Unmute those greentext
Anon enjoys videogame music
Submitted 2 weeks ago by gurty@lemmy.world to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I miss Seth Everman! Dude was so great
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
space level
theramin and sounds of masturbatinganelephant@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve been laughing out loud at a university cafeteria for a good minute now, thanks. Dark Orbit - EIC (New Music October 2013) 0:32.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
>laboratory level >futuristic sounding synths
lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Anon’s vibin
gegil@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
This is not just real, its a truth.
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
American level clapping noises
Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
> Not with that attitude
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
omg hax
Hubi@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
>he doesn’t know
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
> American level
> clapping noises
tfw when you totally can
lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
I’ve been using
>code blocksfor that, but I low key want actual greentext here.bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Just use a backslash to escape the >
> like this, which looks like:
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LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I feel like it should be possible
daggermoon@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
Sounds like a good game.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Ok uh, barely related, but:
Is there an actual name for the genre of music of Half Life 2, Ep1/2, Alyx?
Its like… progressive rock but sometimes also hardrock guitar riffs, but also with … basically ‘experimental’ industrial/techno usually mixed in quite well, and then also very often with essentially breakbeat drumming, and a lot of it also uses some pretty uncommon time signatures and switchups.
And then sometimes there is either classical instrumentation, or, essentially some kind of filtered or synth version of it.
… I literally fail to describe it succinctly, I don’t know how, I’m not aware of anything else that really sounds consistently like it.
AlexLost@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So, like Nine Inch Nails then. That’s called just industrial.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I mean, NiN and industrial in general has many elements in common with it…
I dunno, its less … orthodox, in time signatures, than basically all NiN I can remember listening to, with the exception of Ghosts.
Ghosts has a lot more just… weird timings, but they’re also paired with melodies and chords that are dissonant or off in some way…
Not much of Ghosts is high tempo, ‘action-y’, and HL2’s melodies are actually not as odd and dissonant, they’re more conventional, just often played with unconventional instruments/synths.
And, NiN’s drumming, cymbals and such is usually nowhere near as frantic.
… Maybe I just don’t have a wide enough industrial palette, and I guess maybe yeah, ‘HL2 style’ is best described as a subgenre of industrial?
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
>cherry blossoms in the level
>koto and sho OR shamisen and shakuhachi
roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sax… And violins.
StillAlive@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
That’s how yo momma likes it.
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roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Snakes are valid.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Limonene@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Counterpoint: The Crosscode soundtrack.
Forest level: accordion, guitar, only a bit of flute, no violin.
Forest level 2: accordion, choir, and xylophone.
Forest level 3: steel drums, guitar, some other kind of guitar.
Ice level: flutes, bass guitar.
Ice dungeon: french horn, synthy violin.
Lava level: (none)
Desert level: Exactly what OP said.
Desert town: Totally different from what OP said.
Beach level: guitar, flute, piano, very little steel drums, no ukulele.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
but anon, what if you are Spider-Man in a Fun House in 1991?
Apeman42@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Bongos, error beeps, and the wails of the damned.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And that instrument that makes plastic clicky noises, expertly played.
Nangijala@feddit.dk 2 weeks ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I don’t mean to offend anyone but I cannot respect you as a human being, let alone a sentient organism, if you enjoy video game music at any time other than whilst playing a video game.
“I like the music in doom, it’s weirdly ambient despite being so aggressive.” Perfectly fine, even respectable. “I was listening to the mortal kombat soundtrack the other day…” You are lesser than a sea cucumber.
Nefara@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Was the last time you listened to game music when it was all chip and midi? There’s some beautiful and moving music in games.
Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hell, even with the chip tunes alone, it’s amazing what people managed to squeeze out of a sine, a saw, and a square channel. Bloody Tears comes to mind. Or Willy’s theme from Megaman 2.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It’s excellent for the setting it was made for, but is lacking compared to the collected discography of generations of musicians tuned to at-home listening.
I listen to opera at the opera. I listen to symphonies at the symphony, or at home if I’m particularly nostalgic. I listen to game music when I’m playing games. Each has an environment crafted around it to maximize enjoyment. I can’t even listen to edm without dimming the lights.
Listening to a game soundtrack made to evoke specific emotions at specific times? It feels like the point was wholly missed and vast horizons entirely ignored.
kartoffelsaft@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I could sympathize with your point if VGM was still the blips and blops of cheap midi synths like it was in Doom’s hayday. Heck, I still someshat sympathize with the idea that VGM just doesn’t work as well as albums for making a pure listening experience because the game inherently restricts it’s format (though I’d say it depends on the game). But VGM by [current year] has gotten so good I must ask what VGM you have heard. Would you make the same claim for film soundtracks?
Unsolicited VGM suggestions that I think prove my point
Expedition 33, Neon White, Ultrakill, Team Fortress 2, Hyper Light Drifter
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I do feel the same way about movie soundtracks. My partner pulled the full interstellar soundtrack into their chill out playlist and I wince a little every time.
I liked the music in bioshock, shadow of the colossus, kingdom hearts 3, horizon, undertale, etc., quite a lot. But devoting time to listening to it, rather than modern music made for home listening just doesn’t appeal to me. It feels like pulling out a jigsaw when you need a dremel. Like, you can do that, certainly, but there are infinitely better options
gurty@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Its almost a cliche to say it at this point, but Clair Obscur’s soundtrack is incredible.
imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It’s a great song, but I can’t see myself choosing to play it outside game night. (I played this one to death during our desert campaign)
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Another counterpoint
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Look, I think gamers should definitely expand their tastes because I know a few who almost exclusively listen to games soundtrack, but that doesn’t mean games soundtracks have no artistic value outside of the game… now, not all of them do, but it’s not all black and white
zedgeist@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I’ve got spurs that jingle jangle jingle
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sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
“And they say, ‘whoah, ain’t you glad you’re single~!’…”
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Boone?
… oh. fuck. right.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Boone_killcam.
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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hell yeah. I’ve listened to the Mario Christmas medley every year since it debuted.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
sleigh ride is so fun
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Then you got Ape Escape and it’s DRUMS AND BASS
Soundtrack for the curious.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Soichi Terada is cool.
Also it’s jungle rather than drum’n’bass.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
🚨🐒
CPMSP@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
And for a good variety of levels and backgrounds, I present Snails House.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Thanks Ocarina of Time
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Also Mario 64.
Basically its ‘thanks Koji Kondo’.
MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I dunno… According to this, Gerudo Valley should have a sitar and zurna flute, but instead the flamenco jam comes in hot with the Spanish guitar and trumpet.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Different kind of dessert.
Zitar and zurna flute for deserts with camels and sand dunes. Spanish guitar, trumpet, and I think drum rim? for deserts with cliffs and tumbleweeds.
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
There’s a ukulele in the OoT OST? O.o
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
OoT doesn’t have beach music. Mario games (by the same composer), however…