Best sound f/x and/or music track ?

themachinist · Post by **themachinist** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:24 am

That beginning tune in R-Type III when the camera zooms out from your ship right as it's deployed in stage 1 always got me pumped.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:58 am

There was a release of Space Invaders on the PC Engine/Turbo Grafx console which had a very memorable bit of music when you chose to play the enhanced version of the game that was on the HuCard. It was accompanied by a 3D (but basic) animated graphic of a spaceship. The music only lasted for a few seconds but has always stuck with me.

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:36 am

SFX: Night Raid. (POWAH!!) Psyvariar 1/2 and Karous if only for the rush that comes with constant levelling up.

Music: You're kidding me. There's too much.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:34 pm

Best soundtrack: Pink Sweets by a country mile.

Best SFX? Alien Soldier. An almost impenetratable array of explosions, pained howls and cool vocal samples. Awesome.

beam · Post by **beam** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:42 pm

best soundtracks :
Battle Garegga
Kingdom Grand Prix
W-Ring
Crying
Granada
Arcus 2 and Arcus 1 2 3 (not shmup but same team as the Granada one)
Bangaio
Gun Frontier
Same Same Same

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:45 pm

Stage 4 on Ikaruga has a pretty great track.

Battle Garegga has a great soundtrack overall. Very peculiar.

ESP Ra.de.'s soundtrack is pretty good too. The guys' stages stand out, and also the boss' theme.

But Thunderforce IV and III have the best soundtracks overall. The tracks to both of the games' first stages stand out in particular.

Loads of others, but that's what's coming to mind.

s/m

ChurchOfSolipsism · Post by **ChurchOfSolipsism** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:50 pm

I like DDP's cock rock, nothing I would listen to in everyday life, but it fits the game perfectly an dit has some really good melodies.

Overall, I'd say Ketsui. The drum&bass OST is really good and the SFX sound fucking awesome. I could listen to the heli shooting bullets all day...

MadScientist · Post by **MadScientist** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:11 pm

X-Out on the C64 (the Amiga versions of these tracks were pretty wimpy in comparison).

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:40 pm

I'm going with border down(the arcade music, and the way better remix mode music) and under defeat.

electricgrave · Post by **electricgrave** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:53 pm

Ibara seconded by Lords of Thunder

Augemitbutter · Post by **Augemitbutter** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:30 pm

thunder cross is pretty flawless.

timeless konami-tunes!

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:49 am

Radirgy has an absolutely top-notch soundtrack.

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:58 am

captpain wrote:Jeez guys, tohou games have like MIDI music, it's universally awful...

no and no

if theres one thing thats unanimously good about touhou its the music...

You might not be able to enjoy that style of music, it's really upmood and thin.. But the melodies are well crafted and the homophony (I think I've seen 4 layers) is well worked on, it makes for catchy yet surprisingly "complete" tunes.

and please, if you think you are still right after reading this, explain to us why...

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:09 am

Blazing Star

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:41 pm

has anyone heard the Ikaruga 8-bit soundtrack? it's really good and really makes you think about what that game could have been like on the NES.

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:02 pm

lilmanjs wrote:has anyone heard the Ikaruga 8-bit soundtrack? it's really good and really makes you think about what that game could have been like on the NES.

The Hatsune Miku remixes are better.

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:05 pm

Icarus wrote:
lilmanjs wrote:has anyone heard the Ikaruga 8-bit soundtrack? it's really good and really makes you think about what that game could have been like on the NES.
The Hatsune Miku remixes are better.

is that an offical soundtrack or is that unoffical like the 8-bit soundtrack.

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:09 pm

What, no one mentions Turrican 2 on the Amiga?

Rafael

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:17 pm

soniq-man wrote:What, no one mentions Turrican 2 on the Amiga?

Rafael

never played that game. I should check it out.

agustusx · Post by **agustusx** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:28 pm

Panzer Dragoon Series
Radiant Silvergun/Ikaruga
ESPgaluda Arrange -Floating Fortress Utsurobune

Turrican did have killer tunes! I don't have the amiga music but a rearrange album but I definately enjoyed it.

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:36 pm

lilmanjs wrote: never played that game. I should check it out.

The game is not a 100% shmup. It's a jump 'n shoot if you want to call it that. There are 3 levels of pure spaceship shooter action nevertheless. In the Amiga scene, it belongs to the probably best 20 games ever. Very arcade-y, great level design and Chris Huelsbeck's best work ever. It literally feels like a console game, with later ports brought to the Genesis and SNES. The Turrican trilogy has, perhaps next to Castlevania, the best music of the kind ever - that's not just my opinion. Google the OST.

Rafael

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:24 pm

lately my dad has been listening to the Last Hope soundtrack like crazy. 3 times this week I've gone back in the computer room to ask him a question and he's had to stop listening to it.

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:49 pm

nimitz wrote:
captpain wrote:Jeez guys, tohou games have like MIDI music, it's universally awful...
no and no

if theres one thing thats unanimously good about touhou its the music...

You might not be able to enjoy that style of music, it's really upmood and thin.. But the melodies are well crafted and the homophony (I think I've seen 4 layers) is well worked on, it makes for catchy yet surprisingly "complete" tunes.

and please, if you think you are still right after reading this, explain to us why...

There's nothing impressive about four voice homophony. That's the standard for all pop type music.

It's got drab, uninteresting harmonic structure, predictable melodies, and really bad timbre (poor choice of "instrumentation").

Contrast that with something like Garegga. It's not groundbreaking, but it's at least a little adventurous and weird-sounding, as opposed to the same goofy little 'doo doo doo' melodies you hear in Touhou.

I think I sound pretty bitter here but I honestly don't care at all, just trying to answer your question

RobTheBuilder · Post by **RobTheBuilder** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:52 pm

For me it's still R Type, those melodies are interwoven with the attack patterns in my head.

I love the Raiden music also, especially the better quality versions on Raiden Project on PS1.

worstplayer · Post by **worstplayer** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:33 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkRL9xB6DoM
Any questions?

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:03 am

lilmanjs wrote:lately my dad has been listening to the Last Hope soundtrack like crazy. 3 times this week I've gone back in the computer room to ask him a question and he's had to stop listening to it.

Rafael

Diebythesword · Post by **Diebythesword** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:09 am

worstplayer wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkRL9xB6DoM
Any questions?

I could easily top that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPkvoU1mtjQ

Raiden music pwns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-BlpB5WX8E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRkGTdViveE
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astrodan88 · Post by **astrodan88** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:10 am

speaking of 8-bit goodness. The soundtrack for Recca rocks the famicom as hard as anything.

Here's a link to a free download of the soundtrack - good quality mp3 rips in stereo.
http://www.playthenes.com/forum/phpBB3/ ... =13&t=1620

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:14 pm

soniq-man wrote:
lilmanjs wrote:lately my dad has been listening to the Last Hope soundtrack like crazy. 3 times this week I've gone back in the computer room to ask him a question and he's had to stop listening to it.

Rafael

nice to see you quote my message. I really like the soundtrack and it makes me feel when I'm playing the game like I'm playing something from the 90s.

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 10:35 pm

lilmanjs wrote: makes me feel when I'm playing the game like I'm playing something from the 90s.

Now I wonder if that's a good thing to be feeling.

Rafael