Video Game Music

[gunswordfist]

I'm addicted to this right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg_CLcgw-9M

[gunswordfist]

I feel fucking stupid for not putting this in the competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t6hZFZbRFM

Edit: And this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuVKzc22ivI The fuck was I thinking?

[Rynnec]

While we're on that subject, I regret not nominating this and this for the competition. Or my favorite song from Madworld.

[talonmalon333]

I have a feeling I'll remember a song I was forgetting, as well.

[gunswordfist]

I feel fucking stupid for not putting this in the competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t6hZFZbRFM

Edit: And this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuVKzc22ivI The fuck was I thinking?

I also thought about adding this (relistening to it now): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuRyYVMyDVQ

[gunswordfist]

I wish I listened to all of this earlier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gk4sPrvymc

[talonmalon333]

Underrated Sonic 2 song. It's actually one of my favorites in the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5L0gk3qcjg

[Kiddington]

Underrated Sonic 2 song. It's actually one of my favorites in the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5L0gk3qcjg

It doesn't play enough; IIRC you only hear that at the end of the 2-player stages.

But yeah, it's definitely a good track. I think in the beta version that IS the original menu music but idk it's been a while since I've toyed with that.

[gunswordfist]

Underrated Sonic 2 song. It's actually one of my favorites in the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5L0gk3qcjg

Ah, nostalgia.

[talonmalon333]

I must be one of the only people on the entire planet who not only thinks Resident Evil (Dual Shock Edition)'s soundtrack is something other than terrible, but that it's even better than the original, non-Dual Shock Resident Evil's soundtrack.

Here's some of the songs I like more in the Dual Shock version, alongside the original songs for direct comparison.

Original Mansion Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BAN7a8VvWY
Dual Shock Mansion Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wft07hr6D2c

Original Forest's Dead Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrAFcwH_rfg
Dual Shock Forest's Dead Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS3jsWW2o_A

That Forest theme is a bit of a close call, but I really like the Dual Shock version, particularly when heard in-game on the balcony along with the sound of the wind.)

Original Save Room Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb_Bb8JA2pg
Dual Shock Save Room Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jiKienmRiQ

Original Rebecca's Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIjMpvve6ms
Dual Shock Rebecca's Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRdNJ3k0L14

Original Where's Wesker Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhq5iKRZG-U
Dual Shock Where's Wesker Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmkA8icRS78&list=PL97D643FDC344E67D

Original Completed Picture Puzzle Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDhJenh7Bzg
Dual Shock Completed Picture Puzzle Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vw_yl7oVyA

The Picture Puzzle theme is nearly a tie. The original version is so spooky. But there's a strangeness about the Dual Shock version makes me slightly prefer it.

Original Guardhouse Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6A5shcu7Vg
Dual Shock Guardhouse Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ror3YUrQw90

Original More Rooms Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl2PEcXllxY
Dual Shock More Rooms Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ3ambGpUa4

That "More Rooms" comparison in particular is no contest. Dual Shock's atmospheric, almost depressing theme over the original's standard, repetitive "eerie" music. In fact, this YT comment, surprisingly, captures the feeling of the Dual Shock's version:

This theme represents feelings of loneliness and hopelessness. You are trapped inside a giant mansion. You are surrounded by Zombies, Zombie Dogs, Hunters, Giant Snakes, Giant Spiders, and other horrors in the mansion and the howling Zombie Dogs that fill the night air outside in the woods. And your S.T.A.R.S. teammates are getting killed. And it feels like this nightmare will never come to an end.

Original Guardhouse Basement Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGMWITl9_KQ
Dual Shock Basement Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyUUeUgCsSs

Original (Second Visit) Mansion First Floor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nesv2emCoyM
Dual Shock (Second Visit) Mansion Second Floor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFO0XeQUiTI

Original (Second Visit) Mansion Second Floor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttsZ7UfLqcw
Dual Shock (Second Visit) Mansion Second Floor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g8tnVtzyRY

Original Laboratory Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz_pG8R8E5c
Dual Shock Laboratory Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyjxJRwigas

Original Tyrant 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyX9XEuqbQI
Dual Shock Tyrant 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzj1pBsBjyI

Love how all the Tyrant music in the Dual Shock version sounds like superhero movie.

Original Ending Theme (Still Dawn): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PZeBN1wLxM
Dual Shock Ending Theme (Tempest): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpRbAEbm3Bo

I actually hated Tempest as a child and always skipped the credits. But it's really so much better than Still Dawn. Classical orchestrated piece versus the massive cheese ball that sounds like it came straight from an old sitcom opening or a Sonic Adventure game.

Would I like the Dual Shock soundtrack more if it wasn't the one I grew up with more (I didn't hear the original soundtrack until I re-purchased the game a few years after its release)? I don't know. Maybe not. It does have some pretty weak songs. But I think it's more atmospheric and effective. THe original's soundtrack is good but a bit more stereotypical in my opinion, plus it has some awkward rock-style music thrown in there.

Both soundtracks are still better than the GameCube remake's soundtrack. That soundtrack seemed to be trying to sacrifice sound quality for atmosphere but ended up being too quiet and ultimately just weaker versions of most of the original RE's music. The remake does have the best credits theme, out of the three.

[gunswordfist]

I feel fucking stupid for not putting this in the competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t6hZFZbRFM

Edit: And this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuVKzc22ivI The fuck was I thinking?

I also thought about adding this (relistening to it now): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuRyYVMyDVQ

And these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg_CLcgw-9M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bS0kYB9fho

[Kiddington]

The DKC series has some great music, but what about Donkey Kong Land? Some fantastic renderings here that deserve a mention:

Boss Bossanova
Cascade Capers
Gangplank Galleon
Island Swing
Lockjaw's Saga
Rocket Run
Treetop Tumble
Welcome to Crocodile Isle

A lot of these really turned out great on chiptune, and some of them (like Gangplank Galleon) I honestly like more than the original. I was surprised to see that two of these (Boss Bossanova and Rocket Run) also ended up going unused in the final game; that's a shame too, they both turned out pretty good.

[gunswordfist]

Capcom!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC9jISKU25E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBfTGtQ8qJg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTjS1H4zxGU

[gunswordfist]

Now this is good beat em up music! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIIKBhHPQ4o

[gunswordfist]

Finally found what Tekken themes were used in the MK Vs. SF videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJSZqpMU0IQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4XCmhdnEJM I've been in love with this for awhile. Still need to find one more though.