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[Guilty_AI]

Sometimes i just come across pieces of music in games that somehow sound nostalgic, even though it's the first time i heard them or the games are relatively new.








I can more or less explain some of those (like taking melody pieces from old soundtracks), but other times i can't put around my finger what sounds nostalgic about it. Anyone has tracks like that?

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

It's not "somehow" that music is composed to evoke those feelings. Very much like the city ruins of Nier Automata, this is a castle in ruins that reminds you of its past glory.




And another from Nier Replicant

 

[Guilty_AI]

It's not "somehow" that music is composed to evoke those feelings. Very much like the city ruins of Nier Automata, this is a castle in ruins that reminds you of its past glory.

But i'd really like to understand why it sounds nostalgic.

This kind sounds like Hollow Knight

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

But i'd really like to understand why it sounds nostalgic.


This kind sounds like Hollow Knight

Thanks for reminding me one of the best nostalgic OSTs. I don't have musical knowledge but it must be a mix of using the right instruments/melody.



If you compare this castle music to the one I posted, you will find some similarities.

 

[Danjin44]

The Final Song in Drakengard 3.


For love of god please SE give Drakengard 3 same treatment as Nier Replicant 1.22......Drakengard 3 deserves second chance.

 

[Guilty_AI]

I don't have musical knowledge but it must be a mix of using the right instruments/melody.

On these specifically, my guess is these kinds of melodies (and the instruments) are very similar to those used in old cartoons or classic disney/animated movies

 

[Rien]

OG nexus tune demon's souls

 

[ScHlAuChi]

 

[Zacfoldor]

The opening of any Angry Joe review.

 

[protonion]

 

[Sebastian1295]

FFX prelude is still extremely nostalgic too me.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

One of the shops in Morrowind I went to. Like the theme as it sounds very nostalgic.

 

[TintoConCasera]

 

[Nyanko-sensei]

Singing mountain, an unused ost from chrono trigger, feels really nostalgic since the first time I heard it

 

[rubik's dude]

 

[etp_1]

 

[sigmaZ]

Typically certain chords like 7ths and 9ths give that feel. Jazz and Japanese music are full of them. Instrumentation and production can also play a big role in create that kind of feel as well.
Here's a few that come to mind to me:
Breath of Fire 3 - Pure Again
Octopath Traveler 2 - Soliloquy
Chrono Cross - Radical Dreamers

And from an anime:
From the Mermaid Scar Soundtrack
Eternal Breath
Beads of Tears

These are what they call in Japanese as setsunai uta.

 

[Melfice7]

 

[Fbh]

The Dendemille Town theme in Pokemon X/Y instantly stood out to me for sounding like some lost track from Chrono Trigger/Cross



I think because of that it's the only theme in a modern(ish) Pokemon game that I still remembered after finishing the game.

 

[cireza]

Motoi Sakuraba themes. Greatest composer, in my opinion.

 

[San Dan Glokta]

 

[San Dan Glokta]

 

[Kataploom]

Almost anything Sega, it's probably because it has the late nineties and early 2000s feel to it but man it hits me so hard even tho I never played Sega until like 8 years ago or so

 

[Myths]

 

[LordNerevar76]

Huh. This sounds super similar to a tune from KCD, IIRC.