@23:39 piece took me by suprise how beautiful it is just like how beautiful the jungle looks, then turn even better when it transition to combat theme.

@patrickrainville

2 ай бұрын

Totally agreed! What a beautiful, luscious location.

I can't believe this video doesn't have more views; I had to watch this twice to really appreciate all the things you called out about the location themes! I'm partial to Ascension and Bahamut, so naturally, I was super 👀at the Crystalline Dominion section. I honestly never noticed a lot of things you mentioned here, but now that you've pointed them now, I'm firing up my game for another playthrough to really enjoy it. I also love love love the work you put into calling attention to all the arrangers! They deserve more credit and appreciation (I appreciated your call out about SE being notoriously bad at crediting arrangers in part 3 lolol)

@patrickrainville

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed Part 2. :) Yeah, so much of each arranger's styles and musical personalities come through in their arrangements. I love trying to pick out their tells. Similarly, if you are a Final Fantasy VII Remake/Rebirth fan, I am currently doing an analysis going through Rebirth's songs in order of appearance as I try to guess who the arrangers are. Give it a shot, if interested!

This video series deserves more views!!!! Incredible analysis, quality, and expertise. Waiting patiently for part 3!!

@patrickrainville

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! About to start the script for the third part this week!

0:00 Introduction 0:33 Rosaria 8:34 Stillwind 12:45 Sanbreque 21:58 Wilderness/Camaraderie 28:40 The Iron Kingdom 32:09 Dhalmekian Republic 39:38 Crystalline Dominion 46:13 Waloed

Love love love this so far! As a mature composer and fellow xenoblade lover, I’m so excited for you to speak on its ost. XB3 has one of the best soundtracks I’ve ever heard in gaming

@patrickrainville

4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! I hope you check out part 3 as well :) And yes, always happy to meet another Xenoblade soundtrack fan! 👋 Shorter term, I’m focusing on making some videos for Final Fantasy Remake, but will definitely make something regarding Xenoblade eventually. Once I find a way to do that series justice 🙏

Yesssss part twooooo

Great video. From the quality of editing and attention to detail, It must have taken you so much time and effort in making these videos. Very Appreciate someone who appreciates the final fantasy music.

@patrickrainville

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. You appreciating all these things really means a lot me. Indeed, it was a lot of work, but every moment of it was so enjoyable!

For you wondering why Ishikawa was the sole composer on the Dominion tracks: it's possible Soken didn't work on them because he was at the hospital for cancer during that time. Hard to tell when those 16 tracks where composed, but we know his hospitalization coincided with the development of ff14's 5.3 patch.

@patrickrainville

3 ай бұрын

Oh that's a very good point. That could very well be the case!

@OracleGrouse

3 ай бұрын

@@patrickrainville And for Soken using a lot of synthetized instruments: I may be wrong, but Soken tends to write the music much later down the pipeline than other composers. He prefers to see what the encounters will be like so he can adapt and time the music according to the rhythm of the fight, key events in encounters, etc. (iirc he once mentioned being bummed out that he should have seen the 14 Ifrit fight before composing because the theme would have been more fitting if he did) Which leaves very little time for an orchestra to practice before recording. Hence why he saves live instruments for soloists

@patrickrainville

3 ай бұрын

@@OracleGrouse Thanks for sharing! Yes I'd read similar rational from Soken re: his use of sample libraries. I think that's pretty logical reasoning. It's not how I would budget my time if I was music director because I think the end product suffers for it... but then again, I'm not Soken!

This video series is like Sum 41: all killer, no filler.

@patrickrainville

6 ай бұрын

I’m in too deep!!!

@benoplustee

6 ай бұрын

LOL@@patrickrainville

i love the theories of the strange flute and trumpet in the sanbreque theme. my first thought is that it shows an inherent weakness and vulnerability of what i assume is a regime relying on what is essentially an outside power in the mother crystal. awesome video as usual : )))

@patrickrainville

5 ай бұрын

That's a great read on it. And on top of that, once they lose their mothercrystal, they just go and invade/claim another one 👍

Yeeeesssssssss. Part 2! Thank you patrickrainville! I love it.

