Found out why I didn't enjoy ToMi Soundtrack as much as the others

[thin029]

Of course I know, that's why I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING about those games' music.
Duh.

[MusicallyInspired]

I still don't get you. You said you didn't like the TMI soundtrack because Clint Bajakian wasn't involved. Do you not like the SMI and CMI soundtracks either?

Also, don't be a dick.

[thin029]

I said I didn't enjoy it as much as I enjoyed Lechuck's Revenge's and Escape's, which are my favorites. I liked CMI and SMI soundtracks, but not as much as Escape's, for example.

[Ash735]

Originally Posted by StarEye

What about CMI then? And Escape?

Well seeing as they were fully scored with real instruments and not MIDI based which is what my point was!

[Ash735]

Originally Posted by thin029

I said I didn't enjoy it as much as I enjoyed Lechuck's Revenge's and Escape's, which are my favorites. I liked CMI and SMI soundtracks, but not as much as Escape's, for example.

I wonder if it's a placebo effect here, tell me, what were your fave tracks from Escape? No one help him on this.

[Udvarnoky]

Gotta say, I loved the TMI soundtrack as much as the other games'. Sure, I wouldn't have complained if there was money to spare to bless it with the production values of CMI's (still staggering) score, but the bottom line is that the compositions are of the Michael Land level of excellence I'd hoped they'd be. I'd even argue that the technical limitations are part of the soundtrack's charm, and really helped give it an MI2 vibe that's hard for me to describe. If we ever get an official CD, I hope the original MIDIs Land made that supposedly exist and that the final product is based on are included. I'd also recommend people with the means who've only played the PC version to check out how the soundtrack sounds on the WiiWare versions. It really sounds like old-school, Monkey Island MIDI goodness, and I insist that both versions merit being experienced for the truly die-hard MI fanatic.

[thin029]

What? I already said I really liked Lucre Island's background song on another topic. It's definitely my favorite and most memorable song for the game. But there's also Jambalaya, the Monkey Kombat tune and many others.

Also, how would anyone be able to help me pick MY OWN favorite tracks? I don't get you Thin029 haterz

[Ash735]

Out of the three you mentioned, Clint done one. :P

[thin029]

So what, it just proves my point

Edit: After searching the entire internet to know exactly which one he's done I couldn't find anything. Could you tell me which one he has done and where did you find out about it? I'm totally curious!

[Giant Tope]

Originally Posted by thin029

Found out why I didn't enjoy ToMi Soundtrack as much as the others. Clint Bajakian didn't help composing it!

Originally Posted by Ash735

Out of the three you mentioned, Clint done one. :P

Originally Posted by thin029

So what, it just proves my point

how

[Laserschwert]

Originally Posted by thin029

After searching the entire internet to know exactly which one he's done I couldn't find anything. Could you tell me which one he has done and where did you find out about it? I'm totally curious!

If I remember correctly it was mentioned in an interview with... one of the three. Possibly the "Secret History"-article on Mojo? They're down now, so I can't check. But it was said that they split up the work, so that each one of them would score another island.

[Ash735]

Originally Posted by Laserschwert

If I remember correctly it was mentioned in an interview with... one of the three. Possibly the "Secret History"-article on Mojo? They're down now, so I can't check. But it was said that they split up the work, so that each one of them would score another island.

This. If I remember correctly, I know for certain Michael Land done Melee Island, Anna Karney did Monkey Island, I THINK Peter McConnell did Lucre Island Town, Michael Lande did Jambalaya and Clint Bajakian scored all the cutscenes (except for one done by Anna) and the rest of Lucre Island.

[Chyron8472]

I think the reason why some of you don't think ToMI's music is as memorable is because you haven't had between 10 and 20 years to let it grow nostalgia on you yet.

As much as I can't say which MI music I like best (as which one I listen to more depends on my mood,) I would, however have to say that I much prefer ToMI's music to EMI. EMI's title theme, for example, is just a slight remix of CMI's and a number of EMI's songs give atmosphere to certain locations in the game (eg. Planet Threepwood) that exemplify why, for me, EMI is the weakest in the series.

[thin029]

Originally Posted by Giant Tope

how

Originally Posted by Thin029

ToMI Soundtrack is not as good because Clint Bajakian didn't help composing it!

Never said he's done it all.
And Lucre is my favorite, so:

Originally Posted by Ash735

Clint Bajakian scored the rest of Lucre Island.

Got it now?

[Laserschwert]

Well, I'm listening to ToMI's score on a regular basis now, so I wouldn't say I don't like it.

[Avistew]

You people are missing the point. Thin isn't saying "I hate X's sountrack", he said that TMI, Curse and Secret's soundtracks, although he likes them, aren't as good as Revenge and Escape's as far as he's concerned.

He recently found out that a certain artist contributed to the soundtracks of the games he likes best, and not to those he liked a little less, and concluded that this person's touch is what made the difference to him.

That's really all there is to it.

[thin029]

Thanks Avis! This seem to happen everytime I create a topic.

[Giant Tope]

Well, I'm gonna be frank. You come off as incredibly abrasive. But I digress...

I asked how your thinking made sense on the confusion of you saying that the reason you believed you didn't like the TOMI as much as the "others", which I guess you actually just mean Revenge and Escape, which I guess you've refined down to Escape, which I guess you've refined down to the music on Lucre Island because Clint didn't help with composing the music. The reason you kept refining this was because it turned out that Clint actually didn't make the songs that you liked. Why can't you just like the other soundtracks better than TOMI? That's completely okay. You don't need to come up a reason.

I personally found the TOMI soundtrack to be a bit too "ambiance-y" for me to actively want to listen to outside the game most of the time, but tracks like Club 41 and the track that plays during the first fight with Morgan are pretty nice. Despite Escape feeling a bit lackluster, I actually thought the soundtrack was very good. I didn't like Lucre Island's music, but I did like the theme of the Scumm Bar. Even more so than the original Scumm Bar theme! Shoot me, I know!

[thin029]

If you read my first post I wrote Revenge and Escape since the beginning, I couldn't write it all in the topic title because it'd be obviously too big. And Clint did help composing the music, INCLUDING Lucre. It's obvious he didn't do that one song only (Ash himself heard he's done all the cutscenes). Lucre was brought up because Ash wanted me to tell which tracks I like the most FOR ESCAPE (I didn't and won't list ALL the songs I think are memorable, I wanted to say I prefer both SOUNDTRACKS in their whole), and coincidentially, my favorite tune was made by Clint himself (as far as Ash told me)

I don't see why you say I, being a Clint fan, can't prefer a soundtrack that includes his works over ones that doesn't.

Avistew and PecanBlue got it all pretty well, why can't you?
Having to repeat myself is annoying

[Giant Tope]

And missing the point of my post is pretty annoying too. :/

I have no problem with you liking whatever you like. I also have no problem for you liking it because Clint made it. I just don't see why listing three songs of which Clint only worked on one is sufficient proof that the reason why you prefer one soundtrack over another is entirely based on one person. Like I said, you like Clint's work. Neat. I like a lot of his work too, but based off what you said you liked, Clint isn't the entire reason why you like that music because he didn't work on all the tracks you've listed.

It's like listing lemons, banana, and cherries as your favorite fruits then coming to the conclusion that the reason why you like those fruits is that they're round. For all I care, you may as well like round fruit, but saying those are your favorite fruits because they're all round is simply untrue. And that just... bugs me.