Thirith on 27/9/2016 at 06:29
The Psygnosis intros ruled, at least at the time. I recently watched some on YouTube and could barely remember why I thought they were so great back then, but back in the Amiga days they were the best intros by far.
Not sure how well they hold up, but I liked a lot of the music written for Origin games. Ultima (especially 7, Serpent Isle and 8 - not a great game but fantastic music), Wing Commander, but I also have a soft spot for Times of Lore's intro tune on the C-64. In general, I think I remember a lot of C-64 music more fondly, and more strongly, than what came on the Amiga. I love how the greats - Hülsbeck, Galway, Hubbard etc. - worked with the limitations of the SID chip.
Thirith on 27/9/2016 at 08:21
I've always been especially partial to U7's Fellowship theme.
Thirith on 27/9/2016 at 11:51
I made myself a tape of C-64 greats, which included
Cybernoid and
The Last Ninja (the second game, if I remember correctly). Definitely still enjoy some of those tunes.
While it's very different,
Assassin's Creed Syndicate also had some very nice music, and pretty different from the usual generic Hollywood-style stuff you tend to get in AAA games.
And I have a soft spot for (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWVij6r4QBw) "You Were There", the song at the end of
ICO.
Yakoob on 28/9/2016 at 19:05
Man I love the VTMB soundtrack. Love to pop it on when I go on a night walk through downtown. The Hollywood and Downtown themes are perfectly moody for that :)
qolelis on 28/9/2016 at 23:20
Quote Posted by Vivian
This is interesting in that it is technically a grime tune before grime existed.
Does that make you the ultimate hipster (you were into it before it even existed)? ;)
On the subject of the thread, though: I remember thinking
Machinarium had some nice tunes, and maybe it still does:
Pretty easy-listening stuff, mostly downtempo, like an eclectic mix of, and between, styles like electronic jazz, funk, classical (a bit like Bonobo I think, which I'd, until now, completely forgotten about or maybe got tired of in the long run), and then suddenly more towards glitchy ambience, back to the Bonobo-stuff, and then something else entirely (almost as if the composer got free hands and did whatever style he felt like, although probably still fitting the mood, I gather):
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https://youtu.be/jryus3IfS6Y)
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https://youtu.be/HCjS3kpLCSw)
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https://youtu.be/PcTpSDNmx4U)
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https://youtu.be/fpPnJyfEwkA)
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https://youtu.be/xo8bBvYUXGI)
Other than machinarium, I don't remember especially noticing the music; maybe the best game music is the one you forget, but which accompanied the game perfectly while playing!? I liked the ambient backgrounds in Kairo while playing, but it's nothing I especially remember. NaissanceE had some interesting tunes now that I listen to them again -- albeit with some being a bit
too interesting. The prototype for Memory of a Broken Dimension had some great (interactive/reactive) music/soundscapes, as I'm pretty sure the full game will too.
