Why don't JRPG's have music like THIS anymore? (NEW, not KH)

Had a chance to listen to these, here's what I think (repetition in video game songs is more normal due to the nature of them needing to loop)

Staff Roll- A little too repetitive, electric guitar messes up the mood of the song too quickly.

Fierce Battle- Started out alright, but I feel like I'm being yelled at by a gang of dogs with megaphones for the rest of the song.

Price of Freedom- Not too bad, got a beat and you could probably dance to it at the beginning : ) I don't know what it is with composers who go electric guitar happy in the middle of songs like this though, it messes with the song's tone. Normal guitar and electric guitar playing the same thing at the same time gets confusing, the instruments don't mix well. Gets a little repetitive.

Under The Apple Tree- Very nice heavy tone at first, starts feeling a little too noisy at some points. I love the rich sound of the electric guitar at the start and throughout during that same refrain. Not whiny at all.

Snow's Theme - I'm not much of a fan of the trend to shift Final Fantasy's music to more a more heavy industrial sound, starting with the intro song/Jecht fight theme in 10, and stand alone it's not horrible, but I think the intended tone can be achieved better with more traditional sounds with a bit of synth/electric thrown in personally.

Blinded By Light- This is a lot better of a traditional Final Fantasy feel at first, then they go and throw the heavy electric instruments in there along with the nice instrumental sounds, I just don't think they mix well. The violin is a welcome touch, but only because it's playing during the absence of the heavy electric stuff.

Don't get offended if you disagree, you like what you like.

FF13's track is my example of perfection. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

Best Ending to a JRPG

Best Opening to a JRPG (or this one, both are amazing!)

Heck the Best Sound Track!

fend_oblivion

I see what you did there...

lol Next time, please reveal the name of the song. I click expecting something new only to get Chrono Cross :lol:

Oh, and if you love Radical Dreamers, listen to Staff Roll from Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne. The only song that can match Radical Dreamers.

I really like Radical Dreamers a lot more than Staff Roll :

[QUOTE="Wanderer5"]

Chrono Cross has a awesome soundtrack, but I think quite a few JRPG in the last decade that IMO have better music like the KH series especially Birth by Sleep.

Yasunori Mitsuda is still awesome through, and speaking of him I been hearing the music of Tsugunai: Atonement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiUInHLbf_Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYHmvZ1K1Ec&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZoUKbVX7mc&feature=related(IGN really love this one lol)

Not as good as CC's music, but it still great and a very overlooked soundtrack made by Mitsuda.fend_oblivion

I'm hearing the first song as I type. BAM Celtic music!! Really good. Has anyone played this game?

I thought the Celtic parts of the song were awesome, and the other parts. . .meh. I dig Celtic music but just couldn't get into the first song. The second was a bit better although still at times it sounds like a jumbled mess. The 3rd one was good.

If you dig the 3rd one you will completely love this song. I find it far superior. FFXI - Selbina I think Uematsu composed it, however Naoshi Mizuta might have been behind it (FFXI actually had 3 composures so it's hard to know who did what).

Tales of Legendia has an even better soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpkV3MHdQmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilLnr9YxT4c&feature=related

Now this is the best video game music I've ever heard.

Tales of the Abyss also has some epic music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd-IQ0vweRo

[QUOTE="Scythes777"] Well then in your opinion, do you think One Winged Angel still holds up well today? or do you think most people like it because of nostalgia? IMO I dont think it has aged all that well, it kinda sounds like it came from some Hollywood blockbuster. I listened to the FF6 overworld theme as well but wasnt too impressed with it. Im guessing I need to play the game to get the full effect of the song though. On a somewhat unrelated note, I would like to say that I think the Metroid Prime series has some of the best music and doesnt get enough recognition around here.mythrol

That question is hard for me to answer because it still holds a large amount of nostalgia for me. To me, I couldn't imagine some one listening to this song: One Winged Angel - And not getting chills or at the least liking it. Part of the magic of it I think is that it's a video game and yet DOES sound like a Hollywood blockbuster song.

