Team Star Grunt Battle Theme Is Such A JAM On Drums!

[@sleepycat6683]

"It's just a grunt battle theme, so don't overdo it" The Composers :

[@PkmnVGMRestore]

Giacomo

[@SoulHero7]

Team Star is criminally underrated. Their music slaps but the actual arc is unappreciated considering how prevalent bullying is.

[@fireXdisaster]

Sadly, everyone sleeps on Starfall Street because Arven's storyline and the Treasure Hunt, which as a dog owner, i can agree felt too heavy and relatable, but definitely the Team Star storyline is the best one and definitely feels way too real whether you have been the bully or the bullied one

[@nesradub360]

I've noticed that a lot of current and former bullied kids love the Team Star storyline and people who weren't bullied didn't care for it or actively disliked it. Compare Alpharad's reaction to it to MandJTV's for example.

[@Uni790]

See the problem wasn't the thought behind it, but rather the bland way it was put together, most of the encounter was auto battled, the characters themselves got very little screen time, and thus were unimportant, their "leader" was obvious from the start, and also the weakest member of the group. Similar to Sword and Shield, the plot was obviously secondary to giving the player a large empty field to walk around in, maybe someday they'll hire a proper writer instead of handing the job to someone's child. Aside from that, bullying is a normal part of development, people will always develop hierarchies, it's not something that's ever going to stop, or change, nor should it as it's important to learn how to deal with the conflict before one enters the real world after school.

[@fireXdisaster]

@@Uni790 i don't wanna say bullying is normal, because it sounds or feels like "hey let's normalize bullying" because it is fun and helps people to form a character, and that should be a thing, and that is a wrong message for the children. Though i'm actually thankful of getting bullied because of it exactly, got me a stronger mentality and taught me to defend from negative talk and shit like that. And i agree with you on that last bit, with a right education, not from what you learn from school but at home, you get....well, to learn how to deal with the bullying stuff and so, so you learn to deal with it and don't fall into bad steps, like, in the game, the Team Star, were the bullied and become the bullies

[@MultiPoken]

Are they really underrated? From what I saw, many people really like them (and their themes, of course) and prefer them than Nemona's, when it comes to storylines.

[@castform7]

It is a CRIME you can only hear this song a total of 7 times in game and each time, you have to actively sit and wait or throw for the good part cause the trainers are so weak. I get it's for the theming of Team Star and I like the theming but still. Curse you Giacomo you musical genius.

[@SectorZombie]

I listen the song in multiplayer battles

[@Deevster]

I love how each evil team in the pokemon games have went from underground crime organizations that may or may not be threatening the existence of the Pokemon World with that region's legendaries to what seems like grunts and admins/bosses committing acts of civil disobedience and then doing the plot twist where one of the people we met early on the game turned out to be the boss behind the operation (and then maybe threatening to use he region's legendaries to commit acts of mass destruction).

[@madnessarcade7447]

I honestly love the diversity

[@Arcticanine]

It's not just how much it slaps hard. In some tunes, I feel feel emotions like sadness, hope and uncertainty but confidence. Don't know if that's just me but I really feels these emotions from the song.

[@TechnoArpan]

True

[@Faunatic97]

I always get chills when I listen to it

[@Kazzy_Lmao]

They didn't need to make this song go so hard but they did it anyway

[@samboi123]

How else could they make up for generations worth of underwhelming villain themes?

[@derekosgood3230]

@@samboi123 Maybe go back to actually making good villains is a start lol

[@TechnoArpan]

@@samboi123 Which ones do you mean? Both the Rose and Oleana themes were great. Guzma's was great. So was Lusamine's.

[@joshjosh2868]

@@derekosgood3230 saying that team star is bad compared to the gen 6 7 8 teams is just false, it’s a change of pace I welcome if it makes them prominent in the story

[@derekosgood3230]

@@joshjosh2868 I'm not comparing them. I just don't like any of them.

[@heroofthevoir7041]

I'm gonna say this. I wish the grunts has more pokemon because the battles dont last long enough to get to the best part of the song.

[@Bladster94]

THIS IS FOR A GRUNT FIGHT. A GRUNT! Playing this, I just had to stop for a minute to enjoy the music every time I fought one, this is awesome!

[@cosmoneos]

迷わず叩けるの凄い 一番凄いのは本当に楽しそうなところ

[@marsh25411]

The part starting at 1:23 is also a leitmotif to Ultra Necrozma's theme. Fitting considering Ultra Necrozma is a literal star, hence Team Star.

