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Celtic Guardian 7 Posted: 6/9/2010 8:14:18 PM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 151
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Final Toccata - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kAccvZuyzo


I managed to play enough through my crummy speakers to figure out that it was the piece I thought it was. I never cared much for it in the first place. Then it had the nerve to be played EVERYWHERE. So yeah, thumbs down SotN, thumbs down on you. =(

Blue Rogues' Theme - Skies of Arcadia

I'll have to listen to this when I get home. Even though I played Skies of Arcadia, I'm not familiar with most of the music titles.

Okay, I don't recognize any of the other pieces posted, not even the one from Fire Emblem 10, I'll have to listen to them later.

Wow, I'm actually surprised by how much I liked this one. It really reminds of... some other piece, but as usual I can't remember which.

I'm usually not a fan of noisy pieces, but this one is just great.
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Celtic Guardian 7 Posted: 6/9/2010 8:19:21 PM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 152
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Lost Painting - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYwS6481oQk&feature=related


Since I was not pleased at all with Kenri's choice from SotN, I posted one of my personal favorites. This is a beautiful piece that plays, if I recall correctly, at the inverted library, if not a few other locations.

I will agree that in most locations of the castle, this music track would suck for atmosphere. But for the inverted library? It works better than you'd think. Plus it's just so good that I wouldn't care even if it didn't fit. So there.

That said, I really have no idea where the title came from. So don't ask me.
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Kenri of the Yuri Posted: 6/10/2010 4:01:43 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 153
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I managed to play enough through my crummy speakers to figure out that it was the piece I thought it was. I never cared much for it in the first place. Then it had the nerve to be played EVERYWHERE. So yeah, thumbs down SotN, thumbs down on you. =(

What's the matter? Too Inverted Castle for you?

>_>

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Lost Painting - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Bah, Lost Painting gets all the love. Nobody ever stands up for Final Toccata.

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Since I was not pleased at all with Kenri's choice from SotN

I've got a list of future songs to do. Both Final Toccata and Lost Painting were on that list, along with a few others from SotN.

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That said, I really have no idea where the title came from. So don't ask me.

Castlevania's names are all terrible purple prose anyway. I think there's a track named like... Iron Blue Intrusion or something. What does that even mean. <_<
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Kenri of the Yuri Posted: 6/10/2010 4:20:22 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 154
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To a Distant Land - Riviera: The Promised Land
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9EIcYqb88s

Probably my second favorite track from Riviera, after Tetyth's theme, but like I said in that writeup, the soundtrack is really, really amazing in general. In any case, funny story about To a Distant Land, I was SURE this was FE10's looking-at-a-world-map-and-having-story-narration music, but I was unable to find that on YouTube to confirm it. Then I booted up Riviera to find the name of the Tetyth track and whoops, turns out it was Riviera's looking-at-a-world-map-etc music. Well, I found it funny, at least. <_<

I'm not sure if it's possible to have perfect... looking at a map/travel music, but if it is, then this is it. It gives a sense of wonder of the open world in the first few seconds (also my favorite part of the song) before moving into a more subtle, making-progress-towards-a-destination melody. Hopefully that made sense; being a writing guy and definitely not a music guy, I have to describe music using imagery, and sometimes I wonder if what I'm saying makes any sense at all to people who aren't me. >_>; In any case, I don't consider To a Distant Land to be like, oh my god amazing, but as far as fitting the situation it plays during, it's pretty much second to none.

(As an aside, I could have sworn this track was called To a Distant Land in-game, but every YouTube video lists it as To a/the Distance Place, so I dunno.)
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xp1337 Posted: 6/10/2010 4:42:39 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 155
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I'm really not. At least not intentionally. <_<

No, you totally are. At the very least it helps things make sense. >_>

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I'm pretty sure I turned off animations in FE10 immediately, like the second I gained the ability to,

So did I. Although on one of my playthroughs I think I started turning it back on for the boss fights, but even then, you barely hear the song, and definitely not in any complete form. Except maybe if you don't advance the boss dialogue... but I forget if that takes place within the animation or outside of it.
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xp1337 Posted: 6/10/2010 4:44:10 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 156
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Last Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POhGCEC4gN4&fmt=18

Probably one of the more atmospheric songs I know of/enjoy. I have to state at the front that the full effect is completely impossible without experiencing it in-game, because you need the sound effects/other effects mixed in with the song to get that. Definitely at last the sound effects.

