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Topic What's a game that you think is worth playing to experience the soundtrack?

nonamesleft

* 6-May-2023(#1)

I've listened to plenty of video game music. Some great, some not so great.

You can have a great game with great music, and that's fantastic.

You can have a not great game, but with great music.

You can have a great game, but a mediocre soundtrack.

And you can have a bad game with a bad soundtrack

(best to stay away from those)

I think Chrono Trigger is a solid game with a great soundtrack.

The Mario & Luigi RPG series are games I enjoyed, all having music I liked too.

Phoenix Wright, fun games, solid tunes.

Undertale was a great game with a great soundtrack.

Those are just a couple.

When a game is good and also has good music, that really enhances the gameplay experience.

What's a game you think is worth playing to experience the music?

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Orlandu

19-May-2023(#81)

@nonamesleft If you haven't played the game yet be sure to try it out. The HD remake for Xbox consoles is really well done. I have no idea why it never got a Steam release.

SupremeSarna

19-May-2023(#82)

I've been warming to Pocky & Rocky Reshrined's OST over the last few months. Stage 1 has possibly the catchiest earworm I've ever heard. Top five, minimum.

Orlandu

20-May-2023(#83)

You don't even have to leave the title screen for Solstice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypNPxwnppU0

nonamesleft

21-May-2023(#84)

Orlandu wrote:

> @nonamesleft If you haven't played the game yet be sure to try it out. The HD remake

> for Xbox consoles is really well done. I have no idea why it never got a Steam release.

There's an Xbox remake? I didn't know. I'll definitely keep it in mind. I skipped around the soundtrack a bit, liked some of what I was hearing. Would be a different experience to play it to experience the soundtrack.

nonamesleft

* 21-May-2023(#85)

Orlandu wrote:

> You don't even have to leave the title screen for Solstice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypNPxwnppU0

:) Listening to it now. There's a lot going on there, keeps changing. I definitely hear what you mean. I feel like I just heard a while mini soundtrack.

nonamesleft

21-May-2023(#86)

BucketofJustice wrote:

> Hohokum

Currently in middle of Tycho A Walk. A lot of relaxing music in this soundtrack.

https://youtu.be/mehLx_Fjv_c

nonamesleft

21-May-2023(#87)

SupremeSarna wrote:

> I've been warming to Pocky & Rocky Reshrined's OST over the last few months. Stage

> 1 has possibly the catchiest earworm I've ever heard. Top five, minimum.

This one?
https://youtu.be/N-jO-WVA0O0

SupremeSarna

21-May-2023(#88)

nonamesleft wrote:

> SupremeSarna wrote:

>> I've been warming to Pocky & Rocky Reshrined's OST over the last few months. Stage

>> 1 has possibly the catchiest earworm I've ever heard. Top five, minimum.

> This one?

> https://youtu.be/N-jO-WVA0O0

Scratch that: Stage 2 is one of the catchiest earworms I’ve ever heard. I mixed them up. https://youtu.be/KG9hkDbjpBs

Orlandu

21-May-2023(#89)

nonamesleft wrote:

> Orlandu wrote:

>> @nonamesleft If you haven't played the game yet be sure to try it out. The HD

> remake

>> for Xbox consoles is really well done. I have no idea why it never got a Steam

> release.

> There's an Xbox remake? I didn't know. I'll definitely keep it in mind. I skipped

> around the soundtrack a bit, liked some of what I was hearing. Would be a different

> experience to play it to experience the soundtrack.

Yes, and it's an outstanding remake that improves the Saturn version in every way. This is my favorite beat-em-up (and I've played a bunch of them). There's tons of variety in character movesets, a semi-controllable NPC helper, tons of branching paths, and multiple endings. It's a great game to play with friends, but it's really solid and strategic solo.

nonamesleft

21-May-2023(#90)

Orlandu wrote:

> nonamesleft wrote:

>> Orlandu wrote:

> |>> @nonamesleft If you haven't played the game yet be sure to try it out. The HD

>> remake

> |>> for Xbox consoles is really well done. I have no idea why it never got a Steam

>> release.

