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Can video game music be "good"/"listenable" outside of the game?

Is removing the music from a game like stripping an album of the packaging?

What video game music stays with you?

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 11:45 (10 years ago) Permalink

Can it be good? Redneck Rampage! My brothers and I still listen to this when we BBQ, complete with shouting out "Get Off Ma LAAAAAAAAAN!"

As for staying with you, I have the themes to Super Mario Brothers, Metroid and Zelda's outdoor one on instant memory recall.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 11:52 (10 years ago) Permalink

GTA 3 has quite possibly the best soundtrack ever.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 11:54 (10 years ago) Permalink

The "Goal scoring superstar hero" music from the original Sensible World of Soccer is actually the best house track ever.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 12:03 (10 years ago) Permalink

8 bit Mega Man music is still with me.

Is there something to be said for the minimalistic music employed here. I should dig up NES sound documentation to show how primitive the facilities employed in these games was.

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 12:09 (10 years ago) Permalink

Some of the music on the C64 was actually great. Primitive as anything, but there's a certain charm about the music used in, for instance, Microprose Soccer (uber-chirpy military march).

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 12:10 (10 years ago) Permalink

The Diablo music is great.

― Keith McD (Keith McD), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 12:19 (10 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, the Diablo theme for the town was k-grebt.

Also - Nobuo Uematsu's work for Squaresoft.

― Ess Kay (esskay), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 12:27 (10 years ago) Permalink

Haha the only music which bring tears to my eyes is "Cid's Theme" & "Interrupted By Fireworks" from the FFVII OST; plus Public Enemy's "By The Time I Get To Arizona". So, er, yeah. It stays with you. Also : the Cannon Fodder theme.

― Ess Kay (esskay), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 12:31 (10 years ago) Permalink

Tetris music is great.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 12:32 (10 years ago) Permalink

I occasionally found myself humming the music from Quake II...okay, so humming wasn't exactly the word. Oddly, when you put the CD in your standard home audio CD player, it would play. Were there any other PC games that used mixed-media CDs that would also play the soundtrack on your home stereo?

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 13:18 (10 years ago) Permalink

isn't there a record on TB6 that compiles gabba made on the sound chip for a commodore or summat?
the music on Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy is fahing acesome. i sampled the Chase HQ spectrum music on a Sean Fah trak i made, swicked.
music on RPGs is often tear jerking; on the SNES Zelda, check out the beatz when you're in da village, well sad.

― sf, Wednesday, 9 October 2002 13:23 (10 years ago) Permalink

Make sure and check out music by the fantastic ROB HUBBARD!

― Rahul Kamath (Rahul Kamath), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 15:03 (10 years ago) Permalink

Here's a guide I wrote to the music of Rob Hubbard. Sorry, it's not in HTML yet, but it will give you an idea of where to start in his sizable discography.

http://www.readsatellite.com/temp/robhubbard.doc

― Rahul Kamath (Rahul Kamath), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 15:16 (10 years ago) Permalink

Oh yeah, and here's a couple interesting bits:

The Super Mario Brothers Theme supposedly being played by the London Symphony Orchestra

The Super Mario Brothers Theme supposedly being played by Mr. Bungle

― Rahul Kamath (Rahul Kamath), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 15:27 (10 years ago) Permalink

surely that kid is too young to be messin' with Ding Dongs?

― nutz, deez, Wednesday, 9 October 2002 15:35 (10 years ago) Permalink

I picked up this hip hop breaks record in Portland, OR called "Video Game Breaks" which contains a hip hop version of the Super Mario Bros. dungeon level music.

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 15:55 (10 years ago) Permalink

Square's Final Fantasy music has always been terrific, and it even has its own particular signatures and qualities, which strikes me as something of an achievement.

Music for Zelda Ocarina of Time was k-fantastic, particularly Saria's song -- which, yes, I have listened to outside of the game context and enjoyed possibly more.

The question got complicated as soon as disc-based systems were introduced and "actual" music could be put on them: Wipeout XL, the Japanese dancing game Bust a Move, and Grand Theft Auto all have "imported" stand-alone studio recordings on them that I enjoy.

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 16:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

Mucho props to the Hubbardster. I recently downloaded an electroclash track and it was basically some Japanese girl singing over a recording of his loading theme to Sanxion, which was one of his best.
When talk turns to music made with the SID (the Commodre-64’s music chip), honourable mentions must also go to Ocean’s in-house composer Martin Galway: mmmmmm, Galway chord sound. Although not half as experimental he had possibly the strongest melodies, possibly because he had more time to work on tunes, rather than the bang-them-out-and-make-them-stand-out nature of the freelancer Hubbard. Galway’s best soundtrack by a mile is the Wizball game music where he was encouraged to wierd out by the Sensible Software boys (also see Parallax). He also made a sublime soundtrack for Rambo, and his ‘Ocean Loading Theme’ helped soothe a million hours waiting while whirring cassettes spun.
Other great tunes where made by the Follin Brothers , Chris Hülsbeck and Maniacs of Noise.
Be sure to check out The High Voltage Sid Collection for a pretty exhaustive archive of almost every SID track ever and details of how to play them on your PC.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 16:01 (10 years ago) Permalink

Pixies covered the theme from "Narc"

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 16:01 (10 years ago) Permalink

I covered the theme from 'Delta'!

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 16:03 (10 years ago) Permalink

megaman!

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 16:16 (10 years ago) Permalink

uh hello... Ecco the Dolphin.
so hauntingly beautiful.

― drags, Wednesday, 9 October 2002 16:21 (10 years ago) Permalink

drive like jehu is a video game reference.

three mile pilot's chief assassin to the sinister has a few obscure video game refs, most notably "androsyn guardian".

