Friday, March 9, 2012

What Do These Have In Common?

What do a phoenix, a spider, a mobile military academy, an archangel, a giant meteor, and some strange walking squid creature have in common?  (You know, besides all being fantasy or science fiction elements.) 
















Well, Harry Murrell decided to learn to play music on his guitar from each of the games that contain these elements.  He made these videos available to the world.  Check it out:

Baldur's Gate - The Friendly Arm Inn

Baldur's Gate 2 - Main Theme

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 - Grass

Heroes of Might and Magic 3 - Rampart

Final Fantasy 7 - Holding My Thoughts In My Heart

Final Fantasy 8 - Balamb Garden

I really enjoyed all these games, even though they are all rather different.  It was very interesting to see that one man decided to figure out the music for all of them, on his guitar no less.  He must have a good taste in games!  Of course, looking back on those games now, one of the things that stands out is that I frequently listen to the music of all of them.  In fact, I find much of the music from those games relaxing while I work.  Therefore, it may not be so rare that he likes music from the same games as I do, as all those games are popular successes.  However, it still made me fell a connection to him for liking the same things as me. 

The only way Mr. Murrell's set could be more complete, would be if he added some Quest for Glory music to his collection of music played on his guitar.  Then he would have the quadfecta of WRPG, Strategy RPG, JRPG, and Adventure RPG!