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Title: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: Belmontoya on March 03, 2012, 03:07:12 PM: Just wondering what type of mix you guys would like to see?

Here are my two:

1. Wojciech Kilar

2. Trent Reznor

If these two collaborated on a CV soundtrack I would wet myself with glee.
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: beingthehero on March 03, 2012, 04:56:14 PM: Yuzo Koshiro. I thought his stuff in PoR was top-notch, and he outshone Yamane (whose music was still great, but she came roaring back into excellent form with OoE). I'd like to hear an entire soundtrack by him for a 2D game.
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: Chernabogue on March 03, 2012, 06:29:59 PM: Michiru Yamane composition + Oscar Araujo orchestration
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: Dracula9 on March 03, 2012, 07:25:38 PM: Quote from: Chernabogue on March 03, 2012, 06:29:59 PM
Michiru Yamane composition + Oscar Araujo orchestration
That would be absolutely Biblical.

I personally wouldn't mind hearing Masahiko Kimura with, to piggyback hero, Yuzo Koshiro.
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: Flame on March 03, 2012, 09:47:41 PM: Quote from: Chernabogue on March 03, 2012, 06:29:59 PM
Michiru Yamane composition + Oscar Araujo orchestration
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: Munchy on March 03, 2012, 10:39:26 PM: Quote from: Chernabogue on March 03, 2012, 06:29:59 PM
Michiru Yamane composition + Oscar Araujo orchestration

But then there'd be no pipe organ or harpsichord. *trollface*

I'd choose Hitoshi Sakimoto. Fucking brilliant composer. Even though its gameplay baffles me Vagrant Story had phenomenal music.

Or, provided they're still working on game music or even alive, whoever did CV4's music.
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: Ahasverus on March 03, 2012, 11:22:28 PM: Hanz Zimmer

A man can dream!
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: Pemburu Vampir on March 03, 2012, 11:36:02 PM: How bout Kitaro?
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: shelverton. on March 05, 2012, 12:29:58 PM: Oh, but Jake "virt" Kaufman, of course. Especially after hearing his work on Bloodrayne Betrayal. Also, Contra 4. Not to mention that he works for game studio WayForward, an excellent choice for the next 2D Castlevania.
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: Puwexil on March 05, 2012, 01:05:38 PM: The BloodRayne: Betrayal material is the most phoned-in I think I've ever heard Virt sound. But then he went and did Mighty Switch Force, his best work, so that sort of balances it out. I guess it'd have a chance to be interesting if he sought to avoid the stylistic typecasting of endless pipe organ arpeggios in a symphonic rock mold in any hypothetical Castlevania project of his, but only then.

Sakimoto is a good choice. The man is nothing but class. Some other prime candidates: Masashi Hamauzu, Yousuke Yasui, Shinji Hosoe, Masafumi Takada, Kow Otani, Kenji Ito, Takayuki Aihara, etc. I realize some of these folks aren't representative of what necessary strikes as immediately "Castlevania", but I'd rather there was branching out for new, experimental things instead of letting the status quo trod along. I'm sick to my stomach of Judgments and Harmony of Despairs.

Past composers who are still active in the industry that I'd like to have for another round: Sota Fujimori, Yasuhiro Ichihashi. Soshiro Hokkai, you were too good for this world.
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: TheouAegis on March 05, 2012, 02:24:54 PM: Danny Elfman

Haters gonna hate
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: shelverton. on March 05, 2012, 02:28:16 PM: I was mainly referring to the chiptune versions of Bloodrayne Betrayal. They're excellent, especially stage 1. Jake makes music that sounds more Castlevania than, say, the entire Order of Ecclesia OST.
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: PFG9000 on March 05, 2012, 02:43:25 PM: Quote from: Pemburu Vampir on March 03, 2012, 11:36:02 PM
How bout Kitaro?
Nice! I don't know that I think of Castlevania when I hear him, but it would be interesting.
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: darkwzrd4 on March 05, 2012, 03:21:00 PM: Quote from: Chernabogue on March 03, 2012, 06:29:59 PM
Michiru Yamane composition + Oscar Araujo orchestration

Same here. Araujo's music to pretty good, but as we saw in LoS, it doesn't really fit CV. It's more of what you would expect from a Hollywood Blockbuster Movie. Yamane's music is one of those composers we associate with CV music and her music is great. I can only imagine what would happen if she composed the music and he handled the orchestration. It would be transcendent. Or...it could be a pile of shit. My money is on it transcendent though.
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: Aridale on March 06, 2012, 01:04:03 AM: Basil Poledouris

or Danny Elfman
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: Puwexil on March 06, 2012, 12:05:26 PM: I wouldn't say no to Poledouris, except the man has been dead since 2006.
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: Aridale on March 06, 2012, 12:17:04 PM: yeah but still... how could ya go wrong lol
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: Mystic Myotis on March 07, 2012, 07:02:53 AM: Taro Kudo and Michiru Yamane should do CV music together.

Quote from: MontoyaGraphics on March 03, 2012, 03:07:12 PM
2. Trent Reznor

Now that could be interesting... I could see him do something cool working with someone else. Reznor also seems pretty willing to try things he's never done before; he might consider doing a game OST just for the experience.
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: Pedrith on March 07, 2012, 08:15:50 PM: My choices would be:

Wojciech Kilar

John Williams

Yasunori Mitsuda

Nox Arcana

Cheers,

:)
Title: Re: If You Could Choose a Composer for a CV title
Post by: KaZudra on March 08, 2012, 03:24:51 AM: Quote from: Ahasverus on March 03, 2012, 11:22:28 PM
Hanz Zimmer

A man can dream!

Second, I take an eargasm on every scene over catchy tunes or epic orchestra anyday