With Menphina's theme to back this one up, I now headcanon Keepers of the Moon as joyful forest bumpkins jamming out on fiddles. Nobody will take this from me
Trying to identify the leitmotif at 0:25 has been driving me crazy since I first heard this song. Someone down below said it could be from Diadem, but as I'd never played Diadem, I knew this couldn't be the case, as the song was so familiar to me and I know I'd heard it frequently enough in MSQ that I could recognize it immediately. I finally figured it out. The track that the leitmotif is from is "Defender of the Realm", the part that kicks in at around ten seconds. I love how even this song's title is such a clear reference to such an iconic track.
I had to become familiar with that theme name as I uploaded a shitpost of one of the last 5.3 cutscenes, and this features when Alisaie decides to go Sicko Mode.
Was curious if he was going for that or the Fractal Continuum version where those notes are much more pronounced. I'd say he was going for maximum leitmotif representation but I can't help but wonder what 5 chapter deep reference the Allagan them for the gods will become.
For one I am glad that devs putting more people to work on music pieces. Soken is great but other composers bring their own styles and experiences, making this soundtrack even more varied than it already was.
The opening fiddle part is perfect montage material for WoL getting slammed over and over into a fence by Halone laughing a hearty laugh until WoL starts blocking, dodging and finally counterattacking her.
our dungeon master (completely obsessed with FFXIV) used this theme to a coliseum tournament that celebrated the legend of a pirate. the coliseum was filled with water, and there was a replica of his ship, and we had to fight other parties and sometimes there were ghost crew! and it was the first time my character (ranger) summoned a water fox. one of my favorite arcs till this day 😄
And together with the bards he began to sing about the warrior of light and his many adventures, including of course, the "confrontation" against the gods themselves, which was more of a friendly fight.😊😊
Johnny traveled across almost all Eitherys in companion of his mythical Golden Fiddle: Eorzea, Dravania, Gyr Abania, Hingashi, Yanxia, Sharlayan, Garlemarld (free of the empire's yoke) and Radz-at-Han.🎉🎉
The fiddle gives off harvest dance vibes, which... considering the one mechanic nophica has us do that's basically the harvest dance emote where you move left and right and left and right...
this track absolutely slaps as someone heavily into anything w bag pipes and strings stuff like this gets me going the whole reason i chose my starter race and town in ff11 my first mmo was the music the bagpipes of ole sandy shall never leave my heart even a decade after i left the game
You know you've died too much in an Alliance Raid when you only remember the start of the song and the iconic parts. I only remembered the fiddle part, had to come listen to the full song to remind myself how the theme is actually XD
My first time here was as dancer and i was so giddy throughout the whole fight because somehow it feel so fitting for my character as dancer in this particular fight
Mounted enemy charges his Chocobo across the arena with his polearm held off to his side, slicing anything in the way and knocking them out of the arena. Immediately follow up with another swipe in either the same or a new direction. Semi-circle cleave AOE centered on the boss before each charge as his bird spins to go again. End with a stomp at the north end of the arena, then the south, and then the middle, each one with a knockback effect and falling rocks creating random AOE placements to keep the party moving in a frantic flurry. Cap it off with a donut AOE as the enemy spins his weapon around, and then a circle AOE as the Chocobo jumps in place. Then the rider dismounts and he and bird become separate enemies that each need to be taken by a tank.
You know. It's quite interesting to see Althiyak and Nymeia fighting together. Which makes me wonder. What are they gonna do for the final 24-man raid in patch 4.5. Are we still gonna fight Nymeia? Or is it someone else now. Aside from that the music is awesome.
I mean... [spoiler alert] They went out of their way to mention a thirteenth god, which means there are actually four gods left now. Pretty sure we're gonna be facing him
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Euphrosyne OST, but I do feel like Nophica, Althyk/Nymeia and Halone needed their own separate themes, being so disparate deities. Menphina's is right on target tho, so playful and warm. Can't wait for the final raid tier themes!
I think the intro bit works really well for Nophica, but the ending bit works really well with Halone's barrage of attacks. Athlyk/Nymeia are kinda just there.