― gygax!, Wednesday, 9 October 2002 16:42 (10 years ago) Permalink

I like the music for Chrono Trigger and MUSHA Aleste.

Video game music appreciation site: remix.overclocked.org

― Underclocked, Wednesday, 9 October 2002 16:43 (10 years ago) Permalink

drive like jehu is a video game reference.

huh? Isn't that a BIBLE reference?

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 16:44 (10 years ago) Permalink

I really liked the FF7 and Diablo music, but remain somewhat skeptical of it as a whole. (This is largely due to the embarrassing amount of fawning Sega otaku were doing over the theme song to NiGHTS, which sucked so much ass it should have been called "Ass Hoover".)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 16:51 (10 years ago) Permalink

lucasarts' the dig had great music but i can't remember how much of it was just made of up of wagner excerpts. ("mitch do you like hitler?")

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 16:55 (10 years ago) Permalink

Re: drive like jehu = biblical reference

well yes...

but if you've ever played that video game where your driving the Ferrari you may know what i'm talking about...

― gygax!, Wednesday, 9 October 2002 16:57 (10 years ago) Permalink

Outrun?

― Kris (aqueduct), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 16:58 (10 years ago) Permalink

Actraiser and Secret of Mana = great

― chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 17:01 (10 years ago) Permalink

that megaman thing was great

pitchfork!

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 17:03 (10 years ago) Permalink

the theme from Arkanoid is crying out for some hip hop beats

the Tekken soundtracks are great - i like Yoshimitus's theme from Tekken 3

― blueski, Wednesday, 9 October 2002 17:07 (10 years ago) Permalink

The Silent Hill stuff is diabolic and good and the closest video games have ever come to the "experimental/noise" section in your local college music shop.

― Honda, Wednesday, 9 October 2002 17:20 (10 years ago) Permalink

Actraiser and Secret of Mana = great

Yes! The music to Secret of Mana is beautiful, especially the main theme (with the flutes), and there's some really nice orchestral writing in Actraiser too -- very rich, intelligent, creative. The SNES is probably my all-time favorite platform for video game music -- it's poised right between the two eras, with a palette that's rich enough to be totally convincing, but not so broad as to lose the distinctive flavor of the old-school stuff. Other favorites for SNES include the usual Mario/Zelda/Metroid suspects, as well as a couple less-known games like Drakkhen and Spiderman and X-Men: Arcade's Revenge, which has some pretty tremendous disco-funk music laden with wah-wah guitar and horn stabs. Mario Paint had some nice ambient music hidden in various sections on the cart.

Other platforms: I haven't played much in the way of Genesis games, but Ecco the Dolphin is definitely right up there. On the NES, besides the obvious ones (i.e. the original versions of the usual suspects above), I was always quite taken with the music to Xexyz -- it had a remarkably haunting and self-consistent soundworld. The opening theme to Marble Madness bears a pleasing resemblance to a section just before the end of the first movement of Debussy's La Mer. And The Adventures of Dino Riki had a charming little jaunty theme in the opening stage.

― Phil (phil), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 17:58 (10 years ago) Permalink

i can't believe there's been all this discussion without any mention of the minibosses. they are the best video game band of all time.

check out especially (free mp3s on that site):

-contra (OH MY GOD)
-kraid/metroid (OH MY GOD)
-ghosts n goblins (etc)
-wizards n warriors (etc)
-mike tyson's punchout! (etc)
-megaman 2 and double dragon (if they've been put online yet, i dunno)
-castlevania

um yeah. up up down down left right left right b a select start!! (i'm talkin 2-player)

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 10 October 2002 01:29 (10 years ago) Permalink

If it sounds like it should be music from an NES Iron Maiden game - it is good. Megaman and Contra seem to be the kings of this sound. Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden are great too. I saw a whole album of thrashy 80s metal renditions of Castlevania tunes and it no doubt rules.

― Alan N, Thursday, 10 October 2002 01:44 (10 years ago) Permalink

Lest we forget what horrible things occurred when those twunts (whoever they were) attacked and maimed the mighty "Tetris" theme...

Oh, and I can't believe nobody's touched on Hamburg's wonderful L'Age D'Or label - http://www.lado.de/ - who've long been flying the computer-games-done-weirdly flag:

is the one that you want, yes it is - Add N To (X), Jeans Team, Plundersonics et al twist loads of, uh, old Commodore 64 tunes into wikkid shapes.

― Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 10 October 2002 02:33 (10 years ago) Permalink

The end theme to Metal Gear: Solid (a balladic Celtic folk song) ranks as one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard.

― Leee (Leee), Thursday, 10 October 2002 02:46 (10 years ago) Permalink

are there any good covers of the "marble madness" theme music out there? now that was some haunting shit! especially the aerial levels!!

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 10 October 2002 03:10 (10 years ago) Permalink

Mega Man 2 music owns, every bit of it. FFVIII has a couple good moments, like the Sepiroth theme and the end music if I remember correctly.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 10 October 2002 04:37 (10 years ago) Permalink

for Amiga lovers, the Turrican in-game music was hard to beat!

― blueski, Thursday, 10 October 2002 11:33 (10 years ago) Permalink

What about "Everyone".

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Thursday, 10 October 2002 11:40 (10 years ago) Permalink

I will praise and laud anyone who can find me mp3s of the music to Boon-Ga Boon-Ga.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 10 October 2002 14:15 (10 years ago) Permalink

I am actually going to attempt to steer this thread back towards answering the original questions.... GASP!

