Author Topic: What is your favourite game music? (Read 11568 times)

Singapura · « **on:** July 22, 2008, 12:31:25 am »

In the "new Galaga" thread the discussion seems to move to game music. That made me think, I'm quite into game music. I went to Play! A Video Game Symphony last year and loved it. I've also downloaded some music from ocremix.org (blood on the asphalt is great!). What game has your favorite tunes? It can be (classic) console or arcade. I haven't included the next gen consoles because they have complete teams to compose the music.

My shortlist:

Arcade:

Streetfighter 2
Out Run
Ghosts 'n Goblins

Console:

ActRaiser
Final Fantasy (all of it)
Zelda
Super Mario Bros
Sonic the hedgehog
Streets of Rage

TheShanMan · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2008, 12:41:02 am »

Super Mario Bros. is pretty good. But the first thing that comes to mind for me is 1942. Cheesy, yes. But for some reason it just sticks in my mind and I like it.

DolansCadillac · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2008, 01:05:39 am »

Usually the first level music in POW, Super Contra and Final Fight gets me fired right up. Also the attract sequence in MK2 and Operation Wolf. All around though, the Street Fighter games probably had the most memorable soundtracks for me.

Outside of arcade stuff though, there's a lot of older PC games I can think of that had some amazing music. The Crusader series, the Descent series, any Blizzard game, the Command and Conquer series, Raptor, Rise of the Triad, Heretic, Tyrian, actually most of those old shareware games... Tons of great stuff out there.

Blanka · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2008, 01:31:26 am »

Arcade:
1944: the music makes you want to shoot all down.
The in between level tunes of Galaga 1988. Perfect 1980's sound-chip tune.
Arkanoid: The perfection of the PONG bleeps.

Console:
Sonic 1&2 for the GameGear (!)

Best game music ever written! These songs are composition-wise way better than the Genesis/Megadrive versions. They stick much better to the head and are like the MegaDrive versions on steroids or Mario after visiting "Extreme Makeover". Unfortunately the sound is crap from the built-in 4-channel-bleep-chip and speaker. But you can find them as .MID on the internet and Quicktime then gives a hint of how these tunes can sound when they end up in some real full orchestra. I hope some conservatory student throws these tracks into some final project some day.

Katamari Damacy series for Playstation 2/PSP
Most ridiculous japan-pop-like music ever written for a game. Katamari on the Moog, Jesus Island, Wanda Wanda, Disco Prince, Scorching Savanna (the pet nursery goes nuts!), Blue Orb, Katamari on the Funk: brilliant

Bleagh · « **Reply #4 on:** July 22, 2008, 01:31:46 am »

Doom music instantly takes me back when I hear it.

Same goes for Street Fighter 2. Guile's theme really gets me pumped.

abzman2000 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2008, 04:38:32 am »

galaga, doom, diablo 2, crazy taxi. they all do it for me.

Twin-X · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2008, 04:44:40 am »

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/AUqvYKLA0Y0&hl=en&fs=1"[/youtube]

Best arcade song ever. First game using fm synthesis.

Franco B · « **Reply #7 on:** July 22, 2008, 05:41:05 am »

Good stuff Twin-X, Duracell is awesome, he did a cool Bubble Bobble version too but I cant find the right version anymore.

My favourite game music has to be be from Turrican 2 from the A500

Intro and Level 1

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rvQzQL6kSo[/youtube]

Level 2 (Played by an orchestra)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkGtBJvWAiw[/youtube]

TOK · « **Reply #8 on:** July 22, 2008, 05:44:55 am »

Moon Patrol. An old school porn soundtrack shoved into a space game.

Paulson · « **Reply #9 on:** July 22, 2008, 05:52:21 am »

This is hardly music but I think Defender (Williams Electronics) has to be some of the
best sounds in gaming history.

Thenasty · « **Reply #10 on:** July 22, 2008, 06:41:29 am »

Gyruss
Frogger
Mountain King (c64)

Lutus · « **Reply #11 on:** July 22, 2008, 01:59:05 pm »

I like the Dig Dug music because the music only plays when you are walking. Stutter stepping always makes me chuckle.

Computer game wise, the best music (very catchy) is MONKEY ISLAND!

miles2912 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 22, 2008, 03:24:34 pm »

Spy hunter always comes to mind when I think of cool sound tracks..

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNWauOxMDl8[/youtube]

SavannahLion · « **Reply #13 on:** July 22, 2008, 03:54:53 pm »

Hhmm... in no particular order.

Console

Lunar: The Silver Star. (SCD) This game and the opening music are the reasons I ever bought the Sega CD.
Chakan: the Forever Man. (Genesis) The opening howl and music prompted a lot of my friends to try and "borrow" the cart and get the audio on tape.
Bubble Bobble. (Arcade) I learned to recognize the music before I knew what the game was. As one of my girl friends used to say, "there's something sweet and sincere about the music."
Katamari Damacy. (PS2) Blanks explained it best.
Secret of Mana. (SNES) I've always kind of liked the opening music.

AndyWarne · « **Reply #14 on:** July 22, 2008, 04:05:23 pm »

Quote from: TOK on July 22, 2008, 05:44:55 am

Moon Patrol. An old school porn soundtrack shoved into a space game.

I think that was the first video game ever to have "proper" music. I had a Moon Patrol cab at home when they first came out.
To this day I have not been able to get that damn tune out of my head!

Grasshopper · « **Reply #15 on:** July 22, 2008, 04:13:34 pm »

In no particular order:

Rastan

Darius

Outrun (Magical Sound Shower, original version)

zallax · « **Reply #16 on:** July 22, 2008, 04:28:49 pm »

Heavy Barrel and Space Harrier

jerryjanis · « **Reply #17 on:** July 22, 2008, 04:31:34 pm »

Arcade:
720
Rastan

Most of my favorite game tunes are on the c64:

Krakout
The Last Ninja
Aztec Challenge
Beyond the Forbidden Forest

DoctorWHO · « **Reply #18 on:** July 22, 2008, 08:23:14 pm »

Quote from: jerryjanis on July 22, 2008, 04:31:34 pm

Most of my favorite game tunes are on the c64:

Krakout
The Last Ninja
Aztec Challenge
Beyond the Forbidden Forest

Mines too. There were a lot of good composers for that little yet great machine. One of the best was Rob Hubbard, he wrote a lot of loading and ingame tunes. My favourites (not all Hubbard related) are:

Delta (titlescreen and ingame, loader had a mixable tune that I didn't like much)
Last Ninja I and II (great music ingame and between levels),
Bangkok Knights (loading music)
Nemesis The Warlock (loading music)
"Ocean/Imagine Software" Loader (They used the same catchy tune for nearly all their games)
Aztech Challenge and Forbidden Forest (They're still playing in my head

)

and what I consider Hubbard's masterpiece:

[youtube] [/youtube]

RayB · « **Reply #19 on:** July 22, 2008, 09:10:21 pm »

Rolling Thunder

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v559cYVKp34[/youtube]

mrclean · « **Reply #20 on:** July 22, 2008, 10:11:40 pm »

THE ADVANTAGE band!!!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHhsT6uLjS4&feature=related[/youtube]

http://www.amazon.com/Advantage/dp/B0001LYFA4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1216778877&sr=1-1

and if that doesn't count.. then Bubble Bobble from the intro, the in game music to the speeding up mode once skeleton comes out Every Super Mario Bro's.. from 1,2,3 and especially galaxy on wii , great cd to own is famicom 20th anniversary anything nintendo entertainment system related love n64 golden eye and super mario 64 they rock ~!

RandyT · « **Reply #21 on:** July 22, 2008, 10:13:50 pm »

Gyruss.... No more boops and beeps, but real polyphonic stereo music.

It made such an impression on me, I remember how it felt to play it for the first time, not just what it sounded like.

RandyT

Mauzy · « **Reply #22 on:** July 22, 2008, 11:07:36 pm »

While of course I love the good old Mario stuff from the NES, I really liked the soundtrack (especially the opening) from Katamari Damacy.

Bust a Move MVS and Vigilante 8 second offense (N64 version had a way better sound than the PS1 version) are toward the top as well.

protokatie · « **Reply #23 on:** July 22, 2008, 11:29:22 pm »

For me:

Fzero (esp mute city and Big blue)

Zelda 2 dungeon theme

Starfox 1st level theme

Megaman2 (all levels)

plus I am sure plenty more.

here is big blue (Fzero), always get me pumped.
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=hUYn9gMHlmY&feature=related[/youtube]

Oh and dont want to forget FFCC, esp the belle river path music.

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=xmmX_tEcPPQ[/youtube]

Xiaou2 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 23, 2008, 02:49:36 am »

Some Arcade favs:

Outrun (almost anything Sega did)
Afterburner II
Ghouls and Ghosts (almost anything Capcom did)
Ridge Racer: Rare Hero, Rhythm Shift
TEKKEN 3
Killer Instinct
Pole Position
TMNT Theme
Simpsons Theme
Dragons Lair Intro

Id have to spend more time thinking up the fav console games and old pc tunes.

G1zm0 · « **Reply #25 on:** July 23, 2008, 04:16:19 am »

best game music i think was

cybernoid 2 (c64)
great giana sisters intro (amiga)
outrun (arcade)
comic bakery (c64) has a bit of a echo to it
paralax (c64)

i think most of the best original game music was c64 based, the sid chip best at the time .

how could i forget hubbards great tune as well, monty on the run

wicked tune

danny_galaga · « **Reply #26 on:** July 23, 2008, 05:20:45 am »

despite the fact i call myself 'danny galaga', Galaxians is the tune that really transports me back in time.

a friend recently put me onto C64 SID files. some pretty cool tunes and its amazing how much and what quality fits into 8k...

NIVO · « **Reply #27 on:** July 23, 2008, 01:36:11 pm »

Pooyan
Black Tiger
Rastan
Popeye

lanman31337 · « **Reply #28 on:** July 23, 2008, 02:37:58 pm »

Arcade -

Pooyan
TMNT

Console

Blaster Master for the NES

DJ Infinity · « **Reply #29 on:** July 23, 2008, 04:43:31 pm »

Samurai Showdown (The first one)

I use the unibios to play the particular track.

DrFrag · « **Reply #30 on:** July 31, 2008, 03:23:21 pm »

R-Type
720 Degrees
Gyruss
Outrun
Black Tiger
Xain'd Sleena
Rastan
Double Dragon
Street Fighter 2

The music of games like Bubble Bobble and 1942 never got annoying to me, but IMO it's not up there with the best of the best.

On the C64:
Wizball
Krakout 3

On the PC:
Zeliard
Sword of the Samurai
Need For Speed Underground 2
Portal

On the Amiga:
Magic Pockets
Gods
Xenon 2

ChadTower · « **Reply #31 on:** July 31, 2008, 03:28:30 pm »

PCE Dracula X for consoles... fantastic music.

On the arcade... possibly Moon Patrol. That song used to get stuck in my head all the time.

Spaced Ace · « **Reply #32 on:** July 31, 2008, 03:34:36 pm »

RASTAN by far- hands down... with RYGAR coming in second...

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #33 on:** July 31, 2008, 03:47:57 pm »

Quote from: Spaced Ace on July 31, 2008, 03:34:36 pm

RASTAN by far- hands down... with RYGAR coming in second...

Finally, something you and I can agree on!!!

ahofle · « **Reply #34 on:** July 31, 2008, 03:49:56 pm »

Some of these are pretty obscure, but just popped into my head...

Gyruss
Reactor
Rastan
MagMax
Toobin
Super Sprint
Marble Madness
Star Wars

Xybots
Elevator Action (OK maybe annoying, but I have fond memories of it)
Gauntlet II (organ theme)
Paperboy
Road Blasters (end of level music)
Chicken Shift
Snake Pit

Console:
Alfred Chicken (SNES)
Ecco II: the Tides of Time (Genesis)
Metroid Prime (Tallon Overworld, Game Cube)

PC:
Need for Speed 2 (the one from the mid 90s)
Portal
Quake I
and I really like the music from Platypus

Spaced Ace · « **Reply #35 on:** July 31, 2008, 04:03:42 pm »

Quote from: GinsuVictim on July 31, 2008, 03:47:57 pm

Quote from: Spaced Ace on July 31, 2008, 03:34:36 pm
RASTAN by far- hands down... with RYGAR coming in second...

Finally, something you and I can agree on!!!

Oh man, when that bass line kicks in... OMG, I get pumped.... Almost like the Terminator or Conan theme... Just rocks out....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MbA2kE-_JQ[/youtube]

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #36 on:** July 31, 2008, 04:26:19 pm »

Yep. Gyruss.

erictrumpet · « **Reply #37 on:** July 31, 2008, 05:21:16 pm »

Favorite music:
Classic arcade - Moon Patrol.
PC - Original Doom.
Xbox360 - Zuma

DeLuSioNal29 · « **Reply #38 on:** July 31, 2008, 06:08:22 pm »

I used to LOVE the music from Section Z on the NES:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAk-k0h6hi0[/youtube]

It's amazing what they did with the NES hardware.

~ DeLuSioNaL

Shieldwolf · « **Reply #39 on:** July 31, 2008, 07:30:13 pm »

Quote from: Singapura on July 22, 2008, 12:31:25 am

In the "new Galaga" thread the discussion seems to move to game music. That made me think, I'm quite into game music. I went to Play! A Video Game Symphony last year and loved it. I've also downloaded some music from ocremix.org (blood on the asphalt is great!). What game has your favorite tunes? It can be (classic) console or arcade. I haven't included the next gen consoles because they have complete teams to compose the music.

Dude have you heard the actraiser orchestral cd it is BADASS!!!
I am a huge collector of soundtracks here are some of my favorites

Bio Hazard Orchestral
Ninja Gaiden I and II AWESOME!!!
System Shock II
Shenmue
Chrono Trigger (Frog's Theme)
Chrono Cross Opening theme
Bionic Commando
Metal Gear Solid
Final Fantasy series 4,3,7,10
Castlevania


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