Chrono Compendium
Zenan Plains - Site Discussion => Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion => Topic started by: ShogunSlug on November 21, 2013, 02:21:03 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifsrI5cUCUY
I was watching Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern and caught this nice little clip of a song you all should know.
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The percussion is different. I wonder if that electric sitar-thing part is from a sample library. That would make the most sense. So this probably isn't stolen at all, it's just that particular instrument part is probably from a collection.
Mitsuda, of course, uses many of these in his music.
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Yeah, I remember there was a commercial that sounded exactly like Mitsuda's "Song of Nephilim" from the Xenosaga soundtrack a long time back. It'd be really interesting to research Mitsuda's musical compositions and document the sample usage. I wonder if the chant in "Dragon God" was pulled from some kind of cultural voice library?
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Yes, both the Song of Neph samples and Dragon God samples are pulled from sample libraries.
Also, relevant thread:
http://vgmdb.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11231
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Oh, that is awesome! Thanks Jormungand. I'm just copying it here for safekeeping:
Chrono Cross
*"TRANSFORME" from "Spectrasonics: Distorted Reality 2" was used in 3.02 "クロノポリス"
*"GRIMREAPER" from "Spectrasonics: Distorted Reality 2" was used in 3.09 "星の塔"
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I haven't seen that show before, but I know I've heard that familiar clip elsewhere, in commercials I think. Must be really common then.
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I wouldn't be surprised to learn that samples were used; I've heard the exact same sounds in "Chronopolis" somewhere else before.
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I don't know how to think this. I'd like to think more of Mitsuda than to base some of his wicked awesome tunes around sound bytes. It sort of ruins it for me knowing that he borrows music samples to help write tunes.
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The samples are paid-for and produced specifically for commercial use, so Mitsuda isn't "borrowing" anything. Actually he uses his samples quite artfully, building clever rhythmic structures and harmony around whatever he uses. Most musicians/music producers just load up the samples and call it a composition (especially in rap/hip-hop, film and western game music). Mitsuda doesn't base his work around samples, he uses samples to add color to his work.
(And yeah, the Chronopolis electronic rhythm thing is also a library sample)
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Did Beethoven use sound samples, too...? ;)
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Did Beethoven use sound samples, too...? ;)
He certainly borrowed from the masters that came before him. :) (all the great composers do)