Ok so we got the Arabian, Greek and Indian theme in the Aglaia. And now here is old middle Europe, along with Ireland and Scotland. The Third then must be either more primal like pre-colonial America and Oceania? Or something Asian?
Look at it this way, Aglaia was very Ul'dahan, this is Gridania full stop. Now what would fit with Limsa? Personally I'm expecting the most agressive shanties this side of Eorzea.
This song works really well for both the Nophica and Althyk/Nymeia fights, but it felt so out of place in Halone's fight. It's kinda strange that they have multiple tracks about Halone from HW, but didn't use them. Halone's fight was really fun otherwise though, but a different theme would've been nice.
I mean, seeing as the pretense has been dropped, and the Gods seem to just be fighting us for a good time rather than anything malicious, even this upbeat dance-like theme feels fine to me when going against Halone. It's like a high-energy sparring match, where despite the power being thrown around, both fighters are just grinning like a bunch of six year olds discovering the imaginary power of a back yard stick.
I kinda disagree with the theme not matching Halone, to me this whole 2nd encounter is a alcohol heavy brawl type event. We have 5 excited and atmosphere-drunk gods who just wants to let it all out after a good while and seeing the dignified Halone go " screw it all, time for a brawl " with a smile on her face is quite refreshing. SE wanted the WoL to cut loose after endwalker before the next big villain, and now they give each of the "Twelves"( maybe more ) the same treatment after year of silence and calamities away from regular people.
@@randomstreamer2868 Completely agree, though I also have the sinking feeling that this whole thing might be a kind of "Last Dance" for the Twelve. With the revelations regarding their origin in this patch it seems like their intended purpose has been fulfilled and as such this may very well be their last bit of fun with us mortals before they disappear.
I mean if anything, this theme fits her the most out of the three. Bit of a surprise she wasn't last like Nald'Thal last time but they sure like to not be predictable like that.
@@Nirual86 it does fit Her but i kinda think like since this raid is basically a homage/legacy of a realm reborn and 1.0 the 3 city states gods getting unique songs with lyrics, that reference their cities and stuff (like in the balance but for limsa and gridania) would be so freaking cool :D (Also to be honest i prefer Radiance as a battle theme for the other gods 😅 ) And i do love Dedicated to moonlight too but.. they could have kept that and done a song for nophica as well xD but again, i dont mind this
starting from around 1:30 in, when the fiddles drop out and the horns start coming in, I hear Shadow of the Colossus (Revived Power, particularly) in it, the way the horns and melody soar, even the note changes are very similar to it.
Does anyone have ideas for which themes that might be referenced in this one (with the exception of Prelude, because it's pretty easy to recognize at this point)? I can recognize some parts, like 1:02 which seems to be from Dawn of a New Era. There are several parts however that feel so familiar, and yet I'm drawing blanks on what they might be referencing. Like, the short part at 0:25 is a little bit similar to a part at the start of Jewel from old Diadem, but that feels like such a random connection that it's probably a reference of a reference or something. In any case, a great theme that fit surprisingly well with each of the bossfights, despite them being thematically different.
I think 0:25 is supposed to be a Diadem reference, given that it is the heaven of earth that we visit initially. When I was playing with some friends and that part hit, I immediately screamed "Diadem???? OK!" lol
@@cringe7677 The Diadem leitmotif is present in the music of the "A New Beginning" trailer (aka ARR opening movie) that both Radiance and Rhythm of the Realm are based on, that's why it's there. Radiance, the Aglaia boss theme, also has that same motif so it's moreso that the Diadem references that trailer and henceforth this one too. Especially since the Diadem didn't even exist in ARR back when they wrote that.
Rhalgr found a fiddle after we beat him in Aglaia and no one has been able to take it from him.
“By my authority as the Destroyer” *insane fiddle solo*
And for some reason he keeps challenging voidsent to fiddle matches.
@@dezkeiz4946 those poor Voidsents, they never stood a chance 😅
Someone tell Johnny
*Menphina’s encounter begins and Dedicated to Moonlight starts playing*
Menphina: give me that, and I’ll show you how it’s done!
