Eva was playing Zelda as I walked in yesterday

[conuly]

Specifically, she was rescuing Yunobo. That is one catchy tune!

But very noticeable and not entirely like the rest of the atmospheric background music I've heard in this game. As we came around to the gongs* again, I asked "So... what's up with this music?"

Jenn: It's abandoned mine music.
Me: That explains it.
Eva: I love how you're pretending that makes sense.
Me: What are you talking about? I'm not pretending.

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Eva's right. The music doesn't scream "abandoned mine".
6 (28.6%)

You're right, it does.
15 (71.4%)

Anyway, then she went and helped build Tarrytown for a while, fetching lots of people (all with names ending in -son...) and wood and organizing a wedding. Because this is the important thing to do. The big boss will just spin his wheels while you do all the petty side quests, right? Definitely won't take over the world until you get there, because he just has to see the look on your face! (Besides, that wouldn't be playing fair, now would it?)

* Bells? Deep chimes? Not sure what to call it, honestly.

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[raino]

oooh, I've been wondering about how do soundtrack composers create these very recognizable locales and moods and wondered if there's a library of sounds with specific meanings we all recognize on some level. (I have no music education.) So it's possible to dissect songs like that! Do you know if these are universally understood the same way or is it cultural?

[flamingsword]

Some of it is cultural, like the staccato thing and the key tonality. Some of it, like the hissing and sound quality and relative volumes, may be universal to humans, but I am not as sure as I could be that the insect/snake in the grass type sounds set off a hunted feeling in us.

[conuly]

There have been studies trying to work out the answer to that, but not far-ranging enough to be 100% conclusive.