Simple question: If you had to get a band or composer to make a game soundtrack, specifically somebody not normally involved in either video game music or movie soundtracks, who would it be?
For a fighting game, I'd pick Avenged Sevenfold. The first time I heard one of their songs, the first words in my mind were "Guilty Gear", and every time I hear something of theirs I've not before, I think the same thing. Sure, it'd suck that Matt gets to do very little, but whatever.
For a game with a futuristic setting, I'd get Linkin Park to do it: their first two albums in particular sound like they could be video game soundtracks, especially Session on the Meteora album. Again, the singer's not gonna have much input other than composition ideas.
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