Ughhh. Sawanoooooo. The tweets are just Takahashi gushing about Sawano. Disgusting. There really isn't any interesting info there, other than Takahashi again talking about how he's a huge fan of Sawano and has been waiting to work with him for a long time now. How great the tracks he composed are, how he's looking forward to the soundtrack release himself. Just gross.
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Xenoblade Chronicles X - Twitter & Website updates thread
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Fantastic. I like Sawano and his music, pls don't ban me.
Did he also mention there is going to be a seperate soundtrack release?
Fantastic. I like Sawano and his music, pls don't ban me.
Did he also mention there is going to be a seperate soundtrack release?
What he said boiled down to "there will probably be a soundtrack release at some point" but that was pretty much a given anyway.
I'm not too familiar with Sawano's work, but he's going to have a hard time living up to ACE+.
Dr. Buni
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The two tracks released so far are as good as the ones in the Xenoblade Chronicles soundtrack. I think Sawano is doing a good job.
I only know his work from Kill la Kill (the soundtrack is the only good thing in that show), which is amazing, so I don't get the 'hate' he gets here.
I only know his work from Kill la Kill (the soundtrack is the only good thing in that show), which is amazing, so I don't get the 'hate' he gets here.
Well I mainly know him from my favorite anime series (Kill la Kill, Ao no Exorcist, Nanatsu No Taizai) and I always liked his work there. The two songs that we've heard untill now are also very nice.
Don't understand me wrong, ACE+ did a great job with Xenoblade, but something else this time might also feel fresh and nice for most people ^^
tonyh24613
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Those two tracks will be great for plot, but I want to hear some field music, sound from tree house/ND videos aren't clear enough.
CertifiedFP
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Gonna be honest, I really prefer the old UI from the first gameplay trailers. Nice UI elements with borders around them and the square action buttons look a bit more fitting IMO.
Dr. Buni
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Yeah, me too. The tracks so far are of the "Confrontation with the Enemy" type. I hope there is stuff on the level of Gaur Plains and Colony 9 in the Xeno X's soundtrack.
Lol, Duckroll u don't need to be afraid. This season we also had Sawano fix for Aldnoah Zero S2 lol. And u are going to love it.^_^
Thanks a bunch, gonna add that to the OP... minus the love words to Sawano, ha ha.
Yup. I'm quite familiar with Sawano, and I'm afraid his stuff is really forgettable. Great for story, but not really for exploration/battle. I wonder if he's the only one composing.
I can't wait... -_-
He's incredibly well known by now and successful.
Dr. Buni
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I mean, in Xenoblade Chronicles X threads. I know he is a popular and successful composer.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
is there a Fuck Slaine song?
there better be a fuck slaine song.
The soundtrack is going to be shit compared to Xenoblade.
There I said it.
and it pains me so ;_;
We don't know that because we have no idea (or do we?) on where or how the songs will be used
The music in xenoblade matched the theme or made it better.
To be fair, it's not that he's incapable of producing memorable work, just that his ratio of wallpaper to success is unenviable - though there's usually at least one good-to-great track in each of his scores. If well-directed, he could produce a fantastic soundtrack, though the probable size of the score, Takahashi's apparent uncritical love of his music and the very standard examples of the game's score we've heard thus far leads me to doubt the final product.
They might be being a little too uncharitable. There were in fact two good things about the show - the soundtrack, and Tsumugu Kinagase's design.
My Japanese is not very good and I had to look up a couple of words, but I'll try:
"Today I thought about revealing new information, but first I want to thank Sawano-san for inviting me to the Bonenkai. I had a great time!"
"So today, I want to talk about Hiroyuki Sawano. I've been a fan of him for many years and
by all means (and partly forcing myself?) I wanted him to compose the music for this game."
"He and Legendoor are both openhearted/frank people and we were able to freely discuss my requests."
"Of course the soundtrack will be full of great pieces and I think it was very good that I asked him to compose the music. As his greatest fan, I'm looking forward to the soundtrack that I think will be released sooner or later."
Kissenkopf
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The soundtrack is going to be shit compared to Xenoblade.
There I said it.
and it pains me so ;_;
i think its funny how we are judging the soundtrack because somene one new is composing it...considering the new tracks for the game is praised. also the director of the game seems to think he is a great fit so i have high hopes and i love his music in gundam unicorn and blue exorcist
Yeah, apart from AoT and some YouTube searches I don't know too much about Sawano, but what I've heard from the Treehouse stream sounds pretty promising.
Do people worry about the calm and soothing Xenoblade themes not returning?
threelights
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It's more like, Sawano is good, sure, but he has to make a soundtrack that will live to the music composed by ACE+, Shimomura AND Kiyota. Sawano is just not as good as those 3 together....