I have to be honest and admit that had, say, the Super Mario Brothers theme (which I completely adore) been released completely outside the video game or the industry itself, I would have overlooked as muzak. The nostalgia is the main appeal.

HOWEVER...

The limitations placed upon how much resolution the music could contain back in the day was a big part of its charm today.. the further you go back, the more charming the music is (to me), because of the limitations. It's also educational, and for DSP/IDM enthusiasts especially, provides the most clear-cut case study on the development of computerized music...

Nostalgia obviously figures back into this again of course, but I think electronic music today has been very recently been heavily influenced by ancient video game technology and the music thereof, mainly because this has been the most accessible forum for hearing the odd ancient sounds of its time.

Someone on ILM in a past thread mentioned "Well, if those guys could have made the music back then sound like Styx, they would have, but they couldn't... hence..". Sadly, now that the technology is there to pretty much play fully rendered analog rock music, there's going to be less charm and less reason to be excited about the music of video games today.

NOTWITHSTANDING...

...the fact that the catchiness of video game background music is a key element to a video game's success. This is the understated reason I think recent cutesy Japanese video games have captured the hearts of those who would be bored by all the big sounding sports or racing games.

Just clusterfuck of thoughts here... but I'm curious to hear all y'all thoughts.

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 10 October 2002 17:46 (10 years ago) Permalink

why 1 and 2 and not megaman 3?!

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Thursday, 10 October 2002 17:52 (10 years ago) Permalink

Sean C: I think it used to be a very popular thing to do before the advent of MP3s and larger games. I have at least Lode Runner: the Legend Returns and Lemmings 3D as games I can put in my CD player, and I'm positive there are many more.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Thursday, 10 October 2002 19:19 (10 years ago) Permalink

Now to answer the question! Video game music often stays with me - some of my favorite soundtracks are the Mega Man games, Chrono Trigger, Aero the Acrobat, and Legend of the Mystical Ninja.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Thursday, 10 October 2002 19:20 (10 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

The Advantage CD is really, realy enjoyable. BUBBLE BOBBLE (!!!)

― |OBEY|EYE|BO| (deangulberry), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:33 (9 years ago) Permalink

Just played through Earthbound recently and that has some of the strangest (and greatest) music of any game I've played. Whoever composed it got some pretty wild sounds out of the SNES sound chip. (i.e. the REALLY FAT AND NASTY bass sounds in some of the battle music)

― Alan N (Alan N), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:54 (9 years ago) Permalink

Some awesome little mini drones too, IIRC.

― Alan N (Alan N), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:57 (9 years ago) Permalink

The cool thing about old videogame music is that the sounds the composers used don't really exist outside of the game itself, so you got sounds that were kind of like strings but weren't really strings, or kind of like pianos but not really pianos either. So the intentions of the composer are kind of blurred, it leads to a lot of different interperetations.

It was all vague and genre constraints fly out the window, just in the face of making music that is fun and/or isntantly memorable. My roommate and I used to guess what genres were present in SNES games. Castlevania IV has some intense free jazz that just comes out of nowhere. Yoshi's Island had a few songs that were perfect combinations of old school metal and circus music.

On this note: www.supermadrigalbros.com!

― Adam Bruneau, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 19:36 (9 years ago) Permalink

Regarding GTA3, does anyone know how I can extract the audio files from the game disc? I opened it up on my Mac this morning and there is an 'Audio' folder, but all it seems to contain is strange image files and other file types. But the file sizes seem much too small to contain the radio stations.

― 57 7th (calstars), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 19:54 (9 years ago) Permalink

having a lot of trouble even liking this Advantage CD for the kitsch value.

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 19:56 (9 years ago) Permalink

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000038ZT/qid=1082494731/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-3829072-3823037?v=glance&s=music

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 19:59 (9 years ago) Permalink

The music for Rygar approaches Terry Riley in the upper levels.

― sexyDancer, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 20:06 (9 years ago) Permalink

shit I'll have to somehow make it to the upper levels. The music in the rest of the game is great though.

― Elliot (Elliot), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 20:34 (9 years ago) Permalink

I plan to record a surf-rock version of "World Revolution" from Chrono Trigger

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:50 (9 years ago) Permalink

The Zora cave music from N64 Zelda [either one] is excellent for meditation.

Almost every song from Mystical Ninja/Goemon [N64 again] is a dead set classic.

And of course WipEout, WipEout 2097, and Wip3out/SE.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 22:45 (9 years ago) Permalink

Donkey Kong Country 2 has GREBT music

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:42 (9 years ago) Permalink

I could seriously spend hours listening to the Bramble Blast or Mine themes

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:43 (9 years ago) Permalink

Megaman always had great music.

Some of the music from from Final Fantasy 2 US reminded me of Debusey (sp).

― Acid! Polizei! (ex machina), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:44 (9 years ago) Permalink

blades of steel.

― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:45 (9 years ago) Permalink

I contend that Celes' Theme from Final Fantasy 3 US has one of the most fragile, heart-wrenching melodies ever

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:52 (9 years ago) Permalink

And if someone doesn't do a power metal version of the FF2 boss battle music complete with galloping thirds during the big trumpet hook I will cry

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:54 (9 years ago) Permalink

The soundtrack which accompanies utterly fabulous 'travel package salesman in Limbo meets Mexican/Spanish/Film Noir things' adventure game Grim Fandango is quite fantastic.

You can also download it here - http://www.grimfandango.net/index.php?section=downloads&page=music

Which is nice.

