Listening to this song when sailing Atlantic Ocean in storm. 🎶💨⛵️

The Primal fights in 16 truly felt godlike. It was amazing. Yoshi-P nailed FF16 I feel like.

Bg3 got voted goty instead of this? Smh

I really hope they play this at Distant Worlds Seattle!

Masterpiece

i hate that this doesnrt come on spotify :”(((((((((

The only part of this game that felt final fantasy to me was the prologue.

This song reminds me of Zodiark’s theme from 14.

The “true” theme of FFXVI imo. This or a variant of it plays in the most important scenes of the game.

I remember playing the demo and liking it, and then I got to the Ifrit boss. That fight brought the demo from an 8/10 to a 11/10. The entire fight was amazing. When I reached the moment where 3:25 played and the choir sang “Away!”, I got chills. Easily one of the most memorable moments of modern gaming for me. This entire fight and song is absolute perfection

Bro was COOKING on the timpani

Notice how the chorus perfectly describes what is going on at that time.

Circled in the strife of an empyrean catastrophe, whorls of ire fan infernal flames on high – essentially means that both brothers are caught in so big a disaster that their rage manifests flames.

Chorus 2, same beginning but tongues of fire incandescent oaths decry – the tongues of fire is a biblical reference relating to a divine language only understood by a few chosen (typically disciples of Jesus). Most likely meaning Ultima’s whispers are turning the brothers – sworn to protect one another – against each other

The more I spend time looking into lyrics in XVI, the more impressed I am by how deliberate some of the language in there is.

The true GOTY.

I not only saw that attack coming but I was ready for it,

that percussion before the chorus is magical

Soken-san, how hard and dirty will your first track be?
– Yes.

GOTY of 2023

This game had crazy ton of filler but when it hits it fuckin HITS still my personal favorite in 2023.

This shit so fucking fire (literally)

Circled in the strife of an empyreal catasrophe !

Be warned, this comment contains spoilers!

This track is so tragic! The fact that it’s actually Joshua’s theme, while being so intense, gives the impression that Josh’s whole life has been a struggle. Between sickness, the battle with Ifrit, the displacement of his whole life afterwards, and having the additional illness from sealing Ultimate inside him, makes the word “Away” truly a sentence of doom upon his whole existence. He’s to be pulled away from his family and everything else eventually.

A lot of these lyrics sound mighty different from what’s on the screen.

Nice song, ugly game.
Soken’s talents utterly wasted on this disgusting filth.

“Throw open your wings and fly!”

Very astute of Soken-san to avoid writing “spread open your [anything]” after his time with the XIV community.

I really love this game! Epic! ❤

This is the track AND the game that made me buy it full and play it till the end. One of the best entries in the FF universe.

This is an incredible song.

Found a copy of this game at my local pawn shop for 35 bucks, bought it and having a freaking blast with it, I am already at the end of the game and just acquired Odin and Zantetsuken

I listen to this song every day.

Idgaf what ANYONE says. This was GOTY 2023.

Looking back, this is still one of the most horrifying moments in gaming ever.
You’re literally attacking and mauling your child brother and impale him (don’t know how he even survived).

Y’all, this is mid tier Soken. You will fucking love the rest of his work

I wish I could erase all my memories of this game and play it for the first time again.

When this music started going I knew right then nobody on this team was fucking around

Cheer~~~to or at a distance from a particular place, person, or thing.

i would say this is soken’s magnum opus, his one winged angel

“damn this is amazing” – edvard grieg

i got goosebumps the second time i heard this in bahamut fight. so good. early game i thought this was a flop coz of the boring SQ, but when i get to bahamut fight that changes everything this game is special.

“Please stop, Dion! Think of your people!”
-Joshua

This song is so manly ❤ hahahaha

U guys the song sound goofy at 2:58 played at 2x speed

The first 10 seconds of this song reminds me of FF3’s boss battle theme

One of the only songs that’ll actually make me shed tears due to its beauty

This game managed to perfect the game looking hard but being easy

This game is a damn masterpiece.

1:40 is the best part for me

Press New Game
This banger immediately starts playing
I knew then it was going to be the best FF game ever made.

The game didn’t do it for me, but damn the music slapped.

Finding out this is Joshua’s song and find the flame is Clive’s was so goddamn cool

Idk if I’m tweaking if ur wearing good headphones u can hear another voice that sound like a random dude singing at 5:30 listen closely

The fucking chorus

fk i very love this song
sound like so powerful

It’s a bit off-topic, but man, Ifrit’s battle IQ in this fight alone is insane.
The second he has his chance to go for the kill, he goes *straight* for it.

