Koji Kondo & Kenneth Young greatest composers for platformers ever?
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blacktout
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This is exactly what I thought, yes.
If I had to pick a second composer to list alongside Kondo, it would probably be David Wise. Not exactly a deep cut, but he earned his reputation.
Kondo is untouchable though. I don't think any composer in gaming period has produced half as many legendary tracks as him, and if you're talking about platformers specifically, it's no contest.
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Jinzo Prime
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Brother, there's about a hundred composers I'd put between Koji Kondo and Kenneth Young. They just aren't on the same level.
T0minator
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Can you name another composer that's done multiple great songs?
I never said they're on the same level. Both are stand outs in gaming music though
Jinzo Prime
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There are a lot of video game composers who have done multiple great songs.
For platformers specifically: David Wise, Grant Kirkhope, Jake Kaufman, Soichi Terada, Tomoya Ohtani, Stewart Copeland, Richard Jacques, Jun Senoue, Pascal Michael Stiefel... and many more.
BennyBlanco
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Uematsu with Square. Kiyota with Monolith. Yamane with the Castlevania series. Plus many many more.
But Kondo is the GOAT.
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Physiognomonics
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who is the guy composing all those from software gems? i'd put him with kondo
Soodanim
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Even 10 posts without either of the Follin brothers is too many.
Here's a whole playlist of Tim:
Same for Yuzo Koshiro:
In recent years I've come to like and appreciate SOR1's music more than 2's.
Edit: no time to find platformer specific tracks for them both but Tim did Plok
Here's a whole playlist of Tim:
Same for Yuzo Koshiro:
In recent years I've come to like and appreciate SOR1's music more than 2's.
Edit: no time to find platformer specific tracks for them both but Tim did Plok
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L*][*N*K
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Man the whole point of your thread is to put him on the same level as Koji, but if making music for video games is a sport Koji is playing the Super Bowl while Kenneth is in the parking lot scalping tickts.
Hudo
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Elden Ring is the shittiest platformer I have played.
TintoConCasera
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A lot of songs + variations just for when you are underwater or inside a house or whatever.
sigmaZ
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David Wise is up there for sure when it comes to consistently good platform composers.
Problem is that some of the best platform series have multiple composers so it's hard to pin one down.
As far as platform soundtracks of note by various composers:
Mega Man 2, Mega Man 3, Mega Man X
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
DuckTales and other Capcom platformers of the time
Batman: The Video Game
Journey to Silius
Castlevania... Pretty much all of the 2D ones
Klonoa Door to Phantomile
Sonic 2 (done by great composer and pop artist)
Sonic 3
To name a few...
Problem is that some of the best platform series have multiple composers so it's hard to pin one down.
As far as platform soundtracks of note by various composers:
Mega Man 2, Mega Man 3, Mega Man X
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
DuckTales and other Capcom platformers of the time
Batman: The Video Game
Journey to Silius
Castlevania... Pretty much all of the 2D ones
Klonoa Door to Phantomile
Sonic 2 (done by great composer and pop artist)
Sonic 3
To name a few...
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Angry_Megalodon
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The music in LBP and Astrobot is amazing, one of the biggest standouts of both games.
It amazes me that someone could argue this, but again, wild pikmins are capable of that and then some.
It amazes me that someone could argue this, but again, wild pikmins are capable of that and then some.
Jinzo Prime
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It's not one person, it's been multiple over the years. Elden Ring was done by Yuka Kitamura, and yes, she is rapidly ascending the ranks.
Magic Carpet
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The Astrobot is such a fun soundtrack.
Fun.
Fun.
Psychotic_Mantis
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Outside of all of the classics that will get posted here...one of my favorite hidden gems of a soundtrack is Gremlins 2 on the NES. Sunsoft always had banger tunes on their games but this one really hits for me. Stage 1 and 2 below:
T0minator
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It's kinda disgusting how much you're disregarding Kenneth Young's work. Have you played LittleBigPlanet or Astro Bot?
The soundtracks for both of those games are top tier and standouts for the platformer genre. I suggest you look him up and listen to their soundtracks. He's extremely good. Koji is awesome, nobody is really arguing that, but Kenneth Young has done amazing work as well for the genre.
I'm speaking specifically music for platformers. Those types of games tend to have fun catchy music. Not many composer's get the recognition they deserve in that genre
L*][*N*K
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Yes I have, subpar.
Signalis
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It would be one for the AGES
