Great game but wtf is up with the music.

[blogsg1]

Sound like royalty free garbage. Might have been better with a decent score.

[I Am Groot]

The BGM suits the game well.
brain-punk style of the game.

[K13Cove]

The OST is great. Maybe it's just not your genre? I'm sure there's games with yodelling and hymn tunes instead, if you prefer that.

[Zergem]

You can't tell me that the tutorial theme isn't a banger.

[blogsg1]

Originally posted by C10 Revamp:

The OST is great. Maybe it's just not your genre? I'm sure there's games with yodelling and hymn tunes instead, if you prefer that.

Yodelling? wtf are you talking about. i said epic like a actual score. No one said anything about yodelling and hymns. The music in this game is as generic as the hanger music from ace combat 5. It Lacks impact and emotion of any kind. It’s like the music was just created without a thought for what it was for.

[K13Cove]

Originally posted by blogsg1:

Yodelling? wtf are you talking about. i said epic like a actual score. No one said anything about yodelling and hymns. The music in this game is as generic as the hanger music from ace combat 5. It Lacks impact and emotion of any kind. It’s like the music was just created without a thought for what it was for.

I'm still thinking you just don't like the genre actually, hence the use of vague terminology like "impact" and "emotion" that could be extrapolated to any game. The Mizuhagawa, Abandoned Line and BABE tracks are particularly catchy; they definitely feel impactful in their respective areas. There aren't many bombastic, grandiose tracks that blast you with a orchestra or something like it, but that wouldn't fit the aesthetic of the game anyway.

[white but not quite]

Originally posted by C10 Revamp:

I'm still thinking you just don't like the genre actually, hence the use of vague terminology like "impact" and "emotion" that could be extrapolated to any game. The Mizuhagawa, Abandoned Line and BABE tracks are particularly catchy; they definitely feel impactful in their respective areas. There aren't many bombastic, grandiose tracks that blast you with a orchestra or something like it, but that wouldn't fit the aesthetic of the game anyway.

What's the genre called? I'd like to get acquainted with it before I purchase the game. /me hopes it's industrial techno

[Porky Pig]

Originally posted by ree:

Originally posted by C10 Revamp:

I'm still thinking you just don't like the genre actually, hence the use of vague terminology like "impact" and "emotion" that could be extrapolated to any game. The Mizuhagawa, Abandoned Line and BABE tracks are particularly catchy; they definitely feel impactful in their respective areas. There aren't many bombastic, grandiose tracks that blast you with a orchestra or something like it, but that wouldn't fit the aesthetic of the game anyway.

What's the genre called? I'd like to get acquainted with it before I purchase the game. /me hopes it's industrial techno

It's Jazz

How about searching SCARLET NEXUS BGM and have a listen on youtube

[white but not quite]

Originally posted by Porky Pig:

Originally posted by ree:

What's the genre called? I'd like to get acquainted with it before I purchase the game. /me hopes it's industrial techno

It's Jazz

How about searching SCARLET NEXUS BGM and have a listen on youtube

I did, but it's overly compressed on there and sounds like garbage in my dt990s

EDIT: Found it on Spotify, thank you, Porky, I love jazz

[Porky Pig]

Originally posted by ree:

Originally posted by Porky Pig:

It's Jazz

How about searching SCARLET NEXUS BGM and have a listen on youtube

I did, but it's overly compressed on there and sounds like garbage in my dt990s

I had a listen, it's starts off kinda techno - drum n bass, then it's gets quite jazzy

That youtube soundtrack must have been encoded with 16bit audio, sounds terrible.

You could also turn off the BGM and listen to your own music!

[lboraz]

When I think about good music i imagine Nier, Elden Ring, Final Fantasy. I agree with the OP, the music in this game is not good

[blogsg1]

Originally posted by C10 Revamp:

Originally posted by blogsg1:

Yodelling? wtf are you talking about. i said epic like a actual score. No one said anything about yodelling and hymns. The music in this game is as generic as the hanger music from ace combat 5. It Lacks impact and emotion of any kind. It’s like the music was just created without a thought for what it was for.

I'm still thinking you just don't like the genre actually, hence the use of vague terminology like "impact" and "emotion" that could be extrapolated to any game. The Mizuhagawa, Abandoned Line and BABE tracks are particularly catchy; they definitely feel impactful in their respective areas. There aren't many bombastic, grandiose tracks that blast you with a orchestra or something like it, but that wouldn't fit the aesthetic of the game anyway.