I love that. It’s a shift in tone with just a slight shift in lyrics. No hope. Only death.

Why is this video so amazing! Goosebumps all the way.

5:42

Volumes fucked on this one

If they’re doing English lyrics, they need to do it with English-speaking. The Japanese pronunciation of these words detracts, somehow. And before anyone calls me racist, if I said the same thing but about an English-speaking choir singing in Japanese you’d all agree.

I love how they have these absurdly beautiful and poetic lyrics woven into this absolute BANGER song and all anyone can actually hear is a vague choral chant. They really robbed this game of the GOTY title imho. It really is a masterpiece from the sound design, to the writing, to the graphics, all the way to the gameplay. These eikon fights actually made me high from the adrenaline boost. I’m not even going to discuss all of the Greek references throughout the entire game that are hidden in the lyrics and plays directly into the story. Masterpiece of a game.

Does anyone here get emotional towards the build up of the choir singing AWAY?

All Clive wanted is to do protect his family, so when things turned for the worst his anger made him change in an uncontrollable form of Ifrit. And actually kills his brother.

And the choir is basically singing towards Phoenix to escape.

The second chorus the verse is different. It’s basically not a warning anymore but simply stating to say your goodbyes. Ifrit is going in for the kill.

What a soundtrack!😢

FF16 is magical

A weird thing to mention but I think ff16 and dragon quest 11 have the greatest video game demos in history.

there is a reason why in italian these kind of music is called colonna sonora ( sonority column ) instead sound track, because it substain the movie/game.

I’m sorry darling, but Away stays on during sex ‼️🗣️

jj

absolutely love this theme

not yet on spotify, that’s a shame :p

Revelation 12:17

New International Version

17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.

Pov: you finally have the guts to try and fight your pro friend who’s carried you the entire game

👀

Masayoshi is God. Beyond Ultima… we soon… will have to find the power to reach the Master!

Soken cooked hard on this one😭😭🔥

ewwe

This song already captivated me when I first heard it, but I didn’t know just how hype and hard this song went until now thanks to the lyrics.
Especially 4:51-6:11. 🔥 🔥 🔥 🐦

Ngl I only bought this game cause Clive was hot but I stayed for the music 🤪

I honestly have to try pretty hard not to tear up as it goes into the last bit. Just evokes the tragedy of the fight so well.

TENAGA 9360

BARAT

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TIMUR

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UTARA

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SELATAN

song of, anger, revenge, regret, and beg for forgiveness

Bro this coment section is mixed with negative and positive opinions that i don’t even know if the negatives are just trolls trying to get attention

I love it because it reminds me of the most epic songs from final fantasy XIV and XV, which have impressive soundtracks ❤

Not the best game I’ve ever played but damn the soundtrack was good

“These are not flames of destruction…”

“Have you forgotten already who I am?”

First timers: “Ehh I guess it’s alright.”

3 months later post sadness: “CIRCLED IN THE STRIFE OF AN EMPYREAL CATASTROPHE.”

I love this song. It brings continuous flashbacks of this epic and immersive scene.

Let’s goo!!!

2:57

Is it just me, or does the beginning sound like the Cloud of Darkness theme? I love it!

Final Fantasy man….what a series

I like how frantic this song sounds. Gives off “everything that could have gone wrong, did,” which fits pretty well given the context

ok but this is just what happens in every irl sibling fight nothing too special here

This game has one of the most incredible soundtracks I’ve ever experienced

Soken is out of this world. For real, what an absolute genius.

*away away, esse tema é lindo.*

Will you do a cover of the Final Fantasy 16 away song in Japanese?

I listen to the ff16 ost everyday! Its so good 😢

sounds really intense and great, but I don’t understand some commenters here. There have been tracks like this before in games and there will be in the future.

Pure Art

Wouldve loved a perfomance of this

This theme plays in my head as I’m fighting through traffic during rush hour 😂

3:05 it sounds more like it’s saying “whorls of anger” instead of “whorls of ire” but idk

5:28 is the best part in my opinion. Just the voice and the choir being perfect

that phoenix head reminds me of ridley

Dios mio esta pieza siempre me.saca una lagrima por lo epica que es se siente poder al escucharla

game designer: how epic do you want this theme to be?
soken: yes

Daily workout song

0:30
2:03

bad game good song

Nice!!