>> There's an Xbox remake? I didn't know. I'll definitely keep it in mind. I skipped

>> around the soundtrack a bit, liked some of what I was hearing. Would be a different

>> experience to play it to experience the soundtrack.

> Yes, and it's an outstanding remake that improves the Saturn version in every way.

> This is my favorite beat-em-up (and I've played a bunch of them). There's tons

> of variety in character movesets, a semi-controllable NPC helper, tons of branching

> paths, and multiple endings. It's a great game to play with friends, but it's really

> solid and strategic solo.

I'll definitely keep it in mind. It's been awhile since I've played an Xbox game.

Orlandu

* 22-May-2023(#91)

Semi on topic but if you get a chance to see Bit Brigade in concert, you really should. It's a really neat sort of hybrid concert and speed-run. One of the band members plays a custom ROM of an NES game with the music stripped out and the rest of the band plays the soundtrack as the game goes. I've seen them play nearly their entire catalog, and Castlevania, Mega Man 2, and Mega Man 3 were my favorites.

EclipseLion

23-May-2023(#92)

Second best driving music:

Lotus II: R.E.C.S

nonamesleft

23-May-2023(#93)

Orlandu wrote:

> Semi on topic but if you get a chance to see Bit Brigade in concert, you really should.

> It's a really neat sort of hybrid concert and speed-run. One of the band members

> plays a custom ROM of an NES game with the music stripped out and the rest of the

> band plays the soundtrack as the game goes. I've seen them play nearly their entire

> catalog, and Castlevania, Mega Man 2, and Mega Man 3 were my favorites.

That would be great. I just took a look at their tour schedule. None even remotely close to me.

Guess I'll check if I can find footage from their concerts.

benstylus

23-May-2023(#94)

EclipseLion wrote:

> Second best driving music:

> Lotus II: R.E.C.S

It's pretty good but the problem is it isn't Magical Sound Shower.

Orlandu

23-May-2023(#95)

nonamesleft wrote:

> Orlandu wrote:

>> Semi on topic but if you get a chance to see Bit Brigade in concert, you really

> should.

>> It's a really neat sort of hybrid concert and speed-run. One of the band members

>> plays a custom ROM of an NES game with the music stripped out and the rest of

> the

>> band plays the soundtrack as the game goes. I've seen them play nearly their

> entire

>> catalog, and Castlevania, Mega Man 2, and Mega Man 3 were my favorites.

> That would be great. I just took a look at their tour schedule. None even remotely

> close to me.

> Guess I'll check if I can find footage from their concerts.

Here you go: https://youtu.be/wyUjy6zMpoE

They'll tour way more places than they have listed, so you'll get your chance eventually. They're pretty thorough.

Frank

* 23-May-2023(#96)

Skip 58 seconds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGAxY_UFcX0&t=58

I couldn't find a video of just the song, but honestly, Elementemple is my favorite track in the game. The rest of the soundtrack is also really great!

https://kajnoon.bandcamp.com/album/toodee-and-topd...

nonamesleft

24-May-2023(#97)

EclipseLion wrote:

> Second best driving music:

> Lotus II: R.E.C.S

Definitely a different vibe than Super Hang On, but yeah, good driving music

nonamesleft

24-May-2023(#98)

@Orlandu Thanks for the link. I want to enjoy that whole video (45 minutes) so I'll get to it when I can.

nonamesleft

24-May-2023(#99)

Frank wrote:

> Skip 58 seconds

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGAxY_UFcX0&t=58

> I couldn't find a video of just the song, but honestly, Elementemple is my favorite

> track in the game. The rest of the soundtrack is also really great!

> https://kajnoon.bandcamp.com/album/toodee-and-topd...

Hey! Toodee and Topdee. You did a video about that game I think, definitely mentioned it in a video of yours.

EclipseLion

* 24-May-2023(#100)

benstylus wrote:

> EclipseLion wrote:

>> Second best driving music:

>> Lotus II: R.E.C.S

> It's pretty good but the problem is it isn't Magical Sound Shower.

