OFFICIAL FULL LYRICS: O Prometheus! Epimetheus Hollos out your noble name! O Prometheus! Epimetheus Clamors for your stolen flame! Fiery bonds Severed atwain Innocence lost Buried in broken faith A stormhead fills the horizon Foul shadows whispering ruin Yet from this darkness arises The burning light of a new end Far from heaven, heaven flown Down and down on weary wings borne Carried lower, deep below, from light to shadow Light to shadow! Circled in the strife of an empyreal catastrophe Whorls of ire fan infernal flames on high! Fire in the night A scarlet beacon in the sky Look up to the heavens The firmament reddens Throw open your wings and fly! Away! Away! Away! A stormhead fills the horizon Foul shadows whispering ruin Far from heaven flown Dry your eyes and let your wings fold From the dark light be reborn and rise from shadow Rise from shadow! Circled in the strife of an empyrean catastrophe Tongues of fire incandescent oaths decry! Shadows in the night A swirling cyclone in the sky Look down to the nether Bid farewell forever Throw open your wings and fly! Away! Away! Away!
@@Lightna I get it, you feel that way and you're entitled to your opinion. But I think his FF16 material is icing on his musical cake. Objectively, he employed more musical complexity and range farther than the ff14 material and that's why he won soundtrack of the year.
This sequence in the game made me feel more than most modern day movies and shows. A literal child goes through a whole hero's journey in 20ish minutes.
This is honestly up there with the best FF tracks of all time for me. One Wing Angel, Blinded by Light, Red Wings theme, and now Away. The chorus for this song, and how it syncs with the fight in game, makes it a true example of both the music and fight elevating each other to perfection. Love this game.
@@sLasHeRxXx07I’d love for CBU3 to develop an FF6 Remake, but I think oldschool fans will be livid if it doesn’t have turn-based combat. FF6 is virtually a sacred cow to the them.
While not flawless, XVI set a new bar for epic boss battles and I don´t think we´re gonna see it being matched for quite some time. These scenes accompanied by Soken´s insane talent are such a sensory overload, I genuinely need a minute to just breathe a and process once the battle is finished. Wow.
@@miner2119 It's fantastic, but flawless? I'm with the first guy, it really isn't. Personally I'm a huge fan of character action so the departure from turn based combat is a huge plus for me, but the game has its faults. Two issues stand out. I was pleasantly shocked to discover Clive is actually a great main character, but the supporting cast is quite weak. And while the main quest is incredible the secondary quests are mostly bland. It's 7/10 game with 11/10 moments, so a solid 8-9 depending on how much you enjoy the epic set-pieces and Soken's absolutely stunning soundtrack.
@@Christian-px2jw secondary quest is amazing and adds to the lore, and story. all the secondary characters are amazing. the gameplay is 10, so i don't get how your saying the game itself is 7/10🤣, I could tell your a turned based andy
@@miner2119 Flawless itself is non existent. Every single game that came out, every movie, book.. everything has it´s flaws. You simply like the game so much that you are not taking it´sflaws into consideration. I don´t expect you to agree, your response says as much. But it is what it is.
@@Scarecr0wnI want to agree with what you're saying but who are we to tell someone if it's flawless or not? you may not believe it but he does and that's his truth. There are no wrong and right answers here when it comes to preference and opinions
Dude, that opening to the song sounds like some classic Final Fantasy. Soken really puts in so much care to make sure he adds some of Uematsu's composition style into Final Fantasy
I don't think this is much like Uematsu's style. He, and others, have composed some dramatic orchestral songs with Latin chanting, but I don't think this sounds like him. I don't have much to compare in FF14, as I haven't played it, but I'll hazard a guess that this is much more similar to Soken's other work, in this genre of music. I don't think Uematsu could compose this track, it seems very different from his typical style. That's not an insult by the way, it's just that composers have their own strengths, nobody can just write every type of music. Uematsu has written music that Soken probably couldn't, just because they are different.
@@strangevision99 I specifically meant the opening to the song. You can't tell me that a chiptune arrangement of the first few seconds wouldn't sound straight out of the NES/SNES era of Final Fantasy
I noticed that too. I think it is an intentional nod to the classic FF boss tunes. Surprisingly, I felt the same regarding certain parts of the Typhon battle music.
Usually the first edition in game the vocal got distorted to keep player focus more on the fight, similar to the fake language in nier ost. The live version ie ochestral/primal got much clearer vocal.
@@stormwings3236Kinda like Persona soundtracks, they have English vocals but are meant for the player to be focused on the battle (since the people that made the game are Japanese)
Here before this version becomes a legendary, or should I say, EIKONIC masterpiece of a theme for upcoming years. This game really threw us out of the park🙏🏻😌.
