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Infinite Musical Possibilities
doctoremmet
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This is my favorite SNES score
Just yesterday I listened to the most recent Retronauts podcast about this very game. There was a bit about the menu music, the very first tune you hear as a gamer. IIRC, developer Rare approached composer David Wise to come up with three songs as demos, which turned out to be so good they were kind of mashed together to eventually become that menu music, DK Island Swing.
bfreepro
Infinite Musical Possibilities
Yes it holds a really special place in my heart- the fun, bouncy, quirky music was so endearing and of course is now steeped in nostalgia. Not to
mention apes/monkeys were my favorite animal and I was maybe 4 when this came out haha.
It’ll always bring back that magical feeling for me. Donkey Kong Land, the game boy game, is also excellent and the DK game I actually played most.
doctoremmet
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doctoremmet
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I mainly played Japanese shmups in the 1980s and 90s. I can assure you I have a lot of love for weird 8 bit sampled guitar-power-chords based techno. I don't know if the soundtracks of newer games are less memorable though. I love Nier’s music for instance and think it is infinitely better than Do Do Pachi’s 
This stage still gives me nightmares:
But speaking about some ACTUAL 1980s MSX shmup music, this has got to be some of the best music Konami put out in that era:
This stage still gives me nightmares:
But speaking about some ACTUAL 1980s MSX shmup music, this has got to be some of the best music Konami put out in that era:
Paul@Sydney
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Well... I'm not sure. See this article from Spitfire. Gareth talks at length about templates and using record-from-home session musicians. And there's lots of photos of Lyndhurst, but no mention of it in the actual article. I think it's more referring to the samples were recorded at Lyndhurst perhaps, being spitfire samples? It does mention recording live strings at Synchron, "We used Vienna Synchron to record these strings, giving each string player an individual line to play (as opposed to Violin 1, 2, Viola, Cello, Bass). Additionally, every player had an individual mic." Could just be me missing something. But searching the article for AIR or Lyndhurst returns nothing...
Juulu
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One of my favorite games is Final Fantasy 13 precisely because of the OST. Especially any of the tracks that Masashi Hamauzu worked with Yoshihisa Hirano on as those are really well orchestrated. Most of the tracks would fall under action-adventure I guess.
An example of a more hybrid track
There's about 80 tracks in the soundtrack so it's filled with gems (like Determination, Born Anew, Saber's Edge, Nautilus, Lake Bresha, etc.)
An example of a more hybrid track
There's about 80 tracks in the soundtrack so it's filled with gems (like Determination, Born Anew, Saber's Edge, Nautilus, Lake Bresha, etc.)
Coffee-Milk
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Olala the list can be very long, but I think my favorite game is Wonderboy III in the JRPG (adventure) category.
I had played it at the time on SEGA Master System, and this one was redone and re-orchestrated in 2017.
I liked 8-bit melodies, but the music remade with real instruments gives Shinichi Sakamoto's compositions a whole new dimension.
I had played it at the time on SEGA Master System, and this one was redone and re-orchestrated in 2017.
I liked 8-bit melodies, but the music remade with real instruments gives Shinichi Sakamoto's compositions a whole new dimension.
ridgero
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Paul@Sydney
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I should rephrase, "catchy" or melodic is what I meant, as there are plenty of brilliant newer soundtracks. I think less catchy actually fits better for most games produced these days.
LatinXCombo
Ambitious, but rubbish.
One of my most favorite soundtracks from recent games is the OST to NeoCab -->
In many ways, the soundtrack sells the game (a character-sketch story-based, midnight-confessions-to-a-cab-driver thing.)
I like to listen to it when I drive around Detroit at night.
In many ways, the soundtrack sells the game (a character-sketch story-based, midnight-confessions-to-a-cab-driver thing.)
I like to listen to it when I drive around Detroit at night.
submergedtapes
Jake Gaule
Loving this thread! Gotta shout out Austin Wintory's scores for The Banner Saga trilogy too on 2 fronts.
1) The choice of instrumentation especially in the gnarlier tracks with a lot of low horns and weird prepared guitar stuff is so fitting for the story.
2) The way he developed the themes over the course of the 3 games is just really cool and not something I've seen elsewhere really
1) The choice of instrumentation especially in the gnarlier tracks with a lot of low horns and weird prepared guitar stuff is so fitting for the story.
2) The way he developed the themes over the course of the 3 games is just really cool and not something I've seen elsewhere really
Xabierus Music
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