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”. The former is merely an instrumental track with emphasis on ritualistic percussion it’s atmospheric, but that’s it. “Through the Maelstrom” is a rock track in line with the previous Primal songs, sung by Soken.

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. 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 later “Thunder Rolls” with Ayana Ikeya’s vocals is a much better theme and ranks among the series’ best. 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 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.

Its main melody shows up in the rock theme, “Oblivion”, where it works better at the faster pace and with the verses helping the rest of the track. Before the fall ost ffxiv download series#.

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