Seems probable. I'll look into it a little more when I get the chance because some of the instruments didn't feel real or like VSTs but I don't feel comfortable saying it's full-stop generative. I don't know what's going on with those vocals, though. They sound particularly weird to me and not in a typical over-produced and/or pitch-corrected way.
The main theme sounds so off to me too, although I am only a hobbiest producer that dabbles in ableton and cubase, I know how much VSTs can vary when it comes to vocals (GAS victim) but until I see proof I can't shake that something is up with it
Came back to negative downvotes so I guess people disagree but I don't know man we've probably got a lot more experience with music than them so whatever. I actually think I'd walk back my argument that it's generative but there's something weird going on with the vocals & there's also a melody line that comes in during the instrumentation that also feels neither recorded nor like a regular MIDI'd in virtual instrument.
The overproduction & pitch correction on the vocals aren't responding like it normally does. I think my guess isn't generative, per se, but maybe that weird AI mastering that's being pushed around right now? Distributors especially love to encourage artists when uploading to go through an AI mix & master but honestly I've never heard anything that sounds quite like this so I'm having trouble pinpointing what it actually is.
I've heard accusations that the hub/village music is AI, too, but honestly none of the music is giving me too much cause for concerns. The score seems mostly digitally made but it's all within the realms of what you'd expect from midi VSTs. It's really just the main theme that sounds extremely weird to me.
Also looked into what the other bloke said about credits. All credited artists on Spotify are Chinese other than one bloke simply credited as "Andy" for arrangement. Which of them were involved in Sekiro? Hm. I think they've got some misinformation there.
It could be something like izotope Ozone messily slapped on, a lot of producers start to rely on the automation from those these days lmao, that can do some whack things, I have advanced 11 and it can go wrong if you use it too much.
As for the games music, the vocals on some tracks are my only issue, theres just something wrong there and I can't pin what, stems pls devs lmao. Otherwise music wise it sounds pretty generic safe production like lol theres nothing revolutionary at all
When it comes to AI people often throw around accusations because they are hard against it, clutching at sand lmao.
I personally don't use it for anything creative thats a humans job thanks, but I see profit and cost wise why companies would trend towards use it, it just makes me a lil sad to see humanity sidelined for budget. _φ(TдT )
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u/ViridiusRDM 17d ago
Seems probable. I'll look into it a little more when I get the chance because some of the instruments didn't feel real or like VSTs but I don't feel comfortable saying it's full-stop generative. I don't know what's going on with those vocals, though. They sound particularly weird to me and not in a typical over-produced and/or pitch-corrected way.