/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.360909]

Give me one good reason why 'Bloody Tears' isn't the greatest song in the history of NES gaming.

Also, the most remixable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AFqYeXKK3I

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[Anonymous No.360923]

because vampire killer

[Anonymous No.360936]

>>360923
Fair-dos.

Have a listen to this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA9MeM0niKo

[Anonymous No.360948]

I might not be original but for me the best NES song this the wily castle theme of MM2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJRoRt155mA

[Luzcyfer No.360983]

>>360909

Because Guile's theme, Guile's themes goes with anything.

[Anonymous No.360991]

It certainly is one of the best vidya songs I've ever heard

>mfw one of my old internet aliases was vladytears

[Anonymous No.361013]

>>360991
76576edgy54698456me

[Anonymous No.361029]

>>360909
>Bloody Tears

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHLsolltIJ8

>>360948
>MM2 Wily Theme

Really can't beat perfection. Many songs come close, but none will ever top that, and megaman has a fuckton of good music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zquDLt8W_R0

[Anonymous No.361027]

Because Wicked Child

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku3Ipg63Q8s

[Anonymous No.361053]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFPtQRB2Z6o

[Anonymous No.361069]

I do a great version of it on this 80s keyboard that I own.

[Anonymous No.361102]

>>360909
>b-moll
Was this really necessary? Is the original really in b-moll?

[Anonymous No.361104]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIjIUyXrBJg
Personally I think Blaster Master's soundtrack is the best one overall on the NES.
Although yeah, Bloody Tears is probably my single favorite NES tune.

[Anonymous No.361142]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIG2SrQn9Fc

[Anonymous No.361148]

Because Tim Follin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J0H5ah1G7A

[Anonymous No.361384]

>>361148
It's always one or the other Follin isn't it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy_cdVZCdHY

[Anonymous No.361389]

>>361148
Yep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwh3erQlyE

[Anonymous No.361402]

>>360948
I think this arrange makes the case for the other songs on that game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8BKWHaKTcw

Speaking of which, 5 is so underrated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3JWXV2kIG4

[Anonymous No.361408]

Personally I prefer Riddle. That fucking intro.

[Anonymous No.361409]

You've lost before even knowing it.

This is the best SNES song. You goddamn simpleton. Learn to retro before you post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOTI8j1egZg

[Anonymous No.361424]

>>361409
>Implying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pdVY9Hfzj8
Good song though.

[Anonymous No.361429]

>>361424

It's not even comparable.

It doesn't convey desperation the same way.

Again a fine song for the song for the sound chip regardless.

[Anonymous No.361459]

>>361429
>That horrible SNES horn sound
>Dat canned guitar
Link related, Sega does again what Nintendon't
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPlrLHKZ7Qs

[Anonymous No.361475]

>>361409
ashane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKtWjL0SNnk

[Anonymous No.361479]

>>361409
you are correct, what about storm eagle for 2nd place?

[Anonymous No.361498]

>>360909
What a shitty arrangement, OP.

[Anonymous No.361502]

>>361479
It's a great song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntryfgwuyyA

[Anonymous No.361538]

>>361502
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntryfgwuyyA
I leik this

[Anonymous No.361547]

>>361104
The level 1 song was better in my humble opinion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUnwRFMo6D0

[Anonymous No.361560]

Gentlemen, gentlemen, let's stop this bickering.

We all know the entire internet has already named a champion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPkhhLC1tf8

No other song ever came close

[Anonymous No.361565]

>>361560
THE REIGNING
DEFENDING
UNDISPUTED

Champion of NES music

[Anonymous No.361591]

>>361560
top 3 easily

This one kicks asses too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpIQt5qUHDk

[Anonymous No.361618]

Toot toot! C64 comin' thru!

Original
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv5_LsRaPrY
Orchestrated
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCMZJgK_6s8

OP, never had an NES when I was little, but Castlevania music is definitely at the very damned top.

[Anonymous No.361621]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC4hFK5P3g

I'm going to die and I want to see the world burn. Not sure which stage this falls under in the denial, bargaining, despair, acceptance process.

