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Underrated music

Dream Wisps·8/2/2018, 5:41:06 AM·6 votes·3,868 views

Hey! The reworked akali just dropped on live servers, and of course the first thing I always do is listen to the soundtrack. As soon as it started playing, I was mistified. It sounds so beautiful and really gives you the feel of being a ninja. I don't know what instrument that is, but the string gives the song a wonderful melody, and I love how different every piece of the soundtrack is. Riot's music is really underrated. Good job to whoever wrote this one! When I first hear the soundtracks, for example GGMF, and pyke, I didn't like the beat, but as soon as you listen to all of it you instantly love it. My favorites are Irelia's, Akali's, and Lunar Revel. Keep up the good work, and hopefully people will actually try and listen to the soundtrack instead of instantly jumping into a game with her!

Anyways, if you read this and havn't hear the entire soundtrack, I highly recommend giving it a try!

Ps. The flute and drums also give it a mysterious flare! Again great job. I absolutely love it!

7 Comments

RiotTalondor8/2/2018, 5:42:19 PM5 votes

Thanks very much for the kind words, we're so glad to hear you're enjoying Akali's music! Beyond the electric violin (which I believe is the string instrument you were curious about) and flute in this piece (both of which were played by wonderful musicians!), one of the primary instruments I used was a tongue drum tuned to the Akebono scale; mixed with a variety of other hang drums. The continuous motion in those drums played a big role in Akali's sound :)

Akali

Camille Ferrøs8/2/2018, 10:19:14 AM2 votes

Sadly the music is not even rated..Players don't even know that music for league exists...

Larriet8/2/2018, 7:20:26 PM1 votes

Do you mean a specific year for Lunar Revel, or the track that's just called "Lunar Revel"? I'm quite fond of the 2018 song.

Metallikaiser8/3/2018, 5:08:23 PM1 votes

It is indeed fantastic stuff, Aatrox's and Swains frequent my ears for sure. I will say that I feel Urgot's is especially underrated. Even among people who talk about the music, I haven't heard anyone bring up his theme. Ultimately I can understand why though, its not music that most people are bound to like. They picked a genre they knew was obscure and unpopular, but as a fan of Industrial Metal I certainly liked it, I think it stands as a solid piece of its own within the genre, and I think the fact that riot chose it shows me that they are willing to put in a lot of effort to make sure they have the perfect theme for a champ.

I eagerly anticipate when Mordekaiser gets reworked for a multitude of reasons, but hearing what bad ass Heavy Metal track comes with him is bound to be a highlight.