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Post games that feature the power of rock.

There was this great period right when games got CD audio and some would feature full blown rock scores. Long guitar solos, synthesizers. I love this style of rock. Example of what I mean:

Battlecruiser Millennium: Menu theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBSJKB8nMPY

Before that there were some great rock scores using synthesizers that mimicked real instruments.

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>>1324059

Terminator Sega CD - Destinations Unknown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZy4B5OAoUU&list=PLC8906C182DEBC2B2

Tommy Tallerico is a bit of a faggot, but man can that guy make some good music.

>> No.1324084

>>1324074
Despite being a movie license game, that's actually a really good run and gun game. The graphics and gameplay are also good. Though maybe not as good as the music. That's actually one of the best games on the Sega CD. Especially in its genre.

>> No.1324096

mother/earthbound zero
mega man x

>> No.1324128

Is this one a little too obvious?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=araTayicJ3I

I wish there was a way to adjust sound FX volume in that game though.

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Rock arrangements also count.

"Naoto Shibata Project" released several albums in the 90's of Konami music. Naoto Shibata arranged them but he only played bass on them. The first was their rock arrangements of several space shooting games, such as Gradius.

1993 - PERFECT SELECTION KONAMI SHOOTING BATTLE

Playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X84tQQSETlo&feature=share&list=PLM54uWN3SjtQptX71Rh2wDbd-gQtmt_NA

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>>1324137

1994 - PERFECT SELECTION DRACULA BATTLE

Arrangements of Castelvania music. The series has great music, and the style is already techno-rock so the guitar arrangements sound amazing. The synths can get a tiny bit cheesy sometimes.

Playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpoyMi0nptE&list=PL1E762E64CD87785D

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>>1324147

1995 - PERFECT SELECTION SNATCHER BATTLE

Arrangements from SD Snatcher and Snatcher. A little weirder since most of the music in the series isn't really "rock". There seems to be more interpretation with this one to make them fit rock format. Has some really nice tracks too. Blow of Tricycle is my favorite.

Playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTnD2qYCacY&feature=share&list=PLFBC125D53E0B0B03

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>>1324150

1995 - PERFECT SELECTION DRACULA BATTLE II

Round two of Castlevania arrangements.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0HdhyxQJZo&list=PLAD0CAD352DFBD7E7

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>>1324161

1995 - PERFECT SELECTION KONAMI SHOOTING BATTLE II

Round two of space shooter arrangements.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRvye8rimP8

(Can't find a playlist with the whole thing sorry)

>> No.1324218

Lords of Motherfucking Thunder[PC engine CD]
this game ROCKS

>> No.1326298

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfzYhl4UE94&list=PLB20C7C105826AD48&index=3

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Heavy Metal Geomatrix. Not quite what you're talking about in the OP, but it's certainly rock. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL9PRXouv7g

>> No.1326679

Quake if you'll count industrial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J4UW5RxavE

Carmageddon 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5IZxGIzTaM

>> No.1326684

>>1326428

Love that one. Hearing Rob Halford scream "CYBERWOOOOORRRRLD" as you're cutting people in half is one of the most satisfying things in vidya history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3FtkSjoxEI

>> No.1326693

>>1326428
I still play this all the time, and still struggle to beat the last level...

Same with Spawn.

>> No.1326697

>>1326693
Speaking of rock and video games and spawn...

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWpqc24CGU8

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This game...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01IEjvD5lss&feature=share&list=PL20071BCF2BE4CCFD&index=7

>> No.1326712

>>1326709

>Guilty Gear

Yes, the entire series really.

>Guilty Gear
>Guilty Gear X
>Guilty Gear XX

>> No.1326743

>>1326709

Every 2d fighting game ported to the psx instantly became god awful

>> No.1326873

>>1324141
I loved the snes version when i was a kid, recently i discoverd that the genesis version has "Radar Love" from Golden Earring, thats awesome!

http://youtu.be/1jedow9sxaA

>> No.1327319

>>1324218
Came in here specifically to post this. Gotta go with the Sega CD OST though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBvmcD1r3tU
As awesome as this is [the Turbografx was for music GO PLAY DEVIL'S CRUSH EVERYONE]

I love this better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13VV7GHXx4w

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The first game had this kind of lame, likely in house techno. The second game they got this thrash metal band to make an original score. It's not the best rock score ever, but it's just the sort of thing I'm thinking of. I want to find all these sort of obscure original rock scores.

