Primal Judgment

"Primal Judgment"

"Primal Judgment" (原始の審判, Genshi no Shinpan?) is the boss theme that plays during the fight against the primal Ifrit in Final Fantasy XIV. It was composed by Nobuo Uematsu and arranged by Tsutomu Narita.

Game appearances

Final Fantasy XIV (version 1.0)

"Primal Judgment" first played during the battle against Ifrit in the Bowl of Embers (version 1.0). It is track 66 on the Before Meteor: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

"Primal Judgment" returns in A Realm Reborn for the battle against Ifrit in The Bowl of Embers, The Bowl of Embers (Hard) and The Bowl of Embers (Extreme). It is track 44 on the A Realm Reborn: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood

An arrangement titled "Primal Judgment (From Astral to Umbral)" is used as the boss theme against Ifrit in The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate), taken from the Final Fantasy XIV: From Astral to Umbral Arrangement Album. It is track 92 on the Stormblood: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

"Primal Judgment" is used again for the battle against Lunar Ifrit in the solo duty Death Unto Dawn.

"Primal Angel" is a rearrangement of both "Primal Judgment" and "Fallen Angel" that plays in Eden's Verse: Furor, arranged by Masayoshi Soken. "Primal Angel" is track 28 on the Death Unto Dawn: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.

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Arrangement album appearances

Final Fantasy XIV: From Astral to Umbral Arrangement Album

A band arrangement of "Primal Judgment" performed by The Primals appears on this album. It was arranged by Masayoshi Soken and GUNN.

Distant Worlds III: more music from Final Fantasy

Another orchestral arrangement of "Primal Judgment" was conducted by Arnie Roth and performed by the Distant Worlds Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus.

The Primals

An arrangement of "Primal Judgment" appears on the Primals' debut album.

Live performances

Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy Returning Home

"Primal Judgment" is one of the Final Fantasy XIV orchestral arrangements present on the album. It was conducted by Arnie Roth and performed by the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra and the Keio University Wagner Society Choir. It was arranged by Roth and Tsutomu Narita.

The Primals: Zepp Tour 2018 - Trial By Shadow

"Primal Judgment" was performed by The Primals in a live concert.

Compilation album appearances

Final Fantasy XIV - Eorzean Frontiers

"Primal Judgment" was first released on the Final Fantasy XIV Frontiers - Ul'dah digital album.

Untempered: Final Fantasy XIV Primal Battle Themes

"Primal Judgment" is track 1 of disc 1 on the album.

Untempered 2: Final Fantasy XIV Primal Battle Themes

"Primal Judgment (From Astral to Umbral)" is track 13 of disc 1 on the album.

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Judgment, in religious connotations, is used in the concept of salvation to refer to the adjudication of God in determining Heaven or Hell for each and every person.

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Artists

Composers	Masayoshi Soken - Banri Oda - Michael-Christopher Koji Fox - Tsutomu Narita - Yaeko Sato - Nobuo Uematsu
Vocalists	Susan Calloway - Paula Kaye Gerhold - Michael-Christopher Koji Fox - Akane Ikeya - Ayumi Murata - Ashelyn Summers - Sam Carter - Amanda Achen - Jason C. Miller
Groups	Eorzean Symphony - The Primals

Albums

Original Soundtracks	Before Meteor - A Realm Reborn - Before the Fall - Heavensward - EP Vol.1 - Heavensward - EP Vol.2 - Heavensward - EP Vol.3 - Heavensward - The Far Edge of Fate - Stormblood - Stormblood - EP - Shadowbringers - Shadowbringers - EP - Shadowbringers - EP 2 - Shadowbringers - EP 3 - Death Unto Dawn - Endwalker - Endwalker – EP - Endwalker – EP2 - Endwalker – EP3 - Endwalker – EP4 - Endwalker – EP5 - Growing Light - Dawntrail - EP - Dawntrail - EP2 - Dawntrail - EP3 - Dawntrail
Compilations	Field Tracks - Battle Tracks - Eorzean Frontiers Untempered: Primal Battle Themes - Time and Again: Raid Dungeon Themes - Untempered 2: Primal Battle Themes - Time and Again 2: Raid Dungeon Themes The Best Vinyl LP Box - Endwalker Vinyl LP - Vinyl LP Box Vol. 2
Rearrangements	From Astral to Umbral - Duality ~Arrangement Album~ - Journeys ~Arrangement Album~ - Pulse: Remix Album - Scions & Sinners ~Arrangement Album~ - Forge Ahead ~Arrangement Album~ Orchestral Arrangement Album - Eorzean Symphony: Orchestral Album - Orchestral Arrangement Album Vol.2 - Eorzean Symphony: Orchestral Album Vol.2 - Orchestral Arrangement Album Vol.3 - Eorzean Symphony: Orchestral Album Vol.3 Piano Collections Sanctuary's Heart: Chill Arrangement Album The Primals - The Primals: Zepp Tour 2018 - Trial By Shadow - The Primals: Out of the Shadows - The Primals: Beyond the Shadow — The Primals: Live in Japan - Beyond the Shadow
Singles	ENDWALKER 7-inch Vinyl Single - DAWNTRAIL 7-inch Vinyl Single

