Memorable Music in Gaming #65

This week we’re gonna do something a touch different. We’re gonna be looking at user comments beneath the videos and picking out our favorite.

Nier | Prestigious Mask

@Futago2803 writes: Fall in love this soundtrack, feels chilling in peaceful village <3

【ニーアレプリカント ver.1.22 BGM】仮面ノ誉 (仮面の街) ｜ NieR Replicant OST - The Prestigious Mask

Red Dead Redemption 2 | That's the Way It Is

@ColeNalle writes: It kinda does remind me it's the day that we are getting ready to be moving to the new house by the minute while we're going to start packing up pretty soon at first while it's time for our old house to go and it gets more depressing by the minute after sometimes while it's all true that I know so often in my head while this Music plays. So emotional how it feels.

Red Dead Redemption 2 Official Soundtrack - That's The Way It Is

Kentucky Route Zero | You’ve Got to Walk

@elvenlament writes: the slow zoom out, the faceless shapes, wondering where weaver had just gone... this scene was perfect

"You've Got To Walk" by The Bedquilt Ramblers (Kentucky Route Zero)

Undertale | Megalovania

@elliottlava7784 writes: I don't know why but after deltarune this hits way harder. It feels sadder. I've never heard a song sound so different despite being the exact same song, when i hear it now all i can think of is what he's saying: "look, i gave up trying to go back a long time ago. And going to the surface doesn't appeal to me too much, either." This isn't a triumph, this isn't a final hoorah, this is someone who's lost everything watching the world fall apart around them and using every single little bit of energy to try and save it, although he knows that in the end it'll all be for nothing.

Undertale - Megalovania

Batman: Arkham City | Main Theme

@gplgs4640 writes: This is probably the most “Batman” theme out of every single iteration. You can hear some part of this song fit with any iteration we’ve seen of him, whether it’s Affleck’s, Pattinson’s, Bale’s, Keaton’s, Kilmer’s, or even damn Clooney’s. I’d argue this could be used for the animated Batmen too. There’s just no other theme out there that so vividly captures the essence of The Batman like this one.

Batman Arkham City Soundtrack -  Main Theme (Track #1)

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Memorable Music in Gaming #55

This week we’re celebrating some of the finest vocalists ever to lend their voices. We hope these 5 tracks make you appreciate the games and the music that much more.

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 Soundtrack | PS2 | Pursuing My True Self

Confession: I haven’t played a lick of the Persona games. I do, however, know my way through each game’s killer soundtrack. I love it when games take their soundtrack seriously and make it such a major part of their identity.

Shihoko Hirata has an amazing voice, and I’m so in love with the way she sings “obscurity” near the end.

Pursuing My True Self (FULL w/ lyrics)

 

Kentucky Route Zero | PC | Too Late to Love You

Ostensibly, the song is sung by Junebug in Act III. In reality, it is actually composer Ben Babbitt’s voice, digitally altered.

Everything about this performance is a bona-fide work of art. The surreal vibes, atmospheric presentation, Junebug’s hypnotic movements. Pure class.

Kentucky Route Zero - Act III - Too Late to Love You (in-game version)

 

Gray Matter | PC | Never Going Back (Sam’s Theme)

Eugene Jarvis. Warren Spector. Ken Levine. Jane Jensen. There are some video game designers that I’m an eternal fan of. Gray Matter is a point and click game helmed by the latter - one of the best in the business.

Sung by the real-world band, The Scarlet Furies, this theme is a modern great. The point and click genre is notable for producing excellent music, and Sam’s Theme is up there among the greats.

Never Going Back (Sam´s Theme)

 

Resident Evil 7 | PC | Go Tell Aunt Rhody

“Go Tell Aunt Rhody” is an actual folk song from the 18th Century which sings about the death… of a goose. The version that appears in the game is sung by Jordan Reyne, who has such a fantastic punk voice. The lyrics are altered too, including seamlessly replacing “the old, gray goose is dead” with “everybody’s dead”.

You may disagree, but I find folk/traditional songs to be slightly off-kilter. Even nursery rhymes, especially after finding out what “Ring a Ring o' Roses” is all about actually. These songs have the tendency to make any piece of media that much more creepy.

Don’t believe me? Ever heard of “One, Two, Freddy’s coming for you!”

Go Tell Aunt Rhody (RE7 Official Soundtrack Full Version)

 

Persona 5 | PC | Beneath the Mask

If push comes to a shove, I’ll select this song as my top favorite from the Persona games. Sung beautifully by Lyn Inaizumi, there’s a lot of emotions and feelings on display here.

I highly recommend listening to the instrumental and the percussion-less rain version as well. Preferably back to back.

Persona 5 OST- Beneath the Mask

 

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