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rwlh 09/25/23 7:27:09 PM #196: | 30. Various Artists - Dr. Stone Original Soundtrack Television Music (lol) 2019 https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/8/3/AAeDEnAAE33H.jpg @dowolf https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLobYKp1L-B81_xmGZB8ywkXegajirwfAB 1. And Test,Test,And Test Some More 2. Get Exited!! 3. Be the Adam and Eve of This Stone World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-8bc9d5Kfs A long album, if only by song count; almost every song is under three minutes. I expect this to be a brisk and invigorating experience! Some world music vibes right out of the gate with STONE WORLD, which is super Celtic in nature and indeed evokes brisk and invigorating. The second song, Turned to Stone, is immediately more foreboding, with sparse bells and distant chanting conjuring a picture of something mysterious. Two songs in and Im reminded of VGM in the sense that this is clearly music attempting to convey a larger story as opposed to stand on its own. That isnt inherently a bad thing (of course it isnt, I adore VGM), nor does it change how I approach the work, but if I come to find that Im missing pieces of the bigger audio picture, this might be why. I could take or leave Beginning except for the last third, which I really really like. From Zero, on the other hand, is a song I adore the beginning of but am ambivalent about the rest. Could we just combine these two songs into something I like all the way through please? Get Exited!! (sic) finally breaks the trend of me only enjoying part of each song; it is very solid all the way through, with Super Mario 64-esque woodwind samples and more jaunty bagpipes. Now I think Im primed for other parts of the soundtrack Be the Adam and Eve of This Stone World is also very good. Im a sucker for this bouncy style. Getting real Atelier vibes from this flute! Track 10, The Strongest Primate High Schooler, is by Tatsuya Kato (songs 2-9 are by Hiroaki Tsutsumi); after this the composition bounces between those two and YUKI KANESAKA, who gets four songs. Just based on this song Kato seems to have a more symphonic style than Tsutsumi, but STONE WORLD, also by Kato, isnt like that. And Contrariety (is that a word? ) isnt like that either, so it probably depends on the song. This track sounds super Basiscape. Big fan. Track 12, And Test,Test,And Test Some MoreI am really into this one. YUKI KANESAKAs first song is the humorously named Chemical Boys Bogie Mix; its the first song with lyrics and has a noticeably funk-infused vibe. Too bad I dont like it all that much D: I dont really like the next one, Strong Desire, by Kato, either. Maybe I was spoiled by the last few songs? Track 16, Time Limit, brings me back to the good feels. It features a lot of what I love about other songs on the album: breezy notes, a fast pace, and an unexpected instrument in this case, a sax! Thus far almost every song Ive enjoyed is by Tsutsumi, including Senkus Mind, which takes all those things I like and makes the experience downright trippy. A general note on this album: I would enjoy it more with approximately 100% less rapping. I like rap, just not this variety. Some of these back half songs seem to struggle with the missing context puzzle. Like Im sure The 100 Tales or TALES FOR THE AGES probably have a lot of impact on the show, but Im having a hard time getting into them, divorced from that. Genz Mood, on the other hand, is super cool and dissonant; I really like this one. Overall this was a mixed bag. There was a lot that didnt really appeal to me, but there were some heavyhitters. I tended to respond better to Tsutsumis compositions than the others. I looked up a bit of info about this series while listening would you recommend I watch/read? ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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