Music: Pokemon Black 2 & Pokemon White 2 Super Music Collection

Disclaimer-Like Thing: Yes, I play Pokemon, and I love it. Started with Heart Gold.

Where do I begin with my all-time favorite Pokemon soundtrack? After all, the soundtracks of Black, White, Black 2, and White 2 are the most incredible Pokemon albums by far, at least in my opinion. 

As I mentioned earlier, this soundtrack is incredible. From the opening theme and Signs of the Beginning (An Adventure is Beginning, in other versions), which both give you the sense that you're about to begin a journey of epic proportions, to the high-energy, all-eyes-are-on-you theme of the Nimbasa City Gym, each track fits its context perfectly. 

When you set foot in Floccesy Town, its theme conveys the feeling of a small town where the days go by without anything of worldview-changing significance occurring very often, where the residents are friendly, and everyone knows one another. 

Infiltration Into the Plasma Frigate! has to be one of my favorites. Listening to it gives me the feeling of breaking into a heavily-guarded area, trying to remain unnoticed, as if even a single heartbeat will lead to failure, making everything leading up to that point mean nothing at all. Everything is on the line, failure is not an option, and just maybe someone who you thought was your enemy was your ally all along, working behind the scenes to make sure that this operation can be pulled off. 

Overall, I love this whole soundtrack. There's no other way to put it.

Before you go, consider checking out my Patreon page! I'd really appreciate some support there, since I'd rather buy actual albums from reliable sources instead of listen to YouTube playlists. With YouTube playlists, I generally don't have a clear idea of the answers to these questions: "Are all of the tracks here?" "Are there excess tracks that are really just sound effect clips?" and "Did someone just take a video on their phone at a concert, and then replace the visuals with an image of the album cover?"

Update: Another thing about Patreon...

The only edit made (aside from this header) was clicking the "Remove Formatting" button. 

I know that most of you probably haven't even thought about supporting me via Patreon, but for those of you who might be (no matter how few you are), here's an explanation as to what it means to support me on Patreon:

I discovered that few people know about Patreon. Seeing as I have a page on that site now, I'd like to take a minute to explain exactly what it is.

People who create things they post on the internet generally have a difficult time making a consistent income, which is an issue Patreon tries to help solve. This is done by allowing people to "pledge" money to the creator they want to support, and receive rewards made by the creator in return. Creators can charge on either a per-post basis or per-month basis, and like most people, I settled for the per-month option. This means if you, for example, pledge $1, you give me that much money each month, and get access to Patron-only posts on my Patreon page. These posts are short stories, poems, and maybe will be the occasional review of things unrelated to music.

So you give me money, but what do I spend it on? Most of the money I get from Patreon I plan on using to buy more albums to review, while a little of the money left from that will go towards registering the copyright on my novel, and whatever is left after that will go towards personal spending (photography equipment, art supplies, a new router, etc.).

Have a good day everyone, I'm going to go get something to eat now. I haven't consumed anything except water and breathable air since lunch.

Music: The Wastelands from Last Ninja Preview by Matt Gray C64

This is a single, not an entire album. That's why this review is shorter than my usual work.

Matt Gray is at it yet again, remaking music from The Last Ninja for the Commodore 64. I listened to this track, and knew that I just had to review it.

This whole song is very upbeat, with a bit of anxious heroism. It's as if everything is on the line, and you can't afford to fail your mission. It gives the idea that if you fail, "The whole world could explode." (Agent Washingtub, Red vs. Blue Season 6) and I love it.

Okay, after quoting Red vs. Blue, I just started thinking of ways to fit this song into its soundtrack. Needless to say, none of them actually worked. Now I really want to watch all of RvB again...

I enjoyed this single, and I'm somewhat sad that the whole album won't be released until... September 2018, according to the Reformation 2 Kickstarter page. That's right, this preview is for an album that won't be released until next year. 

Finally, please don't forget that I have a Patreon page now! Please check it out, even if you don't want to pledge any money. Clicking the "Become a patron" button on the right side of the page only takes you to my Patreon page, it doesn't force you into paying for anything.