/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.1174070]

Best retro game soundtrack ever thread, go!

[Anonymous No.1174083]

Rhapsody had some excellent music. The singing especially.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S04aVglDlOc

[Anonymous No.1174093]

>>1174083
Dear Nippon Ichi

Give Marjoly an actual role in a Disgaea or Makai Kingdom game. There are too many people who weren't able to appreciate her appearance as an optional boss.

Sincerely: Everyone who played Rhapsody

>>1174070
I always loved Demon Crest's soundtrack.

[Anonymous No.1174234]

for me, Full Throttle (pc lucasarts)

[Anonymous No.1174265]

One of my absolute favorites, I love every song on it.

The sound quality is incredible for the SNES and the amount of samples is absolutely staggering. The composition is really good too with some classic Mario remixes, a lot of original bouncy tunes, and even a couple Final Fantasy songs. It was one of the later SNES games and it really shows in the sound design.

http://youtu.be/NuRYv8JD3uI

[Anonymous No.1174276]

DKC2 OST for SNES

[Anonymous No.1174283]

Not the absolute best but i like these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUxJvDDFBn8&list=PLD983E04095077BF8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GsJ3s2F9Bc&list=PL2DA150D927673865

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fzalmpoPzE&list=PL33F41DDF235B8729

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lskj_6AmTJk&list=PLD0F63CC307A25FCA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRgv4B7o8Vw&list=PLDD9924C80C9384A9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk5vvPZyYCc&list=PLFE5061553E17B1BC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaP9vP-o1so

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AePhn9HPxag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rdjaLHDxOg&list=PL2CEEDD226E575F9B

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gG6fjP6rY&list=PLA779B3A210CC3C0D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbreFmRDN3E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed59hQFwA6Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTb8z7edKOI&list=PL6743702967064603

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VzLxWBho-8&list=PL537B85632B2569C8

Just to name a couple I like.

[Anonymous No.1174294]

Not even nostalgia: I didn't discover this one until fairly recently. There's a great sense of atmosphere and the compositions are freaking amazing.

[Anonymous No.1174305]

Do I really have to pick? This is some hardcore choice making here!

[Smile No.1174316]

[Anonymous No.1174317]

Rygar is still one of my favorites.

[Anonymous No.1174324]

Streets of Rage 2

[Anonymous No.1174328]

>>1174265
Yoko Shimomura did a lot of good work in the 4th and 5th generations.

Street Fighter II
Front Mission
Legend of Mana
Parasite Eve

She even did one song for Mega Man 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsUgc1XseBY

[Anonymous No.1174332]

Every thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-18zfwvySw&list=PL352BD7F9B2F1CA35&index=1

[Anonymous No.1174359]

Warcraft 2 is my all time favorite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz4INLEmh_I

[Princess Sevenleaf !AnVbXjgZco No.1174434]

Final Fantasy VII.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiWV2KseKeo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrwQPtxR36M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIqKWLkm2-g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yX4h8Agi7U

Fuck, this game is SO good.

[Anonymous No.1174552]

Wild Arms - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVOFibwVMw0
Comix Zone - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddhPOsFF-IY

[Anonymous No.1174983]

>>1174070
Definitely not that game. It has great production work but most of the music is forgettable. Shit take wandering ghosts. It's up beat and when it plays it's like yeah this is nice. But there's almost nothing of it that really plays into it's own unique melodies or anything. While you can make a perfectly fitting soundtrack that isn't memorable, the best soundtracks are melodic and memorable, shit like vampire killer and bloody tear and wicked child stick with us for a reason. Because they were extremely melodic and stood out. About the best that soundtrack does is the Saturn version has a rendition of bloody tears that's partially awesome. Though I've heard better fan made versions.

[Anonymous No.1174997]

>>1174983
SotN is far from being the greatest, but there are lost of good tracks in it. The "Moonlight Nocturne" is very good, "Wood Carving Partita", ""Reqiem For The Gods" et al. The Saturn version has a really great Jazz arrangement of "Beginning", too.

