>>536380227
That's great and all, and I commend HAL for not making their composers invisible, but my contention still remains that Jun Ishikawa is the essence of Kirby's audio and he s responsible for like 90% of classic, iconic Kirby tunes.
Look at this. All him. King shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se1uh3PS78Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf2JZq43c9w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_-huuSqn3w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzUrnDea6_c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEXNCxipa7U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgRI1grHT_Y
The less he's involved in the soundtracks, the more I disinterested I become. I like Hirokazu Ando and all, and people often hype him up because he's pegged to be the guy to do all the final boss themes, but tbf I find his work kinda samey. You can hear the same sort of jazziness and the same sort of samples throughout all of his tunes and it all sorta blends together. I think he peaked like 25+ years ago but that's just me.
And the rest of the recent Star Allies-era hires are okay and all but I just don't find their work very distinct. Like maybe a handful of songs in Star Allies and Forgotten Land are really standouts to me that were done by them.
>>536380394
And guess who used Delay Lama in Machine Passage, another all-time great Kirby song. Oh right, it was ONCE AGAIN Jun Ishikawa.
No HAL audio team on Air Riders, Ishikawa is a contractor probably on his way out, Ando is stagnating, the new hires can't compete. IT IS SO OVER.
