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pepimeinrad · 6 months

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OFMD Soundtrack Concert

I spent a huge part of my last week looking at the OFMD soundtrack in detail and love the music used in both seasons (OST, post 1920s-songs (Miles From Nowhere is my absolute favourite) and "classical" pieces (mainly for orchestra and/or piano)). It's been a bit of an obsession actually, and I can't stop imagining a big concert of all of my favourite "classical" (and baroque etc, I know) pieces... if only I had an orchestra and venue at my disposal... the 22 tracks (20 really) add up to about 100 minutes. The list of things I'd have them play under the cut:

A Pirate's Life (Mark Mothersbaugh) Yeah, alright, I won't have Joel Fry there to sing it and it isn't a classical piece. But I would want the concert to start like the show, with this. A bit of a gimmick, someone with a guitar just doing this small bit to get everyone in a pirate mood. The last thing all the way down will also be from the OST, more on that when I get to it.

2. Concerto for Recorder and Viola da Gamba in A Minor, TWV 52:A1: I. Grave (Georg Philip Telemann) This is the one piece that always gets me nostalgic for season 1. This is early Stede and his early crew, I always have his voice in my head while listening to this. One of THE OFMD pieces for me, also because it's reused in episodes 1x07 and 2x05.

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3. Symphony No. 34 in C, K.338 - 2. Andante di molto (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) This one is used once in 1x02 and twice in 1x03 - I was debating if I should include it since it's so long and only a small part of it is actually heard in the show. I've added it because I really like it and do find it iconic in those scenes - Stede finding his brand! (and because I feel it fits with the flow of the concert)

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4. Sonata No. 2 in A major Op. 2 No. 2, - III. Scherzo - Allegretto (Ludwig van Beethoven) On to episode 1x04 where we get to hear quite a bit of this one over Stede and Mary having to get married. Another very nice piece that always transports me straight into that episode. Overall the soundtrack mixes orchestra- and piano-pieces quite colourfully, which would be reflected in my concert too (would need a very able pianist for it!).

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5. Sonata in E Major, Kk. 380 (Domenico Scarlatti) They've gotten rid of the Spanish! I love the whole lighthouse sequence a lot (Wee John makes me laugh every last time) and the crew's joy is transported very well in this piece. Another one where the quotient "bit played on the show/length of the piece" is not that big, but another one that I just really like and find fitting to include.

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6. Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055: III. Allegro ma non tanto (Johann Sebastian Bach) Welcome on the fancy ship of not so fancy people... episode 1x05 is one of my very favourites and that whole environment of the french ship is very well represented in this piece I think. There are loads more pieces in the episode that I haven't been able to identify, but I think this one here is the most striking anyway.

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7. Gnossienne No. 5 (Erik Satie) Yes, I'm putting this here. There are more than half a dozen other points in the show where this lovely tune is heard, but I want to place it at the 'you wear fine things well' part. To calm down after the fast paced party from before. To make everyone think of that moon that's way too big. And this is the spot where the piano-version of this is heard for the first time anyway.

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8. Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531: I. Allegro (Antonio Vivaldi) Bit of a jump from 1x05 to 1x09, but the episodes inbetween had little material for a concert like this (where there'd be no one to sing Mozart's "Voi, che sapete", that's also why Verdi's "Dies Irae" isn't there either). I love the crew and their various excuses - and find this to be a fun piece that needs to be there. One thing that I've read several times that irks me: I'm still searching for the piece that's playing in 1x03 where Stede almost dies and Blackbeard attacks the Spanish. People say it's this one here, but I've listened to it so often and am SO sure that that's not it. Don't know what is, though.

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9. Arabesque, No. 1 in E Major (Claude Debussy) Mary living her best life! I love that we got to see that and love her and her fellow widows a lot. I'm not quite happy with having two Debussy's back to back, but like this piece and like thinking of Mary too much to leave it out.

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10. Rêverie, L. 68 - Rêverie (Claude Debussy) I'm a sucker for 'oh shit, I love them!'-flashback-montages and the one set to this piece is a beauty! Another bit that I've watched so often that I see it all in my mind while listening to this. The part where the show jumps to Ed and his flashback to 'you wear fine things well' (like 2:04) always kills me.

