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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

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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


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