Video Game Music (Clever Bullshit Goes Here)

Antimatter · November 2008

I like this arrangement of Beware The Forest's Mushrooms:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9hxFI5GSKc

Man of the Waves · November 2008

No mention of Deus Ex until now? For shame.

Goatmon · November 2008

Oh wow, I had no idea they brought over Mario RPG music for Brawl.

That's a great rendition, too.

J3p · November 2008

X-COM: UFO Defense gets an honourable mention for brilliantly atmospheric music. The low key track during a UFO recovery is so great in setting the mood.

Antimatter · November 2008

To Goatmon: They didn't. Someone hacked the disc, and found a list of missing songs, including Beware the Poison Mushrooms. This is someone's idea of how it would sound.

Goatmon · November 2008

Oh.

Wait, so some random hacker put together an orchestra rendition?

Antimatter · November 2008

Someone who saw the hacked list, yes.
edit: They just used an orchestra synthesizer or some such program.

Goatmon · November 2008

Actually, after looking around, apparently the "Lost Songs" are actual music tracks on the disc that didn't make it into the official soundtrack because they weren't considered finished enough. Or something.

So, basically, there was significant (or just moderate) editing involved, not just a guy making up new versions of the songs.

Antimatter · November 2008

That particular song was made by a dude with an editor. He posted on a forum and talked about it.

Tam · November 2008

When they take video game music and arrange it for orchestra

it is pretty consistently awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwD-uXxCrH8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXFaBkIe0fQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW_tIeCFW1g&feature=related

As Shorty mentioned in the OP, Mega Man X has some awesome metal. I would love to hear it played on real guitars and drums.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADK_l9uz_C0

Ratchet and Clank had pretty cool music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q9tHs4bhf8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxXuVGMBOOA

I would also recommend Jeremy Robson, McVaffe, and Zohar of OCRemix. McVaffe tends to ruin his stuff at the end with unnecessary drums, but s'allright

Jeremy Robson (FFVI)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEipTjtLEhM

McVaffe (Zelda)

You'll see what I mean about the drums in this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElKiKWnMBfA

McVaffe (Okami)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD9HrJFz0jM

Zohar (Chrono Trigger)- it's worth downloading, trust me.
http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01610/

Antimatter · November 2008

Like that one clip of Super Mario Galaxy. That brought a tear to my eye.

Wallhitter · November 2008

Edit: Um, dare I nominate any of the pre-EA C&C games? Because those had pretty fucking awesome soundtracks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXoREADnekw

darksteel · November 2008

Wallhitter wrote: »

Edit: Um, dare I nominate any of the pre-EA C&C games? Because those had pretty fucking awesome soundtracks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXoREADnekw

This is pretty much a given, as Frank Klepacki is god. However, RA3 also has pretty fucking awesome music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDQ7hXMLxGc

Goatmon · November 2008

Tam wrote: »

As Shorty mentioned in the OP, Mega Man X has some awesome metal. I would love to hear it played on real guitars and drums.

It's not Megaman X, but you'll enjoy this.

Megaman 2 - Dr. Wily's Castle

Iloveslimes · November 2008

The best geeky thing I did when I lived in Japan was go to the Final Fantasy: Tour De Japon Concert. It was an orchestra playing music from all of the final fantasy games. This was the highlight of the concert for me. At the very end of the concert Nobuo Uematsu came out and conducted the Final Fantasy Main Theme.
Opera Scene from Final Fantasy VI

Part II

Mr. Shine · November 2008

I've said this before in vidja game music threads, but

Zelda Reorchestrated is pretty neat.

Also, I'd like to put forth that the Guilty Gear music is pretty much fucking cool.

Shorty · November 2008

Iloveslimes wrote: »

The best geeky thing I did when I lived in Japan was go to the Final Fantasy: Tour De Japon Concert. It was an orchestra playing music from all of the final fantasy games. This was the highlight of the concert for me. At the very end of the concert Nobuo Uematsu came out and conducted the Final Fantasy Main Theme.
Opera Scene from Final Fantasy VI

Part II

That conductor is all about this shit.