@@GamerXZ0Land of Eikons is the main theme of the game. Find The Flame has the motif of that song along with the main battle theme and To Sail Forbidden Seas (the main boss theme)
I definitely think it will be fine the flame as that seems to be Clive’s main theme, the theme that has gotten most views online, as well as it being present in final battle
I did so too my friend, and I did well. I already liked this track from the "Revenge" trailer and fell in love with it, but when I first played it I got goosebumps, all the time, and still today when I listen to it.
You can say whatever you want about the actual game, but you cannot deny this belongs in the top 10 final fantasy tracks in the entire series, bar fucking none
Phoenix: "I don't know who you are, or what you are, but I will stop you from killing everyone and do my duty!!" Ifrit: *mentally has a cat video playing in his head as he attacks the shiny fire birdie with the exact same tenacity as a dog that's just seen a squirrel for the first time*
I have to say, when this kicked in the first time I was in awe. When it kicked in again later on during… well, let’s just say during the air-to-air battle much later in the game, I don’t think I’ve enjoyed a game as much in a long time.
The transition that starts at 1:54 isn’t talked about enough. I keep rewinding back. The drums and the melody are so perfect in building tension and blend so well with the choir that eventually hits.
Never thought a FF game would deliver a track better than One Winged Angel for me, but imo both this and Ascension (Bahamut second phase fight) surpasses it. So many amazing tracks that it’s almost too much since you end up forgetting how good a previous one was after getting struck my masterpiece after masterpiece.
People can say whatever they want about this game,call it trash or whatever you want As for me its been years since i wasnt this excited to play a game,the kind of excitement that makes mi think all day about arriving home and just turn the ps5 to play this Even if the game has its highs and downs i loved it and i cant wait to have 1k hours of gameplay on it, Ultimaniac seems pretty promising since i cant even complete the leg2 of the first level without getting out of it almost like a piece of mauled meat
This is one of those songs that simply overwhelms my senses and reduces me to tears. Makes me think back to my choir days, when the sounds of the other voices around me on stage would leave me overflowing with emotions.
I'm finally starting FF16, and I had this exact moment the first time I heard this. The spectacle of the fight was amazing, but my focus was almost entirely on the music while my hands were managing the controller. I started tearing up during certain parts of song, picking up every tiny instrument that Soken had added in to make the tracks more and more bountiful. There's so many parts to tune into, but it's a mesmerizing beauty when it all comes together. I'm gonna listen to this track so much in the days to come, but even just listening to this on my phone is enough to get me misty-eyed.
When I first did this battle I almost died the first time because my brain was not at all operating the controller correctly. I was too busy trying to process what I was seeing and hearing. I honestly felt like I was watching a movie more so than a video game!
I'm glad you followed my advice of putting gameplay footage to avoid a strike, your channel should be safe that way, if you're wondering where i heard about it btw it was mentioned a while ago in FF14, if you look for FF14 tracks on youtube there are uploads from 2014-2015 (and onward) that never got taken down because they had gameplay footage in the back.
My friend I really thank you very much for your advice, and also for what you told me about FFXIV, I didn't know much about it. I think I can upload the other songs, at most I'll wait a few days. So thanks again for everything.
I would pay so much money to see a live orchestra go ballistic on the violins. Please SE, we need another global tour of Distant Worlds or Final Symphony...
After finishing the game and watching this Ifrit vs Phoenix sequence… … it really takes me back to the days as a kid and I’d play mock Kaiju battles or power ranger/megazord scenarios with a buddy or 2 🥲
I'm hopelessly in love with this track. The vocals screaming out the prayers to the Phoenix and begging it to save them, only to shift as they cry for the Phoenix to fly away, to save itself. The whole intro feels like a mad-panic as Joshua has to confront Ifrit, trying to save himself. Specifically the shift of the chords at 0:59 catch my ears. It's so majestic, it feels like Joshua is trying to figure out how to fight back while frantically running for his life.... God, what a gorgeous first track to hear on boot-up.
This better win "Game of The Year" and "Best Score and Music" ! I haven't play the game yet but been carefully watching clips without spoiling myself too much, waiting for it to come out on PC cuz no PS5 xD
Every time they play that leitmotif at 2:58 whenever (spoilers) Joshua shows up in the game fucks me up man; such an epic and emotionally resonant song.
Spoiler Alert : During the Bahumut fight when you regain control of the phoenix you appreciate this music much more and there and then this became my favourite track in this game
This will forever be my favorite video for this music because the uploader doesn't have some grifting or begging for subscribers kinda message, and it's pretty much straight from the actual OST. You're a real one.
Clive has a true shadow side! This story feels so damn real to me. I’m not done playing yet though. Idk how any one* rushes through a masterpiece like this.
