The Post Your Thoughts of the Moment Thread 2

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[mikey]

actually they're slightly different things

[WaluigiTime64]

actually they're slightly different things

^ Truth.

I'm trying to get a friend of mine to stop thinking it's the same thing but he won't listen. It's starting to get really annoying.

[E. Gadd Industries]

Yup, I've been through it. Hype is good, but remember to look at it realistically, too (in case you're one of those people who thinks it's a magical faerie-tale where everyone's dreams come true. I had a great experience, but not quite on that level )).

I know it won't be. Methinks I'm misinterpreting hype as competitive fire, but either way, I'm pumped!

[daj]

On the long walk back home, someone was playing a choppy rendition of the ASGORE theme on piano, so I stopped to listen. Turns out it was one of those classic four-part Christian hymns. Welp.

You can't go crazy from too much good vgm right? :p

[Maelstrom]

Did you find out what hymn it was?

[daj]

Did you find out what hymn it was?

How deep the Father's love for us! ^^

(in my defense it was being played in f major)

[Oronoco]

what's the difference between a fairy and a faerie

I'm not actually sure, but I feel like a fairy would wait in a fountain to give me special powers and a faerie would sneak up on me to drag me down into the underworld. But I've got a bad habit of writing "faerie" because it looks cooler.

I know it won't be. Methinks I'm misinterpreting hype as competitive fire, but either way, I'm pumped!

That's great! I waited until the morning of to finish the application. Not fun times. But you're smarter than I am and you got that competitive fire, so I doubt that would happen.

You can't go crazy from too much good vgm right? :p

Not crazy. You probably just went the extra mile and connected the song to a loving father from a video game. So smart!!

[mikey]

nobody considers the possibility that mr toby fox "recycled" this hymn

[Maelstrom]

Well, he recycled Touhou music, Zun's style and instrumentation, and (a) boss battle(s), so I wouldn't put it beyond him.

[MasterProX]

Well, he recycled Touhou music, Zun's style and instrumentation, and (a) boss battle(s), so I wouldn't put it beyond him.

I don't know what you're all talking about, but now I want to know.

[WaluigiTime64]

Well, uh... not really... Maybe 1-2 songs had this. The bullet dodging aspect of the gameplay is just part of a general gaming genre (Shoot 'em Up/Danmaku), but Toby Fox did say that he likes the Touhou series, and some things were (obviously) influenced by it, so my opinion is divided on this.

[Maelstrom]

Well, uh... not really... Maybe 1-2 songs had this. The bullet dodging aspect of the gameplay is just part of a general gaming genre (Shoot 'em Up/Danmaku), but Toby Fox did say that he likes the Touhou series, and some things were (obviously) influenced by it, so my opinion is divided on this.

While it is true there's only really 1-2 musical references, the style of some songs, especially Heartache, while not containing any references, sound a heck of a lot like Touhou

I don't know what you're all talking about, but now I want to know.

Yes, these are actual spoilers

2 Musical References

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vzm53W61Yc

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Final Boss References

Disclaimer: I may have been a little bit strong when stating this, but, in my opinion, it's too strong of a resemblance to be a coincidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsnGfdiUcWQ

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[WaluigiTime64]

While it is true there's only really 1-2 musical references, the style of some songs, especially Heartache, while not containing any references, sound a heck of a lot like Touhou

Yeah, I can agree with that. It's natural though, people can get influenced by another composer's style very easily. I myself struggle to compose songs that don't sound like Grant Kirkhope's music.
(Though I will say that Battle Against a True Hero bares more resemblance than Heartache, not because of the soundfont, but also because of the chord progressions in the later section of the song, however that may be characterised regardless as "references")

[Pianist Da Sootopolis]

In my jazz band class today, we were deciding on music. I asked if my combo-mates wanted to play giant steps, and the following conversation went down.
"Hey, do you guys wanna play Giant Steps?"
"What key is that, again?"
"Yes."