Video game music

[MarkMono]

Even worth touching youtube for.

R-Type theme, Master system

[Rio Ohki]

Aw, such memories!
Come to think of it, it was rock fucking hard by stage 7.

[MarkMono]

Rock, I only ever completed it on the Amstrad.

[PapaZeb]

Originally Posted by MarkMono

Pretty sure he's just singing it in a lower key but aye, genius.

No, he's playing it in a lower key as well. Compare the tabs/recordings for the GladOS sung version that he composed and then the version he plays (is also sneakily given away in some live performances he's done where he mentions playing in a lower key)

[MarkMono]

Heh, maybe he's embarassed he can't sing as high as Ellen McLain.

I don't have a glockenspiel to hand to compare the two versions but it sounds similar musically.

Could be wrong, better things to care about, happy to differ etcetera et-fucking-cetera.

[PapaZeb]

Song so bloody popular with some friends I got charged with learning the thing on guitar for them to sing along to. It's so damned catchy.

[MarkMono]

I laughed for about an hour after completing Portal, then looked up the song, then listened to it.

It then occurred to me that there was nothing else to do with it. I could foist the mp3 on all of my friends but why bother, they're not going to enjoy it half as much without having played through Portal. The song itself isn't funny or tuneful enough when removed from the context of the game to bother covering. Could remix it, I suppose. Nah, whats the point, the original with McLain beautifully vocodered voice is pretty much perfect/as good as it gets.

Maybe I could just enjoy it for what it is.

Nah, lets analyse it to death.

[Joe Spinebuster]

I remember when I was playing my way through every damn game on Mega Man Anniversary Collection for the GameCube last year I actually had to stop playing at various points just to bust some air guitar.

YouTube - Mega Man - Dr. Wily's Fortress Stage 1...

When you just sit and listen to its own, you realise just HOW short it is and that it is just looping like fuck and maybe even pretty annoying. But when you play the game you're too busy thinking MAN THIS MUSIC HAS ME LIKE SO FUCKING PUMPED RIGHT NOW to really notice.

[Addy]

Originally Posted by Addy

Illusion of Time on the SNES.

Simple but utterly fantastic. The extended version of the "sad reflection" track (short versions are seen during scenes like Hamlet's sacrifice as seen during the ending is heart-rending. It really works well with the way the game ends. I seriously need to find the album online!

Most of the sountrack is on YouTube, here's the ending - lasts 20 minutes in total (and every time I've finished the game I've been in a rush ) but unfailingly awesome. The first part is actually really moving (certainly the first 8 minutes or so before the tune changes to what takes up the first two minutes of part two) and I've been listening to it on repeat recently. Brilliant.

Part 1:

YouTube - Illusion of gaia time ending

Part 2:

YouTube - Illusion of gaia time ending 2

[dimples]

Music from any Hitman game

[Draven]

Any of you guys ever play the massively underrated game Hardwar? That had some truly fucking awesome music in it. So good I used to stick the game CD into my CD player and just listen to the music off the game (was in mp3 format).

Another one I loved was the music in Super Mario 64 when your in the sort of underground dungeon in the castle, with water. I don't know the actual name of the tune, but recognise it from all Mario games, but this one was remixed. Had a look but couldn't find it.

[Rio Ohki]

YouTube - PSX Doom - Club Doom

[Cloud]

Street fighter 2 : Guile and Ken.
Ghouls n Ghosts.
Mario 3.
Castlevania Bloodlines/Symphony of the night.
Mickey Mouse's Castle of Illusion
Final Fantasy VII. The whole soundtrack.