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We always spam poo poo about our favorite videogame songs we like to rock to and then feel embarrassed about later, but what about the ones that we just feel embarrassed about period? The ones that are just horribly grating and make you cry such huge tears in front of your TV that you die repeatedly to the boss because your vision is clouded and your morale crushed? Dragon's Dogma Main Menu Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0CxIJBHBVQ This won my "Press the load game button as fast as possible" award last year. Oblivion's Limp Dick Brawl Tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GOh8JjFP08 It sounds like Jeremy Soule just gave up and everyone in the orchestra is just half-assedly playing their instruments as morosely as possible. The repetitive strings made this shoot up pretty high on my list of music that pisses me off to no end. Persona 1 PSP Attempted English Gibberish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfltiuas1iw This plays almost EVERY battle, imagine that poo poo for EVERY random encounter, now remember how numerous random encounters in Persona are. Puncture your eardrums before playing. Please give me some more examples for our shared misery.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 03:49 |
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| # ? May 25, 2013 19:55 |
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The original Resident Evil had a pretty dope soundtrack. It definitely did a good job of setting the mood / putting you on edge. For some reason, they decided to get rid of all of it for "Director's Cut: Dual Shock Version" re-release, and replace it with... This... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kcF7E69C6Q Habermann fucked around with this message at Feb 2, 2013 around 05:02 |
| # ? Feb 2, 2013 04:59 |
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Habermann posted:The original Resident Evil had a pretty dope soundtrack. It definitely did a good job of setting the mood / putting you on edge. For some reason, they decided to get rid of all of it for "Director's Cut: Dual Shock Version" re-release, and replace it with... This... Oh hey, it's my elementary school brass section.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 05:08 |
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This will always hold a special place in my heart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC0cvwnG0Ik
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 05:12 |
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Habermann posted:The original Resident Evil had a pretty dope soundtrack. It definitely did a good job of setting the mood / putting you on edge. For some reason, they decided to get rid of all of it for "Director's Cut: Dual Shock Version" re-release, and replace it with... This... Holy poo poo, this had me in tears. Here you go - hope you don't get this stuck in your head: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RUmqwK3Xdk
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 05:24 |
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I think my relationship with awesomely horrible video game music came to a head when I got to see the guys from SEGA perform the Daytona USA music live. I don't think I'd trade that experience for anything.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 05:56 |
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Oldstench posted:Here you go - hope you don't get this stuck in your head: S-U-P-E-R posted:I think my relationship with awesomely horrible video game music came to a head when I got to see the guys from SEGA perform the Daytona USA music live. I don't think I'd trade that experience for anything. Here's a little something I made a while back for my YouTube channel, which http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbZk-Ar6a6w
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 06:05 |
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Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars had decent intro music, but had specialized themes for all the cities and countries. The country themes might have been national anthem rip-offs; I can't be prodded into firing up the cart. YouTube only has the Detroit theme. The music is a good bit of why I was always a bit embarrassed to play this. The first Back to the Future game on NES featured this abomination of a cover of Johnny B. Goode.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 06:13 |
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Habermann posted:The original Resident Evil had a pretty dope soundtrack. It definitely did a good job of setting the mood / putting you on edge. For some reason, they decided to get rid of all of it for "Director's Cut: Dual Shock Version" re-release, and replace it with... This... Kinda reminds me of this take on the Mario theme: http://polsy.org.uk/play/nico/?vidid=sm1636528
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 06:17 |
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I assume awesomely bad songs count.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 06:19 |
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One of the worst songs I've ever heard comes from Super Mario World. It's just awful, you have to hear it to believe it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYA1Sq8X75U] Edit: I should add it gets especially bad at around 0:30; it doesn't seem bad at first. Captain Drumline fucked around with this message at Feb 2, 2013 around 06:26 |
| # ? Feb 2, 2013 06:20 |
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Definitely this gem from a pretty obscure PS2 RPG named Evergrace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV7p48af-yw - Howl
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 06:23 |
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Captain Drumline posted:One of the worst songs I've ever heard comes from Super Mario World. It's just awful, you have to hear it to believe it. Sounds like a typical SNES to NES remake to me. 
