Battle Bards Episode 69: Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward

A new episode of Battle Bards is up!

The Battle Bards are taking an airship back to Eorzea to cover the soundtrack to the first expansion to Final Fantasy XIV, Heavensward. How does the expansion’s score stack up to the original? How does it connect to Final Fantasies of the past? And will Syl spoil the plot for Syp? So many questions… so many mini-rants. It’s a great show!

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Episode 69 show notes

• Intro (feat. “Main Menu Theme” and “Alexander Boss Theme”)
• “Ishgard Pillars Day”
• “Heroic Moments Theme”
• “Aetherochemical Research Facility Theme”
• “Fractal Continuum Theme”
• “Matoya’s Cave”
• “Idyllshire Night Theme”
• “Ravana”
• Which one did we like the best?
• Mail from WS_Dandelion about Dawngate
• Jukebox (feat. “Oakvale” from Fable 2, “Stage One” from XCOM 2, and “A Place to Call Home” from FFIX)
• Outro (feat. “Pharos Sirius Hard Mode Theme”)

Battle Bards Episode 68: Housing Themes

A new episode of Battle Bards is up!

When an MMO player gets cozy in his or her in-game home, the sound is as essential to the ambiance as the decor. Not every game creates special music for player housing, but enough do that it’s attracted the Battle Bards to take a closer look at the topic. Housing music and collectible tracks? It’s starting to pick up momentum in MMOs, and Battle Bards is on the forefront of the revolution!

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Episode 68 show notes

• Intro (feat. “Free 2 Party” from WildStar and “Chrono Trigger’s Millenial Fair” from Trove)
• “A Golden Field (Exile’s Housing Theme)” from WildStar
• “Karazhan Music Roll” from World of Warcraft
• “Pernon Residential” from Aion
• “Autumn Ale” from Lord of the Rings Online
• “Home Sweet Home” from RuneScape
• “Where the Hearth Is” from FFXIV
• “Hammerknell Fortress Music Box” from RIFT
• Jukebox (feat. “Echoes of a Zephyr” from FFXI, “Seaskape” from Splatoon, “Exploration” from Star Trek Online)
• Outro