[Spoiler for Majora's Mask... I guess, probably not, but hey why not, click to show]Specifically the ringing of the clock tower in the background, along with the rumble growing as the moon gets closer and closer.
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[Spoiler for Majora's Mask sidequests and this is closer to actual "spoilers" as far as you can spoil sidequests, click to show]Honestly the best part of the entire Anju/Kafei quest might be waiting in the inn room with Anju with this song playing, all the effects, the rumbling, etc. With the countdown clock up where the time display was, it's amazing.
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xp1337 Posted: 6/10/2010 11:35:55 PM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 157
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Tales of Vesperia - A Wavering Taboo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQSOkqj3n8o&fmt=18

Not 100% sure on the song name, because as I was saying much earlier in the topic, I'm pretty sure there's the names listed in the in-game Sound Test and the names I see everywhere else. I think this is the right one from the Sound Test, but yeah.

Anyway, Vesperia hands out its best dungeon music in like the second dungeon (and the first real one, IMO.) It actually keeps up quality dungeon music early for the most part. I almost wish this song was saved for later in a more epic/dramatic moment, but hey, I can't really complain when the result is a song like this.
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Celtic Guardian 7 Posted: 6/10/2010 11:54:45 PM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 158
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Bah, Lost Painting gets all the love. Nobody ever stands up for Final Toccata.

For good reason-Final Toccata sucks, Lost Painting doesn't. =D

Castlevania's names are all terrible purple prose anyway. I think there's a track named like... Iron Blue Intrusion or something. What does that even mean. <_<

At least Victorian Fear sort of made sense. ...That's about the only one I can think of though. Hurrr.

To a Distant Land - Riviera: The Promised Land
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9EIcYqb88s


Well it's not BAD, but I never really paid attention to this song ingame. *Shrugs*

So did I. Although on one of my playthroughs I think I started turning it back on for the boss fights, but even then, you barely hear the song, and definitely not in any complete form. Except maybe if you don't advance the boss dialogue... but I forget if that takes place within the animation or outside of it.

As someone who never turns the fights off, I can safely say that you can keep the boss dialogue up to listen to it. The fighting doesn't happen until the dialogue ends.
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Celtic Guardian 7 Posted: 6/11/2010 12:02:03 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 159
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Secret Base - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ziJkEkDsRw


In before xp makes fun of my choice. Because he will somehow. I so don't care though. I want to celebrate a Naoto figure finally being made and I will do so by posting this piece. ...Okay it's a chibi figure but still, it's SOMETHING for my rabid fangirl self to cling on to!

http://myfigurecollection.net/figure/38176_shirogane_naoto

Anyhow, Persona 4's soundtrack has some of my favorite tracks on it. This one is definitely my favorite dungeon theme. It might be my favorite on the entire thing (yeah I went there) but that's hard to say with pieces like Fog and The Almighty competing against it. In any case I love it to bits.

It probably helps that this goes to my favorite character in Persona 4, and my favorite character in video games besides Axel (which probably says a lot about me but let's just move on). I love Naoto's dungeon and this piece just goes so well with it. I would sometimes stop in the middle of a deserted hallway just to listen to it for a while before going 'oh yeah more plot waiting'. Point is, even if I'm the only person who likes it that much, I will stand up proudly for it. >_>
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xp1337 Posted: 6/11/2010 12:26:19 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 160
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Bah, Lost Painting gets all the love. Nobody ever stands up for Final Toccata.

For good reason-Final Toccata sucks, Lost Painting doesn't. =D


Whoa. Looks like I better step in and see what all this is about before things get crazy here! >_>

...I'm siding with Final Toccata here. The second half drags on (or at least seems like it) but the first half is more than enough to let it beat Lost Painting. Lost Painting is somewhere between above-average and good. Final Toccata is either in that same range, but higher, or just maybe at "good."

