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| Diddle Arche 3: Musicals/OSTs/films
So, we've got 20 left and we're going to lose another 2 which is unfortunate. Already wishing I'd gone for an accumulator style now, but I must learn to be strong.
Anyway, this round is music from other medias! | 1 | | Damjan Mravunac The Talos Principle
So, this round is music from other media: that can be films, game soundtracks, anime OPs, songs from musicals (I'm very fond of Legally Blonde myself) - anything like that.
Few rules though
- must be able to find it on YouTube, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Spotify or Deezer (as before)
- if from a film, tell me the film it's from. Just as a little verification.
- if from a musical (I don't know if I'll get any but I hope so), it probably won't be in the database so double-check first that I've not seen it. | 2 | | Jake Kaufman Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
adr has immunity for this round on the back of that wonderful Moonsorrow rec - this is still SONGS ONLY so no full OSTs please ^ ^
Good luck everyone!! | 3 | | 0edit Neotokyo
Welcome
cryptologous
As far as peculiar time signature usage goes – is this in 13/8 or something? – this track utilises its unsettling properties to great effect. Was expecting something far more futuristic sounding, but instead the bittersweet piano melody made for an altogether more powerful listening, especially along the track’s ‘disjointed’ nature. The choral section on the final reprise was particularly lovely, ending the piece on an intriguingly melancholic note. Makes me want to play the game. 4.0/5.0. | 4 | | Les Rallizes Denudes Double Heads
Les Rallizes Denudes - White Waking (from Space Funeral)
Ovrot
One of the most strangely, creepily beautiful pieces of music I’ve come across in a while. A grimy, ‘radio’d’ production style and bluesy twang guitar creates something that sounds genuinely antiquated, like a wistful reflection on something now long, long passed. Something about the stunted, accented delivery (and the group name) made me think the lyrics were French, but on further inspection they turn out to be Japanese – this is neither here nor there, but an interesting auditory sleight-of-hand. I’ve downloaded Space Funeral, hope it’s as good as this song. 3.9/5.0. | 5 | | Motoi Sakuraba Dark Souls Soundtrack
Gwyn, Lord of Cinder (cover by Isac Saleh)
Astral Abortis
I’ll talk mainly about the original but I watched the Isac Saleh cover, and it’s a beautiful, beautiful classical guitar arrangement. An inherent problem I’m starting to find as I go through these is that, for games at least, music works as an ‘experience enhancer’ more than anything. For a game that I know ENOUGH about to be expecting bombast, synths, drums – I find this delicate piano piece rather plaintive, even sad. A gorgeous piece though, don’t get me wrong. I’m trying to leave specific context out as far as possible until I’ve submitted this, but I’d like to know how this fits in. 3.9/5.0. | 6 | | Kow Otani Shadow of the Colossus: Roar of the Earth
The End of the Battle
chortles
This makes great use of short bursts of silence, splitting the string swells that make up a significant portion of the second half. The choir at the start alongside its more ‘modern’ chord arrangement is beautiful, as is the way the track slowly winds itself down as it progresses. Short, but very, very pleasant. 3.7/5.0. | 7 | | Jesper Kyd Assassin's Creed 2
Ezio's Family
BlackwaterPork
I am a little bit of a sucker for a string section, and so I fell for this one, and its equally lovely (if purely musical) vocal line about as quickly; the shift to the classical guitar in the middle third was surprising but not out of place, although I was glad to hear the strings once more. I admit, I was all ready to be disappointed about a minute from the end when I heard the electric guitar peal, but thankfully that was kept to a minimum, allowing it to continue its orchestral path. A couple of occasions I wished for a chord changes that never happened, particularly towards the end, but lovely nonetheless. 3.8/5.0. | 8 | | Ryuichi Sakamoto Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Forbidden Colours (with David Sylvian)
Frippertronics
With David Sylvian taking vocal duties this was always going to struggle to be anywhere close to bad, but Sakamoto’s Oriental-influenced backing is the cherry on the cake. While THAT piano theme is heart-twinging in itself, what was particularly great were the rising string stabs as the track approached its climax. What a beautiful piece of music. 4.1/5.0. | 9 | | Christopher Young Priest
Priest
UniqueUniverse
For the first two minutes or so this felt very much par for the course of Hollywood orchestral pieces – the chord progressions, strings, deep horns – and so I was a little underwhelmed. Little did I know all it needed was some organ; it became a fantastic gothic piece, all ‘intense cathedral’ and vampiric in its approach. Only problem is, it climaxed a little soon for my liking – I could’ve had a bit more of that quite happily. 3.6/5.0.
