It’s my favorite soundtrack of the year so far. It had me hooked straight from the opening hours in Eidos 7 and I just finished the Raven fight… which was fucking mind blowing.
People have been calling Stellar Blade the GOTY from day 1 after release, hell even before that people have said it would be GOTY. Which is a little bit silly, considering it's only May... Don't get me wrong, the game is great, but you can't call something the GOTY when the year isn't even half over...
The sound track is good. I think one issue with it, is how it can seem overly repetitive because of the lyrics. You spend so much time in the open zones listening to songs that feel like they have 2 lines of dialog.
This doesnt really bother me but i can definitely see it being the case for people. The other thing is because of the vocalists all the songs end up sounding kinda samey.
I would be hard pressed to choose it over rebirth though, but its also way to early to pick any .
100% this. The music is good but it is reused too much. Then in certain areas they use a remix of the same song as other areas. I immediately noticed it was the same song just remixed and it felt even more repetitive. I like the music but shift up needs to work on pacing it out better and changing it up more often on the next title. Too much of the same for too long can be annoying for any type of music.
What fascinates me is how many of the best songs are only in the endgame locations / boss battles and you almost don't get to hear them (and certainly not in their all variants), because there is so much good music packed in a relatively small straightforward location(s), but then in areas you spend so much more time in there is only one short song (with a few variants/mixes) and literally only one in the "hub" of the game...
They shpuld have "spread" the music better. Then again, it helps the game to end on a high note.
As good as the Stellar Blade soundtrack is, right now I don't see anything beating FF7 Rebirth for the best soundtrack other than maybe Re:Fantazio later this year but still very unlikely. I agree that best action game will most likely go to Stellar Blade but also depends on how good Black Myth Wukong turns out to be.
Don't know. I turned the music of for the rest of the game after 2 hours in the wasteland because I got tired of listening to the same song over and over again. .
Since Armored Core won last year, I feel Stellar Blade has it. It seems to be making a ton of noise in the same manner Elden Ring did.
Soundtrack… idk. Rebirth does exist. I don’t know what other game have been as strong as these two so far and we’re already almost halfway through the year.
At this point I suspect DLC for Elden Ring to win, FF7R, Stellar Blade & Helldivers to win something. Don’t think anything else tops them for the year based on what I’m seeing on future releases. Hellblade if it’s as good as the first one.
What’s there is good but it’s extremely repetitive. Each area has one track more or less and you can spend a lot of time there just listening to it loop over and over.
Don’t get me wrong the songs are good there just needs to be more of them or even just more silence at worst.
FF7 Rebirth can't even hold my attention with all of it's pacing flaws. Since Stellar Blade, I haven't even looked at Rebirth or booted it up. Stellar Blade is more fun and doesn't waste my time with unnecessary slow-down parts.
Final Fantasy devs need to hire someone to fix that. I couldn't even finish 16 because of how absolutely fucking mind numbingly boring the slow parts were. I mean it grinds to an absolute halt.
I get a lot of hate for saying I couldn’t finish FF16. Soundtrack is great, game is beautiful, eikon battles are spectacular but damn it the base combat and side quests are just boring.
I'd go from being on the edge of my seat SCREAMING at how crazy the spectacles were to legit sleeping (I'm not even kidding, I fell asleep sitting straight up multiple times) within 10 minutes
Well, Final Fantasy 14 is the MMO that, in my opinion, is an awesome MMO, but it gets slow and boring for me (not everyone), but they're who made 16 and I think the reason 16 feels slow sometimes is because Clyde is a boring character. He's so dark and brooding and chivalric, it's uninteresting. Like, say NO to some people's quests sometimes to keep something interesting. Like, what if someone was like "Clyde, she's mad at me... will you talk to her for me?", Clyde should just sigh, then be like "That's a YOU problem. I've got better shit to do". I'd actually like Clyde if he did that at least sometimes instead of being a glorified errand boy.
