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tiggerkiddo
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Up there with Ware, Uematsu, Yoko and a few others I can't remember right now.
The Xtortionist
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tiggerkiddo
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I mean Wise...
And also the guy behind the music of Ratchet and Clank, super quality stuff, more people should give them a listen.
And also the guy behind the music of Ratchet and Clank, super quality stuff, more people should give them a listen.
Talking about game composers and no mention of Tim effing Follin?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypNPxwnppU0
Naoki Kodaka better get some game music love too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypNPxwnppU0
Naoki Kodaka better get some game music love too.
Nocturnowl
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I'm listening to some Symphony of the Night right now, got to represent Goddesses like Yamane as well.
PhantomOfTheKnight
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It's SonicGaf that old, cause I don't remember hearing you say that.
...Yea it kinda is. Alternate gameplay styles aside, Unleashed is 100% Sonic where Adventure is around 40%.
tiggerkiddo
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There aren't enough carnival stages obviously.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Favourite composers? I have a post from the past for this, which I will amend because I've dropped a few composers from that list.
Yuzo Koshiro
Yuzo Koshiro is my favourite composer of the forever. I will love his work for all eternity. It's just so amazing to me that he started out in the industry when he was in high school and continued on to continue to create a very consistent sound. I’ve elaborated on why I love Koshiro’s stuff before. I don’t like him just for his Streets of Rage stuff, his Etrian Odyssey stuff or his Shenmue stuff alone. His soundtrack for 7th Dragon was amazing, as was his Ys, ActRaiser, Shinobi, Sonic, The Scheme and others as well. I don’t think there are a lot of tracks of his that I don’t like.
I love Koshiro. He's probably my favourite composer ever when all is said and done.
Kenichi Tokoi
I want to add Kenichi Tokoi to that Sega Sound Team bit, because I've come to absolutely adore his works over the course of last year. He's certainly not afraid with experimenting with different genres, and his bits in Unleashed have proven that he's an incredibly diverse composer, capable of taking any sort of genre and delivering a wonderful soundscape for players to listen to as they run through various zones.
The Follin Brothers, as Quackula has pointed out. And Naoki Kodaka has done some very excellent stuff, ranging from Journey to Silius to Albert Odyssey. Those were very good picks, Quack.
Mega Man's had a ton of great composers come and go from the series as well, from Manami Matsumae, Takashi Tateishi, Bun Bun, Minae Fujii, etc. They've all done a phenomenal job on the series.
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Yasunori Mitsuda used to be one of mine, but that guy peaked during Chrono Cross/Xenogears, and his work today doesn't really measure up to those two pinnacle albums. I do like some of this stuff from time to time, but he has not matched his peak at all.
Motoi Sakuraba's been doing some good stuff with Xillia 2 and Dark Souls. He needs to do more stuff to pique my interest more.
I wish Masahiro Ando would compose for video games more than the stint he did for Arc the Lad. And the music in those games is excellent. Take a listen to the Arc I arrange album. It's very reminiscent of T-Square's stuff. BTW, T-SQUARE is amazing and you all should listen to them. Their jazz fusion is so good. I was so damn happy to hear that calibre of rhythm and bass in Arc 1-3.
Yuzo Koshiro
Yuzo Koshiro is my favourite composer of the forever. I will love his work for all eternity. It's just so amazing to me that he started out in the industry when he was in high school and continued on to continue to create a very consistent sound. I’ve elaborated on why I love Koshiro’s stuff before. I don’t like him just for his Streets of Rage stuff, his Etrian Odyssey stuff or his Shenmue stuff alone. His soundtrack for 7th Dragon was amazing, as was his Ys, ActRaiser, Shinobi, Sonic, The Scheme and others as well. I don’t think there are a lot of tracks of his that I don’t like.
I love Koshiro. He's probably my favourite composer ever when all is said and done.
