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Legendary video game music composer Nobuo Uematsu says he doesn’t think some modern video game soundtracks are as interesting as those in older games.

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[–] zamuz@lemdro.id 40 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I get what he's saying. Game music used to have a much bigger "job" in fleshing out the world that the game presented to you. I remember for example songs like Final Fantasy VII's Gold Saucer, Chrono Cross' Termina (Another World) that set the tone of the place you're visiting: busy, active, crowded and festive. If you take the music out, you have a beautiful yet static, almost frozen landscape - it comes alive with the music. Nowadays the visuals can be so detailed, the worlds so big and busy that the music seems to be an afterthought: it's just ambient music for the already immersive world of the game. And I believe that has lead to a lot of composers settling for just that: ambient music.

I think on Twitter I once messaged Gareth Coker, the composer for Ori and the Blind Forest, about how beautiful the music on that game is and how there's a big emphasis on melodies. He replied that the studio specifically pushed for melody-heavy songs, rather than just ambient music that only complements the action. That makes a huge difference.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

This is a big reason why the new Zelda games just do nothing for me. Without Koji Kondo they’re just so… devoid of life and personality.

Conversely, the goofy coop shooter Helldivers 2 elevates the feeling you get playing the game with its over the top hero music.