Songs that sound like Earthbound

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corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:22 (twelve years ago) link

hah yeah I was considering posting that

That Dunkster! (absolutely clean glasses), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:22 (twelve years ago) link

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

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:23 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kzEMHiCuaE

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:29 (twelve years ago) link

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

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:34 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO2C1XNAeaU

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:42 (twelve years ago) link

this is some of my favorite shit ever but i'm having trouble thinking of similar-sounding stuff :/

tInA-yOtHeRs (donna rouge), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:44 (twelve years ago) link

That Tachibana track has a similar chord progression to a Donkey Kong 2 track

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:46 (twelve years ago) link

the beginning of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAzESJ62irI&feature=related

tInA-yOtHeRs (donna rouge), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:49 (twelve years ago) link

i really wanna play this

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

soundtrack composed by Keiichi Suzuki, Earthbound dude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GFZe-NYKBw

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:51 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUL5UaF4z0Q

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:56 (twelve years ago) link

all of these are great btw

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:58 (twelve years ago) link

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

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:02 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0419QSOr4I

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:08 (twelve years ago) link

A+ thread

offee is for losers only, do you not c? (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:10 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzN6gzMdZ_0

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:20 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4jwyORsVts

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:26 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhkXEteT9hw

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:32 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp951qxPyuc

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:43 (twelve years ago) link

ha!

TheDunkster (absolutely clean glasses), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:11 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jT50gxC-dU

chocolatepiekid, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 23:46 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmA5bGv6FSQ

chocolatepiekid, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 23:47 (twelve years ago) link

bassie & adriaan sounds like the theme from night court!

really diggin this thread.

original bgm, Friday, 6 May 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link

~2min in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qexZQ9tO6eI&feature=related

"brussels" was the hassell track I really wanted to post but it isn't on youtube.

original bgm, Sunday, 15 May 2011 17:05 (twelve years ago) link

this entire album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khzWqXMAT5I

, Thursday, 19 May 2011 09:02 (twelve years ago) link

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bu4erOGQuU

*floods world w/tears* (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 June 2011 01:25 (twelve years ago) link

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The last part

kkern, Thursday, 23 June 2011 02:46 (twelve years ago) link

EMBED ugh sorry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOKrRxmDr2c

kkern, Thursday, 23 June 2011 02:48 (twelve years ago) link

three months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YB4pp2NByQ

corey, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 05:05 (twelve years ago) link

OTM

Logg \ O / Logg (crüt), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 05:10 (twelve years ago) link

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

fennel cartwright, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 06:25 (twelve years ago) link

one month passes...

there's some cuts off larson's "digital landscape" that are v v earthbound but they weren't on youtube

lil jon & vangelis (fennel cartwright), Friday, 18 November 2011 01:14 (twelve years ago) link

nine months pass...
one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6UJ5ZmJwZw

bryan "radical" ferry (clouds), Saturday, 20 October 2012 13:19 (eleven years ago) link

one month passes...

global goon's last album is really earthbound-y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aph6SWxTCQ

ゑ (clouds), Friday, 23 November 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link

two months pass...

This could totally *totally* have been swapped in place of the Mr. Saturn coffee break music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtT5Jki24VE

ICANN Tina Turner (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 21 February 2013 05:35 (eleven years ago) link

that was the first thing i thought of when i heard this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gH6UOatmAM

crimson hexagon sonned (clouds), Thursday, 21 February 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link

holy crap that mbv song is a dead ringer!

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 22 February 2013 04:49 (eleven years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xSI4xnhxUQ

ICANN Tina Turner (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 22 February 2013 05:40 (eleven years ago) link

two months pass...

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

clouds, Monday, 6 May 2013 19:51 (ten years ago) link

four weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6rFK5ov3Fk

ttyih boi (crüt), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link

oh my god yes

the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 20 November 2017 04:11 (six years ago) link

two months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPi_fP4e1hU

Wes Brodicus, Sunday, 21 January 2018 20:39 (six years ago) link

three weeks pass...

this whole album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYKy6HlHF-I

clouds, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 17:21 (six years ago) link

https://graphicalrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/horizontal-plane

had (crüt), Monday, 26 February 2018 02:19 (six years ago) link

um excuse me did y'all know they pressed the soundtrack on vinyl??

https://www.shiptoshoremedia.com/store/albums/mother-2

the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 15:45 (six years ago) link

four months pass...

putting off packing by listening to a bunch of egyptian soundcloud artists, and this goes here I think.

https://soundcloud.com/ayametwalli/fein-enta

aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Thursday, 19 July 2018 04:55 (five years ago) link

three weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ge7OWBJoQY

No organ. (crüt), Saturday, 11 August 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link

three months pass...

This playlist I made was partly inspired by Earthbound (especially 'Summers')

https://open.spotify.com/user/1153731601/playlist/1jVK51XMMxtWHS3yW5IXaN?si=bCUzIMS4T6aM7k86kJggSg

Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Monday, 19 November 2018 23:44 (five years ago) link

two months pass...

wow!!