Kenichi Tokoi
I want to add Kenichi Tokoi to that Sega Sound Team bit, because I've come to absolutely adore his works over the course of last year. He's certainly not afraid with experimenting with different genres, and his bits in Unleashed have proven that he's an incredibly diverse composer, capable of taking any sort of genre and delivering a wonderful soundscape for players to listen to as they run through various zones.
The Follin Brothers, as Quackula has pointed out. And Naoki Kodaka has done some very excellent stuff, ranging from Journey to Silius to Albert Odyssey. Those were very good picks, Quack.
Mega Man's had a ton of great composers come and go from the series as well, from Manami Matsumae, Takashi Tateishi, Bun Bun, Minae Fujii, etc. They've all done a phenomenal job on the series.
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Yasunori Mitsuda used to be one of mine, but that guy peaked during Chrono Cross/Xenogears, and his work today doesn't really measure up to those two pinnacle albums. I do like some of this stuff from time to time, but he has not matched his peak at all.
Motoi Sakuraba's been doing some good stuff with Xillia 2 and Dark Souls. He needs to do more stuff to pique my interest more.
I wish Masahiro Ando would compose for video games more than the stint he did for Arc the Lad. And the music in those games is excellent. Take a listen to the Arc I arrange album. It's very reminiscent of T-Square's stuff. BTW, T-SQUARE is amazing and you all should listen to them. Their jazz fusion is so good. I was so damn happy to hear that calibre of rhythm and bass in Arc 1-3.
I've been posting in Sonic threads since 2011. SonicGAF the community is just over a year old.
tiggerkiddo
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David Bergeaud is the man as well. Listen to his stuff people (Ratchet and Clank series)
EDIT: This is also your daily PSA to get your butts on PSO2. QQ needs more allies.
EDIT: This is also your daily PSA to get your butts on PSO2. QQ needs more allies.
Seven Force
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Koshiro's been covered, so I'll just post some of my favorite stuff from Michiru Yamane:
- Dance of Pales (Symphony of the Night)
- Crystal Teardrops (Symphony of the Night)
- Wandering Ghosts (Symphony of the Night)
- The Tragic Prince (Symphony of the Night)
- Wood Carving Partita (Symphony of the Night)
One of the reasons that Symphony of the Night is pretty much my favorite gaming soundtrack is because of how diverse it is. Jazzy one moment, classical the next, full on rock afterwards. Yamane has some damn great compositional range, and it really shines here.
I adore her work on Castlevania: Bloodlines as well: (If I hear one complaint about the Genesis soundchip, I swear to god I will fight you)
- Calling From Heaven
- Iron Blue Intention
- The Sinking Old Sanctuary
I'd gush more, but I just got back from a an impromptu nearly two night long road trip to Niagara Falls, and I'm tired as hell.
- Dance of Pales (Symphony of the Night)
- Crystal Teardrops (Symphony of the Night)
- Wandering Ghosts (Symphony of the Night)
- The Tragic Prince (Symphony of the Night)
- Wood Carving Partita (Symphony of the Night)
One of the reasons that Symphony of the Night is pretty much my favorite gaming soundtrack is because of how diverse it is. Jazzy one moment, classical the next, full on rock afterwards. Yamane has some damn great compositional range, and it really shines here.
I adore her work on Castlevania: Bloodlines as well: (If I hear one complaint about the Genesis soundchip, I swear to god I will fight you)
- Calling From Heaven
- Iron Blue Intention
- The Sinking Old Sanctuary
I'd gush more, but I just got back from a an impromptu nearly two night long road trip to Niagara Falls, and I'm tired as hell.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Oooh, I hope that went well for you. :O
Yeah, Yamane's jazz and rock stuff is good. A little bit of the stuff she did for Genso Suikoden III was alright (I believe she did Searching for a Hero, which is one of my favourite pieces in GS3), but overall, that soundtrack was a transition soundtrack that didn't exactly use the right samples to make the compositions excel at all (and to be honest, a lot of the compositions were pretty meh).