With Menphina's theme to back this one up, I now headcanon Keepers of the Moon as joyful forest bumpkins jamming out on fiddles. Nobody will take this from me
This deserves more love. Especially to the vets that been playing for years. Much love to the composers for not forgetting where they started
It’s like Final Fantasy in Ireland :3
Garleans everywhere suddenly became fearful of starting their cars.
That or hillbilly America.
Is this a lalafell joke? :P
@@Lucky-eo2dt 24 madmen on a solo fate boss.
You know the classic DnD tavern start that always ends in a bar fight. We now have the battle theme for that
Nophica literally makes you dance with the blue/yellow and it's amazing.
In a way they all do since it's the gods and yourself having fun instead of killing them.
It's the harvest dance, if you might recall the emote from Gridania
@@Zsaver3 Oh my god it actually is. HOW DID I MISS THAT I USE THAT EMOTE ALL THE TIME!
Trying to identify the leitmotif at 0:25 has been driving me crazy since I first heard this song. Someone down below said it could be from Diadem, but as I'd never played Diadem, I knew this couldn't be the case, as the song was so familiar to me and I know I'd heard it frequently enough in MSQ that I could recognize it immediately.
I finally figured it out. The track that the leitmotif is from is "Defender of the Realm", the part that kicks in at around ten seconds.
I love how even this song's title is such a clear reference to such an iconic track.
Yep! One of the first appearances of the motif was even in the ARR trailer, just like some other motifs throughout the alliance raid!
Its also similar to noel's theme from ffxiii-2
In the nicest way possible was the name not a bit of a hint? ☺️😅
I had to become familiar with that theme name as I uploaded a shitpost of one of the last 5.3 cutscenes, and this features when Alisaie decides to go Sicko Mode.
Is leitmotif at 1:00 also that? Cuz i recognise it too
Soken always manages to fit in the ff prelude
He knows how to capture the essence of the theme in the right way. No cheap nostalgia.
@@braverlion7 I suppose that tends to happen when you learn this stuff directly from Uematsu.
Soken didn't make this. It was Daiki Ishikawa.
@@Dreamboum Thanks to you and everyone else who takes the time to point out that not every piece of music in FFXIV is Soken's.
It's mainly due to Soken being busy with making the music for FFXVI.
It's crazy how you can do a fight 50 times and never realize how good a boss theme is until you listen to it outside of the fight.
This and Dedicated to Moonlight are the reason this raid took me so damn long
that azys lla motif snuck in there, goated
Was curious if he was going for that or the Fractal Continuum version where those notes are much more pronounced.
I'd say he was going for maximum leitmotif representation but I can't help but wonder what 5 chapter deep reference the Allagan them for the gods will become.
For one I am glad that devs putting more people to work on music pieces. Soken is great but other composers bring their own styles and experiences, making this soundtrack even more varied than it already was.
The opening fiddle part is perfect montage material for WoL getting slammed over and over into a fence by Halone laughing a hearty laugh until WoL starts blocking, dodging and finally counterattacking her.
All these months later and I can't get over just how *fun* this theme is. Sometimes I just get hit by mechanics because I'm bopping so hard to this.
"Not enough Leitmotifs? Hold my Twinning."
our dungeon master (completely obsessed with FFXIV) used this theme to a coliseum tournament that celebrated the legend of a pirate. the coliseum was filled with water, and there was a replica of his ship, and we had to fight other parties and sometimes there were ghost crew! and it was the first time my character (ranger) summoned a water fox. one of my favorite arcs till this day 😄
1:25 "We are Number One" Rest in Piece Robbie Rotten!
Johnny took that golden fiddle he won down in Georgia and started traveling the realm.
And together with the bards he began to sing about the warrior of light and his many adventures, including of course, the "confrontation" against the gods themselves, which was more of a friendly fight.😊😊
Johnny traveled across almost all Eitherys in companion of his mythical Golden Fiddle: Eorzea, Dravania, Gyr Abania, Hingashi, Yanxia, Sharlayan, Garlemarld (free of the empire's yoke) and Radz-at-Han.🎉🎉
I think this fits Nophica the best out of the three, unlike how I felt Aglaia’s theme could be applied to Byregot, Azeyma, and Rhalgr all equally.
