The 104-track album was released on a single Blu-ray disc and included music lasting 6:05:51, with both the original music by Uematsu as well as the additional tracks composed by Mizuta, Yamazaki, Sekito, Soken, and Ai Yamashita during the game's run. The disc also included a remastered version of the "A New Beginning" trailer and a bonus download code for an in-game Dalamud Minion. The Blu-ray disc allowed purchasers to rip digital copies of the album on their Blu-ray devices to play without the disc. Emily McMillan of "Video Game Music Online" generally praised the music, praising some of the newer tracks and Uematsu's work on the more orchestral tracks. Her main criticisms were that some aspects seemed artificial and that the composers were playing safe with the themes and motifs used. "Before Meteor" appeared at position #11 on the Japanese Oricon album charts for its release week and remained in the charts for three weeks. "Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Original Soundtrack" was released by Square Enix on March 21, 2014. It was released on a Blu-ray disc and features 119 tracks lasting 6:48:00, all composed by Masayoshi Soken. In addition to the tracks present in the initial launch of "A Realm Reborn", the album also includes tracks used in the 2.1 patch, "A Realm Awoken". Initial copies of the soundtrack also came with a special "Wind-up Bahamut" in-game pet. Soken composed all of the music of the game, as well as sound effects, in only eight months. Emily McMillan of Video Game Music Online, in her review of the album, termed it a "truly fantastic score", and said that it was superior to the music of the original version of the game. She felt that it was an excellent merging of the traditional "Final Fantasy" musical style with a modern orchestral score. Mike Salbato of RPGFan also praised the album saying that it was his favorite soundtrack album of 2014, and that he "can't recommend "A Realm Reborn"s soundtrack highly enough". In addition to reviews of the album, within the context of the game the music has been well received. "Kotaku"s Mike Fahey stated that the music was "wonderful, complex and satisfying". He often paused to remove the ambient and interface noises so as to hear it better.