History YMMV / MiracleOfSound

* ScrappyMechanic: [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps Second Chance]] in Goodbye Black Ops and Second Chance.

* FaceOfTheBand: For his ''VideoGame/LANoire'' song, Gavin hired two authentic Blues musicians to play the piano and the saxophone. If you didn't watch the credits, it would be easy to think Gavin played all the instruments, [[IAmTheBand as is his habit.]]

* FaceOfTheBand: For his ''VideoGame/LANoire'' song, Gavin [[DoingItForTheArt hired two authentic Blues musicians]] to play the piano and the saxophone. If you didn't watch the credits, it would be easy to think Gavin played all the instruments, [[IAmTheBand as is his habit.]]

* BetterThanCanon: For a lot of people, the consistent quality of Gavin's work often means that his songs are considered to be better than the actual game they're homaging. In particular, "Only Us", a song about [[Series/GameOfThrones Jaime and Cersei's relationship,]] is considered more enjoyable than the series' controversial ending.
-->'''Website/YouTube comment:''' Did you just turn two unsatisfying characters' arcs' endings into a damn good song? That's some Midas touch, right there.

* HarsherInHindsight: "When The Wolves Cry Out," a song about [[Series/GameOfThrones Jon Snow]], contains the lines "Reach out to the Unburnt/Flame to cover all." The Unburnt, obviously, referring to Jon approaching Dany for assistance against the White Walkers. [[spoiler:Come the end of the series, Dany's "flame" does, indeed, "cover all," in the worst way.]]

** His VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII song, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hduAxcnKxwk Blood of the Creed]]'', was divisive at the time for the seemingly odd match-up of rapping with the American Revolution. Come Theatre/{{Hamilton}} three years later and the match-up of rapping and the Revolution proved to be actually ahead of its time.

** [[VideoGame/CyberPunk2077 City of Night]], made 6 years before the game was definitely announced and given a release date, contains the "soft screams of the Rockerboys are echoing through my head" as a reference to the Rockerboys movement in the game. Flash-forward to the trailer for the game, and the Rockerboy himself, Johnny Silverhand, is [[VirtualGhost literally]] inside the player's head.

* His VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII song, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hduAxcnKxwk Blood of the Creed]]'', was divisive at the time for the seemingly odd match-up of rapping with the American Revolution. Come Theatre/{{Hamilton}} three years later and the match-up of rapping and the Revolution proved to be actually ahead of its time.

** Many people were overjoyed when he made a collaboration with {{Music/Aviators}}, "Let There Be Fire".

-->'''YouTube comment:''' Did you just turn two unsatisfying characters' arcs' endings into a damn good song? That's some Midas touch, right there.

* BetterThanCanon: For a lot of people, the consistent quality of Gavin's work often means that his songs are considered to be better than the actual game they're homaging.

** [[VideoGame/CyberPunk2077 City of Night]], made 6 years before the game was definitely announced and given a release date, contains the "soft screams of the Rockerboys are echoing through my head" as a reference to the Rockerboys movement in the game. Flash-forward to the trailer for the game, and the Rockerboy himself, Johnny Silverhand, is [[VirtualGhost litteraly]] inside the player's head.

* EarWorm: At least one of his songs is going to stick with you all week. He's admitted to spending a large portion of time writing the "hook".

* FanDumb: According to his Encore articles, this is the reason that the Escapist and Bandcamp versions of Brothers Of The Creed are different is because some fans took offence to the lyrics "And I kill for good/Under my white hood," due to the belief about assassin in white hoods was a reference to the Ku Klux Klan. This is also potentially the reason why the revised version of the song sounds a little awkward and bitter.

** With Music/JtMusic, for the same reasons as with Dan Bull. It helps that Gav and JT don't really do the same kind of music, so there's little to no rivalry.

* NarmCharm: Gav's howl in [[VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt "Wake the White Wolf"]] is honestly pretty ridiculous... But that doesn't stop it from being ''[[Main/AwesomeMusic awesome]]''.

* FridgeBrilliance: Why do most of the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' songs titles start with the letter F? Because of the [[ClusterFBomb most common word]] said while playing [[NintendoHard these games]].

* HilariousInHindsight: His first song for ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' was titled Fires Fade as a nice thematic name relating to the game's story. Flash forward a few months, and what is the title for that game's GameOfTheYearEdition? The Fires Fade Edition.
--> '''[[https://twitter.com/miracleofsound/status/849674129729101824 Gav's Twitter]]''': Nice title you got there, reminds me of a song I heard once :)