Kniferide wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 3:26 pm I used to listen to the Super Metroid soundtrack using General Midi files and a soundblaster 16 card on my 386. Dang. I am getting old.

Man, that is an amazing soundtrack. I have the chiptune originals of it and the NES Metroid. Both are favorite games for me and have some of my favorite game music. That intro theme is the shit! The bass on that still rocks my noggin just as it did when I was a real little dude. (The soundblaster was amazing too.)

In college, my roommate and I kept a CD of the Katamari soundtrack in the car. However, after heavily binging that game over a holiday break it was difficult to ride around in a car not wanting to "roll up" anything small enough that "we could take." The soundtrack did not help.

I think a lot of those old Zelda tracks are legitimately great compositions, but I don't know if they'd make for a good album. It's been too long.

I really think the SNES was a great platform for game music. It still had enough limitations that it remained distinct from other music forms (and later game music) while also being robust and varied.

On top of being an amazing game, I would fully recommend the Returnal soundtrack.

After spending countless hours watching my boy plough through the achievements/unlocks in Edmund McMillen's The Binding Of Isaac (+ assorted DLC), I can happily recommend the soundtrack. Written/composed/recorded by a duo called Ridiculon (McMillen has used for most of his game soundtracks) they have a bandcamp, and are worth checking out.

Blazing Lazers/Gunhed for TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

Secret of Mana - Hiroki Kikuta
Bomberman Hero - June Chikuma

VaticanShotglass wrote: Fri Jan 07, 2022 12:03 am In college, my roommate and I kept a CD of the Katamari soundtrack in the car. However, after heavily binging that game over a holiday break it was difficult to ride around in a car not wanting to "roll up" anything small enough that "we could take." The soundtrack did not help.

Katamari is both a fantastic Game and Soundtrack. I took my PS2 to work once and played it on a 20' theater screen with a 4K lumen projector. Rad.

Yeah Katamari's crazy soundtrack made a great game even better.

You know I'll always say Vib Ribbon's soundtrack by Laugh & Peace. I've probably given the disk more spins as an audio CD than a game.

Killer 7 has some jams

the letter o wrote: Fri Jan 07, 2022 3:34 am After spending countless hours watching my boy plough through the achievements/unlocks in Edmund McMillen's The Binding Of Isaac (+ assorted DLC), I can happily recommend the soundtrack. Written/composed/recorded by a duo called Ridiculon (McMillen has used for most of his game soundtracks) they have a bandcamp, and are worth checking out.

They are pretty good. Cave Story has a great soundtrack, and they’re one of the optional versions for the remastered edition. They’re not the original artist, but they made a lot of interesting and good artistic choices.

Ok it's all "real" songs, but it is a real soundtrack too.