Tragically Overlooked Game Music
Some games don’t get the credit they deserve, especially in the music department. Sometimes a really bad game can have an awesome theme thrown in somewhere in the middle that you’ll be humming for hours, even after you’ve cast aside the horrible taste of the game. I’m just going to take a moment here (and hopefully in the future) to acknowledge some of the redheaded step-children of the gaming music world.
Ok, so we’ve all heard the Mario theme over and over again, played by flutes, pianos, drums, a choir and reenacted by everyone from high schoolers who weren’t even born when the game was released to barnyard animals. Granted, it’s memorable, and iconic, but enough is enough. However, there is one bit of Mario music that I can listen to all day, every day - the ending music to Super Mario Bros. 2. Intricate in its simplicity, a soft ending to a manic game, easily played by anyone, and catchy as hell. This vid comes courtesy of banksta2 on youtube.
Anybody think of any other underappreciated bits of game music?
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CK010 February 3rd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXtD2DSYNwY
Metroid Main Theme (NES)
Dionisio February 3rd
Beautiful. That music has honestly made me a little misty-eyed before. Thanks for posting it. As for other under appreciated themes, don’t get me started. I’d go with any song with lyrics from a Sonic game (take you’re pick, they’re all craptastically awesome) and The Emperor’s New Groove PlayStation soundtrack. It’s amazing stuff, seriously. I’d post it myself but GameLuv is kinda dead right now.
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This is really superb……I like this……Thank you
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