General and Gaming => Classic Video Games => Topic started by: darko on February 15, 2012, 12:21:39 pm
Title: Favorite 16-Bit Song?
Post by: darko on February 15, 2012, 12:21:39 pm
Mine is from Earthworm Jim. The Descent (Genesis Version):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl5dl1kGXHU
Not really as epic as some of the RPG music out there, but I still love it!
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Post by: amauriel on February 15, 2012, 12:55:22 pm
I won't say this is my absolute favorite...but it is probably the most influential video game song, for me, ever.
I hear it start, it's one of those things: I'm immediately in my happy place. :-P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8u81cdh_Es
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Post by: tpugmire on February 15, 2012, 01:18:41 pm
The ending credits music from A Link to the Past. Closely followed by ending credits music from Super Mario World. Both were composed by the same guy I believe.
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Post by: amauriel on February 15, 2012, 03:03:43 pm
Yep, same guy...one of the best composers in video games: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koji_Kondo
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Post by: killerchameleon on February 15, 2012, 04:05:17 pm
I to would have to go with Zelda still catch myself humming it
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Post by: pacpix on February 15, 2012, 04:57:41 pm
http://youtu.be/5XAWhFZ5mzI?t=40s My favorite song in my all time favorite game. It gets good around 50 seconds.
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Post by: varkias on February 15, 2012, 05:00:21 pm
One of my all time favorites! The whole soundtrack rocks. EDIT: My bad... I missed the 16-bit part
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oquad3rnZSI
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Post by: killerchameleon on February 15, 2012, 05:14:38 pm
I still like the original Donkey Kong Country intro music best
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Post by: killerchameleon on February 15, 2012, 05:35:08 pm
Wow I want one of these http://stlocarina.com/12hozeteoc3e.html
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Post by: jobocan on February 15, 2012, 05:47:38 pm
Favorite 16-bit music? That's way too hard for me to choose, especially looking at SNES games, a ton of them have just amazing soundtracks with great songs, I'd never be able to choose one.
What I CAN do is post the first tune that comes to my mind when I think "16-bit music": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9yI7fnlAKw
Probably not my favorite, but it's up there. My favorite would either be in an RPG, or in DKC1 or DKC2, but no matter how much I think about it, I keep thinking of other great 16-bit tunes that I just love.For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnkZ9PjXOQQ
I'll remember the first time I heard this forever.
So yeah, I don't think I can possibly have a favorite 16-bit tune, just like I can never have a favorite game, or a favorite anything really. There's just too many great ones to choose from.
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Post by: amauriel on February 15, 2012, 07:17:08 pm
Wow I want one of these http://stlocarina.com/12hozeteoc3e.html
I have one of those...mine is the old style, it looks just like the top one there but it doesn't have the gold band, just the triforce. My husband got me that and the Zelda songbook for Christmas one year. The only song I can play well is Epona's song.
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Post by: dstone on February 15, 2012, 08:43:24 pm
I've always loved the music from the classic Sonic games. I've heard some fabulous remixes of some of the themes as well.
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Post by: byron on February 17, 2012, 04:15:13 pm
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Post by: hexen on February 17, 2012, 07:20:43 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Ose7A8P94
It's already been posted, along with a few other of my choices, but it's so good it needs to be here TWICE!
As for the Genesis...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4L4TSrDB4M
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Post by: soera on February 25, 2012, 12:23:32 pm
I think Im going to chime in with something I figured would have already been posted. The opening theme song for Ys Book 1&2 from Turbo Grafx CD. I loved it so much when I was younger that I actually had all the music recorded onto a cassette so I could listen to it in my car. I hadnt heard it in a while then I got VC version of the game (Btw, going to recommend the hell out of it cause its a 100% exact copy of the Turbo version for only $8) and when the intro music started playing again, my younger days all flashed back to me immediately.
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Post by: jobocan on March 03, 2012, 09:10:13 pm
Here's another great one I just thought about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB9Pym-sdbs
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Post by: foxhack on March 06, 2012, 12:37:04 pm
THREAD OVER.
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Post by: scott on March 06, 2012, 12:49:08 pm
foxhack wins the thread...
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Post by: jobocan on March 06, 2012, 12:57:05 pm
I don't know, if we're going with FF6 music I much prefer Terra's Theme, or Dancing Mad :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbXVNKtmWnc
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Post by: darko on March 08, 2012, 08:11:51 pm
@jobocan wins the FFVI portion of the thread!
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Post by: madmax on March 12, 2012, 01:09:25 pm
Agreed, I absolutely love that song. Has a ring of epicness to it
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Post by: jobocan on March 17, 2012, 01:34:07 pm
We're not giving a whole lot of recognition to the genesis here other than Sonic... which is understandable, since the Genesis' sound chip was pretty much complete crap, but there's still a few good non-Sonic tunes on the system... Like this one: http://www.youtube.com/v/ZGnUpwKJkh0
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Post by: ronalopolis on March 27, 2012, 05:38:03 pm
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest - Doom Castle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L59y977ZpaQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L59y977ZpaQ)
Mega Man X Spark Mandrill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYdSLaVu9p4&feature=relmfu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYdSLaVu9p4&feature=relmfu)
Mega Man X2 - Flame Stag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShqLb9MwBco (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShqLb9MwBco)
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Post by: faxmachine on April 21, 2012, 08:00:07 pm
Revenge of Shinobi for the Sega Genesis had my favorite soundtrack (for today).
Strider for Genesis came very close to 1st place. I remember playing that game as a kid just for the music.
