PBG HC Music Appreciation

PBG HC Music Spotlight #14 - DOOM - Suspense

Fun fact: This is the ONLY song to have been used in an HC season from each of the three editors: PBG (MC 1 & 2), Jeff (MC 3 & 4, MineZ 1) and Todd (MC 5)

HC Music Wishlist #13 - Desktop Dungeons - Dragoneye

PBG HC Music Spotlight #13 - Folklore - Title Theme

This track really sticks out from other songs PBG has used in the seasons he edited; It sounds like a song Todd would choose. Moreover, it was used for when PBG entered a ravine from the bottom. Ravines are scary and I don’t think this song would fit if used nowadays.

So what was different back then that made this song suitable? There was this effect that was in old versions of Minecraft where you are surrounded by thick fog if you are deep underground. Because of this, you cannot see the ceiling or the source of the water flowing into the ravine, which gives it a more mysterious appearance.

HC Music Wishlist #12 - Runescape - Magical Journey

The following new songs have been added to my Youtube playlist:

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - Groovitron 1

Chrono Cross - Arni Village - Home World

One new song in Minecraft HC #6 has not yet been identified:

Part 8 - 19:23

PBG HC Music Spotlight #12 - Firewatch - Something's Wrong

“The journey will begin with fire.”

HC Music Wishlist #11 - Blood - Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

The following new songs have been added to my Youtube playlist:

Ogre Battle 64 - Diana

Super Danganronpa V2 - Welcome to DANGAN Island!!

Three new songs in Minecraft HC #6 have not yet been identified:

Part 4 - 3:25

Part 6 - 5:45

Part 6 - 8:17

PBG HC Music Spotlight #11 - Virtue's Last Reward - Blue Bird Lamentation

The last few minutes of Minecraft HC #5 part 15 is in my opinion the greatest scene in the entire series, and this song ties it all together. At first, you feel sorrow for the losses that happen in quick succession. But then the music escalates a bit, and then you realize that this may be the end, as both PB & JEFF both get attacked by wither skeletons. I seriously thought that was going to be the end of the season when I first watched the episode. And then the episode ends with a death montage, all without ever switching the BGM.

HC Music Wishlist #10 - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - Departure

The following new songs have been added to my Youtube playlist:

Team Fortress 2 - Right Behind You

Fenix Ark Angelus - Chrono Trigger - Memories of Green Cover

Josiah Everhart - 10 Minutes of Relaxing Acoustic Guitar Music

Josiah Everhart -  Zelda: Majora's Mask - Oath to Order (Cover)

Borderlands 2 - Interlude Ambient

2 songs by Ace Waters appear to be HC exclusives so there is no upload to add to the playlist.

One song in Minecraft HC #6 has not yet been identified:

Part 1 - 3:11

PBG HC Music Spotlight #10 - Josiah Everhart - Super Metroid - Lower Brinstar (piano cover)

I’m really digging the extensive use of music by Josiah Everhart and Ace Waters in Minecraft HC season 6. I’m not seeing any links for Ace Water’s music in the descriptions for episodes 2 and 3, so it looks like we’re getting some HC exclusives in there. An original soundtrack goes a long way for giving a show a unique feel.

While most of Josiah’s songs are not HC commissions, his piano cover for Lower Brinstar makes Terraria’s dungeon feel really desolate. Especially with that 5 second pause roughly 2 minutes in.

HC Music Wishlist #9 - Yu Gi Oh! Forbidden Memories - Sebek and Neku

The characters in Yu Gi Oh! always seem to get into duels where their life depends on it. I think this is a great battle theme, but it’s just from a card game, so it’s not actually a battle theme.

PBG HC Music Spotlight #9 - Final Fantasy Tactics - Count's Anger

Season 6 of Minecraft HC looks like it’ll be an ominous one. Expect Count’s Anger to make its return.

HC Music Wishlist #8 - Metroid Prime - Chozo Ghost Battle

As the WoF has been successfully defeated in Terraria HC #3, a season of Terraria hardmode HC is now on the table. Usually, the first priority in hardmode is to break demon altars so that hardmode ores can spawn. When the wraiths subsequently spawn, it reminds me of chozo ghosts in metroid prime, because now you have to deal with stronger enemies in a place you’re revisiting.

PBG HC Music Spotlight #8 - Kevin MacLeod - Return of Lazarus

HC Music Wishlist #7 - Dragon Quest VIII - Remembrances...

One of the most outstanding things about the music used in HC is the music we hear whenever we lose someone. The three most recent seasons of HC have already used most of the good songs from Chrono Cross, so it looks like we have to start looking for sad music elsewhere. There’s a good reason we don’t often hear the same sad song twice: it just wouldn’t be as effective if we did.