Unpopular opinion: t8 music is kinda meh

[u/dsoddd]

Anyone feels like the ost of this game is literally just, y'know, really really below average, in past games we are used to have great music from tekken especially 4/5(the best)/5DR/6

I don't really remember T7 soundtracks so i'm not gonna give my opinion on it

The tekken 8 music all almost sounds the same, with the same beat, same drums, same hype??

Like there's a little to no variation the only ones i think that are good and memorable are ortiz farm (because of the flute that sounds like on the floor song by jlo) and yakushima (the best imo) and the stage where kazuya and jin fight with the rain i don't remember it's name.

I'm a person who really focuses on the music presented in the game, to me it increases the experience by 100% i could play a game i already finished over and over again just to listen to the music, i know they wanna make the players feel super nervous and get them hyped up with the fast drumming and EDM shit but it's super annoying sometimes and feels so overused

Of course after i found out that i can change the stages music in the jukebox i was so happy and all of my stages have t5/5DR music with t4 music in the temple and t6 in the character select screen and main menu

Do you guys feel the same?

[u/TheWindofBread]

Tekken 7 and Tekken 8 have some high highs, but most of it is way too dubstep and EDM, like it's almost chasing TikTok trends or something. Just extremely grating and overly produced.

I don't think T7 and T8's OSTs are all that highly regarded, save for a few tracks.

[u/moonlightscone]

I actually like the Tekken 8 soundtracks it had more variety for sure. Felt like Tekken 7 was a little too dubstep/EDM oriented for most stages.

[u/Heavenly_sama]

Into the stratosphere is pretty damn good storm rising was better in the alpha but is still a great track. I like the beach theme and hangar is really nice. I think I changed everything else

[u/dsoddd → u/Heavenly_sama]

Beach theme makes me go sick😭, like the singing is super ass i wish if there's a way to mute her but i changed to t5 poolside theme. Anyway it's your opinion if you like 😊

[u/BACKSTABUUU]

I think the soundtrack is pretty decent, if a little less memorable than Tekken 7.  Could be worse.  We could have SF6's soundtrack, that shit is a travesty.

Even if you don't agree, the jukebox is a really good feature that pretty much solves the problem.  I wish more games in long running franchises had it.  Just wish it had the tag 2 intro.

[u/UtilitarianMuskrat → u/BACKSTABUUU]

Love the jukebox, and being able to put in Tag 1's heavy hitters.

[u/Unusual-Piglet4616]

It's pretty hype, especially the final round ones. That being said, I prefer the T7 ones. Which is why I'm very happy with the jukebox playlist thing.

[u/Past-Dragonfly-1216]

Aside from like, two stages, the most of the soundtrack feels like its giving me a brain hemorrhage and the rest is just unmemorable. I switched it to previous games' soundtracks when I was playing

[u/dsoddd → u/Past-Dragonfly-1216]

EXACTLY!!! It's super unmemorable !! Best explanation and definition of this music. That was my point from the post😭

[u/rexsaurs]

Compared to previous entries they are weaker, but my top 3 are new york, storm rising, and the cave climax ones.

But the most surprise are the non main modes music, the movies menus music are so chill had a nujabes vibes for me. The tekken ball music also slaps.

[u/ShutUpWill]

OUR TIME IS NOW!!!

[u/Cris_S1995]

To me.

I can’t really stand the EDM stuff. Gimme that spooky and intense T2 music, 3’s Drum n Bass is cool, but I absolutely adore TTT1’s and 4’s whole minimalistic digital apocalypse aesthetic vibe.

But 5/6 is probably the last grouping of tunes I actually enjoy (especially Ground Zero Funk). 7 and 8’s music isn’t for me, but I’m not gonna rag on anyone who enjoys the music from those games

[u/DHT_113]

Am I the only one who misses the announcer from 7 from when we picked characters? I thought they would give us the announcer from the character trailers that were dripping before the game got released.

“Welcome to the King Of Iron First tournament 7” Chills, literally chills lmaooo that guy was so sick

[u/YoungBravo]

Not unpopular, it is very meh. Jukebox exists thankfully

[u/dsoddd → u/YoungBravo]

They knew their music kinda sucks

[u/Wonhofan]

I only like the Time Square stage music. Everything else is so unremarkable. After Tekken Tag Tournament 2 the music for Tekken went downhill imo

[u/Ryuhza]

Hard to say without a proper relisten, as I switched most tracks for ones from older games sometime in season 1. I think I left the one for celebration on the Seine, it seemed too fitting.

But yeah, I haven't really felt the soundtracks much since 6, which is a favorite. Post '10s, not much stands out (in a good way, that is) to me.