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Secret Base - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

I knew this would be coming eventually! >_>

In before xp makes fun of my choice. Because he will somehow.

Well, I probably would have just left it at "Not even Top 3 in Persona 4 Dungeon Themes, maybe even like Top 4 or 5 depending on my mood at the time." However, now I feel compelled to live up to this hype or something! >_>

It might be my favorite on the entire thing (yeah I went there)

Okay, yeah, this is not cool. Secret Base isn't even Top 10 overall in Persona 4.

Fog and The Almighty competing against it

Compete? They destroy it. >_>

It probably helps that this goes to my favorite character in Persona 4

Beaten by like 75% of the Persona 3 cast! But they beat out almost any cast so that's normal. Also beaten by like 4 characters within Persona 4 itself. >_>

besides Axel

Not even Top 4 Organization XIII tbqh. >_>
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Celtic Guardian 7 Posted: 6/11/2010 12:34:59 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 161
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Ah, you never fail to rip apart my loves. =D

I think the main thing with Final Toccata is that it's not that great to begin with. Then it plays everywhere. EVERYWHERE. I wanted to dropkick the inverted castle out a window because it was all this piece. If it had only played in a few areas I'd have a slightly higher opinion of it.
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xp1337 Posted: 6/11/2010 12:57:30 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 162
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Ah, you never fail to rip apart my loves. =D

Actually, if you look back at the topic, I'm pretty sure the majority of the songs you posted that I could listen to I liked! In fact, some of them I liked enough that it was causing me to have to adjust the songs I was going with because you used them! I think there's even at least one case where my "complaint" was that you didn't rank it as highly as I did! >_>

It's just then Secret Base showed up. >_>

I think the main thing with Final Toccata is that it's not that great to begin with.

Better than Lost Painting to begin with though, which is what I was saying. Maybe if I had to listen to it endlessly I'd end up switching the songs, but based on listening to them both once, I'm siding with Final Toccata.
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Kenri of the Yuri Posted: 6/11/2010 6:20:38 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 163
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I think technically this is SPOILERS FOR POKEMON DIAMOND/PEARL, but seriously, no one treats this as spoilers anymore so whatever.



Champion Cynthia (Before the Battle) - Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zufnxiK4Lxs

It's been over a week since my last selection from Pokemon which means it's Pokemon time again! yaaaaaaaaay. Fun for everyone involved. Except xp, but oh well. <_<

I really like this song track. It's easily my favorite track from Diamond/Pearl. When the game was released, there was a lot of buzz about how awesome Cynthia's theme was, and I honestly thought people were talking about this track. The actual Cynthia battle music is okay but honestly, after playing so many Pokemon games so many times each, all of the battle music has just sort of blurred together in my mind with the result being that I don't really care about any of it. But, again, getting off topic.

When you enter the champion's room at the end of DPP's Elite Four and see Cynthia waiting for you, you know you're in for the fight of your life. I maintain that Cynthia is far and away the toughest champion in the series, possibly one of the toughest fights in the series in general (which is nice, considering she's also the first female champion, and they could've easily copped out and made her a failure like, for example, all of GSC's female gym leaders). She's not really hyped up like the previous four champions were (to varying extents), but she's possibly more intimidating than all of them combined just due to exuding a sheer presence of extreme power whenever she shows up. That's really the best way I can describe it. And then this song track plays and just makes the scene; the piece is beautiful and elegant, but it has a lot of power behind it. Just the perfect song track for the situation and character it plays for.

It's also quite a bit different from usual Pokemon music, which is nice. And I'll echo the complaint of the person who uploaded it to YouTube: If only it were longer D:
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Celtic Guardian 7 Posted: 6/11/2010 4:09:14 PM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 164
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Actually, if you look back at the topic, I'm pretty sure the majority of the songs you posted that I could listen to I liked! In fact, some of them I liked enough that it was causing me to have to adjust the songs I was going with because you used them! I think there's even at least one case where my "complaint" was that you didn't rank it as highly as I did! >_>

It's just then Secret Base showed up. >_>


True, but it sounds funnier the way I say it!