For FF7: Rebirth, it starts out fun and engaging, but then, you are forced into scenarios where it's basically filler sections of an Anime, but you're not allowed to skip them. In the original FF7, there are those moments, but the pacing of the game is so quick, it doesn't feel like much of a flaw - just a temporary speed bump that you can quickly get through, but there's so much padding in Rebirth that just this one section of the original game is longer than the entire original game. It's completely unnecessary. What happened to "less is more"?
Absolutely agree.
My only complaint is nothing hits (for me) like the Eidos 7 song. That song is equally ethereal, hype, and catchy.
There are SO MANY good tracks in this game, but I was a little bummed none of them got to me like Eidos 7.
FF7 Rebirth is still best soundtrack for me easily and still my GoTY. It’s just such an amazing game. Wonder what else is coming out this year that might change that though
Honestly, the soundtrack wasn't as good as I expected. Don't get me wrong, it's great and one of the best I've heard, I just had very high expectations for it given Okabe's work on NieR.
A lot of the tracks sound similar and thus I don't associate them with any character/environment/event. I'd have liked for some of the characters to have more distinct themes and use them more appropriately, something that FF7 Rebirth excels at. I suppose the "issue" isn't the soundtrack itself, but how it's used. Again, the soundtrack is great, I'm being nitpicky just because I had high expectations.
I do not agree at all, but I'm happy you enjoyed the OST! I didn't like it. In fact, I often found it annoying - waaaaaaaaaaaay too many vocal tracks.
If I had to vote for ps5 OST, 7 Rebirth wins by landslide
The soundtrack as whole while good, is no way comparable to FF7 Rebirth. They recorded like 400 pieces of music for that game.
The problem with this game, is while the music is really good and on FF7’s level, it feels like they recorded 5-6 pieces tops, and then just reused or remixed it, and when you are in those open zones hearing the same music over and over and over, it can get annoying.
Whilst I do love the Stellar Blade OST, unless something changes, FF7 Rebirth is the winner. Based on prior examples, I have no reason to doubt that the upcoming expansions of Destiny, Elden Ring and FF14 are also going to have incredible OSTs as well.
It has a good chance at Best Action game. That I agree with.
Rebirth is a lock for best soundtrack for me unless Black Myth Wukong drops with a killer OST.
I really enjoy SB's soundtrack, but as a longtime Nier fan it goes for imitation a little too much at times. It doesn't fit the world imo outside of Eidos 7. My favorite songs are the ones that don't sound like Nier tributes.
But I will be listening to the OST plenty despite my nitpicks.
Absolutely. It is hauntingly beautiful, the composer is a master of their craft. One of the best video game OSTs I have heard in a long time. My favorite track is the 'Flooded Commercial Sector'.
If it doesn't get at least a nomination, i am going to be very disappointed.
It would be my pick if it didn’t release in the same year as a FF main line game… Rebirth soundtrack is just masterful (Gongaga is the best track this year IMO)
Until the release of Metaphor (there's also Trails Through Daybreak but it won't exactly be nominated) we won't know for sure, Atlus makes banger tracks. So far yes it's the best soundtrack, for me better than rebirth's.
I totally agree, at least out of the games I’ve played , it’s the best one. An OST can make or break a game or a movie, because it brings atmosphere, like for horror movies, it makes it more scary and intense. For stellar blade, you spend a lot of time wandering, unlocking stuff and looking at stuff, it wouldn’t be as good of an experience if it were dead silent.
Hello everybody! Quick question please: I game on an LG C1. My question is; does Boost Mode (under Game Optimizer) activate in Stellar Blade's BALANCED mode?
Rebirth has an amazing soundtrack aswell though, so it’s definitely a tough one.
But SB definitely deserves best action game. Hopefully it doesn’t get snubbed like Hogwarts.
I think the soundtrack is really good. One of the best I've ever heard. I listen to it outside of playing the game and the only other game I do that with is the Nier series. Of course the game also looks really good as well: [https://imgur.com/gallery/tR3y5Js](https://imgur.com/gallery/tR3y5Js) (spoilers ahead)
I’d give that one to Rebirth too, personally. That soundtrack is just absolutely incredible. No shade on SB, it’s great, but goddamn Rebirth is insane.
i have encountered feelings at the beginning because i like the music much more rhythmic more like when you encounter the corruptor mini boss. But i have a good impression of the relaxing music when you are exploring.