--ELIMINATED-- ;-; | 10 | | Masakatsu Takagi Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki OST
Oyosute Aina
sinternet
Pleasant (adjective) - uk /ˈplez.ənt/ us /ˈplez.ənt/ - enjoyable, attractive, friendly, or easy to like:
In a kind of peculiar role reversal, the vocals here find themselves relegated to the back, usurped by lively, effervescent piano and, at both ends, the rhythmic, unflinching ticking of a clock. It works SO nicely. Technically impressive yet structurally simple, there’s just something about this which elicits feelings of nostalgia. Very, very pretty. – 3.9/5.0. | 11 | | The Seatbelts Cowboy Bebop
Tank!
bgillesp
Monstrously good fun. We’ve got saxophone, walking bass, bossa-nova influence, trumpets EVERYWHERE – I’ve never been to a jazz club anywhere, but this is pretty much what I would want to hear. People (mainly CalculatingInfinity) have been on at me about this for years now, and I think I have an inkling why now. Extraordinary. 4.3/5.0. | 12 | | Max Richter Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works
War Anthem
Sniff
Man, this sucked the energy out of me that I got from Tank! like no-one’s business. Beautiful, morose and undeniably moving, when it got to the climax I was on the verge of tears. Sometimes a dynamic swell can kill the mood, but not here – those strings hit deep. 4.4/5.0.
--WINNER!-- :D | 13 | | Kevin Penkin Made In Abyss Original Soundtrack
Tomorrow
Aberf
Been meaning to get around to watching this series at some point – I’ve heard very good things about it. This piece was gorgeous too (this round has been wonderful so far it seems). That music box-like melody at the start was the perfect way to introduce something which sounds, largely, incredibly grandiose and bittersweet - like being lost in the middle of something huge and life-altering. In a way I wish it didn’t end as loudly as it did, but it offered a great sense of finality. 4.0/5.0. | 14 | | Shoji Meguro Persona 5 Original Soundtrack
Life Will Change
tacos N stuff
Never expected to get light Gridlink vibes at the start of this, but – here we are (listen to the start of Constant Autumn. I’m probably just hearing things). OH MY GOD the funk; that bass is UNREAL, and the disco strings are unbelievably good fun. I expect if Jamiroquai had a female vocalist and was singing about a (misleadingly) post-apocalyptic world, it’d probably sound like this. Is the rest of the OST this good? 4.1/5.0. | 15 | | Joe Hisaishi Sonatine
Sonatine III (Be Over)
hansoloshotfirst
Ooh, non-Ghibli Hisaishi. The first half of this, with the synth, piano and bass was all very nice, but around the 2 minute mark there was a little piano flourish, and from there I was putty in Mr. Hisaishi’s hand. Slight oriental influences in the synth chord progression give this a subtle Japanese flavour without resorting to traditional ingredients, and that bass was infectious, if a little morose. Sounds like the soundtrack to the best visual novel ever. 4.2/5.0. | 16 | | Soundtrack (Anime) Psycho-Pass
Psycho-Pass OST
Flugmorph
Pulsing and certainly keeping with (what I can assume is) the series’ industrial aesthetic; however, the theme’s strongest features lie in its idiosyncrasies – namely, the synths towards the start and PARTICULARLY that tin whistle, which proffered an almost ‘natural’ feel within its primarily synthetic shell. The breaks-influenced backing offers a sense of chaos too, which seems appropriate. Entertaining listen. 3.9/5.0. | 17 | | Angelo Badalamenti Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Pink Room
CaimanJesus
Well, this was pure sleaze. The production used on it is kinda… gritty, I think, which fits in very nicely with the constant, revolving bass presence and helps make the other components bleed into one another a little bit. A part of me wishes for some vox and it doesn’t move out of its self-imposed gear, but very effective nonetheless. I’m gonna take a shower. 3.8/5.0 | 18 | | Edward Artemiev Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker
Dream
adr
Holy shit, this is uncomfortable. Long, cresting swells of knife-edge synths, rising choral sections and a distinctly ‘off’ feel throughout make this kinda like what I imagine Penderecki-led dark ambient to sound like. Passed EXTREMELY quickly given its 7 minute run time – maybe it could actually have been longer, considering that the piece itself didn’t do a huge amount beyond its swelling modus operandi, but decent. 3.7/5.0. | 19 | | Goblin Suspiria
Main theme
Rowan5215
This was bizarre. The main synth melody on either side of the track I wasn’t all that taken by – not due to any compositional error, but I far prefer how 80s synths sound to those in the 1970s a lot of the time. However, the mid-section, a kind of bouncing, prog-rock interlude, was really cool. Again those synths took centre stage, but the rhythm section gave it a much needed lift and to be fair it created a kind of kooky atmosphere. The chants and ‘witch’ repetitions though – oh boy. Those were really neat. This is a horror, right? 3.6/5.0.
