05-22-2016, 09:53 PM
Hmm, I didn't think it was that bad! And the Donkey Kong Country SNES trilogy is the most played series of games by me, the music of which is right at the top of video game soundtracks as well. I could see why you'd say that, though. It doesn't particularly stand out from the album for me; perhaps it's the pairing of the idea of the original music and synthwave that doesn't work all that well because it's a rather nostalgic piece of music for most and the ambient track it's supposed to represent. For what it is, I don't think it's particularly bad. Synthwave is probably better paired with more energetic video game tracks. Maybe a track like Gang Plank Galleon would've been more suitable. I am unfamiliar with pretty much all of the other games on the album, but I do really dig the Gremlins and Castlevania tracks.
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