TriggerShy
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This one seriously surprised me, especially with the singer.
I really like Treno from FFIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T3cei6me4o
Ni No Kuni's Ding Dong Dell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVck0U5H7CM
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RPG town music is underrated. Post your favorites. (Traverse Town the GOAT tho)
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This one seriously surprised me, especially with the singer.
I really like Treno from FFIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T3cei6me4o
Ni No Kuni's Ding Dong Dell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVck0U5H7CM
SatoAilDarko
Member
New Los Angeles Themes from Xenoblade Chronicles X
https://youtu.be/Rdp6XPvJg40
Just night:
https://youtu.be/R60KXxujUug
I really love that soundtrack.
https://youtu.be/Rdp6XPvJg40
Just night:
https://youtu.be/R60KXxujUug
I really love that soundtrack.
LurkerPrime
Member
Oh yes. Definitely my favourite track in XBCX.
Completely overlooked it in my first post, unfortunately.
Bog
Junior Ace
I came in here to post this, but someone had it covered thankfully..
Chrono Trigger, Kingdom of Zeal
Begaria
Member
Xenogears - My Village is number One
https://youtu.be/YPrm1nrkZ3k
https://youtu.be/YPrm1nrkZ3k
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
People posting youtube links without a title or description... SMH
Earthpainting
Member
I know they share the same composer, but this is a song that could have come straight out of Chrono Cross. Lovely stuff either way.
Good call! Elw village's music makes me a bit sad though.
It does, and I think it may be favourite town theme. Here's a link to it. The combination with the music, look if the place, and the curve-ball that was its entire existence, have etched Zeal into my memory.
Bitanator
Member
Grandia Parm is my favorite town music, I like this guitar cover of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOwZcxVA5cI
if not Grandia then any of the first gen pokemon town themes get me so nostalgic I'm running towards the nearest cartridge
if not Grandia then any of the first gen pokemon town themes get me so nostalgic I'm running towards the nearest cartridge
Trigonometrize.
Member
Man, I have got to get back to Wild Arms after listening to the music in this thread.
Bog
Junior Ace
AKA the point where I stop almost every playthrough.
Chrono Trigger - Truce Town Theme
Visualante2
Member
I liked Dali. Felt like a jumping off point of no return, your adventure really begins here. Loved the way the town's secrets unfold slowly.
A Huge Battleship
Member
Demon Gaze - Dragon's Inn (Act 1), though it's more of a hub than a town. One of the few times recently when I've just left the music running in the background while doing something else. Also my first exposure to IA.
threelights
Member
Is this where I post the entire soundtrack for The World Ends With You?
But yeah, whatever track from TWEWY you want to consider, they're all great.
But yeah, whatever track from TWEWY you want to consider, they're all great.
Breezy, the Balamb town music from Final Fantasy VIII, has a special place in my heart. Reminds me of when I played the game for the first year or so at age seven and having no clue what to do so I hung around Balamb for hours waiting for something to happen lol. Instant nostalgia trip. Fisherman's Horizon does the trick too. Love the VIII soundtrack in general.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
I love these threads as they give me an excuse to drop phat beats on new ears, and I never run out.
Roer: City of Iron and Steel ~ Trails of Cold Steel 1
Heimdall, the Crimson Imperial Capital
JDK's more sophisticated, cosmopolitan side comes to the surface in their calmer, more laid-back games.
Whispers of Oxenfurt (Inst) ~ Witcher 3
Plaintive, empty, achingly beatiful, shame about flubbing the transitions there, though.
Shibuya Underground District ~ Shin Megami Tensei IV
Yo, I heard you liked cyberpunk and FM.
The City on the Deep Blue Sea ~ Etrian Odyssey III
Koshiro's and Generation 7's best soundtrack (check that bass!)
Roer: City of Iron and Steel ~ Trails of Cold Steel 1
Heimdall, the Crimson Imperial Capital
JDK's more sophisticated, cosmopolitan side comes to the surface in their calmer, more laid-back games.
Whispers of Oxenfurt (Inst) ~ Witcher 3
Plaintive, empty, achingly beatiful, shame about flubbing the transitions there, though.
Shibuya Underground District ~ Shin Megami Tensei IV
Yo, I heard you liked cyberpunk and FM.
The City on the Deep Blue Sea ~ Etrian Odyssey III
Koshiro's and Generation 7's best soundtrack (check that bass!)
Ctrl+F Lost Odyssey
You have failed me, GAF. You have failed THIS city.
Or this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W64bdGLk4eM
You have failed me, GAF. You have failed THIS city.
Or this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W64bdGLk4eM
I taught myself to play Home Gardov (Chrono Cross) on a guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HByba-RV2Mk
Square really worked some magic with the Playstation's sound chip. Almost sounds like a real guitar. And that bass line <3<3<3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HByba-RV2Mk
Square really worked some magic with the Playstation's sound chip. Almost sounds like a real guitar. And that bass line <3<3<3
zelhawks37
Member
You're a good person for the Grand Chokmah mention.
I know this thread asks for town themes, but I'm going to post the final boss theme anyway because you do fight it in a town (or close to it anyway). Trails of Cold Steel's Enormous Inner Strength
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vk17U5vxt4
But more seriously, Traverse in Trance from KH DDD's Traverse Town is soooooo goooooooooooooood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yA6CPWR3Hw
Trails in the Sky's Grancel theme is also great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk4XF8uaPNs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vk17U5vxt4
;P
But more seriously, Traverse in Trance from KH DDD's Traverse Town is soooooo goooooooooooooood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yA6CPWR3Hw
Trails in the Sky's Grancel theme is also great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk4XF8uaPNs
These two are my favorite. I find myself whistling this all the time while at work.