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 06:23 |
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Thwack! posted:Definitely this gem from a pretty obscure PS2 RPG named Evergrace Is it bad that I actually really like this.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 06:36 |
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JebanyPedal posted:Is it bad that I actually really like this. Nah, I do too.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 06:51 |
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It sounds a lot like Magma, but a lot of Japanese games have odd prog-rock inspired soundtracks since so many musicians for videogames over there are prog fans.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 06:56 |
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Kind of reminds me Drakengard, in a way. Speaking of Drakengard, I don't know if it really belongs here. Most people consider the soundtrack ear surprise sex (it's basically a bunch of classical music played and cut together, four at once in one song), but I love it. EDIT: Also, I normally love Crush 40 butt rock, but Shadow's soundtrack went way too far into the "butt" part for my taste. TheWorldIsSquare fucked around with this message at Feb 2, 2013 around 07:02 |
| # ? Feb 2, 2013 06:59 |
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I love the opening theme for Rad Gravity. It sounds like the music was deliberately written to sound like when your cartridge gets jostled and everything becomes corrupted and otherworldly without actually crashing. The bass seems to be playing a different song entirely, the lead instrument's PITCH shoots UP on the end of every note, instead of the volume shooting down. It makes the thing sound like it's being played by doing that thing where you tug the end of an open balloon. Edit: The game itself is also awesomely bizarre. You play as super-manly man-chinned Rad Gravity, dashing through the streets stabbing bearded men in flying trash cans and George Carlins. Orange Harrison fucked around with this message at Feb 2, 2013 around 07:08 |
| # ? Feb 2, 2013 07:03 |
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DDR has a lot of dance remixes of classical music that range from pretty decent to so incredibly annoying that I can't even bring myself to play them. Hydlide is an early action RPG that is considered a classic in Japan and a crap game everywhere else. The music that plays throughout the entirety of the NES version is this ripoff of the Indiana Jones theme. It could have been worse, though—in the original version it's a ripoff of Pop Goes the Weasel. The Mega Man games generally have great soundtracks, but they slipped up every now and then. Ring Man's stage theme from Mega Man 4 is probably the worst offender. It's like they weren't even trying. My all-time favorite has to be this track from Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors 2. If you don't think it's that bad, consider that this plays during the atrociously difficult final boss fight and nowhere else in the entire game. JebanyPedal posted:It sounds a lot like Magma, but a lot of Japanese games have odd prog-rock inspired soundtracks since so many musicians for videogames over there are prog fans. Motoi Sakuraba (composer for Dark Souls, the Star Ocean series, and a zillion other games you've probably played) was the composer and keyboardist for '80s prog rock band Deja Vu before he started doing game soundtracks. Rollersnake fucked around with this message at Feb 2, 2013 around 07:49 |
| # ? Feb 2, 2013 07:20 |
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Rhythm games have some "excellent" video game music, especially when they're writing a song for the sole purpose of having a really difficult stepchart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAc-Cw8G7UE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzGvwF2z1Gs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9UmmYvpqgM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Lmd_HQqdg
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 07:26 |
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Urgh, before I even listened, I knew one of those was going to be Drop Out.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 07:28 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGwQU39T8CE I'm sorry, I have a feeling this song will be polarizing. thomawesome fucked around with this message at Feb 2, 2013 around 07:44 |
| # ? Feb 2, 2013 07:41 |
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Girl in the Tower from King's Quest VI
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 07:50 |
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Most of the music in EVO ranged from decent to mediocre, but this particular level, after listening to it for 30+ minutes one night, really got under my skin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNTgn_7SdNE
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 07:54 |
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In a similar vein to the Dragon's Dogma "mash start so I don't have to hear that loving song" song, I give you, the animated opening to Monster Rancher 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1AKlib6CRw
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 08:03 |
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Rollersnake posted:My all-time favorite has to be this track from Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors 2. If you don't think it's that bad, consider that this plays during the atrociously difficult final boss fight and nowhere else in the entire game. gently caress you, this song is rad as hell and if you don't want rad as hell music for your boss fight I don't care to speak to you.  As far as legitimately horrible videogame music, I would like to submit pretty much the entirety of Deadly Towers' soundtrack. A lot of it honestly isn't that bad by the standards of very early NES music and would probably be one of the
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 08:45 |
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The Double Dragon Genesis port sounds only slightly better that taking a cheese grater to your eardrums Special mention to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. First Castlevania game with CD quality sound, cool right? Well what did you expect, it's awful synthcheese from start to finish, probably produced in a week on a shoestring budget. Fortunately, Symphony of the Night's soundtrack turned out much better
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 09:17 |
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For your consideration, the Chessmaster music, also known as, the Seinfeld theme played through an SNES. This is the only piece of music that plays in the game.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 10:02 |
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Blue Dragon was a pretty forgettable game overall, but one thing continues to stick in the mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUjxPj3al5U For those of you who've never played it before this is the boss theme, not of any particular boss but all of them. Oh and some of them can take a while so I hope you like hearing it three times in a row. 
