Song 155 (Kohei Tanaka--"Kline’s Dream")
I debated a lot about picking songs from video games, however, much the music that is played behind some video games is in fact quite good; so I decided to go ahead and pick a song from a video game that I believe is quite excellent.
This song is from the video game "Alundra," which is an RPG similar to "Land Stalker" and "Zelda" that emphasized puzzle solving over monster killing. It was released in '97 and was one of the last bastions of 2D graphics, however it overcame this weakness with a great: storyline, soundtrack, and gameplay; plus the graphics were quite good for being 2D.
As far as the soundtrack, it was all written and composed by Kohei Tanaka; the whole score to the game has been called "Neo-Classical" by some. In most games the music was meant to stay in the background, however the music from certain parts of the game almost never stayed in the background and almost demanded attention. In my opinion this song was one of the best to be found in the game, however it only played in one level: Kline's Dream. However, later in the game Kohei Tanaka actually made an appearance in the game itself in a house where you could listen to any of the tracks of the game.
With many game companies today taking music from recording artists' actual albums for their soundtracks rather than having the music composed for the game itself; ones like this are becoming quite rare.
Here is a fan video with the song on YouTube.
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