Why does Dark Souls sound like Dark Souls?

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Dark Souls III
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Dark Souls III (2016)
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The music of the souls games has a very specific sound that doesn't change much throughout the series, so in this video I take a look at some of the common elements that define the sound of these games.

0:00 - Intro
0:41 - No Music
1:27 - Orchestration
2:37 - Iudex Gundyr - Dark Souls 3
4:00 - Gehrman's Theme - Bloodborne
5:33 - Dominant V chords
6:31 - Firelink Shrine - Dark Souls
7:45 - Diminished vii chord
8:18 - Tower Knight - Demon's Souls
9:29 - Godskin Apostle - Elden Ring
11:19 - Great Grey Wolf Sif - Dark Souls
13:02 - Sinh, the Slumbering Dragon - Dark Souls 2
15:14 - Ornstein & Smough - Dark Souls
17:20 - Outro

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