[Album] DIRGE of CERBERUS -FINAL FANTASY VII- Original Soundtrack (CRCP-40137~38)

I'll just re-post my comments from the Serious Business borad:

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I only just finished downloading it, and I've only listened to a few tracks, but I like what I've heard so far. "Calm Before the Storm" is my favorite so far. I could easily fall asleep to this. (In a good way!) So somber and relaxing. So far it all seems delightfully moody.

I'll load the rest onto my iPod and listen to them throughout the day.

Update: I've been listening, and some other nice tracks are (in my opinion), Memories with Lucrecia, Ninja girl of Wutai, and A Proposal. I've noticed that a lot of the tracks are vaguely reminiscent of Unlimited: SaGa, with a slightly more serious/dignified/filmish sound. Certainly not a bad thing.

Update 2: Marching Tune is pretty damn good. I also like Splinter of Sadness and Lucrecia Crescent. All of the "Fight Tune" tracks are pretty good as well.

Overall, I would say that this is a pretty good soundtrack. I don't think that it's truly exceptional, but pretty good nonetheless. I believe that on its own, it is a very good game soundtrack. The problem arises when you start comparing it so Hamauzu's other soundtracks, such as SaGa Frontier II or Unlimited SaGa. You really shouldn't do that. We all knew that this wouldn't be a bouncy-happy soundtrack like the others. So try to keep that in mind when you listen.

If you did have that in mind when you listened and still didn't like it, well, that's fine, not everybody will like it, but I certainly do.

Also "LONGING" kicks ass!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

It depends on what you like. If you like orchestral stuff, try Unlimited SaGa. The first disc is all real instruments, but it is much more upbeat and melodic than DoG. The second disc is mostly darker-sounding techno.

Then there's SaGa frontier II, which is all wonderfully melodic techno. There isn't a single track I don't like. My favorite thing about the soundtrack is the use of game's main themes for every track (such as the main theme and then Feldschlact theme).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Onyx

Techno is too broad a term to describe Hamauzu's music. It has a lot of jazz, classical, and ethnic influences, too, moreso than techno.

In this context, I was just using "techno" as an all-encompassing term for electronically created music. Some people would also classify Sonic CD JP's soundtrack as "techno", even though it contains much jazz, pop, and swing influence.

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

Lack of melody? I can remember many good melodies from Hamauzu's previous works. There were only 2 or 3 main melodies in SFII, but each reprisal was unique and interesting. US, on the other hand, has plenty of good melodies. I could play them all back on a piano without even thinking. There's the character themes, and the battle themes, (Battle theme EX!), and many other highly melodic songs.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

As far as I can tell, SFII has three primary melodies, the main theme, Vorspiel, Rosenkranz, and the Feldschlact theme. Most of the songs are based on either one or more of these, although some, (Like my favorite, Trubsal) have their own individual melodies.

There might be more, but those are the ones that come to mind first.

I was speaking idiomatically.