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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Kitsunexus on December 28, 2007, 07:29:10 PM
Title: I am pathetic.
Post by: Kitsunexus on December 28, 2007, 07:29:10 PM
I am currently rocking out to Sapphire - Track 4 in my car, parked on the side of the road.
This car is in GTA: Vice City. :(
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: nat on December 28, 2007, 07:39:21 PM
It's too bad you don't have a real TurboGrafx so you could actually tell us what stages these songs are from. Things like "Track 4" and "Track 1" don't mean a whole lot to me. "Stage 1" and "Stage 4" on the other hand, mean a whole lot more.
From another thread, I know you like the Lords of Thunder soundtrack. Did you know the soundtrack in Sapphire is by the same folks?
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: WoodyXP on December 28, 2007, 07:47:13 PM
Well.. you can't go wrong with playing Vice City so you can't be that bad off. 8)
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Post by: ParanoiaDragon on December 28, 2007, 07:59:49 PM
I can't remember what track 4 is, cuz I renamed them all to their respective levels/bosses. Also, did you know that Hyper Wars music was also done by the same guys that did Lords of Thunder & Sapphire? Pity it isn't a shooter, but, I do have the soundtrack, if ever you need it.
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: Kitsunexus on December 28, 2007, 08:04:06 PM
It's too bad you don't have a real TurboGrafx so you could actually tell us what stages these songs are from. Things like "Track 4" and "Track 1" don't mean a whole lot to me. "Stage 1" and "Stage 4" on the other hand, mean a whole lot more.
From another thread, I know you like the Lords of Thunder soundtrack. Did you know the soundtrack in Sapphire is by the same folks?
I found that out while grabbing the Sapphire ISO. T's Music is the BEST ROCK GROUP EVER.
My modem crapped out while I'm uploading, lets go again! HERE IS TRACK 4: http://www.mediafire.com/?7uizif5zcy1
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on December 28, 2007, 08:15:16 PM
Stage 2. And I'm pretty sure T's Music is more generic then a rock band, since, they did alot of the music for later Turbo games, that were not rock, not to mention the music for Bonk for NES. So, it's probably some faction within T's Music that was responsible for the more rock oriented stuff, including Cotton & Dungeon Explorer 2, while, not rock, did use guitars n' stuff.
Oh yeah, they also did Riot Zone.
You know what, I think they also did Super Darius 2, which was made, not by Hudson, but by NEC Avenue.
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: Kitsunexus on December 28, 2007, 08:21:21 PM
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on December 28, 2007, 08:38:04 PM
Yeah, I've seen that before :D
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Post by: Kitsunexus on December 28, 2007, 08:45:49 PM
Seriously, T's Music > Any popular American rock band.
I would like to see T's Music, JDK Band, The Black Mages, KONAMI KuKeiHa CLUB, Sega S.S.T. Band and Crush 40 team up for the single greatest concert in the history of mankind! Forget the briefcase Missa, THAT is what babies should be stolen for.
Seriously, if this concert took place, it would bring world peace by the power of awesome! It would be like the Woodstock of gaming, except no nudity because well, not a lot of gamers are in great shape.
But still, it would be the BEST CONCERT EVER.
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on December 28, 2007, 09:01:45 PM
I wish somebody around here knew more about T's Music, Kaminari seems to know alot about japanese music companies, but I haven't seen him around in awhile.
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Post by: Tatsujin on December 28, 2007, 11:52:27 PM
Seriously, T's Music > Any popular American rock band.
I would like to see T's Music, JDK Band, The Black Mages, KONAMI KuKeiHa CLUB, Sega S.S.T. Band and Crush 40 team up for the single greatest concert in the history of mankind! Forget the briefcase Missa, THAT is what babies should be stolen for.
Seriously, if this concert took place, it would bring world peace by the power of awesome! It would be like the Woodstock of gaming, except no nudity because well, not a lot of gamers are in great shape.
But still, it would be the BEST CONCERT EVER.
T's M & Nick Woods together would be already suficient :dance:
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Post by: runinruder on December 29, 2007, 01:24:41 AM
You know what, I think they also did Super Darius 2, which was made, not by Hudson, but by NEC Avenue.
They had a hand in a number of NEC Avenue soundtracks: Hellfire S, Dragon Knight III, Doukyuusei, etc. (I think they did only a track or two for each of the Elf games, though.)
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Post by: SignOfZeta on December 29, 2007, 03:17:01 AM
Seriously, T's Music > Any popular American rock band.
Um...nah.
I'm not really a "rock and roll" sort of guy, and most of my favorite tunes come from the UK, or Europe, but still this statement is just silly. Just as an example, the new Springsteen Album, "Magic", that is so popular with the music press right now; its fantastic. No game music is ever going to move me this way. I'd also cite The Killers, The Shins and all the stuff that isn't rock since rock is almost dead as a genre now with all the really killer stuff now being done in other genres.
Then there is the fact that once you've listened to enough music you'll start to realize where all the ideas for soundtracks like Lords/Winds of Thunder came from; mainly vintage Helloween. Do you know of Helloween? Its basically like the LoT soundtrack only 10x better and with vocals. Check it out sometime. Keeper of the Seven Keys pt 1 and 2 (two separate albums) seem to be a huge inspiration for LoT. Also maybe some Man O War and Iron Maiden. Helloween is German, Maiden English, and Man O War is American.