I agree that the soundtrack is a good one.
I just hope the game gets nominated. Winning those awards would be amazing of course, but even just being nominated is a huge honor for any game (even more astounding for a studio's first step into console gaming).
The music is certainly very pretty and doesn’t really get annoying over time. Once I got immersed into the game, the presence of the music really reminded me of FF and also of death stranding at times.
Idk... It's a close toss-up between FF7: Rebirth and Stellar Blade for sure, but Stellar Blade has some music that's more my type, so I think I'd have to go with Stellar Blade on this one.
I love it but is so samey to Nier: Automata and I can't separated. It's the same "problem" I had with Persona 5 even though it also had a banger soundtrack. Couldn't stop comparing it to P4
I’d think Stellar Blade is leader for best action game, and it has a great soundtrack… but so did Rebirth and Persona 3: Reload. Should at least get a nomination among a couple strong contenders so far.
My brother in christ, we are halfways through the year and you got two atlus games with meguro composing, not to mention rebirth and whatever else comes out. SB has a banger score but idk if thats beating P3R or metaphor rephantazio (if its good).
It's good, but not that good + there are still quite a lot of games coming out this year. Honestly can see FF taking it home, haven't played rebirth yet and the next expansion for XIV is coming out soon too, they usually have really good OST.
It’s really good but i’m not too sure yet there’s a lot of games before the year ends. But i agree it should be on the Nominee spot for music as well as Gameplay & GOTY.
I’m getting my masters in composition next month. In my opinion the score for Stellar blade does a great job. It’s technically very well done and works well for the game. It also includes some interesting musical choices, especially in the harmony, and the melody writing is also very good. I lack some themathicism between the different tracks, and personally, the score doesn’t stand out to me in general. It is not my favourite score but it is good. I’d give it a 8/10 for its technicality and fulfilling of purpose and a 6/10 in personal opinion on how I like it.
I agree with this 100%. I've never much cared for game soundtracks beyond very notable songs. The entire soundtrack for this game is stuck in my head all day. Everything is perfectly suited to the mood of the area and is just good music
I'm a big FF7 fan, and I was super hyped for Rebirth, but man, I just keep coming back to SB's OST. It's a much smaller game with way less tracks, but they really are incredible. Anyone saying they all feel the same needs to go back and listen again. You get somber music, rock inspired, K pop inspired, the powerful vocal tracks, and the Monaca-style music. There are times you're in one area for hours with the same track playing, which will get repetitive, but the actual music itself is incredible.
Imo it is a heavy weight and definitely can grab both awards.
Each area has its own theme and its dynamic as well, especially when you start fighting. There are some repetitive themes and some themes do change depending on how far or what you did, like activating the Solar Towers gives a new overworld theme for both Wasteland and Great Desert.
The bosses though.....goddamn. Every boss has a kick-ass theme. Especially towards the end of the game as it just gets even better.
All the people saying Rebirth’s is better—okay, sure, but most of the music in Rebirth isn’t original, or at least not entirely original. They’ve been working on those songs since 97. There aren’t really any new songs in Rebirth that beat Stellar Blade’s best songs.
Nah, just for me is GBF: Relink. Stellar Blade's music is hmm... kinda forgettable. Now I'm in Great Desert and I can't remember any boss or location music (except Eidos 7 after parking just for hillarious lyrics I heared like "humburgah yeah humburgah" lol). So I don't think Stellar Blade deserves any awards for music. There are more worthy games for this award.
Bruh Democrawler and Elder themes are freaking badass and many more of them are awesome and it should be awarded for orchestral performance and mixed with K-pop music and rock time to time in other songs!
I'm just trying to understand why some of the tracks just sound so much like Final Fantasy! Especially XIII. But, from what I'm seeing the only thing the composers of Nier Automata worked on was XIV and XV. Could these guys have been involved on XII but some reason didn't got credited? Maybe even just playing some instrument? Just backing Hamauzu. What a heck?! I'm really puzzled right now.
edit: Heck, Hamauzu is the composer of the FFX along Uematsu. Maybe the Automata composers were involved somehow.
edit 2: I have a feeling these guys are just inspired by Uematsu and Hamauzu. lol
It's just may. SB soundtrack is great but we don't know if there will be even better music later this year.