[Anonymous No.361627]

>>361621
fuck off back to /v/.. or /a/ or /jp/, any of those shitholes as long as you get the fuck out

[Anonymous No.361642]

>>361560
>We all know

we do.

[Anonymous No.361659]

>>361618
SID music is so fucking awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekHoW0L4vG8

Now imagine if it had 8 sound channels like the designers were originally trying for

[Anonymous No.361670]

>>361560
I have a feeling 'y'all might like this.
http://youtu.be/uxIMhzzmyqk

[Anonymous No.361672]

>>361659
It always annoys me no one every mentions POKEY. It had 4 channels (though most composers combined the last two). It had a distinct sound and had some nice compositions. The atari version of the ninja tune is superior to SID's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6adA0G6x4I

[Anonymous No.361692]

>>361659
Follin strikes gold again!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGIcBWRePyQ
>Implying you wouldn't have nightmares hearing this when only 5 years old.
Also this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qLkT5AXnnM
Close to the arcade original track, but lovingly injected with more awesome.

[Anonymous No.361710]

>>361672
I like POKEY, though you have to admit that 8-bit pitch resolution is a hell of a limitation. Still, I love the waveforms, and the detuned sound that you often end up with can be kind of cool. You also can get some really amazing results when you've got dual POKEYs, such as the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBVoONryE3s

[Anonymous No.361741]

>>361670
>http://youtu.be/uxIMhzzmyqk
classy, nicely done

[Anonymous No.361743]

>>361710
Love grayscale. And POKEY when it's not a lazy port from sid can be awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_geyCilmFk

[Anonymous No.361750]

>>361692
The better a system you give Tim Follin, the more powerful he becomes. Shame he's no longer doing video game music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgCLAXQow3w

Ah well, he had a great run with composing. I mean, he was the greatest composer for two whole generations, until Alexander Brandon came around.

[Anonymous No.361767]

>>361750
>The better a system you give Tim Follin, the more powerful he becomes.

I respectfully disagree. While his Amiga work isn't bad, his Commodore 64 and NES work surpasses it, and I have the feeling he himself would agree.

>Follin noted Ghouls'n Ghosts on the Commodore 64 as his favorite work,[2][7] though the game was a known entity, unlike many of Follin's early projects. Software Creations programmer Steve Ruddy, who created the music driver for the game (with design input from Follin)[17][18] recalled Follin describing a wide array of imagery for the title theme.[17] For the Ghouls'n Ghosts soundtrack, Follin retained parts of Tamayo Kawamoto's original arcade soundtrack within most tracks, only to transition into his own ideas for other portions of those tracks.[7] Similar circumstances resulted in Follin's soundtrack for Bionic Commando.[1]

[Anonymous No.361775]

>>361767
To expand on that:

>Follin has found it difficult to listen to works he created, feeling them outdated by the time they were completed.[18] Follin disliked working with the Atari ST[3] and the ZX Spectrum's AY chip, feeling the NES had more character. While not feeling very successful composing music for the Amiga, Follin enjoyed working on soundtracks for the SNES and Commodore 64. He described writing for the C64's SID chip as "playing an instrument in its own right,"[8] appreciating the analog sound it produced, despite having only three channels to work with.[2][3] Follin also recalled the SNES's Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge being fun due to the inclusion of cheesy '70s guitar synths and brass synths.[7]

[Anonymous No.361801]

>>361775
>He described writing for the C64's SID chip as "playing an instrument in its own right,"

You could say the same thing about the Mega Drive's YM2612. Too bad he only ever did one soundtrack for MD and the game was never released.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqyEbu8cmMg

[Anonymous No.361802]

>>361767
>>361775
I guess you're right then, I just really like the sound he produced with the Amiga, although perhaps his work on the NES is unsurpassed. It's just so unique compared to every other game, every track he produced was like a progressive rock-fueled thunderstorm for that system, whereas other composers, especially japanese ones, focused on beeps boops and twings and twangs.

[Anonymous No.361997]

>>361801
I'd love for him and Yuzo Koshiro to have a mash up one day, but that'll never happen.