぶ	4:11
74.	"The Hall of Flames"	Ryo Yamazaki	不滅ふめつ隊たい作戦さくせん本部ほんぶ	4:33
75.	"Honor and Duty"	Soken	名誉めいよと義務ぎむ	0:08
76.	"Eorzea de Chocobo"	Soken	エオルゼア de チョコボ	4:24
77.	"Ripples in the Sea"	Yamazaki	洋上ようじょうの小波さざなみ	1:15
78.	"The Sand’s Secrets"	Yamazaki	砂すなの機密きみつ	1:30
79.	"Dewdrops & Moonbeams"	Yamazaki	露ろの玉たま、月つきの光ひかり	1:44
80.	"Dreams Aloft"	Yamazaki	夢見ゆめみるは遙はるかなる空そら	1:20
81.	"Airborne"	Soken	大空おおぞらへ	0:29
82.	"Birds of a Feather"	Soken	キャラバン護衛ごえい	1:25
83.	"Flee Together"	Soken	とんずら！	1:52
84.	"Quick as Silver, Hard as Stone"	Mizuta	疾やましきこと銀ぎんの如ごとく、硬かたきこと石いしの如ごとく	5:00
85.	"Flightless Wings"	Uematsu	猛もうき嵐あらしの剣けんに	4:14
86.	"Pitfire"	Uematsu	炎ほのお獄ごくの火種ひだね	2:56
87.	"The Promise of Plunder"	Soken	隠かくし財宝ざいほうを求もとめて	3:49
88.	"Meteor"	Yamazaki	メテオ	4:06
89.	"Seven Jesters"	Soken	七なな匹ひきの道化どうけたち	3:02
90.	"Good King Moogle Mog XII"	Soken	善ぜん王おうモグル・モグXII世よ	5:38
91.	"The Rider's Boon"	Sekito	その背せに揺ゆられて（そのせにゆられて	3:20
92.	"Breaking Boundaries"	Soken	極限きょくげんを超こえて	3:20
93.	"Relics"	Soken	古いにしえのジョブ	1:58
94.	"In the Arms of Althyk"	Soken	時どき神しんに誘さそわれて	0:11
95.	"Agent of Inquiry"	Soken	事件じけん屋やのアレ	2:43
96.	"The Tug of Fate"	Soken	運命うんめいの導みちびき	4:30
97.	"To the Fore"	Soken	全ぜん隊たい前まえへ！	6:32
98.	"Imperial Will"	Uematsu	帝国ていこくの意志いし	5:09
99.	"Steel Reason"	Uematsu	鋼はがねの理念りねん	4:17
100.	"Imperium"	Uematsu	インペリウム	6:28
101.	"Fallen Angel"	Soken	堕天せし者もの	7:09
102.	"Tempest"	Uematsu	戦乱せんらん	7:51
103.	"Rise of the White Raven"	Soken	白銀はくぎんの凶きょう鳥とり、飛翔ひしょうせり	5:51
104.	"Answers"	Uematsu	Answers	7:09

A Realm Reborn

Original Soundtrack

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Masayoshi Soken, Nobuo Uematsu, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Naoshi Mizuta
Released	March 26, 2014
Genre	Video game soundtrack
Length	6:48:00 (Single Blu-ray disc)

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Original Soundtrack was released by Square Enix on March 21, 2014. It was released on a Blu-ray disc and features 119 tracks lasting 6:48:00, composed by numerous artists, including Nobuo Uematsu, Masayoshi Soken, Naoshi Mizuta, and Tsuyoshi Sekito. In addition to the tracks present in the initial launch of A Realm Reborn, the album also includes tracks used in the 2.1 patch, A Realm Awoken. Initial copies of the soundtrack also came with a special "Wind-up Bahamut" in-game pet. Soken contributed to composing, compiling, and remixing all of the music of the game, which includes traditional Final Fantasy themes composed originally by Uematsu, as well as sound effects, in only eight months. Emily McMillan of Video Game Music Online, in her review of the album, termed it a "truly fantastic score", and said that it was superior to the music of the original version of the game. She felt that it was an excellent merging of the traditional Final Fantasy musical style with a modern orchestral score. Mike Salbato of RPGFan also praised the album saying that it was his favorite soundtrack album of 2014, and that he "can't recommend A Realm Reborn's soundtrack highly enough".

In addition to reviews of the album, within the context of the game the music has been well received. Kotaku's Mike Fahey stated that the music was "wonderful, complex and satisfying". He often paused to remove the ambient and interface noises so as to hear it better. GamesRadar's Adam Harshberger called it "a standout even amongst Final Fantasy's storied heritage", while Digital Spy's Mark Langshaw called it "a sonic feast ... that pays appropriate homage to the long-running RPG series". The soundtrack won Video Game Music Online's 2013 Annual Game Music Awards in the Eastern category. A Realm Reborn appeared at position #10 on the Japanese Oricon album charts for its release week, and remained in the charts for eight weeks, selling over 21,900 copies.