The fiddle gives off harvest dance vibes, which... considering the one mechanic nophica has us do that's basically the harvest dance emote where you move left and right and left and right...
@@artuno1207 I didnt even realize that's what that was. Sneaky designers. :)
@@artuno1207 Glad I'm not the only one who noticed the dance! Her fight is just so wonderful and thematic in every way
Its cause she has the biggest...personality
@@jordanbrewer7315 She's got HUGE...tracts of land!
It's a straight up hoedown in here and I love it.
this track absolutely slaps
as someone heavily into anything w bag pipes and strings stuff like this gets me going
the whole reason i chose my starter race and town in ff11 my first mmo was the music
the bagpipes of ole sandy shall never leave my heart even a decade after i left the game
Fellow San d'Orian here!!
I thought bagpipes at first, but the more I listen the more it sounds like harmonica.
@@tenormartin277 accordion actually i think
Oh I think you are right! I wish it had some spoons and more cowbell though. Lol
Huh just realized there’s even a tiny bit of harpsichord in there.
All I thought about was the Witcher 3 this entire fight. This music would be right at home there.
Except this game is good
@@alexmercer2743 even with all the jank, this game plays better than Witcher
@@alexmercer2743 Hey the 3rd game was good as well xD
@@alexmercer2743 lol, shut up. They're both good games.
Nophica's tracts of land.
the drums and bass are the unsung heroes here. yes the folk instruments are great but it *is* called _rhythm_ of the realm
This theme is perfect to the battles, and to the theme. Of the overflowing rhythm of _life_
i literally pogged when the ceilidh music started in my first run of euphrosyne
You know you've died too much in an Alliance Raid when you only remember the start of the song and the iconic parts.
I only remembered the fiddle part, had to come listen to the full song to remind myself how the theme is actually XD
And when your armour's durability falls to zero. First time for everything. XD
My Celtic blood is coming out! Hello to my Welsh brothers and sisters out there!
Hello from Brittany too !
@Uvi thank you very much for your work man!
I Just love it (the music, and your gameplay, especially on Aglaia xD)!
"It's time for everyone's favorite game...hoedown!!!" - drew carrey
My first time here was as dancer and i was so giddy throughout the whole fight because somehow it feel so fitting for my character as dancer in this particular fight
Fiddles intensify.
I can imagine this theme fits with an enemy who has an attack where he runs the party over with a chocobo he can barely hold onto.
Mounted enemy charges his Chocobo across the arena with his polearm held off to his side, slicing anything in the way and knocking them out of the arena. Immediately follow up with another swipe in either the same or a new direction. Semi-circle cleave AOE centered on the boss before each charge as his bird spins to go again. End with a stomp at the north end of the arena, then the south, and then the middle, each one with a knockback effect and falling rocks creating random AOE placements to keep the party moving in a frantic flurry. Cap it off with a donut AOE as the enemy spins his weapon around, and then a circle AOE as the Chocobo jumps in place. Then the rider dismounts and he and bird become separate enemies that each need to be taken by a tank.
This feels like a hoedown to me. Yee-haw, welcome to Nophica's barn dance! Real fitting for the first boss, but just plain bizarre for Halone.
Yeah, i expected more Heavensward music for Halone and was a ... bit ... disapointed...
Hot damn play that fiddle! came for a fight stayed for the hootenanny 👌🏿
This song is so amazing ❤️
"Is she a big girl now?"
-Arthars
IN ICE UNYIELDING, NOW REST
1:27 ここかっこいい。"温い！私は主らの戦神ぞ！"
I dont know what I was expecting, but it was NOT the Highland Games
You know. It's quite interesting to see Althiyak and Nymeia fighting together. Which makes me wonder. What are they gonna do for the final 24-man raid in patch 4.5. Are we still gonna fight Nymeia? Or is it someone else now.
Aside from that the music is awesome.
