The Final Fantasy 16 soundtrack includes a new spin on the RPG’s classic victory song, and it’s apparently loaded with meaning. Localization director Michael-Christopher Koji Fox told Eurogamer that the lyrics are poignant and closely tied to the story – but that knowing what they mean would spoil significant parts of that story.
“[Composer Masayoshi] Soken came to me one day and he was like ‘ok, we’re gonna do this, I think it needs lyrics’,” Koji Fox said. “The first thing I thought of is, if we’re going to have lyrics, if it’s going to be English, I thought it would sound kind of cheesy, especially if it’s being played a lot. And then it could sound very gimmicky, and I didn’t want it to sound gimmicky.”
