Kong’s T’day Tune #5

J.C. Cawley — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:31:55 +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.

#5

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is a sweet game that’s meant to be nostalgic in and of itself, with its fairy-tale settings and themes of childhood and coming to grips with harsh realities. That nostalgia is only compounded for me by the fact that it came out in Canada near my birthday, the same week we adopted tiny puppy Berlin. I remember spending sunny winter mornings playing through this game with her curled up in my lap (probably why she still thinks she’s a lap dog now) and humming along with this tune. What a good dog.

On Tuesday we celebrated the final battle theme in this list. While “World Map” isn’t the final overworld theme, it is the last song to be released later than the mid-1990s. We’ll get back to the retro stuff next week.

Track: “World Map ” (YouTube Link)
Game: Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3, 2011)
Composer: Joe Hisaishi

Level-5 – JC Cawley

Kong’s T’day Tune #5

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