Edit: Official lyrics pinned by uploader, LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Doing the best I could, I tried deciphering the lyrics before the final chorus. I will provide some annotations within the replies, but I think it's more fun as community to decipher this as we do in FFXIV. Possible lyrics: All beneath me, stay beneath me ???? All beneath me, stay beneath me ???? ???? A (slumbering) phoenix arises A terrible beast stands before me A whirling darkness arises A haunting ???? ???? It's like a shadow like a shadow Stuck within the struggle, Hungering deep within catastrophe Won't surrender I will 'ever stand above Shadows in the night a swirling cyclone in the sky Look down to the nether Bid farewell forever Throw open your wings and fly Away Away Away [Repeats pre-chorus] Stuck within the struggle, Hungering deep within catastrophe Don't surrender The phoenix will rise above Shadows in the night a swirling cyclone in the sky Look down to the nether Bid farewell forever Throw open your wings and fly Away Away Away
"All beneath me, stay beneath me" Seems to be Joshua, as phoenix, telling the others to get away from the fight between him and Ifrit. While I'm not sure what the second parts are, I know they're different lyrics at least. After that, there's a part that's extremely hard to hear before the first chorus. Anything seen within "()" is simply a guess of course, and while I'm at least 85% possitive of these lyrics: "Stuck within the struggle, Hungering deep within catastrophe Won't surrender I will 'ever stand above" and "Stuck within the struggle, Hungering deep within catastrophe Don't surrender The phoenix will rise above" Being different, they're more than likely the same lyrics. As we know the same thing happens in FFXIV lyrics where the vocals sound different when repeated (i.e. "White Stone Black",) or versus their official lyrics (Majortiy of the XIV songs, "Endwalker - Footfalls" for example.) Of course, we have a few months to a year until the official album drop (or Soken gives us the full transcript of the lyrics before then), we can still enjoy deciphering until then. Feel free to help fill in the "????" and suggestions!
My partner and I of nearly a decade split up about a month ago. This song and the final lyrics are killing me and helping me get through it. Bid farewell forever, throw open your wings and fly….away
I'm more than a little motivated to tie down some modern artists and force them to listen to this on repeat so they can hear what actual music sounds like. The soundtrack of this game is a work of art and a treasure.
I hereby leave my mark on fate for this soundtrack is and always will be a masterpiece that is yet to be topped or match by other game OST's Soken is a genius
Circled in the strife of an empyreal catastrophe Whorls of ire fan infernal flames on high! Fire in the night A scarlet beacon in the sky Look up to the heavens The firmament reddens Throw open your wings and fly! AWAY!!! AWAY!! AWAAAAAAY!!!!!!
@@mThund3R_ No worries. Soken is really good at putting this things unnoticed. I believe Nobuo and him worked this them for FFXIV too: ruclips.net/user/clipUgkx-7eqCu0KULEH3omjzYNYDUr22E5jQqUc I think this is the original one from NES ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxDg58iaG4CP773I6NGt1-yx00PHT1Har6 In this video it kicks you right from the beginning. They are not exactly the same of course. That is because i think is just a reference and I said it "evolved". But true to be told, this game OST is full of references to other FF games. Sadly I will give spoilers if i post it here. ruclips.net/user/clipUgkx4orT7BN8J02o4tzYnGgKivzR6cKOchhd
@@yomly By the Founder !!! you are right. Oh Soken, you have done it again hahaha I am guessing you are referring to this part ? ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxi_-dghnvkIQPIxIHiXiFQP7sGq06wXyY Again, not the same.. but is definitely a reference. It doesn't says it , but I bet Nobuo had his hands dirty in this theme too, i doubt he would let Soken touch his masterpiece without him haha.
I honestly think it's absolutely genius how Soken does vocal lyrics...It's like simulating the feeling of listening to a song in a language you don't understand. The vocals blend with the music so well that it becomes part of it, and you can just enjoy it whether you know the lyrics or not...after which the song just gets even better. In that sense until the actual lyrics are released, the English and Japanese players are both hearing the same thing, and it might as well just be gibberish. The most genius part of that being, it allows Soken to create songs that have LITERAL gibberish for vocals and get away with it. The man is just on another level.
2:59 and 5:30 are when the "Circled in the strife of an empyreal catastrophe" part kicks in !! and I really like it, I would like to make a looped vid with only them.
as I listen to this music and watch the video, I feel an ache in my chest knowing there's a literal 10-year-old child who exhibits god-like powers fighting for his life against a monster bent on killing him
!['Away' Phoenix Battle Theme - FF 16 OST Extended [4K HD 30 Minutes]](/img/1.gif)
OFFICIAL FULL LYRICS:
O Prometheus! Epimetheus
Hollos out your noble name!
O Prometheus! Epimetheus
Clamors for your stolen flame!
Fiery bonds
Severed atwain
Innocence lost
Buried in broken faith
A stormhead fills the horizon
Foul shadows whispering ruin
Yet from this darkness arises
The burning light of a new end
Far from heaven, heaven flown
Down and down on weary wings borne
Carried lower, deep below, from light to shadow
Light to shadow!
Circled in the strife of an empyreal catastrophe
Whorls of ire fan infernal flames on high!
Fire in the night
A scarlet beacon in the sky
Look up to the heavens
The firmament reddens
Throw open your wings and fly!
