Final Fantasy XIV “Death Unto Dawn” Soundtrack Features Masayoshi Soken’s Latest Masterpieces

Today Square Enix featured an upcoming soundtrack Blu-ray featuring the awesome music of Final Fantasy XIV, titled "Death Unto Dawn."

Giuseppe Nelva

Published: Jul 10, 2021 01:33 pm

Today Square Enix featured an upcoming soundtrack Blu-ray featuring the awesome music of Final Fantasy XIV, titled “Death Unto Dawn.”

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Despite the title, the soundtrack doesn’t just include the music of update 5.5 (which is indeed titled “Death Unto Dawn,” but it comes with a whopping 84 tracks from updates from 5.1 to 5.5 from Final Fantasy XIV’s super-talented music team led by composer Masayoshi Soken.

It will be released on September 15, 2021, and it’ll be available in the west.

You can check out a trailer below alongside a track list.

1 Locus (Duality)
2 Metal – Brute Justice Mode (Journeys)
3 Rise (Journeys)
4 Moebius (Orchestral Version)
5 A Fine Air Forbiddeth
6 A Fierce Air Forceth
7 The Garden’s Gates
8 The Grand Cosmos
9 The Mendicant’s Relish
10 Starlight de Chocobo

11 Starlight de Chocobo (?)
12 Significance – Nothing (From NieR:Automata)
13 Vague Hope – Cold Rain (From NieR:Automata)
14 Crumbling Lies – Front (From NieR:Automata)
15 Alien Manifestation (From NieR:Automata)
16 Song of the Ancients – Atonement (From NieR:Automata)
17 Bipolar Nightmare (From NieR:Automata)
18 Weight of the World – Prelude Version
19 Faltering Prayer – Dawn Breeze (From NieR:Automata)
20 Voice of no Return – Guitar (From NieR:Automata)

21 Floundering in the Depths
22 Insatiable (Scions & Sinners)
23 Hopl’s Dropple
24 Ultima (Scions & Sinners)
25 Rise of the White Raven (Orchestral Version)
26 Hearthward
27 Twice Stricken
28 Primal Angel
29 Footsteps in the Snow
30 A Sundering of Light

31 Return to Oblivion
32 Gangos
33 Wind on the Plains
34 Blood on the Wind
35 Unrest (Zodiac Age Version)
36 Discord: Imperial (Zodiac Age Version)
37 Into the Fortress (Zodiac Age Version)
38 Battle with an Esper (Zodiac Age Version)
39 Life and Death (Zodiac Age Version)
40 Watts’s Anvil

41 The Isle of Endless Summer
42 Where All Roads Lead
43 Echoes in the Dark
44 To the Edge
45 Eternal Wind (Shadowbringers)
46 Amusement Park (From NieR:Automata)
47 Fortress of Lies (From NieR:Automata)
48 Grandma – Destruction (From NieR:Automata)
49 End of the Unknown (From NieR:Automata)
50 Torn from the Heavens/The Dark Colossus Destroys All – Medley Version

51 Broken Heart (From NieR:Automata)
52 New Foundations
53 New Foundations (Groundbreaking)
54 Gogo’s Theme
55 Freshly Glazed Porxie
56 The Black Wolf Stalks Again
57 Don’t Be Afraid (Shadowbringers)
58 The Legendary Beast (Shadowbringers)
59 Treasured Memory
60 Promises to Keep

61 The Extreme (Shadowbringers)
62 Ami (Shadowbringers)
63 Shuffle or Boogie (Shadowbringers)
64 The Sochen Cave Palace (Zodiac Age Version)
65 Giving Chase (Zodiac Age Version)
66 The Queen Awakens
67 Wrath of the Harrier
68 Skyrise
69 Voice of no Return – Normal (From NieR:Automata)
70 The Color of Depression (From NieR:Automata)

71 Widespread Illness (From NieR:Automata)
72 Emil – Despair (From NieR:Automata)
73 Mourning (From NieR:Automata)
74 The Sound of the End (From NieR:Automata)
75 The Sound of the End: 8bit (From NieR:Automata)
76 Possessed by Disease (From NieR:Automata)
77 Kainé – Final Fantasy Main Theme Version
78 Weight of the World – Instrumental Version (From NieR:Automata)
79 City Ruins – Rays of Light (From NieR:Automata)
80 Seven Flames
81 And Love You Shall Find
82 In the Arms of War
83 Forever at Your Side
84 Lunar Whale (Shadowbringers)

Incidentally, the new Final Fantasy XIV expansion Endwalker will release on November 23, 2021, for PS5, PS4, and PC. A benchmark will be released tomorrow for PC, including the male viera character creation.

If you want to see more about it, you can check out the reveal of the extended trailer and the reaper job, and that of the male viera, locations, and release date.

You can also take a look at plenty of official screenshots and art, the original announcement, tons of initial details, and the first official screenshots and art.

If you’re unfamiliar with Final Fantasy XIV, it’s currently available for PlayStation 4, PS5, and PC. The upgrade to PS5 is offered free of charge to those who own the PS4 version.

You can also read our latest interview with producer and director Naoki Yoshida, another with composer Masayoshi Soken, and our review of Shadowbringers.

We recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the advent of Yoshida-san as director and producer.

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Giuseppe Nelva

Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.