I mean...
[spoiler alert]
They went out of their way to mention a thirteenth god, which means there are actually four gods left now. Pretty sure we're gonna be facing him
@@shinobirecords2018 Good point. Hope it's not like what happened with the Four Lords that we couldn't fight Kohryu. I want to see this 13 god.
Likely, Oschon the Wanderer (Deryk)
the baby Opo-opo screams to me foreshadowing.
13th god be like:
..Ook! Oook!
So no one noticed the azys lla ost sample in this? (0:50)
because heavensward, Halone
Oh man, sounds like we're about to have a hoedown throwdown!
Holy moley, how many leitmotifs are in this?
Glad Im not the only one who plays with effects on LOL!
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Euphrosyne OST, but I do feel like Nophica, Althyk/Nymeia and Halone needed their own separate themes, being so disparate deities. Menphina's is right on target tho, so playful and warm. Can't wait for the final raid tier themes!
I think the intro bit works really well for Nophica, but the ending bit works really well with Halone's barrage of attacks. Athlyk/Nymeia are kinda just there.
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@@TheVivi13 I dunno, I feel like the fiddle/accordion fits Nophica, the drums fit Althyk/Nyemia, and the trumpets fit Halone
i respect the fact that you didn't remove the deleted samurai ability, it's probably kaiten isn't it LOL
idk what else to put there
As a Sam player, I do this as well.
I just miss her so much man. RIP Kaiten
I should've known this is Daiki Ishikawa. Not as blatantly obvious as "Deep Blue" but there were hints of Ishikawa here.
love this turn a gundam sounding ass music
The Witcher x Pirates who just discovered the free trial of FFXIV that includes Heavensward and goes up to lv 60
Ok so we got the Arabian, Greek and Indian theme in the Aglaia.
And now here is old middle Europe, along with Ireland and Scotland.
The Third then must be either more primal like pre-colonial America and Oceania?
Or something Asian?
Look at it this way, Aglaia was very Ul'dahan, this is Gridania full stop. Now what would fit with Limsa? Personally I'm expecting the most agressive shanties this side of Eorzea.
@@karotconcarne3325 Sea Shanty 2 motif or we riot.
@@karotconcarne3325True, especially considering Llymlaen remains for the third raid!
considering Limsa was founded by the equivalent of Vikings, I would expect a heavy Norse inspiration.
@@Nirual86 Viking metal!
I love this song for Nophica. It felt slightly out of place for Halone though lol.
This song works really well for both the Nophica and Althyk/Nymeia fights, but it felt so out of place in Halone's fight. It's kinda strange that they have multiple tracks about Halone from HW, but didn't use them. Halone's fight was really fun otherwise though, but a different theme would've been nice.
True that but you have to admit.. the fiddle going off when Halone jabbing everyone is great LMAO.
I mean, seeing as the pretense has been dropped, and the Gods seem to just be fighting us for a good time rather than anything malicious, even this upbeat dance-like theme feels fine to me when going against Halone. It's like a high-energy sparring match, where despite the power being thrown around, both fighters are just grinning like a bunch of six year olds discovering the imaginary power of a back yard stick.
I kinda disagree with the theme not matching Halone, to me this whole 2nd encounter is a alcohol heavy brawl type event. We have 5 excited and atmosphere-drunk gods who just wants to let it all out after a good while and seeing the dignified Halone go " screw it all, time for a brawl " with a smile on her face is quite refreshing.
SE wanted the WoL to cut loose after endwalker before the next big villain, and now they give each of the "Twelves"( maybe more ) the same treatment after year of silence and calamities away from regular people.
@@randomstreamer2868 yea, give them a break and a good time lol
@@randomstreamer2868 Completely agree, though I also have the sinking feeling that this whole thing might be a kind of "Last Dance" for the Twelve. With the revelations regarding their origin in this patch it seems like their intended purpose has been fulfilled and as such this may very well be their last bit of fun with us mortals before they disappear.
I kinda hoped Nophica would get a unique song since she's gridania's matron but oh well. Nice sonng still
I mean if anything, this theme fits her the most out of the three. Bit of a surprise she wasn't last like Nald'Thal last time but they sure like to not be predictable like that.
