Andy Bundy

Tag: Music

  • Music Monday – May 25, 2026 – “Reach Out To The Truth”

    “Is it really necessary to talk about a Persona soundtrack? Do they need an introduction?”

    Well, yes, kinda. See, if you’re not talking about Persona 5, then the soundtracks have never really cracked into the mainstream. Sure, people who played Persona 4 Golden (also known as the only reason to buy a PlayStation Vita) know about the “Oops, All Bangers” OST. And Atlas did cash in on the success of Persona 5 with a remake of Persona 3, feeding fans with yet more tasty beats to Dance in Moonlight

    “See, the music is so good there’s even a rhythm game spinoff. THREE OF THEM. You just referenced one!”

    Yeah, but people gotta know about one of the best battle game music songs ever made! No, I don’t mean Last Surprise in P5, I mean it’s predecessor in Persona 4 – Reach Out To The Truth

    It’s…discordant. Evocative. Chaotic and destructive, things one might say about some teenagers who picked up replica ninja daggers and golf clubs and started fighting with magic powers they just discovered.

    In short, it’s exactly the kind of music you’d expect for a psychedelic journey into Jungian concepts embedded deep into a small town murder mystery. These are kids doing giving their best punk rock spirit and handling everything the police can’t (spoiler: or perhaps ACAB is even MORE appropriate than normal). The harsh guitar riffs, the aggressive drums, too-cool-for-school vocals…this song will have you bopping your head in every fight. Best of all, the character seem to hop and thump right along with you as you make your choices in combat.

    They can hear it, too. This is the soundtrack to the Midnight Channel.

    So what do you think? Does Reach Out To The Truth take the top spot for Persona battle music? Where does it rank among your BGM preferences? Let me know!

    “Hey wait, what about the music for Persona 1 and 2? Don’t they-“

    Shh, we don’t talk about those

  • Music Monday – April 14, 2026 – “Someday the dream must end…”

    “Listen to my story. This may be our last chance.”

    The words that open Final Fantasy X are legendary, haunting every player who has ever stepped into Spira. But throughout the journey, you know how the story ends. You know where Tidus, Yuna, and the rest will end up. The game repeatedly tells you and makes no bones about it.

    Fate cannot be changed, only understood better by those doomed to witness it. Granted, there are twists, and you may not understand who will experience what part of the story, but this is a tragedy.

    So when the day finally comes that you enter that final area, marching onwards and hoping that you’re wrong, the music is the first assurance that this is, in fact, The End.

    A Fleeting Dream is unique among the tracks in Final Fantasy X in that it plays uninterrupted. Looping infinitely, it follows you from screen to screen, overworld to battles and back again, replacing all the other songs you’ve grown accustomed to. There’s no upbeat battle theme here, no jaunty tune to say “come on, there’s monsters to fight, let’s go!”

    You are marching forward towards fate. A long, slow journey that cannot be stopped, just like the music. You choose to keep going, despite everything that’s happened and that you know this will not be a happy ending. You keep going.

    But, like many FFX songs, there are multiple versions. When the HD Remaster came around, the entire OST was reworked, and while many of the songs are the same, many are not. Players remain divided on which soundtrack they prefer, with no clear winner among the two. For myself, I have grown fond of the Remaster instrumentation, the clearer, more dramatic crescendos.

    Do you have a preference? Have you made the long journey to see Yuna’s story to its end? Let us know in the comments!