--ELIMINATED-- ;-; | 20 | | Curtis Mayfield Superfly
Little Child Running Wild
Ryus
A sterling lump of funky, hard-hitting Chicago soul, Little Child Running Wild is as much about the meaning in Mayfield’s lyrics (concerning growing up in projects) as it is about that engrossing, horn-laden, muted ‘chock’ guitar that’s so integral to the style. I don’t really listen to a lot from the style beyond what I used to hear on the radio but this sounds pretty high-tier. 3.8/5.0. | 21 | | Gyorgy Ligeti Requiem / Lontano / Continuum
Lontano
Jacquibim
Lontano is actually, for all its modern classical quirks, odd notes and experiments in dissonance, incredibly beautiful. Parts of this sound like an ascension to heaven – not quite as seraphic as one might imagine, but euphoric all the same – while others are far less obvious. For example, that part around the 2:50-3:00 mark of (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2OQbA3r78M) merges both a searing whistle note and a gut-churning contrabass to create a really quite interesting dynamic effect. Nice. 4.2/5.0. | 22 | | Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells
Tubular Bells
50IL
I DO know of this – I think basically everybody does – but beforehand not well enough to make a judgment beyond the primary theme. There’s more than enough to talk about – the stabs of piano, the that flips between wriggling and complimentary to drawn-out and melancholic in a moment – but that pan flute(?) is the true star here. Surprisingly moving, it twinged the old heartstrings more than I ever expected it would. May have to listen to the whole lot. 4.1/5.0. | |
ramon.
10.11.17 | Shantae!!!
0edit - Welcome
https://youtu.be/J4p87Q1sQNw | Archelirion
10.11.17 | well, ramon got in before me but here we are :] Any further questions related to this round I'll obviously answer to the best of my abilities. | Sniff
10.11.17 | FUCK I WANTED NEOTOKYO | Ovrot
10.11.17 | Les Rallizes Dénudés - White Waking
used in the soundtrack for Space Funeral
https://youtu.be/nblK0dtd1GA | Astral Abortis
10.11.17 | Can it be a cover of a song from a game's OST?
| Archelirion
10.11.17 | Errrrm, I'm gonna say yes. If the music was actually written for the game then it's permissible. | Astral Abortis
10.11.17 | Motoi Sakuraba - Gwyn, Lord of Cinder (cover by Isac Saleh) (from Dark Souls OST)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KmbsKHV6hE
| Archelirion
10.11.17 | Could be interesting. I've had that OST sat on my computer seemingly FOREVER so if I like it I may finally check it all. | Astral Abortis
10.11.17 | Check the original too, I just suggest the cover because of how he managed to cover all moving parts of the composition with just one guitar. | Chortles
10.11.17 | kow otani - the end of the battle (from shadow of the colossus ost)
https://youtu.be/-7UmysdD260 | BlackwaterPork
10.11.17 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSVHx23ByhM
Jesper Kyd- Ezio's Family (From Assassins Creed 2 OST) | Frippertronics
10.11.17 | David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours (from Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXU_eWFings | Papa Universe
10.11.17 | Christopher Young - Priest Official Theme
too good a music soundtrack for such a weird film | Sinternet
10.11.17 | Fuck sake im too late for neotokyo
Spoilt for choice really but i'll go for masakatsu takagi - oyoste aina | bgillesp
10.11.17 | The Seatbelts- Tank! From Cowboy Bebop soundtrack. | bgillesp
10.11.17 | Almost went with a song from Tarzan but didn't have the guts | Sniff
10.11.17 | Max Richter - In the Garden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_9WNifGn4g
Music for a narrative dance piece. That okay? | Aberf
10.11.17 | Kevin Penkin - Tomorrow
Made in Abyss OST
https://youtu.be/BeSbmS06k1k | Ovrot
10.11.17 | damn abe thats a good choice
also that song already has like 200k views damn | Flugmorph
10.11.17 | hehe this is my kinda round right here.