― Muppet Boy, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 01:16 (9 years ago) Permalink

3 years pass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNF-bRKvbeA

Megadeth covers the theme to Duke Nukem 3D

― kingfish, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 03:36 (5 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

kirby's adventure bangs

― m bison, Saturday, 10 November 2007 06:25 (5 years ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

is there any way to listen to 8-bit video game music/chip tune without playing the game? like, compilations? wikipedia lists some composers, but i haven't been able to track down any collections.

― poortheatre, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 23:49 (5 years ago) Permalink

i keep replaying the end of 'machine gun' on the new portishead and i'm DYING FOR SOME XX-BIT

― poortheatre, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 23:54 (5 years ago) Permalink

http://www.ocremix.org/ has some apps for playback of ripped tracks from roms and such

― El Tomboto, Thursday, 15 May 2008 00:55 (5 years ago) Permalink

the pause screen music in battletoads!!! (NES) it's a short loop, but so great

― 6335, Thursday, 15 May 2008 01:33 (5 years ago) Permalink

x-post

thanks for the link. i couldn't find anything that wasn't some 'hillbilly remix,' etc. i wish there were a database with JUST the originals. i guess copyright laws sort of prohibit that, though.

― poortheatre, Thursday, 15 May 2008 01:57 (5 years ago) Permalink

oh, jackpot: http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/nintendo/nes/

― poortheatre, Thursday, 15 May 2008 02:00 (5 years ago) Permalink

Oh god mega man II end credits track. *SNIFF*

http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/nintendo/nes/Mm2end1.mid

― poortheatre, Thursday, 15 May 2008 02:02 (5 years ago) Permalink

hm. listening to all of national themes on Super Dodge Ball is like midi-hymnen.

― poortheatre, Thursday, 15 May 2008 02:08 (5 years ago) Permalink

Get an NSF player and go wild.

That's just for NES, too - there are native rip formats (GYM for Genesis, SPC for SNES, etc.) for pretty much every system ever, and you can listen to them in their all their glory. It's tricky to do the ripping yourself, but most major games have been ripped by somebody already.

― Nhex, Thursday, 15 May 2008 21:35 (5 years ago) Permalink

It's so weird how you miss the music once you're done with the game. I guess you could find it and download it, but without the context of the game, the effect is of course diminished. It's kind of sad!

― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 15 May 2008 22:25 (5 years ago) Permalink

Actually, for me, it's the opposite, but I was always into downloading midi and mod remixes of game soundtracks (especially Square's RPGs) back in the day, so I've always had a really positive feeling when it comes to listening to game music outside of the game.

Though I really enjoyed playing Mega Man 2 and 3, I almost definitely have a more fondness for the soundtracks than I do playing the games! In the extreme, I've listened to NSFs of games I have no interest in playing which were great.

― Nhex, Friday, 16 May 2008 03:53 (5 years ago) Permalink

Seconding dean's post way upthread re: The Advantage

― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 May 2008 04:06 (5 years ago) Permalink

way OTM

― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 16 May 2008 04:10 (5 years ago) Permalink

SMB main theme sounds like bebop with notes taken out.

― bamcquern, Friday, 16 May 2008 16:37 (5 years ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

Switchblade
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VNDlgd647jE
ingame music from 2:00 onwards is ace.

― Thomas, Friday, 29 August 2008 21:26 (4 years ago) Permalink

Oh my goodness, I just downloaded Street Fighter II. Ravey Detroitish-mania all around.

― mehlt, Sunday, 31 August 2008 23:26 (4 years ago) Permalink

Whoops, I meant to say Streets of Rage II

― mehlt, Sunday, 31 August 2008 23:33 (4 years ago) Permalink

7 months pass...

since there's no need to download midi's or winamp plugins anymore, lets make this the youtube videogame music thread!

― rio (r1o natsume), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 13:57 (4 years ago) Permalink

resident evil 4 "serenity"

― rio (r1o natsume), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 13:58 (4 years ago) Permalink

― rio (r1o natsume), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 14:00 (4 years ago) Permalink

this whole thread could easily be made up of save themes and rpg sleep themes

― rio (r1o natsume), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 14:04 (4 years ago) Permalink

― rio (r1o natsume), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 14:09 (4 years ago) Permalink

― rio (r1o natsume), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 14:14 (4 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

I feel like there is some basement coldwave artist somewhere making music that aspires to sound exactly like this joint

― stfü (crüt), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 02:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

― sleepingbag, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 02:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

Proggy!

― corey, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 03:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

can this thread be revived forever plz?

rare's in-house composers (beanland, kirkhope) were really something. here is one of the former's best. i barely even played the game that this is from and yet i find it stunning.

― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 07:23 (2 years ago) Permalink

and more recently, this one gets me a little teary every time.

― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 07:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

Aquatic Ambience is an alltime favorite. even beats any remix @ ocremic.org....

― meisenfek, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 12:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

sounds like something from the safe ost

― truffle-flavoured ilx posts (cozen), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 13:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

― truffle-flavoured ilx posts (cozen), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 13:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

this sleepy ambient stuff is cool and all but...

― The world’s most violent pizza delivery man (Alan N), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 15:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

― The world’s most violent pizza delivery man (Alan N), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 15:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

― wavestation (r1o natsume), Friday, 18 June 2010 20:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

'Can video game music be "good"/"listenable" outside of the game?'
Even though it is the identical sounds you're hearing, I feel like it's no longer video game music if the videogame isn't actually generating it.

Take this music out, and it's a bad ringtone, but in the game, it's happy pirate time!

