Why don't JRPGS have music like this anymore ??

This excludes you FF13 ----------->Link

This excludes you FF13 ----------->Link

Megaman5364

I came in expecting an awesome soundtrack, and instead all I got was kingdom hearts.

Talk about epic disappointment.

That's a good song, but why in Nomura's name would you pick the live version? If you want good KH music, listen to this.

I came in expecting an awesome soundtrack, and instead all I got was kingdom hearts.

Talk about epic disappointment.

Vaasman

I CAN HELP!

I would be quite pleased of JRPGs managed to purge this kind of music.

Also, this is the apex of JRPG music IMO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7wJ8pE2qKU

I would be quite pleased of JRPGs managed to purge this kind of music.

Also, this is the apex of JRPG music IMO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7wJ8pE2qKU

Brownesque

Thats another good song, but this song surpasses it by a mile in my opinion.

That's a good song, but why in Nomura's name would you pick the live version? If you want good KH music, listen to this.

KH-mixerX

Eeww, I always love live raw > recorded autotune bs nowadays. Okay I am just live performance-biased person. Indeedz I dont even like the Leona Lewis FF13 theme for the ads, disappoint. I loved this song back in the day, but hated KH bummer, yeah if anybody says otherwise I will without a doubt hunt you down.

IMO, english songs just doesnt work in JRPGs i would take this (Tales of Graces OP) over that song any day or this (Persona 4) EDIT: oh yeah... P4's song is in english. eh, that's an exception.funsohng

This song beats both of those in my opinion.

i would take (Tales of Graces OP) over that song any dayfunsohng

Love that theme to death.

I hate KHs vocal tracks, but I love its compositions.

Yoko Shimomura did a fantastic job.

[QUOTE="funsohng"]IMO, english songs just doesnt work in JRPGs i would take this (Tales of Graces OP) over that song any day or this (Persona 4) EDIT: oh yeah... P4's song is in english. eh, that's an exception.KH-mixerX

This song beats both of those in my opinion.

Songs like that? Meh not a big deal (and personally I am not a big fan of the english version of both KH and KHII song). I care for the actual music in the game, and many JRPG these days have great soundtracks.

That's a good song, but why in Nomura's name would you pick the live version? If you want good KH music, listen to this.

KH-mixerX

Birth by Sleep's music is just awesome. It the best soundtrack in the series IMO, and if the soundtrack comes out I would so get it!:D

[QUOTE="funsohng"]IMO, english songs just doesnt work in JRPGs i would take this (Tales of Graces OP) over that song any day or this (Persona 4) EDIT: oh yeah... P4's song is in english. eh, that's an exception.KH-mixerX

This song beats both of those in my opinion.

Songs like that? Meh not a big deal (and personally I am not a big fan of the english version of both KH and KHII song). I care for the actual music in the game, and many JRPG these days have great soundtracks.

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

That's a good song, but why in Nomura's name would you pick the live version? If you want good KH music, listen to this.

Wanderer5

Birth by Sleep's music is just awesome. It the best soundtrack in the series IMO, and if the soundtrack comes out I would so get it!:D

Passion and Sanctuary are awesome though.

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

[QUOTE="funsohng"]IMO, english songs just doesnt work in JRPGs i would take this (Tales of Graces OP) over that song any day or this (Persona 4) EDIT: oh yeah... P4's song is in english. eh, that's an exception.Brownesque

This song beats both of those in my opinion.

Huh?

[QUOTE="Brownesque"][QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

This song beats both of those in my opinion.

KH-mixerX

Huh?

I also love this song.

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

[QUOTE="Brownesque"] Pop tripe.Brownesque

Huh?

Forgive me, but I'm not too updated on the lingo all the kids are using these days. You'll have to tell me wth tripe is.

[QUOTE="Brownesque"][QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

Huh?

KH-mixerX

Forgive me, but I'm not too updated on the lingo all the kids are using these days. You'll have to tell me wth tripe is.

