Okay, screw it. Prepare yourselves, because this is my pick of the 200-track OST. In chronological order:
Excitement and adventure, a good start.
Mischief and magic, a good continuation.
Challenge and trouble, a good change of pace.
Beauty and mystery... I'll try not to do that for the entire post.
FUNK!
Now things are really kicking off...
Kastere's post: Rampage edition.
It's funny, I never realised these were six seperate tracks. Turns out they just merge into each other once you get past a certain point - often only a few seconds away. Makes you wonder if it was worth it.
I've got 1...
2...
4...
and 6.
This game really was pretty freaky, wasn't it? I can think of no other game with music like this.
My fraternal love for violinists may be leading me a little here. Also, a harp!
Genuinely frightening.
The funk's creeping back in again. Don't recognise this one? You were probably too busy trying to kill those fucking mudmen.
Again, not doing wonders for the 'Rayman 3 wasn't that weird' argument.
Yah-hah! Have at you, cad!
Just. Plain. Cool.
It's hard to believe this is from the same game.
Feel my plums
Everyone's favourite; Actually more subtle and relaxed than most people remember.
This is very ambient.
This is even ambient-er. And less musical.
This still gives me nightmares. Seriously.
... But that's nothing compared to this.
The Knaaren were scary, but not as scary.
Nothing says 'Battle' more than didgeridoos!
The Longest Shortcut was interesting. It was quite obviously a sort of training centre for the harder levels to come...
... And yet the music was so relaxed?
Christmas! Also, you're going to die!
Xmas: Xtreme Xedition.
This just sounds like an evil base.
Missile Command! And that funk just won't stay away...
There are sympathetic villains, and there are the kind of villains who have this music playing in their base. Hoodlums are the latter.
In platform games it seems to be obligatory for the music to get all mechanical near the end.
... And then get all techno-synth and abstracted.
The last jetcar section was a mistake, but the music was good.
Everyone's favourite... and they knew it. Hence the supercharged version.
Argh! It's so jolly!
My heartfelt gratitude to anyone who listened to even a bit of all of those. Your threefold reward:
I don't give a shit how much everyone bones Rayman, that's far too many videos for one post.
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“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,” Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’
Just give me thirty seconds while Firefox decides not to crash everytime I open this page.
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“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,” Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’
Alternatively, don't post 35+ videos in a single post.
You've just invalidated your right to be indignant of any of my anime posts ever.
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“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,” Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’
Alternatively, use Flashblock and be prepared in the event that excitable people such as me decide to do something unexpected in the mistaken belief that it won't be an issue by virtue of its rarity.
Also, no I haven't. In any way. I criticise for content, not mass.
Besides, you should just use Flashblock anyway. It's useful.
I played Spyro recently, and I will say that I liked the fact that some of the music feels like it's rooted in ska and related genres, if not in rhythm at least in textural aesthetic. The composer is Stewart Copeland, who I am not a big fan of, but I do think that he competently represented the visual environment with his score.
I'd like to say that I fully support MM's decision to post those videos for the reason that I was not badly afflicted by its highly subtle effect.
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I do acknowledge that not everyone's PC is a cycolopean monolith of processing, and I know this to be true in at least WoF's case. Had I remembered that earlier, I would have kept the number smaller. But nonetheless, I posted less than a quarter of the OST and I stand by my post and the taste it displays.
Actually my PC is good enough to play Skyrim at high setting. Thirty youtube videos will slow down anyone's browser.
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“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,” Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’
“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,” Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’
