To be more specific, it reminds me of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crAYEScFaEc). Listen very closely to the first few seconds of both. I don't know if it's just me but I'm hearing similarities... Maybe a little bit of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DsVkkHH51E&feature=related) too.

I liked that teddy boy bit, although there is very little music in the gamerip. It reminds me of the original gameboy sounds more than pokemon itself, but it does remind me of the poke center/town melodies a bit, like this one : YouTube - Pokemon Blue/Red - Pokemon Center (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjZIjHu0OfY)

Actually, listening to it again, it doesn't really remind me of that last video. .... Whatever!

I think I'm hearing it a bit now Smarty.... but maybe I'm just trying to hear it too much, I honestly can't tell :D



It reminds me of the original gameboy sounds more than pokemon itself

This however I heard immediately

Come on, inactivity again for a week? If nobody posts in the next 24 hours I'm taking the U. Not sure exactly what I'm gonna post though... I'll find something.

I already posted the only U that I really enjoy, although I did a crappy job. :(

I'll probably post Uncharted 2. Can't think of any other U game right now O_o

Oh my god, it's been 2 months... How did I forget about this? Right, Uncharted 2.



Good game, great soundtrack. Tries too hard to be movie, still enjoyable nonetheless. Main Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar4KM4FXBEQ&feature=related), Nate's Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkPF5UiDi4g&feature=related), Marco Polo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5e_QvyK6GU&feature=related), Among Thieves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0cfZROUrOc&feature=related), Breaking and Entering (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4gL62XMVhk&feature=related), Warzone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wXoWT4oHDI&feature=related), Cornered (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlPuxPItpmo&feature=related)
The rest of the soundtrack is most definitely worth checking out. I can't really say any more about the games, since it's been a while since I played it and I don't really remember anything. Hope to see you guys post more stuff.

Revival! :D I can think of two Vs: Viva Pinata and Valkyrie Profile. I'll give it another day or so to see if I can think of something cooler.

Two words: Valkyria Chronicles. Easily Sakimoto's best soundtrack, after FFXII.

Valkyria Chronicles... I could make the post if you wish... Although I don't think it ranks among the best stuff of Sakimoto.

Wizards and Warriors composed by David Wise.

And here's a great version of the title music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZBN9pcCmT8

Two words: Valkyria Chronicles. Easily Sakimoto's best soundtrack, after FFXII.


Valkyria Chronicles... I could make the post if you wish... Although I don't think it ranks among the best stuff of Sakimoto.

Yeah, somebody should do Valkyria Chronicles. I've only heard it once, so I'll defer to someone who's more familiar with it.

Yeah, somebody should do Valkyria Chronicles. I've only heard it once, so I'll defer to someone who's more familiar with it.

Okay, tomorrow I'll be working on it.

Thanks. :D

Starting with Valkyria Chronicles POST NAW!



Okay, we are in front from a title of the PS3, a game that was developed by SEGA, it spawned a sequel for the PSP & turns to be a success because of it's particular focus on the battle system.
It Combines the Turn-Based RPG with some Real-Time Mechanics. You should check it by yourself if you like the genre...

But Let's talk about it's music, We are here to talk about music After all huh!?!

HELL YEAH!!!

This soundtrack Composed By Hitoshi Sakimoto, he decided to take this game by composing solo instead of getting help by his partners at Basiscape.
With a 2 Vocal Tracks, one composed by Daisuke Kawaguchi & the other one by Sakimoto of course...
In General this soundtrack it's pretty good on it's own, it's our regular Militaristic-Romantic Style that's trademark of our Composer's style.
The paricularity of this soundtrack much it's tracks remind us of something to us Sakimoto's Followers, I Listened to almost all of his soundtracks released to this date.
You can perceive that in the Main Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP9rJdxmuQU), the basic Melody is has Militaristic March as the base... But the melody itself it's reminded me of something... It made me feel the "I listened to this before..." & Indeed I had, The melody of the Main Theme sounds just too close to the melody of "Closed Le� Monde" of "Vagrant Story" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-zu_uDM4Rg)(I wish to revisit this later, If you @Arthur give me the green light of course)...
Now this is something that some may found it great & I found it not FATAL but most certainly not good, it tells us a lot of things... It can be that it was intentional or it can tell us that we found ourselves in a creative corner without new Ideas...
It may sound harsh, but the gravity of this aspect it can be perceived mainly because IT'S THE MAIN THEME.
This means that the melody is scattered on almost all of the soundtrack & it's always reminding me about the 1st minute of "Closed Le� Monde".

But enough crtizicing...