Menu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh3PYdLTf9s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbMxbPQBVo4

I haven't checked out the scores for the other games.

>> No.1327489

>>1326743
The original Guilty Gear wasn't a port.

>> No.1327551

>>1327319

So the PCE and Sega-CD versions had different scores? Neat.

>> No.1327572

The original Sega Rally had some of the best tracks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vcKFwTg8Go

They say that Joe Satriani played in them

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Doom
Doom 2
Final Doom: TNT - Evilution

These are the scores that I know of that are metal themed. The rest of the series features "atmospheric" music that I don't really care for.

Doom 1 has the best music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cixW6rogZ48

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z79LbWbk2XU

Not the best, but fits.

>> No.1327716

Maximum Carnage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbnihYENjC8

>> No.1327724

>>1327551
Best way to describe them is that the Turbo version sounds raw, with more prominent synth, while the Sega CD version sounds studio, with more prominent guitar. I think the Sega CD version sounds better, but some people will swear the opposite.

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The Thunder Force series.

Stand up against myself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObJVuRTIIS4

Steel of destiny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfTCd8Qb_zs

Legendary wings (Live House SSH cover):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWhGlk2HV6o

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Fighting Vipers.

Occam's Razor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJT-fkDN0P4
King of the Mountain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_16EddOiTY
The Trouble With Raxel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4_FHacuq0k
Bay Side Blues - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67XEPMh-Ke4
Look Out Below - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owxbU2aOzvY

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>>1324059
Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Darkside
for the Sega CD

>> No.1328315

>>1327572
This is quality rock.

>> No.1329515

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ghd3tvsNAs#t=1391

And of course, Symphony of the Night. It's got some nice rock songs.

>> No.1329546

>>1327578
My absolute favorite Doom track is actually this one from TNT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnXO41y_2ZQ


Also, more rock incoming:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOnXiT6hlgc

>> No.1329569

>>1329546

>F-Zero X

That has a full Guitar Arrange album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnp2c4wl7Y

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1329574

Why has no one posted this.

The soundtrack of this is fucking fantastic.

Makes me upset that GX's OST wasn't the same thing.

>> No.1329583

>>1327701
That game was panned for bad music back in the day if I remember right.
I always liked it though.
Better than Rush fo sho.

>> No.1329587

>>1329574

I liked GX more. It was a mix of rock and electronic that I loved.

>>1329583

World Driver Championship was shit on for many stupid reasons. People were comparing it to Gran Turismo. They complained of the lack of licensed cars, eventhough that costs money and is prohibitive to all but the biggest game franchises AND adds little to the game. And the music wasn't CD Audio. It was pretty good though. I consider it a hidden gem, and much better than GT.

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>>1329587

Speaking of Gran Turismo.

The Japanese scores for the series are completely original. Kind of jazzy, little rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC2qKy-WMf4

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Ys Chronicles lets you choose between three different versions of the soundtrack at any time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amwlsTkfhDE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKP_etVa_EU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf87KPms97c

>> No.1330627

>inb4 wild ride

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAgSWR8u-v8

>> No.1330789

>>1329569
That album and Initial D music are god tier driving music.

>> No.1330830

>>1326873
Yea i always loved hearing Black Sabbath- Paranoid when i would play.

>> No.1330862

>>1330371

The entire Ys series is rocking rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhO37PCNAu0

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsMcL-NhIX8

best castlevania music that i've heard

aside from the entirety of castlevania 3

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>Ys
>No First Step Towards Wars

I would grind in Ys 1 just to listen to this music and glorious bumper cars.

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>>1332219

whoops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HplgXxaKu5c

>> No.1332230

>>1324059
Revolution X

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pic related, its not actually retro but i think its claery meant for oldschool players and the soundtrack is so great it deserves a mention

>> No.1334820

John Petrucci of Dream Theater wrote a tune for a pinball game on the Sega Saturn, called Necronomicon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jiCNC5vP_4

I've never played the game and the song isn't anything too impressive, but it's a thing.

>> No.1334921

Bonus prize who can find the most obscure stuff.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx1YrFnpR_I&list=PL375691F267EEA917

Battletanx: Global Assault

>> No.1335053

Command and Conquor:
Hell March

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-gI_pFog0

>> No.1335059

>>1326709
>This game...

is the correct answer for fighting games OST.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rYOgaK-93E


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCSOWUHlQT8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Td4oETPaUI

Among a lot more.

