User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: 3rd Generation Soundtrack/@comment-1712810-20121001110714

When Capcom said they wanted to essentially "remake" the series with Tri, they really revamped the music score along with it in my opinion. The third generation soundtrack honestly feels as creative as the monsters in my opinion, which is a VERY good thing.

Going by area, the Deserted Island's theme (with Lagia, Qurupeco, etc.) remains my favorite, but the Mountain Stream's theme is also one I find myself listening to pretty often. Both of them feel very battle-centric and engaging.

With the monster specific theme songs, I find myself at a draw between Brachydios and Zingore's themes. When you first listen to Zinogre's, hear a powerful burst right at the start, much like the nature of thunder itself, and throughout the song that theme keeps occuring where you hear those blasting notes. I like that, I think that's why it's so befitting of a ferocious electric monster as Zinogre.

Brachydios' plays a little differently. Like Zinogre it's rather fast paced and gives you the feeling that you're in an andrenaline rush with this monster, trying to keep up with its movements. I sort of get this exotic tribal feel from Brachy's theme, and in a way that's fitting because Brachy is a pretty exotic kind of Brute Wyvern in my opinion, because of different he is in concept from the other brutes.

On a last note, "To One With Life" is a fantastic piece of work that is probably my favorite theme from the third generation.