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Stand back? https://youtu.be/3K2smYpWV0E Stand back! https://youtu.be/AwPVFp5ho6U This thread is for bumping that old poo poo, talking about composers, sound chips, that weird poo poo where Defender II on the NES has the same soundtrack of Punch-Out, or that dungeon music from Last Battle that always reminds you of Bring On The Dancing Horses by Echo and the Bunnymen (maybe I’m projecting). In this OP right here, I’m gonna post some winners. I still wanna talk about my conspiracy theory where Guile was always meant to have Ken’s Stage theme but they nixed it just like Capcom was too chickenshit to keep M Bison M Bison in the states, electing to blender all the goddamn names except Sagat because legacy. So, without any further ado, let’s get to some JAMS: Journey to Silius - NES https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1059BF37B1B0FE79 Spider-Man Venom: Maximum Carnage - SNES https://youtu.be/-nn0vMZuD3Q Gyruss - Arcade (don’t do headphones) https://youtu.be/TNc7VdD-ink Comix Zone - Sega Genesis https://youtu.be/o1QAKVfRFas Mountain King - Atari 8-bit https://youtu.be/g5xzt976lF8 Rad Racer 2 “Gum Ball Crash” - NES https://youtu.be/Q-c7ZPnHSdY Let’s talk about it! Share that shiiiiiiiiit.
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Retro video game music? I'm all about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWov_XGruT8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg97ZlbUJXY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEmDpKsMJWc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9D-LXjKVe8 That last one. Game is pretty awful, but song is some NES fire.
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Oct 25, 2019 02:50
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ACTRAISER MOTHER BITCHES! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtFLCvuIwOs
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Oct 25, 2019 03:52
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Tatsujin Ou has THE greatest shmup soundtrack of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gpvMdMVuxI
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Oct 25, 2019 04:07
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AngryRobotsInc posted:Retro video game music? I'm all about it. I see this, and I raise you: https://youtu.be/o5w6_ViWx1A
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Oct 25, 2019 06:43
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While I’m thinking of it, Hellfire for the Sega Genesis has a baller rear end soundtrack, underrated in my opinion: https://youtu.be/tjJajUxdn0w
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Oct 25, 2019 06:47
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If you're going to talk about the Genesis, you have to talk about Gauntlet IV. It's the law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eja9CQ8PUfc
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Oct 25, 2019 08:00
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Let's talk specific composers! I'll just go with five (two together) at the moment. Grant Kirkhope is a composing god. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR0iCxsIAuM Pretty much everything Yoko Shimomura touches turns into music gold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQEf2Cy_TlA Tim and Geoff Follin were bonkers good. Like, seriously, they even gave this trash fire a really good soundtrack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGNSHNf-nlU And of course, Nobuo Uematsu (not all of these are his, as he stopped being the main/only composer around...X or so) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqZghYkfwLM
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Oct 25, 2019 11:43
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Let's not forget this classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gObHt1uZA
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Oct 25, 2019 12:10
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I will reveal to you my secret, underrated favorites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkNMt6_cDw0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUSSmVmL2Ek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d_Gdmja1Jc
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Oct 25, 2019 12:15
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super sweet best pal posted:Let's not forget this classic. That game, man. I could never figure it out. But one of the Follins was involved, so it of course had great music. Tim did amazing work on his own, but I think his best work came from collaborating with Geoff.
