Music/Game Reviews from TholurosDetectiveAgency

  Stellar Blade Soundtrack Review   Composers : Oliver Good (MONACA), Keita Inoue (MONACA), Youngjee Lee (SHIFT UP), Hyunmin Cho (SHIFT UP), seibin (SHIFT UP), Youngkyoung Choi, ko.yo, Aejin Kwon (MonoTree), SHIFT UP, Muwen, Pernelle, Minhee Kang, TAK, Lily, Mothervibes, DNAKM  https://vgmdb.net/album/142926 May Contain Spoilers!           I have not played Stellar Blade, so I judged the music purely for itself and according to my subjective tastes.           The soundtrack is huge and has a variety of genres. I would say it’s very pop, disco with bits of orchestral music mixed in. It is very reminiscent of Nier music and it does have MONACA members among its ranks of composers. While overall Stellar Blade does not quite reach the level of Nier’s god-tier music, it manages to stand out with its own original stance on the pop, electronica and orchestra fusion.           It starts ...

  Silent Hill 2 Review   Composers : Akira Yamaoka  https://vgmdb.net/album/13384 https://vgmdb.net/album/142234 May Contain Spoilers!           This review was also a long time coming. It’s been a while since I finished the game and unfortunately, as almost always, I won’t be able to judge the music just by itself and I will be carrying the emotional baggage that was inflicted on me having played the game to the end.           Akira Yamaoka is an iconic composer in the genre of atmospheric music and rightly so. Silent Hill 2 OST is nothing short of a masterpiece. It is not for everyone, however. It is for the student of deep, sad moments and the whole enterprise built here is comprised of the most sinister malice. So dive deep at your own risk.           Silent Hill 2 tells the story of James Sunderland who visits his and her wife’s favorite vacation spot, Silent Hill, after he rece...

  Detroit: Become Human Review   Composers : Nima Fakhrara, Philip Sheppard, John Paesano  https://vgmdb.net/album/76078 May Contain Spoilers!           Detroit: Become Human is a game about androids trying to survive, make sense of themselves, and rise to freedom. I reviewed the game a little bit down at the very end. In summary, it’s phenomenal, and one to remember for a long long time.           The soundtrack is divided into three sections for the three protagonists in the game: Connor, Kara and Markus, composed by Nima Fakhrara, Philip Sheppard and John Paesano respectively. There is very little overlap of themes (although it’s not zero!), each has its own character, themes, leitmotifs, atmospheres and emotions.           The first disc is Connor’s soundtrack. Straight up, this disc is where I cried the least even though the storyline of Connor and Hank does have some poigna...

  The Dark Eye : Chains of Satinav Soundtrack Review   Composers : Daniel Pharos, Dominik Morgenroth https://vgmdb.net/album/33640\ May Contain Spoilers! I have recently finished The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, the point-and-click adventure game. Such a blast. It is one of the most poignant ones of the genre out there. It goes to show that you don't really need a comedy flair in your point-and-clicks (Frogwares has been making that point for quite a while - though the genre hasn't made its big break in the recent years). Bar a couple puzzles, I thought the puzzles were reasonable, perhaps with the odd "Huh??" or "I really could use some sleep" type mixes of items that are not intuitive. Geron and Nuri's chemistry is charming and the game manages to make me shed a couple tears in the end.  The soundtrack is excellent and does much of the emotional work at various scenes throughout the game. The game is fairly short but the music is punchy. Daniel Pharos ...