entremet
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With the Twitch Plays Pokemon thing going, it just reminded how great the music of the series has been. Very underrated. I guess being an exclusive portable series and it just being a sales beasts, it's easy to overlook the music.
My personal favorite OST is BW/2.
But I'm still very impressed what the original composers managed to do with RBY in that very limited sound hardware of the GB.
On Youtube there's this channel that compares all the Pokemon themes--Gym Leader, Forest, City, Wild Encounter, Rivals--across the generations of games. He/she does a great job, with great artwork and timestamps.
Here's a link to all the Gym Leader Themes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HNQ-Pnu4cE&index=2&list=PL0C047D54A6E704A0
But for BW/2
I enjoyed the Gym Leader Theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyf79x97T7A
Undella Town Summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFlPE2Z650A&index=3&list=FL4QwI-QcbUPgINbWhDKcyuA
Champion's Battle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb9ee9lWSbg
Even though I've been a huge game music fan since the 8 bit days, for some reason, I overlooked Pokemon's stuff.
The Pokemon Company has also been releasing official OSTs on iTunes, a rare thing for Nintendo soundtracks, but the Pokemon Company seems to have more autonomy to do this stuff.
Now for my rankings:
BW/2>RBY>DPP>HGSS>RSE>FRLG>XY.
They're all great though.
My personal favorite OST is BW/2.
But I'm still very impressed what the original composers managed to do with RBY in that very limited sound hardware of the GB.
On Youtube there's this channel that compares all the Pokemon themes--Gym Leader, Forest, City, Wild Encounter, Rivals--across the generations of games. He/she does a great job, with great artwork and timestamps.
Here's a link to all the Gym Leader Themes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HNQ-Pnu4cE&index=2&list=PL0C047D54A6E704A0
But for BW/2
I enjoyed the Gym Leader Theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyf79x97T7A
Undella Town Summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFlPE2Z650A&index=3&list=FL4QwI-QcbUPgINbWhDKcyuA
Champion's Battle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb9ee9lWSbg
Even though I've been a huge game music fan since the 8 bit days, for some reason, I overlooked Pokemon's stuff.
The Pokemon Company has also been releasing official OSTs on iTunes, a rare thing for Nintendo soundtracks, but the Pokemon Company seems to have more autonomy to do this stuff.
Now for my rankings:
BW/2>RBY>DPP>HGSS>RSE>FRLG>XY.
They're all great though.