Better than Lost Painting to begin with though, which is what I was saying. Maybe if I had to listen to it endlessly I'd end up switching the songs, but based on listening to them both once, I'm siding with Final Toccata.

Fair enough I suppose.

Champion Cynthia (Before the Battle) - Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zufnxiK4Lxs


Good theme. Her battle theme's better though (not that that's a con, it's one of my absolute favorite Pokemon soundtracks). Also, I love that the piano you can buy for your resort plays this piece.
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Celtic Guardian 7 Posted: 6/11/2010 4:11:06 PM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 165
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Strange Wind - Phantom Brave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBwqTPKgcSI


I haven't actually gotten through Phantom Brave, but out of what I played, this was far and away my favorite piece. It really fits the battle it plays in, which is against a duelist swordsman. Just him, but boy are you screwed the first time you fight him. At least the music makes you being beaten up a bit nicer. >_>

So yeah. I'd go into more detail on that, but it's spoilers. So overall, fabulous theme for a FABULOUS character. Also a fun battle piece.
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xp1337 Posted: 6/12/2010 1:48:05 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 166
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Xenosaga III - Assault
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9GXF75D29k&fmt=18

Another really atmospheric piece that would benefit even more from sound effects and the visuals... so basically the atmosphere... that was redundant! I'm not sure where this would rank for me against all Xenosaga III songs, but of the non-battle ones, this is either #1 or #2 (the other song of those two is one that seems to just not exist in any form other than the game itself or something, which may be just as well because the title of it might be considered spoilers since it'd be an unofficial title [because only like half of the songs in Xenosaga III were given official names, and in fact Assault wasn't one of them, but this is a variant of sorts from a song in Xenosaga II named Assault, so yeah], which would likely just be the area name.)
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Kenri of the Yuri Posted: 6/12/2010 7:41:41 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 167
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I swear, I will listen to and comment on all the other songs posted so far that I haven't gotten around to yet, but I've just been so preoccupied with Kingdom Hearts and with being a lazy slacker. <_<


Final Bowser Battle - Super Mario Galaxy 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2GHF8icAXI&fmt=18

Funny story: The original purpose of this topic was to post music from games I was currently playing. Gosh, I sure thought that out so well, didn't I? As if I play enough games to even approach a goal like that. >_>;

Anyway, this isn't my favorite track from SMG2, but it's one of the ones that really jumped out at me when I played through the game.

[Spoiler for huge, life threatening Super Mario Galaxy 2 spoilers! ...As if that game even had a story..., click to show]Part of that was the setting. You're fighting Bowser while being pulled into a black hole. You basically have to keep free-falling onto meteorites, then ground pound them to fire them at Bowser, while he flies around and tries to punch you. It is awesome. But it is also extremely easy. I'm honestly not sure if you can even get hurt in that fight, now that I think about it.

That said, the atmosphere of the fight is incredible, and this song only adds to it. While it's not actually Ominous Latin Chanting, it certainly evokes the same feeling - the feeling that your foe has become warped by power and that the battle is becoming increasingly hopeless. Considering what happened after you beat Bowser in the FIRST Super Mario Galaxy, probably not a bad conclusion!

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Celtic Guardian 7 Posted: 6/12/2010 10:34:27 PM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 168
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Nothing I can comment on (silly laptop speakers), so...

Ushiwaka's Dance-Playing With Ushiwaka - Okami
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ph973FrkUs


That's the name I have it as from my soundtrack, anyway. But there's a lot of different names for it, especially since Ushiwaka (or Ushikawa as some have it) was his Japanese name. Waka is the one most people know him as IN AMERICA!

So, yeah. Waka's amazing, thus he gets an amazing battle theme. It's actually very similar to Red Helmet Extermination from the same game, except with flute parts added. Red Helmet Extermination is nice too, but I absolutely love the flute parts. This is probably my favorite track in the game. Not the best, I'd say, but my personal favorite. Then again, the entire Okami soundtrack is one of the best I've had the pleasure of hearing. I might even put it right behind Xenogears. Hard to say.

