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disolitude on 02 June 2013
F0X said:
disolitude said:
F0X said:

I'm partial to this.


Yeah this is so awesome... Never played Xenoblade so hearing it for the first time.


The following is nomal battle music from the final 1/3 (or so) of the game.

 

Yeah these guys knew where its at when they were making the soundtrack... Any game that incorporates shredding metal or techno/house music usually kicks ass.



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Boutros on 02 June 2013

So creepy and scary as you play.

 



Muffin31190 on 02 June 2013
ironmanDX said:

Just play this with every boss fight, forever.

 

too good man it fits perfectly



brendude13 on 02 June 2013

Nothing.

I think boss music has been fine recently.



disolitude on 02 June 2013
Somini said:
arcelonious said:
Kyuu said:
arcelonious said:

A discussion about boss battle music just isn't right without Shadow of the Colossus.  The entire soundtrack is amazing!  Here is one track:

 

This is probably the best soundtrack I've heared in any game :)

I agree!  It's definitely one of the best out there.

@osed125

Yes, I like the track as well (I can easily listen to the entire OST).

How about this one, it's from the Sega Mega Drive time :P


Ah MegaDrive, my second love... even with its limited chipset it has some amazing boss tunes. Contra, Streets of Rage, Sonic, Vectorman all kicked ass...

Here is a genesis/Mega drive game a lot of people may have missed with a crazy good soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n_eHN-ArK8



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arcelonious on 02 June 2013
Somini said:

How about this one, it's from the Sega Mega Drive time :P


It's been a while since I've heard that.  I always love the video game music from the 90's.  Returning to this generation, I think Nier had a good OST.



F0X on 02 June 2013
disolitude said:
F0X said:
disolitude said:
F0X said:

I'm partial to this.


Yeah this is so awesome... Never played Xenoblade so hearing it for the first time.


The following is nomal battle music from the final 1/3 (or so) of the game.

 

Yeah these guys knew where its at when they were making the soundtrack... Any game that incorporates shredding metal or techno/house music usually kicks ass.


What struck me about Xenoblade's music is how effortly it bounds from calm, relaxing exploration to "OH SHIT I'M BEING CHASED BY A HILL-SIZED BEAST" and it just plain nails it.



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Somini on 02 June 2013

@disolitude,

That's some hardcore gaming right there. The music was great as well. Weird that i have never heard of that game, i was a Sega junkie lol!



Nem on 02 June 2013

I'm with you. I dislike the use of ambience over music because music is so much richer and can invoke feelings in you. Its a powerful tool that devs nowadays are wasting.



disolitude on 02 June 2013
Boutros said:

So creepy and scary as you play.

 


I'll give it points for originality thats for sure...plus yeah its kind of creepy.