

Soken: Being a game creator, there's no doubt that I find it most fulfilling when I am able to create music that matches the gameplay experience perfectly! Final Fantasy XIV Director Naoki Yoshida, veteran Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu, and Final Fantasy XIV Sound Director Masayoshi Soken at the Eorzean Symphony Tokyo in 2017. USgamer: Out of those three types of work, which one do you find the most interesting and fulfilling? USgamer: How does your overall process differ when working on the game compositions, with the orchestra, or a session for The Primals at one of the Fan Fests?įinal Fantasy XIV Sound Director Masayoshi Soken: All of the sound production that I work on begins by asking myself, "What can I do with sound in order to enrich the gameplay experience?" When it comes to the orchestra concerts and The Primals live shows, my focus is on making sure that the music evokes the memories of past experiences within our players.

The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra performs the Eorzean Symphony Tokyo in 2017. This year, Eorzean Symphony will take place at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California on June 15-16, 2018 and the Konzerthaus Dortmund in Dortmund, Germany on August 24-25, 2018.Īhead of the upcoming concert, USgamer spoke to Masayoshi Soken his work on Final Fantasy XIV and bringing that work to a different audience with orchestral compositions. The Eorzean Symphony, an orchestra concert featuring the music of Final Fantasy XIV, has entered its second year. He performs songs from FFXIV with the Primals, a live rock band he established in 2014. Soken's music also extends outside of the game itself.

And that was in 2017, ahead of the then-upcoming launch of Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood. When the record was awarded to the team at Square Enix, FFXIV had 384 original pieces of music. Soken has created so many songs for Final Fantasy XIV that the game set a Guinness World Record for the most original pieces of music in a video game. Final Fantasy XIV Sound Director and Lead Composer Masayoshi Soken. Since A Realm Reborn's release, Soken has composed many of the game's most memorable tracks. Soken's compositions paint an aural picture and set the stage for some of the biggest moments in FFXIV's narrative. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.The turnaround from the original Final Fantasy XIV to the redone Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn was nothing short of magnificent, and part of the credit rests at the hands of lead composer Masayoshi Soken. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
