Music to Level Up Your Day: The Last Guardian

I don't know much about musical theory, nor am I a musically inclined person. However, I do love to listen to video game soundtracks. They can be a powerful listening experiences in their own right, or be as evocative as the scores composed for film. Each of these posts will feature a sampling of music tracks from a single game title, or series/franchise in some rare cases. A complete list of these can be found on the Video Game Music page.

Composer: Takeshi Furukawa

North American Release Date: December 2016

Players control a boy who befriends a giant griffon named Trico. Together they attempt to escape their prison, dodging stone guardians and crumbling architecture.

Furakawa stated that Ueda trusted him to compose the music and provided only a broad direction of a cinematic soundtrack and some specific directorial notes. Furakawa wanted to avoid overstating the emotional aspect of the game, which he felt was already sufficiently conveyed through the gameplay and animation, and instead kept the music restrained except during key narrative elements or in specific locales of the game.

Forest | (Opening Cinematic Theme)

Flashback | (Story Theme)

Finale 1 - Apex | (Area Theme)

Finale 2 - Escape | (Area Theme)

The Last Guardian Suite | (Credits Theme)

Epilogue | (Credits Theme)

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