Sega: "It's just a 16bit game, don't go crazy with the soundtrack." (www.youtube.com)
from PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 04:08
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PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social on 03 Oct 04:09 next collapse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrF3WPi_7uI

PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social on 03 Oct 04:16 next collapse

Also, same spirit but just running on hardware of a toaster oven:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKmItXc6rgQ&list=PL3091C072C6A398BB&index=2

“Battle has ended and we have a hero now. I was feeling different as I received blessings from comrades. Now, so much time has elapsed and I’m old now, I think it’s time for me to tell you the whole story. I hope this story will be told for a long time…”

I have no idea why it was the only game to ever do an action soundtrack in a minor key. Result is clearly 💣

dan@upvote.au on 03 Oct 04:54 next collapse

Nothing beats Tim Follin’s 8-bit music though.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gObHt1uZA

m.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwh3erQlyE

PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social on 03 Oct 05:19 next collapse

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gObHt1uZA

0:05: IDK what this guy’s on about, this is just normal NES music

0:30: Oh I see

1:08: Okay Led Zeppelin, calm down holy crap lol, this is wonderful

xyzzy@lemmy.today on 03 Oct 12:23 next collapse

Tim Follin and his brother Geoff are great. I own pristine copies of both of those games just because of his soundtrack.

Here’s another random one from around that time period. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

That said, he had a very strong prog rock sensibility and sometimes the music didn’t really fit the game very well (you’ll see what I mean if you explore more of his music). He’s said he typically would just compose something he wanted because they had nothing to show him to give him direction.

Here’s a funk theme by the two brothers from Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade’s Revenge. That entire soundtrack is the most '70s infused one on the Super NES.

He kept composing into the 2000s. He did a really atmospheric track for the Dreamcast Ecco the Dolphin game. This is a nice one.

dan@upvote.au on 04 Oct 02:48 collapse

Here’s a funk theme by the two brothers from Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade’s Revenge

Wow I love this. I hadn’t heard this one.

GraniteM@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 12:50 collapse

Those are awesome. It doesn’t quite reach those heights, but I was always fond of the opening theme from Ski or Die.

dan@upvote.au on 04 Oct 02:45 collapse

I like this one too! I had never heard it before. I grew up with a Sega Master System and Mega Drive so there’s a of NES/SNES games I’ve never played.

Denjin@feddit.uk on 03 Oct 05:28 next collapse

Road Rash also had some bangers:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjEhJoAY5k

sirico@feddit.uk on 03 Oct 07:52 next collapse

Pinbot by David Wise for me was the height of jams that succeeded the chip-set outside the Amiga 500 . Koshiro was very familiar with the Yamaha Ym2612 chip that was in the Megadrive not too dissimilar to a lot of Yamaha’s synths at the time and obviously coloured the house scene.

simulacra_procession@lemmy.today on 03 Oct 11:10 next collapse

Maybe not as impressive as some, but snes Top Gear is probably responsible for my love of EDM

youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkog_NvP2P1IMT2h6i_pTZ…

HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social on 03 Oct 13:42 next collapse

Lots of bangers in this post; is there a good Lemmy community for 8- & 16-bit game music?

PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social on 03 Oct 17:47 collapse

!chiptune@lemmy.world

Also, check out this guy sperging out about the music for the Castlevania series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rryDOfG9JF0

Retreaux@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 14:14 next collapse

I love this related video about Goldeneye’s Pause Menu music:

youtube.com/shorts/0k23djFBHt8

PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social on 03 Oct 16:14 collapse
jordanlund@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 18:29 next collapse

Such an absolute epic soundtrack. Actually all the SoR games were great.

Same composer as Revenge of Shinobi which is also fantastic. I guess somebody released the soundtrack on vinyl?

youtube.com/playlist?list=PL40W_mj8t9xqb8nGcIy9Ei…

xela@lemmy.ml on 03 Oct 22:06 next collapse

For me the gold standard is Robocop for GB. It is unbelievable what sounds can come out of this thing in the right hands:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGIKnn-COS4&t=0

qarbone@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 03:07 next collapse

Why did they format the text wrong?

VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 04 Oct 04:18 next collapse

I have been looking for a Streets of Rage version of this meme for a while! Perfect.

BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz on 04 Oct 08:31 collapse

What is the song’s name?