Track list

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Japanese title (Romanization)	Length
1.	"Prelude – Rebirth"	Masayoshi Soken	プレリュード　～再さい誕の煌きらめき～ (Prelude ~Saitan no Kirameki~)	1:16
2.	"Torn from the Heavens"	Soken	天てんより降ふりし力ちから (Ten yori Kudarishi Chikara)	5:11
3.	"Prelude – Discoveries"	Soken	プレリュード　～冒険ぼうけんの序章じょしょう～ (Prelude ~Bouken no Joshou~)	10:30
4.	"A New Hope"	Soken	希望きぼうの都と (Kibou no Miyako)	11:24
5.	"To the Sun"	Soken	灼熱しゃくねつの地ちへ (Shakunetsu no Chi e)	6:34
6.	"The Land Burns"	Soken	荒野あらのの鼓動こどう (Kouya no Kodou)	3:04
7.	"The Gift of Life"	Soken	生命せいめいの賜物たまもの (Seimei no Tamamono)	1:07
8.	"Another Round"	Soken	もう一いち杯はい！ (Mou Ippai!)	2:16
9.	"Hard to Miss"	Soken	宿命しゅくめい (Shukumei)	4:12
10.	"Bo-down"	Nobuo Uematsu	レンタル de チョコボ (Rental de Chocobo)	1:57
11.	"Sultana Dreaming"	Soken	夢見ゆめみる女王じょおう陛下へいか (Yume Miru Jou'ou Heika)	7:05
12.	"Bliss"	Soken, Nobuko Toda, Yoshitaka Suzuki	無常むじょうの喜よろこび (Mujou no Yorokobi)	1:56
13.	"Fracture"	Soken	不穏ふおんな気配けはい (Fuon na Kehai)	1:25
14.	"Tenacity"	Soken, Toda, Suzuki	不屈ふくつの闘志とうし (Fukutsu no Toushi)	5:05
15.	"Return of the Hero"	Soken, Toda, Suzuki	英雄えいゆうの凱旋がいせん (Eiyuu no Gaisen)	2:16
16.	"A World Apart"	Soken	そして世界せかいへ (Soshite Sekai e)	3:38
17.	"I Am the Sea"	Soken	偉大いだいなる母港ぼこう (Idai naru Bokou)	13:58
18.	"On Westerly Winds"	Soken	西風せいふうに乗のせて (Nishikaze ni Nosete)	5:19
19.	"The Land Breathes"	Soken	大地だいちの鼓動こどう (Daichi no Kodou)	3:04
20.	"Saltswept"	Soken	潮風しおかぜ香かおる街まち (Shiokaze Kaoru Machi)	1:49
21.	"Ruby Moonrise"	Soken	爆はぜよ耐たい熱ねつ装備そうび (Hazeyo Tainetsu Soubi)	2:19
22.	"Eorzea de Chocobo"	Soken	エオルゼア de チョコボ (Eorzea de Chocobo)	2:33
23.	"A Sailor Never Sleeps"	Soken	船乗ふなのりは眠ねむらない (Funanori wa Nemuranai)	7:45
24.	"Currents"	Soken	潮流ちょうりゅう (Chouryuu)	0:51
25.	"Brothers in Arms"	Soken, Toda, Suzuki	戦友せんゆう (Senyuu)	6:31
26.	"Wailers And Waterwheels"	Soken	水車みずぐるまの調しらべ (Suisha no Shirabe)	11:26
27.	"Serenity"	Soken	静穏せいおんの森もり (Seion no Mori)	5:52
28.	"The Land Bends"	Soken	森もりの鼓動こどう (Mori no Kodou)	2:49
29.	"Reign of Pain"	Naoshi Mizuta	黒くろき悪魔あくま (Kuroki Akuma)	2:01
30.	"The Rider's Boon"	Tsuyoshi Sekito	その背せに揺ゆられて (Sono Se ni Yurarete)	3:18
31.	"Dance of the Fireflies"	Soken	蛍ぼたるたちの舞踏ぶとう会かい (Hotaru-tachi no Butoukai)	4:24
32.	"Greenwrath"	Soken	精霊せいれいの意思いし (Seirei no Ishi)	1:23
33.	"From the Depths"	Soken	仄暗ほのぐらい底そこから (Honogurai Soko kara)	1:34
34.	"The Promise of Plunder"	Soken	隠かくし財宝ざいほうを求もとめて (Kakushi Zaihou wo Motomete)	3:48
35.	"Slumber Disturbed"	Soken	妨さまたげられた眠ねむり (Samatagerareta Nemuri)	1:14
36.	"A Fine Death"	Soken	名誉めいよに賭かけて (Meiyo ni Kakete)	3:11
37.	"Below"	Soken	地下ちか坑道こうどう (Chika Koudou)	1:36
38.	"Nemesis"	Uematsu	ネメシス (Nemesis)	4:52
39.	"A Victory Fanfare Reborn (Full)"	Soken	勝利しょうりのファンファーレ　～新生しんせい（フル）～ (Shouri no Fanfare ~Shinshou (Full)~)	1:41
40.	"The Waking Sands"	Soken	砂すなの家いえ (Suna no Ie)	4:10
41.	"Smoulder"	Soken	燻いぶる灰はい (Iburu Hai)	1:29
42.	"Pitfire"	Uematsu	炎ほのお獄ごくの火種ひだね (Engoku no Hidane)	1:56
43.	"One Blood"	Toda, Suzuki	血脈けちみゃく (Ketsumyaku)	1:56
44.	"Primal Judgement"	Uematsu	原始げんしの審判しんぱん (Genshi no Shinpan)	3:05
45.	"Calling"	Soken	星ほしの囁ささやき (Hoshi no Sasayaki)	0:36
46.	"Where the Heart Is"	Soken	心温こころあたたまる場所ばしょ (Kokoro Atatamaru Basho)	2:39
47.	"Where the Hearth Is"	Soken	体からだ暖あたたまる場所ばしょ (Karada Atatamaru Basho)	5:21
48.	"Battle Theme 1.x"	Soken	戦闘せんとうシーン1.X (Sentou Scene 1.X)	3:30
49.	"Conundrum"	Soken, Toda, Suzuki	堂々巡どうどうめぐり (Doudoumeguri)	2:07
50.	"Agent of Inquiry"	Soken	事件じけん屋やのアレ (Jikenya no Are)	1:44
51.	"The Ludus"	Soken	闘士とうしの修練しゅうれん所しょ (Doushi no Shuurensho)	1:25
52.	"Flibbertigibbet"	Soken	イタズラっ子こたち (Itazurakko-tachi)	1:46
53.	"A Curious Breed of Botherment"	Soken	世よにも奇妙きみょうな厄介やっかい者しゃ (Yo ni mo Kimyou na Yakkaimono)	1:54
54.	"A Thousand Screams"	Soken	千せんの悲鳴ひめい (Sen no Himei)	0:58
55.	"My Soul to Keep"	Soken	我わが魂たましいを捧ささげて (Waga Tamashii wo Sasagete)	2:08
56.	"From Fear to Fortitude"	Soken, Toda, Suzuki	豪勇ごうゆうの士し (Gouyuu no Shi)	4:21
57.	"The Maiden's Lament"	Soken	乙女おとめの哀歌あいか (Otome no Aika)	1:20
58.	"Ruby Sunrise"	Soken	輝かがやく太陽たいよう(Kagayaku Taiyou)	3:57