Mexen
Member
I would do unspeakable things for a PC port of Skies of Arcadia. I'll settle for PS4 though!
Me too.
Least we have emulation though!
I managed to get the Dreamcast version running on my cheapish Windows Tablet. Was well happy.
TriForce Hero
Member
Ctrl F Goldenrod...
*nothing*
Came on Gaf...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1-VyHIx_SY
Even better, pokemon puzzle challenge version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEi7h6LSA54
*nothing*
Came on Gaf...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1-VyHIx_SY
Even better, pokemon puzzle challenge version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEi7h6LSA54
Mexen
Member
Excellent pick
Orakio Rob
Member
RiderKairuu
Member
The GOAT
https://youtu.be/__lfMKhWKOE
https://youtu.be/__lfMKhWKOE
Worldshaker
Member
My man.
Nocturno999
Member
Star Ocean 2 song destroys them all. It's almost celestial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3KkYhOQDcw
Not a town song but still another great piece from SO2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEF_gqXBsKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3KkYhOQDcw
Not a town song but still another great piece from SO2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEF_gqXBsKM
Saint Anima
Member
Oh yeah, FFXIV has good town music too.
You even get multiple for each town with some specific areas having their own songs, along with day and night variations
Ishgard day theme
Ishgard The Pillars day theme
Ishgard Foundation night theme
Ishgard The Pillars night theme
Ishgard night in The Brume
There's so much that can be considered town music in FFXIV, since you've got the 4 city states, then a fair amount of the settlements in field zones have their own unique music too.
You even get multiple for each town with some specific areas having their own songs, along with day and night variations
Ishgard day theme
Ishgard The Pillars day theme
Ishgard Foundation night theme
Ishgard The Pillars night theme
Ishgard night in The Brume
There's so much that can be considered town music in FFXIV, since you've got the 4 city states, then a fair amount of the settlements in field zones have their own unique music too.
Azure Dreams town theme - not amongst the best but I will always remember this tune...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3FrDWsaCkU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3FrDWsaCkU
Deft Beck
Member
I really like the Yewbell town theme from Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits, ever since I started playing it through PS2 Classics on PS4.
Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
https://youtu.be/gi9EhzKjZSs
https://youtu.be/gi9EhzKjZSs
Agent Unknown
Member
Great thread idea. Here are my faves:
Earthbound:
This is quintessential, carefree "walking through the grass in the sun, having fun on a summer time afternoon" music, so good.
Twoson's shift in theme from the first town is perfect, you go from Onett's summertime time to a very pleasant yet bittersweet Fall theme. To me, this music feels like listening to a Beatles album on a Sunday afternoon as a kid while you contemplate having to start a new school year.
Winter's town theme itself is great but the boarding school theme the best, it evokes such a peaceful feeling of waking up on a cloudy, misty winter day.
Dragon Quest V (DS):
These are both lovely, positive, old school day time town themes. They both evoke a positive feeling of optimism and "hey, life is good and has possibilities. Have fun out there!" Fairy Lea has an especially light hearted feel.
Not exactly a town theme per se, this is a lovely and very melancholy theme usually played in transitional areas such as harbors and guard towers in between towns or regions. It's a sad yet beautiful theme which nicely captures the bittersweet, hard life the hero of the game goes through. There is another very melancholy theme I can't find which plays only at night in certain towns such as Whealbrook which carries the same sentiment.
Chrono Trigger
A warm, peaceful home theme, just wonderful.
Action packed, positive theme which captures the hectic yet energetic and happy hometown lives of Crono and Lucca before they get pulled into their epic journey and meet new friends. A classic medieval fair theme.
Beautiful, there was actually a thread last year I'm trying to find which was specifically about best winter town themes.
Earthbound:
This is quintessential, carefree "walking through the grass in the sun, having fun on a summer time afternoon" music, so good.
Twoson's shift in theme from the first town is perfect, you go from Onett's summertime time to a very pleasant yet bittersweet Fall theme. To me, this music feels like listening to a Beatles album on a Sunday afternoon as a kid while you contemplate having to start a new school year.
Winter's town theme itself is great but the boarding school theme the best, it evokes such a peaceful feeling of waking up on a cloudy, misty winter day.
Dragon Quest V (DS):
These are both lovely, positive, old school day time town themes. They both evoke a positive feeling of optimism and "hey, life is good and has possibilities. Have fun out there!" Fairy Lea has an especially light hearted feel.
Not exactly a town theme per se, this is a lovely and very melancholy theme usually played in transitional areas such as harbors and guard towers in between towns or regions. It's a sad yet beautiful theme which nicely captures the bittersweet, hard life the hero of the game goes through. There is another very melancholy theme I can't find which plays only at night in certain towns such as Whealbrook which carries the same sentiment.
Chrono Trigger
A warm, peaceful home theme, just wonderful.
Action packed, positive theme which captures the hectic yet energetic and happy hometown lives of Crono and Lucca before they get pulled into their epic journey and meet new friends. A classic medieval fair theme.
Beautiful, there was actually a thread last year I'm trying to find which was specifically about best winter town themes.
Will always be the greatest of all time.
