On 30/08/2013 08:55 PM, Warp wrote:
> Many modern games have really good and inspiring music. The kind of
> music that's very recognizable and spawns tons and tons of covers by
> people.

Perhaps I haven't played any of them then.

> Just as an example, take Skyrim. There are lots of excellent covers
> made from its soundtrack, such as:

You'll be unsurprised to hear that I haven't played Skyrim. I don't even 
know what it's about. I just know it's apparently wicked-popular.

>    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL5K09mqwZc

Dude's got game.

>    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY3MFs7NptE

Not really my style, but certainly a cut above merely "generic".

> Or how about Portal?
>
>    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQB6szN72uo

Portal I will give you. At least, the music from the end title is VERY 
iconic - and enjoyable simply as a piece of music. The music that 
actually features in the main game? Not so much.

> A bit older, but hardly 8-bit music (listen at least a couple of minutes
> of it):
>
>    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLI3fSgccZU

Now THIS is more like it.

> One of my favorites:
>
>    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=135Gltfkxeo

Again, not my style, but better than most.



Actually, thinking about it, I say they don't make graphically and 
sonically rich games any more. But now I remember:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HHqdLrTBwQ&list=PLE92A345D7C2A1B2D

Bastion. It's graphically rich (although a little bit samey after a 
while). And while not every single song is a killer, it has some VERY 
good stuff in there. And it's fairly varied. This one's my favourite 
though. (Plus, it has that mesmerising narration which seems 
inexplicably organic...)

So maybe it's not that they don't make 'em now, just that they don't 
make _many_ of them...

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