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The screenshots you put in this article stirred up something deep within me best left nondescript.  Let's just say it was a positive experience.  I have a love / hate relationship with a lot of these older games, namely the same experience you had when reviewing the title.  I think a better understanding of the D&D fundamentals would have helped, and I've expressed my interest in past articles to be educated in these classics so I can better appreciate them.

Resistance, as they say, is futile.  I think I'm going to be playing some similar games in the near future.

Yeah, but I think the original composition is his.  Just wondering if he put his stamp on it, or if they licensed the tune from Smile Please, or something like that.

Yarr!  And here I be inflicting a crab with MASSIVE DAMAGE! YARRRRR!

(yes, there is a picture in the rotation that fits this remark perfectly)

Please... for the love of GOD tell me Umatsu had nothing to do with this.  It's the musical equivalent of violent diarrhea.

I haven't started this one yet, but I couldn't help but notice the ep number is just one 6 short of being completely appropriate to the topic and abstract.

Really?  I haven't had any trouble.  What sort of issues are you seeing?

I'd say yes, but again, these are exceptions, and while the scores are fully orchestrated, they emphasize melody over ambiance.  I think that's the key to association.  I mentioned Morrowind's theme and Skyrim's Streets of Whitefall earlier.  Those are memorable as well, but aren't quite as melodic.  

NieR is an exception to nearly every game soundtrack rule.  I know I dropped a sea of links, but check out the NieR ones if nothing else.  You'll understand whey they are so memorable.  The songs have lyrics, and it works.  The vocalist wrote her own words and was instructed by the creators of the game to take a few modern languages and imagine what they would sound like 4000 years in the future.  She did an outstanding job.  Only one song is in English, and it shattered my perception of Japanese use of the English language in song (usually, it comes off as pop covered with cheese.)  They are extremely memorable and hold very tight associations with in game events and locations.

The two I already posted are Song of the Ancients (the thematic piece of the soundtrack) and Snow in Summer

Here's the Song of the Ancients Battle (an aggressive version of the song I already posted)

This one is The Wretched Automatons a fan favorite used in an industrial ruin populated by aggressive robots.

This song is called Grandma.  It's a theme for a character you never see, but is the only person a very tortured character has anything in common with.

Here's the English piece I mentioned.  It's the theme associated with the main character's daughter.

Spend some time poking around YouTube.  You won't be disappointed with this one.

I've seen some gameplay footage, and this looks remarkably insane.  I'm gonna have to keep my eye on it.

I can see myself buying this for my kids

...then stealing it from them.

I agree with you.  I'm thrilled to hear this.  I don't care how long it takes for the game to come out as long as it's amazing, and this gives them plenty of time to polish it to a nice chrome finish.