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Yuka Kitamura is working on the music for Elden Ring!
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Absolute GOAT. Hearing this in the DLC trailer made me insanely hyped. Easily one of the best Souls tracks.
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The music during the second stage of
fight in Sekiro is one of the best gaming tracks in years. It is totally sublime.
the Great Shinobi Owl
People should watch this video to see how she works. They will most likely use same tools and not have an orchestra for the music.
Not that IMDB has the most accurate info regarding upcoming games but Sakuraba is credited for Elden Ring there as an external composer.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1245713/. Makes sense if he is working on it given the relationship with Bandai Namco and Fromsoftware on previous projects.
Not that IMDB has the most accurate info regarding upcoming games but Sakuraba is credited for Elden Ring there as an external composer.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1245713/. Makes sense if he is working on it given the relationship with Bandai Namco and Fromsoftware on previous projects.
Asakura composed that one (it's not her style at all).
I believe this one is hers:
Bloodborne was fully orchestrated (because of Sony), and Sekiro used more live instrumentation than their other synth games.
They'll get an orchestra if Bandai will pay for it. Certainly, the teaser music did not sound like their normal synth (it also didn't sound like Kitamura, so she's probably not the only composer working on it—not to say that he won't be working on the game, but it definitely wasn't Sakuraba either).
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She first worked as a composer for FromSoftware games with Dark Souls 2. And although much of DS2's main soundtrack doesn't get a lot of recognition, it was its DLC tracks that started to garner a lot of love. One of the most praised was Sir Alonne's soundtrack. Still one of the best tracks she has done.
She has been a mainstay with their games ever since and to me plays a tremendous part in setting the tone and atmosphere of FromSoftware's games.
She has been a mainstay with their games ever since and to me plays a tremendous part in setting the tone and atmosphere of FromSoftware's games.
Say what you will about the base game of Dark Souls 2, but for many many reasons, the DLC zones for that game are some of the best content that From has ever put out. Sunken King still GOAT for me
Yup BB's score was huge. I watched the hour+ long GDC talk about it, expensive and really difficult to make. Ryan Amon, Penka and everyone else involved did a great job on it. I'm not sure Bandai Namco are willing to put the same resources on this. My gut feeling says no, but that doesn't mean I'm not excited for it.
The small snippets we've heard from it sounds great.
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Great news!
But I'll be contrarian here and say the Alonne theme is... kinda overrated? It's really not my favourite of hers. From DS2 alone I prefer Executioner's Chariot and Ruin Sentinels to be honest.
Her work in Dark Souls 3 is top-notch all around, though.
But I'll be contrarian here and say the Alonne theme is... kinda overrated? It's really not my favourite of hers. From DS2 alone I prefer Executioner's Chariot and Ruin Sentinels to be honest.
Her work in Dark Souls 3 is top-notch all around, though.
lol? Motoi Sakuraba was way more guilty of this than she was... (and I generally like Sakuraba!)
I know I'm in a very very small minority, but I have such a problem differentiating between tracks in From's Soulsborne games. At least when it comes to boss themes. Nothing sticks, and they all sound similar to me. At least Sekiro has a somewhat different musical style I guess.
I love her work in Sekiro. Divine dragon is probably my favorite but this one is a close second
First time listening to Lady Maria's track and now I'm kicking myself for giving up on Old Hunters. God I hope this game gets a PS5 remaster/patch or a PC release to have an excuse to play it again.
Ebrietas Daughter of the Cosmos is her best track. Fight me.
I really hope they get an orchestra for ER. It made Bloodborne's OST pop so much more than any other From game.
I really hope they get an orchestra for ER. It made Bloodborne's OST pop so much more than any other From game.
I'm kinda the same way. I like the songs because of what they add to the fights, but I couldn't pick them out because I'm usually trying not to die when they play, and thus they all kinda sound the same. Still, the DS3 main menu theme is a banger.
You didn't lie, but Sekiro is the first From game with music I can remember.
I'll be real besides the opening theme of DS3 I didn't really absorb much of the music so not that different from the other Souls games
But then Slave Knight Gael happened and it's the mother of all finale bangers like holy shit. I'm in based on that alone.
But then Slave Knight Gael happened and it's the mother of all finale bangers like holy shit. I'm in based on that alone.
She was fantastic in Bloodborne and DS3.
Hopefully her composition work is closer to those two than Sekiro
Hopefully her composition work is closer to those two than Sekiro
I don't know what to think about this choice. On one hand, she wrote the best songs of Dark Souls 3, but Sekiro's music is forgettable and clearly lacks strong melodies and themes.
This is honestly one of the best boss fights in a game, despite not being one of the hardest by any means.
Yes and No. Strength and Discipline is one of the most intense miniboss themes ive ever heard. Guardian Ape's theme was intense and creepy. (im not sure which tracks she composed)
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Sekiro was an entirely different approach than they normally take. Most of their games don't use ambient music.
I thought it was really successful, even if, as you say, the music doesn't try to come to the front very often. The most important music in the game is the one you create while fighting, since the game relies on that rhythm for its combat.
The music in the final stages always got me pumped, though. It's really good if you just listen to it on its own. (A lot of the game's music is like that, even if it tries to stay in the background while you're playing.)
She composed most of the music in the game. You can usually tell by ear because Asakura's style is just so different (like the Owl track somebody mentioned earlier, where you can contrast her approach in the "father" version and his in the normal version).
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Awesome news. Just today I pre-ordered the Sekiro soundtrack.
I know I'm reaching but, could the fact that she's disclosing this now indicate more Elden Ring news are coming soon? Or is this the first time someone's asked her if she's composing for Elden Ring?
I know I'm reaching but, could the fact that she's disclosing this now indicate more Elden Ring news are coming soon? Or is this the first time someone's asked her if she's composing for Elden Ring?
Probably unrelated. She answers English questions from time to time.