It seems you haven't heard a lot of Uematsu's songs. I'd suggest this link: Some Random Guy's Top 50 Utematsu Songs I don't agree with the list entirely, but it will give you a decent taste of his music. A large portion of his songs have Celtic / Irish influences.

If I had to pick I'd say some of his best Albums would be FF4, FF7, FF9, FF10, Lost Odyssey (too many people don't give LO's music credit because it's a 360 exclusive).

Edit:

I really think I should give special mentions to these songs because they stand out as true masterpieces.

To Zanarkand

Eyes On Me

Suteki Da Ne (English Tran: Isn't It Beautiful)

FF6 Terra / Overwold Theme

Crystal Theme / FF4 Prelude

Aerith's Theme

FF4 Prologue

FF4 Overworld Theme

FF7 Main Theme

Lost Odyssey's Prologue

Lost Odyssey's Main Theme (It's a Remade version of Prologue)

I could keep going but I have to stop somewhere.

Had a chance to listen to these, here's what I think (repetition in video game songs is more normal due to the nature of them needing to loop)

Staff Roll- A little too repetitive, electric guitar messes up the mood of the song too quickly.

Fierce Battle- Started out alright, but I feel like I'm being yelled at by a gang of dogs with megaphones for the rest of the song.

Price of Freedom- Not too bad, got a beat and you could probably dance to it at the beginning : ) I don't know what it is with composers who go electric guitar happy in the middle of songs like this though, it messes with the song's tone. Normal guitar and electric guitar playing the same thing at the same time gets confusing, the instruments don't mix well. Gets a little repetitive.

Under The Apple Tree- Very nice heavy tone at first, starts feeling a little too noisy at some points. I love the rich sound of the electric guitar at the start and throughout during that same refrain. Not whiny at all.

Snow's Theme - I'm not much of a fan of the trend to shift Final Fantasy's music to more a more heavy industrial sound, starting with the intro song/Jecht fight theme in 10, and stand alone it's not horrible, but I think the intended tone can be achieved better with more traditional sounds with a bit of synth/electric thrown in personally.

Blinded By Light- This is a lot better of a traditional Final Fantasy feel at first, then they go and throw the heavy electric instruments in there along with the nice instrumental sounds, I just don't think they mix well. The violin is a welcome touch, but only because it's playing during the absence of the heavy electric stuff.

Don't get offended if you disagree, you like what you like.

SmokingBomber

Staff Roll - Close your eyes, imagine you are this half human, half demon guy in a world with a scarce amount of humans and a motherload of demons who want to rip your head apart. Now, imagine you recruiting Dante, fighting off demons and going through various environments (like the hospital, Tokyo etc) and then think off how your journey culminates at the end... You should play this game first to understand the beauty of it. Oh, and the electric guitar awakens the beauty of it. One of my friends who listened to this song, didn't say much, but when he heard the guitar he was like "**** That was amazing!!"

Fierce Battle - It's a demon who's yelling. And I think it's speaking Japanese and English backwards. (though some English words can be heard)

Price of Freedom - The entire song is an Em, C, G and D repeat. The extra notes and the electric guitar gives it life.

Under the Apple Tree - Glad you liked the song despite it being even more repetitive than Price of Freedom.

Snow's Theme - I prefer this change.

Blinded By Light - I thought it mixed pretty well.

I ARE DISAGREED. o_O

My dear chap, I guess we are on opposite sides of a thing called Opinion. No offense taken :)

[QUOTE="fend_oblivion"]

[QUOTE="Wanderer5"]

Chrono Cross has a awesome soundtrack, but I think quite a few JRPG in the last decade that IMO have better music like the KH series especially Birth by Sleep.

Yasunori Mitsuda is still awesome through, and speaking of him I been hearing the music of Tsugunai: Atonement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiUInHLbf_Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYHmvZ1K1Ec&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZoUKbVX7mc&feature=related(IGN really love this one lol)

Not as good as CC's music, but it still great and a very overlooked soundtrack made by Mitsuda.mythrol

I'm hearing the first song as I type. BAM Celtic music!! Really good. Has anyone played this game?