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 18 June 2010 21:15 (2 years ago) Permalink

speaking of pirates:

let's throw in another great lucasarts soundtrack for good measure:

― teledyldonix, Saturday, 19 June 2010 00:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

― colnagl (cozen), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:14 (2 years ago) Permalink

haha wow that music hurts my heart

― caek, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

Always felt so sad when the hill filled up with gravestones ;_;

― embrace the flopping? no thanks (onimo), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

SIm city 3000 kills, reichian business

― straightola, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:59 (2 years ago) Permalink

I love the music from Cave Story (a shareware RPG/adventure game in an 8-bit style released a few years ago):

― orchestral manure in the dark (corey), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 14:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

The music from Pocky and Rocky 2 for SNES was also really good.

― orchestral manure in the dark (corey), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 14:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

for really real ^^^^^^^^^^

― chuck entertainment cheese (crüt), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

― peligro, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

guess my video game music tastes as a kid were 'goth'

― peligro, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:59 (2 years ago) Permalink

so much awesomeness from DCK.

hilarious youtube comments:

Illumina7ion
2 weeks ago 37
I love you guys, im so sad... why does life change so much? I want to be a little boy again sitting in the comfort of my home with the blinds down the sun glaring in... oh the beauty... it was a dream the summer days back when we were young.. it was a dream playing this game with no care in the world thinking everything is forever it was a dream... and I am 21 and everything feels like a chore, the summer weather doesn't have the same effect .... LIFE is something, thank you donkey kong.

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

DKC*

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

― cozen, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:43 (2 years ago) Permalink

omg that dkc comment... yung bro... feelin so old...

So sad and peacefull!

― TEEN LESBIAN (Lamp), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:45 (2 years ago) Permalink

― cozen, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:49 (2 years ago) Permalink

maybe a bit played now but ~still~

― cozen, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

wheres the thread where whiney was making youtube mashups? cuz ico "heal" + chopped and screwed "no matter what" wld totally work

― TEEN LESBIAN (Lamp), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

― meisenfek, Friday, 30 July 2010 09:28 (2 years ago) Permalink

ah ico, what a fantastic game :(

the castlevania series has tons of good tunes

― teledyldonix, Friday, 30 July 2010 17:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

like this one

― teledyldonix, Friday, 30 July 2010 17:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Paula's Theme that crüt posted is still so good. ;_;

― Joanie Loves Shakuhachi (corey), Sunday, 15 August 2010 13:43 (2 years ago) Permalink

came across this recently, music made from samples of mario paint's musical themes

http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Electric-Family-Mariopaint/master/31036

― that habit kick man (r1o natsume), Sunday, 15 August 2010 13:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

-______________-

― Joanie Loves Shakuhachi (corey), Sunday, 15 August 2010 14:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

so beautiful. keichi suzuki is a genius

i haven't heard any of his other game soundtracks though. i'd really like to play this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Sound:_Kaze_no_Regret

― that habit kick man (r1o natsume), Sunday, 15 August 2010 14:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

Wow! I'd never heard of that. Probably hard as hell to find.

Also, just wanted to post this because it is awesome.

― Joanie Loves Shakuhachi (corey), Sunday, 15 August 2010 14:28 (2 years ago) Permalink

Hirokazu Ando who did the music for this game also worked on Earthbound IIRC.

― Joanie Loves Shakuhachi (corey), Sunday, 15 August 2010 14:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

1st gen pokemon themes were great, my favourite is Bike Ride:

Poke Center is a nice hook too:

though IMO they sound better on Gameboy hardware and speakers

...damn, I can feel the nostalgia kicking in

― V79, Sunday, 15 August 2010 14:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

I never played any of the Pokemon games. Maybe I should download an emulator.

Moar Kirby greatness:

― Joanie Loves Shakuhachi (corey), Sunday, 15 August 2010 15:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

I have clicked none of your links.

― um okay (kelpolaris), Monday, 16 August 2010 03:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

u mad

― Joanie Loves Shakuhachi (corey), Monday, 16 August 2010 04:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

Always thought Shadowrun for the SNES had pretty bitchin' music.

― errant flynn, Monday, 16 August 2010 04:41 (2 years ago) Permalink

That second one is badass — reminds me of the music from Darius Twin:

― Joanie Loves Shakuhachi (corey), Monday, 16 August 2010 13:27 (2 years ago) Permalink

The music for Super R-Type was great:

― Joanie Loves Shakuhachi (corey), Monday, 16 August 2010 13:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

I was disappointed when I found out Keiichi Suzuki wasn't doing the music for Mother 3, but Shogo Sakai did a good job.

― Joanie Loves Shakuhachi (corey), Monday, 16 August 2010 13:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

― hongthrone: norsk arisk synth pop (crüt), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

I'd love to hear the music for a lagoon level on Super Mario 64, but I'm damned if I know what it's called, I just remember rushing around in knee high water.

― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 21:07 (2 years ago) Permalink

― The world’s most violent pizza delivery man (Alan N), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 03:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

― fuck to: posers (Alan N), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 16:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

i'm trying to find more music (game or non-game) in a similar style to the Machinarium soundtrack, this has to be my favorite game soundtrack of the past several years. it's all a bit eno-esque i guess but more lush and structured

my 2 favorites:

― ciderpress, Sunday, 19 September 2010 21:16 (2 years ago) Permalink

Not dissimilar to the new Bonobo album actually, which I've been praising on ILM this very weekend.

― rhythm fixated member (chap), Sunday, 19 September 2010 22:31 (2 years ago) Permalink

― meisenfek, Sunday, 19 September 2010 23:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

I'd love to hear the music for a lagoon level on Super Mario 64, but I'm damned if I know what it's called, I just remember rushing around in knee high water.

― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Tuesday, August 17, 2010 9:07 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark

that level is called dire dire docks. the music is posted upthread.

― teledyldonix, Sunday, 19 September 2010 23:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

what video game music does this remind me of?