And then some people dislike when he puts lyrics in his music, like Blumenkranz, or some AoT stuff.
Oops, I thought Legendoor was a nickname for an artist or an composer, but it's the company Sawano belongs to. I think they compose music for animes etc. The first person listed under "Artist" is Sawano.
threelights
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I know his stuff, I've watched plenty of things he's done work for and I own some of his soundtracks.
He is not as good as ACE+ or Shimomura...
Just explained why he gets so much hate,
Shimomura didn't do much work for Xenoblade. It's about Kiyota and ACE+ as well.Of course Sawano is not as good as Shimomura. No one is
I will wait for the game to be released before worrying about the soundtrack. Also, it is not like the Xenoblade soundtrack was perfect.
Mitsuda can do ending themes, Xenogears' vocal themes and Radical Dreamers from CC are a great examples of that. Not excited about how Sawano will handle that either.
I mean I love all the work of all the composers in the Xenoblade OST (Truly the OST of the last generation) but his work in Attack on Titan and Gundam Unicorn is really outstanding (for my tastes anyway) and it has that bombastic feel that they are trying to portray with this game... and I have high hopes that Takahashi will have control over his work just like he did in Xenoblade (That Iwata Asks was an eye opener)
Kiyota composed some of the worst tracks on the OST, though. Her ambient-y stuff on the soundtrack is just really straight up garbage.
threelights
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But I'm not saying it will be bad (heck no!) or that it won't fit. I'm saying it won't be as good as Xenoblade Chronicles... That's all.
Sawano is a great composer, he is known for his work with this kind of setting (mechas) and he will deliver some amazing stuff. And that stuff will not be as good as the stuff in Xenoblade.
Not really, no.
Hahaha, what?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BvWPzAg8Ig
I see Satorl Marsh brought up more than any other track in the OST, and rightfully so. And this is "ambient-y" stuff.
TheMoon
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I'm quite amused by the XenobladeX discussion cycle. Every time a new trailer hits and the casual observers chime in we argue about how it's got nothing to do with Monster Hunter, and laugh at everyone suddenly being shocked the game has menu-based combat like Xenoblade; and once things quiet down we just look at the weird aliens and argue about whether Sawano is teh greatest or pure garbage.
threelights
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I'm quite amused by the XenobladeX discussion cycle. Every time a new trailer hits and the casual observers chime in we argue about how it's got nothing to do with Monster Hunter, and laugh at everyone suddenly being shocked the game has menu-based combat like Xenoblade; and once things quiet down we just look at the weird aliens and argue about whether Sawano is teh greatest or pure garbage.
There is Monster Hunter discussion? I either already forgot or never seen it =X
Anyway, every time a new trailer appears I have the same reaction "omg this looks amazing!"; "omg this bad combat hasn't changed a single bit!"; "omg I can't piece anything together from the story because I didn't follow the game close enough"; "omg I need to rewatch everything they've shown so far".
I never really have any reaction to the music at first, I usually try to see art and content first =P
Well, it certainly was no Sie liebt den DJ, that's for sure...
Well, when you put the not so good tracks you make her look so awful but she did compose the music of Makna Woods, Frontier Village, Eryut Sea and Alcamoth which were SO GOOD, also the final boss theme
Zanza or Xanthe
Oh good, Xenoblade was so amazing in the OST department T_T
That song is 100x times the song this garbage collection is. Don't get me even started on the Klub Remix!
She composed lots of other bad stuff, though, and the ratio is awful overall.
His point was ambient themes.
I don't think the other themes can be disputed at all, though. Kiyota had the most standout tracks in the OST.
Daily Life
Makna Forest
Frontier Village
Frontier Village (Night)
Eryth Sea (Night)
Thoughts to a Friend
Memories
Reminiscence
These are off the top of my head, there are probably others.
TheMoon
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You're lucky then. You've really never seen the people come in and go "so this is like Monster hunter, right?" and variations of that?
Oh, I though he said that most of the tracks she collaborated were not that good... which some really weren't I admit =P
From the OST I only remember getting kind of bored of the Alcamoth track, that area was MASSIVE and you have so much sidequests there and you have to backtrack so much and the track kind of becomes a chore after a while... then again I was awed there most of the time since both tracks captured the grandeur of the
high entia city
after the high entia became Telethias and the city was a nest of creatures that could OHKO
I really don't think stuff like Daily Life, Frontier Village and Makna Forest is anything to write home about. It's the generic hometown sound with terrible MIDI samples that don't do them any favours.
Definitely not garbage, though!
Also, your Memories link is false.
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