Away!
Away!
Away!
A stormhead fills the horizon
Foul shadows whispering ruin
Far from heaven flown
Dry your eyes and let your wings fold
From the dark light be reborn and rise from shadow
Rise from shadow!
Circled in the strife of an empyrean catastrophe
Tongues of fire incandescent oaths decry!
Shadows in the night
A swirling cyclone in the sky
Look down to the nether
Bid farewell forever
Throw open your wings and fly!
Away!
Away!
Away!
3:11 ? guess the part of the lyrics start there
So it's not "alé" xD aw
@@cjmb25 Exactly, I also changed the message to be more specific, thanks to you.
Man, thank you!
maybe 5:42 too?
And THIS is the perfect example of why the game won Best Score at The Game Awards 🤩🙏🏻👏🏼
This is Sokens One-Winged Angel without a shadow of a doubt.
Imo his one-winged angel is to the edge.
@@bigbosss7911 imo no.
@@KornOilconsidering Soken composed that while in the hospital on cancer treatment, it is definitely one of his best even at his medically worst.
@@Lightna I get it, you feel that way and you're entitled to your opinion. But I think his FF16 material is icing on his musical cake. Objectively, he employed more musical complexity and range farther than the ff14 material and that's why he won soundtrack of the year.
No offense but one winged angel is so overrated. This one is far better
This sequence in the game made me feel more than most modern day movies and shows. A literal child goes through a whole hero's journey in 20ish minutes.
_”Father says it’s MY TURN ON THE PLAYSTATION!”_
@@CNWhatImSaiyan I can hear it in child Joshua's voice.
While simultaneously his brother is going through the worst day of his life
"My flames may flicker. But they shall never die!".
@@CNWhatImSaiyan And he just happens to pick the hardest level first.
I tear up everytime the choir goes AWAY AWAY AWAY. So stunning.
😭 you are not the only one, kept repeating that part like 100 times
bro imagine listening to this live in orchestra theater
@@lawlicht8092If we're lucky this will be the part that plays when ff16 shows up in the Game of the year orchestra.
Me too and singing while playing 😂
Nah you ain't alone on this bro
This is honestly up there with the best FF tracks of all time for me. One Wing Angel, Blinded by Light, Red Wings theme, and now Away. The chorus for this song, and how it syncs with the fight in game, makes it a true example of both the music and fight elevating each other to perfection. Love this game.
If FF6 were to be remade, hopefully its by these folks since that game would benefit from cinematic presentation.
@@sLasHeRxXx07I’d love for CBU3 to develop an FF6 Remake, but I think oldschool fans will be livid if it doesn’t have turn-based combat. FF6 is virtually a sacred cow to the them.
@@emilyschwartz9536 just get the FF7r team out since 6R being episodic is the last BS folks probably need
Don't forget hellfire. That's an amazing piece as well
How you gonna talk about the best ff tracks of all time and not mention dancing mad 🤔
The section between 0:01 and 6:41 gives me goosebumps.
Specially the one with 0:01 and 6:41, super awesome.
Yes the first and last seconds are shit
What about 0:00 and 6:42?
0:00 could use some work though.
I think the part 6:42 - 10:00:00 somehow lacked!
The parts starting at 2:58 and 5:30 give me massive goosebumps every time.
Agreed
Nah I prefer the bit from 0:00 - 6:42
That's the phoenix theme
Same here, the whole track is amazing but this part is fire "open your wings and FLYYYYYY !! Awaaaaay, awaaaaaay, awaaaaaay"
That part at 2:08 for me!
While not flawless, XVI set a new bar for epic boss battles and I don´t think we´re gonna see it being matched for quite some time. These scenes accompanied by Soken´s insane talent are such a sensory overload, I genuinely need a minute to just breathe a and process once the battle is finished. Wow.
Xvi is flawless to me, a marvelous masterpiece
@@miner2119 It's fantastic, but flawless? I'm with the first guy, it really isn't. Personally I'm a huge fan of character action so the departure from turn based combat is a huge plus for me, but the game has its faults. Two issues stand out. I was pleasantly shocked to discover Clive is actually a great main character, but the supporting cast is quite weak. And while the main quest is incredible the secondary quests are mostly bland. It's 7/10 game with 11/10 moments, so a solid 8-9 depending on how much you enjoy the epic set-pieces and Soken's absolutely stunning soundtrack.
@@Christian-px2jw secondary quest is amazing and adds to the lore, and story. all the secondary characters are amazing. the gameplay is 10, so i don't get how your saying the game itself is 7/10🤣, I could tell your a turned based andy
@@miner2119 Flawless itself is non existent. Every single game that came out, every movie, book.. everything has it´s flaws. You simply like the game so much that you are not taking it´sflaws into consideration. I don´t expect you to agree, your response says as much. But it is what it is.
