12-04-2010, 05:30 PM
(12-02-2010, 06:21 PM)unity100 Wrote: these songs were in tropico 3 game's soundtrack. these 2 songs, are sung by alex torres and his latin orchestra.
It's funny you mention Tropico 3. During the few occasions I have time to relax with a game, I seek out the "city builder/economy" games. I love the fact that in Tropico, you can play choose to play either as an entrepreneur, or a violent dictator. It seems so many games have a violent edge to them, but I thoroughly enjoy the non-violence gameplay and the latin score. The next Tropico is already in the works, and it looks amazing.
A lot of times when I'm programming, I find that vocals get too distracting, so I've found artists like Armik, Jesse Cook, and Gipsy Kings (their instrumental stuff) who deliver great upbeat latino (almost flamenco or cumbia) instrumental tracks. Does anyone listen to either of them?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4cjdTz1EqI (Armik - Flamenco)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKbO51Wuj...re=related (Jesse Cook)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7AyD_6Nh...re=related (Gipsy Kings)
As far as the repetition goes, I think most songs would have a degree of it, no? Modern music is designed to be patterned, only to be broken up by bridges, choruses and solos. Granted, I have heard certain Latino styles that seem to be in constant repetition of a few measures of music, which might be a little too much for some listeners.
Here's an example of puerto rican music that has a very repetitive nature, but again, it's characteristic of the genre, so it isn't a good thing or bad. It's just a listening preference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVfbL9XVh...re=related
Is that sort of what you were hinting at, Unity?
Good stuff all around, thanks!
Steve