Welp anyways, this is my 2cents on the matter. Not sure if anyone has mentioned some specific things ive said, but the thought of going through 19 pages to filter out who exactly is just critiquing the music and translation is a bit bleh. So sorry if these points have already been made. Hopefully i provide new ones?
I gave Skrillex and Utada the benefit of the doubt when i first heard of their collab & thought
"Surely they wouldn’t add dubstep/future bass crap to a KH intro….right?"
0:48 sounds pretty good...so far
0:58 *hears future bass* annnnd there it is =_=
The build up at 0:48 was going well and then the "drop" at 0:58 felt so pitifully WEAK and sooooo sloooowww and ruined the tempo for me and left me with blue balls expecting an epic drop.
It would have been better if it continued into a faster bmp upbeat tempo.
It doesn’t even compete with punpees build up and drop. At least Punpee kept the flow going.
Why Utada gave the okay for Skrillex to use this sound is beyond me.
I feel like this type of genre would never sound good in the kh series (But Utada and square obviously disagree =_=").
Im all for trying a different sound, but at least pick one that matches or enhances the previous openings.
Personally, I thought something trance like would have been a good sub genre to play around with.
It doesnt have that kh sound or feel to it, if that makes sense… like simple & clean and sanctuary did.
Those 2 opening songs were so perfect in their own right and fit so well with their corresponding game.
I doubt that when i eventually hear the full version that I will change my mind.
(Soz i just really needed to rant about it this)
I hope Utada's single has a non-skrillex version. Just like we have the remixs & non remix of simple and clean.
So far from what i have seen, it seems like a mixed opinion on the "drop" part at 0:58.
What are your opinions on it? yay or nay?
P.s I also prefer the Japanese lyrics for face my fears and dont think twice. Utada really butchered these 2 songs when translating it to english.
Whats up with the "should I take deep? and what a bittersweet?" part??!!! Holy molly, does this English piss me off when it could have easily been fixed. Even if it has been done on purpose, it sounds so off (and not in a good ingrish way).
Here let me fix it:
Breath, "Should I breathe in deep?"
Faith, should I take the leap? ( this part is just fine, you get a A+ Utada)
Taste, "Why so bittersweet?"
In this case, I wish she would just do a literal translation of the Japanese version instead of writing completely new lyrics.
(and what I'm about to say is tantamount to sacrilege so stay on your horses fellas) I didn't like simple and clean at all when I first heard it, because my first kh games were 2 and Days and I wasn't used to it. But I got there and guess what? It didn't ruin my enjoyment of the game so even if I don't take to this new theme straight away I'm sure it won't detract from the experience.
Are people seriously saying that just because the op song is bad that the game is ruined?
The logic...god help us all.
So the opening is bad to some, sure but how does a one song ruin an entire game?!
Don't know why people are complaining about the music? It's fine and do people really want Simple and Clean for the 700th time?
100% agree. I never want to hear simple and clean again in future kh games remixed or not.