[Anonymous No.1175007]

streets of rage 2. /thread

[Anonymous No.1175079]

>>1174997
Like I said, good productions, they have a decent grasp on their styles, but they're forgettable as fuck.

Wood Carving Partita for example could be replaced with portions of numerous allegretto harpsichord/string suites from the baroque period and it'd have pretty much the same effect and no one would one bat an eye.

In that way, it's very good in that it essentially nails the fundamentals of the style to be fairly indistinguishable. But it's fairly poor in that baroque pieces tend to be fairly bland, uncreative near cookie cutter crap. Though I will say it is slightly more melodic for a baroque piece which is good. It's a fitting piece, but it's not like hey this is a great song. It's more I like the sound of baroque and this hits my spots. Baroque was essentially the four on the floor EDM of the 17th century, except it took a bit of skill to actually play. While there are some pieces who are more elaborate they're generally hamstrung by the expectation to sound like every other generic piece. It's wonderful for the people who get hyper-philosophical about playing with one note different or changing the scale around a bit or the key. So yeah, you can mute the BGM throw on some Bach and it'd be like, well this is pretty much the same fucking thing.

Whereas, if you took a lot of earlier castlevania music there's not a lot you can replace it with at all that would get the same kind of effect and sound.

In the same way that Super Mario Brothers or Monkey Island have themes that are Calypso/Carribean in nature but don't really sound anything alike. Even Monkey Islands theme which one might say that's generic pirate has it's theme melody which is fairly striking and very distinguishable. That's really the difference of best to just good. When the music is identifiable that game. It's why SoR2's music is good and just doesn't fall by the wayside like so many of the actual songs of the genre they were inspired by.

[Anonymous No.1175094]

>>1175079
I agree with the sentiment, but you're overstating the forgettability of the tracks. They aren't as "catchy" as 80s dance pop in the earlier games, but they aren't bland either.

Again, the intro text crawl theme, the Moonlight Nocturne, is a nice piece no matter how you look at it, varied harmonically and melodically, consistently introducing new yet related themes, transforming from fanfare to dance and back to fanfare, modulating logically yet constantly. Just look at it: it starts in d-minor, but ends up in D-flat-major, on a very dramatic note - just as the text ends up explaining that Castlevania appears out of the mist in front of a the searching heroine etc., and the "CASTLEVANIA" title appears on-screen. It's good.

[Anonymous No.1175093]

>>1174070
Neverhood by far http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WreJGBEF5iA

[Anonymous No.1175139]

>>1175093

[Anonymous No.1175146]

>>1175093
I always found Neverhood revolting for some reason. Even people who like it felt somehow, uh, fake. They would honest-to-god enjoy the damn game and it's presentation, but at the same time it would look as if they were conditioned to like it through some sort of traumatic experience of some sort or something.

[Anonymous No.1175219]

>>1175146
> but at the same time it would look as if they were conditioned to like it through some sort of traumatic experience of some sort or something.

Maybe the designer whose a racist jingoistic theistic bigoted creep knows a thing or two about designing an experience that speaks to indoctrinated individuals.
From what he writes, he seems to be an asshole. I don't know how much of that was in the game. I never got around to Neverhood but it's on my backlog and I do have the game already. So I can't really say that's what going on.

[Anonymous No.1175235]

>>1175219
>the designer whose a racist jingoistic theistic bigoted creep
Really? Is my loathing of Neverhood justified now or what? I always thought I was the creepy one, hating on everyone's darling for no articulatable reason.

[Anonymous No.1175259]

>>1175235
>Is my loathing of Neverhood justified now or what?
Like I said, I really can't say whether that's the case.
I'm not saying it is in fact that what you're seeing, but merely that might possibly explain why your getting that impression. He was the one who started the company neverhood inc, so I imagine his vision on what it should be would be as prominent as anyone on the development team. Games aren't always entirely the products of one man's vision.

[Cthulhu !!ZIlPHcGOwDr No.1175324]

Since Luigi's Mansion isn't retro I would have to say Castlevania Bloodlines

[Anonymous No.1175334]

>>1175324
Luigi's Mansion has a soundtrack? I don't remember any music at all.