[@madnessarcade7447]

Don’t hear it but maybe

[@Ascera_exists]

And Necrozma isn’t even on the list of returning Pokémon

[@xanam4913]

​@@Ascera_existsit's possible - gladion's theme in sun and moon is a remix of a theme from the first mystery dungeon game for some reason lol

[@cubeofmeat4982]

I don’t think it’s that leitmotif but it sounds vaguely similar

[@SilverScizor753]

@@xanam4913 Pokémon just likes doing that sometimes. Diantha's theme has Deoxys' leitmotif and Bede has PWT's.

[@attackinglizard3429]

They had no need to make this so good, but it feels like the background theme of a ln epic anime battle

[@volgayno7382]

Words cannot express how much this song sounds like a sonic song. And I for one am here for it

[@justalpha9138]

Thank you for realizing it. It sounds like a Forces track, and idgaf. :3

[@hOFalt]

This is the god damn grunt theme... They did not need to go this hard!

[@KHfan0011]

This is theme of victims. The theme of those hurt by bullies and betrayed by the systems meant to protect them so they banded together to protect themselves. This is the song of the bullied who will not be bullied anymore.

[@Mikescool444]

A way to solve the dwindling 7 times the theme plays would be to have grunts act like the Yiga (?) clan members in BOTW, basically having random student trainers reveal themselves as STAR members and putting on helmets before battle, being slightly tougher fights than usual.

[@samwheeler29]

My favorite thing about the Team Star grunts is that... ***SPOILERS*** . . . . . . . . they try to recruit the Boss of Team Star at the beginning.

[@joshjosh2868]

Lmao I didn’t realize that

[@ZexalDSJAsh]

Know what? You aint wrong, and I friggin didnt even realize that until I rwad this comment. XD

[@justalpha9138]

I just now realized that. XD

[@phoenixfurno]

This is favourite of the Team Star theme. They're all absolutely fantastic, but this one's my favourite.

[@inacio999]

Every battle theme is such a jam in this game! And I think we nearly have all the songs up on youtube too!

[@phil_zupra_b5880]

Hasta La Vi-staaaar!!!

[@spiriox]

Hasta La Vi-Staaahr!

[@Qsie]

This song gives strong Splatoon vibes!

[@mathewricafrente5984]

This song goes too hard for something that only lasts about a minute (at most) in the game and only plays 7 times total.

[@Degenerick]

this is why when i play a new game for the first time i always let the themes cook during each battle. gotta appreciate the work they put into it

[@halcyon_exb]

At this point it might as well be true that they compose the first minute of a battle theme for the game, and the rest of it for when you put it on in multiplayer battles

[@Duhemsounds]

Excellent as always, this year you're getting the gold award for the 1M :)

[@Redrield]

Team Star has got to have my favourite OST since Plasma Neo in gen 5, absolutely fantastic

[@IslarfPokemon]

I recommend listening to the original plasma theme! I find it to be better than neo!

[@dpg154]

Why is the Scarlet/Violet soundtrack SO GOOD!? 🤯🔥

[@comfyshiro3136]

If there's one thing GF gets really right really consistently, it's the soundtracks.

[@dpg154]

@@comfyshiro3136 Amen brother 🤝

[@michaelrobosa146]

​@@comfyshiro3136ig only they were also consistent with the quality of their games *sigh*

[@Dominik-K]

Oh this is a Jam indeed! Wow, what an energetic theme

[@bLu_3]

at this point, he will play all SV ost

[@mme725]

This is gonna be so random, but this theme gives me big Mischief Makers vibes.

[@Mikethekingboss]

The team star music is awesome!

[@spiriox]

THE THEME IS SO BANGING

[@tylertichoc7330]

It was at this moment that i knew that Team Star and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet had the very best soundtrack and my new all time favorite battle themes of the entire franchise. And that's coming from me, someone who grew up on the last generation to reboot the franchise and have the names of their games return to colors. I always grew up listening to ALT Rock, Punk, Grunge and 80's-90's music thanks to my mom with stuff like E.L.O, Twisted Sister, Eagles, Starship, Simple Minds, etc. And so when I found out that THIS what the style was going for with Team stat my jaw dropped and I then proceeded to girly scream klike the fanboy I am. Whoever was the lead composer for these Pokémon games, it is official in that they are the next Masuda or Ichinose and they HAVE to be involved in more games in the franchise's future. Also 1:22 This is where I freakin ascended to the starry cosmic skys of space and the meteors were falling down everywhere streaking every color across the spectrum and everything went all Psychadelia. And that was a trend that stood constant throughout all of Team Star's Battle themes along with their freakin SEND into Cliché corner on their Cyclizar and Starmobiles.

[@ZexalDSJAsh]

Anyone else agree with me when I say that Giacomo is the OC of one of these friggin composers of this game's music? (Also, at the time of typing this, LEVEL 12 HYPE TRAIN?! THATS WILD!)