I would like to recc komm süßer tod from end of eva but that one is way more powerful in context of the movie. Ill think of something else when im home < 3 | Flugmorph
10.11.17 | ye abe i thought about reccing MiA soundtrack cause its so fresh in my mind... | Aberf
10.11.17 | That ending montage song really sticks to me as soon as I listen to it. There goes another 10 in my list. | Archelirion
10.11.17 | @Sniff yeah that's fine :]
Interesting bunch rec'd so far - I'll update the list | butcherboy
10.11.17 | Is no one going to rec the assassination of Jesse James score by cave and Ellis?!? | tacos n stuff
10.11.17 | ughhhhh this is hard | tacos n stuff
10.11.17 | i'll go with a recent jam
Give "Life Will Change" from the Persona 5 ost a shot
I like both the vocal and instrumental versions so i'd say you can pick one of the 2. The instrumental is actually quite different aside from just no vocals. You'll know what i mean if you end up jamming both | hansoloshotfirst
10.11.17 | oh shit that's not fair. too many possible picks and too little time on my side :/
ugh:
Breathless from the Oldboy score ( by Jo Yeong-wook says it. eventhough there were different composers involved)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMZEZpDSOFw
| hansoloshotfirst
10.11.17 | upps...my bad overlooked your rating
oh well, let's try Joe Hisaishi - Sonatine III (Be Over) from the Sonatine OST .
(if this one gets rejected too go with Mark Morgan - Metallic Monks from the first Fallout score) | Flugmorph
10.11.17 | aight here we go,
the main theme of psycho-pass:
https://youtu.be/dr3ryeDVpJE
Absolute thrillride of a track and perfect for the sci-fi crime setting. | tacos n stuff
10.11.17 | that song is great flug, the main theme of death parade is fun as hell too | Sniff
10.11.17 | btw can you make it War Anthem from the same album instead of In the Garden?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLIpWLLPnu4 | Pon
10.11.17 | uhh...
Ligeti's Lontano was on the Shutter Island OST if that counts?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnZqZmcyvvI | CaimanJesus
10.11.17 | From the only soundtrack I've listened to
Pink Room by Angelo Badalamenti
from the album: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me | adr
10.11.17 | Edward Artemiev - Dream, it's from the movie Solaris (1972)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uM7722EAz0
saw it recently and the ost really stuck with me, obvs works better in the context of the whole ost since it's mostly dark ambient, but w/e | Rowan5215
10.12.17 | Goblin - Suspiria Theme https://youtu.be/pins1y0XAa0
also Caiman, dope pick but Pink Room is actually by Lynch the one and only (not that that matters idk) | tacos n stuff
10.12.17 | yeah i think that may be an issue with a lot of our picks actually adr
context sometimes means everything, i'm pretty worried myself :/ | Ryus
10.12.17 | curtis mayfield - little child runnin wild (from the film superfly) | tacos n stuff
10.12.17 | dope pick ryus, lots of great picks here actually.. | CaimanJesus
10.12.17 | Ye I saw that when I googled it, but I put down Badalamenti since the song is on an album under his name | 50iL
10.12.17 | I'm on a trip, please give me a bit more time | Nazzadan
10.12.17 | I'm pretending I'm in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wqEYN8NftM | Rowan5215
10.12.17 | @Caiman lol fair, just doin my duty as a lynch nerd | Archelirion
10.12.17 | Updated :] I'll allow time to get them in, no worries. How long do you think you might be?
