{"id":9,"date":"2019-10-17T02:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T02:40:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-03-21T19:46:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T19:46:45","slug":"quest-64-highland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/17\/quest-64-highland\/","title":{"rendered":"Quest 64 &#8211; Highland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/0IDOo7nztHA\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0IDOo7nztHA?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>Give a Listen Series: Quest 64 &#8211; Highland<\/p>\n<p>Composer: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masamichi_Amano\">Masamichi Amano<\/a><br \/>Developer: Imagineer<br \/>This  song has a pressing sense of urgency that is heightened by the  percussive plucks of the strings, insinuating that if we do not succeed,  the world may be doomed. This is a song propelled in its best parts by  the impish plucks of the sylph&#8217;s violin and a warlord&#8217;s impatient, blood  thirsty strikes of the war drum.<\/p>\n<p>Often when we think about a song  being emotional, we think about the generic emotions of love and fear.  However, music can be used to imbue scenes with other emotional  qualities as well. If you watch horror or suspense cinema, you know how  much emotion can be in a single violin when we are on the edge of our  seats. We know that something is coming&#8230; that is what we all paid our  money for&#8230; but what? Where? How? These feelings of uncertainty can be  heightened with proper use of music. That is exactly what the music does  here. If the music in the beginning of the game can be thought of as  very placid (all is well with the world), the music in the end of the  game can be thought of as very tense (standing on the precipice of the  apocalypse). This track is filled to the brim with Anxiety. In fact, it  almost feels as if the cello strings are about to be ripped from the  neck and the timpani&#8217;s head is about to burst. The delightful pieces of  syncopation sprinkled all throughout the song. The bass lines that pace  in a circle like a male ballerina. You should listen to this song to  enjoy the unsettling feeling that a great composition can give you.<\/p>\n<p>If you ignore it all, I ask you to pay attention to the flute melody, its such a treat.<br \/>So  does anyone out there think that synthesized instruments have their  place along side real versions of the instruments? Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TbDWGib8NxU\">this video<\/a> to compare. Which is better to you?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Give a Listen Series: Quest 64 &#8211; Highland Composer: Masamichi AmanoDeveloper: ImagineerThis song has a pressing sense of urgency that is heightened by the percussive plucks of the strings, insinuating that if we do not succeed, the world may be doomed. This is a song propelled in its best parts by the impish plucks of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-masamichi-amano","category-quest-64","category-vgm"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32,"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}