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11. The Four Seasons - Summer in G Minor, RV. 315: I. Allegro non molto – Allegro (Antonio Vivaldi) We say goodbye to season 1 with another Vivaldi, one that took ages for me to recognize in the show. I knew it was supposed to be there while Stede starts his Fuckery and Kraken!Ed abandons the crew, but for a very long time was sure that that wasn't really it (and a bit of doubt remains). Well, the slow parts are definitely in the show, just to my ear the fast parts sound different. Anyway, it also shows up in 2x06 and needs to be in my concert.

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After this we'd have the intermission - and part two will be in a reblog because I've run out of links in this post.

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its-hai-time · 8 months

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hi i have had turnabout light brainrot for the past like 2 days but specifically about the concept of a soundtrack for it bc i am absolutely obsessed with video game osts so i am going to unload all my thoughts. i'd imagine the song for klavier's apartment is really empty and just doesn't have much going on. would fit how he is just. really alone there. also it's in c minor. idk i just think every depressing song in c minor sounds good. i don't know any other locations the case would include, but i'm still playing around with what klavier's jail cell theme might be. athena's is a music box version of her theme and trucy's is a slower/sadder remix of her's, so i've tried slowing down guilty love. unfortunately the music production team is amazing and it still sounds very peppy at .25 speed, and just doesn't fit the vibe at all. so i thought maybe it would instead be guitar's serenade or the gavinners • twilight gig. both are absolutely GORGEOUS themes that i would love to see reused, and both come from cases where he lost someone important to him (daryan went to jail and his law mentor died). even just incorporating elements of those songs into a different new theme created for the turnabout would give me psychic damage and make me pass away instantly from how happy i would be. an acoustic guitar with some reverb would fit extremely well too, and i'm always one for throwing mallet percussion into everything and anything, so i can see it having a marimba or vibraphone as well. additionally, given this isn't just an added case to another game and is rather a whole new game, apollo's theme would get an update like it does every game. 2013 had this beautiful electric guitar section, and 2016 had what i think is a synth solo that was absolutely amazing. i think it would be really cool if this version included the bell bits that were in the orchestra and 2013 versions of the theme!! also the 2013 version's ending is honestly my favorite of all time, so it would be neat if it included something similar to that. honestly even if you never listen to another theme from dual destinies PLEASE listen to apollo's theme it's so good i force everyone i meet to listen to it. i have so much more i could say but i'm just now realizing how long i've already made this so i'm gonna stop now. sorry i am a massive game music nerd and love your comic lol. super excited for part 13, but remember to take your time and not feel pressured to release it before you think it's ready.

the thought that someone can have actual brainrot for my work is amazing aaaaah. Anyways I'm LOVING these music ideas, especially for Klavier's apartment, you'd expect it to be pretty over the top for the rock star himself; but he really doesn't live in his apartment that much, it's kind of a lonely place when you look around at it. A slower, understated score fits much better to show how empty the place is. Anyways I've never played past aa4 so I'll be checking out those apollo themes soon I guess lol.

anon if you wanna message me with your musical score brainrot I'm literally so open. I always love opportunities to talk about the game au as a whole rather than just the one case everyone knows.

#anon you're literally so sweet aaaah #dw part 13 is in the works!#hailey answers

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declanlikesmusic · 9 months

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Today's Listens: Episode 003

August 7th, 2023

I almost considered not doing this day in full or just resorting it to a new mini-version of this series on the side, but that was because this day was quite busy and overbearing. I had to take care of some errands and deal with a good bit of a cramp, but by the end of the day, I felt much better and wanted to write more and more about each album I listened to today. So thank the unavoidable passage of time for this one. Let's get started.

Valve Studio Orchestra – Fight Songs: The Music of Team Fortress 2 (2017)

Yes, I kicked off this day after a very busy morning by treating myself head on to a soundtrack. Better yet, the soundtrack to one of my favourite video games of all time, Team Fortress 2. Seems a bit goofy for me to do, but even as I haven't played this game for a very long time (nor have I been able to thanks to my shitty laptops), I thought it'd be worth revisiting at least one of its greatest aspects. Obviously, this is a very good soundtrack. So many cuts on here are among some of the most iconic in video game history, especially to any fan of the game itself. I also just want to say that I love the album cover too and everyone's unique but stoic looks to the camera. I don't see why you wouldn't like something like this, most of the time, so I'd definitely go for it.

