Anyone interested in video game music?
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Topic: Anyone interested in video game music?
Posted By: Bern
Subject: Anyone interested in video game music?
Date 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.
-------------   RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
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Posted By: fractal
Date 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. ------------- Klaatu Barada Nikto! |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 21:51
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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. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: ProgsCerebrum
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 22:21
| ocremix.org...nuff said |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 22:22
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The Halo 2 sountrack is really proggy. -------------  
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Posted By: Ty1020
Date 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  .------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Ty1020/"> 
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The Wizard wrote:Posted By: chromaticism
Date 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. |
Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 23:12
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Mario Brothers! Dada dada &n bsp; &n bsp; dada
Bada beep |
Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 23:58
YES wrote the song Homeworld for a game named Homeworld, and what a game it is ------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 00:04
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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 |
Posted By: illustrated
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 01:20
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Homeworld is really great, yeah. The soundtracks to the Final Fantasy games are good too... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/magickmother/?chartstyle=basicrt10"> 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 01:39
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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. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 02:00
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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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Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 04:46
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only playas listen to that stuff ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: spo1977
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 17:44
| I like the sountrack to the first Rainbow Six. |
Posted By: chromaticism
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 15:04
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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. |
Posted By: AceBad
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 15:33
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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 - 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. ------------- http://barddog.org/acebad - http://barddog.org/acebad |
Posted By: MrHiccup
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 17:32
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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. ------------- Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends... |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 08:41
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 01:27
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"The Master of Magic" on C=64 has a nice muisc!
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Posted By: lordoflight
Date Posted: February 13 2006 at 12:34
| does anybody know the author of the music of the thief series ? |