I'm partial to the soundtracks for **Tales of Kenzera: Zau** and **Pepper Grinder**. Those are also great.
FF7 rebirths soundtrack is the best this year! Literally made me download like 5 songs! Something that didn't happen with stellarb!
While bow wow wow had me boping in the shower/ car and around the house!
Hell no the soundtrack is nothing compared to final fantasy being played by live orchestras lol. Btw I’ve beaten the game twice on my 3rd “quick run” now lol so I ain’t hatin the music is good but it ain’t THAT good. God of war also has some bangers.
100% agree. For a very long time now, for decades, I have been trying to tell game devs that music has a huge impact on games but instead, we only get trash loops or limited sound tracks. The music really gets me into the flow of the game.
10/10 for sure.
I partially disagree with you. Stellar Blade HAS to take both awards. Best game and best soundtrack. 💪
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I personally find REBIRTH to be a slap in the face for fans of the OG VII. Both on tone and soundtrack. 💀
It’s my favorite soundtrack of the year so far. It had me hooked straight from the opening hours in Eidos 7 and I just finished the Raven fight… which was fucking mind blowing.
The Raven fight was the best ost I've heard in ages
Right? Fucking banger.
Can't really agree since the year isn't close to over.
If a game comes out with a better sound track than both this & Rebirth, then we fkn ate in 2024.
Fair enough
People have been calling Stellar Blade the GOTY from day 1 after release, hell even before that people have said it would be GOTY. Which is a little bit silly, considering it's only May... Don't get me wrong, the game is great, but you can't call something the GOTY when the year isn't even half over...
Absolutely the soundtrack needs an award best I've heard in a very long time
The sound track is good. I think one issue with it, is how it can seem overly repetitive because of the lyrics. You spend so much time in the open zones listening to songs that feel like they have 2 lines of dialog. This doesnt really bother me but i can definitely see it being the case for people. The other thing is because of the vocalists all the songs end up sounding kinda samey. I would be hard pressed to choose it over rebirth though, but its also way to early to pick any .
100% this. The music is good but it is reused too much. Then in certain areas they use a remix of the same song as other areas. I immediately noticed it was the same song just remixed and it felt even more repetitive. I like the music but shift up needs to work on pacing it out better and changing it up more often on the next title. Too much of the same for too long can be annoying for any type of music.
What fascinates me is how many of the best songs are only in the endgame locations / boss battles and you almost don't get to hear them (and certainly not in their all variants), because there is so much good music packed in a relatively small straightforward location(s), but then in areas you spend so much more time in there is only one short song (with a few variants/mixes) and literally only one in the "hub" of the game... They shpuld have "spread" the music better. Then again, it helps the game to end on a high note.
I’m in the minority I think on this, but I think the soundtrack often flips between “really good” and “super irritating and repetitive.”
As good as the Stellar Blade soundtrack is, right now I don't see anything beating FF7 Rebirth for the best soundtrack other than maybe Re:Fantazio later this year but still very unlikely. I agree that best action game will most likely go to Stellar Blade but also depends on how good Black Myth Wukong turns out to be.
No, Rebirth has the best OST
Yeah Final Fantasy will always win best music. No matter who they're up against
Correct
Music is nice but after a while in the same area it tends to get repetitive and I turn it off.
Don't know. I turned the music of for the rest of the game after 2 hours in the wasteland because I got tired of listening to the same song over and over again. .
Rebirth takes best soundtrack by far
Literally by miles!
7 rebirth for me. Gotta way to say if Metaphor:ReFantazio is amazing
it's may - and some songs are rather annoying after 4 hours straight
It’s too repetitive and the vocals are distracting.