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 10:40 |
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Hahahaha, this poo poo is the best.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 10:42 |
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I love Uninvited and the other ICOM adventure games (as my avatar shows). Most of the music is cool and Shadowgate's soundtrack is especially awesome. But this music from Uninvited on the NES used to make me mute the TV as fast as possible. It has the magic ability to get on my nerves really badly after only hearing like 3 seconds of it. Telemaze fucked around with this message at Feb 2, 2013 around 11:18 |
| # ? Feb 2, 2013 11:11 |
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The character select screen music from Marvel vs Capcom 2 sits firmly in the "so bad it's good" territory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPjjnfGKrPc However, character selection usually doesn't take that long, so it's not like you keep hearing this all the time. Unlike the song that plays in every single menu of Street Fighter IV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdKB-6ueD4o (English) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn4c8UcfuFs (Original glorious Nippon) Good times waiting for a match in online mode while that song is melting your brain.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 11:32 |
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Traverse Town from Kingdom Hearts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-qU2tKMrUQ Not such a bad song at first. It's mellow, its catchy, relaxing. However Traverse Town is basically your home base for the vast majority of the game since it has all the shops and gummi parts and other game devices. So you end up listening to this repetitive slow jazz for hours on end till you want to break your TV.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 11:33 |
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In Japan back in the 1980's there was a band that was a KISS knock off. They wore the face paint, dressed the same, and had music that generally sounded the same. This band got a Famicom game based on them created, the most heavy metal game ever designed for an 8-bit system. Now for this game they'd have to put in some of the band's music as the sound track. This is what came out: Seikima 2 Holistic Detective posted:Blue Dragon was a pretty forgettable game overall, but one thing continues to stick in the mind: This is the other one that comes to mind immediately. I hate that music so much...
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 11:34 |
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I don't know what it is about the Sonic series and weird loving synths for everything but here's this thing from Sonic 4.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 13:48 |
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Holistic Detective posted:Blue Dragon was a pretty forgettable game overall, but one thing continues to stick in the mind: Fun fact: The singer is Ian Gillan, so I kind of like it in a so-bad-it's-good kind of way, but each to their own. Content: I stopped playing WoW, but the first 25 seconds of this particular piece for a zone got on my nerves when I played. It tries to have this ~epic discovery~ feeling but it doesn't work since it plays every time you go there. The rest after that is okay.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 13:51 |
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Hotline: Miami, a game where every song on the soundtrack is pure gold except this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJESxP2s2zE It's used really well in the context of the plot, but seriously, gently caress that. Stargate fucked around with this message at Feb 2, 2013 around 14:24 |
| # ? Feb 2, 2013 14:21 |
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g0lbez posted:I don't know what it is about the Sonic series and weird loving synths for everything but here's this thing from Sonic 4. Speaking of Sonic, try and play Sonic R for any lengthy time and not end up humming or singing this annoying tune for days afterwards. I dare you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJRosZzB_a8
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 14:30 |
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Holistic Detective posted:Blue Dragon was a pretty forgettable game overall, but one thing continues to stick in the mind: This is my favorite bad track hands down. It's also used in major boss battles in Shut Up and Jam Gaiden, which makes a funny game even funnier.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 14:41 |
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| # ? May 25, 2013 19:55 |
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Stargate posted:Hotline: Miami, a game where every song on the soundtrack is pure gold except this one.  This song rules though.
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