It does lack impact and it is generic and loops constantly the music doesn’t fit the game. Doesn’t matter what music genre. If it doesn’t fit the scene. Music is used in film /games to create emotion tone and atmosphere. whatever genre it is, it doesn’t matter it can do it that. This music however was clearly created without the musician playing the game or even knowing what was happening in it. Constant looping or recycled music means they
a) didn’t have a budget for music and it’s royalty free music.
B) had a amateur musician do it
C) they had some spare music lying around thought they would throw it in save some cash.
D) their budget was small found the cheapest person they could and tried there best to fit it in.
Now I’m just speculating but i guarantee you it one of these.
Music makes a game. This music however is flat and unimpactful. The music should be complimenting a scene, not doing its own thing in the back ground. Doesn’t matter what genre it is.

[Howru]

I like the music and it's really fit the game. It's funky, fast and modern, really hit the futuristic fast-paced game.

[K13Cove]

Originally posted by blogsg1:

It does lack impact and it is generic and loops constantly the music doesn’t fit the game. Doesn’t matter what music genre. If it doesn’t fit the scene. Music is used in film /games to create emotion tone and atmosphere. whatever genre it is, it doesn’t matter it can do it that. This music however was clearly created without the musician playing the game or even knowing what was happening in it. Constant looping or recycled music means they
a) didn’t have a budget for music and it’s royalty free music.
B) had a amateur musician do it
C) they had some spare music lying around thought they would throw it in save some cash.
D) their budget was small found the cheapest person they could and tried there best to fit it in.
Now I’m just speculating but i guarantee you it one of these.
Music makes a game. This music however is flat and unimpactful. The music should be complimenting a scene, not doing its own thing in the back ground. Doesn’t matter what genre it is.

It's far from generic. If anything, it's one of the more unique soundtracks in games. It's like this mix of various electronic genres like EDM and artcore, but some tracks might even have a jazz element to them (Old OSF Hospital). A lot of the areas in this game could've been given the stock, "royalty free" dark ambient track treatment you're talking about if they were made by different developers, so I find this game's funky OST refreshing in comparison.
Not sure what you're on about with looping either. Of course the music is eventually going to loop, like in most games. The only way to avoid that is to just stop the music after it finishes playing (Dragon's Dogma) or not having background music to begin with (Dark Souls); neither of these are desirable.

[white but not quite]

Originally posted by blogsg1:

This music however was clearly created without the musician playing the game or even knowing what was happening in it. Constant looping or recycled music means they
a) didn’t have a budget for music and it’s royalty free music.
B) had a amateur musician do it
C) they had some spare music lying around thought they would throw it in save some cash.
D) their budget was small found the cheapest person they could and tried there best to fit it in.
Now I’m just speculating but i guarantee you it one of these.
Music makes a game. This music however is flat and unimpactful. The music should be complimenting a scene, not doing its own thing in the back ground. Doesn’t matter what genre it is.

Here's a little bit of info about the soundtrack from an interview with the sound team https://www.reddit.com/r/ScarletNexus/comments/oyfbe2/interview_with_the_sound_staff_of_scarlet_nexus/

[white but not quite]

Right, done with the album.

It doesn't look like they were given much direction, or that a lot of thought was put into the soundtrack at all... Most of the music WAS probably intended to be non-intrusive, bland, inoffensive and 'safe', but it doesn't feel like it would actually fit the game well.

Oh and all the tracks do sound looped, because it's like two or three phrases/pieces repeated multiple times in the same voicing (by design I assume). Many songs also seem rather disjointed, and the synths are so harsh and annoying, and there's no dynamic range at all. A few tracks were ok though 🙂

This one is catchy: Stairway to the "One and Only Future"[open.spotify.com]
This one is cute, very anime-y, with a lil Japanese folk music motif: Seiran - The Blue Reflection[open.spotify.com]
This track is alright: The OSF -Advance!-[open.spotify.com]
This one has a cool hook in it: Concealed Atrocities[open.spotify.com]
This one is kinda fusion-y: Easy Breezy[open.spotify.com]
Ruins of Tragedy -the other-[open.spotify.com]
Attention Please[open.spotify.com]

Maybe Bamco will get the Japanese equivalent of Danny Elfman to score the music for the sequel, if that ever comes out. 'Cause this OST definitely feels low-budget, esp for a game made by a conglomerate. I really hope they at least bothered to record voice acting for ALL the dialogue in this game, unlike what we got in Berseria...