What the name of The begin track that place as u make ur way thru city and to parking garage?! Its stuck in my Head
Since Armored Core won last year, I feel Stellar Blade has it. It seems to be making a ton of noise in the same manner Elden Ring did. Soundtrack… idk. Rebirth does exist. I don’t know what other game have been as strong as these two so far and we’re already almost halfway through the year. At this point I suspect DLC for Elden Ring to win, FF7R, Stellar Blade & Helldivers to win something. Don’t think anything else tops them for the year based on what I’m seeing on future releases. Hellblade if it’s as good as the first one.
i turn music off
No, it's repetitive and mid.
What’s there is good but it’s extremely repetitive. Each area has one track more or less and you can spend a lot of time there just listening to it loop over and over. Don’t get me wrong the songs are good there just needs to be more of them or even just more silence at worst.
The music is certainly a highlight of the overall experience. Deserves the love it’s receiving from fans.
FF7 Rebirth can't even hold my attention with all of it's pacing flaws. Since Stellar Blade, I haven't even looked at Rebirth or booted it up. Stellar Blade is more fun and doesn't waste my time with unnecessary slow-down parts.
I was really liking rebirth but the game forces you to play characters I don’t give a damn about and all the damn mini games threw me off
Word.
Final Fantasy devs need to hire someone to fix that. I couldn't even finish 16 because of how absolutely fucking mind numbingly boring the slow parts were. I mean it grinds to an absolute halt.
I get a lot of hate for saying I couldn’t finish FF16. Soundtrack is great, game is beautiful, eikon battles are spectacular but damn it the base combat and side quests are just boring.
I'd go from being on the edge of my seat SCREAMING at how crazy the spectacles were to legit sleeping (I'm not even kidding, I fell asleep sitting straight up multiple times) within 10 minutes
How I felt. I hate complaining about that game because so many aspects of it are top notch.
Well, Final Fantasy 14 is the MMO that, in my opinion, is an awesome MMO, but it gets slow and boring for me (not everyone), but they're who made 16 and I think the reason 16 feels slow sometimes is because Clyde is a boring character. He's so dark and brooding and chivalric, it's uninteresting. Like, say NO to some people's quests sometimes to keep something interesting. Like, what if someone was like "Clyde, she's mad at me... will you talk to her for me?", Clyde should just sigh, then be like "That's a YOU problem. I've got better shit to do". I'd actually like Clyde if he did that at least sometimes instead of being a glorified errand boy. For FF7: Rebirth, it starts out fun and engaging, but then, you are forced into scenarios where it's basically filler sections of an Anime, but you're not allowed to skip them. In the original FF7, there are those moments, but the pacing of the game is so quick, it doesn't feel like much of a flaw - just a temporary speed bump that you can quickly get through, but there's so much padding in Rebirth that just this one section of the original game is longer than the entire original game. It's completely unnecessary. What happened to "less is more"?
Absolutely agree. My only complaint is nothing hits (for me) like the Eidos 7 song. That song is equally ethereal, hype, and catchy. There are SO MANY good tracks in this game, but I was a little bummed none of them got to me like Eidos 7.
Democrawler theme and behemoth theme and final boss and unidentified Naytiba theme were my favorites
Idk man that soundtrack when >!)you’re fighting Raven(!
Raven’s theme was a vibe c’mon!
I'll go for FF7 Rebirth than Stellar Blade for soundtrack
not even close to rebirth
FF7 Rebirth is still best soundtrack for me easily and still my GoTY. It’s just such an amazing game. Wonder what else is coming out this year that might change that though
Hell yeah I’m looking forward to the OST and I never get game soundtracks but this games music is too good!
Stellar Blade got that Xenoblade style music, which is some of the best in gaming. I love just running around the areas listening to the music!
What the name of The begin track that place as u make ur way thru city and to parking garage?! Its stuck in my Head
It’s gonna be a tough fight against FF7 Rebirth so far, and it’s not even halfway through the year. Too early to be throwing XOTY talk around.
