

The first of Shiva’s two themes later on, “Footsteps in the Snow” is orchestral with some choral elements, but while it has some good bits it doesn’t come together into anything grabbing. Although it lacks the punch of the other Primal themes, being a mostly lighter and slower orchestral rock piece, it has a unique composition with some very unexpected turns in the melody and progression that give it a real otherworldly flavour.

The later “Thunder Rolls” with Ayana Ikeya’s vocals is a much better theme and ranks among the series’ best. The original version absent from the game with female vocals by Srisombut Preechaya on the verses is included later in the album, but it isn’t significantly better or worse. The verses are pretty decent, but the incessant repetitions of “Leviathan!” can be pretty grating, and the looping of the track doesn’t help this. “Through the Maelstrom” is a rock track in line with the previous Primal songs, sung by Soken. The former is merely an instrumental track with emphasis on ritualistic percussion it’s atmospheric, but that’s it. The Before the Fall proper starts with the first of new Primal tracks (all of which were composed by Soken), “Wreck to the Seaman” and “Through the Maelstrom”. Also recycled are “Battle on the Big Bridge”, “Pa-Paya”, and the vocal Primal themes, though these were only included as bonus tracks on the A Realm Reborn and From Astral to UmbralBlu-ray editions respectively. Some of them have slightly altered names, but they don’t have any other changes besides track length differences, and nothing substantial is lost in the shortening of any of the tracks. These are decent to great tracks but they aren’t crucial to the feel of the album, and thus feel redundant to those who already have them. Many of these are by Uematsu, and Yamazaki’s only composing contribution (“Meteor”) falls in here as well.

Eleven of these come from Before Meteor, mostly battle and boss tracks like “Fury”, “Tempest” and “Rise of the White Raven”, but also with some light tracks like “Moonfire Faire”. Bodyįirst it should be mentioned that one quarter of the tracks (16 out of the 61) are repeated from previous Final Fantasy XIV albums. The album was also released on iTunes in many regions, but without the visuals and bonuses. Also included a number of visual elements to accompany the music, and bonuses. Like the other releases for the game, the release is on a single Blu-ray disc, housing high-quality audio files as well as mp3 files that can be obtained from the disc for personal use.
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Most of the music is composed by the lead composer Masayoshi Soken, supplemented by a scattering of themes by series regular Nobuo Uematsu, Naoshi Mizuta, and Ryo Yamazaki. Final Fantasy XIV -Before the Fall- Original Soundtrackīefore the Fall: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack contains the music from the 2.2-2.5 patches of A Realm Reborn: Final Fantasy XIV.