@@Scarecr0wnI want to agree with what you're saying but who are we to tell someone if it's flawless or not? you may not believe it but he does and that's his truth. There are no wrong and right answers here when it comes to preference and opinions
If there was a game i wish i could play in a theater or some shit, it would definitely be FFXVI (and GOW)
God of war was nuts in my dad's Theatre. Same with last of us part 2
You can. Just gotta rent one out online and you can connect a PlayStation and everything
One question is is the game Dolby supported? Game might sound fantastic in a 5.1 dolby atmos system
Dude, that opening to the song sounds like some classic Final Fantasy. Soken really puts in so much care to make sure he adds some of Uematsu's composition style into Final Fantasy
I don't think this is much like Uematsu's style.
He, and others, have composed some dramatic orchestral songs with Latin chanting, but I don't think this sounds like him.
I don't have much to compare in FF14, as I haven't played it, but I'll hazard a guess that this is much more similar to Soken's other work, in this genre of music.
I don't think Uematsu could compose this track, it seems very different from his typical style. That's not an insult by the way, it's just that composers have their own strengths, nobody can just write every type of music. Uematsu has written music that Soken probably couldn't, just because they are different.
I’m glad Soken has taken over FF music after Uematsu. He is incredible! And he respects and uses so much inspiration from old FF soundtracks 🎉❤
@@strangevision99 I specifically meant the opening to the song. You can't tell me that a chiptune arrangement of the first few seconds wouldn't sound straight out of the NES/SNES era of Final Fantasy
i felt that too, the opening notes are full ff spice lol
I noticed that too. I think it is an intentional nod to the classic FF boss tunes. Surprisingly, I felt the same regarding certain parts of the Typhon battle music.
There's a thing with Soken's music. You can never tell if it's random Latin chanting or awesome lyrics suitable for the fight.
Still think it's really funny how most people agreed on the lyrics for Zodiark but it just turned out to be nothing
Usually the first edition in game the vocal got distorted to keep player focus more on the fight, similar to the fake language in nier ost. The live version ie ochestral/primal got much clearer vocal.
this time is ancient greek!!
@@stormwings3236Kinda like Persona soundtracks, they have English vocals but are meant for the player to be focused on the battle (since the people that made the game are Japanese)
I see you know lahee as well~
I come here almost every day. This might be the greatest song I’ve ever heard in my life.
Here before this version becomes a legendary, or should I say, EIKONIC masterpiece of a theme for upcoming years. This game really threw us out of the park🙏🏻😌.
No go to pun jail
boooo
👎👎👎👎👎🗣️Booooii!
I can see why Soken said this was his favorite track from 16, because damn this might be in my top 5 FF songs, along with Ascension and All as One.
I assume this is the theme the orchestra will play at this year's Game Awards if FFXVI gets nominated for GOTY.
Either this or Find The Flame. Either one would be fantastic.
@@GamerXZ0Land of Eikons is the main theme of the game. Find The Flame has the motif of that song along with the main battle theme and To Sail Forbidden Seas (the main boss theme)
I definitely think it will be fine the flame as that seems to be Clive’s main theme, the theme that has gotten most views online, as well as it being present in final battle
Please be right
Just finished the game...words can't describe how I feel
@@primalwolf9045 ok kevin
🫠
@@primalwolf9045the only let down is the one your mother felt when you were born, and even today. It’s tragic really.
The little bitch deleted his comment lol
Just finished the game for me this is 10/10 gave me everything I wanted , What a rollercoaster of emotions.
Legitimately the best orchestra piece I've heard in my life
This and Shadow of Colossus are the best ones I’ve ever heard.
preach
The most mindblowing moment because I did not play the demo so wasn’t expecting an epic eikon battle
I did so too my friend, and I did well. I already liked this track from the "Revenge" trailer and fell in love with it, but when I first played it I got goosebumps, all the time, and still today when I listen to it.
You can say whatever you want about the actual game, but you cannot deny this belongs in the top 10 final fantasy tracks in the entire series, bar fucking none
The whole prologue and the Bahamut arc are top tier in the franchise
if FF16 doesn't win best soundtrack of the year at the game awards I'm going to gigaflare the entire stadium
@@BeeyothGaming*ahem* Gigaflare? Nuke the whole planet with TERAFLARE
Dude this is one of the most spectacular pieces of music I've ever heard. Crying in the gym rn, even though I've heard this over 20 times already.
If this song doesn't inspire you to get ripped idk what will.
@@thantismanFind the Flame
@@astracontritus1209or Ascension
If people are asking if you're okay, just say it's eye sweat.
same here
I'm already addicted to this theme.
Thanks for making it without audio lowerings.
One of the best pieces of music I've heard in gaming
Phoenix: "I don't know who you are, or what you are, but I will stop you from killing everyone and do my duty!!"