59.	"Lipflaps on Longstops"	Soken	野営やえい地ちのお調子ちょうし者しゃ (Yaeichi no Ochoushimono)	1:08
60.	"Echoes of Ages Past"	Soken	昔日せきじつの残響ざんきょう (Sekijitsu no Zankyou)	0:55
61.	"Abomination"	Soken	憎悪ぞうお (Zou'o)	1:02
62.	"Quick as Silver, Hard as Stone"	Mizuta	疾やましきこと銀ぎんの如ごとく、硬かたきこと石いしの如ごとく (Tsuki koto Kane no Shiku, Kouki koto Ishi no Shiku)	2:30
63.	"Weight of a Whisper"	Soken	タイタンの慟哭どうこく (Titan no Doukoku)	1:40
64.	"Weight of His Will"	Soken	タイタンの憤怒ふんぬ (Titan no Funne)	2:52
65.	"Weight of the World"	Soken	タイタンの激震げきしん (Titan no Gekishin)	1:35
66.	"Heartless"	Soken	タイタンの心しん核かく (Titan no Shisane)	2:16
67.	"Under the Weight"	Soken	過重かじゅう圧殺あっさつ！　～蛮神タイタン討滅戦せん～ (Kajou Assatsu! ~Banshin Titan Toumetsusen~)	11:34
68.	"Forever Lost"	Soken	永遠えいえんの離別りべつ (Eien no Ribetsu)	2:58
69.	"Fealty"	Soken	忠義ちゅうぎ (Chuugi)	3:33
70.	"Undying Faith"	Soken	鋼はがねの信仰しんこう (Hagane no Shinkou)	0:55
71.	"The Land Breaks"	Soken	雪山ゆきやまの鼓動こどう (Setsuzan no Kodou)	3:19
72.	"The Dragon's Dirge"	Soken	竜りゅうの葬送そうそう歌か (Ryuu no Sousouka)	1:01
73.	"Cold Salvation"	Soken	極寒ごっかん戦線せんせん (Gokkan Sensen)	1:02
74.	"The Darkhold"	Soken	ゼーメル要塞ようさい (Dzemael Yousai)	1:12
75.	"Miser's Folly"	Soken	守銭奴しゅせんどの愚行ぐこう (Shuusendo no Gukou)	1:09
76.	"Thunderer"	Soken	雷鳴らいめい (Raimei)	5:04
77.	"Kiss of Chaos"	Soken	混沌こんとんの予感よかん (Konton no Yokan)	1:43
78.	"Flightless Wings"	Uematsu	猛もうき嵐あらしの剣けんに (Mouki Arashi no Ken ni)	2:35
79.	"Fleeting Rays"	Soken	儚はかなき光彩こうさい (Hakanaki Kousai)	1:37
80.	"Engage"	Soken	蒼あおき翼つばさ (Aoki Tsubasa)	3:36
81.	"Damnation"	Soken	破滅はめつ (Hametsu)	1:03
82.	"Fallen Angel"	Soken	堕天せし者もの (Datenseshi mono)	4:30
83.	"Frontiers Within"	Soken	フロンティア (Frontier)	3:25
84.	"Reflections"	Soken	リフレクション (Reflection)	2:08
85.	"Intertwined"	Soken	交錯こうさく (Kousaku)	3:32
86.	"The Land Bleeds"	Soken	水晶すいしょうの鼓動こどう (Suishou no Kodou)	3:05
87.	"Crystal Rain"	Soken	クリスタルの雨あめ (Crystal no Ame)	0:55
88.	"Through the Gloom"	Soken	薄闇うすやみに射さす光ひかり (Usuyami ni Sasu Hikari)	1:53
89.	"Slither"	Soken	五里霧中ごりむちゅう (Gorimuchuu)	0:23
90.	"Good King Moggle Mog XII"	Soken	善ぜん王おうモグル・モグXII世よ (Zennou Moggle Mog XII)	3:13
91.	"A Tonberry's Tears"	Soken	トンベリの涙なみだ (Tonberry no Namida)	1:04
92.	"A Fell Air Falleth"	Soken	戦士せんしの直感ちょっかん (Senshi no Chokkan)	2:55
93.	"Cracks in the Wall"	Soken	古城こじょうにて…… (Kojou nite......)	1:15
94.	"Skullduggery"	Soken	奸計かんけい (Kankei)	2:13
95.	"Breaking Boundaries"	Soken	極限きょくげんを超こえて (Kyokugen wo Koete)	1:59
96.	"The Dark's Embrace"	Uematsu	闇やみの抱擁ほうよう (Yami no Houyou)	2:00
97.	"The Dark's Kiss"	Uematsu	闇やみの口くち付づけ (Yami no Kuchizuke)	2:02
98.	"Hubris"	Soken, Toda, Suzuki	傲慢ごうまん (Gouman)	5:52
99.	"Ever Upwards"	Soken, Toda, Suzuki	天上てんじょうへ (Tenjou e)	6:00
100.	"Tumbling Down"	Soken, Toda, Suzuki	奈落ならくへ (Naraku e)	6:46
101.	"Defender of the Realm"	Soken, Toda, Suzuki	エオルゼアの守護しゅご者しゃ (Eorzea no Shugosha)	2:20
102.	"Machinations"	Soken	軍ぐん議ぎ (Gungi)	1:28
103.	"Discordance"	Soken	不調和ふちょうわ (Fuchouwa)	0:21
104.	"The Emperor's Wont"	Soken	魔ま導しるべの軍勢ぐんぜい (Madou no Gunzei)	8:26
105.	"Beyond the Unknown"	Soken	未知みちの領域りょういきへ (Michi no Ryouiki)	0:13
106.	"The Only Path"	Soken	ただひとつの道みち (Tada Hitotsu no Michi)	0:59
107.	"Penitus"	Soken	魔ま導しるべ城じょうプラエトリウム (Madoujou Praetorium)	14:18
108.	"Bite of the Black Wolf"	Soken	漆黒しっこくの王おう狼おおかみ、咆吼せり (Shikkoku no Oukami, Houkou seri)	4:36
109.	"The Maker's Ruin"	Soken	神かみなき世界せかい (Kami naki Sekai)	2:51
110.	"Ultima"	Soken	究極きゅうきょく幻想げんそう (Kyuukyoku Gensou)	7:10
111.	"Serving the Light"	Soken	光ひかりの加護かご (Hikari no Kago)	1:04
112.	"Flight"	Soken	終局しゅうきょく (Shuukyoku)	1:15
113.	"The Seventh Sun"	Soken	第だい七なな星ほし暦れき (Dai-nana Hoshireki)	5:00
114.	"Dawn of a New Era"	Soken	新しん時代じだいの暁あかつき (Sjinjidai no Akatsuki)	1:07
115.	"And You! – A Realm Reborn Medley"	Soken	And You!　～新生しんせいエオルゼアメドレー～ (And You! ~Shinshou Eorzea Medley~)	2:40
116.	"The Corpse Hall"	Soken	斬き (Zan)	10:50
117.	"Primal Timbre"	Soken	真実しんじつを求もとめて (Shinjitsu wo Motomete)	6:31
118.	"Spiral"	Soken	螺旋らせん (Rasen)	6:54
119.	"Calamity Unbound"	Soken	試練しれんを超こえる力ちから (Shiren wo Koeru Chikara)	8:08
120.	"Battle on the Big Bridge (hidden track)"	Uematsu, Soken	ビッグブリッヂの死闘しとう ～新生しんせい～ Mortal Combat on the Big Bridge ~Reborn~	4:24

