The Music of Video Games [367] Eye of the Beholder

[VincenzoFlor]

what a shit of soundtrack its posed here.?

[Jagged85]

If Yuzo Koshiro wanted, he could have went for a more ActRaiser style of music, which has more in common with the usual RPG music, but I don't think that was his intention for this game.

I think the reason he went for a more ambient techno sound was to invoke the feelings of danger and fear, i.e. the kind of feel you rarely ever get from the more traditional RPG soundtracks. That's why I believe the soundtrack is actually quite well suited for this game.

[Jagged85]

It should also be noted that this was one of the earliest ambient techno soundtracks produced, as Yuzo Koshiro released it around the time of the earliest ambient techno albums (by electronica artists like Aphex Twin and Tetsu Inoue).

Koshiro was also experimenting with hardcore jungle / drum & bass for Streets of Rage 3 at the time, although the SOR3 soundtrack was criticized by some Sega fans/critics for being too hardcore and experimental, much like this Eye of the Beholder soundtrack.

[dissident93]

This soundtrack was by both Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima. Also, it was released in 1994, making it basically Street of Rage 3, part 2.

[Draknfyre]

perfectly*

[Deibodese]

The most ill-fitting soundtrack of all time. And yet, it's so damn awesome I won't complain anyway.

[Draknfyre]

@Deibodese

Ill fitting? This music went perfecttly with the game.

[Chepito2846]

can someone tell me what kind a genre of music that starts at 5:20 is it salsa or mexican cumbia.it sounds like spanish music.

[Chepito2846]

this is something you would hear in streets of rage 3.it has that feel to it.Yuzo is the fuckin man. and the one that starts at 5:20 feels kind of latin salsa music.i felt like dancing salsa to it. Yuzo can go from classical,Hip-hop,Techno,Dance and Acid in a matter of seconds.he's that brilliant!

[DonJaime80]

I always thought the music was strangely appropriate myself. Only played once and somehow missed level 11 (if I remember correctly) entirely.

[Tizabet]

Love the one that starts at 3:45. Such a perfect "you're gonna die like a bitch" atmosphere.

[1500Percent]

1:23 behold the mighty power of tissue paper!

[TornadoRayne]

I'm with the minority on this one. Even though this soundtrack is definitely not your typical D&D stuff ( who came up with the idea to put techno in a D&D game?), I find it somehow appropriate. Don't ask why, I guess it's just the feeling of desperation that these tracks give

[VantekHG]

Pretty sick music!

[millicent1990]

does anyone know where i can find the soundtrack for lol throne of chaos?

[Larrylarp]

There was not much wrong in the music per se, but why the hell put in in Eye of the Beholder?! I have only played the Amiga version, but now I'm glad I never played this version. Great game, anyway.

[Doommaster1994]

Yeah I always thought Paul Mudra's version (SNES, DOS, Amiga) was better composed.

[Larrylarp]

I thought so too! Damn Japanese...

[Doommaster1994]

Yeah, I even have the music program used to make the music to that game (AdLib Visual Composer).

[betterbeavailable]

What'a hell is this? Awful techno music in classic SSI RPG? Is this a joke? I hope it is. Kids, the original Amiga version is the one and only real deal. PC version sucks but this one totally blows. I go wash my ears now...

[MrSonicSlave]

Well, its not a joke sorry to say, but i think

Yuzo Koshiro did an Awsome job with the music, the game however was a constant Stresser though, The Aminga, PC, SegaCd, SuperNintendo, all had the same story line just diffrent graphics, but eh... we all have diffrent opinions

[robikz]

@betterbeavailable

I agree.

[Sentinel1969]

The pc version sound suits the game and timeline much better imo,

[Raligard]

Nice! I wish the PC version I played years earlier had a soundtrack like this! Nice souped up version of the game. Makes me sad I never had the Sega CD system.

[TheExciteMike]

Looks much better than the PC version!

[jelloegg]

That blonde-haired dude was ndead.

[squarepox]

Thhe music in this game is hell of alot cooler than would've expected,had a mediocre intern day and this stuff (video game music) helps cheer me up

There will be a day when I can play video games again! Until then this'll work.

[GypsyRed]

This music isn't too bad, although I feel Koshiro's ActRaiser-style music would better suit it. Then again, I've never played this so I can't tell precisely the mood they were going for. Still the track at 5:17 is my fave. The game looks interesting.

I couldn't help but laugh at the Ranger. What a jerk! XD

[Fall3nAngelz]

Haha, why have all the characters in this game "fallen" into the dungeon? How hard can it be to spot a dungeon before accidentally falling into it?

And are you sure this is the right OST? This sounds more like TempestX...

[garudoh]

Yep, I'm sure. I don't fuck around when it comes to Yuzo Koshiro. :P

[ToLDrood]

yea im gonna be honest not a big fan of this one.... around 7:30 is probably the only one close to being likable :P

[realdoogie]

i agree...the progression takes too damn long

[xxcrysad3000xx]

nah these dark idm beats definitely are something that makes this otherwise forgettable game worthwhile, imho.