{"id":40023,"date":"2024-11-18T18:03:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T09:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=40023"},"modified":"2024-11-18T18:03:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T09:03:38","slug":"metaphor-refantazio-soundtrack-composer-didnt-mean-to-go-so-hard-with-the-games-ost-and-was-surprised-at-the-attention-it-received","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/metaphor-refantazio-soundtrack-composer-didnt-mean-to-go-so-hard-with-the-games-ost-and-was-surprised-at-the-attention-it-received\/","title":{"rendered":"Metaphor: ReFantazio composer didn\u2019t mean to go so hard with the game\u2019s OST, and was surprised at the attention it received\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Atlus\u2019s latest RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio released last month to rave reviews. In a recent interview with Famitsu<\/a>, long-time Persona series composer Shoji Meguro gave some insight into his work conceptualizing and composing Metaphor: ReFantazio\u2019s soundtrack, as well as his surprise at players\u2019 reactions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unlike the game\u2019s director who keeps a healthy distance from user feedback<\/a>, it seems that Meguro has been keeping an eye on what players have to say about his latest soundtrack. \u201cI didn\u2019t think there would be much reaction to (Metaphor: ReFantazio\u2019s) soundtrack, as it doesn\u2019t have as many flashy songs as the Persona series,\u201d Meguro comments. He explains that he approached composing for Metaphor: ReFantazio in a different way to the Persona games. Instead of trying to drive home the concept of the game through the sound, he originally took a more nuanced approach to Metaphor; ReFantazio\u2019s OST- aiming to let the music do its work from behind the scenes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHowever, when I looked at people\u2019s reactions to the soundtrack, it was really surprising to me that some people kindly commented things like \u2018it\u2019s very Atlus-like’ and \u2018it\u2019s quite an aggressive soundtrack this time too,\u2019\u201d Meguro reveals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metaphor: ReFantazio\u2019s soundtrack features a mixture of calm classical interludes and bombastic, epic orchestral pieces that make heavy use of choral vocals to bring to life its turbulent medieval fantasy world. Some of the chanting that can be heard in the soundtrack in tracks like \u201cPrelude to a Heroic Tale\u201d (below) was done by Buddhist temple abbot Keisuke Honryou (incidentally, this track is apparently character designer Shigenori Soejima\u2019s favorite).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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