From Astral to Umbral

Final Fantasy XIV: From Astral to Umbral - Band & Piano Arrangement Album
Soundtrack album by Masayoshi Soken
Released	December 17, 2014
Genre	Video game soundtrack
Length	1:06:34

Final Fantasy XIV: From Astral to Umbral - Band & Piano Arrangement Album is a Blu-ray album of rock and piano arrangements of music from A Realm Reborn. It features arrangements by Soken, GUNN, Keiko, and Nobuko Toda of pieces originally composed by Soken for the game, and was published by Square Enix on December 17, 2014. The first six tracks on the album are piano covers, performed by Keiko, of field and town themes from the game. The following six are rock covers by Soken's band The Primals of the musical themes from the game of the primals, powerful elemental creatures. The Blu-ray disc also features the original versions of the twelve tracks, videos of in-game scenes where the original music plays, as well as one secret track that needs a password to unlock. Some of the original tracks had not yet been released on an official album when Astral to Umbral was produced. In picking tracks to arrange for this album, Soken wanted to highlight the contrast between the two sides. He chose pieces that he originally composed on piano for the piano selections and on guitar for the rock selections.

Mike Salbato of RPGFan reviewed the album and described it as "a great, if perhaps disjointed experience". He praised the high quality of the arrangements and performances, but questioned the grouping of the more gentle piano tracks alongside the heavy rock pieces.

