Best NES/SNES era videogame soundtracks?

Have you ever played Pocky and Rocky?

why yes, I rented it from my local video store back in 94 or something. You should check out Parodius if you like that stuff.

For years my brother aspired to write music for video games and his idols were Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy), Hip Tanaka (Metroid) and Dan Forden (Mortal Kombat).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D65TT5Ieb4M&feature=PlayList&p=28A6F84189D36D57&index=7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF32DRg9opA

koji kondo in link to the past - kakariko village is wicked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xCp6ngH_mQ

Duck Tales moon theme OTM! I used to imagine that the mouth motions of the enemies on that stage were them sounding out the main riff. That game had pretty great music in general though, nice long elaborate tunes with several parts. The Amazon track is pretty clear in my head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ9xwkMr3e4&feature=related

OMG YES. Worth it if only for the loopy, unbelievably irritating but still kind of jaunty "you're about to die" theme.

Also great bassline on the main gameplay theme music.

Reminds me indirectly of GAUNTLET.

Also great bassline

yes! i remember this.

opening of rygar used to get me pumped to battle the beast that says aoooogah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNrzw8wKjkQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I05_AU3vjfY

that DK Country one is brilliant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11wAyy4gOqo&feature=related

x-post

dk country is a pretty overrated game but the music is dope, no doubt.

Switchblade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjloIU9zSN4

Link's Awakening for Game Boy had some inspiring shit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg87Fn6Jnbg

Blades of Steel!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zfn_ape5Qw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwaTdxHU4l8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFcSBLP_4n4

Mt Tamaranch music is epic; it certainly infused the experience of being near a big egg with a lot of gravitas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NZrPluLQ6Q&feature=related

Adon's stage theme has good duelling fake metal guitars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtRPfkq29U8

have bizarre association between this and a christmas day grandparent death false alarm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92CRWLx_zBg&feature=related

OCEAN LOADER

needs Phil Oakey vox

FTW

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

C64 mention reminds me how much I'd like to hear the Last Ninja soundtrack right about now.

whoever's actually playing Super Turrican in that video above is blowing my mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSXyn-2GIhs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW3HTUA8MHI

No Ecco the Dolphin love?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLk04DibLWs

Plok! (SNES) had fucking great music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jbJSftFr20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzRjk6Ioqd0

lufia 2 was doooooooope

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

Another personal fave:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8A6dKv62hc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pis_Y2bkPhY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd9Ufvc3vcw

this is such a pimp ass thread

SMB2, Blaster Master and Jackal all seconded.

BTW, this is off topic, but what is the deal in Jackal, when you finish a level but don't really kick ass, instead of showing you the image of the dudes in the jeep going top speed and yelling "YEAHH!!" the game displays the dudes kind of rummaging through the jeep asking... "Here?" That always baffled us as kids. Are they trying to remember where they stowed their lunch?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtLVxW0T9HE

whoa theres actually stuff in that thats not in the game..

The song that plays when you lose the game (after you die 3 times) is pretty awesome also.

I woke up with this stuck in my head the other morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY60LfUyGD4&feature=PlayList&p=A8687A01480F0DDE&index=11

Maybe it's because I played this as an impressionable young child but the music from the end of Metroid II is straight up haunting.

Ducktails NES moon theme

― Adam Bruneau, Wednesday, November 25, 2009 5:38 AM (1 month ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L6c0GkpsgA&feature=PlayList&p=A024CD20E2B13667&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=41

still occasionally haunts mah dreams

Nevermind that it's a Power Rangers game, I always loved this theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3LY4TtJjo8

Jim Power: Impossible game; great music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkplK2KnQ2E&fmt=18

Not from nes/snes but keygen and chiptune at that but I couldn't find any other thread to post it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp1mVv8lgGk

happy to see blades of steel here, that is some boogie shit

I never know if I hate or love keygen music.

A friend showed me this game, an R-Type-y vertical scroller, just for the music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wy7WT-s8OI&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2A4CdbRDow&feature=related

<3 super aleste

soooo many youtube links

i always dug the music in the original TMNT game. so hip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYL1ZVsIM_4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV6Y59-jYhE&feature=related

Star Tropics 2

Genesis had some pretty epic soundtracks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7-AHModlMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTQIiIKummw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2-PtDDS2Lw

most of the Terranigma score is generic, but it has some pretty weird / worthwhile moments like this one

https://youtu.be/J3vk5N8TyYU?t=51m3s

god i love that Genesis synth sound

NES

duck tales
bugs bunny birthday blow out
bubble bobble
meagman
castlevania
battle toads
river city ransom
pac-man
contra
dr. mario
legend of zelda
kirby's adventure
ghosts n' goblins

The Gunstar Heroes soundtrack is my all-time favorite Genesis OST, but you almost don't notice it when you're playing because the game keeps you busy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjuyQP__4kI

You all ought to check out Smooth Mcgroove’s acapella (probably autotune assisted) covers of videogame classics. There’s almost a hundred of them so here’s a sampler with my three favorite game songs:

Ducktales - Moon
https://youtu.be/Nhy2aNEPshw

Chrono Trigger - corridors of time
https://youtu.be/JtKCt8Afk9s

DKC2 - Stickerbrush symphony
https://youtu.be/_fxEPM8OKFU

xpost to Moka, that guy rules

yeah wow this is a major songwriting step up from the last couple of AC records