@@Nirual86 it does fit Her but i kinda think like since this raid is basically a homage/legacy of a realm reborn and 1.0 the 3 city states gods getting unique songs with lyrics, that reference their cities and stuff (like in the balance but for limsa and gridania) would be so freaking cool :D
(Also to be honest i prefer Radiance as a battle theme for the other gods 😅 )
And i do love Dedicated to moonlight too but.. they could have kept that and done a song for nophica as well xD but again, i dont mind this
Wow, seems the lands Nophica tends to really paid off for the melons she currently has!
Is it me or is there a sliiiiight hint of the Allagan theme (Imagination) at this point? 0:51
All this fiddling will put Valens out of a job.
I have fairy tail stuck in my head from this song, anyone else?
Everyone: Enjoying the fight
Me: BOOBA!!!! 😮😮😮
Anyone else thinking "bar fight" when they listen to this?
Fairy Tail vibes
Me when I first saw Nophica: BARK BARK BARK BARK
Look up Reel around the Sun and you'll notice a lot of thematic similarities!
The first thing that came to my mind was that disney cow movie (whatever it was called) for some reason and I can't shake the image off my mind 😂
Fire as fuck
starting from around 1:30 in, when the fiddles drop out and the horns start coming in, I hear Shadow of the Colossus (Revived Power, particularly) in it, the way the horns and melody soar, even the note changes are very similar to it.
Spotify when? and where?
first 20 seconds of the song reminded me of dependent weakling from nier automata
At least you get your ass kicked to a banger track.
Does anyone have ideas for which themes that might be referenced in this one (with the exception of Prelude, because it's pretty easy to recognize at this point)? I can recognize some parts, like 1:02 which seems to be from Dawn of a New Era.
There are several parts however that feel so familiar, and yet I'm drawing blanks on what they might be referencing. Like, the short part at 0:25 is a little bit similar to a part at the start of Jewel from old Diadem, but that feels like such a random connection that it's probably a reference of a reference or something.
In any case, a great theme that fit surprisingly well with each of the bossfights, despite them being thematically different.
I think 0:25 is supposed to be a Diadem reference, given that it is the heaven of earth that we visit initially. When I was playing with some friends and that part hit, I immediately screamed "Diadem???? OK!" lol
It’s abit of Gridania with the instruments as Aglia was with Ul’dahs horns and style, also hear some hw tracks mixed with dawn of a new era
@@cringe7677 The Diadem leitmotif is present in the music of the "A New Beginning" trailer (aka ARR opening movie) that both Radiance and Rhythm of the Realm are based on, that's why it's there. Radiance, the Aglaia boss theme, also has that same motif so it's moreso that the Diadem references that trailer and henceforth this one too. Especially since the Diadem didn't even exist in ARR back when they wrote that.
I always thought 0:25 sounded like the ff13-2 motif that came from Noel's theme
@@Mel0nCak3 I'm glad that I'm not the only that directly went to that one!
Thankyou
"Halone, wtf, i expected a chorus and shit..."
Riverdance coming to FFXIV Soon
This song threw me off..., but i enjoyed it😅
🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻
This dungeon gave me very Celtic/ Scandanavean vibes
Does it sound like there’s a Hurdy Gurdy in there somewhere?? I wouldn’t be surprised!
Quick, the irish gods are attacking! Steal their potatoes!
Quick! That guy is kidnapping Lalafells!
Oh, wait...nevermind!
the azyz lla part within is because we fight halone
this theme gives fairy tail vibes
I still think Halone needs a Spear of Justice cover
Cowboy vibes
where is the boss? only lights are visible.
Who gave the bard a fiddle?
Witcher 3 x Ffxiv
what in the celtic women is this
And thus Warriors of Light knew true abundance
Finally
Matron's teats
Isaac rahi... Mizra... Mizrahi.
Sounds a bit like cowboy music doesn't it?
The more I hear it the more I think it was written for Nophica and that’s it. Halone deserved better.