Talking with Masayoshi Soken - Final Fantasy XIV's Composer
We sat down with Final Fantasy XIV's Composer, Masayoshi Soken, for a 25 minute interview!
You might have seen a bit of this on yesterday's video of Soken reacting to the FFXIV Endwalker Boss Theme Intepretation I did with @Huskybythegeek .
This right here is the whole thing, where we talk about Soken's experiences as a composer, his favorite Final Fantasy games & more!
00:00 - Introduction
01:19 - Soken's Favorite Final Fantasy
03:04 - How Soken developed his unique style
04:15 - Funk in Final Fantasy XIV
05:03 - Soken's favorite Jobs in FFXIV (& in real life)
06:58 - Soken's favorite Final Fantasy character
08:22 - Soken & Nobuo Uematsu
09:20 - How Soken became a composer for games
13:04 - How THE PRIMALS Band was created
14:38 - Soken's favorite instruments
15:30 - The role of Orchestras in Final Fantasy XIV
17:50 - On FFXIV songs that go viral
19:27 - FFXIV's Composer Reacts to our Endwalker Cover
21:05 - Huskybythegeek & Alex's Opinions on FFXIV Endwalker's Main Theme
22:54 - Soken's thoughts on my Music Reaction videos
24:14 - Outro
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MASAYOSHI SOKEN: / sokensquareenix
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FFXIV ENDWALKER COVER: • FFXIV Endwalker - Boss Theme Imagined (ft....
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Composer: Masayoshi Soken