Tales of Legendia (PS2)

[GamerDad]

Cary Woodham's Tales of Legendia (PS2) article - http://www.gamerdad.com/detail.cfm?itemID=3146

[Klonoa]

I know I've said this before, but I'd like to reinterate that the music in Tales of Legendia is really, really good. You know what I think would be neat? I think it would be fun to write Go Shiina a letter telling him what a good job he's done with music in games. But unfortunately I don't know an address to send a letter to, and I bet he wouldn't understand what was in the letter anyway. Hopefully people appreciate his music enough in Japan. --Cary

[txa1265]

I know I've said this before, but I'd like to reinterate that the music in Tales of Legendia is really, really good.

It's funny, as I was rereading my Commandos Strike Force review before archiving the files, I realized I hadn't said anything about the music, which was very well done ... but that had really occurred to me while watching the 'making of' unlockable. So before I panicked and rethought my review I replayed one of my favorite levels and realized that the music didn't really change the game itself - but when listening to it during the credits and the special features it was quite nice.

That just made me think of how much music *can* impact your feelings about a game - like the opening of Oblivion, or much of Jeremy Soule's stuff for that matter, or other good game music. It can really elevate the experience as you note.

Mike

[Klonoa]

Jeremy Soule did the music for a much-overlooked Super Nintendo Squaresoft title called Secret of Evermore. The game was made in the US and was a nice first (and last) try by Square USA. I liked Soule's different approach to game music in Evermore. He's pretty good with 'mood music' isn't he? --Cary