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Oct 25, 2019 12:35
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Oh, specific composer. uhhh how about Kurt Harland? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7ghsIQhMlY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNWSDvDqm9g
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Oct 25, 2019 12:50
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Yeah, let's talk composers....specifically two of the greatest of all time! Rob Hubbard One of the greatest composers for the 8-bit systems but he also had credits for some big 16-bit titles too. Did you know he composed the soundtracks for Road Rash and Road Rash II on the Sega Mega Drive, for instance? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrQuR1LHAVI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EcgruWlXnQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmmEBO2lDVI Yuzo Koshiro Probably most well known for composing the music for all three Streets of Rage games, did you know that Yuzo Koshiro also worked on the Master System version of Sonic The Hedgehog, rearranging Masato Nakamura's original score and creating his own music for Jungle Zone and Bridge Zone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHdhj7psoV0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqyZhr-1ux8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM0N15QR-sI
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Oct 25, 2019 13:25
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Came here to post Journey to Silius, ended up listening to it instead thanks to OP. Fuckin' love me some VGM: Castlevania: The Adventure may be a semi-trash game thanks to awkward controls and whatnot but god drat it has a great soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbgGxQGd4I4 The sequel is thankfully much better to play and has an equally great OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHLsolltIJ8 Batman Returns on NES opens up with a solid tune to beat the poo poo out of Gotham's criminals to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZSWvGn8P68 And then there's the work of Yuzo Koshiro, which everyone knows about anyway but here are a few of my favourites from Streets of Rage & Revenge of Shinobi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SauvTwBDpto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts8dgSUMnME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkHjQMc5oiQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW31XDdqsjM AngryRobotsInc posted:Tim and Geoff Follin were bonkers good. Like, seriously, they even gave this trash fire a really good soundtrack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwh3erQlyE Dell_Zincht posted:Yuzo Koshiro ZogrimAteMyHamster fucked around with this message at 13:52 on Oct 25, 2019 |
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Oct 25, 2019 13:49
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Returning to one composer I mentioned in my post, Yoko Shimomura. She is seriously amazing, and has been active as a video game composer since the late 80s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWFGu-gGefg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbRJ733xiF4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc72rhjygLk These isn't retro, but her newer stuff is just as amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxZbVCH3s_4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNORnKsigdQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWgHQTr0NDQ
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Oct 25, 2019 14:46
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UNF UNF UNF clap clap clap OOF OOF OOF clap clap clap UNF UNF UNF clap clap clap OOF OOF OOF clap clap clap UNF UNF UNF clap clap clap OOF OOF OOF clap clap clap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRPXRHS4XNQ
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Oct 25, 2019 15:21
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AngryRobotsInc posted:Returning to one composer I mentioned in my post, Yoko Shimomura. She is seriously amazing, and has been active as a video game composer since the late 80s. huh, I didn't know she did a track for breath of fire, neat.
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Oct 25, 2019 15:43
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Phantasium posted:huh, I didn't know she did a track for breath of fire, neat. Yeah, that's the only track she did for the series. Unsurprisingly, it's one of the best ones!
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Oct 25, 2019 15:46
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Pardon the double post, but here's a series that had bitchin' music, and needs a revival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8l4qIEABqY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6lEm2ei3Kg AngryRobotsInc fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Oct 25, 2019 |
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Oct 25, 2019 16:41
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Also for all the people posting about Yuzo Koshiro, he has a youtube channel if you're interested. Most of it is just like music samples but he also put a couple videos up where he talks about his influences and cool old Japanese coding magazines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLqbixY5H0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5lbX-qk7rY
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Oct 25, 2019 17:08
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How about the theme music for the Greatest JRPG Minigame of All Time? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ZXp_5M_7c No lie, a friend of mine finally convinced me to play XIV by telling me they had Triple Triad.
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Oct 25, 2019 19:48
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curious, that doesn't play when you're fishing
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Oct 25, 2019 19:58
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Alright here we go: Lemmings (Genesis) Miners and Climbers Disco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13dpyKI3dHg Mr. Gimmick (NES) Strange Memories of Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knik6QqDJJ0 One Must Fall 2097 (DOS) Power Plant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3R3oiM6-6k Rondo of Blood (PC Engine) Bloodlines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoGCokTDSyA Simcity 4 (Windows) Epicenter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8HW5agFwUY Deus Ex Invisible War (Windows) Title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73UEkea6rIs Terranigma (SNES) Genius' Playground https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vqLjeeHxZM Jazz Jackrabbit Holiday Hare '95 (DOS) Candion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gkIA5Y16h0 I used to download remixes from ocremix sometimes but what always annoyed me was that most remixes just added filler like ill-fitting bridges and stuff, or just resampled the song using weird instruments that don't convey the bloopiness of the original tunes. Shibawanko fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Oct 25, 2019 |
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Oct 25, 2019 20:27
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that or they'd change the song to generic rock no matter what the track originally used to be or if it fit.