The good aspects of this soundtrack it's mainly because it's highly enjoyable, there are a good amount of fun tracks to listen to, the soundtrack transits to a lot of variant moods & Storytelling isn't the main aspect of the game, this made the soundtrack had compositions that didn't rely much on inserting climax at scenes like we listened before in FFXII, hence more sticky sounds to our brains, most of the regular gamers criticize this composer because of he almost never compose something sticky, so here ya have your sticky music you regular listener punks >.<!


The set of Instruments used it's the regular orchestration that Sakimoto always uses, but with some certain interesting features...

Some Tracks Include Harpsichord, Church Organs & Apocalyptic Choirs , a rare thing on Sakimoto, what's next Sakimoto on Castlevania!? Now that would be most certainly weird! But Hey! he actually worked on Gradius V so It can't be that far of a posibility. XD

This soundtrack provides a lot the sense of drama & Apocalyptic atmospheres, Playful music & a lot of European Nurtured sounds, with romantically filled pianos & orchestrated screens in a metaphorical way of describing it.

A lot of Anime styled music is filled in, no wonder since the franchise spawned one & the artistic direction speaks for itself.

Entering in the terrain of the Vocal Tracks...

"No Matter the Distance" Composed by Daisuke Kawaguchi, has the particularity of having the sound similar to most of the Endings of the Anime in the late 90's & in the beginning of the new Century. It reminded me a lot to "Friends" from "Soul Hunter" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzWn1Y794Uk).
The track itself it's actually pretty good if you like the style, the instrumentation & the bass lines are pretty well elaborated.
The Vocal Line is really catchy also, mainly because the melody it's actually pretty simple...
There are 2 versions of this track 1 for the Opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftBNbb5MlJ4) & other one for the Ending (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH_O9utWj7g) but it's of course a more complete version in length. (This is getting more & more similar to Anime music the more I'm talking about it isn't it?)

Then we have "Succeeded Wish" Composed by Sakimoto, this is a Classical Track, 3 versions of them, 1 Vocal, 1 Orchestrated & 1 Piano Only.
The Vocal version Performed by Megumi Toyoguchi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Bgoaf_xYk), it's actually really not that good, it has an awesome classical style, very very academic reminicent of composers of Eons away from us, but the Melody isn't very Vocal at the beginning if you know what I mean... But it picks up really good by the second half of the track. The notes are very sustained & with lack of attack, but it regains power at the second-half as I said before. That's the Issue...
Although that doesn't mean that Sakimoto isn't good at composing Vocal Tracks, you should really check his composition for Stella Deus Vocal Track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB5b2NZmBO8)...
The Orchestrated one, the longest one & with a little name modification, it's called "Those Who Succeded" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1zxij1pLpM), it's a fine piece of work as I described the Characteristics of the composition, it's very reminicent of the Romantic & Classical Period of Academic Music.
Then the Piano Solo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd29_0bjEcY), there isn't much to say about this one, only that it's CRAZY AWESOME! xD

Here are the List of Tracks that I reccomend for you to listen:

Main Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP9rJdxmuQU)

Beautiful Gallia
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjLcrqO3fCs)

Daily Life of the 7th Platoon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO-cg7QU0s4)

We are the Barracks
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lZ6AVbrxfc)
Hard Fight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4K5IqDSihE)

Europa At War (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN4j9RlY_cg)

Old Memory (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa2svSdaujo)

Valkyria's Omen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4w0c5ITodQ)

Valkyria's Awakening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DWwCWViZi0)

Empty Loneliness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlLLZsUHj9w)

A Moment of Relief (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YmWdER1lwk)

Randgrith Archduke's Family (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DBp0PBMpfM)

Defensive Fight
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTXekeM4RUw)

Well bottom line although I have my reservations, I loved this soundtrack, but as I said before I wouldn't even dare to rank it as the 2nd best OST of Sakimoto, that's just me though.

But I encourage you to listen to this wonderful soundtrack, there's a lot of good music in there, worth to enjoy.

Awesome posts!


Wizards and Warriors composed by David Wise.

And here's a great version of the title music:

YouTube - TAG: Share a Remix - Thou Hath Discovered Strings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZBN9pcCmT8)

I'll add "Forest," (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU6VyKQnQpA) "Outside the Castle," (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzRTkWhtDYs#t=03m22s) "Inside the Tree," (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAtiMclAV8s#t=01m31s) and the boss theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-WtpRb82v0#t=00m24s) as recommendations, too. Plus here's the original version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ9xwkMr3e4) of the title music for anyone who hasn't heard it before.

What's the pick for "X"?

REVIVAL! I�ve been meaning to bump this for a while. I just needed some motivation. This afternoon I looked at the list of threads I�ve started and saw that this one has over 16,000 views despite only having ~250 posts. That's pretty impressive. So hopefully, others will want to keep this going, too.

First order of business: I�m retiring X. Someone can take it next time around if they want, but otherwise we'll be moving right along. That means Q and X are both gone now.

