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as much as i love the new horizons music, new leaf music makes me feel so many things that i couldn't possibly be able to explain!! maybe it was because i played it for years so i have tons of memories to associate with it but it just doesn't feel the same
i know this is a lot of people's first animal crossing game so they might not know any different!! but i feel like the music doesn't have that same background-y quality anymore, so it feels very overpowering. music was something that would contribute to the experience rather than
- make it. i think the music from 5 am is the most representative of the music from new leaf. everything else doesn't feel right. maybe it's the nostalgia idk but i sure as hell play a lot less with headphones than i used to
i don't do music in school so i'm probably speaking out of my ass but as a consumer i feel like this is something to consider!!
the game definitely feels like it's taken more of a happy-go-lucky sort of approach to living all on your own with nobody you know rather than the more solemn and peaceful approach in the previous games which isn't a bad thing!! but it feels Different for sure
animal crossing continues to be my favourite franchise in the world so do not take this as me full on despising the series
adding onto this thread of one of the songs that's clearest in my mind from new leaf: the 7pm theme!! i'll post the link here and continue on the thread in the next reply
i used to play a lot of new leaf before and after school (so i don't know the themes from 7 am to around 3 pm) so this is the one i chose to overanalyze!!
it starts of with a somewhat fast paced piano, moving into what sounds like an accordion? then some more bass-y sounds are added, like a malimba-like sound, then adding a few exotic-like embellishments. i am a borderline artist, not a musician
7pm is a time of day for me personally where i don't quite have time to wind down and relax and have things to do. i think this song envelops the subtle worry i have, paired with the remaining energy from the rest of the day.
now, comparing this to new horizons' 7pm!!
it's definitely a very mellow tune, but the synthetic-sounding beats of the main theme make an appearance a few seconds in and completely pull away from the rest of the song.
the main theme is a sound you can hear in most, if not all, of the hourly tunes in new horizons, and it's never really,,, subtle?? it sounds very inorganic, i suppose??
the tunes in new horizons don't sound very organic themselves. to me it's like an energetic chorus that keeps going and going,, which isn't exactly the vibe you want from an exotic island!!
