The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
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games’ re-orchestrations for the Star Fox levels, and you’ll find that the music achieves its full Hollywood-esque potential. But jump ahead to Star Fox Assault - which cribbed much of the same music - and the Super Smash Bros. What held the Star Fox 64 soundtrack back was its MIDI tools, which couldn’t quite live up to the orchestrated sound Wakai and Kondo were trying to achieve. Slower tracks like the Meteo Warp and Aquas captured the deadly beauty of a galaxy just as dangerous as Andross’ forces. Star Wolf was the perfect background for tense dogfighting against your cartoonishly evil rivals. The classic Area 6 score evokes the desperation of four pilots on a suicide mission through a fleet’s non-stop barrage. Considering each playthrough only lasts an hour, the catchy music makes replaying the game over and over more enjoyable.Įach track perfectly captures the mood of the mission and planet. The collective brainchild of underrated great Hajime Wakai ( Pikmin, Wind Waker, F-Zero X) and the legendary Koji Kondo, the Star Fox 64 OST is a bombastic and dramatic space opera score that adds drama to what could have been a silly arcade game starring talking animals. His theme reflects this, always appearing like it will reach a boiling point without ever actually getting there. First believed to be an antagonist who wants nothing more than to send the world into peril, he is eventually is revealed to be a more nuanced character who forms an uneasy alliance with the rest of the group. Our favorite music has to involve Magus, arguably the game’s best character. Frog’s Theme, for instance, is as stoic as the knight, but with a tragic undertone that hints at the struggles he’s faced since his transformation. The opening title screen begins with a soft, ominous tune that hints at more bombastic music later on, but over the course of Crono’s adventure, we hear a wide variety of music. Square Enix’ masterpiece, Chrono Trigger, has stood the test of time, with some regarding it as the best role-playing game ever conceived due to its complex story, fine-tuned battle mechanics, and Akira Toriyama’s signature character design, and Yasunori Mitsuda’s beautiful score. Our favorite song has to be Simon’s Theme, however, as its punchy melody and blistering pace make it the perfect background music as you cut some ghoulish creatures down to size. Later stages use reimagined versions of these tunes, including the first game’s Vampire Killer, giving you a healthy dose of nostalgia as you push into Dracula’s Lair. Combining the blaring organs associated with gothic horror with the rhythmic chiptune beat Castlevania fans had come to expect, the soundtrack often outshined the game’s visuals, which are still beautiful more than 25 years after the game’s initial release.Įven if you loved a particular song from the original Castlevania NES trilogy, there’s a good chance it’s in Super Castlevania IV, as well. The Super Nintendo was capable of producing audio far superior to what we heard on the original Nintendo Entertainment System, or even the Sega Genesis, and Super Castlevania IV might just be the best example of what the console could do. Before you have a chance to beat yourself up too much, however, it’s back into World 1-1 and the most memorable tune in video game history. When you inevitably run out of lives, and have to start over from the very beginning, the game taunts you even more with a flat-key reimagining of the theme song’s opening notes.
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Inch forward in time with the “do do do do do do” of the music, and you just might make it out the other side alive.Įven when you fail, you can’t help but crack a smile, with those few notes punctuating your defeat. When you head underground, the volume drops and the music switches to a minimalist beat that signals the danger ahead. Whimsical, bouncy, and at a perfect tempo to keep you pushing forward, the music perfectly matches the sound effects made when Mario jumps in the air, breaks blocks, and warps down pipes. When you hear the phrase “video game music,” there’s a pretty good chance that the opening tune to the original Super Mario Bros. will just start playing in your head. Here are the best video game soundtracks of all time - or, at least, our personal favorites. Setting games to music is not a lost art by any means, though: There are plenty of more recent soundtracks already poised to become future classics. While game soundtracks have evolved to frequently use orchestras and choruses to add a more dramatic atmosphere, similar to big-budget films, there are absolute classics from the ’80s and ’90s that are just as entertaining and catchy today despite being generated with limited bits and synthesized audio. Minecraft: Volumes Alpha & Beta (2011–2013).The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998).
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