Title is pretty self explanatory, talk about your favorite music things! Bands, artists, albums, etc. If you don't listen to "real life" music you can talk about video game OSTs as well. If it's something you like and something music related it's fair game in this thread.
I listen to both calmer music and more intense music, so I'll divide this into two parts
~ Calmer Music ~
Taswell, in my opinion, is the best of my calm songs, and probably my favorite song of all time. I like how it slowly starts out with these calm vibrations while gradually adding more sound while still keeping it serene, building up to the start of the beat. The melody itself is very calm and relaxing. Then, all the sounds stop expect for a few, almost silent noises, and then the beat starts and the piano comes in. If every song had a specific time of day attached to it, I'd say this song is dusk. When I hear this song I think about relaxing with friends as the sun settles and the moon comes out. I don't know how C418 did this but this song is pure magic.
I don't think I need to give another example of a calm song I like, I think Taswell is the best of the category and has everything I love about calm music like it. I don't know the song's genre but I don't think I need to. I'ts a rare case where I don't get tired of listening to the same song.
~ Frenetic Music ~
This is where I have more variety. I recently discovered this gem while listening to the Unleashed soundtrack. I love the beggining with the saxophone and the buildup to the beat. Speaking of which, I love this kind of beat, where it adds more rhythm with weaker beats but faster beats. Plus you mix in the trumpets, the strings and the synths and you really feel like going at breakneck speeds in a big city.
If you don't know, I'm a sucker for violins mixed in with synth/rock music. I think it gives the song more energy and makes it feel happier, and these four are prime examples. While the original from Unleashed leaned more into rock it still featured the violins prominently and the three Generations versions of Rooftop Run go all in with this and even throw in a piano for good measure. The Generations versions feels like running around without worrying about anything and the Speed Shoes version fills me with joy.
Yet another Sonic song, what a surprise! Like what I said with Taswell, if every song had a time of day associated with it, this one would be morning (around 10 am). The guitar captures the peace of the morning while the beat moves fast and the violin also carries the melody. It's like a combination of the past two frenetic songs with relaxing vibes.
Of course, I couldn't mention music I love without mentioning this game. Good Egg Galaxy feels like the start of a grand adventure with the whole orchestra: trumpets, drums, violins, flutes, harps, etc. all playing a wonderous and hopeful song while Gusty Garden fills me with joy with the acoustic guitars, flutes, violins and trumpets that never fail to cheer me up.
I wanted to divide these in two since I feel they each fall into different categories. I think these three are different because they feel more grandiose and more imposing. Battlerock feels like you're entering enemy territory with its militant and intense drums and the hostile yet hopeful violins, Buoy Base with the intense piano and synth giving off a more mechanical feeling while keeping the drums, trumpets and violins, and Melty Molten also feels hostile yet hopeful with more "lava level"-y elemnts with its unusual drums and when the music explodes and the violins come in, it feels so good!
I may make a follow-up post with more real life music I enjoy cuz I don enjoy music that's not video game OST's but right now I just wanted to talk about video games.
I absolutely adore the songs in My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and the Equestria Girls franchise (and the movie and specials). Like it's 90% of what I listen to whenever I'm listening to standalone music in my free time. My favorites are:
the entire soundtrack to the first equestria girls movie (mostly humane six especially Twilight), what a great movie. also the trailer song (not sung by a character), which was sadly never released standalone, and the unused credits song (not sung by a character but lyrics are implicitly Twilight's POV). This includes "This Strange World" (Twilight) which was not released on the album for some reason.
I absolutely adore the songs in My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and the Equestria Girls franchise (and the movie and specials). Like it's 90% of what I listen to whenever I'm listening to standalone music in my free time. My favorites are:
the entire soundtrack to the first equestria girls movie (mostly humane six especially Twilight), what a great movie. also the trailer song (not sung by a character), which was sadly never released standalone, and the unused credits song (not sung by a character but lyrics are implicitly Twilight's POV). This includes "This Strange World" (Twilight) which was not released on the album for some reason.
So I spent an afternoon making this... it's not even complete
My music tastes are all over the place, so it's hard for me to dislike any particular genre. Genres in my playlist include rock, metal, hip-hop, pop, c-pop, k-pop, j-pop, edm, vgm, chiptune, country, house, disco, classical, latin, jazz, R&B.... and there are those subgenres that blend such jazz metal, fusion, rap. Just from the list it should pop out that you see like this heavy metal and then you see this romantic Chinese music or girly pop songs. I suppose I have mostly metal songs or songs that incorporate metal but there's a HUGE world of music to explore I mean I should look into music around the world (I like music in foreign languages too such as French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian; I always feel the music misses out just a little when foreign bands sing in English) and also explore some genres like country more.
I don't actually substantially listen to lyrics that much as much as I listen to their notes, the quality of the voice, and how the notes of the voice mesh with the songs. I don't think there's a single song out of thousands I listen to that I know all the lyrics (some I do know most of the lyrics). They might as well be sung by foreign speakers sometimes. Yes, I know some of the lyrics in the songs are innuendo or otherwise lowbrow.
Anyway some recurring artists. If anyone out there likes what I share, that'll be splendid. It's not going to be a short list, and it's just a sample of music from the artists, not an extensive list, but artist-wise it's as much as I can try to show
Iron Maiden - metal. one of the most famous metal bands. helped me get into the genre.
