Why do so many people almost exclusively listen to anime and video game soundtracks?
What is wrong with these guys?
Maybe they just like anime and video game soundtracks?
>>65782974
>Surprise, surprise... At first I thought, RADIOHEAD? Well that's a nice japanese band. But as I checked on Google, I was jaw-dropped at the results and I was like, THEY'RE FROM FUCKING ENGLAND?
Taste is random and arbitrary, it's the same reason people here don't listen to ICP. No point in forcing yourself to do something you don't enjoy.
because anime or video games are their main hobby
>>65782974
What anime is this?
>>65783013
>>65783036
>>65783041
I get it, but it's just a little bit sad.
That music is stipulated, made on contract, and made specifically to sync with visuals or gameplay, and in general is just a poor pastiche of what music can actually achieve. Obviously you have Morricone, John Carpenter etc, but you guys know exactly what demographic I'm talking about.
>>65783087
It's from the Gunsmith Cats OVA
>>65783176
It's just how it is. They don't care much because their real interest is video games or anime, and everything else is an aside. If I didn't stop enjoying both of those things a long time ago I might have been the same way.
>>65783176
>but you guys know exactly what demographic I'm talking about
And you're posting on this site.
Kudos hypocrite.
>>65783176
obviously because they don't care as much as you do.
>>65782974
I had a period in my teens when I listened exclusively to vidya OST.
Glad I grew out of that.
>>65783176
>I get it, but it's just a little bit sad
I see where you are coming from, but in my experience most people who do this are only going through a phase. I know this guy who only listened to game soundtrack for a month. He would said stuff like, "You gotta hear this, this is just the best". However, he eventually grew out of it.
>>65783235
>>65783278
How do I reconcile this, though? I have so much invested in music that it's difficult not to scoff at those kinds of people. I can still get on with them just fine, mostly, but that judgement is always there.
>>65783336
Could you mention any examples of guys with this issue?
>>65783382
surely everyone knows "that guy" who listens to nothing but the halo and quake soundtracks
I have never met someone like this and I have a lot of nerdy friends
>>65783336
take some time off of 4chan because this place has clearly poisoned your social skills.
>>65783336
take a look at this guy, holy fuck, how can 1 (one) guy care so much about what other people do, holy jesus. A 4channer looking down on people for enjoying anime related stuff, is this what it looks like when cognitive dissonance approaches singularity?
I am going to go ahead and assume you are trolling with some premium bait OP, thx for the laugh.
25 and over half the stuff I listen to is J-Pop (which includes anime OST's ofc) and 2hu (re)mixes. Too bad I don't care about your insecurities enough to change my taste.
>What is wrong with these guys?
pic very much related
>>65782974
Radiohead were in an anime soundtrack, so if you like them, you technically like anime soundtracks too OP. How does it feel?
>>65782974
weebo culture
whiteness
gayism acceptance
fatness
sedentarism
poptism cultural
japan-usa culture re-appropriation
faggot ethos
>vlcsnap-2016-02-15-21h33m52s193.png
>look at all those anime fags
gr8b8r88/8
>>65784344
Not much worse than liking Radiohead, regardless.
>>65784433
I agree, I listen to azn music because I have had enough of the degenerate acceptance in western music. Even in azn music it is starting, but is a hell of a lot less.
desu I kind of did this until I was like 14
I didn't really know how to find new music so I just listened to tunes I liked from other medium's I frequently enjoyed
Although I think its pretty sad when adults are doing this I can kind of understand why its the case.
>>65783176
Stop being such an autist.
People like and are invested in different things. Just because you like something more than someone else does not mean everyone should share your exact same investment.
Life is meaningless, just do what you like, man.
>>65782974
>people liking genres i dont wahhh
this is how old people feel. like they dont understand the world anymore.
>>65782974
These are called people with no real interests or hobbies.
>>65784511
I think it is sadder when an adult listens to "proper" music (/mu/ approved WW1 shantytown dindu Jazz for instance) pretending to like it because he is worried about what a bunch of /mu/ fags might think of him if he admitted to enjoying Miku.
>>65782974
my little brother does that, i think that's hilarious, he'll grow up
>>65784612
Because enjoying obscure "good" music is a "real interesting hobby".
From a normies perspective /mu/'s music taste is as sad as /a/'s music taste.
>>65784686
I doubt it since you apparently didn't.
>>65783176
I think it's sad that you care this much what other people do in their free time.
