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Hehe, when I'm in a TSFH mood I'm both in a Bergersen and Phoenix mood. It's like a combination of typical trailer music sounds from Nemesis and such with the more New Age stylings of Dreams and Imaginations and Illumina and Bergersen's talent for those big, strong melodies, and I love that. I think the reason I like Illusions so much is because it pretty much takes everything I love about Two Steps and combines it into one transcendent package.

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Well, I'm glad about that (although my ratings for those tracks are much higher 4.5 for all of them and a full 5 for 'A Place in Heaven' ). It's a decent album, but none of the tracks really floor me (except for the version of Sonera without that annoying vocalist, and this isn't even on the official release). So thank you for insisting on how good it is, so I could give it another chance. With these higher ratings, the album would probably end up on the 6th place after Nemesis.

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Although it is the cue that made Two Steps famous, so there is that.Īnyway, since I made that list I listened more to Illusions, and decided to upgrade the tracks Dreammaker, Ocean princess, A place in heaven, Merchant prince and Femme fatale from 3 stars to 3½ stars. And I think 'Freedom Fighters' is maybe their most overrated cue (that and 'Master of Shadows') it's good, but not among their very best. Also I prefer Power of Darkness above their other 'epic' albums, partially because it's the first Two Steps album I ever listened to (after discovering 'To Glory' on YouTube), but also because I think the metal/rock edge adds a dimension that some of the others like Legend lack. I just remember not liking a lot of the outwardly comedic cues and finding that not much of it truly blew me away (except 'Clock Tower Parade', natch).

Obviously we disagree to an extent on The Devil Wears Nada, although I haven't listened to that one in full in a while (maybe I'd appreciate it more now I'll put it down on my to-listen playlist). Volume 1 and Nero suffer from this to an extent as well cutting about a third out could raise both up a few places.

If a 60-90-minute album of my favorite cues from it were to be made it would easily rank somewhere near Skyworld. * Dreams and Imaginations is only this low because of what a vast and varied collection it is, and some of the more sound-designy pieces drag it down quite a bit. Well, might as well post mine for comparison:

I've left out compilation albums like Invincible n such. I do hope you give it a shot though.īetter late than never as they say, so here's the list I made some days ago:ġ6.All Drums go to Hell, Pathogen, All Drones Go to Hell, Balls to the Wall, Sinners, Burn Really, though, your (utterly inexplicable) dislike of bombast is probably going to severely limit your enjoyment of Thomas Bergersen and Two Steps. One of my favorite albums not just of recent years, but of all time, and there's not a single cue I skip when I'm listening to it.įor a more typical Two Steps experience (albeit even more bombastic) I'd recommend their first public album Invincible, which doesn't contain their most refined stuff, but certainly their most representative - and it has 'To Glory', which is my favorite cue of theirs. But the production values are astounding (Bergersen's balance between vocal, orchestral and electronic elements is seamlessly perfect), the pieces themselves are very melodic and highly memorable and very emotional. It's not just the usual chanting choirs (though that does figure heavily), there are a lot of vocalists and a lot of electronics and in general there's quite a bit of it that skirts with New Age. Admittedly it is bombastic, and you won't find a single cue that doesn't eventually go all out, but it's all done so well that the payoffs never feel 'cheap'. The first album anyone should go for is Illusions, which is a solo album by Bergersen and not really officially Two Steps, but same difference. Then you're shit out of luck with Two Steps From Hell.

What is a great album to start with? Preferably something that isn't all-out bombastic, which isn't really my cup of tea these days.

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