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“I was able to tap into the Tony Iommi and Jimmy Page-ness of it all. From that time, these big-ass riffs have been low-hanging fruit”: Tom Morello’s riff writing formula – and his 36-hour race to make a Final Fantasy song

The Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave legend says people call him all the time to ask him to guest on their records – and sometimes he just can’t say no

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'I was like, am I gonna pass out on stage?': Final Fantasy 14's rock band on transcending from videogame music to on-stage at the UK's biggest rock and metal festival

The Primals took to the stage at Donington Park in June.

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I went to the UK's largest rock festival to see its one and only videogame band

The Primals took to the stage at Download Festival in their first non-Fanfest appearance outside of Asia.

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Thal's balls, Final Fantasy 14's beloved in-house rock band that's made up of Square Enix devs is playing one of the UK's biggest festivals

The Primals will be playing Download 2026

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Final Fantasy 14's in-house rock band is heading to one of the UK's biggest music festivals and it feels like my two main friend groups meeting for the first time

The Primals are coming to the UK, baby.

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Final Fantasy 14's newest raid theme is changing what it means to be a videogame song

When you've bagged Tom Morello, you know you've made it.

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Tom Morello worked on a song for Final Fantasy 14's latest raid tier after finding out the game's composer was a huge Rage Against the Machine fan

They rally 'round the Black Mage, with a pocket full of spells.

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Final Fantasy 14 vocalist says he's 'so thankful' that composer Masayoshi Soken is 'still here and still with us' after battling cancer

Jason Charles Miller reflects on singing some of Final Fantasy 14's most powerful tracks.

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Final Fantasy 14 composer Masayoshi Soken discusses his work and reveals why he'd love to make a horror game soundtrack: 'I have the desire to face that challenge'

Final Fantasy 14 composer Masayoshi Soken talks to us about making music for the popular MMORPG as well as the series’ 16th mainline entry.

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Final Fantasy 14 and 16 composer says working on the MMO and a action-RPG at the same time was awful: "Every day was a really horrible hell"

Masayoshi Soken says "I would just say no" if Square Enix asked him to work on Final Fantasy 17 and 14 at the same time

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Final Fantasy legends Nobuo Uematsu and Masayoshi Soken reunite to turn one of the greatest wrestlers ever into the ultimate final boss

Babe, wake up: new raid boss theme from Soken just dropped at Wrestle Dynasty

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Final Fantasy 14 composer Soken admits he doesn't like musicals, but reassures fans he wasn't 'forced to make' Dawntrail's controversial Smile theme 'against my will'

Blink twice if you need help.

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Vocalist Chrissy Costanza on singing for Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail: "this isn't just 'game' music, it's 'music' music"

TechRadar Gaming spoke to Against the Current vocalist Chrissy Costanza to learn more about her contribution to Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail’s soundtrack.

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Famed Final Fantasy 14 composer gushes over Alan Wake 2's wildest scene: "Damn, that's cool"

Masayoshi Soken is a big fan of Herald of Darkness

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'Damn—that’s cool!' FF14's composer gives the nod to Alan Wake 2's surprise musical number—which tracks, given he's also a master of the left field

Herald of Darkness gives me the Shivas.

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The Final Fantasy 16 soundtrack stands above other game scores this year by combining modern storytelling and classical techniques

Final Fantasy 16’s music combines techniques from past and present to make a bold and distinctive sound.

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Final Fantasy 14 players flooded a server to meet the MMO's composer in-game, but now worry it was an imposter all along

The evidence points towards it being a fake Masayoshi Soken

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A break from the past: Final Fantasy XVI’s composer on ushering in a new era

Masayoshi Soken has quietly ripped up the rulebook for the latest edition of Square Enix’s epic series

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Musician organises a 200-person musical cover of Final Fantasy 14's greatest hits for its 10th anniversary, and yes, La Hee is in there

Musicians of light, hear my call!

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Final Fantasy 16 fans pick out references from the franchise's entire 36-year history

Turns out there's more than meets the eye in the latest trailer

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This Final Fantasy 16 pixel version needs to be real

Square Enix celebrated the upcoming Final Fantasy 16’s upcoming release date with a pixel rendition of the RPG and chiptune soundtrack

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