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Bern
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Topic: Anyone interested in video game music? Posted: December 19 2005 at 21:27 |
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I was just wondering if anyone (but me) loved video game music. There is a lot of great music composers out there who are working for video games company.
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fractal
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 16 2005 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 120 |
Posted: December 19 2005 at 21:31 | |
Sure. Video game was a huge part of my childhood until today.
Besides, some of them compose legitimate progressive rock. |
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Figglesnout
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 26 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1455 |
Posted: December 19 2005 at 21:51 | |
I am in love with video game music...specifically RPG music. Games I can think of off of the top of my head that have astounding music: 1. Halo/Halo 2 2. Fable 3. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 4. Mercenaries 5. Indigo Prophecy 6. Breakdown 7. Lord of the Rings Games (due to the amazing movie music) 8. Knights of teh Old Republic I + II 9. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escpae from Butcher Bay 10. ...that's all I can think of right now in terms of symphonic proportions. |
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I'm a reasonable man, get off my case
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ProgsCerebrum
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Posted: December 19 2005 at 22:21 | |
ocremix.org...nuff said
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The Wizard
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 18 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7341 |
Posted: December 19 2005 at 22:22 | |
The Halo 2 sountrack is really proggy. |
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Ty1020
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 24 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 721 |
Posted: December 19 2005 at 22:49 | |
I noticed that, too. It definitely made the experience more enjoyable for me. Steve Vai's interpretation of the main theme was pretty cool, too. And to answer the original post: yes, I love video game music. Has anybody heard the Hyrule Symphony? They're an orchestra that plays music from the Zelda games... really calming stuff . |
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chromaticism
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Posted: December 19 2005 at 23:08 | |
Well, this may not be so prog (more of metal actually) but I do like the Guilty Gear XX reload soundtrack. Among fighting games, this soundtrack would be the most interesting. Also, I'd agree that the Legend of Zelda series and Final Fantasy series soundtracks are pretty interesting too.
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tardis
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Posted: December 19 2005 at 23:12 | |
Mario Brothers! Dada dada &n bsp; &n bsp; dada
Bada beep |
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Olympus
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 18 2005 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 545 |
Posted: December 19 2005 at 23:58 | |
YES wrote the song Homeworld for a game named Homeworld, and what a game it is
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KoS
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 00:04 | |
Just got to say one word:
Uematsu I own all the Black Mages albums and the soundtrackts to FFVII and FFX and I also like Harry Gregson-Williams work in Metal Gear |
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illustrated
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 19 2004 Status: Offline Points: 352 |
Posted: December 20 2005 at 01:20 | |
Homeworld is really great, yeah. The soundtracks to the Final Fantasy games are good too... |
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 01:39 | |
Not really But Owen Pallet Does alot of Vuiolin Work on Final Fantasy And has Recently done some solo work that took my breath away. It sounded alot like Gentle Giant. Actually. I Loved It. If you like Elp's More classicly influenced works you'lle like it to. |
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 02:00 | |
Trust me Guys if u can find stuff by this guy you'lle probably like it. I actually Mistook iit for GG lyrics and violin work. trust me u'll like it!
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video vertigo
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 17 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1930 |
Posted: December 20 2005 at 04:46 | |
only playas listen to that stuff
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"The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa
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spo1977
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 09 2005 Status: Offline Points: 285 |
Posted: December 21 2005 at 17:44 | |
I like the sountrack to the first Rainbow Six.
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chromaticism
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 15:04 | |
I like the Guilty Gear XX reload soundtrack too. I also agree that The Legend of Zelda series is good; as a matter of fact, it's nice to note that you can make your own melody at one particular portion in "The Ocarina of Time" that you have to memorize to complete the game. |
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AceBad
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 15:33 | |
To say that I am huge into video game music would be an understatement.
I grew up as a child of the NES, and I think a lot of the music on that system remains among the best video game soundtracks of all time. My all time favorite would probably be Mega Man 2, followed closely by Contra, Metroid, Castlevania, and The Legend of Zelda. When the SNES hit, the composers for the big RPG games really stepped it up and made some amazing music. Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy III (VI) come to mind. Also, the soundtrack to Super Metroid was incredible...mostly atmospheric and creepy, but intense & rockin' when it needed to be. I'm not as impressed with more modern game soundtracks. Mostly it seems that composers are trying to give games more "film score" music, with lackluster results. One exception would be Jeremy Soule, who has done a lot of RPG's for the PC, including Morrowind, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights, and several others. The Morrowind score is absolutely beautiful...it's a shame he isn't scoring the next Elder Scrolls game. People who like the Metroid soundtracks and like prog-metal will probably enjoy the stuff over at http://www.metroidmetal.com. A lot of bands have tried to do rock arrangements of old NES music, and most of them do a pretty poor job in my opinion. But this dude has done some awesome arrangements, with lots of prog-tendencies showing up all over the place. And of course I have to shamelessly promote my own video game inspired music, which you can check out via the link in my signature. Edited by AceBad |
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MrHiccup
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 02 2005 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 167 |
Posted: January 30 2006 at 17:32 | |
Nice word. Here's another one: Land (Michael Land). Monkey Island 2 music reminds me of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (listen to "Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite").
You're right. Modern videogame music lacks something...and the worst thing is that people thinks that videogame music is improving just because the sound is getting better. Edited by MrHiccup |
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: January 31 2006 at 08:41 | |
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: February 02 2006 at 01:27 | |
"The Master of Magic" on C=64 has a nice muisc! Edited by Eetu Pellonpää |
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