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Synth music style invented around 30 years ago on technology that didn't exist a generation ago: "This sounds old-fashioned, the developers need to evolve."pronounjak

Orchestral music played on instruments that have existed for thousands of years, in a style that's existed for hundreds: "Finally, a modern sounding ost!" so-true

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[-] magi@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Soundtracls that stand out were fallout, Halo and Diablo 1+2 each fairly unique sounding for their time

Problem with Orchestral is that there are a lot of mid compositions and a lot of the music can be forgetable. Doom 2016s soundtrack was a breath of fresh air at the time along with Warhammer 40k Mechanicus' being a more recent standout

Not that you can't have good Orchestral music, I miss when you would have a little more variety in what you hear and sometimes the soundtrack can be fairly unique because it does something different.

[-] Smeagolicious@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

The Mechanicus soundtrack is one of my favorites of all time honestly. Gothic chanting pipe organ EDM wasn't something I knew I needed before I played that game

[-] magi@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

Same, love the gothic feel of it with pipe organs. Sounds killer on a 2.1 setup with a sub lol

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