Some game composers are absolute workhorses. They’ll be so prolific in such a short span of time, that you’ll almost forget that they did entire soundtracks. Motoi Sakuraba is just such a composer.
The Valkyrie Profile Series, Dark Souls, the Baten Kaitos Games, the Star Ocean Games and every freakin’ Tales Game: That’s a pretty massive and consistent resumé. So today on the 11th instalment of the Kotaku Playlist, we’re going to bringing you a taste of Sakuraba, one of the hardest working composers in gaming!
THE LIST
Kid Icarus Uprising – Dark Pit’s Theme
Baten Kaitos – Limpidly Flow
Eternal Sonata – Make the Leap
Dark Souls – Gwyn Lord of Cinder
Infinite Undiscovery – Ferocious Valor
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time – Cutting Edge of Notion
Valkyrie Profile – Behave Irrationally
Star Ocean: Second Story – The Venerable Forest
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria – Motion of a Finishing Blow
Editor’s note: Due to the sheer number of Tales games out there, most of which I haven’t played, I’ve decided to omit them and allow the community to submit their favourites for a future tape. Feel free to go to town in the comments!
Why no Golden Sun?
I can't decide between these two Tales of Vesperia themes :<
Fury Sparks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wahtkLPxOXA
A Once in a Lifetime Duel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKmhE8_I3rQ
His earlier works were magical, yet even after time he still has some of that magic left.
In regards to the Tales mixtape suggestions, I say Fighting of the Spirit from Tales of Phantasia.
Also why no Golden Sun battle theme? D: