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I am thrilled to see Shatter, Neo Tokyo, Bourne Conspiracy and Amon Tobin's glorious Chaos Theory OST already mentioned.
Double Agent and even Conviction had great soundtracks as well. And don't forget Deus Ex: Human Revolution's. Jesper Kyd's work on Hitman and Assassin's Creed is glorious too.
Battlefield 3.
No, seriously.
The Battlefield 3 campaign sucks but holy hell god damn if its soundtrack isn't 1. totally awesome and 2. totally not something you'd expect. Seriously, listen to this. Sure, the main theme just sounds like it's been run through Bitcrusher in Garageband a few too many times, but the actual soundtrack is totally nuts. 80s synth, weird beats, and even some spooky ambient tracks.
It's a real shame that it was all used in such a poor campaign.
Oh, and a Public Service Announcement for the best almost-a-soundtrack-but-it-never-really-came-out-because-the-mod-died: NeoTokyo
Neotokyo- Just brought the soundtrack last week. Amazing music.
Annul- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM6eZJRurFk&feature=related
Departure- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msFbOHoouPs&feature=related
I think that was the first game soundtrack I ever imported.Do people know about Ridge Racer Type 4's soundtrack? I hope so.
Ooh, and an addendum to this: Drakengard's amazing terrifying chopped-up-classical-music OST is something else. I really wish more games had crazy, risky soundtracks like this.
Another one of those surprise soundtracks that just popped out of nowhere! Man oh man, Jake Kaufman (Virt) is on a roll. Right as the soundtrack plays, youre greeted with a dastardly upbeat and catchy melody that hits you with a bang. Its an arrangement of the theme used for the Mighty series, and its probably one of the finest versions.
Much like with the Radiant Historia soundtrack, the quality of the tracks definitely outweigh the quantity. The stage BGMs obviously got the most attention. From Caught Red-Handed with its pumping dance melodies and dropped/skipped beats throughout and wonderful bass in the middle, to Love You Love You Love with the beautiful piano keywork leading into the heavy synth and suffocating pulsating beat and catchy melody, to
the utterly wonderful (and obvious best theme on the album) Whoa Im in Space Cuba with its gosh darn catchy as shit synth melody that you cant help but to hum and sing along to and that piano interlude is genius, getting a little jazzy as you get further into the theme and then the beat drops out leaving us with the synth melody and piano alone. This is my jam.
Apprehend Them! is also wonderful, but its really hard to top Space Cuba. Final Boss is also amazing with fast synth, bells, and the synth moving and out of the rhythm. Its a delight.
If you like the soundtrack, dont hesitate to pick it up and support virt. Its absolutely wonderful, and filled with catchy melodies, Whoa Im in Space Cuba, and delightful instrumentation. Theres a lot of talent here, and Im looking forward to what virt will wow us with next. Oh, and theres a wonderful 8-bit mix of Whoa Im in Space Cuba on the actual album. Its fantastic and wonderfully-mixed. This soundtrack blew me away. Kaufman should be proud of his accomplishments so far because the stuff hes worked on is astoundingly rich in catchy rhythms and great instrumentation. Great work.
Motoi Sakuraba was the only composer credited on this album. While we know Sakuraba sticks to a rather rigid formula for Tales soundtracks (or game soundtracks in general if we want to get picky), he does take a bit of a departure here and there. In-game, the soundtrack works very well, with many of the melodies fitting a lot of the landscapes and the battle music standing out the most. As a result of some of these departures taken, I think Sakuraba has composed a rather mature Tales soundtrack, one of the best in the entire series, with varying musical genres and entertaining compositional work.
Some of the tracks that sound more atmospheric than your typical Sakuraba tracks include The Root of Evil and Rampant Malice. I had listened to the soundtrack out of context prior to playing the game, so these struck me as pretty different. They work very well in the game. The town themes are also great and interesting (since Sakuraba rather than Tamura composed them), with A Merchant Town Full of Life and A Royal City Enveloped by the Night. Tender pieces like Illuminated by the Sunlight, and sombre pieces like The Meaning of the Mission are just wonderfully arranged and have great instrumentation with piano (and violin in the latter piece). There is a lot of eastern influence seen in pieces like A Mountain Village in the Dawn as well, which enhances those setpieces Eastern-based aesthetics very well. Sakuraba also returns to some of his bombastic composition in Believe in Me, and its certainly nice to hear once again. He also infuses some nice jazz in A City of Another Civilization, something I enjoy listening to from time to time outside of the game.
I like the Tales battle music. I like the driving guitars and the rapid tempo, so themes like Indomitable Fists that Know No Equal (which I think is one of the best pieces hes ever composed in this manner, btw, with the blazing guitars and the brass addition) and That Fist, Blinking Decision dont put me off at all. I played through Judes portion of the game first, so I didnt hear the Milla battle themes much until I played her section in a NG+. My Sword Shall Open the Way and The School Outfit DLC battle theme sound great and somewhat refreshing with the awesome violin work in them. Battle for a Future to Believe In is also one of the best resolutions to a soundtrack that Ive heard him compose with the choral and orchestral sample work.
This is one of my favorite soundtracks of all time. Absolutely fantastic choice, man.
Just look it up... TRUST ME!
Shatter.
Everyone should know about Shatter.
Everyone should listen to Shatter.
Everyone should love Shatter.
There was an official, purchasable soundtrack for "The World Ends With You"?
Shit just got real...
de Blob 1+2
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-8l-49-en-70-241j.htmlThere was an official, purchasable soundtrack for "The World Ends With You"?
Shit just got real...
100% I haven't been disappointed by any of his music, but I really think this is the strongest so far. It reminds me of good, loud arcade game music and older anime themes!Mighty Switch Force! is a virt soundtrack which I would highly recommend. It generated a lot of disucssion in GAF's Soundtrack of the Year 2011 awards thread. I'll just post my writeups for it.
Xenoblade. Everyone needs to listen to it.
Edit: Adding it here because many people didn't play it. Or had the chance...
Glad to see i've been beaten to it, both de Blob games have great soundtracks that are very much intertwined with the gameplay itself.
de Blob: Euphoric
de Blob 2: The Colourist Agenda
Ooh, I forgot about this fantastic sound track. If you want more in this style, the band that recorded them is called the Bamboos, they're a fantastic Aussie band and worth tracking down.
Dat Moonlight Sonata