OceansAndrew Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Those friendly and industrious Shizzies spent a TON of time voting on a whole slew of nominated NES tracks (1700+) in the quest to find the best one. Votes were tallied, and then tracks were revealed a few at a time for a month or so. You can preview each chiptune in a embedded player, and download either the individual chiptune or the whole game's chiptune. Overall it's really well laid out. Contained in the list, there are some obvious favorites, and a ton of hidden gems, so fans of NES music should definitely check it out! http://bestnestracks.captaintortilla.com/results/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Hakštok Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Agreed with top 5, only quickly browsed through the rest of top 100. List looks okay though, but why isn't in top 10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 List looks okay though, but why isn't in top 10? There's been a lot of comments of that sort showing up. Personally I'm disappointed by the lack of TMNT III, which in my mind is a stellar soundtrack the entire way through. Despite the effort put in to reduce nostalgia bias and cover some of the more overlooked titles, you can see that there's still quite a few entries from the popular titles (the Mega Man and Castlevania series in particular.) I'm not surprised by this, and I can't deny how great the soundtracks are, but I would have liked to see more dark horse titles show up. For example, Shizzie Auriplane pointed out this great track from a really obscure game (Tantei Jinguuji Saburou 4? Has anyone here ever heard of that before?). That said, I'm really happy to see that Silver Surfer track near the top of the list. Such an impressive track, for technical AND musical reasons. Can you believe that drum sound is composed entirely of the triangle wave and noise channel, and DOESN'T use samples? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Contained in the list, there are some obvious favorites, and a ton of hidden gems I would say the opposite. There are a ton of favorites and some hidden gems. Great music and all, but like jmr I am not satisfied with this list due to the lack of game variety. Guess I'll just go ahead and make my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gario Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Needless to say, Silver Surfer was underrated in this list. Otherwise I thought the top five pick was pretty damn good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.B. Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 There doesn't appear to be a single zip of the top 100/115 (as nsfs/nsfes). If there is one, would someone kindly point it out? I might go through this whole project eventually, but I'd definitely go through all of it over the next few days if there were a single zip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monobrow Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Haha, so much Konami love. IMO though this list isn't very good, but hey w/e it's popular vote. I'm sorely disappointed that one of the best Mega Man themes EVER, EVER (and a Wily Castle to boot) didn't even make the top 100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Going through that list, it reads like one created by people without much NES game playing experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Not a bad list, but a little too much love of Megaman and Castlevania. I would have preferred to see some of the 70-115 entries from those franchises replaced. There's a lot of material that wasn't covered, but four omissions really stand out to me: 1) No Uematsu track at all, really? I'm not normally a crazy FF fan or anything, but his lyrical stuff for FF2/3 Famicom deserves a mention -- perhaps "Eternal Wind" from FF3? 2) No Dragon Warrior opening fanfare. Nothing else on NES gets trumpets the way that the fanfare does. 3) No Power Blade track -- those games are really gems, listen to them! 4) Lastly, I'm extremely surprised to not find anything from SMB3 on the list -- quality candidates being 1-2, airship, World 3, World 6, among others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Favorites list *yawn* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 There doesn't appear to be a single zip of the top 100/115 (as nsfs/nsfes). If there is one, would someone kindly point it out?I might go through this whole project eventually, but I'd definitely go through all of it over the next few days if there were a single zip. http://kngi.org/opencircuit/misc/Top100NES-NSFE.zip http://kngi.org/opencircuit/misc/Top100NES-MP3.zip Tada! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 ITT: "this list is ok except they missed *my* favorite song!" Lot of Mega Man and Castlevania, because those songs are actually the best ones. No real shock to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillRock Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 SILVER SURFER FOR NUMBER 1 Come on is that not fucking OBVIOUS???? Seriously tho, I'd guessed what number one would be as soon as I opened the thread. Way for being overally typical with that theshizz, but I'm so happy Silver Surfer at least came top 5. That soundtrack is so underrated it hurts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar of Justice Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I was disappointed that the Castlevania III prologue theme wasn't #1, but I can settle for #24. The Famicom version is AMAZING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monobrow Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 itt:"this list is ok except they missed *my* favorite song!" lot of mega man and castlevania, because those songs are actually the best ones. No real shock to me. the one i linked is the best song ever you can't deny it mr fish luers! edit: THAT WAS ALL IN CAPS AND SO WAS THIS SO THER!!!@@#@!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Out of boredom, I took a look at the list - a bit saturated by a few games when there's a lot of other awesome NES music out there. For example, this song (by David Wise!) got overlooked: . Wizards & Warriors had some nice stuff too.How could they omit Kirby also? , , , , And a severe lack of anything from Super Mario Bros. 3 (who doesn't love Athletic from SMB 3? ). I'm sure that's only scratching the surface.I was happy to see that Gremlins 2 song though - pretty awesome song. I wonder what do people think about trying to compile a similar list here? I posit we have people who listen to a broader spectrum of music here and could come up with a broader list of songs. (I would like to listen to other NES songs I may have never heard before that I'm sure is missing from a list like this) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Nice job to The Shizz dudes! \m/ OCR should do the same! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 What. The silver surfer stage 1. Is that an actual rip from an NES game? Sounds way too good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brycepops Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 What. The silver surfer stage 1. Is that an actual rip from an NES game? Sounds way too good. Composers: Tim Follin, Geoff Follin. 'nuff said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.B. Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 http://kngi.org/opencircuit/misc/Top100NES-NSFE.ziphttp://kngi.org/opencircuit/misc/Top100NES-MP3.zip Tada! jmr you are a champ. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROTO·DOME Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Glad they got The Moon in the top 5. That song is harmonic awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gario Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 What. The silver surfer stage 1. Is that an actual rip from an NES game? Sounds way too good. Boy, you need to get the Silver Surfer soundtrack. You do yourself a great disservice remaining in the dark on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xarnax42 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 (I would like to listen to other NES songs I may have never heard before that I'm sure is missing from a list like this) I never pass up the opportunity to spread the love for Yuzo Koshiro's Legacy of the Wizard (AKA Dragon Slayer IV: The Drasle Family) soundtrack. It looked like theshizz awarded lots of points for innovative composition, especially from a technical standpoint. This might not push a lot of envelopes in that regard, but these tunes are melodic and energetic, and I find myself humming them regularly no matter how many years it's been since I last played the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDX Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I appreciate their restraint in not making it all Castlevania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Rex Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Boy, you need to get the Silver Surfer soundtrack. You do yourself a great disservice remaining in the dark on it. I just listened to this on YouTube. Holy crap. Nothing I will ever do in music will ever be as epic as this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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