Thoughts on the pokemon music

[Xenimus]

I was just what wondering what people think about the pokemon songs like the Pokerap.

 

[Pr1de]

i liked the pokerap,but for the most part, but for the most part meh, and the games soundtracks are better then the shows

 

[That_Sneaky_Camper]

I thought they were colorful ways to teach the kids about the larger Pokemon universe, I miss the Pokerap from the Anime.

The Pokemon music in the game on the other hand has always been very charming in my opinion. It sets the atmosphere of the environment very well.

 

[exdeadman]

I personally don't like the game soundtracks anymore, treat the TV shows as ocular toxins, and generally only like the ones that mock Pokemon.

I mean, I liked the original games, but as was obvious before the ZP video, all that Pokemon games called "innovation" was adding more monsters and items. Oh and changing a few names and getting a graphical upgrade.

 

[ProZack]

I like the Pokemon game music, and meh to the anime and all the rest.

 

[mirror's edgy]

Do you mean just the anime? Because the games have somewhat forgettable soundtracks with a few gems scattered around, like Lavender Town...creepy though it may be.

More on topic, I have had the original Pokemon dub theme song stuck in my head to some degree since I was nine. Someone will embed it soon, I'm sure.

 

[Insomniaku]

the Poke-rap and such hold more novelty value for me and my friends, its fun to hear it come on in the car unexpected after listening to "serious music" or what not, honestly though most of the chiptunes music in the original games is quite good and really catchy, there are some really good mixes/mashups/orchestrals out there like with any popular game!


edit: I remember the Pokemon soundtrack to the show being pretty damn corny though, I could be wrong but it struck me as very boy-bandish crap; perhaps it was different in the Japanses but that seemed to be a 90's children's show staple no matter where you lived and we all know that we watched the english anyways

 

[Pr1de]

i liked the pokerap,but for the most part, but for the most part meh, and the games soundtracks are better then the shows

Last time i watch Extra Credits and write at the same time

 

[HassEsser]

The games soundtracks are really good, and no one can deny the animes season one theme song is, to put it lightly, very memorable

 

[Twilight.falls]

I only liked a couple of the anime songs. Mostly the opening themes, because they're charming in a Narmish kind of way. A few in-episode songs were nice because they were remixed video game songs.

Meanwhile, the games churn out a lot of memorable music that I adore.

 

[ZRendZ]

Game sound tracks: Good on the things such as Champions themes and gym leaders, crap in the individual towns
Cartoon: A few glimpses of good music, whether remixes or original pieces
As for the themes, meh... I only really liked the original.

 

[Xenimus]

I mean from the anime and the games.

 

[scorptatious]

I really liked the music from the games. And I also like some of the music from the anime.

Especially this one:


Ah. Good times.

 

[Auninteligentname]

I like the pokemon soundtrack. But after many a battles, they tend to get annoying...

 

[Fishyash]

I like the anime's covers of the origional pokemon soundtrack, (basically half of the anime's production CD lol). The music in the gameboy games are also pretty good I think, the battle themes especially (most of all the R/B/Y trainer battle theme, with 2 melodies playing simultaneously).

 

[Terminate421]

I like it, don't tell me you didn't stop to let it play for a bit when you heard this in black and white


Anime music is nice, I listen to it on occaisions.....

 

[chaosyoshimage]

Oh, I thought this thread was going to about the awesome techno beats of the modern games, like so...


I do have a couple of the terrible anime soundtracks, though, "I'm on the road to Viridian City!" I have the terrible Yu-Gi-Oh! ones too. This is, like, the entirety of my CD collection...

 

[PureChaos]

the original anime theme kicks ass and I sing the route 1 theme all the time. other than that the music is nothing particularly special, though the trainer battle music in LeafGreen is really good

 

[OutcastBOS]

I always loved the game music, especially the Rocket and Plasma themes, but I'm not the biggest fan of the anime songs. (except the first entrance. That kicked ass.)

 

[Scrustle]

I can only speak for the games, since I haven't watched the TV show in so long I can't even remember how long ago it was. But the music in the games started off brilliant early on. The first generation had nice, catchy melodies and were very enjoyable, if a bit simple. The second generation also had great music, perhaps a bit less memorable (but still stuck in my head) but had a bit more depth to them.

After that it all went a bit downhill. The third generation didn't have bad music, none of it was particularly catchy or memorable but it was still enjoyable and set the mood well enough. After that it seems they gave up trying and from then on all the music just seems to me like it had zero effort going in to it. It's like someone just smashed random keys on a keyboard until something vaguely like a melody appeared and then they wrote it down.

I guess it's quite symbolic of the series as a whole. It started off fun and interesting which made me very enthusiastic at the time, but as the series went on there was nothing fresh about it apart from some half-baked gimmick which takes development resources away from actually innovating. Then again I'm not sure Game Freak knows how to innovate anyway.