>the source material or the quality of it is irrelevant! that applies pretty well to the original Midnight Club's OST. Dom & Roland and Surgeon, some top producers of Drum & Bass and Techno respectively, were commissioned to do it and it was so good that they eventually did individual releases of the tracks on vinyl. Dom & Roland even remixed one of the songs (Soundwall) on a later release. youtu.be/kPyrFgvgrzw
Colton Martinez
>the sea of trash that is videogame soundtracks Music isn't bad just because it's part of a video game.
Thomas Jackson
disasterpeace is good, but I wouldn't call it a masterpiece
soundtrack sure is a lot better than the game though
Mason Clark
never even implied that tho. I just said that there is a shitton of bad music in the videogame industry that people pass off "decent" just because the source material was great.
Street Fighter IV music, for instance, is pretty mediocre, and it never intends to be anything else. The game is good, and the music evokes comfy feelings because of the association of the music and the game.
I hope I explained myself.
Christian Cox
donnou man, this shit is very close to some good releases of glitch and ambient.
I'd say that for an OST, is pretty masterpiecy.
Thomas Cox
You just think it's bad music because it's part of a video game.
Joseph Stewart
literally the opposite of what i said but k
Jose Nguyen
You think video game music is a "sea of trash." The reason obviously being that you think music is bad because it's part of a video game. Which is a common delusion.
Jeremiah Harris
I sincerely think that most OST's, including movies and shows, are pretty bad when examined as standalone pieces. They do not intend to be good, they're meant to accompany the game/show/whatev. This thread is about OSTs that are good by themselves, just as () pointed out.
From op: >Focus on the music, the source material or the quality of it is irrelevant! Thanks.
Tyler Powell
>I sincerely think that most OST's, including movies and shows, are pretty bad when examined as standalone pieces. They do not intend to be good, they're meant to accompany the game/show/whatev. You are a moron. Please stop posting about music.
Daniel Davis
sure :^)
Parker Davis
Fez is fucking great, what are you on about, nigger?
Some games use music as a part of their gameplay, other for the atmosphere, ect I think when it come to soundtracks it's really important to keep in mind how the music is used in the source material
John Ramirez
Minecraft Alpha and Hyper Light Drifter are fantastic
Jacob Phillips
He's right though you dipshit Music should evoke emotion you see on the screen, it's closely bound to the gameplay and general scenario it's weaker on its own because you dont have the original source that guide your imagination
Angel Sullivan
Thanks for clearing that up. My bad.
Landon Bell
holy shit this is great
Parker Jenkins
>He's right though you dipshit No he isn't.
Video game music is just music. It doesn't magically require the game and doesn't magically cease to work when the game isn't there or when the listener hasn't played the game. It isn't necessarily designed to be unnoticeable or to closely accompany something that happens in the game. A lot of video game music you would never even realize belong to a video game, or it could be transplanted to a movie or TV show without anyone noticing.
I've never played this game but it's still a great song:
From a previous comment: >there is a shitton of bad music in the videogame industry that people pass off "decent" just because the source material was great
Source material is irrelevant when discussing Scores by themselves.
Also said: >This thread is about OSTs that are good by themselves
That being said, that second example was bretty gud
Jordan Ross
>there is a shitton of bad music in the videogame industry that people pass off "decent" just because the source material was great I don't think I have ever seen this happen.
You're just biased against video game music because it is video game music.
Easton Ward
If you're a fan of Japanese music / Shibuya-kei Katamari Damacy / We Love Katamari are two solid game soundtracks in their own right.