Is there really no worth in your life that you gain superiority from you place in your imaginary music caste system.
>>65784733
i think you are projectig or just angry about something, i don't listen to anime and video game soundtracks m8 i'm sorry
>>65784826
Nor are you over 18, srry m8.
>>65782974
autism
>>65784445
>193
>vlc
ITT an /a/ crossposter goes all out for (you)'s, too bad most of the bait goes over the average /mu/ poster's head.
>>65782974
>exclusively listen to anime and video game soundtracks
>exclusively
People dont actually do this right. That shit aint right.
People can listen to whatever they want, but the people who listen to touhou and pony fanmixes all day (I know dar too many) and try to pass it off as "really into music" need a reality check.
>>65785034
There are 7 billion people in the world, of course there's at least one guy that does this
>>65785034
Not exclusively, but I listen to a lot of J-Pop/rock which invariably means I listen to a lot of anime soundtracks. A lot of anime OST are just regular songs that use the anime as an advertising platform (newsflash; most anime serves as advertisement). then there are a bunch of anime OST that get made on request y already well established bands/groups. So there is no real "anime music" as such.
Since this thread has been bait trash from the start I'ma just start posting shitty /jp/ music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4h1waY17UA
>>65785242
I also have a lot of J-pop and a lot of videogames soundtrack but they represent around 20% of my music library
>>65785242
>the sun is rising
>time to go to bed
too accurate.
>>65785242
Well then Im posting not so shitty Jp music
https://youtu.be/a24La_WQMco
What riles me is when people 'into' video game music try and discuss it or assert that it's just as good/worthwhile as actual music.
>>65785417
>actual music
Be careful, stay here too long and you might tur into n actual living, breathing meme.
>>65785411
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPcmG7nvpno
>>65785528
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YQKrHGx9BI
Look at all those sad people having fun, I hate fun.
>MFW i exclusively listen to soothing/calm anime OST's while doing housework/dishes/cooking which is on par with any piano / folk music
That's the only time i listen to them, but damn if its not a higher level of comfy
>people ITT will try to tell you this isn't great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrrBYDSnFOs
>>65783036
>>65783013
We're not really talking about someone with particular tastes in music, we're talking about someone who isn't really interested in music at all
>>65783235
Don't people understand that variety is the spice of life
>>65786427
>Don't people understand that variety is the spice of life
>People don't enjoy life the way I enjoy life
So much for understanding the essence of your own post. Never change 4chan, never change.
>>65785472
Video game music is inherently shit because its made to be listened to in a video game. You literally can't say it compares.
>>65786670
All the FF scores are objectively better music than 99% of popsongs.
>>65786670
Ballet music is inherently shit because its made to be listened to during a ballet. You literally can't say it compares.
>>65786670
Jazz music is inherently shit because its made to be listened to by niggers in the dumps feeling sorry for themselves. You literally can't say it compares.
>>65786747
Ballet music is meant to enhance the consumers artistic experience, video game music is meant to enhance the players button tapping experience.
>>65786747
>>65786704
>>65786820
Bad posts.
Point me towards the greatest video game music and there will be a reason that it isn't as good as the Western canon, or indeed any definitive list of the 'best albums of all time' or whatever.
It's a joke. Literally a parody of 'proper' music, made to work alongside shooting demons in the face. You'll get some generic chugging metal riff so a player can go "hell yeah metal" and carry on shooting things. It doesn't work beyond that, and it wasn't even meant to in the first place.
>>65786853
so what about actual scores that were only adapted to fit a game? are they bad because they were commissioned
>>65786862
>'proper' music
Still trying to become a walking talking meme I see,
>>65786902
They're good if they're well made, they're shit if they're shit (which chances are they will be.) But if it wasn't originally meant to be vidya music it's not vidya music.
>>65783034
Curious as to what this is referencing
>>65786862
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p08avzF10Y
Guess it's time to bin all my Mussorgsky music.
>>65786607
I think maybe you misunderstood my post. There are better and worse ways to enjoy life. I never said otherwise.
Enjoying a variety of things = better
Not doing it = worse
>>65787050
>people who don't live like I do lead a worse life
Still missing the essence of your own post, how one person can be so profoundly thick is beyond me.
its just melody with no depth. you don't have to think about it.
>>65787050
You don't get it, those people who don't listen to music choose so because they can't give a fuck about it. It's like why I don't watch anime or TV. Sure there's tons of it out there, but when I try any I know instantly it's not my thing and would rather get back to what I like. That's variety.