[Anonymous No.1175351]

>>1174316

Hell. Yes. Mystic Cave Zone inspired me to play music. Dead serious.

[Anonymous No.1175409]

>>1174359
Mah niggra. As much as I love the WarCraft II music, I actually prefer Gregory Alper's music for the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOV-VbRzxaU
>>1175219
>Maybe the designer whose a racist jingoistic theistic bigoted creep
Because he's a Christfag creationist who happens to be against gay marriage? That sure is some love and tolerance you've got there.

[Anonymous No.1175432]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs8wiYfvP1g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UfPnfr4e7M

[Anonymous No.1175470]

>>1175409
>Because he's a Christfag creationist who happens to be against gay marriage?

Well those are properties that are defined as theistic and bigoted. What are you getting at here?

>That sure is some love and tolerance you've got there.

The subject of that statement is ambiguous. Are you referencing him with respect to his hypocrisy or are you referencing my post somehow expecting me to describe his actual attributes in a more caring way that gives his intolerance tolerance as if there was any reason to actually do that?

[Anonymous No.1175502]

>>1174093
>>1174265
>>1174294
>>1174359
Great taste.

Mother 2 is also one of my favourites. To this day it's still super unique. On the outside there are a bunch of catchy poppy tunes, but then it gets to some really weird and dark places, which fits the game perfectly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu7kqxkqPdA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRdWm0yAoSA

[Anonymous No.1175506]

>>1175470
>Well those are properties that are defined as theistic and bigoted. What are you getting at here?
There's absolutely nothing "bigoted" about being against gay marriage, nor is theism necessarily a bad thing.
>Are you referencing him with respect to his hypocrisy
What's he hypocritical about?
>or are you referencing my post somehow expecting me to describe his actual attributes in a more caring way that gives his intolerance tolerance as if there was any reason to actually do that?
You can't claim to be tolerant and open while not tolerating intolerance. Everyone deep down is intolerant, TenNapel just happens to embody your personal taboos (Christfaggotry, pro traditional marriage, etc.) while having no pretense of being "tolerant" or "progressive."

[Anonymous No.1175512]

>>1175506
>There's absolutely nothing "bigoted" about being against gay marriage

lol

>nor is theism necessarily a bad thing.

lol

It's funny because you used the more "offensive" terminology to describe a religious man.

[Anonymous No.1175524]

>>1175219
>>1175409
>>1175470
>>1175506
>>1175512
Get this shit out of /vr/

[Anonymous No.1175558]

>>1175512
>It's funny because you used the more "offensive" terminology to describe a religious man.
Your point being? I'm not the one claiming to be against "bigotry" here.

[Anonymous No.1175567]

>>1175524
He's clearly trolling with that last post. I have no inclination to respond to that. If all goes well, that'll be the end of that discussion.

Have some soundtrack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWjj-yua2Zg

[Anonymous No.1175580]

I'm not really a Tim Follin fan, but this is pretty amazing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz46pCROkjM

[Anonymous No.1175650]

>>1175580
Eh, if that's all I knew of Tim Follin I'd definitely not like him. But I know he does Solstice which has a pretty bad ass soundtrack and Pictionary. There's no reason Pictionary should sound that great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwh3erQlyE&list=PLB8C47C3CC46BD805

[Anonymous No.1177886]

these come to mind immediatly

Shadow of the Beast
C64
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c3uvRbg8u8

PC-Engine CD/FM Towns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Z_xKeW9bU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0vfhdQ7SGc

Amiga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qipWqOwkceg

Cannon Fodder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQhLRr0HRGI

[Anonymous No.1177895]

>>1175502

Damn right. Earthbound has such a brilliant and diverse soundtrack.
RnB, Rock and Roll, Pop, Regge, House, Rave, Experimental, Ambient, Metal.

For a video game soundtrack it's incredibly sophisticated. For a collection of songs by any musician it's impressive.

Great creative use of sampling too.

This is one of my fav tracks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKvjEQXKeec&feature=share&list=PL74EE7E6C2A3439BD

[Anonymous No.1179996]

>>1174276
That's one of my favorites.

