Endwalker Midboss Theme "On Blade's Edge" - FFXIV OST
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- This violin goes so hard. Feel free to screenshot.
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Best midboss theme of all expansions, period
not anymore!
"And when one asked... 'what is the point?' - there were none left to answer..."
The bass player having so much fun. You can hear the joy in the notes.
Same with the violin
@@discountedalmonds Violins sound synthesized, but the bass for sure is a real dude having fun
Don’t forget the drummer
when it goes "aaaaaaaaaaaa AAAAAAAA aaaaaaaa AAAAAAAAA aaaaaaaaaa" it hits different
Expansion has been out for like 2 years and this still gives me chills, it's just so good. I am glad it's the miniboss theme, that way I hear it more.
WoL panic mode...
Those precious minutes across Garlemald always on the move, desperate and yet still unyielding.
Yaaaassss!!
This is the song of badass PTSD. During the one mission in Garlemald.
You know the one.
That event was so intense, like "Ok ok, how are we going to get out of this one?????? Doesn't matter, we need to move forward."
Oh this bossf8ght IS FULL PANIC MODE
Yeah, too bad about how they went LOL SYKE at the end though. Square-Enix is way too scared of making fans upset to do anything actually impactful with the narrative at this point.
@@dc8836 Or you know, you could just go with the community headcanon that at this point, WoL is WoL. We defeated gods, saved Etheirys from death, and much more.
Also the whole narrative from Hydaelyn onwards was always that the WoL had rhe power to bring back the others, but they may of forgotten the entire time on Thule. (I'll be honest, I have a headcanon based on my Ultima Thule experience that WoL, while flooded in their emotions and sadness, forgot the power until Emet reminded her)
1:27 the chorus here gives me chills
This music with this bossfight is full panic mode
Every single time
Leitmotif in full send
I know a lot of people seem to dislike that certain solo duty in Garlemald where this plays... but I absolutely love it, and it's THE scene I associate with this song. Things are looking bad, you're alone and at your weakest... but there's more to the Warrior of Light than just their strength. And this is where you prove it.
Agreed 💯
That was the most tense moment for me, truly one of the most memorable moments
I loved that solo duty it finalized how dire everything was truly was in my eyes.
Unironically filtered. These are the same kinds of shitters that rejoice at the utter lobotomy carried out on SMN and all healers
i loved that solo duty. just did it again on another character and wow. it really puts into perspective how strong you are compared to your average joe. and it really made me go woahh mmos can do this. plus this song is bop
This is my workout music.
It gets me fired up every single time.
Hands down the best mini-boss theme in the game.
It's a Fight between "Insatiable" and this for me
Personally I think "Insatiable" is better, but "On Blades Edge" fits more with a lot of the dungeons orchestral aesthetics.
@@ozmintheobserver I have to agree with you there. There were quite a few dungeons in Shadowbringers where "Insatiable" felt out of place, particularly Dohn Mheg and The Grand Cosmos.
I am here to say none of the above and give it to "Triumph"
This first dungeon was such a slap in the face! The bosses had simple but relentless mechanics, enough to remind you that yes, you're here to kick ass, and get your ass kicked.
Mostly get your ass kicked the first round.... and maybe the second and third as well
Eh, the first two bosses were easy with very predictable patterns if you paid attention to their intro phases. The third boss, however.... "Hey, you thought the first two bosses and their mechanics were easy, huh? How about 90% of the ground being covered by stuff that goes off at different timings, hope you know how to move and keep moving!"
@@Dhalin
Black mage: Puts down LeyLines
Magus sisters: And we took that Personally.
As much as I enjoy both this and "Finality," I gotta give the win to this one, if only because songs that blend orchestra and rock band elements have always been a weakness of mine. Plus I love how the vocals on the chorus always make the one or two specific mechanics they line up with feel more epic and terrifying than than anything else in the fight, regardless of difficulty.