>>65787025
>They're good if they're well made, they're shit if they're shit (which chances are they will be.) But if it wasn't originally meant to be vidya music it's not vidya music.
>Something is good if, and only if, I say so
Reminder that any compositions by non classical Germanic composers is degenerate dreck.
I KNOW
I KNOW I'VE LET YOU DOWN
>>65787185
I'VE BEEN A FOOL TO MYSELF
>>65787185
fuck. off.
>>65785099
>pony fanmixes
>know too many
You desperately need to re-evaluate your social circles lad
>>65787159
So many assumptions. You can like whatever music you like, but if the music is literally just aimless "powerful" sounds without anything musically interesting going on, it's not good music. Few people who listen to vidya OSTs care about the context of the music, the sole attraction is "I heard it while I shot that faggot in Battlefield."
>>65787269
I THOUGHT I COULD LIVE FOR NO ONE ELSE.
>>65787323
*content of the music.
>>65787323
>So many assumptions
>follows it up by nothing but assumptions
Is anyone in this thread worth talking to?
>>65787045
This wasn't written for a video game.
>>65787089
>>65787158
Maybe you guys misunderstand me. The hypothetical person I'm objecting to ONLY is interested in anime and video games, and no other things in life.
I don't think that's a great approach when compared to someone who is more well-rounded in their interests. This shouldn't be controversial.
>>65787323
>BF
>music during MP gameplay
Oh, I see, you're just talking out of your ass.
>>65787409
No, I understand you fully, it is you who are confused and self contradictory, seemingly without even being aware of it.
>>65787409
That's literally how some people are. I only care about music.
I seriously can't understand how anyone can enjoy anime. I tried watching stuff like Cowboy Bebop and Akira which was okay, but everything else just felt like an insult to my intelligence. How could someone, a grown man no less, watch a show about a bunch of high school girls doing absolutely nothing? On top of that, how could a grown man watch 5 of those kinds of shows in a given season?
>>65787386
>backpedaling with "new rules"
Yes, no need to remind me I am on 4chan, I am well aware.
>>65782974
because they want to be in that group of people who obsess over video games and anime.
that's literally it. they want to fit in with their lame ass group of people who play video games and watch anime at an unhealthy level to where they have no life.
>>65787467
>>65787453
How so?
>>65787459
I agree that it's how some people are, why else would i have made the observation in the first place?
>>65787503
Colourful and loud bait. I didn't realize fly-fishing was popular here.
>>65787377
If vidya osts were good people would discuss the musical content more than the game it came from, and people who bever played them would listen. Neither of them is true.
And by people worth talking to do you mean people who agree with you?
Why is video game music always so shit, though? Is there actually a genuine reason? I'm curious.
People always say that it's okay to listen to as standalone music, even outside its original context, because it's still creative in some way. But why is it always so goddamn bad? I've never seen anyone who listens to it actually have interesting taste in anything artistic.
>>65787544
Then what's the point of that observation? They're enjoying what they enjoy.
>>65787554
>And by people worth talking to do you mean people who agree with you
I mean people who can make a sound argument, i.e. someone unlike you.
>>65787467
(Those are actually some of the more lowbrow anime, desu)
>>65787561
because they know not many people care nor are paying attention. although i disagree that it's all bad.
>>65787039
ergo proxy has paranoid android as its' ending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KGM9onsQHE
>>65787574
Yeah but what they're enjoying is shit.
>>65787592
You haven't responded to any of my arguments or raised any yourself. Only a strawman and a few sarcastic statements.
>>65787623
To you. They derive pleasure from it, and that's the foundation for every person's taste. It's pointless to debate about it.
>>65787574
It's a very simple point, which I made here: >>65787409
It's nothing horrifically bad if someone has a limited set of interests. I just think having a diverse set of interests tends to lead to a richer, more fulfilling life.
Sorry this rankles you guys so much!
>>65787599
Yeah, that seems true. It's always an afterthought.
I've really yet to hear something truly outstanding made specifically for a video game. Do you have anything in mind?
>>65787544
>How so?
You talk about variety being the best thing in life, but then exclude groups based on arbitrary rules. Which is it to be? The people who are "only" into xyz are as much part of a group filled with variety as the people who only enjoy variety. If you were to take your way of thinking to the extreme the "best" and most various society would be one in which everyone enjoyed everything, which would in fact be the opposite of variety.
