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Music in videogames

MyrmidonMyrmidon
edited 2011-07-30 10:36:12 in General
I feel bad for not noticing it, unless it's really iconic or good. I mostly just get told that a videogame has good music, even though all I hear is decent atmospheric stuff.

I've noticed some Kingdom Hearts themes, the music from Nier and Deadly Premonition, and that's about it as far as  relatively recent videogame music goes. 
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  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    edited 2011-07-30 10:39:45
    Kichigai birthday!!
    This.

    The last time when I was playing a game and actually noticed the music was IWBTG, with the Mecha Birdo fight
  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    ^That song was from Ikaruga, FYI.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    You aren't supposed to think about it while playing the actual game. If you were, it wouldn't be doing its job quite right.
  • NoimportaNoimporta
    I know it's lazy, but I agree with this opinion, and  it's stated better than I could.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    You aren't supposed to think about it while playing the actual game. If you were, it wouldn't be doing its job quite right.

    Indeed. Also, to be honest, I think that most soundtracks only work well in context. Listening to them out of said context draws something out of the whole deal.

    There're exceptions, of course.

    -looks at his Cowboy Bebop Playlist in iTunes and its big number of reproductions-

    @Noimporta: Internet's slow. Can you quote or something, please?
  • ninjaclownninjaclown
    Another great piece

  • BeorcBeorc
    I like the music from Mario, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, uh...Fire Emblem, Golden Sun...well, anyways, I like video game music.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    One of my favorite recent vidya pieces.

  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]


    When it comes to incredibly dramatic music, nothing beats this.
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    I figure the only thing that makes video game music more memorable than soundtracks in other media is the fact you'll be hearing it for hours on end repeatedly.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    The first song that plays in Devil Survivor.



    Goes very well with the opening scene, but I was too lazy to find a video with it.
  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    Shin Megami Tensei in general is famous for awesome music.

    Like this:



    And this:



    And this:




  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Yeah, I know. I really need to play more Megaten games.
  • BeorcBeorc
    I'd post some music I like, but I have no idea how to post YouTube videos on here. =\
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Go into the HTML editing mode and paste the URL.
  • DYREDYRE
    edited 2011-07-30 14:56:45
    Persona 4 music is either terrible or completely forgettable.  Well... not forgettable in a bad way, but forgettable in the "it contributed reasonably well to the scene but I never noticed it" way.  However, all the vocal music in that game sucks hard.  Because it has vocals and you have to hear it hundreds of times over the course of the game.  Though I think that's just two songs.  Maybe.

    ^ You don't need to go into HTML editing mode.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    edited 2011-07-30 14:57:22
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    Really?

    Huh. Didn't work last time I tried it.
  • ninjaclownninjaclown
  • snowbullsnowbull
    Cue-bey
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!

  • AttOblAttObl
    edited 2011-07-30 16:12:06
    To be or not to be? That is the question.
    That might be the problem for recent commercial games for me. (With the exception of NieR, the Armored Core series, the Dept Heaven series, Demon's Souls, the Shin Megami Tensei games, BlazBlue, Melty Blood, and Team Fortress 2.)

    Doujin games are an exception, however. There are a lot of awesome music in that particular gaming scene.
  • ninjaclownninjaclown
    I am seriously loving Assassin's Creed soundtrack for all the games, there is not one I don't like
  • evilnekoevilneko
  • DYREDYRE
    I turn off the sound on games for portable systems because I feel weird if I'm playing a portable system that's emitting sound for some reason.  Otherwise, music stays on, though I usually don't pay much attention to it.

    Only video games with music that I care about are music games.
  • dmboogiedmboogie
    probably human
    To me, the best video game music, when played out of context, immediately makes you think of whatever scene/place/fight it played in.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    IJBM: That threads about videogame music inevitably get a bunch of youtube embeds. :P

    > I usually turn off the music... >.>


  • WaltzyWaltzy
    Ohh I just love Persona 4 music~. I have no idea what they're saying half the time, but it's also so catchy, so I make up new things to sing along every time. n/////n
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    I just started listening to the Assassin's Creed 2 OST, and I think my ears are orgasming.
  • ElectivirusElectivirus
    This thread makes me want to cut. :(
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    why is electi sad :<
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