It’s been said that if OSV were a band, I’d be the backing singer. So it is with due amusement and pleasure that I want to introduce a new feature to the site, one that might add ‘back up singers’ to your playlist. ‘Out Of The Box’ takes a much-loved game soundtrack and attempts to find other albums fans of that music might like. In my case, I’ve tried to go outside anything we’d normally cover here, but that’s just my take on it. Rather than trying to match tracks, I’m ultimately aiming to pinpoint or at least isolate what it is about this soundtrack that we love, and to discover if some of that can be found elsewhere, either from before or after. It’s not about accusations of plagiarism so much as the idea of shared tastes and inclinations, and perhaps an acknowledgment that game music doesn’t exist in a bubble, and neither, I think, should we.
Since I’m introducing the feature, I get to pick an easy one. The Oath in Felghana, with Falcom Sound Team jdk as a natural extension. A refresher on the album is highly recommended, because I’m going to launch right into it… right after you click… here. (more…)
