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ah yes, a fellow video game music appreciator 😎🤝 video games have introduced me to so many styles and genres i may have never found otherwise, and that's pretty cool
@@y0av359 He's saying underrated from a society standpoint, the reason this video was made was because a lot of people say that video game music is not "real music".
@@ylondes9927 video game music is real music also I bet you probably listen to a lot of music made by a specific person so technically you are a nerd assuming you really like music from a specific person
The Mario Galaxy soundtrack took it from a great game to the GREATEST game I’ve ever played. As a music maker guy it’s just as great if not greater to me than a lot of “normal music”
The thing about Mario Galaxy is that it revolutionized video game music by combining cinematic-styled orchestral pieces with the usual retro melodies you'd expect and love from a game like Mario; not that any other game before it has done it, but they were certainly the first ones to actually USE that intentionally as a selling strategy and promote future games to do the same.
Minecraft is legitimately the best for its music. How it comes in at random and creates very particular memories that will be different for everyone. Animal Crossing and its hourly music was also fantastic, super creative. And DOOM's OST will never not fit; metal just... works for it.
Dark Souls, Persona 5, and Metal Gear Rising all feel incomplete without music. You have no idea how many times I've cried to Sif The Great Grey Wolf or rocked like a beachside cliff to Take Over and Stains of Time. They really set the tone for each game.
Speaking of sonic soundtracks, sonic unleashed definitely etched itself into my mind thanks to a few select tracks, primarily windmill isle day and spagonia day. The amount of times I’ve replayed that first level as a kid and the time I’ve spent roaming around spagonia because I’m stuck on a night level will forever stay in my mind, and now I can remember it at any time thanks to the soundtrack.
I think the "music is too loud" problem mostly stems from PC games, consoles seem to have everything pretty balanced. CSGO and Halo are definitely huge offenders though, every time I start those games I turn the volume down, even when it hasn't changed. It feels like they magically reset their volume just to blow your speakers out every time.
The ace attorney trilogy is really underrated for it's music and how it impacts the story. The cornered theme is way too iconic and I'll never get tired of hearing it.
Oh I love this, this is my favourite video game topic other then early video game history, the fact that video game composers have consistently made decent music to the biggest bangers, when nowadays music on the radio has slowly lowered in quality. Not to mention that most video games have a distinct theme for it, while radio music is made to appeal to modern trends, thus making video game music more distinct and almost experimental at times
I’ve actually never consider the thought of composers making music in context of how long the player might hear it for, it reminds me that when I play some ff games the over world music is usually long which is weird because after the battle u just hear the beginning portion
2 notes. 1. The Sonic Mega Collection Menu Theme makes pause everytime I hear it because it was etched into my mind as a kid. Love that song! 2. Hot take, Music is more important than graphics.
Destiny 2 has so many good music tracks. Especially with how the games turned for the better recently ive been playing it more and ive been listening to more tracks from the game. My personal favorites are probably deep stone lullaby, watchtower, and last stand
Imagine beating bosses like Abyss Watchers, Vordt, and Soul of Cinder without any music, you just beat it and go “ok?” But with music it feels so tragic and cool
I'm a big fan of the soundtrack to sonic unleashed. The day themes having fast tempos and high energy which really helps you feel like you are moving through these levels at an incredible speed. The night music (when it's not being interrupted by the battle theme every 10 seconds) is slower and jazzy, which adds to the atmosphere of sneaking through the levels at night. Rooftop run (day) and jungle joyride (night) are my favourite songs of each style respectively.
Yo props for using a Naganuma track in a vid about the importamce of music in games, his OSTs are a perfect example of game music being am integral part of the experiences, most notable in his instance being Jet Set Radio
I love tonal whiplash with videogame music. Videogame music is super slept on, though I understand that it's not something I can persuade other people to enjoy.
I've never once muted everything entirely, I just turn them down enough to not become deaf. and honestly i think you're insane for totally muting everything instantly. like damn dude, just take 30 seconds to tweak them a tad lmao
Everybody's super sonic racing, try to keep your feet on the ground! When your super sonic racing, it's not time to look around! We're just super sonic racing, running to the point of no return! Everybody's super sonic racing, c'mon let the fire burn!
There's a composer called Joel Nielsen. He did the OST for Black Mesa, but the special thing in it, is that it fits perfectly both, to the Black Mesa and its gameplay and to the "stand-alone listening". (at least, for me his songs are good as fuck - don't know what other think about it)
Video game and movie soundtracks are my favourite genre of music, so hearing that anyone would willingly set their game music volume to 0 sounds like blasphemy to me. A personal attack on our Lord and Saviour Martin O'Donnell. I can't even imagine playing Halo, Assassin's Creed or Skyrim without their amazing soundtracks. Also, don't want to sound judgemental, but anyone who plays strategy games without music is a psychopath.
Wario Land, Bomberman, Ace Combat, Tony Hawk, so many great games and so many great soundtracks. What's incredible is, long after these games are gone I remember their music.
Video game OST have quite a few major advantages compared to conventional music Association, variety of genre and even the sequence of build up being different result in Positive associations, less repetition in theme/tone and unique association (different from the normal format of a regular album)
In this video, you have expressed everything I love video game music for and why it's so special in ways I could not have, even if I tried. The coherence of the message here is incredible. Thank you.
Yeah, most don't fiddle too much with the audio until we are into the game. Like, never have I seen a friend or stranger who plays games completely mute their stuff and forget the music is off. It's one of the few things that make most games distinguishing from playing a board game or playing an Atari 2600.
The soundtrack for Escape from Tarkov is on level with Doom 2016's soundtrack. And it was made by the head dev for the game. It'c crazy recommend everyone listen to it.
Video game music also manages to tell you everything you need to know about the characters without a long monologue, or reading about their lore. The biggest example of this is with fighting games like Street Fighter where Ryu's theme is peaceful yet heroic while Ken's theme is flamboyant and loud, or how in some Arc Sys games some characters have a vs theme which is a special theme that plays only a certain set of fighters are fighting each other. It really conveys the emotions that one character might be feeling to fight the other.
I will never understand how people can hear music and say it's not music just cuz it comes from a video game. Why does being in a game somehow disqualify it from "regular" music if it can be enjoyed in exactly the same way? Why are movie soundtracks an exception to this? The logic eludes me, and that one Incredibles meme applies here...
This vid is fax coz I listened to the same song throughout my whole playthrough of the marvels spiderman on PS4 and when I listen to that song I go "oh yea I was fighting this guy when this part was playing"
Rocket league made me love a whole different side of music I didn’t even know existed. I love the music in that game so much that I turned on the setting to have it play in and out of matches.
for me the music of a game just captures the soul if it, the whole atmosphere and after playing the experience i had with the game and how it made me feel in that moment there are songs i can come back to at any time that take me back to those feelings, now with added nostalgia though since i can only play game for the first time once ^^
Played death stranding with music because I read a review saying it will improve your experience, now I can't even imagine my experiences without music in that game
Thing is with games is that they can either capture the moment with it fitting perfectly or it just doesn't at all, creating a goofy scene/moment. But I'd say a game that captures EVERY moment perfectly with it's OST is Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance mainly due to the lyrics of boss themes being used to describe said character and thier motives. While the other reason is that the gameplay hits so hard, I mean who didn't scream in hype when hearing Boris yell "Catch that blade!" Then next all you hear even louder then the game audio is the music, with RULES OF NATURE!!!! And that's not even mentioning the amazingness of It Has To Be This Way
bro you make the thumbnail one of the video game franchises with arguably one of the most consistently amazing soundtracks in all of gaming history and you only mention it once at the end of the entire video. this is a bruh moment