― fennel cartwright, Monday, 27 September 2010 08:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

The music in this game sounded like something produced by Trevor Horn. I'd forgotten about it until just now.

― third-strongest mole (corey), Saturday, 2 October 2010 14:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

― third-strongest mole (corey), Saturday, 2 October 2010 14:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

There's no way near enough Rob Hubbard on this thread.

His metallic percussion sounds are genius and he always had a way with textures but with a hummable tune:

― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 2 October 2010 16:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

Defcon - Everybody dies
ambient soundtrack adjusts to gameplay, this is the final phase:

― meisenfek, Saturday, 2 October 2010 17:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

^ love this one

playing through this for the first time was a magical experience

― teledyldonix, Saturday, 2 October 2010 19:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

I love this 'song' (even though it repeats itself over and over in the game)
A rapper should sample it

― I'm a Grizzily Bear Now (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 2 October 2010 22:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

I feel like autistic peeps would like that song too

― I'm a Grizzily Bear Now (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 2 October 2010 22:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

4 weeks pass...

― kind of folksy and very down-to-earth (crüt), Saturday, 30 October 2010 00:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

bizarre but entertaining. So says Mr Stewart.

― meisenfek, Saturday, 13 November 2010 10:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

~~but~~

― meisenfek, Saturday, 13 November 2010 11:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

could have chosen any track from this game

― zappi, Saturday, 13 November 2010 12:45 (2 years ago) Permalink

i did enjoy that Deadly Premonition song

― Nhex, Saturday, 13 November 2010 18:59 (2 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

The original tune is nice and pleasant (as well as, at least for myself, distinctly Japanese)

Now this song plays during "train-travelling" sequences in which you dictate the path of your train and defend against baddies and such. What's genius though is that the CHUGGA-CHUGGA-CHUGGA is kept nice and LOUD and it dawned on me that these two noises didn't conflict, but compliment eachother... the train benefits as the percussion, which is is why I'll forever keep stock in Nintendo.

^peruse through that if you're trying to figure out what the hell I'm trying to say.

― Good news, everyone! (kelpolaris), Monday, 29 November 2010 01:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

yeah! like it shouldn't really work - especially when you first get in the train, and you notice how overloud the sound effects seem, but it totally comes together

― Nhex, Monday, 29 November 2010 04:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

Come to think of it, Japanese are just dope in general in the music department.... the songs are always memorable, usually cheesy, but never groan-inducing. As of late the only American videogames I've been playing have been war games, which seem to think sweeping orchestral symphonies appropriate no matter the war.

― Good news, everyone! (kelpolaris), Monday, 29 November 2010 20:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

was this one mentioned? i always thought this game started really really cool. Test 1,2

― Ludo, Sunday, 26 December 2010 10:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

The Art Style: Light Trax piece is surprisingly good!

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 26 December 2010 22:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

― Young, Saturday, 26 February 2011 07:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

i love that game's music!

(ps thank you for posting the version of this video with the sound properly synced, it really annoys me that the most popular one is completely off sync)

― teledyldonix, Saturday, 26 February 2011 20:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

I really like the music off the Mass Effect series. Imagine if Vangelis and Steve Moore had a baby. For some reason I always think that "Fever Dream" was part of this video game soundtrack.

― van smack, Saturday, 26 February 2011 20:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

^ a lot of Boards of Canada's early, early stuff sounds a hell of a lot like this videogame's soundtrack. I'll try digging it up somewhere.

― kelpolaris, Saturday, 26 February 2011 21:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

First time I heard this I fell madly in love with it. All the music in SMB2 is beautiful. Funny thing is the first time I ever played the game it was at my friend's house and he had the sound turned down so he could listen to The Beach Boys, so it was also the first time I ever heard them! Quite a landmark day that was...

Again, fell madly in love with this. Monkey 1 and 2 I had both before we had a sound card, so we got the PC speaker sound, which you can hear above is fucking incredible! So glad someone saved this for the internet. They've re-done this music in many ways, but this is still my favorite version. Epic glitch pirate music, far better than most adventure movie soundtracks. This is up there with Star Wars for me.

This is my favorite MI theme. I think this is the original midi version I heard back when I was a kid. We ran out to get a hint book and ended up buying a Soundblaster card. I still think about recording a cover of this using my theremin!

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 26 February 2011 21:43 (2 years ago) Permalink

OTM with Mass Effect. The understated atmosphere it helps create, especially that piece, is so unexpected but so perfect for that type of game (space epic).

― Young, Sunday, 27 February 2011 01:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

That MI2 rendition of the main theme is my favorite of the series. Never heard the PC speaker version before, though, that's crazy! Still gonna go with the awesome General MIDI version tho.

― Nhex, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 03:07 (2 years ago) Permalink

recently played through Super Metroid for the first time a couple weeks ago and thought this theme was really haunting

― corey, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 03:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 06:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

I don't know shit about any game created after, like, 1983. But this electro-metal-funk thing drilled itself into my brain for all eternity:

(Never even played the game btw, not even once)

― more barn (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 07:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

i wish i could play through super metroid for the first time again ;_;

― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 17:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

It was really great, I'd rank it with the best games of all time. I wish I'd owned it as a kid.

― corey, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 18:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

via s/nes or did you emulate it? kinda been lookin for a time-passer

― kelpolaris, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 18:07 (2 years ago) Permalink

Emulator. It's definitely a time-passer — there were several moments where I had no idea how to go on and just stopped playing in frustration.

― corey, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 18:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

Earthbound Zero I actually did quit in frustration — it's so illogically hard (as opposed to being ~challenging~) that it just became not fun anymore.

