― |OBEY|EYE|BO| (deangulberry), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:33 (twenty years ago) link
― original bgm, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:54 (twenty years ago) link
― original bgm, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:57 (twenty years ago) link
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 (twenty years ago) link
― 57 7th (calstars), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 19:54 (twenty years ago) link
― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 19:56 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 19:59 (twenty years ago) link
― sexyDancer, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 20:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Elliot (Elliot), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 20:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:50 (twenty years ago) link
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 (twenty years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:43 (twenty years ago) link
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 (twenty years ago) link
― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:54 (twenty years ago) link
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 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNF-bRKvbeA
Megadeth covers the theme to Duke Nukem 3D
― kingfish, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 03:36 (sixteen years ago) link
kirby's adventure bangs
― m bison, Saturday, 10 November 2007 06:25 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.ocremix.org/ has some apps for playback of ripped tracks from roms and such
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 15 May 2008 00:55 (fifteen years ago) link
the pause screen music in battletoads!!! (NES) it's a short loop, but so great
― 6335, Thursday, 15 May 2008 01:33 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
oh, jackpot: http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/nintendo/nes/
― poortheatre, Thursday, 15 May 2008 02:00 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― poortheatre, Thursday, 15 May 2008 02:02 (fifteen years ago) link
hm. listening to all of national themes on Super Dodge Ball is like midi-hymnen.
― poortheatre, Thursday, 15 May 2008 02:08 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
Seconding dean's post way upthread re: The Advantage
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 May 2008 04:06 (fifteen years ago) link
way OTM
― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 16 May 2008 04:10 (fifteen years ago) link
SMB main theme sounds like bebop with notes taken out.
― bamcquern, Friday, 16 May 2008 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Switchblade http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VNDlgd647jE ingame music from 2:00 onwards is ace.
― Thomas, Friday, 29 August 2008 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh my goodness, I just downloaded Street Fighter II. Ravey Detroitish-mania all around.
― mehlt, Sunday, 31 August 2008 23:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Whoops, I meant to say Streets of Rage II
― mehlt, Sunday, 31 August 2008 23:33 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
resident evil 4 "serenity"
― rio (r1o natsume), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
― rio (r1o natsume), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 14:00 (fifteen years ago) link
this whole thread could easily be made up of save themes and rpg sleep themes
― rio (r1o natsume), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 14:04 (fifteen years ago) link
― rio (r1o natsume), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 14:09 (fifteen years ago) link
― rio (r1o natsume), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J67nkzoJ_2MI 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 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnvN_acWq8k
― sleepingbag, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Proggy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jbJSftFr20
― corey, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 03:25 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 07:23 (thirteen years ago) link
and more recently, this one gets me a little teary every time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mziw3FQkZYg
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 07:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Aquatic Ambience is an alltime favorite. even beats any remix @ ocremic.org....
― meisenfek, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 12:48 (thirteen years ago) link
sounds like something from the safe osthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFVSlyd3KjE
― truffle-flavoured ilx posts (cozen), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 13:09 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm obsessed with another falcom track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ok9bzDzaS0
i think power metal truly found a home in video game soundtracks
― butch wig (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 14:47 (five months ago) link
https://www.nts.live/shows/otaku/episodes/otaku-winter-soundtrack-27th-january-2024“Chilling, frigid and wintery scores from the obligatory snow level - featuring music from Final Fantasy, Silent Hill, Stardew Valley, Skyrim…”
― brimstead, Monday, 29 January 2024 23:13 (two months ago) link