Ifrit: *mentally has a cat video playing in his head as he attacks the shiny fire birdie with the exact same tenacity as a dog that's just seen a squirrel for the first time*
I have to say, when this kicked in the first time I was in awe. When it kicked in again later on during… well, let’s just say during the air-to-air battle much later in the game, I don’t think I’ve enjoyed a game as much in a long time.
same man, i havent felt this way since Ghost of Tsushima
I felt like a kid during the battle in the air. I was so freaking giddy!
yeah, ffxvi had some fuckign amazign moments that made me smile alot.
and then i cried for about 40 min during the end of it :D
Was it the what about your duty to your people? Air to air fight? Your talking about?
The transition that starts at 1:54 isn’t talked about enough. I keep rewinding back. The drums and the melody are so perfect in building tension and blend so well with the choir that eventually hits.
those drums and strings... best part as far
@@x6ReZ0yesss glad someone agrees!
one of the first tracks of this game and we already have parts of heavensward and shadowbringers in this track.
I LOVE Final Fantasy so much 😭
YOU AND ME BOTH 😭😭😭
5:30 - 6:42 makes me cry, its just... so beautiful and fitting for this game. Always cry when reaching this final part.
That's exactly what I feel. I don't know how to describe this masterpiece of music.
This choir always goes the hardest, they are seriously so good
A masterpiece, simple as that.
Based Demi fiend
Never thought a FF game would deliver a track better than One Winged Angel for me, but imo both this and Ascension (Bahamut second phase fight) surpasses it.
So many amazing tracks that it’s almost too much since you end up forgetting how good a previous one was after getting struck my masterpiece after masterpiece.
People can say whatever they want about this game,call it trash or whatever you want
As for me its been years since i wasnt this excited to play a game,the kind of excitement that makes mi think all day about arriving home and just turn the ps5 to play this
Even if the game has its highs and downs i loved it and i cant wait to have 1k hours of gameplay on it, Ultimaniac seems pretty promising since i cant even complete the leg2 of the first level without getting out of it almost like a piece of mauled meat
This is one of those songs that simply overwhelms my senses and reduces me to tears. Makes me think back to my choir days, when the sounds of the other voices around me on stage would leave me overflowing with emotions.
I'm finally starting FF16, and I had this exact moment the first time I heard this. The spectacle of the fight was amazing, but my focus was almost entirely on the music while my hands were managing the controller. I started tearing up during certain parts of song, picking up every tiny instrument that Soken had added in to make the tracks more and more bountiful. There's so many parts to tune into, but it's a mesmerizing beauty when it all comes together. I'm gonna listen to this track so much in the days to come, but even just listening to this on my phone is enough to get me misty-eyed.
When I first did this battle I almost died the first time because my brain was not at all operating the controller correctly. I was too busy trying to process what I was seeing and hearing. I honestly felt like I was watching a movie more so than a video game!
The music in this game is godly. Soken deserves an award.
Everytime i hear 1:15 vocals kick in. I cant help but get emotional and hype ITS DAMN GOOD I LOVE IT
TOTK, FF16, BG3, AC6
What an incredible year for gaming
And now Sea of Stars, too. Sea of Stars might just take the award for me because it's just so damn incredible.
story and characters are literal shit in that game but ok@@tbnwontpop8857
I'm glad you followed my advice of putting gameplay footage to avoid a strike, your channel should be safe that way, if you're wondering where i heard about it btw it was mentioned a while ago in FF14, if you look for FF14 tracks on youtube there are uploads from 2014-2015 (and onward) that never got taken down because they had gameplay footage in the back.
My friend I really thank you very much for your advice, and also for what you told me about FFXIV, I didn't know much about it. I think I can upload the other songs, at most I'll wait a few days. So thanks again for everything.
@@andryis You're very welcome, and thank YOU for uploading the tracks.
I mean people love hearing music and seeing gameplay at the same time
This Game will be so Nostalgic in couple of year.
years*
I wish I could listen to this for the first time again
I would pay so much money to see a live orchestra go ballistic on the violins. Please SE, we need another global tour of Distant Worlds or Final Symphony...
After finishing the game and watching this Ifrit vs Phoenix sequence…
… it really takes me back to the days as a kid and I’d play mock Kaiju battles or power ranger/megazord scenarios with a buddy or 2 🥲
I'm hopelessly in love with this track. The vocals screaming out the prayers to the Phoenix and begging it to save them, only to shift as they cry for the Phoenix to fly away, to save itself.
The whole intro feels like a mad-panic as Joshua has to confront Ifrit, trying to save himself. Specifically the shift of the chords at 0:59 catch my ears. It's so majestic, it feels like Joshua is trying to figure out how to fight back while frantically running for his life.... God, what a gorgeous first track to hear on boot-up.
I also love how the violins play an intense melody that takes a long time to resolve, in tremolo. That part in the song fits perfectly the scene.
Sorry Clive, but Joshua arguably has the best theme among the Dominants.
Bahamut with Ascension though
Bahamut man. But, they are all amazing.
Heart of stone is one hell of a theme too, and where do i even begin with Shiva. Too bad she wasn't a constant presence in the game.
All of them are good.