@patrickrainville

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I hope you find something informative in there. : )

i just have to say, i am in love with these videos, i watched them back to back and im in love. i catched most of the motifs from the characters themes while playing/replaying/watching others play, but with the locations so many flied over my head. it's fascinating also, if i have to guess what character theme you didn't include in the first one, uh, that's really hard. I don't think any other character has a theme per se? but I'm gonna go with Torgal. During the return to rosaria, the song that plays when he saves Jill isn't used anywhere else and it's completely unique as well, i think? but i am not sure at all. Looking forward to the third video! Thank you so much for making these❤

@patrickrainville

5 ай бұрын

BINGO! You hit the nail on the head. Unfortunately I just put the finishing touches on the part 3 video... so I'll have to find a sneaky way to give you a shoutout in there! ;) And thank you for the very kind comments. It means a lot me, truly!

@daistellae

5 ай бұрын

​@@patrickrainville tysm!:) ❤️ i hope we get to hear more variations of jill's theme + and extended torgal theme (?) in the rising tide

@patrickrainville

5 ай бұрын

That would be great! Sign me up! BTW Part 3 is now up on my channel, and I found a way to squeeze in a last minute shoutout to you!

Encore, une analyse époustouflante ! BRAVO et merci!

@patrickrainville

6 ай бұрын

Toujours mon plaisir!

My guess was Martha as the omitted character - the song is The Founder's Footsteps!

@patrickrainville

5 ай бұрын

Oh this is a great response, and arguably much better than the one I was thinking about lmao It was a major oversight on my part not to include that one in either the character or location videos (I considered it for the section on unique themes in my Part 3 video, but decided against it since it isn't one of my faves). Unfortunately I JUST posted my Part 3 video, so alas, I can't give you a shoutout for your superlative answer. If I make a video covering the DLC tracks down the line, I'll try to remember to rectify that mistake 🙇

@sarv205

5 ай бұрын

@@patrickrainville Haha no problem. I was curious which one you were thinking of. I will have to watch Part 3 to find out the answer! I would love to see you analyze DLC music in the future if you decide on that.

That was great! Looking forward to part 3. Also just sayin a 14 part ffxiv analysis would be preeeetty neat

@patrickrainville

6 ай бұрын

omg talk about an impossibly tall mountain to climb! A XIV analysis would be a lot of fun, though don't think I am currently equipped to do so both in terms of time and experience (I've only played up to Stormblood)!

PLEASE DO XENOBLADE SCORES! I would love to hear your takes on them!

@patrickrainville

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes! Absolutely will! It is too good not to. However, I'm focusing on Rebirth and Remake first, but will get to Xenoblade after that. I want to do the Xenoblade trilogy justice and as of now haven't really found what my angle is beyond "this is the greatest video game music", so I would like to take some time to figure out what exactly I can contribute that would be educational and does right by those scores. Please look forward to it (eventually) 🙇

Once again, amazing work! And Boyz in the Wood? EPIC PUN APPROVED😂 Looking forward to part three!

@patrickrainville

6 ай бұрын

Thank you thank you again 🙏 Part 3's script is written, just need to record and edit it, so should be up by next week!

Was the ommited character Gav?

@katlynkelly8118

6 ай бұрын

Oops you already said it wasn't that's what I get for commenting early haha ignore me. Your video has been lovely

@patrickrainville

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment. 🙏 And good guess! ;) The only (vague) hint I can give is that Soken alludes to this theme in his message in the soundtrack’s liner notes…

Don’t tease us with the potential of xenoblade Scores 🎉

@patrickrainville

4 ай бұрын

Xenoblade series might have my favourite video game soundtrack ever ❤️ I will definitely find a way to cover those games at some point, but next up is FFVIIR!

@PhantomPain7778

4 ай бұрын

@@patrickrainville oooh color me intrigued. So are we talking about FF7 Remake or rebirth? But I agree with Xenoblade. Along with Xenoblade, fire emblem has my favorite soundtracks. But FF XVI is so good. I’m even tempted to buy the OST.

@patrickrainville

4 ай бұрын

@@PhantomPain7778 Sorry, I should have specified Remake! I will likely wait for the myriad Rebirth soundtracks to come out before even attempting a video for that game lol. Fire Emblem is another great choice, although I've probably only played about a third of them. Do you have a favourite soundtrack in the series? Mine might be Fates, but I don't know them very well. It's a partial blindspot for me.

@PhantomPain7778

4 ай бұрын

@@patrickrainville so to be fair. I’ve never played a fire emblem game until three houses. And I appreciated the vibe of three houses. Has that Harry Potter meets game of thrones and I loved it. Echoes is probably my favorite ost. Well I looked forward to your remake review. That rebirth will be crazy I’ve heard it’ll have 400 tracks

@PhantomPain7778

4 ай бұрын

@@patrickrainville also what other video games ost would you recommend?