'music' is just a piano chord that plays once every 30 minutes

'music' is just a piano chord that plays once every 30 minutes

And its fucking awesome. It was such a bold move, yet it fits perfectly.

please understand

absolute unapologetic soul

I think the idea was to focus on listening to the natural environment around the place, not Hyrule Field on loop.

In fairness if you were listening to a loop of Dark World over this game it would get very annoying very fast.
The problem for ME is that there aren't enough music HIGHs. It's like Molduga, Vah Medoh, and... that's it. That's the travesty for me. The music in AoC mogs it completely.

Based

Protip for musicians: every bar doesnt need to be filled

I want the constant music back too. A lot of games still do that and it's not annoying or anything.

kek

nostalgia bait video

90% of the songs are from botw and totk

it's called forced soul, and tons of clone devs copied it like the golems they are

Because, loud prominent tracks wouldn't work in such vast game focused on free, at-your-own-pace exploration. Imagine hearing this constantly while walking through an empty field.
youtube.com/watch?v=l_3tQJMbZU4

BOTW came out 8 years ago

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It's trash

Works for other open world games

anon adults alive now were 10 years old when it came out

Jeremy Soule was the GOAT

Imagine hearing this constantly while walking through an empty field

imagine hearing NOTHING for 100 hours. Its like torture, if you dont spend time in the towns once in a while you'll go crazy.

I love Twilight Princess, but always thought the hyrule field theme was too busy. Otherwise good theme, but maybe lose the drums

T. Mentally ill

Criminally overrated composer

I was 20 when BotW came out, and I have nostalgia for it. Fuck you.

But I liked the immersive environmental noises (wind, rain, wildlife) and the clanking sound from Link's equipment.

BOTW isn't like "other open world games" imo. Either way soft ambient music seems to be the standard for open world games
Just be white.
I haven't played Oblivion but I imagine this could sound pretty stupid depending on the context.

... when composing the OST for Secret of Evermore at age 20 or however old he was at the time, yes.

some dude thats never played oblivion pretending to be the expert on music on open world games. What a world.

Oblivion

LMAO

doesn't even post a track that actually plays during gameplay

Unironically, Soule's earliest soundtracks (Secret of Evermore, Icewind Dale, KOTOR1, Morrowind) were his absolute best.
Orchestral in nature, but never overly bombastic and always on point.

tasteful and relaxing music that fits the tone of the game

WOW THIS SUCKS WHERE'S THE MUSIC??? FUCKING SHIT GAME

constant cheery melody droning on and on for hours

LOL WOW BABY BING BING MUCH? TENDIE NEEDS HIS KIDBOPZ FUCKING SHIT GAME

Never called myself an "expert" it's just common sense.
Either way, I checked the TES wiki and it says that the track you posted plays in opening cutscene, it's not exploration music. So I was correct that it would sound weird if it just started playing while you wander around a forest, Todd agrees.

never overly bombastic and always on point

I imagine creating a "bombastic" orchestral track with MIDI in the late 90s - early 00s would've been quite an undertaking.

Only retards need music shoved down their ears at all time. It makes BOTW's music much more special when they do use it.
youtube.com/watch?v=4IakZtHzBL8

what the fuck

I checked the wiki

Sure.

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Yeah and? The point still stands, it's not exploration music and your argument is invalid.

zoomers dont deserve music

we know

Zelda has so many memorable songs

people think this is okay

art is just art

Memorable music died when 1) hyperrealistic graphics became a standard thing 2) huge open world games flooded the market

Crimson Mirelands was the place I spent the most time and this was its theme

youtu.be/sxClfQtUwYQ?si=tUm6C9Hq__UXmC3_

Music can work, but BoTW OST is not bad.

Jump on your horse

Suddenly you realize his hoof-falls are inspiring the music

you could go anywhere with this bro

the now-effortless travel brings forth nostalgia as wisps of the classic Zelda theme are integrated

This was the first game that was "art"

(I may be forgetting, Portal also had musical harmonies with your actions. Another quiet revolution.)

v hates pokemon so you shouldn't post this here

WRONG
MARIO 64 IS THE FIRST GAME THAT WAS ART AND LUDO

Open world sandbox RPGs are soulless piles of shit news at 11

after botw was the only time I actually looked into who made the games and learned that aonuma has been resentfully using LoZ to wipe his ass since fucking wind waker which he named after his own band

It's the minecraft/c418 influence, big budget producers realized people are fine with phoned in b sides playing that don't even fit the tone of the game.

loud prominent tracks wouldn't work in such vast game focused on free, at-your-own-pace exploration

skill issue
hire better devs

shit taste
kill yourself

Thanks for reminding me that I wanted to delete the BotW OST from my music library.

Minecraft has actual songs