[Assreaver !!3NkaWfo2n2P No.1182815]

All three of the soundtracks that came with Raiden DX were excellent.

Most other games I can remember with fantastic soundtracks are somewhat more recent though (Like Metal Slug 5). I tend to define a soundtrack by what percentage of the tracks I like, not by simply how many - this is why I wouldn't count say, Symphony of the Night as "up there" with Raiden DX, because frankly Symphony of the Night had some crap tracks (Especially in the Inverted Castle).

>>1174305

My person of African descent.

[Anonymous No.1182839]

>>1175219
Fag.

[Anonymous No.1182916]

Charge Man's Stage from Mega Man V:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C75Q7bdQAQA

Main Menu from Star Fox 64:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mME__GBAYo0

Rainbow Cloud from Pokémon Snap:
I have the whole OST on my music library, and play it constantly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b3m7VTFTBI

Passing Breeze from OutRun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF8u38wMBNE

Streets of Desolation from Batman (NES)
The whole soundtrack for this game is amazing. I didn't want to post the whole thing, but I urge you to give it a listen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlGDKfgz4fA

Adventure Begins from Croc: Legend of the Gobbos:
WAZOOOOOOOOO! Fuck you, Croc is awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuA1CmcsxIE

Complete OST from Beneath a Steel Sky:
No remaster, no enhancement. Take it like a man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBBPrMxE6sM

Out of Phase from Parasite Eve:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6-22nxtm7c

Opening Theme from Spyro the Dragon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPOnak-ozjw

The Neverhood Theme from The Neverhood:
The whole soundtrack is quirky and fun as fuck, I highly reccomend it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXQ2lvgpHiE

Pudding Town from For the Frog the Bell Tolls:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOIuCBLgRBA

Beyond the Colosseom from Demon's Crest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtrFSnyvEX0

Dream of the Shore Near Another World:
THESE FEELS, STOP THEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROKcr2OTgws

Dire Dire Docks / Jolly Roger Bay from Super Mario 64:
A bit cliché, I know, but it's a beautiful, enjoyable cliché.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1B52TSCl_A

Finally, Route 11 from Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz7Ppfxb5hI

Enjoy.

[Anonymous No.1182939]

>>1175502
Earthbound is the only time I've heard a game soundtrack try to emulate death metal.

Thrash and heavy metal, yes. But never death metal before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9gW3FS_brY

[Anonymous No.1182954]

>>1175334
You really don't remember the main theme to that game? It's so memorable I still catch myself humming it on occasion.

[Anonymous No.1184619]

All the Mario games

Specially SNES Yoshi's Island

[Anonymous No.1184789]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2xs8pQBcZk

[Anonymous No.1184845]

>>1174070
Probably Chrono Cross, overall. There's only a few weak tracks.

[Anonymous No.1184848]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwxgxlv_y4

try and beat this one, console kiddies

[Anonymous No.1184887]

This is the only correct answer.

The game opens with the masterful Long Distance while you read the backstory getting fucking pumped as hell to take on the neo-zeed and avenge the death of the chief of your clan and take back your woman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I04d3tum7t0

Then the game opens up with the Shinobi for you to groove out and chuck shurikens after that opening banger of a tune. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WT8jruQUX4

then you come up to the boss and the intensity ramps up with terrible beat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82-fSX-Umh4

level 2 is another groovy tune sunrise boulevard and followed by make me dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb0onhdMjWY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24uBmSdSZps

level 3 and 4 have this fucking banger of a tune too, holy shit if this doesnt get you fucking pumped up you are fucked. JOE IS TAKING REVENGE FOR HIS FUCKING NINJA CLAN LIKE A WIND http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=809Ajm6dV-Q

The whole game is just fucking amazing later tracks like over the bay still just as solid as earlier apart from like a wind haha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJtyeKde2Pc

Sorry Streets of Rage and Streets of Rage 2 you guise came close but man yuzo just fucking blew me away with revenge of shinobi.

[Anonymous No.1185004]

Batman NES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTHHh9EB53A
Silver Surfer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuhNpgaQW04
and anything by tim follin