7.2 / 10

Highlights: Medic!, Intruder Alert, The Calm, Faster Than a Speeding Bullet, Drunken Pipe Bomb, Right Behind You, Team Fortress 2

Cut Copy – Bright Like Neon Love (2004)

After that, I wanted to tackle this debut album from what I thought were a french house group at first. I thought they were that because I knew about this album from the one-two punch of That Was Just a Dream and Zap Zap that one of my favourite artists christtt had featured on one of his most recent mixes, plus the fact that he sampled both of them too. It was great to hear those two in context, but when it turned out that they were more focused on pretty scant electropop singing, I was not as easily invested. I still got some very good tracks out of it by the end, but maybe I had wrongly anticipated what they were capable of as a band. Still, very good album all the same.

7.4 / 10

Highlights: Time Stands Still, Going Nowhere, That Was Just a Dream, Zap Zap, Autobahn Music Box

P A T H S パス – ビジョンログ: S T A I R W A Y (2017)

I had always adored what PATHS was composing in 2017. I discovered him through this short-lived ビジョンログ (Vision Log) series of super long tracks / mini-albums of constantly flowing, seamlessly & originally composed vaporwave material. However, when I was revisiting this second instalment STAIRWAY, I was going through a bit of a stomach cramp, so I was unfortunately far from the ripe mood to revisit this very underrated and obscure piece of music. Which is a shame because, as a result, this shrunk on me very hard. I reckon I'll come back to loving it at a better time and a better mood, but as for right now, it just wasn't the right time to vibe to it as much as I wanted to "force" myself to.

6.0 / 10

Highlights: N/A

Tim Buckley – Starsailor (1970)

Now, you'll know this particular man for being the father of one of the most legendary yet sorrowfully short-lived prodigies in music history: Jeff Buckley. But that's not to undermine Tim at all, because not only does he also have a uniquely powerful voice, but he also has his own catalogue of critically acclaimed music. Albeit, in the case of Starsailor here, it was much stranger. This album is a freak; when I heard it for the very first time years ago, I was just in complete awe of what I was hearing. But as I revisit this one, what pulls me away from it was just that these individual songs don't hold up as… songs. It's a respectable listen, but one that I'm no longer anticipating to revisit myself, nor am I dying to recommend it.

6.1 / 10

Highlights: Come Here Woman, Moulin Rouge, Song to the Siren

魚魚 & Ｆｕｔｕｒｅ░Λｑｕａｒｉｕｍｓ░ＬＴＤ – fishスプリット (2023)

Now, this here is a random, newly released split record from the deep, fishy corners of the vaporwave community. This came about to me as a recommendation from an obscure vaporwave review Twitter blog and I'm glad I stumbled across it and took it upon myself to bookmark it then, because this was great first listen! 魚魚's side is especially dense, enrapturing and gorgeous, but Future Aquariums Ltd. deserves some credit as well, as their music seems to be more originally composed by comparison, even if it's overall thinner in sound. This was a great slushwave (wait, sorry, "fishvapour") offering from the two and I look forward to exploring more of their catalogues. Try it out if you're curious!

7.8 / 10

L. Media – new love rhapsody (for your entertainment, no. II) (2023)

Finally, this one is a lot, but it's the sequel to L. Media's for your entertainment from back in 2021. This new one released on New Year's Day is a very heavy sound collage / broken transmission album and it overloads the senses constantly; it's even more complex and all over the place than that first album already was to begin with. I can't say it's bad at all, this was a very good listen all around, but it's just much more complicated to even comprehend, because it switches between samples constantly and leaves me having to go back a certain track or two to properly even rate this thing. Try this one out of curiosity though, because there are some great sample flips scattered all over this record! You just have to look more closely for them.

7.2 / 10

Highlights: prayer I-IV, BELL, prayer V / 90210, #wearetheworld, RAYTHEON

There you go! Another day's worth of listens, reviews and ratings in the bag, despite all the hardships to get there. I may have rushed a few details here and there to get this out, some of these are complete rewrites, some of them are messy edits, but all the same, I hope you enjoy reading these.

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