The best OST in 2023 ! 🤩 So fking epic, I want it when we're gonna fight The Nothing
Masayoshi Soken wasn't messing around when he composed this. Its a fucking masterpiece. Can't wait to see a live orchestra play this live 😲
This is my GOTY
This is the* GOTY
Mine as well.
Would have been without the bad side quest, the lame deplacement in the world, the repetitive gameplay and the lame ending.
Mine too
@@ekoonexehow was the ending lame? You expect it to be a happy fairy tale ending?
oh wow the extra quality really helps in hearing the instruments in this
I will never forget my first play through of XVI. Masterpiece!
1:55 is when shit starts to get serious. those drums go so hard
Dude I love this part so much
That timpani player goes sicko-mode
I hope Soken, Yoshi P and the rest of his team that made FF16 could make FF17. They are the best team to handle the next FF as of now.
This better win "Game of The Year" and "Best Score and Music" ! I haven't play the game yet but been carefully watching clips without spoiling myself too much, waiting for it to come out on PC cuz no PS5 xD
That's how you do an opening sequence. The music really elevated the whole fight
"Look up to the heavens
The firmament reddens
Throw open your wings and fly"
What a godly lines.
And congratz for the Best Score and Music win!
"Whorls of ire fan infernal flames on high!
Fire in the night
A scarlet beacon in the sky"
BARS BARS BARS
Every time they play that leitmotif at 2:58 whenever (spoilers) Joshua shows up in the game fucks me up man; such an epic and emotionally resonant song.
what the fuck is the point of saying (spoilers) just before the spoiler ???!
Wait till you fight Bahamut
Spoiler Alert :
During the Bahumut fight when you regain control of the phoenix you appreciate this music much more and there and then this became my favourite track in this game
I love how you can hear the FF1 Dungeon theme baked into this song right off the rip. That is such an awesome call back!
This will forever be my favorite video for this music because the uploader doesn't have some grifting or begging for subscribers kinda message, and it's pretty much straight from the actual OST. You're a real one.
Reading these words fills me with joy, I just try to do my best. Thank you my friend, I wish you all the best, with all my heart.
Another Eikon of Fire ?
Impossible !
Proceeds to get Thanos' out of the world
Loved many moments of this game. Will never forget.
Rise for our Best Soundtrack Anthem
OST of the _year,_ baybeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
200% deserved
2:59 Time to crank up the volume up to eleven!
Clive has a true shadow side! This story feels so damn real to me. I’m not done playing yet though. Idk how any one* rushes through a masterpiece like this.
Not me screaming “GOOO JOSHUA GOOOOO😭😭” during this entire fight
Square Enix "Bro, we need over the top music, can you do that?"
Soken "YES".
The best song in all of the FF series. It's so so so effing EPIC!
Edit: Official lyrics pinned by uploader, LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Doing the best I could, I tried deciphering the lyrics before the final chorus. I will provide some annotations within the replies, but I think it's more fun as community to decipher this as we do in FFXIV.
Possible lyrics:
All beneath me,
stay beneath me
????
All beneath me,
stay beneath me
????
????
A (slumbering) phoenix arises
A terrible beast stands before me
A whirling darkness arises
A haunting ????
????
It's like a shadow
like a shadow
Stuck within the struggle,
Hungering deep within catastrophe
Won't surrender
I will 'ever stand above
Shadows in the night a swirling cyclone in the sky
Look down to the nether
Bid farewell forever
Throw open your wings and fly
Away
Away
Away
[Repeats pre-chorus]
Stuck within the struggle,
Hungering deep within catastrophe
Don't surrender
The phoenix will rise above
Shadows in the night a swirling cyclone in the sky
Look down to the nether
Bid farewell forever
Throw open your wings and fly
Away
Away
Away
"All beneath me,
stay beneath me"
Seems to be Joshua, as phoenix, telling the others to get away from the fight between him and Ifrit. While I'm not sure what the second parts are, I know they're different lyrics at least. After that, there's a part that's extremely hard to hear before the first chorus.
Anything seen within "()" is simply a guess of course, and while I'm at least 85% possitive of these lyrics:
"Stuck within the struggle,
Hungering deep within catastrophe
Won't surrender
I will 'ever stand above"
and
"Stuck within the struggle,
Hungering deep within catastrophe
Don't surrender
The phoenix will rise above"
Being different, they're more than likely the same lyrics. As we know the same thing happens in FFXIV lyrics where the vocals sound different when repeated (i.e. "White Stone Black",) or versus their official lyrics (Majortiy of the XIV songs, "Endwalker - Footfalls" for example.)
Of course, we have a few months to a year until the official album drop (or Soken gives us the full transcript of the lyrics before then), we can still enjoy deciphering until then.
Feel free to help fill in the "????" and suggestions!
