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The worst game music of the generation.
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No offense to your taste, but those just sounds like bad OC remixes. Especially Balrog's.
Most of the tracks sound like OC Remix attempts at better songs.
Indestructible is the only song I can still stand, and that's for nostalgia reasons. I mean, it's not bad music but everyone recognized it as a serious step down in quality compared to the dark ages of fighters.
Outside the 'Hazzah' songs Deponia.
Hated listening to this shit song on a loop for most of the game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjLEk5keDu4&list=PL026ACA251933868C
Hated listening to this shit song on a loop for most of the game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjLEk5keDu4&list=PL026ACA251933868C
Yoshi's Island DS is the worst I played, though I accept that Sonic Chronicles probably has it beat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqMAhVltrKo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqMAhVltrKo
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Worst game music of the generation <---- is the theme of the topic.
Here let me help you with a good example
Saying an entire ost is the worst when there are good tracks in it and there are clearly way way worst things out there that came out in that generation is silly.
It's like me saying the BBCP OST is garbage when I only don't like Rachel and Noel's themes. Then again you are typically overly negative about things so that's probably just that shining through
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
You have got to be joking. The Persona 3 soundtrack is amazing, especially this song. So jazzy and perfect for the tone of the dorm.
This is pretty terrible for being in a JRPG. Did Uematsu compose this song at all, or was this a guest composer? If it was Uematsu, then it's definitely a stain on his near perfect record.
Well certainly none of the things posted in this thread are worse than Sonic Chronicles, but if we can be a bit frank about fighting game OSTs this gen I would definitely nominate Capcom's output with SFxT taking the head.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Yup, almost EVERYTHING in that OST was bland. Save for maybe 2 or 3 songs that are average, 2 of them being boss songs you can't even listen to when playing normally.
You know what, that isn't bad. The beat is pretty nice, fighting game rap songs don't bother me because they can be endearingly bad.
lem0n
Member
I, personally, couldn't stand the tracks after about the third time hearing them.
Response to the poster that said any game with hard rock/rock and roll/metal music for battle themes.
For me, its just there. Kinda fits with the over the top cartoony nature of the bosses imo. He knocked it out of the park with the final battle theme though:
The Seal is Broken
Man...I miss Uematsu final boss themes. I wonder if he composed FFXIV 1.0 last battle?
Yeah but you should have sticked for this.
Actually the rest of the soundtrack in this game is pretty awesome.
Riposte
Member
My vote goes to the songs of Sonic Chronicles. How did that happen?
But this is a good contender. This was the dungeon theme right? Oh god, why would they make this a song!? SHUT UP
I didn't like it at first, but some of the songs grew on me.
Anyway this thread has too much hyperbole between the good (bad?) choices.
But this is a good contender. This was the dungeon theme right? Oh god, why would they make this a song!? SHUT UP
I didn't like it at first, but some of the songs grew on me.
Anyway this thread has too much hyperbole between the good (bad?) choices.
Valkyri von Thanatos
Member
As I understand it, Bioware could not use any of the music for Sonic Chronicles they had made. At the last minute, SEGA said they couldn't use it because of legal issues or some bs. So, the result is the "cat walking on a casio keyboard" music we are left with today. Clearly Bioware needed to take a few notes from the book of the guy who made Sonic CD's Western soundtrack in like two months. Way better rush job.
Edit: It's funny someone posted some stuff from Jet Set Radio as being crap, when the composer(?) also worked on Sonic Rush, which someone posted as some of the best music around. I know He didn't personally write every song, but he was in charge, yes? It meant he must have signed off on "Birthday Cake".
Edit: It's funny someone posted some stuff from Jet Set Radio as being crap, when the composer(?) also worked on Sonic Rush, which someone posted as some of the best music around. I know He didn't personally write every song, but he was in charge, yes? It meant he must have signed off on "Birthday Cake".
The_Hitcher89
Member
Pokemon X has a great soundtrack, if only for the presence of the Mystery Guft music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opHgiJyF2cU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opHgiJyF2cU
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Also amusing TWO Composers are credited. I guess one person was in charge of notes 1 and 2, and another for note 3, and the one background noise you hear once.
ULTROS!