Second, I�m taking Y. And it�ll be�




Ys 7
By Falcom Sound Team JDK

I originally wrote about Ys 7 on the VGM Trivia page (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f63/video-game-music-trivia-66197/3.html#post1476657) because several of the tracks sounded like other famous video game compositions. Despite that, I�ve since come to appreciate the music as most people appreciate Yoko Kanno�s work�splendid and technically sound, even if it�s stolen.

While the influences are transparent, the music is varied and fun. It�s hard to represent the full soundtrack here even with 15 tracks. Well worth checking out if you�re a fan of Final Fantasy, Suikoden, or Secret of Mana�s music. Some examples:

1. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkpVmakaEPM)
2. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yr4KPWr6tU)
3. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-d1CABKMl4)
4. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hroGh6QtNxk)
5. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOImzSe-o8)
6. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTZOvXlKju0)
7. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn1136Z__aA)
8. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRq3yHjyQf8)
9. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSGznd31pNE)
10. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDBRn182nHE)
11. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jy1Vu-0yGg)
12. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WJR7SWC024)
13. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjpNEbG64-Y)
14. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv_cS4-duHw)
15. YouTube - Ys SEVEN Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxyS0UqyZXE)

And here�s a playthrough (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czXcFFDoDn8) of the game for those interested.

So, uh, anyone want to take this? I don't really want to post a Z right now. The only games I can think of right now with a Z are Zelda and Zone of the Enders.

I've got a Z but can't post it today. If anyone else wants to take it, go for it. Otherwise, I'll put up a Z soon.

Zwei!!
By Falcom Sound Team JDK

Zwei!! is a 2002 Falcom action/RPG for the PC that was later ported to the PlayStation 2 and PSP. The reason for the title (the German word for “two”) is that you have to control two characters, one strong in magic and the other strong with physical attacks, that you flip between during the game. It’s hard to find professional reviews of it, but user reviews rank the game very highly: 9s and 10s. Perhaps the game simply didn’t get a lot of press. :-\

Fans of Yasunori Mitsuda, Final Fantasy VIII’s music, and the Suikoden series will hear a lot of similarities in the soundtrack. The guitar arrangement of the main theme seems directly inspired by Mitsuda’s Celtic tendencies, Toripoca Lake could just as easily have been the theme for Fisherman’s Horizon, and many of the location themes have a gondola/shamisen/flute arrangement ala Higashino’s signature work. Overall, the music is tense and melodic, with a lot of drawn-out strings to suggest a wide-open and mysterious world. All of the expected jRPG hallmarks are here, too, with some clever surprises in the arrangements and percussion.

Edit: For some reason, the only tracks on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E48AE46F86988CDA) are really lame, overwrought versions of the songs (example (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBpasAnve80&p=E48AE46F86988CDA)). I hate resorting to a download link, but you can find the soundtrack here (Thread 39734) on GoronMoron's page.

Alternately, here are some links to the correct versions of the songs within play-throughs of the game. The downside is that there will be sound effects, but the upside is that you'll get to see some of the gameplay.

1. Cropp Cave (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbGmP712nFk)
2. Kenopi Volcano (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS3rEhFJ_r4)
3. Road to Where the Dragon Sleeps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO3xlEFKQU8)
4. Pavel Garden (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b8SLTlx8lQ)
5. Kapaya Forest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0qNJG6pKCA)

If you download the soundtrack, I also recommend checking out:

1. Floating Continent Arges ~ Main Theme
2. Colbet's Theme
3. Puck Village
4. Dapne Desert
5. Toripoca Lake
6. Fairies' Village
7. Ancient Labyrinth Supiri
8. Dark Temple Espina
9. Mythical Land Serpentina
10. Zwei!! Shooting ~ Flight of Pipiro








Hope you enjoy. :D

Now who's gonna take "A"?

Hey, everyone it's been yonks since anyone posted anything here so I'm taking an entire franchise that starts with an A and will work on it from there.




I think this is the best franchise of this generation and everyone should at least check out the first 2 games (Brotherhood wasn't exactly a step in the right direction, it wasn't a step in any direction really) should they ever get a chance. It's intelligent, it's engaging and it's quite different than what you'd normally find yourself playing.

The soundtrack of the entire series up to this point has been helmed by the great Jesper Kyd. Now, I can confidently say that he's one of my favorite composers, because he, and some other people, simply get it. He's a talented musician who can always adapt depending on the project he's assigned and the results are magnificent. The kind of musical diversity found in just this series, is quite a feat. So, without further ado let's start with first game.



The game is set during the crusades in the 12th century, in an alternate universe where all the major cities of the Holy Lands are a 5 minute horse ride from one another (I kid, I kid). The overall tone of the game is extremely dark and since the main character is a master assassin you'll be spending the majority of the game by yourself, scaling building, finding ways to approach your target without getting detected and stuff like that. The soundtrack overall is built around the premise of the game and changes a lot depending on the action.

