My intent was primarily to point developers out to potential sound tracks that they could use. The issue of establishing coherence between the various songs probably lies outside the scope of this particular post and may have to be reserved for another day. For the most part though, I leave the task of selecting songs at the discretion of the individual creator. I only attempted to provide a pool of outstanding songs from which others could draw from.

Musicians with production mindsets and experience collaborating in other mediums aren’t exactly a dime a dozen either, but many people find the challenge very very rewarding. Check out some open source games outside your genre sometime, and really keep an ear out for what works, what doesn’t, and what absolutely doesn’t fit.

Especially given the way a visual novel combines aspects of different forms of entertainment, I’d probably reckon that there’s more than one way to approach a soundtrack, and even someone like a music teacher would be of immense help to sort out what sort of production to bring to the table. Composing for games, musical theatre, movies, and for music’s sake are very very different things.

I guess I’m one of those with what you call clash aversion. I just don’t want to waste time arguing, and I know I don’t have the linguistic skills to argue with anyone anyway. So I spend time doing other things…

I also feel it sad though that some are leaving because people have begone fighting so much. It’s a real shame.

Too bad about the VN projects… but you never know. I started Starlight 8 years after leaving the video game industry “for good”.