L|ama · November 2008

Final Fantasy Tactics actually has some of my favourite video game music, and I will put it here once I find it on youtube.

Bah, can't find it, but this is my second favourite one from the game:

here

Shorty · November 2008

I can't believe I didn't put any castlevania music in the op

this is my favorite castlevania piece

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG5EzU2EZ5o

Goatmon · November 2008

Ah I forgot all about Banjo Kazooie

This intro is such a fucking classic.

Intro

And the theme of the main lair, which was played to different instruments, so the intro would start sounding like whatever world you were about to enter.

Gruntilda's Theme

also here's a bunch more BK tracks

Spoiler:

Veretas · November 2008

Nobuo makes some pretty sick music but holy jesus he cannot direct games/film for shit

crwth · November 2008

it's hard to pick a favorite from jsrf but i love these two

Spoiler:

Iloveslimes · November 2008

Veretas wrote: »

Nobuo makes some pretty sick music but holy jesus he cannot direct games/film for shit

What do you mean? Nobuo Uematsu only does music.

Veretas · November 2008

Iloveslimes wrote: »

Veretas wrote: »

Nobuo makes some pretty sick music but holy jesus he cannot direct games/film for shit

What do you mean? Nobuo Uematsu only does music.

He directs Final Fantasy now, starting from FFX

Directed Advent Children and Crisis Core

Iloveslimes · November 2008

You're thinking of someone else. Uematsu only does sound and music, he's too busy to do anything else. Are you thinking of Tetsuya Nomura (directed Advent Children)?

Veretas · November 2008

oh yea I am

Nevermind me, Nobuo is awesome. It's Tetsuya I have an incredible loathing of.

crwth · November 2008

all those japanese people look the same don't worry

Veretas · November 2008

Fucking japanese and their black hair and their slanted eyes

crwth · November 2008

they are also very short

i went to a concert in japan and i could see the top of basically everyone's head (and i am only about 5'7"-8")

Veretas · November 2008

crwth hi5 we are pretty much the same height.

crwth · November 2008

finally

someone who understands me!

Fandyien · November 2008

Oh man, to the guy who got to see Uematsu and all that jazz do the Final Fantasy music live

I am seething with jealousy

Iloveslimes · November 2008

Hey, no problem. It was just that everything I'd read on the guy said he works all the time on music.
It's weird being tall in Japan, but cool because I'd scare people and could see over any crowd.

Fandy: That's the response I was secretly hoping for.

Shorty · November 2008

Veretas wrote: »

oh yea I am

Nevermind me, Nobuo is awesome. It's Tetsuya I have an incredible loathing of.

Yeah, that guy owes me like five rimjobs for making all male characters into bishonen ladyboys and for not being able to design a setting that doesn't look like the backdrop in some j-pop music video.

Kevin Crist · November 2008

Spoiler:

Godfather · November 2008

Space Station Silicon Valley:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pHP6JhhCSc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8ehEQxU-p8&feature=related

Crashmo · November 2008

FF: Crystal Chronicles has some of my favorite music, it has a very nice Celtic touch. Plus, it really makes you feel like the country bumpkin you were in that game (I swear they are using kazoos for some of the songs). The GBA connectivity thing was such a tragedy if you weren't equipped for it.

Spoiler:

Meissnerd · November 2008

Guys we should use spoilers

Crashmo · November 2008

DULY NOTED

Goatmon · November 2008

Crashmo wrote: »

FF: Crystal Chronicles has some of my favorite music, it has a very nice Celtic touch. Plus, it really makes you feel like the country bumpkin you were in that game (I swear they are using kazoos for some of the songs). The GBA connectivity thing was such a tragedy if you weren't equipped for it.

Spoiler:

Yae - Kazenone

Bagpipes!

Sad Monster

The story for Crystal Chronicles was pretty cool, but it gets repetitive quickly, since you're given repeats of the same backstory every time you returned to an area.

Gameplay was kind of meh, but it had some great atmosphere.

Graphics and music were both top notch for a gamecube game; The engine was really polished, but the music was really the best part of that game.

The opening sequence is easily my favorite now and forever, both for the video and the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwYRAIILf74

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