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u/Straight-Twist-8172 17h ago
He is easily one of the greatest game composers of all time
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u/XBGamerX_20 13h ago
him and C418 take the title for me to be honest. don't ask me who's better, theyre just awesome composers.
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u/JoyconDrift_69 13h ago
Which I find funny because I cannot at all put the names to most of C418's two most iconic soundtracks. Like I can't tell you which one is Mice on Venus or Wet Hands.
And yet they're some of the most iconic songs in video game history. Especially compared to nearly every modern song for that game (except Pigstep)
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u/BusinessRecord502 12h ago
if only games you ever played are minecraft and undertale sure, toby and c418 are the best vgm composers
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u/XBGamerX_20 12h ago
thats why I said for me, but I feel like people would agree since there's no way one has not heard megalovania or Sweden at least once on the internet
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u/BusinessRecord502 12h ago
theyre definetly really popular, but i wouldnt call them the best because series like persona nier ff etc have way better soundtracks than undertale or minecraft. i definetly recommend these series.
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u/nabstablook11 10h ago
Do you have a specific game from each series as an example? I'd like to listen and compare
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u/Azeoteric 10h ago
Nier Automata has a really good soundtrack. But I can’t really recall many of the tracks from it whereas 11 years later I can still recall most of the Undertale soundtracks. Personally I just really like Toby’s music.
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u/Afraid_Platypus_8667 You're gonna have to try a little harder than THAT 12h ago
Agree, tbh he is one of my favorite artists for a reason as I just really love his music and some of the collabs he doe which shows his skills as a composer/ musician.
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u/Timlegoman 16h ago
I wouldn't say "The greatest" id say "a really good" or "one of the most intriguing"
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u/manzenik_23 15h ago
Why are ppl down voting you
"Wait... You don't think Toby's music is the greatest music of all time??? WELL YOURE WRONG!!"
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u/Nickest_Nick 14h ago
Because they didn't say it's the greatest, they called him one of the greatests, which is a very different thing
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u/manzenik_23 14h ago
and then still downvoted the guy when he disagreed
ppl have different opinions you know?? i may think undertale is one of the greatest indie games of all time, but i may also not think toby fox is one of the greatest video game composers of all time
just because ppl dont fully glaze your goat (while still saying hes good!!!) doesnt mean you should downvote them is all im saying
i swear to god sometimes it feels as if ppl here either click before they think or are just children
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u/Nickest_Nick 14h ago
the guy got downvoted not because they had a different opinion, but because they misread a comment and replied under that misreading
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u/AntelopeMother6149 14h ago
I didn’t downvote the person you’re responding to but is the downvote button not a disagree with you button? If more people disagree than agree you’re gonna get downvoted
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u/manzenik_23 14h ago
yes, but, again, its very minor distinction.
"one of the greatest" and "one of the most intriguring" are not that different
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u/ShipEqual2321 13h ago
All jokes aside, not really.
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u/TroubledSoul23 Say something nice! Have a nice day! 3h ago
I agree. He's really good, but he's as influential as Betthoven was in his era.
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u/ElectricalShare9905 18h ago
Only one thing to do now… have an epic rap battle of history
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u/Nickest_Nick 18h ago
My name is beethoven and I like to rap
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u/ElectricalShare9905 18h ago
Call me wing gaster cuz I’ll put you on blast
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u/whentheuhuhidunno I wish I was pretty :( 18h ago
hes more akin to a 21st century schizoid man ngl
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u/Guardian_Eatos67 pepsi dad 17h ago
Maybe Mozart since behaved like a dog and was a very silly guy back in the day
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u/PolarRanger 12h ago
Depends. Who is the 21st century Napoleon?
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u/theskinpeeler This is still the best game ever made. 18h ago
I think Nitro Rad compared him to Mozart, but either works, really.
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u/Nekotsuki_Zen 12h ago
For video game music? "Yes". ONE of the best video game composers we have right now.
But one of the best composers overall? "No."
(My bias wants to say he's the best ever)
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u/mauveine_skies 15h ago
No. I love his music but it isn't even in contention for the objective best music of this generation.
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u/StarNullify 14h ago
What would you say is
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u/mauveine_skies 14h ago
I don't know, I'm not musically inclined enough to think any of my tastes align with the objective best.
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u/codewario The power of [1997] shines within you 13h ago
I read this title as “Is Tony Fox the 21st Century Between”
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u/Traditional-Fix539 3h ago
it’s hard to tell right now. it depends on his legacy, mostly. how well was beethoven regarded when he was still alive?
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u/brochacho_brooms 2h ago
He certainly is one of the greatest game composers of our era, but he can't be the 21st century Ludwig van Beethoven when Christopher Larkin and Carlos Viola exist.
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u/Wonderworker_ Even when trapped, you still express yourself. 1h ago
Beethoven doesnt even come close
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u/Amphi-XYZ Wosh u flair 17h ago
It depends on your definition of "modern Beethoven". If it's just "the best music around" he's definitely in the top 3. If it's closer to "best classic-sounding music" I'd say that Lorien Testard is much closer to that title than anyone else
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u/BusinessRecord502 12h ago
toby is a good musician but definetly not one of the best. he is one of the best vgm composers. though hes not very high up on that list since shoji meguro keiichi okabe nobuo uematsu etc exist
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u/Stufy_stuf 8h ago
We are in 20 sentury because it’s 2026 not 2126 idiot
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u/Slaughter_Bottle 5h ago
So what would you call the sentury between 0-100 then? The zeroeth century?
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u/RedditSurfer29 *give us your balls. 5h ago
Fun fact, there IS actually no year 0 in the Gregorian calendar. This has caused multiple problems in history, because we couldn't decide whether the start of a century should be (x)x00 or (x)x01.
Another fun fact: The gregorian calendar isn't even accurate to Jesus's birth.
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u/Ravenclaw_14 POWER OF BONETROUSLED BOIS 49m ago
Maybe Mozart, my dude Mozart was a silly adhd boy, he and Toby would def get along and would more than likely want to collab with each other on a really fast-paced piano and synth piece guaranteed
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u/Silent_Moose_5691 16h ago
Who do you think taught Beethoven?