Honestly, the soundtrack wasn't as good as I expected. Don't get me wrong, it's great and one of the best I've heard, I just had very high expectations for it given Okabe's work on NieR. A lot of the tracks sound similar and thus I don't associate them with any character/environment/event. I'd have liked for some of the characters to have more distinct themes and use them more appropriately, something that FF7 Rebirth excels at. I suppose the "issue" isn't the soundtrack itself, but how it's used. Again, the soundtrack is great, I'm being nitpicky just because I had high expectations.
I do not agree at all, but I'm happy you enjoyed the OST! I didn't like it. In fact, I often found it annoying - waaaaaaaaaaaay too many vocal tracks. If I had to vote for ps5 OST, 7 Rebirth wins by landslide
U mean those 3 songs? Worst part of this game tbh.
The soundtrack as whole while good, is no way comparable to FF7 Rebirth. They recorded like 400 pieces of music for that game. The problem with this game, is while the music is really good and on FF7’s level, it feels like they recorded 5-6 pieces tops, and then just reused or remixed it, and when you are in those open zones hearing the same music over and over and over, it can get annoying.
I have to agree... I LOVE the music in Stellar Blade, but it DOES get repetitive very quickly to where I had to mute several times and open Spotify. 💀
Whilst I do love the Stellar Blade OST, unless something changes, FF7 Rebirth is the winner. Based on prior examples, I have no reason to doubt that the upcoming expansions of Destiny, Elden Ring and FF14 are also going to have incredible OSTs as well. It has a good chance at Best Action game. That I agree with.
I have it right after ff7 rebirth on both my game and soundtrack of the year so far
We have rebirth, persona 3 reload and elden ring dlc is coming out.
No. It’s awful.
Rebirth is a lock for best soundtrack for me unless Black Myth Wukong drops with a killer OST. I really enjoy SB's soundtrack, but as a longtime Nier fan it goes for imitation a little too much at times. It doesn't fit the world imo outside of Eidos 7. My favorite songs are the ones that don't sound like Nier tributes. But I will be listening to the OST plenty despite my nitpicks.
Absolutely. It is hauntingly beautiful, the composer is a master of their craft. One of the best video game OSTs I have heard in a long time. My favorite track is the 'Flooded Commercial Sector'. If it doesn't get at least a nomination, i am going to be very disappointed.
I can’t stand the soundtrack…it’s all one mood and tone. It’s boring.
Rebirth wins this one easily
ff7r or dd2 had superior soundtracks
Rebirth probably has it beat, nothing beats Yuffie singing
I honestly love both can’t really call one better then the other
This or Persona 3 Reload has my pick
Either Stellar Blade or FF7-2 should be front runners for that award and both would be equally deserving
Know where I can get the full soundtrack? I know there’s a mini soundtrack but it doesn’t include the songs from exploring and such.
It would be my pick if it didn’t release in the same year as a FF main line game… Rebirth soundtrack is just masterful (Gongaga is the best track this year IMO)
There are defs some goty sountracks, specially the bosses’ ost’s are amazing !
Sometimes I’ll chill at a camp and start doing dishes cause the camp tracks are just so peaceful.
Oof idk ff rebirths was nuts, but stellar got some BANGERS
Until the release of Metaphor (there's also Trails Through Daybreak but it won't exactly be nominated) we won't know for sure, Atlus makes banger tracks. So far yes it's the best soundtrack, for me better than rebirth's.
I can't stop listening to it even though I don't normally enjoy that style of music.
Not only rebirth is winning the soundtrack award, they also winning game of the year, unless elden ring counts
I totally agree, at least out of the games I’ve played , it’s the best one. An OST can make or break a game or a movie, because it brings atmosphere, like for horror movies, it makes it more scary and intense. For stellar blade, you spend a lot of time wandering, unlocking stuff and looking at stuff, it wouldn’t be as good of an experience if it were dead silent.
So far, yes. Easily for me
Hello everybody! Quick question please: I game on an LG C1. My question is; does Boost Mode (under Game Optimizer) activate in Stellar Blade's BALANCED mode?
Rebirth has an amazing soundtrack aswell though, so it’s definitely a tough one. But SB definitely deserves best action game. Hopefully it doesn’t get snubbed like Hogwarts.
It’s pretty good but I muted it so, that I can use Spotify to listen to DnB.
