InfiniteBakuphoon
Impressionist Bakuphoon
Hello, everyone! As a lover of video game music, I'd like to take the opportunity to create a place where video game music and related topics can be discussed among members of this forum. Any of the below can be discussed here:
The first three games on the Nintendo DS were composed on FM sound hardware that's similar to (but more advanced than) that of 16-bit consoles like the Mega Drive/Genesis, giving it a very "old-school" feel. Some of my favorite tracks from these first three games include:
(Posters below me, don't feel like you have to write something long and involved like I just did above. Gush over your favorite video game music however you like!)
- Favorite video game music (individual tracks and whole soundtracks) from any era, as well as the composers, arrangers, and performers that created them,
- Official and/or fan-made remixes/arrangements of the above,
- Original "chiptune" music that isn't necessarily from a video game, but was either inspired by video game sounds or created on actual video game hardware (like, say, the NES, the Game Boy, or the Mega Drive/Genesis, among others). Examples would include this, this, or this.
- You can post as many times as you like (within forum limits, of course; i.e. no double-posting).
- Try to limit the amount of individual tracks, games, series, or composers/performers mentioned to no more than 10 of each per post, or somewhere reasonably close to that.
- Any links or embedded content should preferably be from either YouTube or Soundcloud (links to actual music downloads are obviously a non-starter).
- Given the transient nature of YouTube links, I'd recommend that you include the name — or a description such as "first stage theme" — of any tracks posted so that if the link ever goes down, people will still be able to look up the track elsewhere (this isn't required, however).
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There's so much video game music that I can start with here, but I think I'll start with a rather underrated series: Etrian Odyssey. For the uninitiated, it's a niche dungeon crawler JRPG series known for its old-school gameplay mechanics, brutal difficulty, and a minimalist, do-it-yourself approach to storytelling. The series' gameplay is arguably a love-it-or-hate-it kind of thing, but its music is a completely different story.The first three games on the Nintendo DS were composed on FM sound hardware that's similar to (but more advanced than) that of 16-bit consoles like the Mega Drive/Genesis, giving it a very "old-school" feel. Some of my favorite tracks from these first three games include:
- The First Campaign (first battle theme from Etrian Odyssey 3)
- The Wind Draws the Heroes Near (city/shop theme from Etrian Odyssey 2)
- Forbidden Forest (final labyrinth theme from Etrian Odyssey 2)
- Storm (first battle first half) and Faith is My Pillar (first battle second half)
- A Town Embraced by the Azure Sky (city/shop theme)
- Cerulean Woodlands (first labyrinth theme)
- Initial Strike (first battle theme from Etrian Odyssey Untold 1; vs. original from EO1)
- Woodland Ruins (first labyrinth theme from Etrian Odyssey Untold 2; vs. original from EO2)
- Forbidden Forest (an orchestral arrangement of "Forbidden Forest" above from Etrian Mystery Dungeon)
(Posters below me, don't feel like you have to write something long and involved like I just did above. Gush over your favorite video game music however you like!)
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