Just been busy lately, and I had a bit of a tough month in general. Hopefully my schedule will clear up soon.
Yeah, Yamane's jazz and rock stuff is good. A little bit of the stuff she did for Genso Suikoden III was alright (I believe she did Searching for a Hero, which is one of my favourite pieces in GS3), but overall, that soundtrack was a transition soundtrack that didn't exactly use the right samples to make the compositions excel at all (and to be honest, a lot of the compositions were pretty meh).
I still have to get around to Soul Hackers and EO4. They're both still in their wrap.
Just been busy lately, and I had a bit of a tough month in general. Hopefully my schedule will clear up soon.
tiggerkiddo
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Evening Dreamscape is the best tune of BtS easily.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Finally got that Sonic Generations Platinum.
It Doesn't Matter was a big help.
It Doesn't Matter was a big help.
Lightning Lord
Banned
Damn, those songs you posted makes me want to play SotN again!
I remember reading somewhere that JDK vowed that even if the game sucked, you would at least still love the music.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Yo, these Bloodlines songs give me life
Nocturnowl
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VJC Returns 3D.
Still waiting on Konami to actually port or re-release bloodlines on something but since this is modern Konami I think i'll be waiting for a loooong time, maybe I should just swipe my friends Mega Drive and Bloodlines cart.
Still waiting on Konami to actually port or re-release bloodlines on something but since this is modern Konami I think i'll be waiting for a loooong time, maybe I should just swipe my friends Mega Drive and Bloodlines cart.
Seven Force
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Always knew you had good taste, JC. (Welcome back)
I always found it weird that three of Konami's classic Genesis titles (Rocket Knight Adventures, Contra: Hard Corps and Bloodlines) got current gen direct sequels in some way (Rocket Knight, Hard Corps: Uprising & Portrait of Ruin) yet, the original titles have never seen any sort of re-release.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Konami Genesis games > respective Konami SNES counterparts*
FIGHT MEEEEEEEEE
FIGHT MEEEEEEEEE
ok, maybe not TMNT or Sunset Riders
Seven Force
Banned
I can mostly agree with that.
Though I think Hard Corps and Contra III are pretty close in terms of quality, and Sparkster SNES kicks the shit out of the Genesis version of the sequel.
It's not even the fact that they outsourced it that bothers me, it's that they outsourced it to the wrong guys. They were smart enough to give Contra 4 to WayForward, Hard Corps Uprising to ArcSys, and the ReBirth games to M2. Then they go and give Rocket Knight to the Silent Hill: Shattered Memories guys? How does that even make sense?
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
The JC has come back to the NeoG.A.F.
Are we talking about Sunset Riders Arcade?
Are we talking about Sunset Riders Arcade?
That game doesn't exist. I don't know what you're talking about, qq.
There aren't a lot of Falcom games that outright suck outside of a select few because their development style is one that even Square-Enix should learn from.Lightning Lord said:
Congrats. I used What I'm Made Of, Live and Learn, and Reach for the Stars because eff y'all, I like that song.Hot Coldman said:
Nocturnowl
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Who doesn't like Reach for the Stars? those monsters!
I think I used Flying Battery Zone for that "fun" little trophy (we're on about beat Time Eater without getting hit right?), the best part about it was that it wasn't even clear if you got hit or not.
I think I used Flying Battery Zone for that "fun" little trophy (we're on about beat Time Eater without getting hit right?), the best part about it was that it wasn't even clear if you got hit or not.
Seven Force
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I used nothing but Sonic Boom and It Doesn't Master, as far as custom tracks go.
(Reach for the Stars defense force reportin' in.)
(Reach for the Stars defense force reportin' in.)
tiggerkiddo
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I wish they had Casino Night Zone 2 Player...I'd add that to a bunch of stages.
