@Kidfried Lots over the years. Yoshi's Woolly World has a couple of soothing but melancholic songs that actually teared me up a bit. This one in particular;
I pretty much like any song from the massive amount of World of Warcraft music, I still listen to the soundtracks and various mixes despite no longer playing. I also love music by Jeremy Soule - I'm not just talking Elder Scrolls music here, the Dawn of War soundtracks are amazing! Darkest Dungeon has awesome music too, especially during battles.
@Kidfried A perfect example would actually be when I finished Persona 3 recently. Persona has always had good music, and this had great use of it's soundtrack. During the final month of the game, it's clear how big the stakes are now, and the overworld music changes to reflect that.
I'm not fluent in Japanese, which says alot about emotional the song is. When it plays during credits and ends with that last shot.........please excuse me. (sobs)
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The Mas Effect Trilogy OST is positively astounding. Some really great gems in there. More recently, I really liked Fortune's theme in MGS2. Easily the most memorable piece of music in that franchise I've heard so far.
Music really makes a HUGE impact on a game for me...all of my top favorite games also have soundtracks I can listen to by themselves (Mass Effect, Final Fantasy XIII, Castlevania, etc). However, haven't played anything lately that's really grabbed my attention. Any RECENT, maybe lesser-known games anyone's played that are chock full of good tracks?
LawBreakers was the last game I played that had an incredible score, IMHO. Stuff from Mick Gordon, Jack Wall, etc. Here's my favorite track:
Too bad the game's been shutdown...one of the best experiences I've ever had! R.I.P.
On the flip side, I bloody wish Yakuza 0 had more than that one same song that plays over the back of all the text conversations that go on.
Surviving Mars has a pretty ace soundtrack though that fits the game perfectly. There's even multiple "radio stations" but the default one is so good I can't bring myself to change it.
@Wearl Gonna be boring and say Red Dead. The soundtrack lingers in the background, waiting for its moment to punch you in the gut. And the era-specific show tunes are glorious.
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@Wearl Shadow of the Colossus. Simply majestic. I like it when soundtracks are not afraid to keep things simple or not have any music playing. Cos sometimes I find that can be more effective than having a full orchestra behind you.
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@Wearl The remaster of Shadow of the Colossus was released this year, not played many games released this year and that was the stand out soundtrack for me.
I wouldn't class it as minimalistic, no. While the game has an extensive orchestral soundtrack, the music is only heard during cut scenes and colossus encounters, while time spent at the Shrine of Worship and traversing the landscape is silent save for the sounds made by the protagonist, his horse and their surroundings. The open nature of the game world and lack of life, coupled with this limited use of music, aids in establishing an atmosphere of solitude.
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Oh yes, this is true art when the world can speak for itself without musical accompanient. I had this in "Journey". Sometimes I just sat there (in the game) and felt pure calmness.
Another interesting question to all: What was your first Soundtrack? I mean when did you start to listen to the game's music outside the game respectively started buying it?
I came into that with Deus Ex: Human Revolution. When I watched a trailer I was fascinated by the music, but hadn't plans to buy the game but the music. And the music brought me into the series, which became my absolute favourite. So, Deus Ex: Human Revolution was my first Soundtrack CD and the series' music is also my absolute favourite And from there I started to listen more to soundtracks.
Before that I was also thrilled of some games' music but always kept them ingame.
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Hey guys,
just in case you didn't notice, one of the big game music distributer "Sumthing Else Music Works" shut down its gates and that means all soundtracks distributed through them were taken down on all plattforms, if the publishers didn't manage to re-release their soundtracks.
Deus Ex composer Michael McCann wrote a statement about that as people were asking around, why its music is gone.
Here is the statement:
"Hey all - DX:HR composer here. The distributor for the soundtrack (Sumthing Digital) shut down this month. They had been a distributor of countless game soundtracks over the years. Some game studios moved quickly to secure new distribution for their soundtracks prior to the shutdown. This allowed for a smooth transition and avoided any album deletions, and preserved playlists, user reviews, album & track embed links, etc. Unfortunately, studios that didn't secure new distribution by this month have had all their content deleted across most music platforms worldwide. Those deletions will work their way through the system the next week, so some may still have access.
Square Enix owns & controls all the Deus Ex music 100%, so it's entirely up to them if / when the soundtrack is re-released. If you're a fan of the music and want the music back on these platforms, you may want to message Square Enix on social media and give them some motivation. Eidos Montreal & official Deus Ex social media accounts might be a good places to message as well.
If it helps, the DX:HR soundtrack is still on my Soundcloud page here: https://soundcloud.com/michaelmccannmusic/sets/deus-ex-human-... and also on Youtube.
I have contacted a couple platforms (eg. Spotify, iTunes / Apple Music) already, to see if things like user playlists, user reviews, album embeds etc. can be preserved in the case the soundtrack is re-released. No guarantee on that yet, but I'm told it is unlikely.
As a side note, I'm not sure if this will also affect the DX:MD soundtrack. I had no involvement with that soundtrack, so not sure who distributes it. It still seems to be up on most platforms I checked today, but that could just be a delay as deletions work their way through the system. Not sure though.
Hopefully this sheds some light on what's going on. A lot of game soundtracks disappeared this week - hopefully these studios will move quickly to get it all back online!"
Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny and Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm has some sweet sounds. I keep coming back to them, even after all these years. Check them out.
I have just finished a remix of Streets of Rage boss music. I will upload it to soundcloud later on when I've put the gremlins to bed so you can give me some feedback.
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I have way more tracks. I can use Reason to a high standard. The final fantasy mix and streets of Rage remix on my soundcloud were done quickly. The streets of Rage one in response to the new game being announced - but its hard to emulate the sound as an amateur. I've straight up ripped the snare sound, I listen and copy as best I can onto paper and then import it to the instrument by writing manually. There are midi files but they are a mess - especially with mega drive music. So it's all manual work. I know it sounds pretty rough but I wanted to post it anyway and may master it better in the future if I get the time.
One of the Pushsquare users introduced me to soundcloud so I posted some tracks about a year ago - stuff I was working on at the time.
The fairground track was for a game idea we had on a programming course last year. I spent the longest on that than anything over the last ten years and has a sample of Homer Simpson, Bart Simpson and Han Solo. Basically all my role models from my Childhood.
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Was finishing up BioShock today and when I went to turn the PS3 off I dropped the controller and when I picked it up I'd found it'd made it's way over to the music section of the xmb
Turns out donkeys ago when testing the cd to MP3 function I'd ripped the soundtrack from the original Time Crisis PS1 disc onto here and ended up taking a listen
Wild Dog's theme is such a tense piece, having this shootout with him around a fountain with explosions going off everywhere...
... Might have to set the CRT up later and dust off the old G-con 45 and show him what's what once again 😉
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