― corey, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 18:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

huge earthbound fan, but that's what I've heard as well, so I never got too deep into zero.

― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 18:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

I was at the final boss! I died like 20 times before I said "fuck this."

― corey, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 18:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

super metroid was like a horror game to me when i was a kid - so atmospheric and lonely

― ℳℴℯ　❤＼(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 18:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

all time metroid jam is Kraid's Lair obv:

― ℳℴℯ　❤＼(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 18:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

The OG Metroid title music is soul-crushing electronic minimalism the likes of which have never been topped.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 19:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

er.....except for that pretty bit. Huh, never heard that part before!

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 19:02 (2 years ago) Permalink

I guess the "Space Invaders" two-note theme wins for all-time 'soul-crushing minimalism'. But the first part of "Metroid" is still fucking killer.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 19:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

CTRL+F "DuckTales NES"

― unpredictable johnny rodz, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 19:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

super metroid was like a horror game to me when i was a kid - so atmospheric and lonely

otm, this is exactly what i love about many of the metroid games

― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:34 (2 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

Is it just me, or does the second part of this sound a lot like Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do"?

― corey, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 13:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

super metroid was like a horror game to me when i was a kid - so atmospheric and lonely
otm, this is exactly what i love about many of the metroid games
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, March 2, 2011 8:34 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark

Definitely agree. Super Metroid was really scary when I played it. More recently, I just beat Metroid Fusion and even that was pretty creepy: thinking SAX would pop out in any scene, especially with that music.

I know this thread is suppose to be about the OST and not kitschy covers, but I really enjoyed Metroid Metal's interpretations.

― The Sunspots In Your Eyes Are Actually Cataracts, Mr. Rudich (AWALL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 10:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

Europa Universalis III
Andreas Waldetoft - para bellum
Andreas Waldetoft - conquistador

same OST, not original
Jon Sayles - riu riu chiu (Mateo Flecha)

― meisenfek, Thursday, 2 June 2011 06:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

Mark Morgan's dark ambient soundtracks for the first two Fallouts really make those games, and were just remastered and offered for free download by the composer, some 15 years after the games' original release. Much of it would fit comfortably on a Lustmord album.

On a similar note, I also have a softspot for Robyn Miller's soundtrack for Riven, the sequel to Myst.

I still maintain that the Interstate '76 soundtrack, mostly sly variations on 70s funk warhorses, is among the best funk albums of the last 20 years. This abandonware site has it.

― 美国有很多丰富的傻瓜 (Sanpaku), Thursday, 2 June 2011 07:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

damn, thanks a lot for reminding me of that Fallout soundtracks release! so nice to know they finally are available for download. needless to say, this soundtrack is superb.

― V79, Friday, 3 June 2011 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

― teledyldonix, Thursday, 9 June 2011 11:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

4 weeks pass...

this is really, surprisingly great. never even played this game.

― kelpolaris, Thursday, 7 July 2011 05:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

this is rad tambien

― kelpolaris, Thursday, 7 July 2011 05:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

yep, some of the best game music ever

― corey, Thursday, 7 July 2011 12:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

That second embed is great, I recently heard it in the ILXORS listening room for the first time! Think it was Moka who queued it.

― Asamoah Nyan (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 7 July 2011 12:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

No, that was me!

I just wonder how he was able to do filtering on the snes sound chip. My only guess is that they're samples.

― corey, Thursday, 7 July 2011 12:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

Ohh right, sorry Corey, credit where credit is due! :-)

― Asamoah Nyan (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 7 July 2011 12:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

I think they're samples, yeah.

― ȣ_ȣ Ȣ_Ȣ ȣ_ȣ Ȣ_Ȣ ȣ_ȣ (absolutely clean glasses), Thursday, 7 July 2011 13:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

I love how SNES composers were able to work around the limitations of the chip — like in the Follins's music for Plok! they used samples of chords so they could fit in more voices and give the music a really dense texture.

― corey, Thursday, 7 July 2011 13:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

― Ayatollah Colm Meaney (Princess TamTam), Thursday, 7 July 2011 14:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

Ooh, my favorite Doom music:

You really have to hear these with the original adlib/sound blaster chip sounds.

― corey, Thursday, 7 July 2011 15:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

enjoying hitting play on all the 8bit youtube posts on here and letting them mesh together.

― owenf, Thursday, 7 July 2011 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

based on the music of megaman 2 stage 2

― Sébastien, Thursday, 7 July 2011 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

I think they're samples, yeah.

Me too, but I think there must be several of them per instrument. "Bramble Blast" would require a separate sample for each bass note. I would love to see the software with which they used to make those tunes.

― Boehner & der club of GOP (Ówen P.), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

based on the music of megaman 2 stage 2

haha, that is batshit

― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

Mark Morgan's dark ambient soundtracks for the first two Fallouts really make those games, and were just remastered and offered for free download by the composer, some 15 years after the games' original release.

O_O i did not know this *downloads furiously*

― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

not video game music per se, but Mafia II from last year might have the best era-specific soundtrack i have ever heard.

http://www.gameculture.com/2010/08/20/complete-mafia-ii-soundtrack-track-list

― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

regarding the fallout soundtracks:

― kelpolaris, Friday, 8 July 2011 05:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

too lazy to really dig and see if this was somehow posted before, but this whole soundtrack is my video game music jam of all time

― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Friday, 8 July 2011 06:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Friday, 8 July 2011 06:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

this is practically some sweet math rock joint for fuck's sake. no wonder the advantage records work.

― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Friday, 8 July 2011 06:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

-_-

― corey, Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

haha i was going to post on this thread about 'marble madness' and then i looked upthread and saw that i posted EIGHT YEARS AGO on this very thread about 'marble madness'

― geeta, Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

i get a lot of rose melberg jive off this, but it could just be standard-fare j-pop vocals

only bummer about it is that this song is so good that you spend the rest of the game hoping something'll trump it

― chaningning tatumtum (kelpolaris), Saturday, 29 October 2011 01:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

^ That soundtrack is great. It features a pretty good Illreme song, subsequently got me into the rest of his stuff, which is real, real good.

― ste throkes (Ówen P.), Saturday, 29 October 2011 08:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

Lonely Rolling Star is my fav Katamari tune!
This is a close second tho...

― zappi, Saturday, 29 October 2011 09:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

Is that Nomiya Maki singing?

― corey, Saturday, 29 October 2011 12:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

yes!

― zappi, Saturday, 29 October 2011 13:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

"lonely rolling star" is great, i adore it

― teledyldonix, Saturday, 29 October 2011 17:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

<3 the katamari soundtrack and esp. this one which kind of makes me swell up w/emotion tbqh:

― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Monday, 31 October 2011 18:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

could you guys recommend me to anything similar to that katamari song i posted? is that a particular style? i hear lots of j-pop but have never really associated it with anything mentally/aurally aside from figuring it not a too distant cousin from that "gee gee gee" k-pop song.

― chaningning tatumtum (kelpolaris), Saturday, 5 November 2011 18:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

i was at an arcade last week and played this korean rhythm game. most of the music was fairly forgettable but i liked this one (despite the lyrics making no sense).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bk1__1RT_Y

― teledyldonix, Saturday, 5 November 2011 19:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

youtube embed didn't work

― teledyldonix, Saturday, 5 November 2011 19:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

recently I fell in love with Machinarium and its great soundtrack:

...which you can download as a bonus after you buy the game!

― V79, Sunday, 6 November 2011 16:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

ah! been looking for the name of that game all over! i played the demo and dug it lots but couldn't justify paying the $10 asking at the time

― NO NUTRITIONAL CONTENT (kelpolaris), Sunday, 6 November 2011 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

I bought it back in August when it was a part of the 3rd Humble Bundle, would've been quite mad had I paid 10 bucks and then got stuck on a puzzle :x still - a wonderful game, worth buying on a nearest price drop it gets

― V79, Sunday, 6 November 2011 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

Some Chrono Trigger songs are very sample worthy. Just realized Wiz Khalifa samples "Schala's theme" on never been:

This ones would make fine samples too:

Also love for Earthbound's Onett:

― Moka, Monday, 7 November 2011 20:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

holy shit @ wiz khalifa

― fill up ass of emoticon fart (crüt), Monday, 7 November 2011 20:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

earthwrom jim had some fuken WOMP ASS music!

― The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

― You're welcome child. It was just another day being your God (crüt), Sunday, 11 March 2012 03:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

― skip, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 03:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

YES to Dr. Mario.

― skip, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 03:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

holy shit my favorite song of the now

― Sébastien, Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

just heard of it today while getting acquainted with juke via some random mixes on youtube , it played at the end of that one

― Sébastien, Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

hah! i knew that wave race 64 tune reminded me of something i recently heard.

― bove, Friday, 23 March 2012 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

omg bove, that is horrible.

― skip, Sunday, 25 March 2012 23:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Found this wicked DKC2 covers today:

― Moka, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

― meisenfek, Friday, 25 May 2012 05:01 (11 months ago) Permalink

I really LOVE that lead! It is a Pulse Width modulated sound, (PWM). In addition, PWM is a technique used in modern ovens to regulate the heat in a high precicion (Often using micro controllers pulsing the element of the oven).
Riskteven 4 hours ago

― meisenfek, Friday, 25 May 2012 05:05 (11 months ago) Permalink

trippy bakery music

― skip, Friday, 25 May 2012 14:08 (11 months ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

just saw a commercial for medal of honor warfighter that used ella fitzgerald's 'after you've gone' as background music. i'm guessing it's taking cues from games like bioshock and fallout (and maybe to some extent gears of war commercials too?) that deploys these really gorgeous 50s + 60s songs. i think they serve different purposes. in bioshock + fallout the music underlines a kinda of ambient nostalgia (fallout is a 50s cold war conception of the future, bioshock this randian dystopia). in medal of honor (+ i think similarly, tho not from same decades, "mad world" in gears of war commercials) made ironic stylistic contrast between action + fps hyper-violence to music's distant, restrained pop.

i think it would be really cool if there was a huge explosion of drawing on those decades for video game soundtracks - i think they made a nice shift in tempo from video game hyper-futurism

― Mordy, Thursday, 11 October 2012 01:11 (7 months ago) Permalink

I still say that the mafia ii soundtrack is maybe the best 50's comp of all time.

― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Thursday, 11 October 2012 01:16 (7 months ago) Permalink

http://www.mafia2game.com/community/us/features_song_list.php

― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Thursday, 11 October 2012 01:18 (7 months ago) Permalink

LOVE this song. I learned how to play it and if you play it slow on a keyboard w a nice fake accordion setting it's super romantic.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 11 October 2012 02:42 (7 months ago) Permalink

Also, that guy has videos on how to make sound effects. Check this out

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 11 October 2012 02:44 (7 months ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

― cocktail onion (fennel cartwright), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 22:57 (3 months ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaOVNEL92Lc

cracked me up at the time. well it still does but now i like it i think.

― teddy dominatrix (dyl), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 01:28 (1 month ago) Permalink

oops

― teddy dominatrix (dyl), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 01:29 (1 month ago) Permalink

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