The music is bad?

[GFMEDEIS]

A lot of people said that the music in this game is great. But I played it myself and well.. I think the music is awful. Not genre wise, but the way the music is composed. A good example of a song in this game that is terribly composed is "Dive In" where the track consists of one part of a guitar line that is repeated again and again for about 9 minutes straight. It's really not fun to listen to. Another example is that song "Haunting Me", there is really one part to the song, and that part is the same for almost the whole song, it goes "aaAAAAAAAaAAAAAA...". That goes for the rest of the songs in the game as well. I didn't get that from the game, it just happened that way. I've tried to play that game again to try it out on my own. The first time, it took me about 3 hours to beat the game. I tried to play a little bit more, maybe 5-10 minutes, and then I was just done.

I didn't like the music of this game whatsoever. Persona 5 had direction with the music (the melody) but there is almost no melody to Persona 4's music except for literally one song, which is "Moe, Misa," and it's a cover of "Moe no Mieru Basho" which was also in Persona 3. All of the music in Persona 4 is very bland. I'm not saying I wouldn't like to play Persona 4 over and over again, but listening to the music, I wouldn't change anything.

[Bmovo]

Can you link the songs you mention? I'm probably just an idiot but I don't know what songs you are talking about.

[Adachi]

It's a matter of taste. I like OST and fours and fives, someone doesn’t

[robert404]

Persona 4 soundtrack being underwhelming is a given... Up to that point, Shoji Meguro had made more than 100+ songs for other Shin megami tensei titles. The dude was only mainly known for his ALT Rock, Rock, PUNK Rock, Grunage style type music that he was HEAVILY inspired by Indie artist in the late 90s in a interview. You can see that with his best works, Shin Megmai Tensei 3.
So yeah, Persona 4 soundtrack being as it is... he tried Implementing a happy J-Pop sounding OST to fit the vibe of the game. As that, he wanted to make it sound as Genric as possible, that's why a ton of the music in the game is "annoying" It doesn't help with the fact the art direction also ties with that, as each character has a color that makes it seem like there straight out a J-Pop song.
With that, that doesn't mean the game doesn't have bangers. The theme song is a master piece as the arrangement is used with different types of instruments to form a different feeling eveytime you hear the arrangement in a different way reacting a new feeling.

Anyways, I highly recommend listening to his other works. Shin Megami Tensei 3 is a start, a MASTERPIECE of a OST.

[Nibbie]

Going to need some links for the songs you are talking about, because I can't find a single mention of any of the song titles you named. Maybe you are using a different language? Can't really discuss the songs without knowing which ones you mean.

[Shinigami Miroku]

Yeah, I know each track backwards and forwards, and I have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. Links would definitely be helpful.

As far as music direction goes, it really is down to personal taste. I happen to love the entire P4 soundtrack, and am not a big fan of the SMT tracks as a whole (which is funny because I'm not a big pop guy, but that's mostly Western pop which is an entirely different beast from J-pop).

[jacobtan]

TC wrote about beating the game in 3 hours which definitely doesn't sound like it's P4G. It could be that TC was talking about the dancing games instead.

Even then, the music has to fit in the mood of the game. Game music can be listened out of context, but I believe a large part of the enjoyment comes from the music's fit with the game and the memories they evoke. Making pronouncements without context is as meaningless as saying one type of music is "better" than another when it's merely about personal preferences.

[EliteSarge]

It depends on the person. I really loved the soundtrack. Some songs are alot better then others but they are all pretty good.

[allknowingeel]

Music being good or bad is all subjective. Some people like the music of persona 4, some don't.

[lilac]

you beat the game in 3 hours?

[archive fashion sex god]

p4 has the best music in the entire series

[Cultist]

This has to be a troll the grammar is awful, he said he beat the game in under three hours, and he doesn't give any defining features for songs.