>>65787675
If someone enjoys shoveling shit into their mouth and derives pleasure from it, that's not okay.
>>65787657
You aren't making any arguments for me to refute, you are merely posting opinions and I am merely belittling you for them.
>>65787711
the Lone Survivor soundtrack is the only thing that comes to mind, since Jasper Byrne is an actual musician on top of a game designer/programmer/whatever
i'd check it out, anon
>>65787711
i dont think ive heard any game music that would qualify as truly outstanding, but then again i haven't heard that much of it.
>>65787744
Arguments for you to refute:
*Music meant to accompany electronic activities won't give much emotional or musical content. Both of these would distract from the gaming experience.
*If videogame soundtracks are good, how come they aren't listened to, appraised, or criticized on their own merits by non-gamers, like all other music?
>>65787731
Then by your argument you should stop coming and posting here, because 4chan has been objectively shit since day 1. Responding to me would be verging on a mental disease and if you feel the urge to do so I strongly suggest you check into a mental ward instead.
>>65787782
Thanks, I'll check it right now.
But aren't composers for video games 'actual musicians' too, since its their job? Granted they're working on contract, but from what I understand of the scoring process, they'll get a brief of the game and then pretty much get the freedom to do what they want around that. It seems the same as your average musician(s) working on a concept, theme, or event.
It just seems weird to me that it's all so... boring. Everything I've heard for games has been totally banal.
>>65787696
>I just think
Nobody but you cares about what you think though. This seems to be something you find hard to understand and has been the crux of the problem from the get go.
They only guy like that I have met was literally schizophrenic. He only listens to Starcraft ost and Naruto ops.
>>65787713
>The people who are "only" into xyz are as much part of a group filled with variety as the people who only enjoy variety.
When you say they are "filled with variety", what do you mean? I'm not saying that a person who is exclusively into anime and videogames is without worth as a person. I'm sure they add to the "spice of life" in some ways.
All I'm saying is that, they would probably find it worth their while to expand their interests. Not necessarily, but probably. Why do you disagree so strongly?
>>65787868
If you don't care then why do you keep responding to my posts? You doth protest too much, methinks
>>65787828
>I can't formulate arguments; the post
>it's okay to only like anime and video game music, but it might be worthwhile to expand your tastes
How can a comment this innocuous trigger you autists so hard??
>>65787859
i agree anon, but i'm saying that Byrne is an actual musician as in he actually made albums to be individually listened with no game
and the Lone Survivor soundtrack can be listened individually and still retain a large part of it's emotional impact, at least to me (in fact i got into the game due to the soundtrack)
>>65787881
>Why do you disagree so strongly?
Right back at you.
>>65787924
Deeply ingrained self-hatred from people who used to be like that, most likely.
Or it could be that you're talking to people who genuinely only listen to anime and video game music.
>>65787945
What gives you the impression I strongly disagree? I keep saying over and over that I have no problem with people who only listen to anime and video game music.
>>65787924
>He thinks this is what people are attacking.
Come no ESL-kun, your reading comprehension is better than that
>>65787973
That isn't exactly what you have been saying though, all your other posts up until now hve had a "but..." tagged onto that statement. It is that "but" everyone is calling you on.
Which one of you was this? >>>/vg/145978379
The entire thread got butthurt as fuck.
>>65787921
Jesus Christ, am I being rused? What's with all the attention payed to argument style, and why do you feel yourself better than adressing my point directly?
>>65788088
(You)
>>65787711
The Silent Hill games have pretty neat soundtracks
>>65788133
No, but I did make this thread based on what he was saying. It was interesting.
>>65788127
Because I quite honestly believe myself to be superior to you.
Being one of those people, its just preference and the way it makes me feel. It makes me nostalgic, which is one of the best feelings to me.
>>65788245
do you care about the wider scope of music at all?
>>65788326
Of course. I occasionally listen to other music. Mostly from decades ago but I prefer my soundtrack playlists. I have respect for almost all music except trap and some rap.
>>65788396
I have respect for almost all kinds of people except for weeaboo faggots like you. Kill yourself.
>>65782974
Gunsmith Cats makes my dick so hard, and not even in an entirely sexual way.
>>65788431
Edgelord spotted.
