Shradow Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 I tend to pause a lot more often to listen to the songs currently playing. I also sit still a lot if the game's pause menu has its own music that would interrupt. When I was in the final phase of the Ganondorf fight on TP, I probably had that thing paused for about 10 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted May 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 [quote name='Shradow' timestamp='1305592842' post='5213718'] Yes, stuff originally in video games, like the SSBB opening, or One Winged Angel from FF. Putting a real song into a video game like Guitar Hero or Rock Band doesn't count. [/quote] I'm kind of iffy on the SSBB opening, but I don't consider One-Winged Angel to be the lyrical music we're debating about. If something has lyrics only for dramatic effect, you can't consider it in this argument. It's not like the Dennis song from Black and White is considered lyrical video game music, so One-Winged Angel shouldn't either. A real song would not have lyrics consisting of "Sepiroth, Sepiroth, he's evil". The opening from SSBB has lyrics, but I feel like despite them being concrete and relevant lyrics, those are also for dramatic purposes, especially the kind of offshoot Latin used. It's a tougher argument to fight, however, which is why I'm kind of iffy. The opening from SSBB, for me, is halfway between Still Alive and the Final Bowser Battle from Galaxy 2. The first I definitely do not consider video game music, yet the latter I definitely do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 What about Wario Ware songs? I know all the one's I've heard have lyrics, but I'm not sure how many. And Sonic songs? I know plenty that have lyrics. And granted with One Winged Angel. I was going so say Sonic songs, but at the time I had a brain fart and forgot, so I just decided to put One Winged Angel as a second example. Although I have heard "real" songs with less lyrics than One Winged Angel. And I can understand not thinking all lyrical songs are vgm, but Still Alive gives me the biggest idea of feeling more video game-ish than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Still Alive technically isn't VGM, considering that it plays during the credits, not during the actual gameplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twig Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 [spoiler=video game music with lyrics][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ9cPxUXbuk"]Sulyya Springs- Final Fantasy XIII[/url] Lyrics: Won't be afraid Leading the way Reaching for the glowing star Wish me luck till the day I die [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAhsEd2BTqk"]Sunleth Waterscape- Final Fantasy XIII[/url] Lyrics: Step into the rainbow, behold another view Chase the heights of light, soar beyond your sorrows Dance among the colors, listen to the trees Close your eyes and see the noon Dawn of the new day Clears all the gloom away This is the part that we need to move on. Dawn of the new day Clears all the gloom away This is the part that we need to move on. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBKMpGBKWOU"]Dust to Dust- Final Fantasy XIII[/url] Lyrics: Nothing left to fear, l'Cie Cradled in eternity Shore of sand, your fate awaits Oh surrender in the light [/spoiler] All the songs are played during gameplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Notice that if something that lyrics that span a whole four or five lines, those aren't actual songs. Obviously the lyrics are just for dramatic effect, and aren't even "lyrical" music in any sense of the definition. Something like Still Alive, which has a majority of singing, is lyrical music, which is also played in a video game. Things from Final Fantasy usually aren't lyrical music because the lyrics are either for dramatic effect or have no actual correlation to anything that normal people consider lyrical music. I understand a lot of this is subjective, but you cannot count four lines of text as "lyrics"; it makes no sense, to be quite honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Lyrics: the words of a song That's what my dictionary says. If a song has words in it, no matter how few, those words are lyrics, as far as I can tell. The dictionary never lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Yet there is a difference between a song with lyrics and a lyrical song. I can overlay Underwater Theme with one word of lyrics repeating "glub" over and over, but that isn't a lyrical song in the slightest. When a song has a few lines of lyrics for dramatic effect and no actual purpose besides that, I wouldn't consider it anything modern in terms of lyrical music, despite the fact that modern lyrical music (like Wayne and the other terrible pop artists) isn't that good anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Modern lyrical music isn't that good, so I consider any vgm with lyrics lyrical so I have stuff to like. I'm not that picky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 [quote name='Shradow' timestamp='1305923141' post='5221046'] Modern lyrical music isn't that good, so I consider any vgm with lyrics lyrical so I have stuff to like. I'm not that picky. [/quote] ...how does it matter? If other people don't consider Still Alive lyrical music, they'll still raeg at you for not listening to Lil Wayne or those shitheads. "so I have stuff to like" Hopefully you like the same stuff even if it's considered video game music. <___< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 I don't listen to normal music, there are under a dozen songs out of the hundreds in my mp3 that aren't from an anime or vgm. Anyways, I think it's time for a new topic. Favorite Mario song? I think I know yours, Dark. I still can't get over how awesome this was the first time I heard it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojOjozoFTF0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted May 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 [i]I think I know yours, Dark.[/i] Enlighten me. Were you thinking Staff Roll from Super Mario 64? That probably isn't my favorite Mario song, but tell me what you were thining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 [quote name='Dark' timestamp='1306003128' post='5223232'] Staff Roll from Super Mario 64[/quote] It's like you're a bloody mind reader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonk Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Nintendo has some pretty intense music for their Final Bosses all the time -_0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=201BeAsCCn4&feature=related Some intense Shizz. also, even though it isn't Video Game music (it came from YGO 5D's), [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgBfcCjGkfI]this sounds alot like what you would hear from a Video Game[/url] like Final Fantasy. Pretty unusual if you ask me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headmaster Monokuma Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 >Favorite Mario Song Kind of tricky, but I suppose when it comes down to it, it would have to be this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPHTeItenJY Sounds amazing bro. >Favorite Final Boss Theme Much easier even if it isn't Nintendo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IWW6iOnJ90&feature=related Love it. I have no clue why honestly, but it's my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted May 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 [quote name='Shradow' timestamp='1306010608' post='5223542'] It's like you're a bloody mind reader. [/quote] Haha, I have deep relations with that song. Super Mario 64 was the first game I remember playing [i]well[/i] (I owned a SNES, but I don't remember anything about Super Mario World), and the credits song was so emotional to me. It brings a nostalgia trip whenever I listen to it. However, I'd have to say my all-time favorite Mario song would be Puzzle Plank Galaxy from SMG2. It was so well-composed, it fit the atmosphere perfectly, and it is extremely catchy. I think that song alone made me somewhat respect country music. =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 I loved the SMW credits, and the SSBB remix. This song also makes me cry tears of nostalgia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3l3xpkAkvA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archbaron Larry Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Yay! You made the thread! Lotza requests here. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0eJ5txSgoE] The Prince's Despair - Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones [/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dhRqP2jR6g&feature=related] 115 - Call of Duty: Black Ops [/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVVZaZ8yO6o] Want You Gone - Portal 2 [/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI] Still Alive - Portal [/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NotfHAwUk1I&feature=related] Birth of the Holy Knight - Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu [/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC4sggBVWUc] The Devoted - Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn [/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EaRHlo4B0Y] Venice Rooftops - Assassin's Creed 2 [/url] The last one I had already requested from the first VGMS, I beilive, but it never got put up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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