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[AceBandage]

Is it next Friday yet?
WHY ISN'T IT NEXT FRIDAY YET?!
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
*knocks over magazine rack*

 

[wsippel]

Me neither, I feel bad.


What games have they composed? I really want to know judging by the reactions.

• Motoi Sakuraba (Tales of, Golden Sun, Valkyrie Profile)
• Yuzo Koshiro (Sonic, Shenmue, Castlevania)
• Masafumi Takada (Killer7, No More Heroes, Infinite Space)
• Noriyuki Iwadare (Grandia, Lunar, Ace Attorney)
• Yasunori Mitsuda (Xenogears/ -saga/ -blade, Chrono Trigger, Shadow Hearts)

 

[Thoraxes]

I said "Wow."

Your reaction in the OT was better.

 

[Electivirus]

does this have synths

if it doesn't i'm going to kick something

GET. OUT.

Your reaction in the OT was better.

They can't all be gold. ;-;

 

[qq more]

So, decided to actually look them up:

Some of the games they've composed for:
Motoi Sakuraba - Tales of series, Star Ocean, Goldensun, Darksouls
Yuzo Koshiro - Actraiser, Ys, Street of Rage, Sonic 1 (8bit), Shenmue
Masafumi Takada - killer7, No More Heroes and God Hand
Noriyuki Iwadare - Ys III, Ace Attorney 3 (also both Investigations), Grandia, Lunar series
Yasunori Mitsuda - Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Bomberman 64, Xenoblade and arranged Mega Man Legends 2


Just in case anyone else wants to know! Also feel free to correct me if there's any mistakes.

EDIT: @wsippel oh looks like I was too late to post this. Thanks though.

 

[Gravijah]

not enough synth

who is volunteering to be kicked

 

[Truth101]

Me neither, I feel bad.


What games have they composed? I really want to know judging by the reactions.

Motoi Sakuraba
-Star Ocean
-Baten Kaitos
-Valkyrie Profile
-Shining Force
-Golden Sun

Yuzo Koshiro
-Shenmue
-Sonic The Hedgehog
-Etrian Odyssey
-Smash Bros: Brawl
-7th Dragon

Masafumi Takada
-Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
-Super Smash Bros: Brawl
-God Hand
-No More Heroes

Noriyuki Iwadare
-Grandia
-Growlanser
-Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
-Radiata Stories
-Super Smash Bros: Brawl
-Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
- YS III

Yasunori Mitsuda
-Chrono Trigger
-Chrono Chross
-Xenogears
-Xenoblade
-Shadow Hearts
-Soma Bringer
-Inazuma
-Luminous Arc

 

[Thoraxes]

Also... an orchestrally orchestrated 3DS game?

Yes yes yes yes yes mooooooreeeeeeeeee

 

[Cranzor]

Well, it looks like I am picking up Kid Icarus now! Mitsuda alone is enough to get me to buy it.

 

[SupraDarky]

Eventhough Sakuraba does bring a lot of generic music to the Tales of series, let's not forget his other awesome work like Star Ocean 2&3 and even recently with Dark Souls.

One of my favorite tracks from him.

 

[AceBandage]

Oh god.
Takada and Mitsuda music in a single game.
*hyper ventilates*

 

[Dr.Palutena]

not enough synth

who is volunteering to be kicked

Kick rocks.

 

[duckroll]

You can actually listen to a sample track by each composer on the official site.

Sakuraba did the Main Theme: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/akdj/music/music01.html

Koshiro's Magna's Theme (Chapter 2 Ground Stage): http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/akdj/music/music02.html

Sakuraba again for Black Pitt's Theme: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/akdj/music/music03.html

Sakuraba yet again on Chapter 4 Air Stage: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/akdj/music/music04.html

Mitsuda composed the Boss Battle track: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/akdj/music/music05.html

Iwadare composed the Star Pirate Theme: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/akdj/music/music06.html

Takada composed the Training Room (for multiplayer) track: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/akdj/music/music07.html

 

[Tathanen]

Yeah Sakuraba's tracks on the site actually sound great, so... great!

 

[zroid]

Didn't say "wow" because it's not surprising at all. All the music I've heard so far has been incredibly good.

 

[Dark Schala]

not enough synth

who is volunteering to be kicked

Clearly you are, Gravijah.

 

[SteeloDMZ]

Eventhough Sakuraba does bring a lot of generic music to the Tales of series, let's not forget his other awesome work like Star Ocean 2&3 and even recently with Dark Souls.

Sakuraba also did some great shit in SSBB.

 

[Electivirus]

Also... an orchestrally orchestrated 3DS game?

Yes yes yes yes yes mooooooreeeeeeeeee

This bodes well for SSB 3DS.

 

[PixyJunket]

Too bad about Sakuraba. The rest are great though.

.

 

[AceBandage]

You can actually listen to a sample track by each composer on the official site.

Takada composed the Training Room (for multiplayer) track: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/akdj/music/music07.html

So good.

 

[EloquentM]

nintendo diggin in that war chest.

 

[Thoraxes]

We need to start shooping Sakurai into all the Nintendo pictures we make.

He's long overdue.

My hype levels are starting to reach a critical mass and just last week I didn't give a damn.

 

[cj_iwakura]

That is god tier talent.

 

[PsySal]

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[Gravijah]

Clearly you are, Gravijah.