Track list

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Japanese title (Romanization)	Length
1.	"Piano: Serenity"	KEIKO/Nobuko Tode	静穏せいおんの森もり ～黒衣くろご森もりフィールド～ (Seion no mori ~ kokui mori fīrudo ~)	6:14
2.	"Piano: Wailers And Waterwheels"	KEIKO/Nobuko Tode	水車みずぐるまの調しらべ　〜グリダニア〜 (Suisha no shirabe 〜 guridania 〜)	6:01
3.	"Piano: To the Sun"	KEIKO/Nobuko Tode	灼熱しゃくねつの地ちへ　〜ザナラーンフィールド〜 (Shakunetsu no ji e 〜 zanarānfīrudo 〜)	7:19
4.	"Piano: A New Hope"	KEIKO/Nobuko Tode	希望きぼうの都と　〜ウルダハ〜 (Kibō no miyako 〜 urudaha 〜)	6:52
5.	"Piano: On Westerly Winds"	KEIKO/Nobuko Tode	西風せいふうに乗のせて　〜ラノシアフィールド〜 (Seifū ni nosete 〜 ranoshiafīrudo 〜)	5:50
6.	"I Am the Sea"	KEIKO/Nobuko Tode	偉大いだいなる母港ぼこう　〜リムサ・ロミンサ〜 (Idainaru bokō 〜 rimusa rominsa 〜)	8:57
7.	"Band: Primal Judgment"	Masayoshi Soken/GUNN/THE PRIMALS	原始げんしの審判しんぱん 〜蛮神イフリート討伐とうばつ戦せん〜 (Genshi no shinpan 〜 Ban-shin ifurīto tōbatsu-sen 〜)	2:52
8.	"Band: Under the Weight"	Masayoshi Soken/GUNN/THE PRIMALS	過重かじゅう圧殺あっさつ！ 〜蛮神タイタン討伐とうばつ戦せん〜 (Kajū assatsu! 〜 Ban Kami Tai Tan tōbatsu-sen 〜)	5:15
9.	"Band: Fallen Angel"	Masayoshi Soken/GUNN/THE PRIMALS	堕天せし者しゃ 〜蛮神ガルーダ討伐とうばつ戦せん〜 (Daten seshi mono 〜 Ban-shin garūda tōbatsu-sen 〜)	4:12
10.	"Band: Through the Maelstrom"	Masayoshi Soken/GUNN/THE PRIMALS	混沌こんとんの渦動かどう　〜蛮神リヴァイアサン討滅戦せん〜 (Konton no kadō 〜 Ban-shin rivu~aiasan tōmetsu-sen 〜)	4:17
11.	"Band: Thunder Rolls"	Masayoshi Soken/GUNN/THE PRIMALS	雷光らいこう雷鳴らいめい　〜蛮神ラムウ討滅戦せん〜 (Raikō raimei 〜 Ban-shin ramū tōmetsu-sen 〜)	4:44
12.	"Band: Oblivion"	Masayoshi Soken/GUNN/THE PRIMALS	忘却ぼうきゃくの彼方かなた　〜蛮神シヴァ討滅戦せん〜 (Bōkyaku no kanata 〜 Ban-shin shivu~a tōmetsu-sen 〜)	4:00

Before the Fall

Before the Fall: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Masayoshi Soken
Released	August 26, 2015
Genre	Video game soundtrack
Length	4:12:41

Before the Fall: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack is an album of music from four patches to Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. These were patches 2.2 through 2.5: "Through the Maelstrom", "Defenders of Eorzea", "Dreams of Ice", and "Before the Fall". The album was released by Square Enix on August 26, 2015 on Blu-ray, and includes all of the music that Soken composed for the updates, as well as several pieces for the updates written by Nobuo Uematsu, Naoshi Mizuta, and Ryo Yamazaki. Of the 61 tracks, 16 were previously released on other albums, primarily the Before Meteor album, and these tracks compose the majority of the non-Soken tracks. It sold around 14,500 copies.

Christopher Huynh of Video Game Music Online held a mixed opinion of the album, which he criticized as "a rather mixed bag of tracks". He said that while some of the tracks were excellent, there were several poor pieces as well, and was disappointed in the repeated material. He ascribed the uneven quality of the album to a lack of an overriding theme to the music, which left it as a collection of disparate material. He also criticized the sound quality, believing that the use of a real orchestra would have helped the orchestral pieces.