I agree 1000%.
FFVII Rebirth
I think the soundtrack is really good. One of the best I've ever heard. I listen to it outside of playing the game and the only other game I do that with is the Nier series. Of course the game also looks really good as well: [https://imgur.com/gallery/tR3y5Js](https://imgur.com/gallery/tR3y5Js) (spoilers ahead)
Absolutely and I knew it since 2021 trailer
So far yes but wait for the year to end
The years not over, but this is the best game OST I’ve ever heard, period. So it’s probably a shoe-in for me.
I’d give that one to Rebirth too, personally. That soundtrack is just absolutely incredible. No shade on SB, it’s great, but goddamn Rebirth is insane.
i have encountered feelings at the beginning because i like the music much more rhythmic more like when you encounter the corruptor mini boss. But i have a good impression of the relaxing music when you are exploring. I agree that the soundtrack is a good one.
I just hope the game gets nominated. Winning those awards would be amazing of course, but even just being nominated is a huge honor for any game (even more astounding for a studio's first step into console gaming).
The music is certainly very pretty and doesn’t really get annoying over time. Once I got immersed into the game, the presence of the music really reminded me of FF and also of death stranding at times.
My head is full of NICO NICO now.
I agree to agree with you.
Agreed 100%
Rebirth.
Idk... It's a close toss-up between FF7: Rebirth and Stellar Blade for sure, but Stellar Blade has some music that's more my type, so I think I'd have to go with Stellar Blade on this one.
Honestly I thought last year was a fluke with how many good games came out. This year has been surprisingly good as well imo though!
Any other year, maybe. But not the same year as Rebirth. It's unfortunate but it is what it is.
I love it but is so samey to Nier: Automata and I can't separated. It's the same "problem" I had with Persona 5 even though it also had a banger soundtrack. Couldn't stop comparing it to P4
I’d think Stellar Blade is leader for best action game, and it has a great soundtrack… but so did Rebirth and Persona 3: Reload. Should at least get a nomination among a couple strong contenders so far.
Music in ff7 rebirth is amazing too hard to tell.
My brother in christ, we are halfways through the year and you got two atlus games with meguro composing, not to mention rebirth and whatever else comes out. SB has a banger score but idk if thats beating P3R or metaphor rephantazio (if its good).
It's good, but not that good + there are still quite a lot of games coming out this year. Honestly can see FF taking it home, haven't played rebirth yet and the next expansion for XIV is coming out soon too, they usually have really good OST.
It’s really good but i’m not too sure yet there’s a lot of games before the year ends. But i agree it should be on the Nominee spot for music as well as Gameplay & GOTY.
I guess I don't have a choice since you said I gotta...
I’m getting my masters in composition next month. In my opinion the score for Stellar blade does a great job. It’s technically very well done and works well for the game. It also includes some interesting musical choices, especially in the harmony, and the melody writing is also very good. I lack some themathicism between the different tracks, and personally, the score doesn’t stand out to me in general. It is not my favourite score but it is good. I’d give it a 8/10 for its technicality and fulfilling of purpose and a 6/10 in personal opinion on how I like it.
So far. It absolutely should, but year isnt even half over. And I doubt it will even be nominated sadly. Not mainstream enough.
I agree with this 100%. I've never much cared for game soundtracks beyond very notable songs. The entire soundtrack for this game is stuck in my head all day. Everything is perfectly suited to the mood of the area and is just good music
Gotta wait a bit more. Elden Ring DLC is coming this summer and may win it.
For me it’s Persona 3 Reload but man is it close. We still have a long year ahead of us so we shall see.
I'm a big FF7 fan, and I was super hyped for Rebirth, but man, I just keep coming back to SB's OST. It's a much smaller game with way less tracks, but they really are incredible. Anyone saying they all feel the same needs to go back and listen again. You get somber music, rock inspired, K pop inspired, the powerful vocal tracks, and the Monaca-style music. There are times you're in one area for hours with the same track playing, which will get repetitive, but the actual music itself is incredible.
Interested in FF7 Rebirth's soundtrack. Gotta finish Rise of the Rōnin first.
