The coolest part is that this time it doesnt seemed to be intentional xD
Haha! It was intentional
Your words are as empty as..... eeh forget it hahaha
Mankind ill would need a composer such as...
I was just joking
I've no idea about James Howard but Michael Giacchino got his start in video games, actually. He did the soundtrack to the Lion King on the Genesis/SNES, Jurassic Park: The Lost World for the PS1, Medal of Honor/Underground/Allied Assault/Frontline, and the first two PC Call of Duty titles. His music, especially for MoH and Call of Duty (and I mean the first games from the late 90's/early 2000's, not latter day modern warfare stuff), were absolutely beautiful. I have no opinion on his film work, but I'd say he certainly knows something about video game music.
I had no idea about that. I know some of his film works, and I find them personally light and silly in some cases and boring in others. If he did Lion King for the Genesis, that's a good one, but merit goes to Hans Zimmer, since the themes chiptuned for that game were in fact themes from the movie, that Hans Zimmer composed when he was a high art top composer. Lion King was one his first masterpieces. It's too sad what he's become now. I was one of his biggest fans some years ago. But after Pirates 3 he totally lost it for me.
The fact that you left out Motoi Sakuraba makes me a sad panda
Dang I got to get back my music mojo gotta get back into reading the music sheets as well my casio is catching some dust
I just mentioned some masters, I consider Motoi Sakuraba at the same level of those I mentioned, and I am still forgetting about other ones, I'm sure.
Just Eternal Sonata, Star Ocean 4, Valkyrie Profile 2, and many others... he's a top VG composer.
He's also composed many baroque pieces.
And yes, play again your keyboard! I was in a phase some years ago when I didn't play for some months, and then I returned and I knew I've won back a part of myself that was missing.
If your soul resonates with the music, why pooh-pooh 'simplistic' chords, and/or their repetitive use? Would bands get a free pass if they used major thirteenths or dominant 7th suspended 4ths? Do you think less of a musician, of these bands, because they use two or three chords, but may have a fantastic melody line over the top? They are reaching out to the hearts of millions of people.
Also, pray tell, which musician knows all possibilities available? When do you or I cross that line you've drawn in the sand? Can you play every instrument in the world, can you play different styles, different beat and timings, could you compose a rap song, or a genre unknown to you; could you pen lyrics and create melody lines? What if you change tuning and play three notes together which sound dissonant? Is that amateurish because you don't 'get it'?
It's art.
Even a virtuoso of an instrument will tell you they're still learning new things.
Go and listen to Joe Satriani's magnificent 'Clouds Race Across the Sky': this is based around two chords with a solo line or two on top. It's beautiful and will take you to another place.
Good shout out on jazz!
No, as I said, those bands and artists mentioned here are masters of their art.
What I consider amateurish is some new composer with little to no study making simple compositions with simple melodies, simple arrangements, that scream boring and repetition all the time. I can't explain it with words without using theory, and I'm boring many ones with theory words.
I usually "get" what I listen. Actually, I enjoy those "rare" things (like in Harmony of Dissonance, though thanks to that game I had to study progressive composition in order to understand and appreciate what the composer tried to do when he made that soundtrack; thanks to Hramony of Dissonance, I ended up liking Dream Theatre, though I must be the only one weird enough to make such a connection
).
Just think of some recent indie games that don't feature actual composers but amateur people just making something to put in the background of the game.
There is plenty of examples. From what I've heard on this forum so far, there are better composers here (like Montoya) than in many actual games that people is playing right now.
About movies, Hollywood is to blame. All composers have proven they can do excellent works (Zimmer, Beltrami, Howard), but today they are instructed to follow the trend of making nonsense for every big budget movie.
It's all art, yes.
But as I said some pages ago, I wouldn't compare a Da Vinci or Michael Angelo painting to pop art works, like the Campbell soup.
I'm aware of Satriani's works, and I respect it, though it isn't a usual listen in my computer, I've listened to him from time to time.
But I'm pretty open minded when it comes to listening. I have something from pretty much every genre in my computer folder (which I listen to in random mode while working, usually). Over 700.000 themes in one HDD (VGM and classical are the ones with more amount of themes, though, every Castlevania soundtrack included, of course).
As I previously said to DoctaMario, I hope you don't misunderstand my constant answers like hostility, I'm actaully enjoying this talk and I take it as friendly.
And yes, I had forgotten about jazz, but I consider it as important as classical in any musician education (or listener education, for that matter).
I doesn't matter if the same chord progression is repetetive or goes off into the wilds, as long as it strikes the most IMPORTANT chord, the resonation with people, it's done it's job. I still believe, with all my heart, regarding music, the appealing aspect is greater than that of the technical aspect. It's about what you like, what sounds good, what makes you feel good(be it technically complex or simplistic). That, I believe, is the most inportant aspect to all forms of artistic expression.
It's very subjective when it comes to personal tastes, yes.
Most people in here are really good at music and such... while pitiful I, barely passed music class....
So in short, I don't understand a lot of things mentioned here, but, Castlevania Jazz... hehehehe, I like it.
I'm interested in this.
Michiru Yamane is very influenced by jazz. Symphony of the Night featured many jazz-based themes.
Hey Pfil, this one is for you
Thanks for sharing
Nice sound, but still it doesn't have my CV sound, only the instruments that remind me of SNES sound.
But thanks anyway.
This makes me think, though... is there a way of making it the other way around... I mean, like taking Iron Blue Intention and making it sound with LoS instruments? Any of the remixers here could do that perhaps with some specific soundfonts?