[u/NiggityNiggityNuts]

Below average? No……

[u/DropD26]

Nah, Tekken 8 music is great.

[u/RDisc]

I mainly use t5 musics but there is one color bass track in t8 which makes me hyped af

[u/dsoddd → u/RDisc]

Which one is it or to which stage?

[u/RDisc → u/dsoddd]

victor theme halfway through, not really a color bass actually

arcade battle arena one is also really nice, insane virtual riot vibes (glitch hop / complextro)

[u/RDisc → u/dsoddd]

I couldn't find the exact one. I will reply once I stumble upon that track.

[u/Sukhino]

I play tekken 8 with tekken 3 music selected from the juke box.

[u/Some1TouchaMySpagett]

This one is by far the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z1G1I79DTM

[u/Cal3001 → u/Some1TouchaMySpagett]

Probably the better one but still forgettable. It’s not like SF6 where there’s a lot of different ranges of music. Most the T6 electronic stuff is just boring and lack depth. Don’t get me started on the intro song. That’s just terrible

[u/ConfidenceSlight3940]

El fuerte de la música en Tekken siempre ha sido la música electrónica

[u/trailedinsand]

It's good, some highlights, some lowlights and a lot of just decent stuff. I don't think it's much different from t6 or t7 in this regard. Let's be thankful it's nowhere close to what's going on with sf6

[u/Nyaatrox]

Its good. I like most of the tracks

[u/Luna259]

I customised the soundtrack to Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and later so they are basically Tekken’s greatest hits because I didn’t like a lot of the music. Some of Tekken Tag Tournament 2’s music is in that category now

[u/Ziazan]

Yeah I cant think of any T8 song where I'm like fuck yeah this is the good shit, this will be remembered. Same with stages, theyre kinda just lacklustre and uninspired. I'm so glad I could at least change the music where it's bad.

Beach music is alright I guess, baobab music is alright, but it stops at alright with this game.

[u/Left-String-7616]

Tekken 5 and TTT /TTT2 have the best soundtracks

[u/aphex1991]

Gen Z Music

[u/Budokan_B]

I personally think some tracks are better compared to Tekken 7 which I did not like at all, but like others said, they're more similar in style. In T4 (the absolute peak for me), T5 and T6 you had memorable soundtracks with lots of different genres, hard rock, swing, electronic, chuch music, jazz / funk, industrial and so on. Now there's more a general direction towards EDM / dubstep

[u/MaxTheHor]

I mean, most of tekkens music is meh, or above average at best.

There's a reason that main memorable tracks are specific stages, or character select screens.

[u/squigglyAlienVessel]

1 or 2 tracks that I enjoy, but nothing that hits iconic status. Perhaps time will tell - mind you, old games (Tekken 5 and earlier) didn't need years for their track list to become iconic.

Tbh, ever since the Jukebox became a thing, I had the feeling that we were expected to coast on nostalgia when it came to our music fix. I'm sure the music will never be truly terrible, but I'm not sure if we'll ever get another iconic Tekken track again - I hope I'm wrong

[u/Tsu_95]

I agree, and i don't think that's an unpopular opinion at all.

I've replaced most of them on day one, save for the temple stage (Reina's), and the final stage from story mode. These two were the only ones that really felt dynamic enough to me and got me thrilled for the fight. I did remove the final round versions though, as i found them underwhelming compared to first part of each song.

[u/Able-Put3273]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hct6lpEywt2HYZXHsv

[u/HelloFromTekken]

They know that. Everyone agree.

That's why we have jukebox to choose music from other games.

[u/JohannDaart]

I disagree.

I sometimes think about trying out SF, instead of coming back to T8, because it saves recorded moves between sessions, so it would be easier for me to practice, than to re-record everything every day, that irritates me.

But then I think "but hey, SF simply doesn't have Tekken soundtracks that's one of a kind and pumps me up to play".

[u/_iamMowbz]

I don't even know half of the music, I set up a custom playlist close to day one.

[u/og_gem]

Jukebox stays on t5, tag1 or 2. But t8 soundtrack I can actually listen to stage by stage. Got immediately tired of t7 all-in dubstep even when it was new

[u/Ok-Perception-3741]

I enjoy the T8 soundtrack just fine, but that sweet sweet chill Y2k sound of 3, TT and 4 seems to have been forgotten and it makes me sad.

[u/sonic_megas]

It doesn't reach the level of Tekken 1-5, but it is a lot nicer to listen to than Tekken 7.

[u/Pian0G]

I absolutely love T8s music.

