While I'm working on getting the next performance video ready, I figured it might be nice to get some of my old posts that I liked posted back up, so here's the first in my Gushing About The Octopath Traveler OST series:
[Pt. 1] Main Theme
Octopath Traveler is, simply put, the soundtrack we thought we heard in the pixel art era: Melody-driven pieces, mimicking pieces of that era by having, at most, 3 or 4 distinct musical lines playing at once, played by an orchestra. This creates tight tracks that are memorable and individually distinct. For starters, here’s the main theme.