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Isn't it weird how a games music is considered outdated if it doesn't use an orchestral score?
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Synth music style invented around 30 years ago on technology that didn't exist a generation ago: "This sounds old-fashioned, the developers need to evolve."
Orchestral music played on instruments that have existed for thousands of years, in a style that's existed for hundreds: "Finally, a modern sounding ost!" 
I'm just tired of how bland and forgettable the compositions tend to be in big budget modern games. I've been thinking about the RE2 remake recently and how bland its new score is. It's not as much of a question of orchestrated vs synths as while the scores old RE games did use synthesised intruments, they were still going for a semi-orchestrated action movie score feel, with RE2 having some downright operatic flourishes with the Birkin boss themes.
The remakes forgo the originals' use of everpresent background music to focus more on dynamic background audio, which is fine, but even when the music's supposed to be kicking off, it just... isn't
Compare this boss theme from Resident Evil 2 (2019) to it's 1998 equivalent and tell me which is going to stick in your mind for 25 years
Modern studios are too cowardly to release anything like this anymore.
Or this
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