Tawm Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Absolutely agree. Visual Novels are a wonderful combination of Visuals, Audio and text. Good music is just as necessary as good art and good writing to make a great VN. To anwser the question, Symphonic Rain without a doubt contains my favorite OST. My personal favorite tracks in Symphonic Rain are the vocal and non-vocal versions of Rain Musique: Personally I find the non-vocal version even more soothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn_FHkWIuXo&index=14&list=PLCF83E840F9D8FF64 Oh, wow. That comes dangerously close to being plagiarism of the Costa Del Sol theme from FF7. Seriously, look it up and compare them. My all around favorite OST is likely Saya no Uta. The BGM gets more and more schizophrenic as the VN goes on. I love the vast majority of ZIZZ' work, but Kikokugai and the above mentioned are the ones that stand out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o0y-MNqdQU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxfR2XdM_aI Sharin no Kuni, Ayakashibito, Kara no Shoujo, Cartagra, Swan Song, Muv Luv Alternative and Steins;Gate also have exceptional OSTs. Haven't finished more than 30 VNs, but less than half of them has had noteworthy BGM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceris Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Rewrite - Journey Rewrite's title theme. 'Nuff said.I can listen to Journey for hours on end, so amazing~ This Rewrite BGM is first that comes to mind with favorite BGMs Rewrite Original Soundtrack - Sunbright: http://youtu.be/plCw_qsJ9Eo Fred the Barber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrP Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 There's some really great VN OST's out there. Few of my faves already mentioned, especially Umineko & Rose Guns Days and Shinji Hosoe's stuff for 999/VLR (especially Quaternary Game). Takeshi Abo's work on the Infinity series and Chaos;Head is all over my favorite playlists, although I admire his consistency across whole osts rather than brilliance over 1 or 2 tracks. I love Kara no Shoujo - Investigation But my No1 VN composer has to be Ryu Umemoto. Desire, Yuno, Burst Error. All Masterpieces. A great mix of atmospheric and listenable pieces. All composed on tight budgets and now archaic hardware, yet IMHO they retain a timeless quality even now. R.I.P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWc8I3_nq58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddle Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Jeez Louise, be careful with the embedded Youtube videos. Our computers have to load all of them, even if they are in spoilers. I believe that linking would be better, though I am too lazy to do either. On-topic, it'd take forever to explain all my favorites. BGM can decide whether or not I enjoy a VN. I'd say some of the most notable are "Narcissus" from Narcissus, "Over the Rainbow" from Over the Rainbow (srs about those two), "Sprouting" from Rewrite, "The Girl from the Starry Sky" from My Girlfriend is the President, "Hyun-ae (Innocence)" from Analogue: A Hate Story "Dream" from Hate Plus, and pretty much everything from Katawa Shoujo, among others. That's to make no mention of OPs, which are excellent more often than not. melo4496 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chifuyu-chan Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Definitely the BGMs of Aka-san to Kyuuketsuki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melo4496 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Didn't we have a thread for this already? My deepest apologies if there is already a thread like this before. I'm a newcomer and I might haven't noticed. Sleep early and your alarm clock will never be a problem~! Never tried Daylight, but I've been waking up to Wiosna for one year or so and I still don't hate it (possibly because it fails to wake me up more often than not) I like Wiosna too. As for my alarm tone, it's Magic Ensemble from Little Busters!. I like that one! (Not my favorite though) From Sharin no Kuni, it's no other than Mallow. (Makes me want to buy a guitar and it's my ringtone xD) Lastly, G-senjou's soundtracks appeal to me, since I am fond of Classical. My favorite in this VN are Tranquillity (from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1) and their version of Bach's Aria on G-string (makes me emotional) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamishedPants Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I personally don't believe a visual novel is great without a good OST, myself. Grisaia would have been a lot better had it more memorable tracks (Tunafish beautiful is great though, along with the ones posted earlier). I have too many to select a particular one, but I will just post a few because I love OSTs. Demonbane - MLA - G-Senjou no Maou - Sharing is Karing - MGQ - Sengoku Rance - Ayakashibito - F/SN - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjueror Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 One of my favorite visual novel writers, Go from Blank Note, once said that a visual novel is 25% visuals, 25% writing and 50% music. While I believe that was a bit of an exaggeration, I definitely find music very important for this kind of media. So important in fact, I made a TOP 100 list of my favorite visual novel music on youtube. You can check it out, if you are interested (a couple of tracks overlap with the ones already suggested in this thread though ).https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLujdRg2UAm50inr6heuoCBzI_p776YYV0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 This thread shall rise from its ashes. I just found this, and I'm kind of surprised I'd forgotten this song until now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW46sW32PHw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakiro Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Umineko Ef: A fairy tale of the two + The Latter Tale Muv-Luv Extra/Unlimited/Alternative And probably more than 50% from KEY I'll never forget these... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I do not know why I love this so much, I didn't even enjoy Umineko Chiru all that much (especially episodes 7 and 8, 5&6 were pretty amazing though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caiooa Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 this is a pretty rare tsukihime remix album by little wing. Using those in the game makes the experience sooo better. At 01:55 we have 月光 and 27:21 we have 7th moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vokoca Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Now that the topic is properly (?) revived, I can't hold back my spam anymore. Subarashiki Hibi's OST is so good that picking a single song feels like a huge disservice. Definitely a well earned second spot right under Umineko, but competing with Umineko will never be fair thanks to it's ~100 songs. Sorry, I can't help it. Ayana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayana Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Let me spam some more SubaHibi songs, too. I've been listening to this OST the most out of all VN OSTs next to Umineko, by the way. There are so many great OSTs I've listened to but I keep coming back to this one because it just... stands out so much. (*‿*✿) This song is so amazingly impactful holy crap. Vokoca 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usbporter Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I love calm, sad soundtracks like these: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acky Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 For me I like IMHHW the music during the game just fitted the mood at the time, also liked Memoria,and the music in Deardrops and Kira Kira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamnoob Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Perfect OST..... such a melodic and peaceful OST for sitting next to Shinku. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AijrKY-UO9A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monmon Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 There r lots of Superb Soundtrack even from Nukige, yes from NUKIGE!!! However for now my favs r and And i love Soundtracks from Walkure Romanze and Onigokko. Gibberish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Eden*'s Solitude has been popping up in my head for the past couple of days. Such a nice somber tune. In general most of the BGMs were a pleasure to listen to~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotTrax Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I am a pretty big fan of Favorite's BGMs, I'm constantly listening to the games' OSTs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 So far out of all the boss battle remix themes in Yumina, the Shrine Maidens one is my favorite. I guess I just like those types of instrumentals >.>Shrine Maidens Natsuya's battle theme was definitely appropriate for her 1v4ing & nuking my entire team what a god Maino's was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFbqQfe-hXM, Rei's was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJk4QtbhUCw. ~~ Standard battle theme for reference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinovaA Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Angel's Stairs from Fortissimo is just... wow. What a beautiful track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Turnip Sensei Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 I really like Stranger from Fate/Hollow Ataraxia, it's so tranquil and mysterious. Suzu Fanatic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 I'm really enjoying the BGM in Comyu. Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbLYoa4o0No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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