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: Kitsunexus on December 29, 2007, 09:19:07 AM
Its basically like the LoT soundtrack only 10x better and with vocals.
How can it be 10x better and have vocals? Vocals suck.
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: SignOfZeta on December 29, 2007, 09:37:48 AM
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How can it be 10x better and have vocals? Vocals suck.
Because it talks about Gutterdamerung and stuff. Just buy it. Well, you're under 20 so you've probably never purchased music in your life. Go pirate it then, whatever is you do.
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: Kitsunexus on December 29, 2007, 10:18:31 AM
How can it be 10x better and have vocals? Vocals suck.
Because it talks about Gutterdamerung and stuff. Just buy it. Well, you're under 20 so you've probably never purchased music in your life.
90% of my music is ripped from bought CDs.
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Post by: ParanoiaDragon on December 29, 2007, 03:18:45 PM
Yeah, I'm usually against vocals, especially in any kind of rock. But, I've been into Dream Theater for awhile, & am now getting into Stride, Dragon Force, & Symphony X.
As for music that inspired LoT, I always figured it was stuff like Vinnie Moore & Yngwei Malmsteen & maybe Joe Satriani that inspired them. If you listen to any of their stuff, you'll see what I mean. I even made a special version of Sylphia, where I took out the techno, & added in all Vinnie Moore, which seems so much more fitting. I think Bonknuts still has it uploaded somewhere, if not, I can reupload it on File Factory. It makes the game so much more interesting. And I didn't take just random tracks for each level, boss, etc. I took my time, & found which songs sounded good with each area.
The music I listen to, is usually in my truck, & on a mp3 cd, since I usually just rip all my stuff so I can have a cd in there for weeks. Right now, I'm making my way thru all the Castleroids, from Symphony of the Night thru Portrait of Ruin. I'll probably next go thru the 2 PS2 Castlevania ost's, those 2 ost's barely fit on 1 mp3 cd!
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Post by: Tatsujin on December 29, 2007, 05:43:12 PM
as for me, i clearly separate game OST/tunez and "real" music. while game musig is very fun as well gives me a lots of nostalgic feels while listen at, real music/bands like pink floyd, david gilmour, billy cobham, pat metheney, volker kriegel, (old) mike oldfiled etc.. gives me a total different feeling about. it goes deep, with a lot of emotions in good as well as bad days, it's could be melancholic as well. it's kind of real live, all the feelings are real!! and i'm also against a lot of vocals in songs, that why i choosed those bands listened above. but some of them singing sometimes, but when they do, then it's really necessary that they do.
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: Kitsunexus on December 29, 2007, 06:47:59 PM
as for me, i clearly separate game OST/tunez and "real" music.
I don't, the best game music is as good as the best non-game music (game OST music is "real" otherwise we wouldn't hear it).
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: Tatsujin on December 29, 2007, 07:39:18 PM
i'm not talking about the physicals of music ;)
the problem is, that you rarely can't find any music like pink floyd or jazz (general) in any video games. they're either contain typical game tunez (chip) or instrumental which goes in the direction of rock/heavy, techno or ocherstral but it never covers all genre of music.
as i said, i love both since i love good music generally, but in a different way.
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: Kitsunexus on December 29, 2007, 07:55:52 PM
I dunno man, to me music is music, no matter where it comes from. As long as it's not country-western, I'll listen to it.
For example, I went from The Stranglers - "Golden Brown" to Gradius II - "Burning Heat" to Kilo - "Lean Like A Cholo" to Mr. Bungle - "Travolta" to Feist - "Gatekeeper (One Room One Hour Mix)" to Unreal Tournament - "Organic" to Prodigy - "Breathe" to Genesis - "Land Of Confusion" to Extreme - "Rest In Peace" to Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - "Moanin'" to Martin Rosok - "Grieg Sonata in e-minor, 1 - Allegro moderato" to Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - "Oil Ocean Zone".
I didn't think, "Oh wow, this music was WAAAY better than THAT kind!". No, it's just music.
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: nat on December 29, 2007, 08:41:27 PM
Mr. Bungle!!!!
Are you a Bungle fan? Mike Patton's bands f*cking rock, especially Bungle.
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: Kitsunexus on December 29, 2007, 08:46:20 PM
Are you a Bungle fan? Mike Patton's bands f*cking rock, especially Bungle.
MR.BUNGLE IS f*ckING PWNAGE! Anybody who doesn't like them should be SHOT! Faith No More is also cool, but Mr. Bungle RULES.
And for you naysayers, who maybe think that it's not cool: < Perhaps the MOST KICKASS MARIO THEME COVER EVER. Love the drums (Mike Patton is a man of many talents)!
After you're done watching that: < The edited version of "Travolta" the original is much better < Air Conditioned Nightmare
Title: Re: I am pathetic.
Post by: SignOfZeta on December 30, 2007, 02:14:41 AM
I'm big fan of pop instrumentals. Walk Don't Run (Part II) by The Ventures, Stratofortress by Stratovarius, The Brazilian by Genesis, Avalanche by New Order, etc. I absolutely prefer the instrumental version of the Ghost Dog soundtrack to the shitty American retail release which is only availible with other Wu Tang losers rapping on it, and even though I love Deltron 3030 as a whole...I think the instrumental version might actually be better.
Additionally I'm a huge fan of electronic dance music, DJ battles, etc.
However, its pretty f*cking weird to say that you're "against vocals".