Here's a remix of An Honor Befitting That Name from Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey in the style of Shoji Meguro's standard rock tracks from the late PS2 era. Essentially, if Strange Journey originated on PS2 and Shoji Meguro composed it in his rock style battle themes from Persona 4 and Raidou 2.
Out of all of Strange Journey's battle themes, this is the closest (compositionally) to any of his other SMT battle themes. I wanted to try and recreate it in his rock style around Strange Journey's release in 2009. Most importantly, I had to nail down his guitar tone that he had from Nocturne to Catherine, before changing it for Persona 4 The Animation and onwards. After years of searching, I found that the Line 6 POD was almost definitely the Multi Effects Processor that he used during that period, alongside many other composers around the time period (most notably Jun Senoue for Sonic Adventure 2's soundtrack). It took quite a bit of work, but I managed to almost nail his tone. I also took plenty of cues from Persona 3, 4 and both Raidou soundtracks in using the trumpet and clean guitar tone for battle themes.
If you would like to hear other SMT tracks in this style, let me know!
29 сен 2024
