Final Fantasy XI OST - Recollection

[delow123456]

this music makes me cry

[izzhaus]

sounds kinda Chrono-Trigger-y to me

[SoulSavior]

Haven't played FFXI, but the more I listen to the music, the more I want to play! It's not too late to start, right, right?! ^_^

[FFXIKombucha]

@SoulSavior Right! It's not, like it's not too late for me to reactivate my account!

[MrRpgVeteran]

Completing the mission by rescuing Tedimont from the orcs...good times..great memories! Can't wait to go back.

[stovebolt2600]

While XIV is beginning to look more promising, it will never be the same to play as XI was. We were all a different age when XI came out. It was the very first MMO for several people that followed the series. For FFXIV the expectations were much higher. Several people left XI for XIV only to quit both games altogether. It's unfortunate, but if this did not happen, Square-Enix would have continued to ignore and troll fans with lack of information on updates and content. They are listening now.

[gunzilla29]

One of my favorite tracks. <3

[AkiraTenshi]

WHY! Why isn't FF XIV as good as XI. Damn you Square!

[DarkMastaC]

@AkiraTenshi because SE rushed it to market and people made there opinions on a truly unfinished product.

[PaperRayman]

@AkiraTenshi

Hey, XI, like most MMO's, sucked at first as well. Give XIV some time. As they update it, it will become so much better.

[ChibiLocke]

I really don't understand how he does it - I never played far enough into FFXI to hear this, and even still I have the irritating, unshakable feeling that I've heard this before somewhere, like I've known the song since before I can remember. And the song's title is just...eerie, all things considered. This bastard has been evoking more emotion with his music than anything else for as long as I've been alive.

[melancholymistress89]

@ChibiLocke This is the music that I used to hear when I logged onto my account, but I had chosen it from a long list.

[IIkingdomII]

@ChibiLocke it's a different version of the ff11 intro theme. but they had opera chicks singing the same melody in that song, and they have harp playing it in this one.

[Drakanis]

@ChibiLocke Song is heard mostly when u do things /w ur 'adventurer fellow' i noticed alot when going through that story line... Had a white haired mithra, ... played taru pally.. had my own story in my head how they met xD, Taru start as whm, mithra as war, she saved him, then he wants to become stronger to protect her as a pally,,, Kinda silly all in my head

[ashitakaharuo]

@ChibiLocke this is background of many cut-scenes. so you may have heard it in connection with a mission. it's not an area theme

and it's one that touches you deep down. and i still wish, that game didn't die -.-

[Chrisfragger1]

@ashitakaharuo It is not dead by far.

[MistaCool49]

@ChibiLocke

This is because the entire song is a very subtle motif derived from the slower portion of the of the FF XI opening theme (first song in the OST, skip to around 3:45). But you're still very correct in saying that this is a testament to Uematsu's compositional ingenuity; he retrieved an obscure, vaguely familiar melody for an unrelated song very appropriately named "recollection." Uematsu cleverly uses familiarity and consistency to keep his music interesting.

[1yop2yop3yop4]

was nobuo still the compser at this oint then

[GameMasterSoko]

@1yop2yop3yop4 Nobuo did some of the songs on the OST including this one.



[nopoet406]

Apart from the bum note at 1:18 this is amazing and this version is better than all of its remixes, cos all of the remixes lose the slow melancholy of the original.

[beavoru2]

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[TJD005]

I loved this song w/e u defeated an avatar in the mini fork fight as smn ^^d

[Incudius]

Wonderful,  this sort of tune captures the heart of FF. Beautifully simple and evocative.

[sargcj]

A bit of a sad song to me, sometimes the best things in life are our memories... I love this among many of the other songs from FFXI... My all time favorite music comes from games...