#song I don't like that everyone else seems to love: Dragonsong

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8: Top 5 Songs (good luck)

It's the hardest one, whee! I could do a top 5 for basically any category you care to name (top five dungeon themes, top five city-state themes, top five boss themes, etc). I'm gonna do some snap judgments, but I suspect the thing that's going to bring them to mind ahead of things that I might prefer strictly on their musical merits is the context in which they were used. Which means there is some major recency bias going on here, I do not apologize for that. These are also in no particular order.

#1: With Hearts Aligned

Listen, I am a french horn player. So when I'm a tank main who just got to do her favorite thing, a tank LB3, and I'm now at the emotional climax of a fight, which is at the emotional climax of the expansion, which is at the emotional climax of the entire fuckin' game I've been playing for years, and I hear french horns kicking in with the theme that's always used to represent us, I'm going to love it forever and ever and ever.

(I have joked that Endwalker was designed for me, specifically, and shit like that is why.)

#2: Who Brings Shadow

No, not Shadowbringers itself (although I love that too, obviously). I picked this version specifically because the point it kicks in, during the MSQ, is fucking perfect. It might be the most perfect music cue in the game.

#3: Mortal Instants

I'm making myself only use two ShB songs, and this is my second one. Everyone else in the world would pick To the Edge, and they should, but I decided to pick a track I don't see people appreciate very often. I love how melancholy it is, and it fits what's happening - a story being told by a survivor trying to get you to understand the scale and horror of the loss - just about perfectly. And the other time it's used, it's a similar situation, someone trying to explain their pain and loss to you.

#4: Nobility Sleeps

This is totally a nostalgia pick for me. I have spent so many hours in Ishgard. So, so many hours. All of its themes have drilled their way very, very deep into my brain. But this one in particular will, when I am 85 years old, still take me back there instantly when I hear it.

#5: Dynamis

I have a love-hate relationship with this song. It's very pretty. But it makes me tear up virtually every fucking time it's used, and that is rude.

Thank you for the ask! This was hard for sure. And now I'm going to hit post before I second guess myself into an entirely different set of answers!