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The dungeon track in Tales of Graces, I think it's this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4x4c0AvsBY
Dark_castle
Junior Member
eudaemonic
Member
havent seen it on the first page (where it belongs): Street Fighter 4 Menu Music
I wouldn't call it "the worst", but yeah, it's way too understated and not nearly as good as Yoshi Story's castle theme.
akachan ningen
Member
Bayonetta
ME TOO. Come at us dudes.
IIIINNNNDDEEEESSSSTRRRRUUUCCCCTTTIIIIBBBBLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
I remember riffing on this song so much when the game came out... so bad... -_-
This fucking game
I never liked the idea of a Sonic RPG. Gave it a shot though, because why not?
Also, a classic
I never liked the idea of a Sonic RPG. Gave it a shot though, because why not?
Also, a classic
The one you just posted is almost as bad. Horrible, just horrible.
Remember, this is the series that gave us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6afS8Hwfx3g
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlUeW7IOSFc
just to start.
EvilKatarn
Member
Word.
People who shit on FF XIII's soundtrack just because they don't like the game are either deaf or flat out unable of being objective.
When that 1:29 kicks in... It's like being able to see with your ears.
Uematsu definitely composed it, and the singer is rumored to be Ian Gillian from Deep Purple, and right now, it's pretty sick. I actually really enjoyed that game, but not as much as Lost Odyssey.
Uematsu has been a pretty big metal guy from what I've heard, which explains the death metal in FFX during the intro. Love it.
Sonic Chronicles and Yoshi's Island DS were definitely for me, the worst part is that both series are known for having great music. Both sounded completely minimalistic, yet annoying, and lack any excitement. The fact that the same company who made Yoshi's Island DS is making the new 3DS Yoshi's Island scares me.
Come on guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZV_ijKaPN8
Now that's awful. And by that I mean genius. I could listen to it all fucking day despite being truly terrible.
Now that's awful. And by that I mean genius. I could listen to it all fucking day despite being truly terrible.
Yes? What do those have to do with the Castle theme? I prefer the one I posted to the one in the first game.
Dorsal Axe
Member
Phantom Hourglass dungeon theme.
It's basically a stripped-down remix of the ALttP cave theme, but it plays in every single dungeon. Absolute garbage.
It's basically a stripped-down remix of the ALttP cave theme, but it plays in every single dungeon. Absolute garbage.
Storm Prelude
Member
Holy Jesus Christ. While the base is nice that robo-chicken noise ruins everything. :\
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
If the gen we're talking about includes PS3/Wii/360/DS/PSP, then my vote goes to Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood for DS. Not only is the music terrible, it was horribly disappointing since Sonic music is usually among the very best in gaming.
God, that soundtrack was a shitpile.
God, that soundtrack was a shitpile.
Good thing thing that the actual FFXIII soundtrack is great. Japanese version of ending theme was better.
Serious question? Answer is the fact that they're from the same series, and are examples of wonderful music, while the two examples you and I gave are shit. The fact that they're from different kinds of levels is entirely irrelevant. You don't get a pass for bad music because it's a castle level.
Here's two more from Yoshi's Island DS
Flower Garden:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx-TQ4E2qPg
Wildlands:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcDJGuJAQlI
I can't listen to either for more than 20 seconds. Absolutely ear-wrenching.
Azure Phoenix
Member
It took 27 posts for the atrocities committed in Sonic Chronicles to be posted? Gaf is slipping.
It wasn't just horrible garbage that sounds like what you'd find pre-programmed into a circa-90s Casio keyboard, it featured completely butchered versions of beloved classic tracks that are worse than even the absolute worst fan remixes.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Absolutely terrible 13 year olds "metal" garbage. It's so bad, it's soooo bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJLs9arHEYE
Absolutely terrible 13 year olds "metal" garbage. It's so bad, it's soooo bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJLs9arHEYE
sixteen-bit
Member
Sonic Dark Brotherhood on DS.
shaowebb
Member
I never much cared for the music we got in the US for Tatsunoko vs Capcom's intro. Its great for all of 2 seconds then you realize they went and added lyrics to a japanese song that should have stayed japanese. Adding really out of place half assed rap to this was a travesty. Compare and you'll see the difference in quality and structure.
English US version
The awesome Japanese song they messed with to make that mess
English US version
The awesome Japanese song they messed with to make that mess
People have realized you can only like something ironically for so long before you fully come to grips with the fact that it's genuinely shit.