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Yuka Kitamura is leaving fromsoftware and start working as a freelancer this August
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Blood Borne
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This is actually sad news.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Not really sad news. Dark Souls 2 and 3 had much less inspired OSTs with Kitamura. Very generic music compared to DeS and DS1.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Demon's Souls is the only great OST theyve ever had.
MMaRsu
Banned
But Sekiro is great tho ost wise
Skull-Knight
Member
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yuka kitamura and tsukasa saitoh the peak of their creativity and work was BB. after that they fell.
I mean they had a ton of amazing OSTs but Ill agree Demons Souls is the best one.
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cireza
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You don't make it to Sakuraba's level that easily !
Original DeS was another composer, I know. And it was excellent.
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TerribleAtThisGame
Member
I wish they went back to idiosyncratic and quirky music choices like in Demon's and Dark Souls, not just the same "random blaring choirs" Game of Thrones shit for 90% of the game they've been employing.
I remember hearing the DS3 opening screen music and already being annoyed.
I remember hearing the DS3 opening screen music and already being annoyed.
Go_Ly_Dow
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Japan has no shortage of top class composers. When I used to teach there I joined some music classes and was always impressed by the talent and knowledge they had. They still emphasised the classics much more than the West I felt. Definietly compared to UK education anyway. Every School would have an orchestra and there'd be class chior competitions and what not each year.
So it makes sense why so many of our fav composers come from there.
So it makes sense why so many of our fav composers come from there.
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Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I love Dark Souls III’s OST. The title screen alone is one of my favorites. Freaking haters
kvltus lvlzvs
Banned
She is a genius but I am cool with a new direction. Hopefully we get banger techno music in ac6
I wish her the best in all future endeavors
I wish her the best in all future endeavors
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Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
Dark Souls II is like 80% Motoi Sakuraba and it has the weakest OST. Also, Dark Souls III, less inspired and generic? Fucking what?
Twin Princes, Abyss Watchers, Slave Knight Gael, Sister Freide, and tons of others are generic and not inspired? One thing I think is her weakness is her non-boss songs which are kind of weak. As much as people praise the Dark Souls III theme, it's basically a boss theme for a start screen. It even has a second phase theme. Kitamura never made a non-boss track like A Moment's Peace or Firelink Shrine from Dark Souls.
I'm a fan of Sakuraba but come on, he also spearheaded the weakest OST in the entire Soulsborne catalogue.
brenobnfm
Member
Main theme is great, Abyss Watchers is great, almost everything else is ass.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Not in a million years.Yuka Kitamura is one of the best in the biz, along iconics such Yoko Shimomura, Nobou Uematsu, Keiichi Okabe and Yasunori Mitsuda. Her work with Dark Souls and Elden Ring is pureWish her all the best.
Shimomura’s mastery of rhythm is beyond the scope of generic fantasy like FS’s, and way out of the league of a big chunk of game music composers. As for Uematsu, his melodies are ridiculously memorable, something you can’t really say about the samey boss themes of DS2 and 3. Kitamura really doesn’t belong in the same conversation.
Mr Hyde
Member
Hard disagree. Her work on DS2, DS3, Sekiro and Elden Ring puts her up with the greats. She is still young so it's to be seen if she can reach the heights of Uematsu and Shimomura, but her legacy is already cemented. Stop being a hater.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
DeaconOfTheDank
Member
Sekiro was really a breath of fresh air in regards to the music we have in Souls. Really felt like Yuka got to flex her creative muscles by composing some traditional Japanese music for a change.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
There is a lot of japanese composers I like. Mieko Ishikawa and Yuzo Koshiro from Falcom always had great music.
some others .. Nobuo Uematsu, Takashi Tateishi, Koji Kondo!
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Mr Branding
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Pretty big music snob but From’s music never stood out to me. Was always a bit eh…
ShadyAcshuns
Member
Probably wants to be a part of making games with difficulty settings like the rest of developers in the twenty first century.
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Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
Fbh
Member
Wish her the best.
I don't think she is bad like some people here are saying, I just think most of her stuff is unremarkable.
Her music usually fits well and goes well with the boss battles and environments, but it usually doesn't stand out.
The few actually memorable tracks in souls games, like Ludwig the Holy Blade, aren't made by her.
When you last project is a 20+ million selling, 96 metascore, 300+ goty award winning game but it has no difficulty option
I don't think she is bad like some people here are saying, I just think most of her stuff is unremarkable.
Her music usually fits well and goes well with the boss battles and environments, but it usually doesn't stand out.
The few actually memorable tracks in souls games, like Ludwig the Holy Blade, aren't made by her.
When you last project is a 20+ million selling, 96 metascore, 300+ goty award winning game but it has no difficulty option
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