"Everybody Soooopa Sooonic Racing... gotta keep yo' feet right on the ground. When you're Soooopa Soonic racing, there's no time, to look aroooouuuuunnnd!"
That sound chip in the Saturn was responsible for some brilliant music, including Panzer Dragoon II Zwei and Clockwork Knight also. However, in terms of Redbook audio my personal favourite soundtrack list includes WipEout 2097, Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island, Metropolis Street Racer, Jet Set Radio, Shenmue and - less predictably - Mortal Kombat Trilogy!
If I remember right, the Saturn's version of 2097 has an entirely different soundtrack due to licensing issues with Sony (who 'owned' most of the artists). If you liked it, I recommend you try the PSX version, as its soundtrack is a lot better, imho (that and it runs at twice the FPS)
Grandia 1 & 2 Metal Gear Solid 1 & 2 & 3 Sonic CD Sonic & Knuckles Shadowman And although I hate the game, WoW did have some good music EDIT: Yea what happened to him?
I'm aware of the differences (both musically and graphically) between WipEout 2097 on the Saturn compared to the PlayStation original, but that doesn't change my opinion. If anything, I actually PREFER the soundtrack composed by Tim Wright as opposed to the licensed Sony version, while having such a challenging title run on Sega's platform so well is great to see as well. P.S. How did I end up forgetting the soundtrack to Sonic 3 & Knuckles from my list?!
Kameo: Elements of Power Advent Rising MediEvil Resurrection Cloud (student game) The DIG Napple Tale Xenosaga 3 (never played it, but the soundtrack stands on its own) God of War (1-2)
I want to add: Sonic2, 3 and S&K JSR Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 Daytona CCE (some tunes were OK) Daytona Arcade ToeJam & Earl 2 Nights Halo1 and some tracks of Halo2 Crazy Taxi 1 and 2 (Offspring rules!:nod Zelda Wind Waker (great ambient sound) FZero GX Viewtiful Joe (some tunes are kinda catchy) A Saturn went flying into his head and killed him...
Well, I wouldn't want to speak for him, but he told me that he lost interest in collecting in favor of gaming, and didn't like the way the forum has changed in the last few years. He's doing fine though, he's currently on an academic exchange in Tokyo for a full year.
Streets of Rage 1&2 Sonic CD Sonic 1,2,3 & Sonic & Knuckles Shenmue 1&2 Wonderboy III: The Dragons Trap Nights R-Type Shinobi Soul Calibur Fluid (make your own woooooooooo) Amplitude Vib Ribbon P.S. Has anyone noticed the annoying R&B track that has sampled the special stage music from the original MD Sonic the Hedgehog.
The Amiga music was amazing, I bought a copy of the PC version with my first PC and was horrified to find the music was different. The music when you`re getting ready to take the Ornithopter from the palace is particularly great.
I`m afraid I don`t know, I haven`t heard it since like 1995. Most likely you will prefer the music you originally heard.
I'm primarily a PC gamer, so I'm not sure if many of you will know what I'm talking about. Basically, anything touched by Alexander Brandon is gold. He did (or at least helped compose) the soundtracks for Deus Ex, Unreal, Tyrian 2000, Jazz Jackrabbit, and many others. As far as consoles go, NiGHTs is one of my favorite soundtracks. Sonic CD (JP) is an obvious choice, too.
I love the Unreal soundtrack CD. Good stuff. I also love the music in Xenogears. That music box jingle really hits ya.
Can I ask whether we are talking about the material actually written for the games by the audio developers & composers (I.e. the likes of Halo2 sound track produced by Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori) or the songs franchised into them? (I.e. The Cardigans & Beck on the PS2 Gran Turismo sound track.) To me there is a huge difference - primarily because it comes down to whether I enjoy the band, whether I see them as participants or (for example) Sony BMG just pushing their artists onto popular games releases in order to broaden the appeal of the artist & title with a specific target audience in mind. The MTV awards 2006 for best video game music featured "Mark Ecko's Getting it up" whos soundtrack was created by hip hop artist RJD2 and that is a game that successfully pulled it off. A prime example of the use of track to add atmosphere & a bit of humour is in "Prey" when the main character is standing in the slowly disintegrating bar room whilst "(Don't fear) the reaper" (Blue Oyster Cult) is being played in the corner of the room (a nice touch I thought) although I dislike the song. A game that REALLY got enhanced with the audio tracks franchised into it was the Wipeout series, with "The Chemical Brothers", "Leftfield" and "Orbital". Although it added an adrenalin rush to the game, I still don't see it as games music. There are some pieces of music produced specifically for games that become, if not popluar (I'd not buy the single) but almost immediately recognisable and those should be applauded above well known artists involvement with a title. For example, as soon as I hear "Tomb Raider" (Nathan McCee) starting up, I know precisely which game it is. I also immediately recognise "Super Mario" (Koji Kondo) and THAT is surely an incredibly difficult thing to do. Producing music that becomes iconic. Someone mentioned "Kingdom Hearts" (or II to be exact) and the female producer behind the material is very well respected (Yoko Shimomura) however I never really liked the music that much as there is such a thing as music that is TOO Japanese for my tastes. A bit sugary sweet, too many guitar solos and little girly vocals. Yuk! I was told (and have yet to obtain) that the game "Mafia" has one of the best sound scores around. Incidentally, here is a pretty cool website: http://www.ocremix.org/ The remix/reinterpretation of Sonic & Knuckles is particularly impressive.
I forgot to mention the Crusader series soundtracks, but it should be pretty obviousy by now as I mention it every time one of these threads come up. The Super Street Fighter II Turbo soundtrack for the PC is fantastic. CD quality audio sounds soooo good; I got the game working earlier just so I could hear the music. I'll be uploading the game to Demonoid sometime, as I haven't seen it available online (PC version, that is).
Taemos: I'm so with you on Tyrian and Crusader! I'm also a big fan of Knuckles Chaotix' Lobby music, and I think Terminal Velocity has some nice tunes as well.
Ahhh so many games.... I can't tell which of these soundtracks actually would be availible to buy as a CD But, still one good soundtrack I love that hasn't been mentioned is the Jet Set Radio sountrack.
