Spotify's Top 20 Final Fantasy XIV Orchestrion Rolls - Spots 11-15

I love the music in Final Fantasy XIV. Over Thanksgiving I went down the rabbit hole looking for FFXIV music on Spotify to create a playlist or two. I found more FFXIV albums than I knew existed and none of them contain Dawntrail music. I also discovered that 43 songs had more than 1 million streams, with 20 of them listened to over 2 million times.

With 600 orchestrion rolls available in-game and another 118 rolls in existence through seasonal events, the online store and in bonus content, a lot of music is available to fill the 8 slots available for players to put in the orchestration lists to play in inns and housing. So I got the idea to list the most popular music in FFXIV and how to obtain the orchestrion rolls. Due to including YouTube videos, I'll divide the list into 4 posts, with 5 songs per post. I'll also list the number of times streamed as recorded on 1 December 2024.

Spots 15 down to 11:

15. What Angel Wakes Me - 2,253,713

Album: Shadowbringers
Expansion: Shadowbringers patch 5.0
Obtained from: Crafted by Level 80 Alchemist with Faded Copy of What Angel Wakes Me, dropped in The Dancing Plague (Extreme).

I wasn't sure if the song annoyed more players than it brought joy. Also known as Titania's Theme or The Dancing Plague Theme, What Angel Wakes Me is the boss music for the final boss in the level 73 dungeon The Dancing Plague. Given the trial is set in the faerie kingdom of Il Mheg, the music fits with the overall aesthetics of the zone.

The music video above is one of hungrychad's karaoke-style videos 

14. Insatiable - 2,269,234

Album: Shadowbringers
Expansion: Shadowbringers patch 5.05
Obtained from: Teleportation portal for Treasure Hunt: The Dungeons of Lyhe Ghiah randomly spawns after the completion of a Timeworn Zonureskin Map.

While Mekkah Dee's video shows the final boss fight in Holminster Switch, Insatiable is used in several boss fights throughout the Shadowbringers expansion's levelling dungeons. While a personal take, the song's title refers to the sin eaters insatiable appetite for aether obtained from living beings.

The orchestration roll is a drop from The Dungeons of Lyhe Ghiah, an instance accessible through Timeworn Zonureskin Maps. These maps are obtained from level 80 mature trees, lush vegetation patches, mineral deposits, rocky outcrops, and fishing holes. Or, for those who hate gathering, from the market board.

13. Rise - 2,412,408

Album: The Far Edge of Fate
Expansion: Heavensward patch 3.4
Obtained by: Completing the quest: Judgment Day.

Another song from the Heavensward expansion's Alexander raid series, the orchestrion roll is obtained by completing the quest to unlock the 12th and final boss, Alexander Prime. The song plays during the second phase of the Alexander fight.

Players unfamiliar with the song's title might know the music from the first words, "Sonic Boom".

12. Endwalker - Footfalls - 2,447,942

Album: Endwalker
Expansion: Endwalker patch 6.0
Obtained from: Completing the final quest of the Endwalker expansion, Endwalker.

Endwalker - Footfalls is the main theme of the Endwalker expansion. For the video, hungrychad just had to overlay his karaoke-style lyrics over the final Endwalker trailer. Sometimes I just don't have a lot to say about an orchestrion roll except listen to it.

11. Neath Dark Waters - 2,724,875

Album: Shadowbringers
Expansion: Shadowbringers patch 5.1
Obtained from: Goushs Ooan in The Ondo Cups for 350 Bicolor Gemstones after achieving Shared FATEs Rank 2 in The Tempest.

Sometimes a scene pops up in a video game that makes your jaw drop. Add in the proper music and the moment becomes memorable. That's the only way I can describe the overworld theme for Amaurot. Separate from the duty of the same name, the city of Amaurot players see in The Tempest is something from the mind of perhaps Final Fantasy XIV's greatest villain, Emet-Selch.