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Oct 25, 2019 20:35
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This old rear end remix is still pretty much my favorite. The fact that it's as old as my teenage child only stings a little bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gAFGyC3f_0
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Oct 25, 2019 20:42
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The Secret of Evermore "soundtrack" is really just half ambient stuff but I really love it, the sounds that play for the forest maze are perfect, like weird chirping birds and winds and ominous grunting. The fact that it's mostly ambient makes the appearance of an actual song sound more significant, like when you are outside of the Hall of Colossia it's quiet and you see this big temple standing there, but once you're inside you get this cool music. Ebon Keep also sounds melancholic and works well after you finally come out of that sewer. I always wondered about the signposts in the forest in that game, I thought there must be a secret "gruelville" hidden somewhere in the game, and "mountains of candy", I was dumb.
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Dell_Zincht posted:Yeah, let's talk composers....specifically two of the greatest of all time! You missed one: https://youtu.be/RhSfF3mhPyI
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Oct 25, 2019 21:58
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Special mention to Ryuji Sasai. Awful game, amazing soundtrack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZOQ8sLO-vU
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Oct 26, 2019 08:56
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ZogrimAteMyHamster posted:Came here to post Journey to Silius, ended up listening to it instead thanks to OP. Also worth mentioning: the Castlevania ReBirth soundtrack, which did a kickass arrangement of New Messiah as well as others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AQl49GUclU https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL92C63846A7121966
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Oct 26, 2019 09:10
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Shibawanko posted:The Secret of Evermore "soundtrack" is really just half ambient stuff but I really love it, the sounds that play for the forest maze are perfect, like weird chirping birds and winds and ominous grunting. The fact that it's mostly ambient makes the appearance of an actual song sound more significant, like when you are outside of the Hall of Colossia it's quiet and you see this big temple standing there, but once you're inside you get this cool music. Ebon Keep also sounds melancholic and works well after you finally come out of that sewer. Ah yes, chirping birds and ominous grunting..the perfect forest soundtrack
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Oct 26, 2019 09:33
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RPG battle music time~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWE0nlhpdq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUGDp39srk0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-wpOxKgchw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jho-peCAKs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO6LWQhvzRw
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Oct 26, 2019 14:28
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Kevyn posted:ACTRAISER MOTHER BITCHES! I love ActRaiser, but I wish this theme played for all of the side-scrolling levels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB9Pym-sdbs
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Oct 26, 2019 22:29
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“No No Never Never Well Maybe Sure Okay” by The Void https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxcBg6ki3rY
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Oct 26, 2019 23:27
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rujasu posted:I love ActRaiser, but I wish this theme played for all of the side-scrolling levels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB9Pym-sdbs That bass line slaps
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Oct 27, 2019 06:49
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I think the oscillioscope stuff is interesting, here's a dracula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byUqtJzKIiA
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Oct 27, 2019 18:32
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StoryTime posted:I think the oscillioscope stuff is interesting, here's a dracula: https://youtu.be/nXXSul9Yt9Q OOOOYAA OOOOOooh! WOOO!
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Oct 27, 2019 20:11
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Glad to see a good bit of the Follins in here, but nobody has posted anything from PLOK! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHy6vEbh464 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ggt9xrUZOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8e5qTfy8cU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebVserA2tPc
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Oct 27, 2019 21:10
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Have some Nightmare Ned, a great horror PC adventure game made by Disney that has fallen into the tides of obscurity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DRC4dCYzE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct7TW6TE5f0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDpImDYtDig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8l6uN7GlU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0q-xfXdP8k
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Oct 28, 2019 07:11
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Vocal songs in JRPGs time! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3SA9LuqQgA This was hella impressive back in the day because holy poo poo, my Super Famicom is singing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwzOrmQ43MQ Of the one woman wailing notes variety. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbLQhzsJG0A Metal? In my JRPGs? Yes, please. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xitp7CiFMHw Mana Khemia is already anime as hell, might as well have an anime OP theme too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l1k3oJM7So Just a drat good battle theme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7wJ8pE2qKU And of course a well known classic.
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I mean if we're posting vocal songs in JRPGs we should be posting Eyes on Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qcW0oiLKHg
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