We teased you last month with our Bayonetta Original Soundtrack unpacking video on the OSVchannel, and now that we’ve finally plowed through the massive 5-disc collection, we’re prepared to tell you what we think. Don Kotowski knew as early as E3 that SEGA was on to something special with what he coined as their “Sexy, smoky jazz approach,” and I couldn’t agree more.
Bayonetta has a sound all of its own. It’s what I’d call gothic jazz, mixing moody string progressions with jazz piano, organ, and other elements. It’s a unique sound, and one that I’ve come to like a whole lot. The team behind the Bayonetta soundtrack is as large as they come, including PLATINUM GAMES’ Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Masami Ueda, Reina Niwa, Takayasu Sodeka, and Naoto Tanaka (I didn’t realize they had some many composers on board!) along with T’S MUSIC’s Rei Kondoh, GEM Impact’s Norihiko Hibino, Takahiro Izutani, and Yoshitaka Suzuki, and SEGA’s Hiro and Mitsuhara Fukuyama.
Is your head spinning yet? Just wait to read about what this soundtrack has to offer in our review of the Bayonetta Original Soundtrack after the jump. (more…)