I thought the Celtic parts of the song were awesome, and the other parts. . .meh. I dig Celtic music but just couldn't get into the first song. The second was a bit better although still at times it sounds like a jumbled mess. The 3rd one was good.

If you dig the 3rd one you will completely love this song. I find it far superior. FFXI - Selbina I think Uematsu composed it, however Naoshi Mizuta might have been behind it (FFXI actually had 3 composures so it's hard to know who did what).

Strange. I liked the first one more than the other two. Selbina loops quite a lot right? You should listen to Creid. Make sure you close your eyes and then listen to it. Excellent celtic song by Mitsuda-san.

I was trying to find some Celtic band called IONA whose lead singer sang in a song called "Stars of Tears" in Xenogears. I love her voice. Know of any celtic band?

[QUOTE="fend_oblivion"]

[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

Best Ending to a JRPG

Best Opening to a JRPG (or this one, both are amazing!)

Heck the Best Sound Track!

SmokingBomber

I see what you did there...

lol Next time, please reveal the name of the song. I click expecting something new only to get Chrono Cross :lol:

Oh, and if you love Radical Dreamers, listen to Staff Roll from Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne. The only song that can match Radical Dreamers.

I really like Radical Dreamers a lot more than Staff Roll :

I equally like both songs :) Hey, do you know of songs from other games with a similar s t y l e to Mitsuda? You know with the Celtic/Japanese/Indian/ influences? I was kinda hoping to increase my playlist.

I would also like to add some Golden Sun music, I think it also has one of the best RPG soundtracks.

Venus Lighthouse

Saturos Battle

Main Theme

The Elemental Stars

Set Sail

World Map 1

The Golden Sune Rises

And the whole soundtrack here

I would also like to add some Golden Sun music, I think it also has one of the best RPG soundtracks.

Venus Lighthouse

Saturos Battle

Main Theme

The Elemental Stars

Set Sail

World Map 1

The Golden Sune Rises

And the whole soundtrack here

Scythes777

A Golden Sun fan I presume? I hope the one for the DS improves on the series :)

[QUOTE="Scythes777"]

I would also like to add some Golden Sun music, I think it also has one of the best RPG soundtracks.

Venus Lighthouse

Saturos Battle

Main Theme

The Elemental Stars

Set Sail

World Map 1

The Golden Sune Rises

And the whole soundtrack here

fend_oblivion

A Golden Sun fan I presume? I hope the one for the DS improves on the series :)

I can feel part of your pain. I'm gonna have Grade 12 start after my vacations, so my game time is gonna reduce drastically. O JOY - ISOpropyl ALCohOL!! God, I hate Chemistry (100% because of my **** of a teacher)

I can feel part of your pain. I'm gonna have Grade 12 start after my vacations, so my game time is gonna reduce drastically. O JOY - ISOpropyl ALCohOL!! God, I hate Chemistry (100% because of my **** of a teacher)

fend_oblivion

I can feel part of your pain. I'm gonna have Grade 12 start after my vacations, so my game time is gonna reduce drastically. O JOY - ISOpropyl ALCohOL!! God, I hate Chemistry (100% because of my **** of a teacher)

fend_oblivion

[QUOTE="fend_oblivion"]

I can feel part of your pain. I'm gonna have Grade 12 start after my vacations, so my game time is gonna reduce drastically. O JOY - ISOpropyl ALCohOL!! God, I hate Chemistry (100% because of my **** of a teacher)

Marka1700

[QUOTE="Marka1700"] I remember my chem teacher. Stood in front of the class and lectured for 40 minutes in the worst sleep inducing monotone voice ever. On the topic of Golden Sun. Have we heard anything since E3 09? Hopefully we will get some more info this year.Scythes777

Hmmm... a release to coincide with the 3DS? Most likely.

That website is pretty beastly.ice144

Huh :? Did I miss something? What website?

Chrono Cross is my favorite OST for any game ever.

[QUOTE="ice144"]That website is pretty beastly.fend_oblivion

Huh :? Did I miss something? What website?

The music website the TC had all of his songs linked to.

[QUOTE="fend_oblivion"][QUOTE="ice144"]That website is pretty beastly.ice144

Huh :? Did I miss something? What website?

