How important is the soundtrack of AoC?

ArchivedUser

Here comes my next question about important elements in ashes of creation, I was very pleased to hear the diffrent views of the customisation of AOC from the community in the month old post  

This is also in hope to make the developers notice our thoughts/wishes for the final game.
But how important is soundtrack/music in an mmo for you guys?
Feel free to link themes or give examples of good soundtracks from MMO's

Please rate between 1-10 how important Soundtrack/music and motivate.

For me personaly soundtracks are among the most important things in an mmo world and I find myself replaying scenarios just so I can re-hear/re-live that moment of my favorite themes.

Here are a few examples and highlights of themes I enjoy from mmo's

Starting off with FF14 (say what you want of the game but Nobuo Uematsu has talent in the musical art)

1 Nidhogs theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rofSs6lKrtU

Highlighted moments in the song: 2:10 and 3:35


Rappelz is an old (not so good) mmo, but it had some good music for its time. 
2 Rappelz Opening theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWSLQLm4ATk

Highlighted moments in the song: 1:05


You knew WoW would be included here somewhere, im no fan of the game anymore but its lore and the way they tell it strikes right into your very soul. This song is to me one of the best sountracks ever in a game.
3 Arthas My Son:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86f_U_q4SFg

Highlighted moments in the song: The entire song (but I have to say 1:25 always gives me the chills)


One more FF14 song to the list, this makes me imagine an army gathering in a field slowly marching to the battle.  
4 Stone and Steel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc2iwgW98sk&amp=

Highlighted moments in the song: The start


Last song on my list is from Guild wars 2
5 The Charr Triumphant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLgiYE6f4u4

No Highlight


Thanks for reading Please share some soundtracks

ArchivedUser

You know Bear McCreary was announced as doing the soundtrack for Ashes months ago, right? They have the music side of things well in hand with that news.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_McCreary

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Good Soundtracks are very much a must.
final fantasy wins hands down in the game music industry.
orchestrated soundtracks are the best!

https://youtu.be/kpiEHxgLN-E

https://youtu.be/qYYTutAqVlk

https://youtu.be/ACFYaHyWrMQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBCsa7hKw0M

(Hire ''Nobuo Uematsu'' if you guys can) 

aion had some great songs too:

https://youtu.be/I3V5eDyRpsA

And ofcourse guild wars as my friend mentioned.

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It may be as dead as me but good god Warhammer online had some of the best battle soundtracks actually most of warhammer games have great battle soundtracks 

https://youtu.be/E_ycMePShE8

https://youtu.be/i3KmJhIWsaE

https://youtu.be/c4HbUytWKi8

https://youtu.be/adwQF7uucY0

ArchivedUser

Great music is a huge part of the immersive experience for an online game.

It's gotta be really, really good.

ArchivedUser

Music is one of the most important parts of an immersive experience in my opinion. Next to that is the details of the world.

ArchivedUser

I may be in the minority with this, but I rate a games soundtrack as even more important than character customization.

The title tune of the game is important - there are still songs from 15 year old games that when I hear bring me right back to the game. However, even more important - to me - is the in game soundtrack.

While hard to do, a dynamic track that is able to crescendo and decrescendo based on the combat status of the player makes all the difference in maintaining immersion in a game than a track that either doesn't match what is happening in game, or that abruptly stops so a different track can start.

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SaintJoanna said:

It's so important to have a theme song,

I agree 100%, a symbolic main theme for a game can have such impact!

Okieboo said:

Good Soundtracks are very much a must.
final fantasy wins hands down in the game music industry.
orchestrated soundtracks are the best!

(Hire ''Nobuo Uematsu'' if you guys can) 

His music is just mindblowing, I love how most of his songs sounds so orchestrion like and yet its full of energy and engaging.

nagash said:

It may be as dead as me but good god Warhammer online had some of the best battle soundtracks actually most of warhammer games have great battle soundtracks 

I appreciate the pun and warhammer was a game I sadly never had time to experiance. Thank you for sharing this I wouldnt have known it had such great music otherwise!

Noaani said:

While hard to do, a dynamic track that is able to crescendo and decrescendo based on the combat status of the player makes all the difference in maintaining immersion in a game than a track that either doesn't match what is happening in game, or that abruptly stops so a different track can start.

I have an example of what I think you mean, but I have no video of gameplay to show it just to two variants of soundtracks that transition between combat and no combat.

https://youtu.be/lgRAT-TTNI8?t=10s
(no combat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6LKRkHF9xA&list=RDlgRAT-TTNI8&index=3
(combat)

ArchivedUser

Very important

ArchivedUser

Super important. Ill never forget the first time i walked into the first major city and heard this.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPjeNWDsszw