tmont Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 What's your favorite video game music? We're talking in-game music, not "soundtracks to crappy video game music." And let's not include sound effects, because then we all know Frogger and Arcade Pac-Man would win unanimously. My personal favorites are Mega Man 2 and Crystalis for NES. I also liked the "Base" music in Contra. It had that nice groovy, almost pornographic quality to it that you just don't find in modern games. Oh, and let's keep it classic, as in anything up to, but not including, the Playstation. So, like pre-1995, or whenever the PS came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Hi there! SID music from Rob Hubbard, Ben Daglish, Chris Hülsbeck, Martin Galway, Maniacs of Noise and other great SID wizards. A selection of my favourites: The Last Ninja Ben Daglish & Anthony Lees Wizball Martin Galway Commando Rob Hubbard Arkanoid Martin Galway Crazy Comets Rob Hubbard Cybernoid Jeroen Tel / Maniacs of Noise Last Ninja 2 Matt Gray Ghosts'n Goblins Mark Cooksey R-type Chris Hülsbeck & Ramiro Vaca The Great Giana Sisters Chris Hülsbeck Parallax Martin Galway Comic Bakery Martin Galway Turbo Outrun Jeroen Tel / Maniacs of Noise IK+ Rob Hubbard BMX Kidz Rob Hubbard & Jori Olkkonen Mega Apocalypse Rob Hubbard & Simon Nicol Katakis Chris Hülsbeck Gerry the Germ Rob Hubbard Hawkeye Jeroen Tel / Maniacs of Noise Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscott27 Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Y's books II & III on the turbo duo i'm not familiar how this game sounds ported to other systems (esp those without CD audio) but its beautiful on the turbo cd/duo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph3 Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Castlevania all the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 SNES had some great ones, some of the stand out favorites of mine: Star Fox Super Turrican I & II Legend of Zelda Axelay Castlevania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisrael Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Yeah, Rob Hubbard's "Skate or Die" was amazing. I still love the funked up Tochotta and Fugue in 2600 Gyruss... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 My very favorite? The Millenium Fair music on Chrono Trigger for SNES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Chrono Trigger and Lunar: Eternal Blue both had excellent soundtracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geosteve Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Imagitec's techno beat behind Jeff Minter's Tempest games, especially T3K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sega saturn x Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 I'm a star wars sucker through and through but i think kotor has the best music. They added some really great scores and used the old stuff to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbid Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 marble craze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmjennifer Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 I don't know about favorite, but the music for the first and second levels of Super Mario Bros. on NES is indelibly linked with pizza in my mind because the first place I heard that music was in Pizza Hut. They had one of those cool table models. So, I guess that is my most memorable video game music. As for favorite music, I don't know. I always liked games that you could change the radio channel and hear a different song. I'm not sure which racing game that was on, but I'm pretty sure it was a racing game for SNES. Maybe Top Gear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Battlemorph on the Jaguar would have to be my favorite. Other game music that I liked were: Rygar on the NES Thunder Castle on the Intellivision Shadow of the Beast on the Amiga and Atari Lynx Blood Money on the Amiga Leander on the Amiga Tempest 2000 on the Jaguar And even though it's really a group of different bands into a soundtrack and not "chip" music, Demolition Racer: No Exit on the Dreamcast had a hell of a good music lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariAger Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 "Spy Hunter"...Ofcourse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandviewCoin Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 EASY! Alternate Reality: City and Alternate Reality: Dungeon Monster Smash.. Just about ALL the Gary Gilbertson stuff on the Atari 8Bit. Can't go wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 The Commodore 64 had the best tunes ever. Nothing else compares....until the genesis and super nintendo came around. Rambo and Commando baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigma Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Super Metroid, yo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feralstorm Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Pitfall 2!! Catchy! It's got the happy music, the sad music, and the balloon music! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 There were a lot of Amiga games with great music. Hired Guns and The Killing Game Show are probably my favorites. Leander, Blood Money, and SotB were mentioned already... The title music in Populous is good also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Not sure if they count as in-game music but it is game music Rescue on Fractulus Ballblazer Tempest 2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the marvellous one Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Bubble Bobble!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonpup Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 (edited) Final Fantasy (NES), I can still hear the music from that game, especially from the first town/castle (Coneria or Cornelia), and the battle sequence music is unforgettable. Best video game music ever! Edited June 8, 2005 by dragonpup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Opera Scene in FF VI (III) Reactor (2600) Gitaroo Man (not sure if it counts since it IS a music game) Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmont Posted June 8, 2005 Author Share Posted June 8, 2005 I don't know if this music was in the original FFV, but the music from the Big Bridge is, in my opinion, the greatest song ever written. I don't have the original FFV, I have the FF Anthology or whatever for PS, so I'm not sure if that tune is on the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n8littlefield Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 I would have to say Katamari Damacy. Great soundtrack. I have to give some credit to the bonus room song in Skullmonkeys as well though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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