Video games are a funny things, they're like movies you can control, and a movie,
in its most basic form has 2 parts, a visual part and a audio part, among all the little
sounds that make up the audio track of your game there's almost always a music track
to go with it, whether it be subtle and atmospheric or ver obvious orchestral music.
Music is the best way to make someone feel a certain way, and if done right in combination
with visuals and gameplay elements all of them come together into something great.
Today we're just talking about one of these parts though, the music!
Super mario galaxy Possibly not what you were expecting but hear
me out, mario never has been particularly focused on music, why?
Because music is usually best used for more story based cinematic games, make you feel
a certain way in a cutscene or get you excited before something big is about to happen, sad
when a character dies, you get the point.
In mario, you walk to the right and jump… just some upbeat tunes will do the trick!
But then mario galaxy came around and someone figured "eh why not, let's make this orchestral"
and you know what?!
It works really, REALLY well!
From the moment you start up the game, the first introduction to the music in this game
you'll never want to stop listing!
There is a total of 28 songs used in the game and they are honestly all very good, some
better than others, but all GOOD!
Spyro This game might actually be the exact opposite
of mario galaxy, they are both 3D platformers but where mario galaxy went for a orchestral,
really obvious style of music, spyro the dragon , and in particular Spyro 2 ripto's rage
does for a more atmospheric type of music, something less obvious but still catchy to
listen to.
It adds to the feeling of the level you're in and is composer wonderfully.
Not something I would catch myself listening to aside from playing the game but in a way,
that's not a bad thing!
This soundtrack blends together so well with the game, one wouldn't work without the
other.
It's like watching a horror movie without the sound, it's not scary, playing spyro
without the music would take away most of the charm, and just listening to the music
on it's own doesn't give you the charming feeling either, it's the combination of
music, level design and gameplay which works so well in this game when they allsome together.
Rayman This list keeps getting more abstract as we
move down it.
The Rayman soundtrack, specifically the one in Rayman 2 : the great escape is hardly music
anymore as you might think of music.
The music almost blends in with the sound design of the world and it wouldn't surprise
me if you went through most of the game without noticing the levels have music at all, it's
so subtle but it does it's work.
This is all helped by the fact that unlike most game, and unlike any other game on this
list, the songs aren't just audio files playing while you play the game.
No, the game loops certain parts until you cross into a new area at which point it will
transition the loop into the next part, making the music feel seamless while making you feel
like you're playing the game at exactly the right speed.
If you notice the music changing at all, because of course this all helps with you not even
noticing the music if you don't pay attention!
Kingdom hearts We've had our fill of atmospheric subtle
music, we want a damn orchestra again!
So we look to square enix.
I dont think I'm telling any sort of lie when I say that there's not a single song
in the ENTIRE kingdom hearts series which is bad in my opinion.
Of course there is more memorable ones.
Songs like organization XIII's theme, a song you hear pretty often and sticks with you
because of it's dark and eerie tone.
But there's also songs like friends in my heart, a lighter more emotional piece.
The range in one of these games, let alone the entire series is actually insane.
But I'm talking about best GAME soundtrack not GAME SERIES soundtrack so naturally I'll
go with Kingdom hearts 2, the game that introduced us to organization XIII and their theme but
also riku's theme, roxas' theme, and well, I think I go go on for a little while, let's
just say there's a LOT of good songs in this game and BOY am i looking forward to
Kingdom hearts 3!!
Final fantasy Don't tell me you're surprised because
you can't be if you've ever heard me talk about this game, first let me say that while
any given final fantasy game is a great soundtrack, I personally pick Final fantasy X as my favorite!
While all the final fantasy games have big and impressive stories, non build a world
quite as well as number 10.
This world is built through cutscenes, character interaction but above all, the music in this
game!
The music playing when going to zanarkand, the last place of your journey..
At least as far as you think at that point… is calming as quite, unlike what you would
think of preceding a final encounter.
Every area has a nice sounding piece of music, even areas that look a little alike will be
recognizable because of the music that plays.
Because of this all the range in this game's soundtrack is insane!!
Like I mentioned to song to zanarkand is quite and claiming while something like tidus's
theme is still calming, yet fuller of sound and the hymm of the fatierh sound mysterious
and a little unnerving and the final boss theme is an actual metal song!
After a whole game of listing to an orchestra that's kinda jarring and I love every second
of it!
Thanks for watching this countdown list!
Got an idea for another lisT?
Let me know in the comments down below and while you're there, let me know your favorite
game soundtrack!
I'm curious to read you guys' opinions!
Until the next time, Bye!
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