Theme - Flashback (Genesis)

Cyril: This Flashback theme sounds like the kind of thing I would be into. It's dark and moody, which is how I like a lot of my music. I'm a fan of atmosphere, and this puts me in a cyberpunk kind of mood. But after I get past my initial love of the low-energy style, I'm left with a song that doesn't go anywhere. The whole thing is barely kept together by what sounds like a heartbeat. Occasionally you'll hear the sound of a baseball card stuck in the bicycle spokes. There isn't much beyond that. You can feel the weight of the song every time it loops back around to the start. I get the feeling that even the game wants this theme to stop. For the love of God, PUSH THE START BUTTON!!

Kevin: Flashback's theme takes a very minimalist approach. It wants to set an ominous tone, and it does that fairly well. Much of the theme seems to be ambiance, with the only constant instrument being a very spaced out kick drum. The kicks to me seem like a slowed heart beat, as if the theme is making you think in slow motion. It makes me feel as if this is a stealth or horror game rather than the unforgiving action game that it is. The ambiance itself is a bit hard to describe. The strange noise in the third repetition makes me think of a thick liquid substance dripping onto metal. What could that possibly be? It's creepy, which seems to be what they're going for. I don't think the theme fits the gameplay, but it definitely fits some of the settings.