I think they say Empyrean for both verses, not Empyreal

“Look up to the heavens
The firmament reddens”
to
“Look down to the nether
Bid farewell forever”
Hits insanely hard by the end of the game

God this is not just the best OST of the year, this one song is one of the best symphonys written in the past century

A scarlet baccon in the sky?.

The prologue alone had a lot to soak in before the main stuff

Ufff….❤

WHEN ARE THEY RELEASING ALL THE EIKONS THEMES ON SPOTIFY??? Cant wait to jam on this and Bahamuts masterpieces!

i cry every time i hear this, i just love joshua, the pheonix is so beautiful and brave 🥺😞❤️🔥

And that’s how you end a demo!

Brutalisimo

this is the best piece of music i’ve ever heard in my damn life

I want to see a live orchestra playing this 🙂 Amazing

1:05 I hear a bit of ‘From the Ashes’ instrumental in there from FF14, I believe!

I can’t even begin to describe how this makes me feel. I’m speechless, and addicted. Badly addicted haha.

Soken is absolutely amazing.
“My flames may flicker, but they shall never die.”.. T-T <3

By the Flames this is the best song in the entire game hands down!.

It’s been stated before, but i want to emphasize this is the first thing that happens. New gamr, select difficulty, set brightness, this.

Soken pushed real hard for the soundtrack!

Is this the finest gaming music since ff13?

“It’s just the tutorial song, you don’t have to go hard at it”

Masayoshi Soken:

Ugh. Fuck dude. Having to listen to Clive’s screaming sobs for mercy upon Joshua fucking hurt so much. What a boss fight.

Veramente spettacolare e Bellissima

AWAY!

well that was just dumb to lower yourself at 5:19

2:58-3:40
Sends chills through my arms and tears down my cheeks. The moment I heard this, I knew I was going to be in for a ride. And what a ride it was. My GoTY and not a single soul can convince me otherwise.

Love this . This was game of the year 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

Yeeeeah i knew i made a good choice in buying this game and this alone confirmed that this game would win music award of this year

everyone gets goosebumps at 1:54

“Is this power of Soken?” -WoolieVersus, 2023

More epic than any other final fantasy before it, Soken is the new Uematsu 💖🥹

The first fight represents everything wrong with this game.

The fight was needless…those were traitors he was killing. Clive thinks this low of Eikons. He thinks their protecting god would simply burn them without cause, even though an assassination force is proof of betrayal from the inside. And don’t come to me with emotions, he did not know his father was dead by this point. As far as he knew, he turned to protect his father from doom.

The Empire taking over Joshua’s kingdom, essentially reuniting all monarchic structures in one target to be taken down by the Republic, evidences an attempt at an agenda.

A monarchy is outdated, I recognize that, but without a homeland, the message becomes merely “burn everything to the ground”. Rosalia fell. It became a faceless enemy we need to destroy along with the rest of the Empire. No change to improve its political system was promoted. Only its destruction. Its destruction and its people. Joshua and Clive don’t even rebuild their homeland.

It’s disgraceful. But I would be unfair if I said that it wasn’t smart, the way it was presented. But they won’t have me fooled. At the very least, I’ll seek fanfiction to actually enjoy this story without being fed this agenda.

Congrats on this game for winning best music. Rightfully earned.

Absolutely deserved the best soundtrack. BG3 is great but this is phenomenal

there are (english) lyrics?? 🤯

this song alone carried us all the way to best soundtrack award

Edit: why is there some random ass cyberpunk glazers in the replies section of a FF16 video 💀

Not just best music in game for 2023 but for every game I ever played..brilliant

Who is here after winning Best score and music on the Game Awards?

Here before the 2023 VGAs to say Soken will win best composer for score/music

And that’s how you do an intro and then some!

I can appreciate how hard they went to the music in this game, making moments and this FF as epic and fun as they are!

I played this at my parakeet’s burial site and it rose from the ashes

Soken: “we need to cook”

Is a real shame this game runs like shit on ps5

Like how they included the Greek myth of Prometheus

This is a truly marvelous masterpiece

5:36

At first i didnt listen properly to the lyrics that being sung, so I thought it is Latin language or some chaos language (like what’s being sung in Nier series). I didn’t expect this is sung in English.

Nevertheless, this music is a god tier masterpiece.

