Which songs did you like most?

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Is it really? An instrumental song is a song even if nobody sings :smiley:

I mean, I agree with you that the soundtrack isn’t “songs”, but still, YYZ is a song (and one of the best indeed!) :metal:

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Fair enough. Also, Mendelssohn wrote several songs without words in the 19th century.
I usually see people referring to music as song because they just don’t know the names of other musical forms. Just the first five terms that came to my mind:

  1. song (??? :smile:)
  2. rag (piece of ragtime music)
  3. waltz (music for accompanying a certain dance)
  4. score (music played along a movie’s pictures)
  5. march, …
    We’re getting off topic though, I believe. :slight_smile:
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I think the soundtrack is terrific (and I say this as a person who might not be all that over the moon about the game itself to be honest). I absolutely love the creepy Twin Peaks vibe many of the songs give, they both fit the game perfectly and are easily good enough to stand on their own.

I do agree that the first 15 or so seconds of No Quarter did get somewhat repetitive in the game, but the song wasn’t bad so it wasn’t that much of a big deal… until I got the vocal version on the soundtrack. What happened there? It’s downright terrible! :frowning: I would much rather only have the original non-vocal version on the soundtrack, but that’s my only complaint. 3.5 / 5

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The Hotel song. Especially 1.11 to 1.30 part.

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Without listening again to refresh my mind I’d say:

  1. The Thimbleweed Opener! I always wait for Ron to interrupt this with the podcast intro! :slight_smile:
  2. Hotel Elevator: I always had to laugh when they used this piece in the podcast while time is passing. :smiley: And using this also in the pause menu is just cool!
  3. Quickie Pal with its cool and relaxed reggae vibes… :mushroom: (I also hear some Scurvy Scallywags references in there… :slight_smile: )
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Well, finally I’m not the only person in this thread to have the elevator song among the favorite ones. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Ending is a wow piece,
I like also Variations, sounds somewhat epic/celebrative.
Circus is very good.

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County, Opener and Factory.

County is beautiful and lonely, especially when the guitars come in, Opener sets the scene for the whole thing beautifully and Factory has the suspense with the little “beeps” added, wonderful.

I have the OST on my music USB stick and play it in my car on long night drives.

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Ending (hands down)
Then a close tie between the Trailer Variations and the Opening Theme. The latter is stuck in my mind forever, including the “Hi, I’m Ron Gilbert, welcome to The Thimbleweed Park. Standup Meeting… Podcast. And as usual I am joined by …”
The variations makes for a longer and more interesting listening.

In the end, all three fit very well together

(If you like Factory, check out Scurvy Scallywags - scored also by Steve Kirk)
(If you like Steve Kirk’s guitar playing, check out Spin by Kathy Sparling

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