Track list

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Japanese title (Romanization)	Length
1.	"Wreck to the Seaman"	Masayoshi Soken	船乗ふなのりには難破なんぱを ～蛮神リヴァイアサン前哨ぜんしょう戦せん～ (Funanori ni wa nanpa o ~ Ban-shin rivu~aiasan zenshōsen ~)	2:00
2.	"Through the Maelstrom"	Masayoshi Soken	混沌こんとんの渦動かどう　〜蛮神リヴァイアサン討滅戦せん〜 (Konton no kadō 〜 Ban-shin rivu~aiasan tōmetsu-sen 〜)	7:29
3.	"The Scars of Battle"	Masayoshi Soken	魔ま大戦たいせんの傷跡きずあと ～腐敗ふはい遺跡いせき 古こアムダプール市街しがい～ (Ma taisen no kizuato ~ fuhai iseki ko amudapūru shigai ~)	4:48
4.	"Persistence"	Nobuo Uematsu	不屈ふくつの挑戦ちょうせん (Fukutsu no chōsen)	1:37
5.	"Wrath of the Eikons"	Nobuo Uematsu	怒おこれる神かみ々 (Okoreru kamigami)	2:35
6.	"Breathless"	Nobuo Uematsu	ノォヴ一味いちみ (No~ovu ichimi)	2:20
7.	"Gluppity-schlopp"	Naoshi Mizuta	クズテツどもの歌うた (Kuzutetsu-domo no uta)	1:41
8.	"Fury"	Nobuo Uematsu	憤怒ふんぬ ～盟友めいゆう支援しえん ブレイフロクスの野営やえい地ち～ (Fundo ~ meiyū shien bureifurokusu no yaei-chi ~)	2:36
9.	"Pa-Paya"	Masayoshi Soken	パーパや (Pa-Paya)	4:40
10.	"Birds of a Feather"	Masayoshi Soken	キャラバン護衛ごえい ～剣けん闘たたかえ領域りょういき ハラタリ修練しゅうれん所しょ～ (Kyaraban goei ~ ken 闘たたかえ領りょう-Iki haratari shūren-sho ~)	1:20
11.	"Beneath Bloodied Banners"	Nobuo Uematsu	紅蓮ぐれんの戦旗せんきの下したに ～剣けん闘たたかえ領域りょういき ハラタリ修練しゅうれん所しょ～ (Guren no senki no shita ni ~ ken 闘たたかえ領りょう-Iki haratari shūren-sho ~)	2:52
12.	"Big-boned"	Masayoshi Soken	でぶチョコボ騎乗きじょう (Debu chokobo kijō)	2:34
13.	"Battle on the Big Bridge"	Nobuo Uematsu	ビッグブリッヂの死闘しとう ～新生しんせい～ (Bigguburiddjinoshitō ~ Shinsei ~)	4:26
14.	"Through the Maelstrom (Female Vocals)"	Masayoshi Soken	混沌こんとんの渦動かどう　〜蛮神リヴァイアサン討滅戦せん：女性じょせい版ばん〜 (Konton no kadō 〜 Ban-shin rivu~aiasan tōmetsu-sen: Josei-ban 〜)	7:29
15.	"Meteor"	Ryo Yamazaki	メテオ (Meteo)	2:16
16.	"Blades"	Masayoshi Soken	剣けんと剣けん ～大だい迷宮めいきゅう　バハムート侵攻しんこう編へん～ (Ken to ken ~ dai meikyū bahamūto shinkō-hen ~)	6:10
17.	"Tempest"	Nobuo Uematsu	戦乱せんらん (Senran)	6:16
18.	"Rise of the White Raven"	Masayoshi Soken	白銀はくぎんの凶きょう鳥とり、飛翔ひしょうせり (Shirogane no kyō tori, hishō seri)	3:05
19.	"Horizons Calling"	Nobuo Uematsu	地平線ちへいせんの彼方かなた ～財宝ざいほう伝説でんせつ ハルブレーカー・アイル～ (Chiheisen no kanata ~ zaihō densetsu haruburēkā airu ~)	3:07
20.	"Far from Home"	Nobuo Uematsu	何なによりも高たかく (Naniyori mo takaku)	1:42
21.	"Dark Vows"	Masayoshi Soken	漆黒しっこくの誓ちかい ～惨劇さんげき霊殿れいでん タムタラの墓所はかしょ～ (Shikkoku no chikai ~ sangeki reiden tamutara no bosho ~)	4:36
22.	"Answers - Reprise"	Nobuo Uematsu	Answers - Reprise (Answers - Reprise)	1:57
23.	"Thunder Rolls"	Masayoshi Soken	雷光らいこう雷鳴らいめい　〜蛮神ラムウ討滅戦せん〜 (Raikō raimei 〜 Ban-shin ramū tōmetsu-sen 〜)	10:38
24.	"Moonfire Faire"	Nobuo Uematsu	紅蓮ぐれん祭さい (Guren-sai)	2:04
25.	"Thicker than a Knife"s Blade"	Masayoshi Soken	刃は、厚あついほどに (Ha, atsui hodo ni)	2:08
26.	"The War Room"		作戦さくせん会議かいぎ室しつ (Sakusen kaigijitsu)	4:02
27.	"Rouse Out!"	Masayoshi Soken	総員そういん抜剣ばっけん！ (Sōin bakken!)	2:51
28.	"Blood for Blood"	Masayoshi Soken	血ちで血ちを洗あらって (Chi de chi o aratte)	3:28
29.	"Or the Egg?"	Masayoshi Soken	卵たまごが先さきか？ (Tamago ga saki ka?)	0:19
30.	"Game Theory"	Masayoshi Soken	ゲーム理論りろん (Gēmu riron)	2:39
31.	"Now I Know the Truth"	Nobuo Uematsu	ドーガとウネの心しん (Dōga to Une no kokoro)	2:05
32.	"Out of the Labyrinth"	Masayoshi Soken	絢爛けんらん ～クリスタルタワー：シルクスの塔とう～ ( Kenran ~ kurisutarutawā: Shirukusu no tō ~)	5:19
33.	"Shattered"	Masayoshi Soken	破砕はさい ～クリスタルタワー：シルクスの塔とう～ (Hasai ~ kurisutarutawā: Shirukusu no tō ~)	5:19
34.	"Loss of Time"	Masayoshi Soken	時ときはこぼれ落おちて (Toki wa koboreochite)	1:41
35.	"His Holiness"	Masayoshi Soken	教皇きょうこう (Kyōkō)	1:09
36.	"A Light in the Storm"	Masayoshi Soken	嵐あらしの中なかの灯火ともしび ～怪かい鳥とり巨きょ塔とう シリウス大だい灯台とうだい～ (Arashi no naka no tomoshibi ~ kaichō kyotō Shiriusu dai tōdai ~)	8:08
37.	"Riptide"	Masayoshi Soken	潮しお衝 ～逆襲ぎゃくしゅう要害ようがい サスタシャ浸食しんしょく洞ほら～ (Shio 衝 ~ Gyakushū yōgai sasutasha shinshoku hora ~)	6:59
38.	"The Edge"	Masayoshi Soken	忍しのびの刃は (Shinobi no ha)	2:07
39.	"Forgotten by the Sun"	Masayoshi Soken	落日らくじつの遺跡いせき ～遺跡いせき救援きゅうえん カルン埋没まいぼつ寺院じいん～ (Rakujitsu no iseki ~ iseki kyūen karun maibotsu jiin ~)	6:54
40.	"Pennons Aloft"	Nobuo Uematsu	槍やり旗はた (Yari hata)	3:58
41.	"The Warrens"	Masayoshi Soken	秘密ひみつ坑道こうどう ～氷結ひょうけつ潜せん窟くつ スノークローク大だい氷壁ひょうへき～ (Himitsu kōdō ~ hyōketsu sen 窟くつ Sunōkurōku dai hyōheki ~)	7:15
42.	"Footsteps in the Snow"	Masayoshi Soken	雪上せつじょうの足跡あしあと ～蛮神シヴァ前哨ぜんしょう戦せん～ (Setsujō no ashiato ~ Ban-shin shivu~a zenshōsen ~)	7:00
43.	"Oblivion"	Masayoshi Soken	忘却ぼうきゃくの彼方かなた　〜蛮神シヴァ討滅戦せん〜 (Bōkyaku no kanata 〜 Ban-shin shivu~a tōmetsu-sen 〜)	8:00
44.	"Everbinding Oath"	Nobuo Uematsu	永遠えいえんの誓ちかい (Eien'nochikai)	5:11
45.	"From the Ashes"	Masayoshi Soken	灰はいより生うまれし者しゃ (Hai yori umareshi mono)	6:26
46.	"The Coil Tightens"	Masayoshi Soken	侵攻しんこう (Shinkō)	1:24
47.	"Four-sided Circle"	Nobuo Uematsu	マンダヴィル・ゴールドソーサー (Mandavu~iru gōrudosōsā)	4:11
48.	"Gateway to Paradise"	Nobuo Uematsu	天国てんごくの扉とびら (Tengoku no tobira)	3:59
49.	"Sport of Kings"	Nobuo Uematsu	チョコボレース (Chokoborēsu)	2:43
50.	"Aftermath"	Masayoshi Soken	戦禍せんか ～邪念じゃねん排撃はいげき 古城こじょうアムダプール～ (Senka ~ janen haigeki kojō amudapūru ~)	6:24
51.	"Tricksome"	Masayoshi Soken	聖域せいいきの罠わな ～武装ぶそう聖域せいいき ワンダラーパレス～ (Seiiki no wana ~ busō seiiki wandarāparesu ~)	6:03
52.	"Magiteknical Difficulties"	Nobuo Uematsu	魔ま導しるべ仕掛しかけの友とも (Madō shikake no tomo)	3:38
53.	"Blind to the Dark"	Masayoshi Soken	薄闇うすやみ ～クリスタルタワー：闇やみの世界せかい～ (Usuyami ~ kurisutarutawā: Yami no sekai ~)	5:20
54.	"Hamartomania"	Masayoshi Soken	暗闇くらやみ ～クリスタルタワー：闇やみの世界せかい～ (Kurayami ~ kurisutarutawā: Yami no sekai ~)	5:09
55.	"Hunger"	Nobuo Uematsu	死闘しとうの序曲じょきょく (Shitō no jokyoku)	0:38
56.	"The Reach of Darkness"	Masayoshi Soken	最後さいごの死闘しとう ～新生しんせい～ (Saigo no shitō ~ Shinsei ~)	4:28
57.	"Eternal Wind"	Nobuo Uematsu	悠久ゆうきゅうの風ふう ～新生しんせい～ (Yūkyū no kaze ~ Shinsei ~)	2:39
58.	"Faith in Her Fury"	Masayoshi Soken	戦せん神しんの教義きょうぎ ～皇すめらぎ都とイシュガルド防衛ぼうえい戦せん～(Ikusagami no kyōgi ~ sumeragi-to ishugarudo bōei-sen ~)	8:29
59.	"Unworthy"	Masayoshi Soken	仇敵きゅうてき ～皇すめらぎ都とイシュガルド防衛ぼうえい戦せん～ (Kyūteki ~ sumeragi-to ishugarudo bōei-sen ~)	2:23
60.	"Silver Tears"	Masayoshi Soken	銀ぎんの涙なみだ ～幻まぼろし龍りゅう残骸ざんがい 黙約もくやくの塔とう～ (Gin no namida ~ maboroshi ryū zangai mokuyaku no tō ~)	4:58
61.	"Primogenitor"	Masayoshi Soken	始祖しそたる幻まぼろし龍りゅう (Shisotaru maboroshi ryū)	7:34