-cries- THEY'RE TAKING ALL OF MY SYNTHS AWAY~

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

buy the goddamn game otherwise Nintendo might decide orchestrated music is not worth it


BUY THE BLOODY GAME

 

[Truth101]

-cries- THEY'RE TAKING ALL OF MY SYNTHS AWAY~

Took them too long to do it.

 

[duckroll]

buy the goddamn game otherwise Nintendo might decide orchestrated music is not worth it


BUY THE BLOODY GAME

Nah, the game looks pretty stupid.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

If this is fully orchestrated, then that makes the...3rd Nintendo game to do that, right?

The previous two were Star Fox Assault and Kirby's Epic Yarn, iirc.

 

[Instro]

That's pretty sick. Sakuraba hate be damned, his tracks for this sound great.

edit

Actually I'll backtrack a bit, the black pitt theme is not so good.

 

[AceBandage]

If this is fully orchestrated, then that makes the...3rd Nintendo game to do that, right?

The previous two were Star Fox Assault and Kirby's Epic Yarn, iirc.

Both SMG games and Skyward Sword?

 

[Gravijah]

Took them too long to do it.

i'm going to build my own rocket and fly into space and turn the moon into planet synthesizer. you can have this planet.

 

[Ignis Fatuus]

Sakuraba haters get off my lawn!

 

[Dark Schala]

Also... an orchestrally orchestrated 3DS game?

Yes yes yes yes yes mooooooreeeeeeeeee

Eff yes, we need more of this.

Well, it looks like I am picking up Kid Icarus now! Mitsuda alone is enough to get me to buy it.

Koshiro for me. Anything with Koshiro's name attached to it is something I look at.

I'll even try to play certain sections right-handed even though it most likely won't go well for me at all. :|

-cries- THEY'RE TAKING ALL OF MY SYNTHS AWAY~

But but but the samples sound good. And you liked Sonic 4's synth...

(I have nothing against synth. Unless it's Sonic 4's synth because those were some bad synth samples.)

 

[iavi]

My hype levels are starting to reach a critical mass and just last week I didn't give a damn.

Haha, same happened to me. Hype out of nowhere. I'm actually buying a 3DS for this game... and FE, but who knows when that'll hit.

 

[Tyeforce]

Motoi Sakuraba
-Star Ocean
-Baten Kaitos
-Valkyrie Profile
-Shining Force
-Golden Sun

Yuzo Koshiro
-Shenmue
-Sonic The Hedgehog
-Etrian Odyssey
-Smash Bros: Brawl
-7th Dragon

Masafumi Takada
-Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
-Super Smash Bros: Brawl
-God Hand
-No More Heroes

Noriyuki Iwadare
-Grandia
-Growlanser
-Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
-Radiata Stories
-Super Smash Bros: Brawl
-Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
- YS III

Yasunori Mitsuda
-Chrono Trigger
-Chrono Chross
-Xenogears
-Xenoblade
-Shadow Hearts
-Soma Bringer
-Inazuma
-Luminous Arc

Sakuraba and Mitsuda contributed to Super Smash Bros. Brawl, too.

 

[Aeana]

If this is fully orchestrated, then that makes the...3rd Nintendo game to do that, right?

The previous two were Star Fox Assault and Kirby's Epic Yarn, iirc.

You mean besides Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 and Smash Bros?

 

[The Hermit]

Holy crap... this is insane. Even Takada?! My fav soundtracks from Killer 7 where from him

Mitsuda worked on xenoblade too? That explains a fuck lot!

You mean besides Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 and Smash Bros?

And Zelda SS...

 

[Gravijah]

But but but the samples sound good. And you liked Sonic 4's synth...

(I have nothing against synth. Unless it's Sonic 4's synth because those were some bad synth samples.)

psst, don't tell anyone but the kid icarus music is pretty good.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

Nah, the game looks pretty stupid.

you thought Xenoblade was bad too so hey, i'mma gonna trust meself mate

 

[duckroll]

Okay I've listened to all the samples. Takada and Iwadare's tracks are the best. Really nice melodies. Mitsuda's boss battle theme sounds like something from a racing game, kinda weird. Not that great either. Koshiro's track is pretty good, more dynamic sounds. Sakuraba's tracks are.... a) boring generic main theme, b) faux-western crap, c) Sakimoto military march wannabe. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

you thought Xenoblade was bad too so hey, i'mma gonna trust meself mate

I did? Why are you putting words in my mouth?

 

[durrrrrrrrrr]

there has never been another game in history that has had this many A-list composers. this is madness.

 

[frostbyte]

Impressive.

Nintendo finally using dat 10.5 bil warchest to good use?

 

[Truth101]

there has never been another game in history that has had this many A-list composers. this is madness.

Brawl did.

 

[BY2K]

Dat production value.

 

[Wilsongt]

Sakuraba's Shining Force III and Golden Sun soundtracks were great...

 

[Thoraxes]

Iwadare also did work on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations and the AI games too.

 

[duckroll]

there has never been another game in history that has had this many A-list composers. this is madness.

Huh? This is actually pretty common. I can list a bunch of games which had a ton of high profile composers. Even ones with total shit production values in the game itself.

 

[Seven Force]

The Star Pirate track is soooo good.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

I guessed mitsuda before I clicked.