The music website the TC had all of his songs linked to.

I didn't check that one. I tried to open it, but it had this weird ad on the right, so I closed it.

Sorry.

Because music get better and better, THIS is a big step up :P

I agree that Chrono Cross has an awesome soundtrack and it's one of my personal favorites.

I like to also mention Baten Kaitos for the Gamecube. That game was pretty good but the soundtrack is incredible to listen to and is very underrated.

Don't know if it has been posted yet, but I was just now listening to some Xenogears music so... why the hell not, here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG8tkcql3fU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq74nRR8ePU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ayUUFh2oZw

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

My list from the last JRPG thread:

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

here's some more FF songs because I feel like posting them.

FFVI - Dancing Mad part 4 (surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet)

FFVII - Birth of a God

FFVIII - The Landing

FFIX - Pandemonium

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWE0nlhpdq8

Because music get better and better, THIS is a big step up :P

aroxx_ab

Leona Lewis... yuck. Sorry man, but that song is terrible.

Don't know if it has been posted yet, but I was just now listening to some Xenogears music so... why the hell not, here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG8tkcql3fU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq74nRR8ePU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ayUUFh2oZw

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

StealthSting

Make sure you listen to Balto. It's a remix of the original. AND far superior might I add.

My list from the last JRPG thread:

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

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

here's some more FF songs because I feel like posting them.

FFVI - Dancing Mad part 4 (surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet)

FFVII - Birth of a God

FFVIII - The Landing

FFIX - Pandemonium

Missing Final Fantasy 8 - Eyes on Me.

I do quite like the soundtrack to Eternal Sonata...

ModeDude

[QUOTE="ModeDude"]

I do quite like the soundtrack to Eternal Sonata...

the-obiwan

Any stand out tracks?

For combat music I would have to go with Stab the Sword of Justice from Star Ocean 2 and the remake for SO4.

SO2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_oIhDKmeW4&feature=related

SO4 Version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26KG-pw3wPI&feature=related

Gets you in a good mood to kick the crap out of things.

[QUOTE="ModeDude"]

I do quite like the soundtrack to Eternal Sonata...the-obiwan

Strange. I liked the first one more than the other two. Selbina loops quite a lot right? You should listen to Creid. Make sure you close your eyes and then listen to it. Excellent celtic song by Mitsuda-san.

I was trying to find some Celtic band called IONA whose lead singer sang in a song called "Stars of Tears" in Xenogears. I love her voice. Know of any celtic band?fend_oblivion

Selbina loops because it was written for a MMO. I found the first one to be a bit harsh in tone compared to Selbina.

Creid is a great song. I like it a lot.

As far as Celtic / Irish bands go my favorite is Danu. They're more upbeat. If you want mellow I find Enya is very hard to beat; Even though her music is far more diverse than simply Celtic.

Edit: Decided to link a good Danu song for you: Danu - Are You Ready Yet. This is very typical of their music, so if you like it, you will like the rest of their music.

If you haven't heard of Enya - whoa. As far as New Age ****music goes, she has to be the queen. With a mixture Celtic / New Age / Japanese, her music is just great. Her older songs have a stronger Celtic influence but I honestly think she has only gotten better as she's expanded her genre. A few of her most known / greatest songs: Sumiregusa (Sung entirely in Japanese). Only Time. Watermark. The Memory of The Trees. Wild Child (This had to be included due to the creator using Xena footage).

I could easily keep going, but I have to stop myself.

The lack of FFX in this thread is frightening. I don't think enough of you played it or you're just letting nostalgia grab you..

The lack of FFX in this thread is frightening. I don't think enough of you played it or you're just letting nostalgia grab you..

mD-

I don't think the songs were that great. Besaid Island is a fun song though :) But this version made by Kabukibear trumps the original.

Fun fact : did you know that Nobuo Uematsu's wife didn't like Suteki Da Ne? She didn't like the song at all.

To Zanarkand gets old fast. Though the song that plays in the Blitzball cutscene in the beginning of the game was super awesome.