Toxic Caves works really well for Chemical Plant Zone in Generations, only because they don't provide me with the SUPERIOR Genesis Chemical Plant Zone music.
Toxic Caves works really well for Chemical Plant Zone in Generations, only because they don't provide me with the SUPERIOR Genesis Chemical Plant Zone music.
Nocturnowl
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But they did supply you with superior Genesis Mega Drive Chemical Plant in Generations.
All this Reach for The Stars talk made me quickly play some Colours levels, ah the classic controller pro is not so good for this, I miss my GC controller but I can live, yep Colours is still good stuff, love the world themes and Frenzy Wisp is one of the greatest kill everything in your path powers going.
All this Reach for The Stars talk made me quickly play some Colours levels, ah the classic controller pro is not so good for this, I miss my GC controller but I can live, yep Colours is still good stuff, love the world themes and Frenzy Wisp is one of the greatest kill everything in your path powers going.
tiggerkiddo
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It didn't sound the same to me for some reason...=/
SpikedGunner
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hey Sonic-GAF, I need some help. I've started collecting the Worlds Collide series, but missed the first issues and it's Variants, anyone know of a good non-eBay place where I might find them for a reasonable price?
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Lots of people hate that song!
For better measure, you can also pose this question in the Worlds Collide thread to see if you can get some better answers.
If you want them later, I believe you can order them directly from Archie per arc (StH, SU, MM). If you want the entire Worlds Collide set, well, Archie has a page up for ordering them + the variant covers. But they are pricey as heck.
If you want them now, the only thing I can probably recommend is going to a local comic shop who would get a bigger stock of the comics and who would keep the back-issues around in boxes. Since my comic shop doesn't get a lot of stock in, I usually reserve mine. As for the variants, you have to hunt those down at a comic shop. My comic shop didn't get those in, so I'm sticking with the primary covers.
I honestly would have suggested Graham Crackers, but it looks like they're sold out of some stock. Midtown looks like they have some.
Shadow Hog
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That would be the SNES version, which was a pretty faithful port. The Genesis version is kind of its own thing, using the basic gameplay of the other two versions but having mostly unique stages.
SpikedGunner
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I'll keep that in mind for future reference, and I am looking for now, since I picked up part 2 (regular & variant) and 3 (variant), plus the FCBD issue. I had planned to pick up part one during the weekend of release but the local shop here was sold out, which is weird because whenever I had the interest to pick up certain Archie Sonic issues they were usually in stock. So now I usually call in advance to have the issue set aside for me, but I'm stuck looking for #1 and I never noticed it was 2 Variant covers. Guess I'll take a look around more.
Thanks for the help.
Hot Coldman
Banned
That's AC2 and Jak & Daxter Platinumed. I fear this is a dangerous hole I'm falling down.
One of us, one of us.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
You really collected all that shit in J&D/AC2
Hot Coldman
Banned
tiggerkiddo
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Don't go down that road.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
AC2's platinum is so easy, though! Try something harder. :V
Even I have AC2's platinum. >.>
*stops Noi from posting how many platinums I have even though he has like 95 platinums or something*
No problem. I wanted to get the FCBD issue, too, and I'm kinda hoping they set it aside for me, but I deeply doubt they would have since it's FCBD.
Good luck! I hope you find it! I know someone else who's trying to track one of the issues down and he's having a tough time finding it, too! I guess they must be in high demand.
Ahhhh. Yeah, the SNES version was definitely the better port.
SpikedGunner
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Yea, when I went to FCBD yesterday, I saw that the issue wasn't on the table...luckly I called the shop owner who knows I'm now collecting the crossover and set aside a copy for me. Thanks again, I'll keep on searching.
Hot Coldman
Banned
It's so dull though, getting all those feathers... it's difficult by way of tedium.
And getting all the JSR trophies is tough! It's also not a platinum, but w/e.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Play PSO2
i leveled up twice yesterday, i wont play today (as much as i want to)! sorry!
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