It feels more threatening than Finality does. I think they got them backwards lol
@@bingbongdingdong867 No real crescendo, the tension is low-key, this is not an endboss theme. It's a good jam, but it's not an endboss theme by any stretch.
@@bingbongdingdong867 yeah. They defo should switch the songs around. This one is a banger for a final theme. Not sure why the mid boss theme is better than the final boss but I ain't complaining. We hear it twice in a row LOL
@@bingbongdingdong867 I strongly disagree. On Blade's Edge is a great song but it doesn't have the weight of a final boss theme. Finality definitely has that weight; swapping them would make the endboss less satisfying while making every midboss feel like the end of the dungeon.
Excellent point.
This song lives rent-free in my mind. Just moved all its luggage and furniture into my subconscious.
We never got to mourn or bury those Garlean insurgents we left dead on the street...
:(
Not exactly a lot left to mourn I'd imagine considering how they died.
fuck those guys
Yeah, when you think about it, there a LOT of people that died during these events. And most of them don’t even get to go to the afterlife or get reincarnated.
XIV’s dark AF when you think about it.
Also, can't forget the objective at hand unfortunately. Zenos was kind of piloting your body on a mission to slaughter your friends. No time to mourn.
I love when the chorus aligns with the 2m window. Its epic
2m windows are a blight in this game
@@villaniousmustache4898 hey, alright.
This was the song that got me hyped for endwalker, hands down.
This song motivates me to do JEE. What do you think about it ? My tkm sir suggested it.
Hearing this for the first time, my ears perked up and I never focused so hard on a fight before in this game even in savages. What a track
I feel like this song feels… smoother? As some other have mentioned, certain parts of this damn near ALWAYS line up with certain mechs. This makes it feel very crisp, and provides a degree of elegance to it. While maneuvering while the mechanics are going off feels very much like a well choreographed dance. I love it.
God, Endwalker really does feel like it's the end of a massive story with how everything's coming together.
Thats because IT IS.
Endwalker IS the end of the hydaelyn and zodiark saga
@@cherrydragon3120 Yeah, I know. I'm just saying that Endwalker does a good job of conveying that
I just returned to game after years away so I created a new char and did entire MSQ start to finish and gotta say, being able to enjoy the story without months-long breaks between updates made it so incredibly amazing and epic.
By the end of 4.0 (the first time round) I found myself rolling my eyes every time an Ascian was on screen but then they turned into such tragic, amazing characters.
It did a bad job at a lot of parts. No real end game goal either. Just whisking away with what they had but banri oda pulled it off somehow and the hw team did the best in this expansion with garlemald
Eh, I felt like Shadowbringers had a natural and conclusive ending by the end of its Patch quests. Endwalker didn't really need to exist in terms of story to have a complete saga. Can't deny the mechanics are fun, though. And I'm glad EW exists solely for being able to kill Hydaelin.
“Are you afflicted? No? We stand together!”
“No! They’re brainwashed! We cut them down, Kinsman!”
“Everyone, get back! It’s going to explode!”
)':
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I was once told this song and Finality couldnt convey desperation because "it was too upbeat" nah, you really listen to these, you get it. This is the end this is annihilation for everything if you fail. You cannot fail. Eveything hinges on your determination to see this through. It can be soul crushing if you let it be.
Who the hell said that? Never take their opinions on music seriously, lol.
It’s not supposed to convey desperation imo. Both Finality and On Blade’s Edge feel more like grim determination to me. Everything’s gone and going to shit but there’s still that sliver of hope that everything will turn out alright which fits Endwalker a lot more than desperation, that theming was already covered by Shadowbringers.
Definitely will always be the PTSD song that made us actually remember how strong we really are, and how useless normal people are.
Damn straight. Being an actual trash mob (you're an Unknown Imperial, for crying out loud) was the best duty in the entire game in my opinion.
@@galloviking4766 Same, because I REALLY enjoy high stakes moments like that where we (the hero) are SO damn weak that there's a real and present risk of failure.