Not bad for a half-baked prophet, I'd say.
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xp1337 Posted: 6/13/2010 1:46:08 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 169
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Persona 3 - The Battle For Everyone's Souls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdMhTL5bZrs&fmt=18

Probably the best song in Persona 3 and one of the top-tier boss themes, in my opinion. If this boss battle wasn't already epic, this song would make it so regardless. Going to say that while I'm not sure if it's a popular opinion or not, I don't particularly care for the "vocals" here. My favorite part is just before that, from about 55 seconds to about 105 seconds (also known as "when the vocals start"), and specifically when the song drops to focus mostly on just the piano at around 78 seconds until the aforementioned 105 second mark.
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Kenri of the Yuri Posted: 6/13/2010 7:10:28 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 170
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The Smile of You - Elebits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0c0a2jNrM0

I said in my writeup for Me and My Little War that there are only two notable Elebits songs, even though the soundtrack is great. MaMLW is one. This is the other. Beware, though, it's the ending song, and it's got lyrics. So... I guess maybe it counts as spoilers to actually listen to it? I swear I didn't mean to do three spoiler days in a row; tomorrow won't be one, I promise. Anyway...

Like a lot of the songs with lyrics that I've posted in this topic, I'm really not sure how I feel about this one. I like all the parts of this song, so I guess I must like the song itself, but... I dunno. This is why when I listen to non-video game music, I just stick to classics from the 60s/70s/lol80s, it's so much easier to determine whether I like it or not. <_< In any case, this song is somewhat notable because it has absolutely nothing to do with Elebits at all. Some games, you know, the ending song will be at least somewhat related to the game's happenings, but in this case it could not be any more irrelevant.

One thing I can say about this song is that I really, genuinely like the lyrics. Check it out. It's uh... pretty sappy, but that very well might be why I like it. >_>

And... hell, here's the Japanese version. Why not.

The Smile of You (Japanese version) - Elebits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TcdNcAnEEg

I actually think I like this version a little bit better, though I couldn't tell you why, especially since I just said I really like the English lyrics. <_<; Oh well.

one of these days I will do a writeup that isn't a cop-out
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Celtic Guardian 7 Posted: 6/13/2010 3:41:29 PM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 171
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Disgaea - Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3Zh87YYQXE&feature=related


I like Disgaea's soundtrack overall, so it was hard to pick a piece from it to post. I eventually went with this one for the overall epic feel it gives the final fight.

This thing screams final boss music, and it adds to the atmosphere of it nicely. I especially like the voices since I'm a sucker for those sorts of things. I *think* it's saying "Armageddon" but I could easily be wrong.

This is also, if I recall correctly, the only piece to come without change into the Disgaea 2 OST. xp can correct me if I'm wrong in that regard.

[Spoiler for Disgaea 2, click to show]As if Laharl appearing to fight you wasn't enough to freak you out, have this playing along with it. You are so screwed. >_> Which then gets turned around with Disgaea Rhapsody playing to tell Laharl HE'S screwed. Amazing what music can do.
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So yeah, this'll have to be one of my favorite battle themes from Disgaea. Not my absolute favorite probably, if I really had to think it over, but it's up there.
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xp1337 Posted: 6/13/2010 11:54:25 PM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 172
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Disgaea - Disgaea: Hour of Darkness

Quality song right here. I've been avoiding Disgaea 1 myself because Kenri and I basically talked about the entire thing earlier in the topic, so yeah. >_>

the only piece to come without change into the Disgaea 2 OST

Aren't there quite a few, actually?

I don't recall any changes to Underworld, Witch Hunting, Anthem of Braves, or any number of other songs.
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xp1337 Posted: 6/14/2010 1:07:44 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 173
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I beat .hack//Infection earlier, so time for another bonus edition! This is actually probably a pretty questionable bonus edition for me on a long-term scale, because I'm pretty sure for the most part a lot of the songs are the same throughout .hack//Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, and Quarantine, so I'm not entirely sure what I'll do there, but hey why not!

