6 Jun 2013
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Sound-track IV: The Voyeur’s Home

Hello all! Ferenhalwes here. FINAL FANTASY XIV sound director and resident knee-sock inspector, Masayoshi “Knee” Soken came to my desk this morning and asked me if he could throw something up on the blog. I was ready for another round of tail shots, but something had changed. Here’s what he had to say:
26 Mar 2013
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Sound-track III: The Search for Knee-Socks

Hello again! It’s lunchtime on Wednesday, so while most of the team is munching away, it’s Knee-Soken’s time to play…if by “play” you mean “skip lunch to do more work.” But who needs food? It’s spring, and spring’s my favorite time of the year! As the days grow warm and the wind picks up, the
8 Mar 2013
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Sound-track II: The Wrath of Knee-SoKAHN

Hey! Hey! Masayoshi Soken here. Known by innocent passersby as that guy whose eyes are constantly fixed on their be-knickered calves, but known by the world as Solemn Seeker of Knee Socks, Knee-Soken! You may remember me from such roles as “FINAL FANTASY XIV Sound Director,” and “that disembodied arm in the 5th Producer Letter
28 Jan 2013
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FFXIV Dev Blog: The Sound of Music

Fernehalwes back again for another installment of the Developers’ Blog. Recently, I’ve seen several people on the Lodestone forums express how cool it would be if, instead of pics, I could sneak a few music clips up on the blog as well. So, I donned my ninja garb, popped open a bottle of prism powder,
8 Sep 2012
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Soken Forgets To Wear Knee-Highs, Dalamud Impact Imminent

With yesterday’s release of the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn presentation from the 25th anniversary event in Japan, we learned that Composer Masayoshi Soken took on Dalamud in an attempt to stop it from descending. Why would a man attempt to take on the falling moon by himself? It’s a fair question and one
7 Sep 2012
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Soken Makes Hildibrand’s Theme Available As A Free Download

The launch of Final Fantasy XIV: Eorzean Frontiers has been anything but smooth. In order to make up for the complications that arose when putting the album up on the iTunes Music Store earlier this week, Soken has made a track available to download from his blog. The track, which was sadly absent from the