Kong’s T’day Tune #22

J.C. Cawley — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:53:52 +0000

I’ve put together a list of 60 tunes that have stuck with me through the years, inspired by Jeffrey Canam (@GrahfMetal)’s Twitter rundown of his top 100 favourite video game tracks. I’ve attempted to limit myself to a couple songs per game, but there are exceptions.

I’ll post them here and on Twitter every Tuesday and Thursday using the hashtag #KongsTdayTunes.

#22

They named the whole god-damned game after two righteous Queen songs, so Hitoshi Sakimoto had to deliver on the soundtrack. (The soundtrack was a group effort, but Sakimoto composed this particular tune.) This is a glorious battle theme with a rippling melody that kind of predicts his work on the Ivalice games (Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII). And bells. Fight it out!

Track: “Revolt” (YouTube Link)
Game: Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen (SNES, 1993)
Composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto

Kong’s T’day Tune #24

J.C. Cawley — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 14:19:29 +0000

I’ll post them here and on Twitter every Tuesday and Thursday using the hashtag #KongsTdayTunes.

#24

Every song in Soul Blazer is amazing. It took a lot of will power not to list them all here. Actually, go look up the whole soundtrack when you’re done reading this. It deserves it. You deserve it.

Every song is great, but I just had to include this theme for the early game’s empty town. It’s a beautiful little baroque melody that sets the tone for the entire game, and really gets stuck in your head. As the town becomes more populated, the soundtrack introduces variations on this base theme. The innocence and simplicity of the tune also reinforces the town’s function as an oasis away from the rockin’ regions elsewhere in the world.

Track: “Lonely Town” (YouTube Link)
Game: Soul Blazer (SNES, 1992)
Composer: Yukihide Takekawa

Enix – JC Cawley

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