Only posting music to games I’ve owned:

the adventures of Batman & Robin (..a poor man’s Gunstar Heroes)

Still remember picking this one up at best buy over the magic school bus

Now amongst his many works Jesper Kyd did the music for this game and the new WARHAMMER 40,000: darktide, to name a few

Orlandu

26-May-2023(#101)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has an incredible soundtrack. Awesome remixes of tons of classic tunes.

nonamesleft

28-May-2023(#102)

@Orlandu Just finished that MegaMan Bit Brigade video. Pretty great. Cool how they have the game playing on the screen as they play. You've seen them live?

Orlandu

28-May-2023(#103)

@nonamesleft Yep! They often come by a local retro arcade. I've seen them play everything except their Zelda concert (icy roads kept me from going to that one) and their brand new stuff. Super excited to eventually see them play Double Dragon.

nonamesleft

28-May-2023(#104)

Orlandu wrote:

> @nonamesleft Yep! They often come by a local retro arcade. I've seen them play

> everything except their Zelda concert (icy roads kept me from going to that one)

> and their brand new stuff. Super excited to eventually see them play Double Dragon.

I'd love to see them play pieces from Chrono Trigger and some of Yoko Shimomura's work (The composer for the Mario & Luigi RPG series, among other music)

Orlandu

28-May-2023(#105)

You should definitely check out MAGFest. Tons of live video game music every year with plenty of recordings of past events.

HEHEHATE

* 2-Jun-2023(#106)

@nonamesleft

came across this on my feed and instantly thought of this thread haha

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1379270275973706

So many bangers on that SMRPG soundtrack. Personal favs let's play geno though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvAu2Gyax7c

nonamesleft

* 4-Jun-2023(#107)

HEHEHATE wrote:

> @nonamesleft

> came across this on my feed and instantly thought of this thread haha

> https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1379270275973706

> So many bangers on that SMRPG soundtrack. Personal favs let's play geno though.

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvAu2Gyax7c

😆 Thanks for that. At 0:53 where he's all out of breath, haha.

Yeah, Yoko Shimomura is a great composer. Did the whole Mario & Luigi RPG series. Some really great tunes.

She also composed music for Xenoblade Chronicles and some of the Kingdom Hearts games, as well as some pieces for Pokemon, some stuff for Smash Bros, and definitely at least one piece for Professor Layton. I'm sure there's more that she composed. Great composer. Make a CD set of just her music. I think I'd buy it.

Rollobobo

4-Jun-2023(#108)

Renaissance2K wrote:

> I'm a big champion of the scores from the Singletrac games for the original PlayStation.

> Literally everything game soundtrack before Rogue Trip is high energy, cinematic,

> and as close to a real band/orchestra as you can get with a synthesizer. Some great

> examples are Desert Zone from Warhawk, >" rel="nofollow" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsizt61ygWs

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Man that Twisted Metal 2 soundtrack was awesome.

ErickRPG

13-Jun-2023(#109)

I like games with DEEP ambient soundtracks. One of the oldest ones I remember liking was Aidyn Chronicles on

. It had crickets chirping at night, you could hear the stream get louder as you approach. Birds, etc. . I noticed the Shadow Man remastered has a lot of ambience like rain and such. Secret of Evermore's soundtrack was great, some of those songs almost had an ambient feel. Like crickets and such. Even though it was still a musical track. Very cool, check it out.

nonamesleft

13-Jun-2023(#110)

ErickRPG wrote:

> I like games with DEEP ambient soundtracks. One of the oldest ones I remember liking

> was Aidyn Chronicles on

. It had crickets chirping at night, you could hear

> the stream get louder as you approach. Birds, etc. . I noticed the Shadow Man remastered

> has a lot of ambience like rain and such. Secret of Evermore's soundtrack was great,

> some of those songs almost had an ambient feel. Like crickets and such. Even though

> it was still a musical track. Very cool, check it out.

I bet those kind of soundtracks probably have a better listening experience using either headphones or a good quality stereo system. Sounds like crickets, birds, rain, etc, can get lost over handheld speakers. (I typically game handheld)

I bought a pair of over ear headphones awhile back, and plugged it into my Switch. I was amazed at the sound experience. And then I think it was last year at some point that I bought a stereo system. The sounds it was producing were incredible. I felt like I had been robbing myself of a great music experience for all the games I hadn't used either headphones or a speaker system. While the built in speakers of handheld consoles are adequate, headphones/a decent speaker system are next level.