This is the Video Game Music Thread

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erq0yVZqrj8

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAFJoATw3Kw&feature=related

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.

DKC*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQG8vkNG8aM

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTZ1-ROnIYg

So sad and peacefull!

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

maybe a bit played now but ~still~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iof5pRAIZmw&feature=related

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG_fV0r4cX0

ah ico, what a fantastic game :(

the castlevania series has tons of good tunes

like this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhDvw7FmGo0

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPNX8z3BZA

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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

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Ij30btVao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea74cXLWytE

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

1st gen pokemon themes were great, my favourite is Bike Ride:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxU2UjAjN24

Poke Center is a nice hook too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjZIjHu0OfY&feature=player_embedded

though IMO they sound better on Gameboy hardware and speakers

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

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

Moar Kirby greatness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y21G3GkwuSg&feature=related

I have clicked none of your links.

u mad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Ec4sJBsPc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIvlOA0XS-c

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

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

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

The music for Super R-Type was great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EuN1wXOljY&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hahr56i6ReE&feature=related

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptb4MMI3puw&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5xdue7GFcc

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D20dF5Ao1mE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUdH1uwSfGY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQpi9D1ZxUQ

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvDvawzJ3s8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy8HXFrqpCI

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1vexQzA9Vk&feature=player_embedded

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p5tdcizbkI

what video game music does this remind me of?

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkplK2KnQ2E&feature=related&fmt=18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9GKueb8P8o&feature=related

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrQuR1LHAVI&fmt=18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlwgAzgK7ws&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQkf_H8zejU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozr54lqRoBc

Defcon - Everybody dies
ambient soundtrack adjusts to gameplay, this is the final phase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c1lvJ2-N2Q

^ love this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=322V5rD6ko4

playing through this for the first time was a magical experience

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

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

I feel like autistic peeps would like that song too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJg7vZMtfgc

bizarre but entertaining. So says Mr Stewart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzvXBFwcyek

but

could have chosen any track from this game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w26VUw440rY

i did enjoy that Deadly Premonition song

The original tune is nice and pleasant (as well as, at least for myself, distinctly Japanese)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4yextE9SLo&feature=related

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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YyJb2Olrc8
^peruse through that if you're trying to figure out what the hell I'm trying to say.

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

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.