Bonus Edition - .hack//Infection!

.hack//Infection - Phase 1: Skeith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51mupEJaBIk&fmt=18

Before I played .hack//Infection, this was the only song I was familiar with from Infection, Mutation, etc. And I knew when I got into this topic it was only a matter of time before it appeared, and here we are! I just love pretty much all of the effects in this song.

[Spoiler for .hack//Infection... I'll probably be the only one to read this., click to show]
Aside from basically being Skeith's Theme (I believe the first place it plays is at the end of the tutorial dungeon when Kite and Orca run into Skeith and Skeith just utterly wrecks Orca) it also plays in the final battle of the game, against - no surprise - Skeith. This was honestly probably one of the more challenging boss battles I've played in quite a long time. Throughout pretty much the entire rest of the game, while I have to pay more attention then I usually have to for most RPGs to make sure my party doesn't get killed, it wasn't really bad at all, just had to keep an eye on the HP values during all fights and set someone/everyone to First Aid if things started getting low.

...Skeith is just on another level. I pretty much never had to use items in any other battle in the game, against Skeith? I don't think I last more than about 10 seconds without spamming them to keep everyone alive (and even then Skeith can pretty much decide if he wants to do more damage faster than I can heal it.) Anyone who can two-shot Kite and BlackRose and seemingly attack as fast as Skeith can is terrifying. Definitely a case where the final boss is much, much harder than the bonus boss and deservedly so, because tbqh no other enemy in the game has a case to be stronger than Skeith, IMO.
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.hack//Infection - Dungeon ~ Castle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql49FRNRg-s&fmt=18

As I was saying before, Phase 1: Skeith was the only song I was familiar with prior to the game, and I thought it would probably be my favorite overall. ...This song certainly gave that a run, and I think it might actually be my favorite from the game instead.

I first heard it in the game as a part of a story event and thought it might be semi-unique to that dungeon, but then I learned that it would play in any castle dungeon (which after seeing the name in-game later, is made obvious) which was awesome. And then later I unlocked it as a song that could be played on the in-game desktop, which was just incredible. Like, that sounds lame, but trust me, it is, especially reading some of the more plot-important E-Mails with this in the background... and okay, I'll stop.

A slight note on this though, the version of the song in the link is actually a kind of hybrid, at about 40 seconds to 80 seconds, the pace of the song noticeably increases, that's because it starts playing the faster version of the song that occurs during battles. I prefer just the dungeon version (but don't get me wrong, I really like the battle version too,) but in looking for a version with just that I ended up getting spoiled on a point and so gave up on that search, though it wasn't going anywhere even before then.
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Celtic Guardian 7 Posted: 6/14/2010 1:39:40 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 174
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Aren't there quite a few, actually?

I don't recall any changes to Underworld, Witch Hunting, Anthem of Braves, or any number of other songs.


Fact is, I don't recall those playing at all. Did they play in postgame/optional missions?

...And now that I think about it, I'm surprised Great Wilder didn't show up on that. They carried it from La Pucelle to Disgaea so I thought they might make a trend of continuing to bring over that theme. Guess not.

But yeah, besides Disgaea, the only theme I remember being brought over was Etna Boogie (eeeeeh), but it got remixed.
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xp1337 Posted: 6/14/2010 1:55:32 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 175
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Underworld and Witch Hunting play in Chapter 8 and also in the Item World.

Anthem of Braves definitely plays but I can't recall where.

Great Wilder plays definitely in the Item World, forget if it's anywhere else.