>> No.1335151
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Stuart Copeland of the Police made the Score for Spyro 2

>> No.1335157

>>1335151
>Stuart Copeland of the Police made the Score for Spyro 2

First four Spyro games actually.

And none of them are Rock.

>> No.1336410

Anymore?

>> No.1336506

Mother 2/Earthbound has it through Pokey Means Business.
First half is just faux-8 bit music, but once the second half plays (and loops on the second part), it goes full Rock/Metal

And SMW2: Yoshi's Island's Giant Baby Bowser fight music is Rock in a way because dat Overdriven Guitar

>> No.1336676

>>1336506
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf2B_HSf2ag

>> No.1337315

Zelda CDI

>> No.1338740

>>1337315
Plz don't troll

>> No.1339250

I loved this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbGDDNL26VA

DKC3 had a great Soundtrack

>> No.1339258

>>1336676
awww yeaahh

Is this abuot games with lots of rock or just rocky tunes in general
also
>Ctrl+F
>No FF Boss music ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYDT_Y6Jj5c


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnmoS596vXg

>> No.1339275

>>1339258
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jVcn6I452I

Somehow i could never forgot this song, its like every time i remember twisted metal this song plays in the background

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFkHdzg9ZpA

anyway amid all the madness going while you play i never had a chance to appreciate the rest of Twisted Metal 2 OST and its fucking beautiful

>> No.1339314

>>1339275

twisted Metal

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

>> No.1339329

>>1339314
twisted metal had the best metal

>> No.1339330

>>1339329

But only the first.

>> No.1339379

Master of Darkness boss music. Some of the best wailing 8-bit guitars I've ever heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWSlE60yFbY

>> No.1341926

>>1339379

neat

>> No.1342106

>>1329587
the music during racing was lacking though, especially if you compare it to all the crazy pilot themes. Some of wich were more track worthy than the actual ones.

>> No.1342153

>>1328001

Points for you for mentioning the most METAL vidya ever. But... no Motherfucking METAL squad? C'mon!

Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQJY5U6tKm8&t=8m26s

Cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnLAC5AJPuM

Genesis had a -terrific- chip for producing hard rock/overtly distorted synths, and (as you hear in the themes above) could do amazing guitars.

>> No.1342169

Here's some more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbEJqUeiqLU#
(check the entire OST out, it's NUTS)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70A6jIRF9Zw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sblVe1Arcw0

>> No.1342181

Can't believe no ones mentioned Vigilante 8 yet. I know the whole soundtrack wasn't rock, but those that were, were awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY0i61BiRnY

>> No.1342419

>>1327578
Did you know that many of the songs are ripped-off versions of real rock songs? Especially in Doom 2.

Shawn's Got The Shotgun - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E7MPl4G2Qc
Listen to South of Heaven by Slayer

Bye Bye American Pie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z81virrz6TY
Listen to Them Bones by Alice in Chains

And a more complete list can be found on the Doom Wiki - http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Doom_music

>> No.1342626

>>1342419

Yep. And I love them for it. Doom scores feel like a best of metal soundtrack, but original enough so they feel like new songs.

What I don't get is why Doom dropped the metal. Doom on consoles removed the music, same with Doom 64. Doom 3 didn't have it either.

>> No.1342639

>>1342626
Its in the Super Nintendo and Sega 32x versions.

>> No.1342653

>>1342639

Yeah, those. But not the PS1 version. Don't think Saturn or the others. Doom 64 also opted for creepy music. The home ports seem to go for more slower horror. And I don't like how Doom 3 went in that direction too.

>> No.1342668

>>1342153
honestly FM is amazing for almost anything in the right hands and with a lot of work.

>>1342169
don't forget

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b18RLdMMJ9Y
the whole soundtrack is amazing

>> No.1344260

>>1342668
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b18RLdMMJ9Y

>Hybrid Front
*high five*

Also yes, you're right and I completely agree with you. I know 99% of people think otherwise but to me properly done FM beats samples (as in, SNES' N64's, etc) any day of the year.

(minus perhaps orchestral music, as it must have been atrociously hard to make pretty sounding strings and winds)

This is the closest that I've heard to trumpets on Genesis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyx5KxKw-sI (around halfway through the loop).
Pretty dang convincing. Iwadare was an FM master back in the day.

Anyway, I think I'm derailing the thread.