Honorable mentions: Killer Instinct and Donkey Kong Country (same composer) had some amazing tracks, Earthworm Jim, Turtles In Time, Gradius. Oh god, I have to stop. There is so much great music in video games!
Best game soundtrack ever: Gradius Rebirth - Heavy Blow
I almost cried listening to this while playing Rebirth for the first time. Konami did it again!
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Post by: scott on April 21, 2012, 08:33:15 pm
That Gradius Rebirth track is soooo good.
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Post by: kirbysuperstar on April 23, 2012, 08:36:56 am
Devil's Crush had amazing FM synth buttrock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHCCoNyNFtY
Also I quite like this track from Mega Turrican: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1U4Nk3SAqg
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Post by: blipcs76 on April 23, 2012, 10:05:03 am
The Devil's Crush theme is probably my favorite 16-bit song, honestly. It seems like there's more there than possible on the TG-16 hardware. It's probably neck-and-neck with:
Street Fighter II - Ken's Theme
Otherwise:
F-Zero - Big Blue
Zelda Link to the Past - Great Fairy theme
Sonic Blast Man - Stage 1 (oddball pick, but I like it)
Actraiser - Fillmore
& the entire Actraiser 2 soundtrack. It's amazing!
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Post by: kirbysuperstar on May 05, 2012, 10:12:29 pm
Throwing another one in:
YM2612 WHY DO I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
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Post by: stereovisionable on June 05, 2012, 08:58:35 pm
Definitely one of my favorites is the opening music of top gear for the snes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBF80d8wIPs
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Post by: jsoup on June 08, 2012, 08:28:16 pm
Harvest Moon - Fall Theme (kind of an odd choice, I know, but I've always loved this game) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdyGiVOmSUI
Donkey Kong Country 2 - Disco Train http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVLAUChqYGg
Super Mario RPG - Beware the Forest Mushrooms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj8zw8rrUhM
Sonic Spinball - Lava Powerhouse (this is, like, the only thing about this game I liked) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcYTD9Uhato
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Post by: amauriel on June 09, 2012, 12:12:12 am
I actually learned how to play the Harvest Moon - Winter song on the piano a few years ago. Not sure if the person that was transcribing them ever did Fall though.
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Post by: jsoup on June 10, 2012, 12:46:59 pm
I actually learned how to play the Harvest Moon - Winter song on the piano a few years ago. Not sure if the person that was transcribing them ever did Fall though.
When the game was still somewhat new, I had taught myself how to play the Fall theme on a recorder. I haven't touched a recorder in years, I wonder if I can still do it.
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Post by: alecjones20 on June 14, 2012, 10:23:32 am
Mines Aquatic Ambiance from Donkey Kong Country -SNES
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Post by: bugs181 on June 15, 2012, 08:30:20 am
Definitely surprised nobody has mentioned Lunar. Played it for Saturn, Gameboy advance, and my favorite would be the Playstation.
Any of the 16 bit Luna songs are nice and calm melodies to fall asleep to. Feels like lullabies to me. ^.^
I do believe the youtube link is for the gameboy version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZwUx-Wfr5k
The following links aren't 16 bit (32 bit, I think - if somebody can confirm) but it does the Lunar story justice. My favorites would be from the Lunar Silver Star Story - Playstation edition.
These melodies are a MUST HAVE for anybody's collection. Don't believe the person who does Luna's voice has been very active since then. Which is a shame... such a beautiful voice, very talented.
-Levi (aka Bugz)
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Post by: urbanchaos on June 15, 2012, 12:28:01 pm
Definetly this one:
Buy Something Will Ya from EarthBound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjDooY1zye8
Everytime I listen to it, I can't stop myself humming it. It's so damn catchy!
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Post by: tmagtuna on June 21, 2012, 10:48:57 am
This:
or this lol
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Post by: tmagtuna on June 21, 2012, 10:50:23 am
And I totally forgot this one:
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Post by: exonerator on June 21, 2012, 01:05:08 pm
Great game, great music.
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Post by: bugs181 on June 26, 2012, 08:57:25 am
I actually really like that. At first, kind of reminds me of the Donkey Kong theme song. Thanks for sharing. =)
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Post by: amauriel on June 26, 2012, 01:42:26 pm
I have a playlist that I use when I'm studying that's all Orchestrated video game music. (If music has words, I can't concentrate on what I'm reading.) So I'm posting the Orchestral version that I have of this, rather than the original 16-bit version. But it's sooooo pretty.
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Post by: bugs181 on June 26, 2012, 03:36:19 pm
I have a playlist that I use when I'm studying that's all Orchestrated video game music. (If music has words, I can't concentrate on what I'm reading.) So I'm posting the Orchestral version that I have of this, rather than the original 16-bit version. But it's sooooo pretty.
Way soothing! Love this. Gonna have to steal your idea for when i'm studying.
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Post by: amauriel on June 26, 2012, 03:57:13 pm
Way soothing! Love this. Gonna have to steal your idea for when i'm studying.
They are really, really hard to find, but years ago a friend of mine from Japan sent me copies of the Orchestral Game Concerts. They are my go-to for good studying music. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestral_Game_Music_Concerts
Then I've got the Video Games Live albums (2 of them). Got mine at Fry's Electronics on a vacation a couple years ago. Then this year for Christmas my mom found The Greatest Video Game Music by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. (Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Greatest-Video-Game-Music/dp/B005QW1FB0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1340740490&sr=8-2&keywords=video+game+philharmonic) The Video Game Orchestra and the Black Mages are also awesome, but both of them are more rock-based so it isn't as easy to focus.