It's just too bad they never expanded on it at all. Basically one cutscene and everything was back to normal. No wondering of lingering effects on our aether, etc. just.. OKay, on to Babil.
@@tickledpickle5671 If us nearly dying from Light Aether didn't have an effect once Ardbert joined with us, plus Zenos one time body hopping experience during StB has done nothing (two with our own body), I doubt our one time experience of being forced to do the same would have any affect. The only example of any adverse effect would be Lahabrea, and his was noted as due to him having done so excessively.
True enough. THough the true risk of this test was potentially having our friends slaughtered by 'us' and completely destroying any hope of the world being saved from the Tempering crisis in Garlemald, much less the Final Days. Even if 'we' didn't die in that instance, all hope would be lost, as the WoL would basically become nothing more than a murderer, sweeping across the lands, and in a way, becoming a 'harbinger' for the Final Days. It wasn't JUST about us, it was about us, and ultimately, the entire star.@@nejiharuno
@@nejiharunogiven previous info it would be strange if it did have a negative effect.
Ahhhhh the "welcome to the final year of FFXIV school...we don't do pop quizzes...we do pop final exams" level of mechanics
All the mechanics were pretty clear and well paced. Oh but fuck that one boss who applies the spinny arrow walk from Omega raids. Fucccck that guy.
to be fair, it's the fifth expansion, the fact that the brakes are finally starting to come loose makes sense :P
@@Zsaver3 there are no brakes on the Doom Train
Final year of FF14 school? You're gonna be waiting a while for that and we've got a new expansion coking this year.
@Zsaver3 "Great question: There are no breaks on the Avalanche Train!"-Red XIII
Everyone's talking about Garlemald, but for me this is the Sage quest. Those intro quests for the non DPS jobs are brutal.
as someone who has yet to enter EW content (still on SHB PMSQ) when i first heard this song during the final reaper job quest, i was like, BRUUUUUH! this song goes so hard!
amazing song!
so ominus and so epic at the same time, the chorus reflects the inevitability of the dispair in the final days and specially it hits amazingly hard on the dead ends , as u see the ending of many civilizations
one by far the most epic battle themes so far,
These blue curtain theories are always fun to read.
"GODDAMMIT WOL YOU CAN'T DIE NOW GET UP GO" - me screaming towards the end of T h a t D u t y
I wasn't sure about this theme at first, but now I freaking love it
Thank you, it's nearly impossible to find this with good quality
the soundtrack is out for purchase now, if you wanna get this song by itself it's $0.99 on amazon
@@louthinator I ordered the physical version for my collection!
@@alex-aitd I don't have the space in my tiny ass room for much physical merch so I got the digital one :)
@@louthinator May I ask how you got the digital version? Everytime I try to use the link on SE website it sends me to a white page. :[
@@sonnenblume4 what country are you in? I can get you the localised amazon link
Still my fav boss theme ever. It just slaps hard.
Why are the mid-boss themes all so freaking awesome? I love Finality, but this one... hoo boy.
I KNOW RIGHT
"NOT BAD AT ALL, GIVEN YOUR DIMINISHED CAPACITY!"
"We, the loyal soldiers of the Ist Legion, proud servants of Garlemald... Of the fallen Emperor Varis, shall safeguard these lands... from the barbarian hordes until our countrymen return!"
A-Ruhn-Senna: "Stop, both of you!" *Casts Aero II* "This child may be the worst emissary I have ever seen..."
If my WoL was in Lucia's spot, he would've muttered "You gods damned fool..." while preparing to cast Midare Setsugekka as Jullus was charging towards him.
Usually, I don't do comments under CZcams's vids, but this track though...
I can't help to tell you how much I enjoyed this, and I even do more despite taking a break from my sub for months.
My inner Warrior is bloody Fell Cleaving harder than ever, feeding the Berserk Power to the core.
What a banger. And it's only the mid boss them lmao
Subscribed because I love the Endwalker music SO MUCH. Soken did NOT have to go THIS HARD. 🙌🏾🙌🏾
He did that for us. 😭❤ What a king.