⅋ (crüt), Saturday, 9 February 2019 17:19 (five years ago) link

hahaha

frame casual (dog latin), Saturday, 9 February 2019 19:21 (five years ago) link

wow indeed

clouds, Friday, 15 February 2019 01:13 (five years ago) link

three months pass...

the earthbound (well, more mother 3) starts around 1:00

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

like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Monday, 20 May 2019 05:15 (four years ago) link

six months pass...

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

oder doch?, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--rfbWJq7SY

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 30 December 2019 20:45 (four years ago) link

one month passes...

https://musicfordreams.bandcamp.com/album/elsewhere-junior-i-a-collection-of-cosmic-childrens-songs

certain tracks stood out in regards to thread relevance

Evan, Friday, 7 February 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link

two months pass...

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

oder doch?, Monday, 20 April 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link

kind of a mother 3 feel to that one

like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 19:27 (three years ago) link

two months pass...

just dropping in here in case anyone wanted to know and was not aware that Chip Tanaka (who worked on the music for Earthbound and a bunch of other Nintendo games) has a new album out on Bandcamp

https://chiptanaka.bandcamp.com/album/domingo

(think I'd missed this thread before, will be checking out the youtubes now - or once I've finished listening to Tanaka's Snoopy Concert music for Super Famicom/SNES. Earthboundish vibes plus Vince Guaraldi "Linus & Lucy" motif all over the place)

(yeaahhh I stole both these from a Frank Cifaldi tweet, hat tip etc)

L. Prague de Scamp (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 19 July 2020 14:28 (three years ago) link

Beautiful Wikipedia sentences of our time:

Among specific musical influences, Tanaka has cited Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, Stackridge, Yabby U, the Flying Lizards, Prince, Lalo Rodriguez, My Bloody Valentine, Frank Zappa, Keiichi Suzuki, Hal Willner's various artists compilations, Sly Dunbar, Jah Wobble, and the Slits.

L. Prague de Scamp (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 19 July 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Madalyn Merkey - Please Don't Keep Me Waiting (Side B)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFw6Jk0Gjz4

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 9 August 2020 18:54 (three years ago) link

four months pass...

再生ハイパーべるーヴ - Pink Metallic Crusaders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFBc-O29Dnc

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 27 December 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link

much of colin newman's 'it seems' qualifies for this thread imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbPW9vwbREA

donna rouge, Monday, 28 December 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link

two months pass...

chihei hatakeyama's music often sounds v earthboundy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9MLOnIbEYE

clouds, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link

three weeks pass...

chara "private beach"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TGtYEazoSI

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 18:29 (three years ago) link

four months pass...

mr. g "meditative state (reflective)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asXg_R0GuZI

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 9 August 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link

two months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXQNLq1huYQ

just found out about this, new arranged versions of various earthbound tunes from keiichi suzuki himself released this year. he provides vocals too

ufo, Sunday, 17 October 2021 06:33 (two years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJMnWEezS8E

probably the most proto-earthbound i've heard from suzuki's previous work

ufo, Sunday, 17 October 2021 11:28 (two years ago) link

i love this video that highlights one of hip tanaka's idiosyncratic compositional techniques

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YQ_HO7rZhI

missingNO, Sunday, 17 October 2021 14:41 (two years ago) link

this song by miki nakatani and ryuichi sakamoto has a certain ethereal earthbound-y quality, i think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ShKUHmnQU

missingNO, Sunday, 17 October 2021 14:50 (two years ago) link

oh, that's blocked for me but now I'm curious. I love that first nakatani album that sakamoto produced. which one? "chronic love"?

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 17 October 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link

oh that's annoying, this one should work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNKjgrE1G0I

song in question is track 2, 雨だれ ("amadare" ["raindrops"])

i think this is her best album, futuristic micropop w/ impressive production work from sakamoto and nobukazu takemura. love the peak y2k aesthetic / gen-x soft club cover art

missingNO, Monday, 18 October 2021 03:29 (two years ago) link

I literally just came here to post a track lol

https://soundcloud.com/vanishingtwin/zuum

like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Monday, 18 October 2021 03:32 (two years ago) link

hard agree on the y2k shiseikatsu cover art, totally rules (x-post)

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 18 October 2021 23:20 (two years ago) link

nine months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIgeh8PEQXI

just the start really

ufo, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 12:54 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIIFk0CiV04

ufo, Tuesday, 27 September 2022 12:52 (one year ago) link

^Excellent pull, has both the longing sweetness of something like "Smiles and Tears" AND a touch the weirdo electronica that soundtrack does so well. Also thank you for making me aware George Riley has a new album out!

OneSecondBefore, Tuesday, 27 September 2022 14:45 (one year ago) link

two months pass...

jun chikuma's (bomberman hero) latest one sounds v v earthboundy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7pexiaVuU

clouds, Thursday, 8 December 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link

four weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgcT_Q0t2rU

ufo, Saturday, 7 January 2023 14:29 (one year ago) link

tenda village

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKl5poUmWuw

c u (crüt), Friday, 20 January 2023 05:18 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

There's a bunch of Earthbound comparisons in the Stereogum review for the latest Kate NV album:

https://www.stereogum.com/2214730/kate-nv-wow/reviews/album-of-the-week/

MarkoP, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 17:58 (one year ago) link


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