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Favorite "epic" video game music tracks? (I.E. Dancing Mad)
- Thread starter hwarang
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This little gem. First you hear the normal boss music, but as soon as you get him to his final breath of health, this kicks in. Gave me such a rush every time. I think a lot more games should be using this kind of tension builup through music (FFVIIR does this really well, as well):
Can't wait to hear more of Nishiki's work in the mobile game. A breath of fresh air, loved his work on Octopath.
Granblue Fantasy (the mobile game) has a lot of great bangers (makes sense since Uematsu worked on it). This would have to be one of my recent favorites.
I look forward to the remix when Zooey comes out on Tuesday in Versus
I look forward to the remix when Zooey comes out on Tuesday in Versus
Glad someone posted Ludwig fight from Bloodborne, that's probably my all-time favorite.
Recently, Raging Brachydios from Monster Hunter World. The vanilla Brachydios theme was already my favorite theme in the game, but I legitimately got chills fighting the ragin' version for the first time recently when this theme kicks in during the final, lava cage fight phase.
Recently, Raging Brachydios from Monster Hunter World. The vanilla Brachydios theme was already my favorite theme in the game, but I legitimately got chills fighting the ragin' version for the first time recently when this theme kicks in during the final, lava cage fight phase.
If you like dramatic choirs, operatic vocals, and chanting, here are some of my favorites.
Etrian Odyssey V: Ordeal of the Stars. Like a lot of the music in EOV, it has a very long intro section (almost four minutes!), but it's worth listening to in full. The shift into the second section of the song is all the more powerful for the slow buildup.
Octopath Traveler:
The Dark Spire: 7th Floor. The game it comes from is a relatively obscure DS title with a fantastic soundtrack that revolves around two primary melodies. After hearing snippets of the second melody throughout the entire game, it finally plays in full for the final floor of the dungeon, bringing the journey to its conclusion.
Etrian Odyssey V: Ordeal of the Stars. Like a lot of the music in EOV, it has a very long intro section (almost four minutes!), but it's worth listening to in full. The shift into the second section of the song is all the more powerful for the slow buildup.
Octopath Traveler:
Daughter of the Dark God. It takes an extraordinary amount of work just to reach the battle where this music plays, and it definitely captures the atmosphere of it.
The Dark Spire: 7th Floor. The game it comes from is a relatively obscure DS title with a fantastic soundtrack that revolves around two primary melodies. After hearing snippets of the second melody throughout the entire game, it finally plays in full for the final floor of the dungeon, bringing the journey to its conclusion.
You win with lost Odyssey, so many people dont know/forget about it
Such a brilliant OST, one of the very best.
Also, is it just me, or is this kind of "epicness" we're talking about mostly found in Japanese games? The tracks posted so far certainly seem to point towards it.
I know a lot of these are orchestrated and or have crazy chorus but I need to give falcom some love
God damn I always thought that Lost Odyssey track is comically bad. Like someone's having loud sex on top of an organ.
However
this one gets the "epic-sounding latin choir bullshit" sound right. Revo the GOAT
However
this one gets the "epic-sounding latin choir bullshit" sound right. Revo the GOAT
Such a great game. The writing of the short stories is some of the best this medium has ever seen. One of the few games that actually made me cry (that damn funeral scene, just wow).
Huh I've never thought about that but yeah maybe. I can't recall a single piece of music from any western game I've played ever, they were probably good in the moment but not enough to be memorable I guess? Like I can perfectly recreate Dancing Mad in my head from start to finish but from big western games I can't think of anything.
This is one of my *many* favorite orchestral epic game sound tracks. I love the slow start, to the build up that in game really Helps to sell the scope of what is at stake should commander sheapard fail
Most recently Ace Combat 7 Daredevil
Infinity Engine was the shit
If you want memorable tunes the Ori games are incredible.
Will of the Wisps OST is even better and is full of great tracks. ie
World of Goo had a great soundrack.
idk... there are countless great "epic" tracks from western games
Infinity Engine was the shit
If you want memorable tunes the Ori games are incredible.
Will of the Wisps OST is even better and is full of great tracks. ie
World of Goo had a great soundrack.
idk... there are countless great "epic" tracks from western games
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I should mention I play very few games so that's just a me thing probably, I'm sure there's tons of great stuff out there.