The first time (personally speaking) that any music actually standed out as more than really atmospheric background sounds was during my first venture to Damascus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzHRmlCbdFs), where your first target is located. This theme will slowly kick in while you're on a high cliff overlooking the city and will continue all the way till you reach down. It was quite the sight. The music heard during combat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rB2K3gxz7c&feature=related) is also fitting as is the pursuit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PlIyIr-dnE&feature=related) theme.

The other two cities, Acre and Jerusalem, have both gotten equal treatment. Jerusalem (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qX_WOD4EaI) is arguably the best music in the game and just like before is played when you get to the outskirts of the city. It's also the only place that's even close to being cheerful as outlined by the more diverse color palette and the more upbeat and "happy" (I guess?) music (at least compared to everything else) such as this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p9EdYNVYc4).

Acre is on the other end of the spectrum though. It's so depressing I dread to think about it. The first target you have to assassinate there is quite memorable for me due to one particular scene where he breaks a man's legs just to prove a point. I'll avoid saying anything more, you're gonna want to see that particular scene for yourself. The main theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBKZ_nIGIws&feature=related) itself reflects the competely bleak situation of the city as do the other related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlYds2S0RT0&feature=related) themes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjZ37RPkXVY&feature=related).

Suprisingly, all of the major targets got their own themes as well. Here are some listed. Sibrand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaH7DOU_gis), Robert De Sable (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1mBvmO9MoE&feature=related), Tamir (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t15fUr2kc2o&feature=related), Abul Nuqoud (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNPFvWtD1VY&feature=related) among others.

Overall, the music is spectacular. Kyd managed to make an incredibly atmospheric soundtrack, that not only fit with the historic setting with the game, but also set an amazingly eerie mood and sent shivers down your spine. There are plenty of things I could touch on but won't because it's late, and I want to get to the sequel.



The setting has now moved from 12th century Middle East to 15th-16th century Italy, that's right the Renaissance. The game's tone is drastically changed from the first game, being for the most part light-hearted and humorous even.

Assassin's Creed 2's soundtrack is one of the most popular soundtrack in recent history as far as I can tell. The videos on youtube have several hundred thousand views and a few passing a million. This time around it's not all atmospheric background music, though it's not lacking in that category either.

I was hoping to elaborate some more but it is really late, I have studying to do tomorrow, it's FUCKING HOT (38 degrees Celsius nearly every day it's a nightmare) and I just want to go to bed. I'll leave with the best tracks. And try not to let the thread die this time.

Assassin&#39;s Creed 2 (Original Game Soundtrack)-Ezios Family - YouTube (http://youtu.be/O0i6YFrSs6c)
Assassin&#39;s Creed 2 OST - Track 02 - Venice Rooftops - YouTube (http://youtu.be/5EaRHlo4B0Y)
Assassin&#39;s Creed 2 OST - Track 01 - Earth - YouTube (http://youtu.be/c3udu4SUsIc)
Assassin&#39;s Creed 2 OST - Track 01 - Earth - YouTube (http://youtu.be/c3udu4SUsIc)
Assassin&#39;s Creed 2 OST - Track 15 - Leonardo&#39;s Inventions Pt 1 - YouTube (http://youtu.be/_V6zWf3ZPnE)
Assassin&#39;s Creed 2 OST - Track 19 - Sanctuary - YouTube (http://youtu.be/wVnzpq8nlZw)
Assassin&#39;s Creed 2 OST - Track 05 - Home In Florence - YouTube (http://youtu.be/6mn_PIAh72A)

Quick shout out to Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. In style, I'd say it's largely unchanged from 2, unsurprisingly given the game is basically a direct sequel to 2. It wasn't as good either of the first two, not as game nor as a soundtrack, but it was still pretty good. I think Kyd won some kind of award for City Of Rome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyee46OFCkc), but I can't remember right now. I'm pretty sure he won something.

Have a good night everyone.

Awesome post! I keep setting aside time to write one for a "B" game only to get distracted. If anyone wants to take "B," go ahead. I'd like to start this thread back up again.

Hello, is there an artist creditable for this image? I want to use it for a blog, but there's no source on it.

I caught it on Starmen.net here (http://starmen.net/vote/vote.php?id=28446). It may or may not originally be by this person (http://rexbati.deviantart.com/art/Sing-a-Melody-of-Love-MOTHER-133894671).

BC Racers' music was composed by Nathan McCree. This British composer is most known for the music on the classic Tomb Raider games.

http://tinyurl.com/6xz4d6x

@ jakob:

Thanks for throwing Double Moon Densetsu our way! Do you know where I might find a proper list of track names, order, composer, developer and publisher company info? I seem to be missing all of those.