Which type of developer makes better music?

I have been listening to the musics of the videogames and I wanted to ask this question: Japanese developers or western developers (with western I mean Europe and United States)

to be more specific. bungie.

West has Jeremy Soule..so I'm gonna have to go with that. Some of what he composed for:

KoTOR

Total Annihilation

Dawn of War

Neverwinter Nights

Morrowind+Oblivion

Dungeon Siege II

West has Jeremy Soule..so I'm gonna have to go with that.

Velocitas8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnwwkr-k2LA

The Best of both worlds

There are a few Japanese game tracks I enjoy listening to, but there are vastly more western tracks that I enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Q04VwH8cs

We have a winner (IMO) :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Q04VwH8cs

We have a winner (IMO) :P

D00nut

+1 for the link

The correct answer is Daisuke Ishiwatari.

Japanese for the most part. Nobuo, Whoever does the music for Falcom, and Daisuke Ishiwatari are awesome.
some western games have great music too like God of War and Halo, but most Japanese games trump them IMO:

• mario
• zelda
• final fantasy
• ys
• guilty gear
• metal gear solid
• valkyria chronicle

Japan/Asians in general :P im biased.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Q04VwH8cs

We have a winner (IMO) :P

D00nut

Never really been a fan of Marty's work..particularly his earlier work on Halo, which all sounded so sameish.

That's a pretty nice track though.

It's just that no video game music composer I've heard really compares to Soule. Every single one of his works is just fantastic.

edit: oops, clarified.

[QUOTE="D00nut"]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Q04VwH8cs

We have a winner (IMO) :P

Velocitas8

Never really been a fan of Marty's work..particularly his earlier stuff, which all sounded so sameish.

That's a pretty nice track though.

It's just that no video game music composer I've heard really compares to Soule. Every single one of his works is just fantastic.

I don't really divide my games by which geographic location they were made in. Having said that, I play more Japanese games on average and I would give them the award. Western developers have some great tracks such as the Tristram theme from Diablo series.

I enjoy music from more Japanese developers than Western developers.tagyhag

Your avatar. :lol:

Your avatar. :lol:

Sky-

Kind of contradicts with my sig, but that's ok. :P

Howard Mostrom and his work in Demigod is absolutely amazing. I love Marty O'Donnell's work, but Demigod had such great music.

All of my fav game music is from JRPGs, so I'll go with that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn4fzRK8Ze8

well...marty is one of the best, but i do love lots of japanese game's musicshadow_hosi

Wow, there is a lot of fail in that quote of yours. :?

Both are great, it all depends on the composer really. That said my favourite soundtrack is easily FFVI's.

Japan has Yoko Shimomura, Nobuo Uematsu, Yuzo Koshiro, Koji Kondo and the Falcom JDK Soundteam.

The End.

Certainly Japanese. Among the western composers I like only Frank Klepacki and Kelly Bailey.

Both are great, it all depends on the composer really. That said my favourite soundtrack is easily FFVI's.

Vesica_Prime

The Japanese did amazing VG soundtracks back in the retro days. However, for the current generation (and even the last) I can't think of a single Japanese game that has a soundtrack/score as good as Bioshock.

I really like whoever worked on the music for the MGS games. Somewhat i'd give it to the Japanese by a litlle. But who cares, every game I play has had enticing music. Except for CoD games, they're always a bunch of electrically composed drums lmao. Take a look at Killzone 2, Halo ODST, and bunch of other FPS games and see how remarkable they can score for the game. IDK it's pretty interesting that CoD games are weak in that department.CleanNJerk

Japanese i really like them for experiment for there sound like Persona series and other franchise

theyre both great in their different ways but I just play more Western games...

Japanese i really like them for experiment for there sound like Persona series and other franchise

majestix1988

japanese used to, but now westernscottiescott238

I think that Japanese are still better. FF games have some of the best musics, along with Xenogears, and some other jrpgs.

But god, how i like the Ultima Online OST (even though it's all MIDI and old, it had that "magic" feeling at it's time).

For example, while you logged in, you listened to this song (called Stones) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X1gC3BLq2w&feature=related

And Lord British's Castle Music (althought this one sounds a little different from the one from the game... i think)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtAcTFQJPxI&feature=related

This one is also great: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js9HqXY8tsE&feature=related

Western music for me. i find eastern music a little shrill

[QUOTE="Sky-"]

Your avatar. :lol:

tagyhag

Kind of contradicts with my sig, but that's ok. :P

Your sig, while being rich in awesomeness, is also grievously lacking in GUFUness (note, I said GUFU, NOT FUFU :P )

On topic: Best music composer in the industry is Martin O'Donell of the Halo series, hands down. Giving the win to Western devs. Though I have to also give mad props to the FF composer :)

I think that Japanese are still better. FF games have some of the best musics, along with Xenogears, and some other jrpgs.

But god, how i like the Ultima Online OST (even though it's all MIDI and old, it had that "magic" feeling at it's time).

For example, while you logged in, you listened to this song (called Stones) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X1gC3BLq2w&feature=related

And Lord British's Castle Music (althought this one sounds a little different from the one from the game... i think)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtAcTFQJPxI&feature=related

This one is also great: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js9HqXY8tsE&feature=related

SambaLele