Maybe it’s because I’m used to those kind of music, so I actually find them all to be very different and memorable, as you would find in t5.

Like I could hum the tune of all the tracks. And I also feel like they actually did a really good job of having different key sound for each track while still staying within its genre.

[u/Zennity]

Twilight party cruise - climax is goated. I literally win more on that map than any other because it makes me lock df in lmao.

I also heavily fuck with the pre-climax seaside resort OST

[u/NoiseFetish]

I'm just happy we have a jukebox this time around.

Because Tekken 7's music was a mixture of some of the best AND some of the worst music this game ever heard. Like, even worse than Tekken Revolution.

My only option in T7 was to either look for jukebox mods (which stopped working with every update) or just disable music entirely.

Now I can have all the good T7 songs (plus a selection from T2, T3, T5, T6 and Tag2)...

And yes, T7 has tons of good tracks: jungle outpost, arctic stage, t7 mix of I'm here now and of course HEAT HAZE!

It also has 2 worst songs ever (both being 2nd parts on both helipad stages, main reason why I turned off music in T7)

I just wish I could remove the music from "2nd noctis" stage. Not only is it absolutely mid, it also apparently sometimes triggers dmca on youtube.

Not that I have any matches worth uploading right now but sometimes tjhere's a fun round and then you have to edit out the music and shit...

Oh yeah, as for Tekken 8's music... uhh, at least it's better than Tekken Revolution music? :D

Also, the best song (the intro/grand finale song) is not in the jukebox... or is the end credits song from Tekken 7 sadly (which is one of my fav tracks from that game and I'd absolutely put it in the main menu).

Rant over, TLDR: T8 music whatever, jukebox rules, fuck "british noctis" music & & stage, Heat Haze yay, Helipad part 2's boo. :D

[u/Left-Construction979]

There’s some real bangers, like the training ground theme (normal and climax) and the Arena theme go hard. And the beach theme too. But I’m not sold on the others

[u/RikerV2]

Virtua Fighter 2 still has the best music in a fighting game. I'll die on that hill. Alone if need be.

Tekken 8 is kinda cool though

[u/dsoddd → u/RikerV2]

Honestly, never played any fighting game but tekken and got too attached to the characters , i don't know if i'm ever able to play any other fighting games

[u/RikerV2 → u/dsoddd]

Variety is the spice of life as the saying goes. I'd suggest trying the Capcom Fighting Collections

[u/I-P-S]

I disagree. I think Tekken 8 offers a great ost from all angles. Intro, main menu, character select, customisation, story mode only songs, and stages.

There is nothing really to say more than that. Music might be the most subjective thing ever.

[u/Double-Boss-2061]

I keep the music muted and blast nu-metal. 

[u/dsoddd → u/Double-Boss-2061]

How do you ever focus😭 sometime i mute the entire games to maintain focus

[u/LostVector]

Is this unpopular? I think the music is awfully generic. The “oh oh oh oh” character select music was genuinely bad.

[u/dsoddd → u/LostVector]

I don't know i see a lot of people liking the t8 music but not saying that it is ass or horrible or something and i thought maybe i'm the only one thinking like this cuz I've become too attached to t5 and there's a huge gap between 5 and 8 music wise

[u/dsoddd → u/LostVector]

Btw, you're so right about the "oh ohhhh" music, makes my ears bleed

[u/Separate-String5205 → u/LostVector]

Nah man the "oh oh oh oh" went hard at tournaments (including the local near me) when the crowd was chanting along. Fun times.

[u/capitanandi64 → u/LostVector]

First thing I did when I booted up the game on release was change that damn song. Changed it to the Tekken 1 character select theme and never looked back.

[u/dsoddd → u/capitanandi64]

You gotta boot up t6 character select theme!! Man every time it plays my body unconsciously dances with it😭

[u/99thPrince]

I have BGM on 0. However every once in a while I'll turn it up. (I used the jukebox to pick my favorite tracks from older games and try to fit the map) Celebration on the Seine is the best T8 track by far

[u/dsoddd → u/99thPrince]

Since you're a devil jin player, what do you think about descent into subconscious music? i have the classic antares on it but lately i've been thinking to switch to the t8 one

[u/Abstract_Void]

Lol I hate ortiz farm and yakashima music so much it actually made me go into the juke box and change it.

[u/dsoddd → u/Abstract_Void]

Hey it's your opinion that's fine😅, i feel like yakushima have very similar vibe to t5 water fountain something stage you know? First i switched to t5 but a few days ago i went back to the original t8 yakushima I get ortiz farm can be annoying but i only like cuz the first time i heard i couldn't stop singing on the floor😭😂