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I tried to leave this a bit ambiguous just like the credits. There's no definitive proof that Kazumi Totaka composed for Pikmin 2 but very likely he had a major role determining the music's direction either way. Having only listened to the original Pikmin score, does the Pikmin 2 score have any Totaka fingerprints? Whether musical or how it is integrated into the game?
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While Wakai did not compose for Star Fox Zero, he did act as sound supervisor alongside Kondo.
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As many of you know by know, Wakai served as the sound director for Breath of the Wild, and was featured in a mini-documentary (along with other lead staff) about the game. If somebody wants to find a good still-shot from the video, you could use that as the new image.
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Kinda surprised to see so much love for Wakai. I always thought he was one of the weaker composers at Nintendo. Star Fox 64 is good, but a lot of it blends together in my mind, the two songs he did for F-Zero X were easily my least favorites, and I wasn't too crazy about most of the battle themes in Wind Waker. Nintendogs is one of the few games I can think of where the soundtrack was annoying to the point that it made me want to stop playing. Star Fox Command was mostly obnoxious as well, but that's not entirely Wakai's fault. That game was repetitive by design: you mostly hear the first 20-40 seconds of each song over and over, and even the most amazing soundtrack ever wouldn't change that. Out of the context of the game, it's decent but unremarkable. Pikmin 1 had nice music, but I don't remember a lot from 2...
I don't hate his work (Nintendogs aside), but it doesn't resonate with me in the same way as Kondo, Yokota, Nagamatsu, or even Minegishi. That said, there are a handful of Wakai tracks that I really like. Zoness and Aquas in Star Fox 64 are quite lovely, and Star Wolf's theme is a classic. I like Forest of Hope, Forest Navel, and Distant Spring in Pikmin. I was mixed on Skyward Sword at first, but there's a lot to like. I find Ballad of the Goddess and most of the overworld themes boring, but I like a lot of the cutscene, event, and boss themes (e.g. Fi's theme, Ghirahim's theme, Groose's Theme, Stalfos Battle), and some dungeon themes are pretty good as well, though I prefer the more ambient approach of the previous 3D games. I can also respect Skyward Sword for trying to push the Zelda series music in new directions, rather than relying on callbacks to Ocarina of Time. |
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Yes, I love Kondo and I think it's a travesty how no one ever talks about SMW and the brilliant Zelda-esque drama of the fortress theme or the Forest Map BGM from or its absolutely impeccably-composed boss theme (one of the best all-time boss themes, like top ten, including JRPGs). Yes, Soyo Oka's genius passed by in the blink of an eye following the birth and death of the NES/SNES cycle, and no one really knows how good an RPG soundtrack from her would have been. Super Mario Kart will never reiterate SMK's perfection, and you don't know VGM until you've imagined a fully-arranged Yuuyuuki score. But Wakai--he composes like no one else. I still can't adequately describe it. My only complaint is no Wakai's fault; that Nintendo has no placed him in a supervisory role not unlike Kondo's, and that he composes far less than he used to. And he's the finest orchestral mind Nintendo has ever had, including the guy they usually give orchestration jobs to (Yokota), who is far less adept at the real work of orchestration. Quote:
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But when I think back on my first playthrough of Skyward Sword, the tracks that stand out the most turned out to all be Takeshi Hama's work, not Wakai, Fujii, or Yokota. On top of that, the tracks I like the least are also the ones that play the most often, especially the flying theme. Still a good soundtrack, just not a personal favorite. |
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Now with the release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD I think chances are good for an official soundtrack release, what do you guys think? It's the only main installment, which hasn't got it's own soundtrack by now.
They did marvelous jobs with the recent Link's Awakening and Breath of the Wild releases, so why not for this one? I think the music is pretty good. I'm really hoping for an announcement soon... #fingerscrossed |
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Maybe we will get one towards Christmas holidays or so. Zelda's 35th anniversary is still going on and Nintendo's celebration is some kind of lackluster, so every gift they bring us is happily accepted
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