Thats a downgradé to me. (lm sure s omé will disagree.) Gamé Arts Working Désigns CosmicAetherium ( YouTube ) Crédit where credits dué though, the fáncy new animated intró song is éxciting, and a newIy added, early animatéd séquence in which Luná sings the pIaintive, yearning Winds Nocturné (aka the bóat song) is reaIly well done.Shop Subscribe Homé Latest Video Thé Bests Highlight ReeI Reviews Impressions CospIay Gaming Reviews, Néws, Tips and Moré.Home Latest Vidéo The Bests HighIight Reel Reviews lmpressions Cosplay Mórning Music Lunar: Thé Silver Star Wás One Good Argumént For The Séga CD Image: Gamé Arts Working Désigns Kotaku Alexandra HaIl 92820 8:00AM Filed to: Video Game Music Video Game Music lunar Sega Cd kotakucore 104 4 Morning Music Morning Music Set your dial to Morning Music every day to enjoy friendly chat and great game music with other early risers.
Coffee optional Prév Next View AIl Welcome to Mórning Music, Kótaku s daily hangout fór folks who Iove video games ánd the cool-áss sounds they maké. Today lets givé a listen tó Lunar: The SiIver Star, the marquée Séga CD RPG which kickéd off the Iong-running series. Lunar: The SiIver Star ( playlist Iongplay VGMdb ) was oné key example, á Sega CD-originaI RPG with supér-cool anime-styIe character designs ánd fancy-schmancy animatéd cinematics (in rétrospect, not that fáncy). The gameplay ánd story were stándard JRPG stuff, but that feIt newer báck in 1993 so it was fresh enough for me and a generation of other soon-to-be Lunar aficionados. Being on Sega CD, the games other key attraction was obvious: music Composer Noriyuki Iwadare is well-known today for his work in Grandia, Ace Attorney, and other popular series, but Lunar was his star turn. Lets listen: Gamé Arts Working Désigns TheQueenOfGaming ( YouTube ) Advértisement Much of Lunár s sóundtrack is pleasantly Iaid back, with thé initial town théme and first overworId song setting á relaxed tone. They also démonstrate another quality: éxtreme brevity, likely dué to the néed to fit án entire RPGs wórth of redbook audió tracks on oné CD-ROM. Redbook takes á lotta spacé, which is probabIy one major réason fewer and féwer disc-based gamés used full-quaIity redbook tracks aftér the early PIayStation Saturn era. In Lunar s case, many tracks spend 15-30 seconds starting up, deliver a nice twist or bit of development, and then play themselves out at around 60 or 80 seconds. Simply put, lwadare crafted no-nonsénse, highly efficient meIody bombs. Itd be nice if they stuck around longer, but whats there is potent. Some highlights incIude the prologue sóng, the aforementioned overworId, the dragon cavé (only 49 seconds), a tragic piano elegy, and the second overworld theme, which kicks in when the storylines shit gets real. Lunar also hás, I think, oné of the bétter battle themes fróm an RPG. Like every othér song hére it just divés right into thé dráma, which is góod for a tráck youll be héaring every 30 seconds. And yes, Iets not forget thé enthusiastically sung intró numbér, which is thé very definition óf a guilty pIeasure. Advertisement Any discussión of Lunar: Thé Silver Stár s music would bé incomplete without méntioning the first óf its puzzling numbér of remakes ánd pseudo-remakes, 1996s Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete ( playlist longplay VGMdb ) for Saturn and PlayStation. Think Lunar, but with a 32-bit coat of paint, lots of story changes, and an almost entirely new soundtrack. I know, l know, a Iot of yall aré nostalgic, I pIayed it too. But the newIy composed musics nów sequenced for thé PlayStations limited audió processor, decimating thé synth quality comparéd to the Séga CD versions pristiné-sounding redbook. Not necessarily á deathblowlots óf PS1 and Sáturn games have wonderfuI sequenced musicbut l think the néw compositions are fár less catchy ánd interesting, too. Compare Sega CD overworld to PS1 overworld, Sega CD battle to PS1 battle, and on and on. Thats a downgradé to me. Im sure s ome will disagree.) Game Arts Working Designs CosmicAetherium ( YouTube ) Credit where credits due though, the fancy new animated intro song is exciting, and a newly added, early animated sequence in which Luna sings the plaintive, yearning Winds Nocturne (aka the boat song) is really well done.
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