>>65782974
I've only listened to some music from games like Halo from time to time, probably because its 50% nostalgia and 50% it being pretty decent
But I can't fathom listening to kpop or other gookshit exclusivly
>>65782974
I don't listen to it exclusively, but I listen to a lot of video game music
Most music I listen to doesn't have any lyrics, but it's not just video game music
I don't listen to any weeb music
Ex: 5 random songs from ipod
courtesy - super hexagon
adhesivewombat - 8 bit adventure
words, words, words - bo burnham
shirk - haunted
portal 2 ost volume 1 - science is fun
[spoiler]i dont like apple but the ipod is fine[/spoiler]
>>65788777
fuck you
>>65783336
They probably have the same feelings toward your taste in games and anime
>>65784622
name one person in the world who actually fits your strawman description
I have a hard time reading words at the same time as listening to words, so I play lyric-less vidya music when I'm online or reading a book, and listen to """""actual""""" music when I'm doing chores or going somewhere.
For whatever my opinion is worth.
>>65782974
Because a Yoko Kanno>>>>>>>>>a Taylor Swift. Obviously.
ITT
People who have shitposting on a weeabo imageboard on their list of hobbies look down on people who listen to "anime music".
So much cognitive dissonance it hurts.
>>65782974
Who does that?
I listen to a lot of Japanese music but I am proud to say that not a single band that I like has been featured in an anime or video game
I agree, doing that is conformist, It's like reading anime light novels and not looking for something better. It's not a problem if someone do both tho.
>other person does something
>cares
ISHYGDDT
I love threads where the self proclaimed patricians race to throw themselves into the mud so they can teach the plebes a thing or two.
>>65792247
let me pet your tummy
>>65782974
Hitman soundtracks are god tier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fYPBFIlt40
>>65792247
>likes children's cartoons
>thinks he can smugly talk down to people
k
Is there actually an argument as to why video game and anime music is somehow inferior?
Often the music is obviously plagiarized too. The people are just gigantic philistines. A good example is the guy who did the Kaiji, Akagi, and Death Note OSTs. He's consistently praised as one of the best anime composers, lol. I watched all of them and I'm constantly finding shit he plagurized. From Aphex Twin to Mike Oldfield
Because it's comfortable for them. They've already heard it before, it requires no taking chances on something new, and it already makes them feel nostalgic.
>>65792622
If they refuse to leave their comfort zone, it's no wonder that they're into manchild hobbies like video games and anime in the first place.
>>65786862
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZWpYGuqsHI
>>65792351
Sounds like a sparser, less interesting circa 1993 juno reactor but done in the mid 2000s. Great example
Taku Iwasaki is alright
>>65792612
Unless it's a direct unlicensed sample or a cover with identical lyrics, it's not plagiarism
This has been sorted out a long damn time ago.
>>65792693
I don't mean in it the legal sense; that's irrelevant. I mean if it was not anime music for dumb kids in japan, no one would listen to it because it's done better on another album. And no one would have put it on their label in the first place because it's not interesting to hear something another person did with vaguely different instruments and arrangements, passed off as new. It's background music to fill the gaps in the lack of real background noise and make the 2 dimensional portraits you're watching seem less weird. Anime and vidya xd also rarely branch outside of the box, because the goal is simply a supporting role for the action. So that requires familiarity or a point of reference to give them easily accessible emotions to associate with whatever scene or level. There's never any music from these mediums that sounds absolutely original.
>>65792657
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB6sOhQan9Y
>>65792540
Soundtracks are ultimately inferior to non-soundtracks because soundtrack music is designed for a specific setting located within the medium.
Remove the context of the soundtrack, and it loses it's meaning. Non-soundtrack music is usually able to stand on it's own.
Most of the time when people listen to soundtracks, it's origin is usually found in something the person has watched/played.
>>65782974
Who gives a shit?
>>65792899
Who gives a shit about any of this shit? Why talk about music? Just listen to what you like.
Oh, because we're wasting time because talking is fun, right. Unless you're fucking autistic and you need a reason to do anything in life. Why even get out of bed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NChYgygCiLw
Most video game music that stands on its own tends to be piano.
>>65782974
>>65785417
>>65786670
>>65786862
some video game soundtracks are pretty patrician tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y05wiQQbFLU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSv37HwwojU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk9At6aeLjQ (this was actually done by Brian Eno)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt2sbtvBuk8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9pp1_en1EE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-yG0sb5aV4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yDVM77lGlM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFkGjEut9U4
>not listening to h-game soundtracks
Who /baba yetu/ here?
>>65793201
Halo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWh9l8RSkPk
>>65793280
The Civ track? What was so good about that anyway?