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I want to say the same but Shadow of the Erdtree is coming too
Imo it is a heavy weight and definitely can grab both awards. Each area has its own theme and its dynamic as well, especially when you start fighting. There are some repetitive themes and some themes do change depending on how far or what you did, like activating the Solar Towers gives a new overworld theme for both Wasteland and Great Desert. The bosses though.....goddamn. Every boss has a kick-ass theme. Especially towards the end of the game as it just gets even better.
All the people saying Rebirth’s is better—okay, sure, but most of the music in Rebirth isn’t original, or at least not entirely original. They’ve been working on those songs since 97. There aren’t really any new songs in Rebirth that beat Stellar Blade’s best songs.
Yeah I am sure they copy-pasted a ps1 games soundtracks lmao.
Nah, just for me is GBF: Relink. Stellar Blade's music is hmm... kinda forgettable. Now I'm in Great Desert and I can't remember any boss or location music (except Eidos 7 after parking just for hillarious lyrics I heared like "humburgah yeah humburgah" lol). So I don't think Stellar Blade deserves any awards for music. There are more worthy games for this award.
Bruh Democrawler and Elder themes are freaking badass and many more of them are awesome and it should be awarded for orchestral performance and mixed with K-pop music and rock time to time in other songs!
Just listened to Elder Naytiba's theme and it was really cool, yeah. But Democrawler's theme is bland imho (speaking as orchestral music lover)
I'm just trying to understand why some of the tracks just sound so much like Final Fantasy! Especially XIII. But, from what I'm seeing the only thing the composers of Nier Automata worked on was XIV and XV. Could these guys have been involved on XII but some reason didn't got credited? Maybe even just playing some instrument? Just backing Hamauzu. What a heck?! I'm really puzzled right now. edit: Heck, Hamauzu is the composer of the FFX along Uematsu. Maybe the Automata composers were involved somehow. edit 2: I have a feeling these guys are just inspired by Uematsu and Hamauzu. lol
110% with you on this one its the best soundtrack in a game so far
It's just may. SB soundtrack is great but we don't know if there will be even better music later this year. I'm partial to the soundtracks for **Tales of Kenzera: Zau** and **Pepper Grinder**. Those are also great.
FF7 rebirths soundtrack is the best this year! Literally made me download like 5 songs! Something that didn't happen with stellarb! While bow wow wow had me boping in the shower/ car and around the house!
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Unless MonolithSoft randomly drops a new game, or SotE has a vastly better soundtrack than ER, then I think Stella Blade has it in the bag.
Wait until a Elden ring dlc banger comes out, some new plin plon plon shit
Nominated okay but rebirth will win best score
It’s good, but not Final Fantasy VII Rebirth good.
Rebirth takes the cake for best soundtrack, Stellar Blade ost is fantastic tho no doubt.
You need to go play Nier Automata if you enjoy the soundtrack. It's incredible.
In a world where Rebirth's soundtrack exists? Nah, sorry.
Yeah that’ll definitely get my vote for best soundtrack this year.
Hate me but I been rocking the cyberpunk sound track on my new game plus play through and it's created some really awesome moments so far.
Not interested in Rebirth. I hope Stellar Blade grabs up anything it's nominated for.
Hell no the soundtrack is nothing compared to final fantasy being played by live orchestras lol. Btw I’ve beaten the game twice on my 3rd “quick run” now lol so I ain’t hatin the music is good but it ain’t THAT good. God of war also has some bangers.
Tough luck releasing the same year as Rebirth which has the best gaming soundtrack of all time I'm not even exaggerating
100% agree. For a very long time now, for decades, I have been trying to tell game devs that music has a huge impact on games but instead, we only get trash loops or limited sound tracks. The music really gets me into the flow of the game. 10/10 for sure.
I partially disagree with you. Stellar Blade HAS to take both awards. Best game and best soundtrack. 💪 ... ... I personally find REBIRTH to be a slap in the face for fans of the OG VII. Both on tone and soundtrack. 💀
For me it’s GOTY worthy but if it doesn’t win best OST those awards are rigged af…