Strange. I liked the first one more than the other two. Selbina loops quite a lot right? You should listen to Creid. Make sure you close your eyes and then listen to it. Excellent celtic song by Mitsuda-san.

I was trying to find some Celtic band called IONA whose lead singer sang in a song called "Stars of Tears" in Xenogears. I love her voice. Know of any celtic band?fend_oblivion

Selbina loops because it was written for a MMO. I found the first one to be a bit harsh in tone compared to Selbina.

Creid is a great song. I like it a lot.

As far as Celtic / Irish bands go my favorite is Danu. They're more upbeat. If you want mellow I find Enya is very hard to beat; Even though her music is far more diverse than simply Celtic.

Edit: Decided to link a good Danu song for you: Danu - Are You Ready Yet. This is very typical of their music, so if you like it, you will like the rest of their music.

If you haven't heard of Enya - whoa. As far as New Age ****music goes, she has to be the queen. With a mixture Celtic / New Age / Japanese, her music is just great. Her older songs have a stronger Celtic influence but I honestly think she has only gotten better as she's expanded her genre. A few of her most known / greatest songs: Sumiregusa (Sung entirely in Japanese). Only Time. Watermark. The Memory of The Trees. Wild Child (This had to be included due to the creator using Xena footage).

I could easily keep going, but I have to stop myself.

mythrol

I heard the Danu songs. Pretty decent. Though you should get Celtic Dreams. It's pretty awesome.

Enya has a really good, soothing voice though I barely understand what she says.

Chrono Cross has some of the best music i've heard from a game.

Though im quite impressed with FFXIII's soundtrack this gen.

EDIT: Posting some Legend of Mana Songs. Always found it to be underappreciated.

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=ENw_NbA1MoU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=2XCbqHXZaKw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=lZSRfX50bK4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=w4J4ZQP7Nq0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=yvGrEqOvxog&feature=related

Boo, this website says "listen to any song in the world for free" bull! I searched for Amputated and I got nothing.

Anyways, I've never been big on music played in video games so I honestly don't care, but this song is badass.

Boo, this website says "listen to any song in the world for free" bull! I searched for Amputated and I got nothing.

Anyways, I've never been big on music played in video games so I honestly don't care, but this song is badass.

Yandere

Shame on you Sir/Madam. Shame on you.

of it (This includes you chrono cross song -No. 16) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvWc_xnA1Yc&feature=PlayList&p=C0EDCC5A1B0B0565&index=0&playnext=1Indie_Hitman

This thread is for JRPGs so the music in games like Spyro and MGS aren't supposed to be here. They are good songs though.

[QUOTE="Yandere"]

Boo, this website says "listen to any song in the world for free" bull! I searched for Amputated and I got nothing.

Anyways, I've never been big on music played in video games so I honestly don't care, but this song is badass.

fend_oblivion

Shame on you Sir/Madam. Shame on you.

Is your shame about not caring about music in video games, liking that Mother 3 song, or liking Amputated?

of it (This includes you chrono cross song -No. 16) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvWc_xnA1Yc&feature=PlayList&p=C0EDCC5A1B0B0565&index=0&playnext=1Indie_Hitman

All JRPG soundtracks suck imo (That i've played)

I think we can agree that Yasunori Mitsuda is the man and leave it at that.SmokingBomber

Oh man, being a music lover and musician, I find music in games to be really important if I am going to consider it a classic. It seems that RPGs always get the best soundtracks, for whatever reasons.

Final Fantasy X has a beautiful song, Wandering Flame - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xShgYPOFCRo&feature=related

Star Ocean The Second Story had another classic song that was used throughout the game - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5NMakAUE_0&feature=related

Chrono Cross? Duh...which one though? This one is hauntingly beautiful - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-ttyCzHVSc&feature=related

Final Fantasy XII had great music, most fall into the category of not being memorable enough...but this piece does - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ieerkbitBo

Xenogears...incredible...this song sounds like it could have been used in Braveheart or something - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBJm7Ca7vVE

Lunar- If you played this game this piece always seemed epic...its kind of dated now, but still fun - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2REXxLSBWVA