Style: Video game music
Primary Emotions/Themes:
Thoughts: I have not played this game. I intend to though after listening to this soundtrack.
Senko No Ronde is a versus shoot em up game. The characters square up against each other and try to dodge each others bullets until one persons life bar is depleted. While the game-play itself may or may not be to my liking, the soundtrack has no business being this good.
These tracks range from anything to an electronic take on bosa nova, to swing music, to more traditional high energy schmup music. As varied as the music is, the album is actually quite cohesive. This is accomplished by having similar instrumentation throughout the songs regardless of the style.
The synths used to create the soundtrack are very much in the same style as one would expect for video game music... albeit higher quality than most chip tunes. And that is what I love about it: it sounds like video game music. It's music that I can listen to that does not try to emulate anything else... it's just VGM.
This has become increasingly important to me in recent months. If I'm going to listen to video game music, I want it to sound like video game music. I can get orchestral scores, metal albums, and acoustic medley's anywhere... and usually they are done better than the video game equivalent. Senko No Ronde sounds like none of that... it's just VGM, and I love the hell out of it.
I did not expect to like this album, but I have had this thing spinning on my turntable for longer than I care to admit. All of the songs contained on here fit together so well, I don't even miss the songs that were cut. What a pleasant surprise.
Written September 3rd 2024
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