Heavensward

Heavensward: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Masayoshi Soken
Released	February 24, 2016
Genre	Video game soundtrack
Length	4:43:54

Heavensward: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack is an album of music for the Heavensward expansion pack to A Realm Reborn. The album was released by Square Enix on February 24, 2016 on Blu-ray, and includes all of the music that Soken composed for the expansion and the 3.1 patch "As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness". A few of the 58 tracks on the album were composed by Yukiko Takada or Nobuo Uematsu, and the majority by Soken. Unlike the prior Before the Fall album, all of the music was new to the album, though 16 of the tracks were previously released in September through November 2015 as Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward -EP- Vol. 1. through 3. It sold over 10,600 copies.

The album was well received by Emily McMillan of Video Game Music Online, who lauded the soundtrack's "brilliant, varied, and extraordinarily fun to hear" themes. She praised the unique atmosphere of the new expansion's music, as well as its integration into the overall game's soundscape. It was also well received by Mike Salbato of RPGFan, who claimed that in the soundtrack, "Uematsu, Soken and co. really got a chance to shine musically". He listed "Dragonsong" and "Heavensward" as the "backbone" of the album, as their themes were prevalent in many other pieces in the soundtrack.

Track list

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Japanese title (Romanization)	Length
1.	"Heavensward"	Masayoshi Soken	Heavensward	4:19
2.	"A Cold Wind"	Masayoshi Soken	雪ゆき風ふう (Yukikaze)	1:44
3.	"Solid"	Masayoshi Soken	堅牢けんろう ～イシュガルド下層かそう：昼ひる～ (Kenrō ~ ishugarudo kasō: Hiru ~)	13:22
4.	"Against the Wind"	Masayoshi Soken	風ふうに向むかって ～クルザス西部せいぶ高地こうち：昼ひる～ (Kaze ni mukatte ~ kuruzasu seibu kōchi: Hiru ~)	2:09
5.	"Melt"	Masayoshi Soken	熱戦ねっせん ～イシュガルド地方ちほう：戦闘せんとう～ (Nessen ~ ishugarudo chihō: Sentō ~)	3:17
6.	"Descent"	Masayoshi Soken	堕落だらく ～廃はい砦とりで捜索そうさく ダスクヴィジル～ (Daraku ~ hai toride sōsaku dasukuvu~ijiru ~)	4:57
7.	"Ominous Prognisticks"	Masayoshi Soken	不吉ふきつなる前兆ぜんちょう (Fukitsunaru zenchō)	4:14
8.	"Black and White"	Masayoshi Soken	黒くろ闇やみと白しろ雪ゆき ～クルザス西部せいぶ高地こうち：夜よる～ (Kuroyami to shira yuki ~ kuruzasu seibu kōchi: Yoru ~)	2:18
9.	"Nobility Sleeps"	Masayoshi Soken	ノブレス・スリープス ～イシュガルド上層じょうそう：夜よる～ (Noburesu surīpusu ~ ishugarudo jōsō: Yoru ~)	10:31
10.	"Borderless"	Masayoshi Soken	国境こっきょうなき空そら (Kokkyō naki sora)	6:43
11.	"Shelter"	Masayoshi Soken	旅たびの宿やど (Tabi no yado)	1:08
12.	"Lost in the Clouds"	Masayoshi Soken	雲くもに隠かくれて ～アバラシア雲海うんかい：昼ひる～ (Kumo ni kakurete ~ abarashia unkai: Hiru ~)	4:22
13.	"Coming Home"	Masayoshi Soken	大だいらかな家いえ (Dai ra ka na ie)	5:31
14.	"Like a Summer Rain"	Masayoshi Soken	夏なつの雨あめの如ごとく ～神域しんいき浮島うきしま ネバーリープ～ (Natsu no ame nogotoku ~ shin'iki ukishima nebārīpu ~)	5:51
15.	"Close to the Heavens"	Masayoshi Soken	天上てんじょうの世界せかい ～アバラシア雲海うんかい：夜よる～ (Tenjō no sekai ~ abarashia unkai: Yoru ~)	4:58
16.	"Jewel"	Masayoshi Soken	宝石ほうせき ～雲海うんかい探索たんさく ディアデム諸島しょとう～ (Hōseki ~ unkai tansaku diademu shotō ~)	3:13
17.	"For the Sky"	Masayoshi Soken	天てんのため (Ten no tame)	4:17
18.	"Safety in Numbers"	Masayoshi Soken	みんなでいれば怖こわくない (Min'na de ireba kowakunai)	1:35
19.	"Painted Foothills"	Masayoshi Soken	彩いろどられし山麓さんろく ～高地こうちドラヴァニア：昼ひる～ (Irodora reshi sanroku ~ kōchi doravu~ania: Hiru ~)	5:30
20.	"The Hand that Gives the Rose"	Masayoshi Soken	武神ぶしん降臨こうりん ～蛮神ラーヴァナ前哨ぜんしょう戦せん～ (Bushinkōrin ~ Ban-shin rāvu~ana zenshōsen ~)	3:08
21.	"Unbending Steel"	Masayoshi Soken	曲まがらぬ刃は ～蛮神ラーヴァナ討滅戦せん～ (Magaranu ha ~ Ban-shin rāvu~ana tōmetsu-sen ~)	7:24
22.	"Painted Skies"	Masayoshi Soken	彩いろどられし夜空よぞら ～高地こうちドラヴァニア：夜よる～ (Irodora reshi yozora ~ kōchi doravu~ania: Yoru ~)	3:53
23.	"Slumber Eternal"	Masayoshi Soken	永遠えいえんの眠ねむり ～霊峰れいほう踏破とうは ソーム・アル～ (Eien no nemuri ~ reihō tōha sōmu Aru ~)	5:45
24.	"Landlords"	Masayoshi Soken	ランドロード ～ドラヴァニア雲海うんかい：昼ひる～ (Randorōdo ~ doravu~ania unkai: Hiru ~)	4:44
25.	"What is Love?"	Masayoshi Soken	それは愛あいくぽ？ (Sore wa ai ku po?)	1:15
26.	"Roar of the Wyrm"	Masayoshi Soken	邪よこしま竜りゅうの咆吼 ～邪よこしま竜りゅう血戦けっせん ドラゴンズエアリー～ (Yokoshima ryū no hōkō ~ yokoshima ryū kessen doragonzuearī ~)	4:26
27.	"Skylords"	Masayoshi Soken	スカイロード ～ドラヴァニア雲海うんかい：夜よる～ (Sukairōdo ~ doravu~ania unkai: Yoru ~)	4:25
28.	"Contention"	Nobuo Uematsu	闘争とうそう (Tōsō)	3:22
29.	"Nobility Obliges"	Masayoshi Soken	ノブレス・オブリージュ ～イシュガルド上層じょうそう：昼ひる～ (Noburesu oburīju ~ ishugarudo jōsō: Hiru ~)	9:20
30.	"Hallowed Halls"	Masayoshi Soken	聖せい座ざ ～強硬きょうこう突入とつにゅう イシュガルド教皇きょうこう庁ちょう～ (Sei-za ~ kyōkō totsunyū ishugarudo kyōkō-chō ~)	2:49
31.	"The Heavens' Ward"	Masayoshi Soken	蒼天そうてん騎士きし団だん (Sōten kishi-dan)	3:15
32.	"Night in the Brume"	Masayoshi Soken	雲霧うんむ街がいの夜霧よぎり ～イシュガルド下層かそう：夜よる～ (Kumogiri machi no yogiri ~ ishugarudo kasō: Yoru ~)	10:14
33.	"Heavy Rain"	Yukiko Takada	雷雨らいうの如ごとく (Raiu nogotoku)	2:40
34.	"Limitless Blue"	Masayoshi Soken	果はてなき蒼あお ～蛮神ビスマルク前哨ぜんしょう戦せん～ (Hatenaki ao ~ Ban Kami Bisumaruku zenshōsen ~)	3:47
35.	"Woe that Is Madness"	Masayoshi Soken	狂気きょうきなる災厄さいやく ～蛮神ビスマルク討滅戦せん～ (Kyōkinaru saiyaku ~ Ban Kami Bisumaruku tōmetsu-sen ~)	5:08
36.	"Misconception"	Nobuo Uematsu	誤あやま想そう (Gosō)	4:47
37.	"Missing Pages"	Masayoshi Soken	欠かけた頁ぺーじ ～低地ていちドラヴァニア：昼ひる～ (Kaketa pēji ~ teichi doravu~ania: Hiru ~)	3:11
38.	"Paradise Found"	Masayoshi Soken	約束やくそくの地ち (Yakusoku no ji)	3:59
39.	"The Mushroomery"	Nobuo Uematsu	マトーヤの洞窟どうくつ ～蒼天そうてん～ (Matōya no dōkutsu ~ sōten ~)	2:55
40.	"Ink Long Dry"	Masayoshi Soken	万世ばんせいの言葉ことば ～禁書きんしょ回収かいしゅう グブラ幻想げんそう図書館としょかん～ (Bansei no kotoba ~ kinsho kaishū gubura gensō toshokan ~)	5:34
41.	"Homestead"	Masayoshi Soken	ホームステッド (Hōmusuteddo)	2:52
42.	"The Silent Regard of Stars"	Masayoshi Soken	静寂しじまの星空ほしぞら ～低地ていちドラヴァニア：夜よる～ (Shijima no hoshizora ~ teichi doravu~ania: Yoru ~)	3:33
43.	"Poison Ivy"	Masayoshi Soken	有毒ゆうどく植物しょくぶつ ～草木くさき庭園ていえん 聖せいモシャーヌ植物しょくぶつ園えん～ (Yūdoku shokubutsu ~ kusaki teien Sei moshānu shokubutsu-en ~)	6:04
44.	"Upon the Rocks"	Masayoshi Soken	座礁ざしょう ～制圧せいあつ巨きょ塔とう シリウス大だい灯台とうだい～ (Zashō ~ seiatsu kyotō Shiriusu dai tōdai ~)	12:06
45.	"Aetherpause"	Masayoshi Soken	エーテル圏けん ～魔ま航こう船せんヴォイドアーク～ (Ēteru-ken ~ ma kō-sen vu~oidoāku ~)	3:42
46.	"In Darkness, There Is One"	Masayoshi Soken	深淵しんえんに潜ひそむ者もの ～魔ま航こう船せんヴォイドアーク～ (Shin'en ni hisomu mono ~ ma kō-sen vu~oidoāku ~)	5:05
47.	"Voidal Manifest"	Masayoshi Soken	ヴォイドの棺かん ～魔ま航こう船せんヴォイドアーク～ (Vu~oido no hitsugi ~ ma kō-sen vu~oidoāku ~)	4:44
48.	"Stone and Steel"	Masayoshi Soken	石いしと鋼はがね (Ishi to hagane)	4:38
49.	"Order Yet Undeciphered"	Masayoshi Soken	未み解読かいどく法則ほうそく ～魔ま大陸たいりくアジス・ラー～ (Mi kaidoku hōsoku ~ ma tairiku Ajisu rā ~)	11:07
50.	"Unbreakable"	Masayoshi Soken	アンブレーカブル ～博物はくぶつ戦艦せんかん フラクタル・コンティニアム～ (Anbureikaburu ~ hakubutsu senkan furakutaru kontiniamu ~)	4:55
51.	"Imagination"	Masayoshi Soken	イマジネーション ～蒼天そうてん聖戦せいせん 魔ま科学かがく研究所けんきゅうじょ～ (Imajinēshon ~ sōten seisen ma kagakukenkyūjo ~)	3:42
52.	"Heroes Never Die"	Masayoshi Soken	英傑えいけつは死しなず ～蒼天そうてん幻想げんそう ナイツ・オブ・ラウンド討滅戦せん～ (Eiketsu wa shinazu ~ sōten gensō naitsu Obu raundo tōmetsu-sen ~)	7:59
53.	"Heroes"	Masayoshi Soken	英傑えいけつ ～ナイツ・オブ・ラウンド討滅戦せん～ (Eiketsu ~ naitsu Obu raundo tōmetsu-sen ~)	3:49
54.	"Inception"	Masayoshi Soken	発端ほったん (Hottan)	1:06
55.	"Dragonsong"	Nobuo Uematsu	Dragonsong	5:43
56.	"Sins of the Father, Sins of the Son"	Masayoshi Soken	製造せいぞう者しゃ責任せきにん ～機工きこう城じょうアレキサンダー：起動きどう編へん～ (Seizō-sha sekinin ~ kikō-jō arekisandā: Kidō-hen ~)	2:42
57.	"Locus"	Masayoshi Soken	ローカス ～機工きこう城じょうアレキサンダー：起動きどう編へん～ (Rōkasu ~ kikō-jō arekisandā: Kidō-hen ~)	8:56
58.	"Metal"	Masayoshi Soken	メタル ～機工きこう城じょうアレキサンダー：起動きどう編へん～(Metaru ~ kikō-jō arekisandā: Kidō-hen ~)	5:30

Duality

Final Fantasy XIV: Duality ~Arrangement Album~
Soundtrack album by Masayoshi Soken
Released	December 7, 2016
Genre	Video game soundtrack
Length	1:08:00

Final Fantasy XIV: Duality ~Arrangement Album~ is a Blu-ray album of rock and piano arrangements of music from Heavensward. It features arrangements by Soken, GUNN, and Keiko of pieces originally composed by Soken for the game, and was published by Square Enix on December 7, 2016. Like From Astral to Umbral, it is split between piano and rock band covers; the first six tracks are piano covers, performed by Keiko, of field and town themes from the game, while the following seven are rock covers by Soken's band The Primals of the musical themes from the game of the primals. The final track on the album is an acoustic and vocal cover of Oblivion, which was a rock song in the original game.