Musical themes

Before Meteor	"Prelude - Remembrance" - "Siren Song" - "Twilight over Thanalan" - "Primal Judgment" - "Nemesis" - "Good King Moggle Mog XII" - "Imperial Will" - "Fallen Angel" - "Rise of the White Raven" - "Answers"
A Realm Reborn	"Prelude - Rebirth" - "Torn from the Heavens" - "Prelude - Discoveries" - "A New Hope" - "To the Sun" - "The Land Breathes" - "Serenity" - "Under the Weight" - "Thunderer" - "Hubris" - "Tumbling Down" - "Penitus" - "Bite of the Black Wolf" - "The Maker's Ruin" - "Ultima" - "Dawn of a New Era" - "Calamity Unbound" - "Through the Maelstrom" - "Pa-Paya" - "Battle on the Big Bridge" - "Thunder Rolls" - "Now I Know the Truth" - "Out of the Labyrinth" - "Oblivion" - "Magiteknical Difficulties" - "Blind to the Dark" - "The Reach of Darkness" - "Eternal Wind"
Heavensward	"Heavensward" - "A Cold Wind" - "Solid" - "Melt" - "Ominous Prognisticks" - "Painted Foothills" - "Unbending Steel" - "The Mushroomery" - "Unbreakable" - "Imagination" - "Heroes" - "Dragonsong" - "Locus" - "Metal" - "Fiend" - "Revenge Twofold" - "Exponential Entropy" - "Moebius" - "Rise" - "Battle to the Death - Heavensward" - "Equilibrium"
Stormblood	"Storm of Blood" - "Prelude - Long March Home" - "The Measure of Our Reach" - "Triumph" - "Crimson Sunrise" - "Beauty's Wicked Wiles" - "The Worm's Tail" - "The Measure of His Reach" - "Revolutions" - "Omega²" - "Decisions" - "Final, Not Final" - "Protagonist's Theme" - "Trisection" - "Ultima's Transformation" - "Amatsu Kaze" - "A Battle Decisively" - "Dancing Mad" - "Boss Battle" - "Flash of Steel" - "Wayward Daughter" - "eScape" - "From the Heavens" - "Sunrise" - "Starlight, Starbright" - "A Man Consumed" - "Ultima's Perfection"
Shadowbringers	"Shadowbringers" - "Four-fold Knowing" - "Insatiable" - "What Angel Wakes Me" - "Civilizations" - "'Neath Dark Waters" - "Invincible" - "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" - "Vamo' alla Flamenco" - "A Long Fall" - "Blue Fields" - "Force Your Way" - "Alien Manifestation (From NieR:Automata)" - "Song of the Ancients - Atonement (From NieR:Automata)" - "Bipolar Nightmare (From NieR:Automata)" - "Weight of the World - Prelude Version" - "Return to Oblivion" - "Gangos" - "Discord: Imperial (Zodiac Age Version)" - "Battle with an Esper (Zodiac Age Version)" - "Life and Death (Zodiac Age Version)" - "To the Edge" - "Don't Be Afraid (Shadowbringers)" - "The Legendary Beast (Shadowbringers)" - "Promises to Keep" - "The Extreme (Shadowbringers)" - "Ami" - "Kainé - Final Fantasy Main Theme Version" - "Weight of the World - Instrumental Version (From NieR:Automata)" - "City Ruins - Rays of Light (From NieR:Automata)" - "In the Arms of War" - "Smells Like Teenage Riot"
Endwalker	"Endwalker" - "Prelude - Tales" - "Finality" - "Endcaller" - "Your Answer" - "Close in the Distance" - "The Final Day" - "Flow" - "Hic Svnt Leones" - "In the Balance" - "Troian Beauty (Endwalker)" - "FINAL FANTASY IV: Battle 2 (Endwalker)" - "Battle with the Four Fiends (Buried Memory)" - "Scream" - "White Stone Black" - "Dedicated to Moonlight" - "Forged in Crimson" - "Athena, the Tireless One"
Dawntrail	"Dawntrail" - "Smile" - "Bee My Honey" - "Give it All"