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   clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 05:12:03 JST clarity flowers

   send me battle themes (default battle themes, not boss/miniboss themes) from rpgs that you think are good

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 05:16:54 JST clarity flowers

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     I can start! Such a bold choice to make something this attention-grabbing the main battle theme but it really works.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YInozdY2OBY

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 07:12:53 JST clarity flowers

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     @apophis man crpg music is so different from jrpg music. I guess it makes sense because crpgs are closer in form to "tactics" as a genre and don't have the same need for peppy random encounter music

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     🐛 (apophis@brain.worm.pink)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 07:12:54 JST 🐛

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     @clarity i had Attacked By Bounty Hunters from BG1 as my ringtone for a while https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhvUuEtiQtQ
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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 07:13:07 JST clarity flowers

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     @apophis it's so good

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     🐛 (apophis@brain.worm.pink)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 07:13:08 JST 🐛

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     @clarity this was my extremely close second choice
     
     it might be a not-even-that-extremely close first choice if i control for nostalgia
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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 07:59:59 JST clarity flowers

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     first pass at describing the major genres of normal rpg battle music:

     - The bland impatient "epic" music every modern jrpg uses. feels like it's trying to sell you something.

     - Upbeat & energetic but not urgent. danceable. melody-driven. maybe funky. e.g. Delta Rune, Sea of Stars

     - Driving, tense but not overwhelming. A constant sense of pressure. e.g. Final Fantasy VI, Pokemon

     - Groovy & atmospheric. e.g. Chrono Trigger, Earthbound.

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 08:18:15 JST clarity flowers

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     multiple people reminding me that CRPGs exist. I forgot because I don't play them! They have very different music than the jrpgs-and-similar that I'm thinking about. CRPGs, being in the tactics design space where encounters are longer and more involved, tend to prefer something more ambient that won't distract you.

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 09:36:09 JST clarity flowers

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     @SyntheticAutumn god great question. nominally the second usually but persona songs are kind of in their own class

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     §-57213 (syntheticautumn@girlcock.club)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 09:36:10 JST §-57213

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     @clarity How do we classify Persona music? i’m thinking the second category?

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     §-57213 (syntheticautumn@girlcock.club)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 09:36:33 JST §-57213

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     @clarity ok like all of the persona ones but here’s the easiest fave:

     https://youtu.be/rJ2KB5LVdqA?si=eQAwoldpyXi6dXx_

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 09:36:48 JST clarity flowers

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     @SyntheticAutumn good choice, this song kicks ass

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2024 07:23:52 JST clarity flowers

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     @DesReploid man I've always wanted to play these games. I should pick up the switch port.

     Vocals in battle music is always such a great move.

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     DesReploid (desreploid@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2024 07:23:53 JST DesReploid

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     The World Ends With You cycles its battle themes, playing them semi-random and all of them have a weird rock-punk-y feel to them that sometimes dips into other genres like hip-hop, pop, or metal. This one is just one of my favourites.

     TWEWY and its sequel just have one of the coolest aesthetics I have ever seen in any RPG serues, and it has fantastic music to match that aesthetic.

     Also sometimes their music are randomly about very adult topics and I love that

     https://youtu.be/V3mHdyiuJRA?si=RGAtaT7w5157-9Av