Interesting bunch guys. Look forward to them! | Astral Abortis
10.12.17 | Fuck i regret not choosing suspiria | Astral Abortis
10.12.17 | Wait no shit i shoulda chose Escape from New York NOOOOOOOOOOO | Archelirion
10.12.17 | You CAN change as I've not started listening yet. | Astral Abortis
10.12.17 | ALRight i’ll chane mine to John Carpenter - escape from New York theme | Pon
10.12.17 | tfw aaron hates your rec so much he didn't even add it to the list ;-; | Aberf
10.12.17 | :saddab: | Archelirion
10.12.17 | :saddab: [2] Was an oversight on my part, I'll add now! | 50iL
10.13.17 | Got it!
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (The Exorcist) | Archelirion
10.13.17 | Right then, Sput's janky and let's do this! | Sinternet
10.13.17 | where dose results tho | Aberf
10.14.17 | tomorrow morning Britain time. | Archelirion
10.14.17 | Got 7 more to do, or about 40 minutes worth of music. Extremely high-scoring round so far - I've not given below a 3.6 yet. | Aberf
10.14.17 | gonna be tough to eliminate 3.6 m8 | Papa Universe
10.14.17 | man up and do it | Papa Universe
10.14.17 | (but I am almost sure it's me...) | Aberf
10.14.17 | no, it should be me. | Papa Universe
10.14.17 | no, me! | Archelirion
10.14.17 | Updated!! Commiserations to UniqueUniverse and Rowan - both gave 3.6's, so I felt particularly bad doing that. Very good round everyone.
Congratulations to Sniff! | Flugmorph
10.14.17 | omg im so excited havent looked at your ratings yet | Flugmorph
10.14.17 | wait i mean im glad you gave the psycho pass op such a high rating but thats not what i recced you lmao. open the yt link i posted...
omg why am i doing this, this is madness lmao | Papa Universe
10.14.17 | called it | Astral Abortis
10.14.17 | as for the Dark Souls piece, if you don't mind spoilers about the game and its lore, I can explain to you why the piece is so melancholy in comparison to almost every other track in the game, which are all very bombastic and epic. | Astral Abortis
10.14.17 | although wow sad you eliminated rowan because that is one of my favourite albums of all times, and works even better as its intended soundtrack to one of the best films ever | Archelirion
10.14.17 | @Flug - oh shit, you're right. I'll listen to your ACTUAL one now :3
@Snox - yeah I'm interested tbh, especially if as you indicate there IS a reason. | Astral Abortis
10.14.17 | In Dark Souls, the player spends to majority of their time hunting down old gods and monstrosities that have lost their way in the world as the "fire" that kindles humanity fades. At the heart of this is Gwyn, the first to kindle the flame, and over the centuries he has lost his kingdom and his knights to the abyss. So while every boss in the game is large and monstrous and bombastic, when you come across Gwyn he sits alone in a kiln of ash from constant rekindling of this flame. He is old, extremely weak, and attacks on sight. As this is him far past his prime, it is almost pitiful to see what an influential figure in this world has become, and in his boss arena only this sad, melancholy song will play. That's not to say he's an easy fight though, if you don't exploit the game's parry system he can definitely be one of the most challenging bosses in the game, but it's easy to see how he is nothing more than a shell of what he used to be, and how this "final boss" is more of a sad ending to an age of prosperity that could never be maintained. It is up to you rekindle the flame, or usher in an age of dark. | Flugmorph
10.14.17 | man the dark souls lore is so gripping every time. havent even finished ds1 but i spend hours upon hours reading up on the lore. | Aberf
10.14.17 | VaatiVidya is the best youtuber to explain the Dark Souls for you. | Astral Abortis
10.14.17 | This was just a brief explanation to convey the meaning of the soundtrack choice, I'm not trying to compare to Vaati or anything. My understanding of the lore is rudimentary at best. | Flugmorph
10.14.17 | thanks for not kicking me out hah | Archelirion
10.14.17 | No problem :3
I'll have a look at Vaati at some point, but thank you for the explanation. Sounds as though it could be very affecting. |
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