Definitely Music of the Year, as much as i want to say GOTY, we have to see how it holds up to the other game's coming out
I tear up whenever I listen to this piece. It's just magnificent. I'm waiting for the concerts. If I can go I will, with multiple tissue boxes 😂
This game impresses me in the way it just keeps one upping itself with the fights and cinematics and music and everything, it’s just so damn awesome
My partner and I of nearly a decade split up about a month ago. This song and the final lyrics are killing me and helping me get through it.
Bid farewell forever, throw open your wings and fly….away
Such a moving piece that makes the heart soar and sing. Throw open your wings and fly. =)
this song takes sibling fight to nother level
I'm more than a little motivated to tie down some modern artists and force them to listen to this on repeat so they can hear what actual music sounds like.
The soundtrack of this game is a work of art and a treasure.
1:18 to 1:32; legendary part.
Never played a game of this spectacle before. Oh how I wish to erase my memories and relive this game all over again.
I hereby leave my mark on fate for this soundtrack is and always will be a masterpiece that is yet to be topped or match by other game OST's
Soken is a genius
I've not played the game yet but eikons/summons have been my fav part about FF games. XVI is peak summon fun
The music in this game is S++ tier. Don't even pretend it's not incredible.
Its crazy we can have a whole orchestra in our room
The human necessity of having an epic final stand while this plays in the background
Circled in the strife of an empyreal catastrophe
Whorls of ire fan infernal flames on high!
Fire in the night
A scarlet beacon in the sky
Look up to the heavens
The firmament reddens
Throw open your wings and fly!
AWAY!!!
AWAY!!
AWAAAAAAY!!!!!!
Magnífico, glorioso y poderoso, el gran Eikon de Fuego Fénix
Joshua is too precious
easily became one of my favorite OST's in gaming.
Still can't believe people hate on this game
Se quedaron un poco atrasados en la nostalgia
I love how the Cloud of Darkness theme have evolved. Only Soken could have converted what already was a masterpiece in a more iconic masterpiece.
I also hear Assault of the Silver Dragons from IX around 1:00
I'm trying so hard but I just can't see it... When do you hear CoD's theme?
@@mThund3R_ No worries. Soken is really good at putting this things unnoticed.
I believe Nobuo and him worked this them for FFXIV too:
ruclips.net/user/clipUgkx-7eqCu0KULEH3omjzYNYDUr22E5jQqUc
I think this is the original one from NES
ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxDg58iaG4CP773I6NGt1-yx00PHT1Har6
In this video it kicks you right from the beginning. They are not exactly the same of course. That is because i think is just a reference and I said it "evolved". But true to be told, this game OST is full of references to other FF games. Sadly I will give spoilers if i post it here.
ruclips.net/user/clipUgkx4orT7BN8J02o4tzYnGgKivzR6cKOchhd
@@yomly By the Founder !!! you are right. Oh Soken, you have done it again hahaha
I am guessing you are referring to this part ?
ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxi_-dghnvkIQPIxIHiXiFQP7sGq06wXyY
Again, not the same.. but is definitely a reference. It doesn't says it , but I bet Nobuo had his hands dirty in this theme too, i doubt he would let Soken touch his masterpiece without him haha.
In Find the Flame just heard a very similar opening as to Apocalypsis Noctis from XV
Esto es droga en vena directamente, el tema se mete dentro y te lleva hasta arriba, junto con el combate, Muy Epico
For OST part alone. the FF16 should've been in TGA GOTY nominations.
They done fucked up. Now we won’t here any of these themes smh
Well, it won best Score/Music on TGA though
I honestly think it's absolutely genius how Soken does vocal lyrics...It's like simulating the feeling of listening to a song in a language you don't understand. The vocals blend with the music so well that it becomes part of it, and you can just enjoy it whether you know the lyrics or not...after which the song just gets even better. In that sense until the actual lyrics are released, the English and Japanese players are both hearing the same thing, and it might as well just be gibberish.
The most genius part of that being, it allows Soken to create songs that have LITERAL gibberish for vocals and get away with it. The man is just on another level.
I mean yeah its great but having gibberish as lyrics sounding good isn't some super unique thing
@@rigby8701 Well the "good" part is that it isn't gibberish.
It just sounds like gibberish!
2:07 to 2:32 sounds so much like a callback to Torn From The Heavens, I love it.
I was just about to comment the same thing! I'm glad I'm not the only one who hears it.
Bro the game peaked two hours in and KEPT PEAKING!
GOTY 2023!!!
2:59 and 5:30 are when the "Circled in the strife of an empyreal catastrophe" part kicks in !!
and I really like it, I would like to make a looped vid with only them.
You know when a music so fire that you can see it ? This is one of them
I love how this theme incorporates the song from the reveal trailer
Jesus Christ, everything in this OST is amazing. But that percussion is beyond levels of insane!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This song is so FIRE
As a long time FF fan, this track just became my favorite in the series
as I listen to this music and watch the video, I feel an ache in my chest knowing there's a literal 10-year-old child who exhibits god-like powers fighting for his life against a monster bent on killing him