This is the Video Game Music Thread

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

Which is nice.

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

Megadeth covers the theme to Duke Nukem 3D

kirby's adventure bangs

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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

http://www.terrisus.com/pictures/endings/MegaMan2.jpg

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

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.

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!

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.

Seconding dean's post way upthread re: The Advantage

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.

way OTM

SMB main theme sounds like bebop with notes taken out.

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

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

Whoops, I meant to say Streets of Rage II

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

resident evil 4 "serenity"

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J67nkzoJ_2M
I feel like there is some basement coldwave artist somewhere making music that aspires to sound exactly like this joint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnvN_acWq8k

Proggy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jbJSftFr20

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.

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mziw3FQkZYg

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

sounds like something from the safe ost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFVSlyd3KjE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV3RC2sDwQs&feature=related

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU1l8_ZpQbU&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCA_msAEn8k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVPHmok3hxA

'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!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPgRwaXSL9M

speaking of pirates:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wDCuG6Ffig

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT4A-MSQgoI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55cbGTlgHqI

haha wow that music hurts my heart

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

SIm city 3000 kills, reichian business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8ozXI7yusc

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiZIr2Xc4zU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JCxwocVoP4&feature=related

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ3MwEy3L0Q&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na9JRpN1bJE&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNUevXYq6VA

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjazC45Qkww