Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Chibi-Robo is a gem of a game. I played it a lot growing up and always had fond memories of it, but it wasn't until fairly recently that I remembered just how weird and great the soundtrack is. There's a bunch of tunes that are worth talking about, more than I could get into in this one video, but I wanted to highlight some of the tracks that I thought exemplified the 'style' of the game's soundtrack. The long-winded, rambly, goofy, and at times intensely dissonant score is really hard to pin down to one style, and yet it all feels cohesive as the vision of sole composer Hirofumi Taniguchi. I don't know if I managed to shed any light on why the game's score sounds the way it does, but I had a ton of fun making this one and I hope you have fun watching it!
Background footage credit goes to LongplayArchive: youtu.be/9ZekURiUQx0
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TWITTER: twitter.com/8bitMusicTheory
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#ChibiRobo #videogamemusic #musictheory
Chibi-Robo is a gem of a game. I played it a lot growing up and always had fond memories of it, but it wasn't until fairly recently that I remembered just how weird and great the soundtrack is. There's a bunch of tunes that are worth talking about, more than I could get into in this one video, but I wanted to highlight some of the tracks that I thought exemplified the 'style' of the game's soundtrack. The long-winded, rambly, goofy, and at times intensely dissonant score is really hard to pin down to one style, and yet it all feels cohesive as the vision of sole composer Hirofumi Taniguchi. I don't know if I managed to shed any light on why the game's score sounds the way it does, but I had a ton of fun making this one and I hope you have fun watching it!
Background footage credit goes to LongplayArchive: youtu.be/9ZekURiUQx0
PATREON: patreon.com/8bitmusictheory
TWITTER: twitter.com/8bitMusicTheory
NOTEBOOK: themusiciansnotebook.com/collaborations/8-bit-music-theory
DISCORD: discord.gg/R8XUEdT
#ChibiRobo #videogamemusic #musictheory