[@TheDibi]

LES GO! I FREAKING LOVE YA FOR THIS! Imma sub real quick

[@nesradub360]

IMO this is the second best battle theme in the game, after only AI Sada/Turo's theme. Penny is 3rd, followed by the Paradox Hoard theme and the Area Zero wild battle theme. The Clavell battle should've used this theme instead of the theme he got so we could hear it more!

[@ranting2damax]

school systems when they decide to punish the one being bullied after they fight back, instead of the bully who constantly abused and insulted the target, who STARTED the whole thing.. that sucks so much, probably one of the many reasons why I’m so mentally unwell was defending myself from a bully, only to be the one in the wrong, and be punished for it.. I’m still scared to fight back in any cases, as I don’t wanna get in trouble, but sometimes my temper takes over me. I, personally, kinda relate to Team Star in a way, sure, they’re not evil like the other teams in the franchise, but do they really have to be..? Don’t get me wrong, I love evil teams as much as the next guy, but after a while it gets boring. Needed a nice refresher from the whole thing.

[@xankriegor4909]

All team star themes are perfects. Easy one of the best music en pokemon period.

[@infinitemania8195]

This legit would not be out of place as a sonic level theme

[@k.k356]

A shame you never get to hear it fully in-game since the grunts only have one mon each.

[@neomicryo]

too sad we dont get to hear the full music as the grunts have just one mon

[@meekrain9864]

You should definitely play the legendary quartets theme next.

[@leonardoleiva3398]

Grunt jamming

[@Butterkappi]

Still has to be the best battle theme ever

[@redflares4389]

Try Penny's theme, it goes hard aswell!

[@SgtStrawhead]

I believe he already has covered it!! Such a good tune!!

[@redflares4389]

@@SgtStrawhead ahh I see thank you! They both went so hard

[@SgtStrawhead]

@@redflares4389 so true!! Hope you enjoy!!

[@WolfMoon351]

Where can I download this drum version of this theme. Lol

[@Degenerick]

im so glad it gave me xenoblade vibes

[@DyLok.]

Team star isnt only really great but atleast the fights are kinda challenging

[@mswerkmeister]

I love the team star music, but the battles are so easy that i usually don't get to enjoy the music because they're over too quickly. I really wish they had cranked the difficulty on some of the later match-ups

[@Yaya4K]

Best ost team

[@ph0to.]

Another slapper dude

[@tylerhackner9731]

Yess

[@generalkaboom6642]

That Team Star girl in the thumbnail is a baddie!

[@frozencrow8735]

Ayo

[@sirisknite]

I thought it sounded like Build Fighters, then when I went to check, the part here that starts at 0:40, sounds like its directly from the Build Fighters Try 2nd opening - Fly Away.

[@Slat3]

Yup, first thing that came to mind when I heard it in-game was Gundam and I thought I was going insane.

[@sirisknite]

@@Slat3 I'm so glad I'm not the only one.

[@AndrewPennington-c1p]

Asta lavi-star!

[@alter0120moon]

tera raid battles please!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi]

What would you say is the best boss theme from Nintendo? I'd say it's Bowser's theme in 3d world

[@kuks0453]

I think any of the Moebius Battle variations would be my choice

[@quive5705]

@@kuks0453 Dude, my favorite part of Xenoblade 3 was when consul D and J said "It's Moebin' time" and Moebed off a cliff Truely a Xenoblade Experience

[@cj_avalon8503]

@@quive5705 can confirm this is a factual statement

[@kuks0453]

@@quive5705 The part where Melia says "All is for the future connected" and then proceeds to future connect all over Z really left a mark on me :')

[@wintersong2266]

Dark Matter Phase 2 from Super Mystery Dungeon.

[@imegaitay108]

Bro try "space jam"main theme

[@janeteggleston6978]

Who the flip was he talking about

[@joshjosh2868]

Better than team star boss for sure

[@KenanVonKaiser]

Fight Does Not Last That Long!

[@marvintg2002]

This song has a lot of emotional depth, Toby Fox outdid himself with this one!

[@jamescoulson6610]

This ain't a Toby Fox track

[@teadrinker_]

Toby Fox did not work on this track. As stated in his newsletter, he only made 4 songs: the Tera Raid theme, and the rest are late-game

[@nicodalusong149]

Might want to look up the list of songs for the game first to look at who made them before you hand out praise.

[@X-3181]

wtf and where did you come from? this song was composed by teruo taniguchi XD in fact he composed everything that has to do with the team star, Toby Fox has nothing to do here

[@sokomun]

@@teadrinker_ However, a lot of other songs use Toby Fox's work.