And I'm sure there's a bunch more, I just don't recall the entire soundtrack. I can think of a few more but some are postgame stuff you haven't gotten to so I guess it'd be spoilers.
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Celtic Guardian 7 Posted: 6/14/2010 2:14:41 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 176
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That explains some things. I never touched the Item World for my run except when it was required. As for chapter eight, I just don't-OH. Oh. You are totally right. Now I recall it. XD

In any case, it's pretty cool that so many new awesome songs were added AND that a lot were brought over. It makes for a really solid soundtrack. ...Even if the ones in Disgaea 2 totally blow out most of the older ones. (And that's not a negative, I liked Disgaea's soundtrack!)
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xp1337 Posted: 6/14/2010 2:26:26 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 177
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Well, yeah, Disgaea 2 basically took almost all of the awesome songs from Disgaea and then on top of that made the rest of the soundtrack songs that were even better.
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Epyon Posted: 6/14/2010 3:39:15 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 178
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Beyond the Colosseum - Demon's Crest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtrFSnyvEX0&fmt=18

A platformer game about Firebrand the demon trying to unite 6 crests all while being hunted down by a demon overlord and his general. This game is somewhat like a gothic horror platformer, and while a bit on the easy side, themes like this really bring out the struggle Firebrand faces as he gathers the crests.

And that title screen is fucking amazing.
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Kenri of the Yuri Posted: 6/14/2010 7:48:13 AM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 179
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Roper (Stage 3) - Battletoads & Double Dragon (SNES)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E-_TG7vGP0

So Battletoads & Double Dragon was one of my favorite games as a kid, though I had the Genesis version and this song track is from the SNES version. I think I like this version more though. I don't have a lot of memories about Stage 3, mainly because whenever I tried to play this game, it went down like this:

Stage 1: Easy.
Stage 2: Easy... until you get to the Turbo Tunnel-esque segment. Yeeeeaaaah...
Stage 3: Medium difficulty. Lots of annoying enemies, like crows and kinky whip ladies. But if I even made it this far, I had like, one or two lives, at most.
Stage 4: Some bull**** shmup thing that, if I ever made it here (which I think I did, like, once, ever), I'd just die immediately and that would be that.

That said, I like Stage 3's music a lot. A lot of Stage 3 is spent climbing down ropes further into the enemy base (or whatever the flavor is, whatever, it's a base and there are enemies). This song track works really well for that. It's sort of half-actiony and half-stealthy, which is a perfect fit. I have to say, I like the stealthy portions a lot better (one kicks in at 2:05, if you don't know what I'm talking about), but really the song piece works best as a hybrid. I wouldn't remove the actiony parts if I had a choice, in other words.

There's also this:

Roper (Stage 3) - Battletoads & Double Dragon (Genesis)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E2Nr39Odzk&fmt=18

I don't like this version quite as well, but it does some stuff I do enjoy, and I know some people like it a lot more, so yeah.
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Celtic Guardian 7 Posted: 6/14/2010 8:27:07 PM UTC | Message Detail | Filter | Author Profile | # 180
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U.N. Owen Was Her? - Touhou Project: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYQHMSN13j4


Touhou Project usually doesn't have pieces that I would describe as creepy. Lots of adjectives, but not creepy. This track is an exception to that rule. This is the theme for fighting Flandre Scarlet, who I sadly don't know all that much about. From what I have collected, however, she is the most difficult boss in the game (which says a LOT), she's a vampire, and she's axe crazy. Oh and she likes to burn things. I myself love her wings, they're flipping Christmas tree lights! In any case, what little I've heard about her makes her to be an eerie character that this theme seems to fit.

Sweet Little Sister (Silver Forest Remix) - Touhou Project: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS-_5Ln4CJU


Okay, the creepiness of the first piece? It just got upped by eleven, especially towards the end. I don't know what the lyrics translate to, and they'd probably actually make the eerie feeling be lost if I did. But that part at the end... it almost sounds like something I'd give someone with multiple personality disorder. Which I don't think Flandre has, but really, it makes it all the more hair-raising. For me anyway. Others could easily disagree. >_>

Scramble Girl (Next Flower Remix) - Touhou Project: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiZDA8AjcUU&playnext_from=TL&videos=DuI2s10EDOY


And one more remix for good measure. I'm not familiar at all with the album it came from (unlike Silver Forest, which I have listened to several times). But this remix is just AWESOME. Radical guitar FTW. It loses the creepiness entirely but makes up for it by sounding sweet anyway. <_<
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