Mike Salbato of RPGFan reviewed the album and described it in similar terms to From Astral, the first arrangement album for the game. He praised the high quality of the arrangements and performances, but found the piano arrangements more interesting for their originality than the rock arrangements; unlike for the From Astral rock arrangements, many of the Duality arrangements were of rock or rock-inspired tracks, which he felt left the arrangements feeling superfluous. He concluded, however, that the piano arrangements and Oblivion cover made the album an "easy recommendation". Tien Hoang of VGMOnline felt it was inferior to From Astral; he described the piano tracks as "fine to listen to", but "not very memorable", and the rock arrangements as enjoyable but predictable and lacking the novelty of the first arranged album.

The Far Edge of Fate

The Far Edge of Fate: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Masayoshi Soken
Released	June 7, 2017
Genre	Video game soundtrack
Length	3:34:58

A soundtrack album composed of songs from Patch 3.2 through Patch 3.5, was released on 7 June 2017. It sold over 8,900 copies. Tien Hoang of VGMOnline reviewed the album and felt it contained several "great tracks", but was also repetitive.

Orchestral albums

An album of orchestral arrangements from A Realm Reborn and Heavensward, Final Fantasy XIV Orchestral Arrangement Album, was released on September 20, 2017. Performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the eight-track album includes arrangements from Sachiko Miyano, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Kenichi Kuroda, Takahiro Tsuji, and Shota Nakama. An expanded eighteen-track album was released on Blu-ray on December 20 the same year, as Eorzean Symphony: Final Fantasy XIV Orchestral Album in two versions, one containing studio recordings and one containing live concert recordings. Only two tracks are not included in the original Orchestral Arrangement Album or are from the game itself with minor changes. Tien Hoang of VGMOnline reviewed both albums; they felt that both albums included a solid set of arrangements and performances, though none were particularly innovative or creative.

The Primals

The Primals, an album of rock arrangements by the eponymous band created by composer Masayoshi Soken, was released on May 16, 2018. It mostly contains arrangements that were included in the From Astral to Umbral and Duality albums, with some additional tracks from the Heavensward patches. Tien Hoang of VGMOnline reviewed the album, and found that the tracks worked better together on a dedicated album then they had alongside other arrangement styles in their original albums.

Stormblood

Stormblood: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Masayoshi Soken
Released	July 4, 2018
Genre	Video game soundtrack
Length	6:10:19

A soundtrack album composed of songs from the Stormblood expansion, covering Patch 4.0 through Patch 4.3, was released on July 4, 2018. The 105-track Blu-ray album was reviewed by Tien Hoang of VGMOnline, who highly praised the album's quality and emotional impact, though they felt the breadth of references to prior games' music left the album less focused than the album for the Heavensward expansion.

Piano

Piano Collections Final Fantasy XIV
Soundtrack album
Released	March 6, 2019
Genre	Video game soundtrack

An album of piano arrangements, Piano Collections Final Fantasy XIV, was released on March 6, 2019. The 17-track album includes piano renditions of songs from throughout the game's soundtrack. It was reviewed by Tien Hoang of VGMOnline, who found it enjoyable and felt the arrangements new to the album were superior to the inconsequential arrangements of From Astral to Umbral or "improvisational" arrangements from Duality.

Journeys

Journeys: Final Fantasy XIV Arrangement Album is an album of arranged songs from the Heavensward and Stormblood expansions, split between piano and rock arrangements and released on June 19, 2019. Several of the eighteen tracks were previously included in The Primals and the Final Fantasy XIV Piano Collections albums. In Tien Hoang of VGMOnline's review, he termed it the best of the piano/rock arrangement albums released to date, with creative arrangements of solid pieces.

Shadowbringers

Shadowbringers: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Masayoshi Soken
Released	September 11, 2019
Genre	Video game soundtrack

An album composed of songs from Patch 4.4 through Patch 5.05, covering the Shadowbringers expansion, was released on September 11, 2019.

Pulse

An album of electronic remixes of Final Fantasy XIV tracks, Pulse: Final Fantasy XIV Remix Album, was released on September 30, 2020. The fourteen-track album contains remixes by Takafumi Imamura, Daiki Ishikawa, and Masayoshi Soken, covering songs from A Realm Reborn and the Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers expansions. It was reviewed by Tien Hoang of VGMOnline, who found it "solid and entertaining" and one of the more successful arrangement projects of the game's music.

Death Unto Dawn

Death Unto Dawn: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Masayoshi Soken
Released	September 15, 2021
Genre	Video game soundtrack
Masayoshi Soken chronology
Shadowbringers: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack (2019) Death Unto Dawn: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack (2021) Final Fantasy XVI Original Soundtrack (2023)

Another album, composed of songs from Patch 5.1 through 5.55, was released on September 15, 2021.

Endwalker

Growing Light, an album composed of songs from Patch 6.0 through 6.5, was released on March 27, 2024.

Legacy

Four tracks from Final Fantasy XIV ("Navigator's Glory", "Twilight Over Thanalan", "Primal Judgement", and an orchestral rendition of "Answers" with vocals by Susan Calloway) were included in the Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy Returning Home concert on November 6 and 7, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan, which was released as a CD-DVD package in 2011. Those four tracks along with "Beneath Bloodied Banners" were then added to the general setlist options for the international Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy concert tour. Tracks from A Realm Reborn were included in the Nintendo 3DS rhythm game Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call. An 88-page book of sheet music for piano arrangements of songs from the soundtrack titled Final Fantasy XIV Piano Solo Sheet Music was published by Dream Music Factory in 2010, containing the tracks featured in the mini-albums. Dream Music Factory also published piano-arranged sheet music for Before Meteor in 2013 titled Before Meteor: Final Fantasy XIV Piano Solo Sheet Music.

A series of concerts of music from Final Fantasy XIV began in 2017, titled Eorzean Symphony. The series began in September with a three-night set of concerts in Tokyo performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, led by conductor Hirofumi Kurita. It continued in June 2018 with another concert in Los Angeles and in then again in August in Dortmund, Germany. An album was released on December 20, 2017 containing music from the Tokyo concerts; a Blu-ray release contains sixteen tracks as well as video from the concerts, while a CD release contains eight tracks. The album sold over 13,100 copies.

External links

• Official Square Enix Final Fantasy music site