Kong’s T’day Tune #56

J.C. Cawley — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:28:06 +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.

#56

Lots of people love the Chrono Cross soundtrack. It’s not bad. I liked the famous opening when it first came out, but now I find the soundtrack a little thematically uneven. This is mainly here because I’m forcing myself not to include every single Chrono Trigger track in this list.

To be fair, this is one of the tracks that has always stuck with me from this game. It’s got a heroic sound that reminds me of some of the music from Yasunori Mitsuda’s previous masterpiece. It’s not as soaring and melodic as Frog’s theme, but it has echoes of the glory of a bygone age, much like the rest of this whole game.

Track: “Dragon Knight” (YouTube Link)
Game: Chrono Cross (PS1, 1999)
Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda

Kong’s T’day Tune #59

J.C. Cawley — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:45:48 +0000

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

#59

Final Fantasy VIII is a strange game. It features dream-like flashback sequences where the player controls a completely different set of characters, led by Laguna, a man with a machine gun. “The Man with the Machine Gun” is his theme song.

It was interesting for a Final Fantasy game at the time to play a unique battle theme when controlling a different character. I like that the music conveys something of the dreamlike quality and mystery that the player faces as they struggle to understand how these intermissions fit into the rest of the story.

Track: “The Man with the Machine Gun” (YouTube Link)
Game: Final Fantasy VIII (PS1, 1999)
Composer: Nobuo Uematsu

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