snazzypadgett Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Without going into too much detail, I can say that I'm undertaking a big project involving lots of video game music! And it's very difficult, but I am selecting only a few songs from a small list of games from the past. I would like the OCR board's opinions of what should be included, game-wise and song-wise. Here's what I have got so far: Mario -nintendo Zelda -nintendo Metroid -nintendo FF 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10 -square enix Sonic -sega Castlevania -konami F-Zero -nintendo Contra -konami Donkey Kong (plus diddy kong racing) -nintendo Kirby -nintendo Megaman -capcom Metal Gear -konami Mike Tyson's Punchout -nintendo Earthbound -nintendo Ninja Gaiden -Tecmo Pokemon -nintendo Breath of Fire -Capcom Chrono Trigger -square enix Earthworm Jim -Interplay Banjo-Kazooie -rareware Secret of Mana -square enix Star Fox -nintendo Tetris -nintendo Goldeneye 007 -nintendo Crash Bandicoot -Universal Interactive Fire Emblem -nintendo Golden Sun -nintendo Kingdom Hearts -square enix Phantasy Star Online (and predecessors) -sega Vectorman -sega I know this is a lot of Nintendo games, but I'm trying to keep it in the 'classic' era--the 80s and 90s. Even so, I am sure this list could use some amending with your help. 400 or so songs total is my goal. Which games/series have I missed, or have I included that is maybe less significant to the history of video game music? Also remember, the more games, the less songs from each game I can include. It's extremely difficult to narrow the large RPG soundtracks down to a few songs to stay around 400 songs, but...it has to be done. There must also be a balance between mainstream familiarity and the 'deeper-into-the-videogame-culture' tunes, if that makes sense--namely, RPGs. I'd just like some opinions from other people here genuinely interested in popularizing vgm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drack Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Street Fighter - Capcom Star Tropics - Nintendo Bionic Commando - Capcom Lufia (Neverland) Why did you cut out FF 4 through 6? I'd cut the more recent ones instead... Guilty Gear (Arc system works) Skies of Arcadia (Sega) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gario Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Why did you cut out FF 4 through 6? I'd cut the more recent ones instead... I suspect he might not know that FF2=4 & FF3=6, here. 2,3 & 5 could use some love too, though . Also, don't forget Battletoads, Double Dragon, Battletoads & Double Dragon, and the sega renditions of both Castlevania and Contra - they were amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I'd recommend doing some of the more unrepresented games, like Golden Sun, Vectorman or Breath of Fire. These games don't get any attention at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzumebachi Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 besides the obvious ones (chrono triggers and final fantasies and zeldas and ninja turtles and metal gears) NES/FAMICOM Adventure Island Adventures of Bayou Billy Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing Choujin Sentai Jetman Dragon Quest 3 The Legend of Kage Maniac Mansion Mighty Final Fight San Goku Shi II: Haou no Tairiku Shatterhand Silver Surfer Takahashi Meijin no Bug-tte Honey Uchuu Keibitai SDF Wizardry series Backgammon (FDS) Exciting Billiard (FDS) GENESIS/MEGADRIVE Golden Axe series (especially 2 or very especially 3) The Hybrid Front The Ooze Shining Force I and/or II Thunder Force IV SNES/SUPER FAMICOM (.rsn) (.rsn) (.rsn) (.rsn) Heracles no Eikou III (.rsn) Heracles no Eikou IV (.rsn) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 3 (.rsn) (.rsn) (field theme 2 is my favorite but can't seem to find it on youtubes) (.rsn) (apologies for the quality of this youtubes) (.rsn) Romancing SaGa (.rsn) ( an updated version of the general Romancing SaGa theme used in pretty much every Romancing SaGa game, from the PS2 remake) (.rsn) (.rsn) (.rsn) Treasure Hunter G (.rsn) (.rsn) maybe i'll add more when i think of em if you need links, i can probs provide em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gario Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 NES/FAMICOM Silver Surfer Oh hell yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 An awful lot of Nintendo stuff there. Let's see if we can't help balance that out... - Genesis - Alien 3 Alisia Dragoon Batman Castlevania: Bloodlines Devilish Dragon's Fury Elemental Master Heavy Nova Master of Monsters Mega Turrican Midnight Resistance (namely, "Flood of Power") Phantasy Star IV Ranger-X Red Zone (namely, "The Habam") Revenge of Shinobi Ristar Road Rash (namely, the title screen song) Rocket Knight Adventures Streets of Rage Super Fantasy Zone Sword of Vermilion TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist Thunder Force III Thunder Force IV Whip Rush - Sega CD - Android Assault Ecco the Dolphin (especially the unused track, which is on )Robo Aleste Shining Force CD Soul Star Stellar Fire The Terminator ... and a few random ones from other systems... - Saturn - Blast Wind DoDonPachi Hang-On 95 (for this one track) Panzer Dragoon Panzer Dragoon Zwei Thunder Force V - Amiga - Shadow of the Beast Turrican Turrican II Turrican III - PS1 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (Especially "A Dragon Temple (with Choir)" and "Credits (with Choir)") I could go on for a while, but I'll stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snazzypadgett Posted August 4, 2010 Author Share Posted August 4, 2010 I'm lovin all the help you guys are giving me, there's just no way one person can remember all of the great music of the NES-PSX/N64 without some help. On that note, though, what do you guys think about the inclusion of these more unrepresented series, namely almost all of the ones suzumebachi has mentioned? Here's the problem I'm going to have to face--I have no doubt that I would love the music of many of those games (I'll admit, I haven't played most of those you mentioned), but this is going to a mainstream audience as well, and I'd like to really try to cover as many of the bases as I can as far as music most people know. I know, I know, it may disappointing that I'm not planning on including every stunning RPG of the 90s, but I feel it's important to make a list of: 1) Plenty of well known tracks from well known games 2) Some lesser known tracks from moderately well known games 3) A dash of music from games mostly unheard of by the mainstream gamers--these tracks would likely be more title-themes. I think it's a good idea to use title themes/very significant themes from these 'unheard of' games, as long as it's strong material (which I'm sure it is) Keep it coming guys! I appreciate all of the posts so far. EDIT: Coop, thanks a lot for that list, I was a bit worried about the oversaturation of one publisher...this list is going to be a real trip to organize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zergonaleash Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Yoshi's Island Kirby Super Star Great platformer soundtracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzumebachi Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 added a bunch of links to examples of music on youtube, and links to rsn archives as well, for all the SNES games maybe later i'll do the same for NES and genesis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Smoothie Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I'd recommend including something by Jeremy Soule. The Morrowind theme, perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Just for the sake of easiness, for the Genesis soundtracks, go to Project2612. All you need is Winamp, ChipAmp and the VGZ zip file in question from 2612, and you'll be good to go. As for the Sega CD soundtracks, throw me a PM and I can point you to handy sites that'll make getting their music pretty easy. If you want the Saturn games, I also know of a site that has their soundtracks. PM me if you need to. For the Amiga games, all you need is Foobar and to visit Exotica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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