With gaming often bringing me into a really depressive headspace sometimes with how the markets are developing, whats a game you can always go to and just be lost in, or just be happy with?
Personally i would go for advance wars 1 and 2 on the gba (there is no remake and never will be)
the artstyle, the music, the game-play is just simple, yet effective, a sublime experience of very fun times.
Whats yours?
Wow. I’ve gotten mitsuda’s works through… other means… but i’d buy it in a flash if I came across it. It’s one of my favorite albums. I’m also a fan of caseopea. Are you familiar with them? Their work really puts a lot of videogame music into perspective. It seems like the Japanese have a different, and i’d say more healthy, sense of borrowing/honoring other artist’s works. You can definitely hear how they influenced a lot of, particularly kondo’s works. I could talk about/listen to videogame music for days.
Fantastic recommendation on Casiopeia, and yeah - jazz fusion ended up having quite a large influence on VGM. I was amazed when a buddy of mine started pointing out some of the connections. T-SQUARE is also worth a listen, for anyone wanting more music in this style.
Oh yes. They did a couple albums together (the band members overlap over time) and the number of musicians makes it complicated in a really great way. I particularly like the percussion with both drummers going at it.
The band behind Mint Jams? Yes! They’re something else. Can’t say I’ve listened to Caseopea’s other works but that album is a hell of a vibe.
Mint jams is great. I also particularly like eyes of the mind and crosspoint. Did you recognize any game tunes in mint jams? There are a couple tracks that inspired some.
Off the top of my head, no. Any tracks in particular I should listen to?