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Should big budget games utilize orchestra more for their music?
- Thread starter hwarang
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This might be the most insane take I've ever seen on ResetEra.
Anyway, if orchestral music is fitting for a game, yes. Absolutely. More please. Video games are helping to keep orchestras and big bands alive and I love it.
Really?
THIS is the thing that crossed the line for you on ResetERA?....
Anyway, orchestra music isn't always necessary. Media in general should aspire to a diversity in music styles.
High-five for the pushback from the person with a Schubertian username.
Scourgebringer, Wolfenstein, Double Kick Heroes and Doom are pretty heavy on the metal.
Still need more though, I agree.
Well... If it's just to guarantee a more Epic sounding track, then a full orchestra isn't a requisite, it really comes down to the composition... A rock track can be epic too, so can an electronic track or a composition that only features synth instruments.
It would be cool if it were easier for composers to work with an orchestra if it suits their vision, but that's easier said than done.
It would be cool if it were easier for composers to work with an orchestra if it suits their vision, but that's easier said than done.
Aren't orchestral soundtracks pretty much the norm in the AAA space these days? Other than games that are intentionally going for other feels (acoustic guitars in Last of Us, metal in Doom, traditional Asian instrumentation in Ghost of Tsushima, electronic music in lots of futuristic games). And even those, with the exception of electronic music, everyone is recording live performance. No one's going back to midi or anything, outside of indie games that are often doing it intentionally for effect.
Oh damn, yeah, forgot about Mick Gordon.
He's doing god's work.
Yeah, he's the man, love his work.
Also, I would count 'Xeno Crisis' as well, though it's like 16-bit style, but it's like modern heavier tech/prog type style stuff in a lot of it.
There's already too many games that use it. What the industry needs is more variety, not less.
There's not really much dubstep Tekken, wobble bass isn't dubstep.
This is one of the few songs I can think of and it's pretty amazing. Tekken has always used a ton of different kinds of electronic music, nowadays it's pretty high energy though and the amount of slow percussion focused songs is rare. Tekken Tag 2 and Tekken 7 soundtracks are both pretty good with a large variety of electronic music.
Tekken 7 has stuff like this which is pretty much the opposite of dubstep.
Edit: I'm also going to say dubstep gets way too much because of brostep and later pop artists using it. Stuff like Breezeblock's Dubstep Warz live sets were absolutely amazing stuff 15 years ago and sound great today.
There's not really much dubstep Tekken, wobble bass isn't dubstep.
This is one of the few songs I can think of and it's pretty amazing. Tekken has always used a ton of different kinds of electronic music, nowadays it's pretty high energy though and the amount of slow percussion focused songs is rare. Tekken Tag 2 and Tekken 7 soundtracks are both pretty good with a large variety of electronic music.
Tekken 7 has stuff like this which is pretty much the opposite of dubstep.
Edit: I'm also going to say dubstep gets way too much because of brostep and later pop artists using it. Stuff like Breezeblock's Dubstep Warz live sets were absolutely amazing stuff 15 years ago and sound great today.
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Some tense, bombastic story missions might do well with an orchestrated track, though. The whole thing definitely shouldn't, but sprinkled about would be okay.
Not every game needs it, but I sure do love a good orchestral soundtrack. The Galaxy games are sublime for this
Orchestra isn't limited to western classical.
No, the games that need it already have it, just because it fits with some games doesn't mean other games should copy it. That'll just lessen the impact of the games where it adds something to the experience.
It isn't, but it all too often is in that mode. For good reason, we've come to associate it with all things epic, but I'd like to see other genres get explored more for game scores.
Yeah, I mean, I might be a bit biased...
I am serious, though. I play in a community orchestra and video game music has been a godsend - it attracts crowds like not much else, and there's lots of variation and genres available to us, most of which have good potential to be arranged nicely.
Now, if only I could convince more publishers to put out sheet music/official arrangements...
I'm pretty sure most big budget games are using orchestrated soundtracks more often than not.
Within the wider net of live instrumentation of course
Within the wider net of live instrumentation of course
How about just interesting and diverse gamey music? I'm tired of games aping movies constantly and having less identity as an artistic medium as a result.
The way films have used the orchestra in their soundtracks has me very, very concerned by the direction games are moving in. It definitely has a place, and I love some of those orchestral OSTs, but they don't make sense for every game. I don't want the soundtracks of our games to sound generic and interchangeable in the future (as they already do so often in movies).
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I've never felt this sentiment on Era. How did you come to that?
I haven't forgotten about the new Ratchet & Clank games :'(
Just take note of any thread discussing anyone relating to hip-hop is associated to video games. Like the MK11 announcement thread, or the semi-recent Travis Scott PS5 threads.
With the exception of the black users on here, this board has led me to believe otherwise.