It’s litteraly Asura’s Wrath but in next gen

No doubt gonna win TGA best soundtrack … if not then something is wrong

Easily the greatest soundtrack of all times. Soken is a god.

This game is so effin epic

The greatest OST of the generation so far. Utterly phenomenal.

I really hope there is going to be an orchestral album like FF14 🥺

So much about this reminds me of The Firebird Suite, but dark and heavy with a desperate struggle for survival woven into the notes.

Man this game was robbed for goty.

GOD DAMN

If they could adapt 16 into a full blown stage opera, so I can wear a fancy tuxedo out. k, thanks.

My flames may flicker

BUT THEY SHALL NEVER DIE

This song better be in FF14 collab event

Fantastic scene and music is beautiful ❤❤❤

I boot the game, Square Enix and CBUIII appear, and then I was expecting to be thrown into teen Clive’s POV (I never played the demo) but then I was like ????? WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS IS TOO GODDAMN HYPE WAIT I’M LITERALLY LESS THAN A MINUTE INTO THE GAME WHAT???? It was a needlessly bombastic yet spectacular intro.

Hope we can hear this song in The Game Awards

FFXVI has an awesome soundtrack (in my opinion, one of the best in the entire series) and, for me, this song is by far the best of the game. The feeling of epicness it delivers is insane. I don’t remeber any other song that gives me chills when I hear it like this one does.

1:53-2:32 – FFXIV Azys Lla 😊

This had to be the greatest demo I’ve ever played and replayed the one bad thing is that elwin died well more than elwin but mostly elwin

if only the soundtrack (and game in general) maintained this level of quality throughout 😢

Square Enix: “Soken, we need over the top music, can y…”
Soken: “YES”
Square Enix: “Calm down, listen, here is what we…”
Soken: “YES!!”
Square Enix: “Will you listen or…”
Soken: “AWAAAAYYYY!”
Square Enix: “Fuck me, this is exactly what we need”.

Did you sub these yourself? There’s several lines I hear differently, but it’s hard to tell. If so, you did a great job subbing it so coherently and cool-sounding.

It’s outstanding how this is the very first thing you hear when you start the game. I immediately lost it when I heard the theme, definitely the best in the game, and it quickly became one of my favorite themes.

best part of the song starts at 1:40 and ends at 3:54

Lol I actually teared when first hearing this song while diving into the game. This is probably the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard in a final fantasy game.

3:17 What a fantastic set of lines my god

Throw open your wings and fly! Away!

Damn…

Although Bahamut easily has the best fight, this is the best song in the game hands down, the insurments, the choir, and the fight itself as well is just amazing!

Joshua ❤

awayyy brother

Soken: “I guess I’ll have to make a song for a tutorial fight in the first 3 hours of the game. Guys, bring the fire extinguisher, I’m gonna start composing.”

I really do hope you’ll do the final phase version of Heart of Stone one day. Your 14 videos may of gotten me to know but hey, why not stick around for these too?

Remember, this Ifrit is just wild

i think we finally know what soken’s own “dancing mad” would be now

OH YES, AND I JUST STARTED THIS GAME LAST WEEK, LETS GO

finally i can listen to this banger in good quality

Thank you so much! ☺ I’ve been waiting exactly for your video of this amazing song! Keep it up! 🤩

Shouldn’t it be “Shadows in the night” at 5:42?

Such a melancholic song if you pay attention to the lyrics. Joshua doesn’t want this fight, he wants to be gone from this nightmare. The only place he wants to be is ‘Away’. The lyrics convey a sense of desperation as well, the end of the second verse has most of the instrumental either removed or quieted down to place a focus on ‘Away’. A beautiful song for a tragic tragic scene. ** SPOILERS FOR EVANGELION** And I feel the end with Ifrit ripping Phoenix apart has many similarities to the mid point of Evangelion 2.0 with Unit 1 ripping Unit 3 apart while Shinji screams while a song like a lullaby plays.

everytime i hear this song my mind instantly conjures up the fight. the descent, the sounds and their words. this is part of what makes this track so good. this whole ost was fire, but this was easily my fave track!

The game had so many bang songs, this is only one of them!

LETS GOOOOOO DO HEART OF STONE NEXT

Beautiful song for a beautiful boss

It’s probably my favorite song by Soken, it was a mixture of feelings when I first heard it

One of the best battle themes!

Soken with another masterpiece soundtrack 🔥

Please do more of the tracks with the lyrics