[QUOTE="Wanderer5"]

Songs like that? Meh not a big deal (and personally I am not a big fan of the english version of both KH and KHII song). I care for the actual music in the game, and many JRPG these days have great soundtracks.

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

That's a good song, but why in Nomura's name would you pick the live version? If you want good KH music, listen to this.

KH-mixerX

Birth by Sleep's music is just awesome. It the best soundtrack in the series IMO, and if the soundtrack comes out I would so get it!:D

Passion and Sanctuary are awesome though.

I like Passion, but as I said I am not a big fan of the english version. Simple and Clean and Sanctuary are not bad through, I mean I don't mind listening to them.

The KH theme song is better that all that leona lewis garbage. At times it feels like they made that music for 12 year old girls.

Awesome

More Awesome

Even More Awesome

Epic

There we go.

because, while utada hikaru is one of the best of the jpop crop, she is still pretty bad overall.. eww

Awesome

More Awesome

Even More Awesome

Epic

There we go.

LegatoSkyheart

I liked her flow. It was unique. :)

Anyway Im pretty sure Ys still holds the JRPG music crown as its OSTs AND concerts are still very popular, in Japan atleast.

Great tracks.

Vacant Interference

Valestien Castle (The single most popular track in the entire series)

Scars of the Divine Wing

Ice Ridge of Noltia

Illburn Ruins

No one has linked this.

[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

Awesome

More Awesome

Even More Awesome

Epic

There we go.

Brownesque

It works when you listen to a Live Orcestra Playing it! Now THAT was a master piece! it was truly a shame that they didn't play some of the most obvious songs (Terra's Theme & Melodies of Life are one of them).

No one has linked this.

Darklink25

almost did actually.

Mystic Quest is Epic! They should make a sequel.

FFIV - Prologue

FFV - The Dawn Warriors

FFVI - Terra's theme

FFVII - Judgement Day

FFVIII - Don't be afraid

FFIX - battle 1

FFX - Jecht battle

FFIV-X had amazing music (XIII I don't know, still going through the game :P) and above are some examples, but for non-FF JRPG music:

Chrono Trigger - Magus Battle

Golden Sun - Venus Lighthouse

Star Ocean 2 - Mighty Blow

Tales of Vesperia - The Final Showdown

Tales of Legendia - Legendary Sorcerer

Lufia II - Sinistral Battle

Fire Emblem Path of Radiance - Burning Ambition

I would post more, but I'm started to get exhausted of putting all these links up, and it's late. V_V

FFIV - Prologue

FFV - The Dawn Warriors

FFVI - Terra's theme

FFVII - Judgement Day

FFVIII - Don't be afraid

FFIX - battle 1

FFX - Jecht battle

FFIV-X had amazing music (XIII I don't know, still going through the game :P) and above are some examples, but for non-FF JRPG music:

Chrono Trigger - Magus Battle

Golden Sun - Venus Lighthouse

Star Ocean 2 - Mighty Blow

Tales of Vesperia - The Final Showdown

Tales of Legendia - Legendary Sorcerer

Lufia II - Sinistral Battle

Fire Emblem Path of Radiance - Burning Ambition

I would post more, but I'm started to get exhausted of putting all these links up, and it's late. V_V

DJ-Lafleur

GOLDEN SUN! AHHHHHH!

how could I forget! :(

My god. I was totally expecting Chrono Trigger when I came in here. Oh well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hELte7HgL2Y

I also really like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyFMYS_oZHk aswell.

booooooooooooo orchestra music better than some pop music

booooooooooooo orchestra music better than some pop music

tutt3r

Gah, a J-Pop artist? That was terrible imo, along with most of the J-Pop linked in this thread :?

I like some of Utada's stuff (it's restricted mostly to her Japanese album "Ultra Blue") ..but she should really stick to singing in Japanese imo...far better than her English stuff. I also think she gives pretty poor live performances.

Tbh, I really haven't heard any decent J-Pop in games, outside maybe some of Kanako Ito's stuff.. (that is if you can even call visual novels like Steins;Gate "games." There generally isn't much gameplay to VNs.) Most of what I consider "good J-Pop" probably wouldn't fit into games very well..(what little I actually like in the genre is generally slower.)

