Lowkey the GOAT music. But, yeah. I kinda agree about western music tending to be a bit too orchestral or cinematic or whatever. That generic (for lack of a better word) sounding style of music just doesn't appeal to me as much as melody driven stuff you see in Japanese music and indie games.
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Games OST nowadays sucks
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In just the last year we've had:
- Persona 5
- NieR: Automata
- Celeste
- Cuphead
- God of War
So I disagree. :P
- Persona 5
- NieR: Automata
- Celeste
- Cuphead
- God of War
So I disagree. :P
Those are all great but I wouldn't rank any of them over the likes of Halo 2, Bayonetta, Final Fantasy X, Shadow of the Colossus, etc.
Keep in mind Halo 2 had Breaking Benjamin and Hoobastank on it.
Give these things a few more years to settle in to your skull and then you'll have nostalgia for them, too.
This year and last have been packed with high quality video game music tho. Automata? Persona 5? Etrian V? Splatoon 2??? BotW? Celeste? There's some top notch shit on Mario Odyssey's OST too. Shit Octopath came out last week.
I haven't actually listened to FFX or Bayo. Maybe I'll give them a listen this week!
I'd personally rank my whole list above Halo 2 and most of my list above SoTC.
Indeed. Easy purchase even digitally on my phone.
It probably is too much to ask but I hope Mitsuda could get some more tracks done by ANUNA. Their participation in the OST for me was awesome.
I can't possibly disagree more. Just last year with Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Persona 5, Yakuza 0, Cuphead, Hollow Knight and Nier Automata we got 6 all-time classics. And that's off the top of my head.
"Deliverance" from God of War has been stuck in my head for a long while now.
"Floral Fury" from Cuphead is another one.
"Floral Fury" from Cuphead is another one.
I literally forgot all about that because the only Halo stuff I have on my iPhone is by Marty. Peril and the High Charity Suite are my jams.
The music has more of an impact when you've played the games and know the context. Still really good though.
Octopath, Nier Automata and Botw? These I came up without even trying and their OST are absolutely AMAZING.
I have no idea what you are talking about.....
yeah, every time I see someone say that game soundtracks suck nowadays, I just think they are playing the wrong games.
No Man's Sky has one of the best soundtracks of the past decade and I'll fight anyone that says otherwise.
See, I'm with you on those pieces, but this is what I mean. Halo 2's is definitely up there overall (maybe the best in the series aside from ODST), but there are weird outliers on it. Like there might be a little too much Incubus in there.
Chances are in another 10 years most of us will just remember BFG Division and Rip & Tear from DOOM and not the more wild, soundscape-y songs towards to the end of the game that by their nature stick less in your head.
When OPsaid melody I immediately knew what they meant, and then with the titles they listed I zeroed in. I think this thread might be missing exactly what OP means. Like for example Captain America: Winter Soldier has a fantastic score but at the same time it has nothing on the level of Captain America March from First Avenger.
Don't know how I forgot about that. It could really be something ones Joris revises it for Horizon 2. Still don't know if it compares to his Killzone themes. 'And ever we fight on' is a masterpiece.
Yeah.....no. IMO gaming music could not be better, for many examples already brought up. For a lesser known one, the Paper Mario Color Splash soundtrack is lovely. One of my favorite things about it is that every section/color in the world map has its own little leitmotif.
Hmm....uh no. What you were looking for was probably this:
And it need not be said that the Main Theme/ Fossil Falls is not Gusty Garden Galaxy.
Familiar with Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons? If so, how do you feel about that in this regard?
(Warning: probably spoilers in the comments if you aren't. Also, this game is amazing.)
The way that Inside merges diegetic and non-diegetic sound to create it's soundtrack is simply amazing, and is one of the most underappreciated elements of the game:
If anything, that games are now experimenting with different kinds of genres and soundtracks outside of the traditional catchy looping melody is an example of the industry maturing. Personally Inside (alongside it's predecessor Limbo) has one of my favourite game soundtracks despite not actually having what many people would even consider traditional music.
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Are you guys saying that we might have been trolled softly?
hello friend, allow me to spread the good word of sonic mania
(yeah op probably bounced but whatevs)
(yeah op probably bounced but whatevs)
Diagetic is the perfect way to describe it. Rhythmic Heartbeats and Shockwaves that are tied to the gameplay might not be something you would normally include on your personal music playlist, but in the context of being a videogame soundtrack they're making full use of the medium like few others do. Nier:A also makes full use of the medium but in a very different way.
Okay, I did work on the game, but I admire Ed Harrison (Neotokyo)'s work so much, so there are tracks on the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided BREACH soundtrack that still stand out to me even today.
The whole thing is up on Soundcloud too.
The whole thing is up on Soundcloud too.
I feel that the OP is probably very young and has just exited his most formative years of which the (comparatively recent) OSTs listed were prominent and now nothing new compares regardless of actual quality.
It's OK, it's the same reason I hate pop music made after 1984. People are like dogs, you piss on a tree, now that's your tree.
It's OK, it's the same reason I hate pop music made after 1984. People are like dogs, you piss on a tree, now that's your tree.
Let me give Western soundtracks some more love. inFAMOUS Second Son has a criminally underrated OST. We need more post-rock in games, and I can't think of any that employ it outside of No Man's Sky.
I disagree with your Human Revolution pick OP, because it's a big demonstration in my mind of the divide between a melodic and ambient approach to game soundtracks. Aside from parts of Icarus, there's really no track that springs to mind when I think of the Eidos-Monstreal Deus Ex games, whereas I've had just about every track in the original game stuck in my head at one point or another.
For example, going into Hengsha in Human Revolution you've got this:
Heavy on ambience, but not something that sticks in my mind. In one ear, out the other by the time it's over. Contrast to entering Hong Kong and hearing this in the original:
For example, going into Hengsha in Human Revolution you've got this:
Heavy on ambience, but not something that sticks in my mind. In one ear, out the other by the time it's over. Contrast to entering Hong Kong and hearing this in the original:
was thinking about this exact topic while at work a while back. I think the production value of game music has gone way up but a lot of it is generic and forgettable especially among the AAA games. Currently playing god of war and none of the music is memorable even though its well produced. On the other hand Nier Automata has a fantastic soundtrack despite being a bad game. A lot of game music these days simply lack melody and hooks that were prevalent in the 8 to 64bit days. Why that is im not sure. My guess would be having the tech to do whatever has generated more generic music as a result since being limited by hardware forced creativity in return. Still some really good music out there but also a lot more meh stuff.
DKC:TF
Nier: Automata
Xenoblade 2
All in the past 5 years, all as good or better than anything in the decade prior.
And there are more, but in my opinion those 3 are so good that I feel like it renders the argument invalid
(this year, we have Celeste and Octopath already, which have OSTs as good or better than anything listed in the OP)
Nier: Automata
Xenoblade 2
All in the past 5 years, all as good or better than anything in the decade prior.
And there are more, but in my opinion those 3 are so good that I feel like it renders the argument invalid
(this year, we have Celeste and Octopath already, which have OSTs as good or better than anything listed in the OP)
It was just clever marketing to use that song. It isn't actually the main (or a reoccurring) theme of the game. It exists for a single special sequence.
Gusty Garden Galaxy also isn't the main theme of the game which was one of his examples.
Okay, then I'm not following the conversation correctly and getting my wires crossed. My bad.