Hitoshi Sakimoto ~discuss~

Not a fan...I don't exactly dislike him or hold anything against him, as I can listen to the occasional track from him (Radiant Silvergun and Stella Deus both seem to have some pleasant tracks on them), but an entire disc or soundtrack worth of his material tends to trigger the mechanisms in my body to find another CD. The occasional FFT track is fine...An entire disc of the stuff is too much (or for that matter, hearing one of those themes for extended periods of time ingame tends to grate my nerves). The only soundtracks I can say I really dislike from him were Gradius V (a disappointment, given the pedigree of the series) and Vagrant Story, where I can name exactly one track I actually found tolerable or interesting (Ifrit...maybe the second part of Staff Roll). Legaia Duel Saga is probably his best work, from what I've heard. And he did some fine old-school stuff...Bubble Ghost for Gameboy and Chip Chan Kick for PC-FX are a welcome departure from the ultra-serious Sakimoto material we normally get. And I got a kick out of hearing him arrange "Battle on the Big Bridge", although that's probably the extent of my interest in FFXII. Everything else just kind of falls between "Eh" and "Meh".

And I think Piccolo fits Kishin's descriptions of Sakimoto's biggest fans perfectly. Heh...:wave:

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek

Uh oh, now it's on. I'm sorry, but you just can't handle the 'Truth', heh heh.

I don't think I have to...The Truth Hurts and it's still bleeding from the beating it took in last year's BSE. All four notes will never be the same again.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek

Your inability to discern the song's actual melody is proof of your shallow listening ability. Can't you discern more than one or two layers of instruments?

Sure. But the song has to actually do something to convince me it's worth listening to more in-depth. Would you bother taking the time to dissect a track through multiple listens that you got no enjoyment out of listening to? It failed long before I felt the desire to harp on the 4 lost notes, melody or no melody. And even then, I still thought it was the most enjoyable VS track from last year.

Same way people swear up and down about Sakuraba's lone 'Battle Theme'...They don't like them and the style they're done in, so they don't listen closer. I like most of them and I can tell them apart (even hum most of them) and which games they go to very easily. Even most of the Tales ones. Should people listen closer? Of course. Does anyone who swears by the 'Lone Battle' theme theory actually like the music they're harping on? I'm guessing the answer is a no.

Thanks to orion for the reminder about that above. :ninja:

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.