On the topic of game music..while it isn't quite J-Pop, I'd love to see some of Shikata Akiko's stuff in more mainstream games (she did some opening music for Umineko.) Her style would fit well with JRPGs, I think.

Anyway, just for the record..this is what I think of when I think "good J-Pop":

KOKIA - ｢白い雪｣

熊木杏里 - ｢風の記憶｣

Spontania/JUJU - ｢君のすべてに｣ (okay, pretty R&B/hip-hopish, but meh. I consider this track pop.)

Again, not exactly game material..

Flame away, Utada fans >_>;

I agree. Awful in my opinion. Now this is awesome. :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCAdtd3Eknc

Nobuo Uematsu is overrated in my opinion, unless you like really cliche'd, borderline tedious soundtracks.

Gah, a J-Pop artist? That was terrible imo, along with most of the J-Pop linked in this thread :?

I like some of Utada's stuff (it's restricted mostly to her Japanese album "Ultra Blue") ..but she should really stick to singing in Japanese imo...far better than her English stuff. I also think she gives pretty poor live performances.

Tbh, I really haven't heard any decent J-Pop in games, outside maybe some of Kanako Ito's stuff.. (that is if you can even call visual novels like Steins;Gate "games." There generally isn't much gameplay to VNs.) Most of what I consider "good J-Pop" probably wouldn't fit into games very well..(what little I actually like in the genre is generally slower.)

On the topic of game music..while it isn't quite J-Pop, I'd love to see some of Shikata Akiko's stuff in more mainstream games (she did some opening music for Umineko.) Her style would fit well with JRPGs, I think.

Anyway, just for the record..this is what I think of when I think "good J-Pop":

KOKIA - ｢白い雪｣

熊木杏里 - ｢風の記憶｣

Spontania/JUJU - ｢君のすべてに｣ (okay, pretty R&B/hip-hopish, but meh. I consider this track pop.)

Again, not exactly game material..

Flame away, Utada fans >_>;

Im a bit lazy right now to post a link, but Exceeding Love from the Suikoden 3 has yet to be beaten to be honest. Its incrediby awesome.

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

[QUOTE="Brownesque"] As in: that song is pop music tripe.Brownesque

Forgive me, but I'm not too updated on the lingo all the kids are using these days. You'll have to tell me wth tripe is.

You could just tell me, chief.

nice i like JUJU (Itou Kanako... not so sure. her songs are good, but i dont find them exceptional) best J-POP songs IMO are from Nakashima Mika or Mizuki Nanafunsohng

Yeah, JUJU is great.

The biggest problem I have with Itou Kanako's stuff is how insanely fake the instruments in the background generally sound. I honestly have no problem with electronic music (hell my current fancy is DnB) or even vocal synthesization if done correctly, but the instrumentation in her songs generally just sounds really flat, generic, and overall bad. Her vocals, on the other hand, are quite good..and at least her stuff is pretty varied (at the other end of the spectrum you have tracks like "A Wish For The Stars", for example.)

I'm not familiar with those two artists though, I'll have to check them out later.

[QUOTE="funsohng"]nice i like JUJU (Itou Kanako... not so sure. her songs are good, but i dont find them exceptional) best J-POP songs IMO are from Nakashima Mika or Mizuki NanaVelocitas8

Yeah, JUJU is great.

The biggest problem I have with Itou Kanako's stuff is how insanely fake the instruments in the background generally sound. I honestly have no problem with electronic music (hell my current fancy is DnB) or even vocal synthesization if done correctly, but the instrumentation in her songs generally just sounds really flat, generic, and overall bad. Her vocals, on the other hand, are quite good..and at least her stuff is pretty varied (at the other end of the spectrum you have tracks like "A Wish For The Stars", for example.)

I'm not familiar with those two artists though, I'll have to check them out later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkGujQMa6As

Godsend.

Screw that.

Though to be fair, I wouldn't like that song as much if it didn't remind me of Persona 4.