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Cacao Byproduct @cacaobyproduct.bsky.social

Is there anyone who prefers the orchestrated videogame soundtracks over the original ? Can you explain it to me?

aug 30, 2025, 5:34 am • 0 0

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El Gato Astronomico @astrocat.bsky.social

I don’t prefer it but I do really like having them both!

aug 30, 2025, 6:51 am • 1 0 • view
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Cacao Byproduct @cacaobyproduct.bsky.social

It is interesting indeed! But sometimes it feels like they change the accompaniment a lot or anesthesize the percussion and I wonder why

aug 30, 2025, 6:52 am • 1 0 • view
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El Gato Astronomico @astrocat.bsky.social

In the conversion they probably smooth a lot of it out, if the original music was constrained to a primal set of instruments where beats were much heavier by volume

aug 30, 2025, 6:54 am • 2 0 • view
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Cacao Byproduct @cacaobyproduct.bsky.social

me, a percussionist: more beat please people: what me: what

aug 30, 2025, 7:35 am • 1 0 • view
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Rose (\(ㅇㅅㅇ❀)/) @rosedees.bsky.social

this part lowering the dynamics of percussion is weird- but think about how alot of games have these set pieces with explosions, and alot of dramatic voice work;so using louder percussion prolly has to have more intent or else you may accidentally contradict the higher expectations of sound design.

aug 30, 2025, 9:06 am • 1 0 • view
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Rose (\(ㅇㅅㅇ❀)/) @rosedees.bsky.social

ugh yeah- its more music duh; i especially like it when you can switch back and fourth at will instead of just having a toggle early in the game; cause then i can compare its appropriateness and i dont often come out thinking either is better; rarely worse. its the same song so not much to fuck up

aug 30, 2025, 5:42 am • 0 0 • view
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Cacao Byproduct @cacaobyproduct.bsky.social

wait I don't understand what do you mean by more music

aug 30, 2025, 6:26 am • 0 0 • view
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Rose (\(ㅇㅅㅇ❀)/) @rosedees.bsky.social

its literally more music. like for instance FF7 music was great right? well now cause the remake has a closer lens into the characters and can really ACT in a way they couldnt with the lil dolls on the ps1; so they have layers- action queues-incidental environment music; its more music. literally.

aug 30, 2025, 7:29 am • 1 0 • view
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Cacao Byproduct @cacaobyproduct.bsky.social

i see what you mean yes! having more ways to look at things that makes sense!

aug 30, 2025, 7:34 am • 1 0 • view