Rage
Wild Woods
Round
It's very perfect for a new TMNT game, I think. It really nails exactly how vocals should sound in a TMNT game soundtrack even though that hasn't been done before. I like the high synth that rolls scales quietly, and the elements that don't take the focus from the beat but complement it, like the guitar that strums sometimes and the horns that punctuate the ends of sections.
I like the contrast from the first part which sounds very Darren Korb, into the second part at 0:54 which feels very adventurish, and the 6/8 feel along with the chord movement from 1:02 to 1:04 which is one of my favorite chord movemnts is nice. I can't remember the name right now. It's very cool.
I like how easy the pulse is to feel but the downbeat is a little harder to pinpoint, really feels like you're lost in an area. I like the stringsish element that appears at 0:22 hitting on the 3rd and 1st triplets of every beat, and the drums sting at 0:57.
It's no secret that I love this song, but one of my favorite parts is the string eighth notes at 0:18 that lead into the next section. There's lots of lovely little things in this arrangement that take advantage of instruments that aren't in focus (and the fact that it rotates what instruments make up the backing!), like the descending glockenspiel(?) line in the background at 0:39, and all the response lines the recorder does to the melodies. very much cakocore
A bit of an abrupt start, but it's a very solid synthpop track. The sax solo is super cool, but i wish it was mixed a little higher?? I like the vibe of this song a lot, thoughabsolutely nails what it's going for, and I want to dance!! I always enjoy the layered vocal unisons that this song features and the chord choruses are ear candy as well.
The entire FAR: Changing Tides soundtrack is something that I love a lot, carrying over a lot of the very textural and acoustic timbres from the first game. This track in particular uses them for a very simple piece, but the layering of elements on top of each other in succession as the song goes on make it extremely lush. It's a type of minimalism I like a lot. I might like 2:08 the best, where the main melodic line that's been developed gets traded back and forth between two smaller ensembles before coming to a climactic head. Could this explain why I've been liking Colin Stetson's solo work a lot recently, too?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdnOym-kbh4