During the Garlemald mission where I left alone and all the odds against me then the music started, I knew it will be the test of my worth of the name warrior of light
Ahw. The best part of endwalker. This theme is definitely the best thing in the garlemald solo duty
When the chorus and the violin drops you are no longer fighting the boss, you have become the boss.
this hits 100x harder when you reached floor 90th in EO solo.
This theme is so good. Really gives you vibes that shit is about to go down this expansion.
And going down it does
slapping bass backdrop to slapping bosses, very fitting!
so i have been giving some thought about the terminus snatcher boss. ( and this is for those who didn't get the meaning behind this fight )
so it is our first real big blasphemy that we fight . and as you know , blasphemy bring out the worst emotions in people (despair, fear . anger,regret, powerlessness,suffering etc) and those who get fully consummed by those emotions transforms into blasphemies themselves.
well, you guys now know that during the "mouth off" mechanic, there are multiple mouths on the ground saying things like" i can't win, so much pain , it's hopelesss etc" and to not receive damage from the ensuing aoe is to stand on the mouths that says nothing.
well what really happens is that it is a projection of, us the WoL's mind, the mouths that says something are the dark emotions that talks to us and making us feel despair, and going to the mouths that says nothing is really us choosing not to listen to those voices and keep the hopes up .
i always found that it was a nice analogy and that answers the question of why , other than the blessijng of light, is not affected by the blasphemies at all .
6:07 god gamer greeding
I have a need for greed
"Keep them away from the carriages! We lose those, and we're as good as dead!!"
Every other rpg:DIE HERO
Endwalker:E N D M Y S U F F E R I N G
Hurry up and stop Zenos with your unaccustomed body!
For once, I have to say the mid-boss theme is far better than the dungeon end boss theme, I rock out to this song regularly!
The sound of doing dead ends over and over again.. praying to ra la for that bird and getting no sweet release.
When i heart that bossmusic at the first time i think wtf with is the music..... from A Real Reborn to Endwalker, the music becomes better and better. First time hear the song i ( omg is this a cool song!) my musik turn louder!👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌 Need Devil soundbar because the musik and the bass...!❤❤❤❤❤
This song fucking slaps...I'm gonna miss it come dawntrail
DUN DUN, DUNNA DUN! DA DUN! DUN DUN DA DUN! DUN DUN DA DUN!
The bass and drums in this absolutely fucking *slap*.
The drop at 1:28 is so sublime and blends everything well holyshit Soken you madlad
I have never touched a final fantasy game in my life. 1:27 is beautiful though
Definitely my favorite part of the song.
Oftentimes the boss music is a mechanic in and of itself. So many times ice found myself stunlocked by the music in this game and ended up dying haha.
“Mouth Off” is one of my all-time favorite boss mechanics in Endwalker.
I dunno, the mid-bosses to me are better than the main bosses.
When the mid boss theme is better than the final boss theme
PTSD in a nutshell. But Metal as fuck
Finally I found this after searching "solo duty ost" , oh my what a banger!
Most insane battle music ever
Is it weird I prefer the midboss theme a smidge more over the main boss theme?
The Theme of Being -- an Average Garlean Soldier. No Echo, no innate healing, just a mortal body --
and I love it immensely for that -- so glad it was chosen for that seemingly non-boss Duty. . . .
because ALL of the enemies were deadly in that particular instance!
To be fair the warrior of light used to be like that too during their start of their adventure way way back in a realm reborn but grew to be this strong
Even from level one we were extraordinary. The fact that other people DON'T heal to full in a matter of moments once they have a chance to rest is ample evidence. @@PrincessTwilightdash
Slappin' da bass
I FINALLY FOUND IT FUCK THANK YOU
I saw a kaiten activation...RIP
Forever in our hearts
If somebody would ask me about my one and only favorite song from FFXIV I would say La hee.
But this one is right after it, those violins and chours are amazing, I am still wondering why this is midboss theme and not last boss
absolutly love this track. There is some Crisis Core inspiration
This theme slaps
0:45 No Future
Intense anime battle incoming
Lol 😆 🤣
The first time I did this was during the lv80 reaper quest, it blew me away then and holds up now
Honestly sounds like a Yakuza boss theme
1:28 best part! but ofc the whole music is so good and epic !
PTSD in music form
i still remember the chrous hitting once the magitec pilot guy in the certain event in Garlemald was dead once i came back to him and it made me very sad ngl
That bass right before the drop is amazing.
“My word, your aim is terrible!”
*gets sliced by Drucilla from behind* ;)
such a bad ass moment!
I like something about this soundtrack just screams "Garlean", like they were meant to be the "mid crisis" of FFXIV while bigger shit was actually behind the scenes
Better than boss dungeon theme, hands down.
🛐 TKM 🛐 sir 🛐 is 🛐 my 🛐 idol 🛐
just make it back to camp
Shehbaz Thakur sir aka TKM sir suggested this song track to me to get feel.
When you and the other level 40 grunts with no auto regeneration or powers need to save Garlemald anyway
Big Xeno X vibes.
this still really feels like it should have been the final boss theme versus mid. it's just so elevated and good
This song rocks harder, and the interplay between the bass and the violins is awesome. But "Finality" is a better end boss song because it really captures the themes of Endwalker. You can just intuitively feel that its about a sense of impending alien dread that is met by a (literal) chorus of hope.
Low key be rapping to this theme shit fire change my mind
Well, you would have them all slaughtered in a flash, right? If only you WERE a divine warrior. Today, you’ll fight as one amongst the many. Not so easy being normal, eh?
Getting mad P4 boss theme vibes from this one
*persona fan listening to music*
Man getting real big persona vibes from this track
@@weet294 and now Trails fans are doing the same.
I honestly got more Shin Megami Tensei vibes from this than Persona
someone in shadow bringer boss theme vid : "honestly idk how are they going to top stormblood boss theme"
same guy after listen to the new bgm : "oh lord..."
me : "honestly idk how are they going to top it again for endwalker"
me after listen to the new bgm : "oh lord..."
I gotta get around to making mute BGM macro thos and a few other seong just make me tired like straight up hard to keep my eyes open let alone think. Sham the music Is good I'm just useless while they play
This bass line slaps so hard, that it could knock out Zenos.
This is not bad. But it is no Finality.
I love this song, I hate Garlemald.
Your gameplay legitimately impresses me. Seriously. Half of the music videos for FFXIV I watch I look at their rotations and grasp on mechanics and it's just atrocious. I actually legitimately wonder why they chose the footage they did, because it's AoE in boss fights, multiple wipes, no tank CDs, they can't even ABC.
You're fucking perfect in every one of these fights.
I just don't wanna embarrass myself. Not like I'd do that on a certain 24-man raid boss where I thought it'd be a good idea to record and upload the first run ;-;
@@uvi-If I die in a 24 player raid its because I can't see the AOEs.
Should have been switched with the dungeon boss theme.
More powerful than Kar Har Maidaan Fateh
Great headbanging song. Dragon dragon, fuck the dragon!
I don't know what it is, but this music gives me vibes of a Korean grindfest MMO I used to play as a kid. For better and worse. I love the music, but the section in Garlemald where you were body snatched was an exercise in frustration that reminded me of the really shitty parts of that other game. I know it was supposed to be stressful from the tension of racing Zenos to the camp, but it hit me as stressful with the idea of transporting the fuel can. I was so mad when I got attacked and dropped it, fearing needing to go back to the ride armor.
This should have been the final dungeon boss theme. Same thing with SHB. They should have swapped themes for mid and final bosses.
Mid boss theme for SHB was never that theme. It's a remix planned for Dissidia but Dissidia got shutdown.
Insatiable was way more powerful anyway as a final boss theme.
@@YasaiTsume Dissidia's still running and received that song, it's just they decided to make use of it in XIV too