Which retro game had the best music?

daz · 13 Jul 2010 at 14:22

Need to play SOM again

XPE · 13 Jul 2010 at 14:31

Well if we are going to post sonic music

Squark · 13 Jul 2010 at 14:52

Just about all the Rareware games had awesome music

Zensuji · 13 Jul 2010 at 15:02

theboyrob said:

I put that on my stereo just before I make love to ladies. As soon as the first bars hit I spin round with a suggestive look. Works every time!

MOOGLEYS · 13 Jul 2010 at 16:30

Not a retro game yet but in my opinion one of the best pieces of game music ever made..

I have no idea how you put youtube videos on here can someone enlighten me.....

Nanoman · 13 Jul 2010 at 16:38

[you tube]xSfD4ClDBCk[/you tube]

Without the spaces.

MOOGLEYS · 13 Jul 2010 at 16:42

Nanoman said:
[you tube]xSfD4ClDBCk[/you tube]

Without the spaces.

Cheers...

XPE · 13 Jul 2010 at 18:29

Squark said:
Just about all the Rareware games had awesome music

I remember the music for goldenye 64 being better than the music for the movie.

Beenom · 13 Jul 2010 at 19:27

Can't forget Ice Cap Zone Act 1!

And this, Sonic 2 special stage music always meant stressful times.

Bigpops · 13 Jul 2010 at 20:47

This thread needs more C64 music.

Cyberniod - Jeroen Tel

Cyberniod 2 has has even better music

Other suggestions for listening:
Last Ninja - Ben Daglish
Last Ninja 2 - Matt Gray
Delta, Crazy Comets, One man and his droid, IK+, Monty on the run, Auf Wiedersehen Monty, Sanxion and many more - Rob Hubbard
Ocean Loader, Green Beret, Rambo, Comic Bakery - Martin Galway

Amiga:
Turrrican, Turrican II - Chris Hulesbeck
Chuck Rock - Matthew Simmonds (4-mat)
Shadow of the Beast - David Whitaker
Menace - David Whittaker

melchy · 13 Jul 2010 at 21:17

The Alien Breed games had some pretty good music as well

lokiss · 14 Jul 2010 at 06:34

Thing on a spring, c64.

Legend of kage, arcade.

The pinball fantasies intro music was epic amiga fair, well rememberd.

finite · 14 Jul 2010 at 09:15

sc(+)pe said:
For me the most memorable/best soundtrack is Secret of Mana on the SNES.

Into The Thick of It is my favourite track.

Overall its' just a damn awesome soundtrack but that track in particular makes me think of back then and how much I enjoyed the SNES. Best console ever!

Edit: Seems I had a typo.

Have to say that is one class tune lots going on for the hardware and I agree the SNES had an immense catalogue of top titles.

Not exactly retro, but I have to mention RTCW which has a fantastic orchestral score, but these little snippets are forever etched in my mind due to being the MP menu theme and MP end game theme
.

EDIT: Added one track from the SP score

Dreadi · 14 Jul 2010 at 12:18

This one plus all the in game themes bring back good memories for me

Adsta · 14 Jul 2010 at 12:26

if it hasnt already been mentioned Toejam and Earl 2 clearly has the best music ever !

peterattheboro · 14 Jul 2010 at 13:01

krooton · 14 Jul 2010 at 13:15

Still my all time favourite:

Props to all the Megaman and Sonic games in all honesty.

Took me 7 years to realise that this (1:10):

actually was a sample from this:

LOL!

Warbie · 14 Jul 2010 at 17:00

daz said:
Secret of Mana - Game Over

I was about to post that just that

SquareSoft were responsible for a lot of great game music, but hands down SoM is the best. I still have the soundtrack!

Oh, best game they've made too - SoM in 3 player is godly.

Gob · 14 Jul 2010 at 17:39

Good times!

melchy · 14 Jul 2010 at 20:48

The Last V8

Lightforce

Monty on the Run

The C64 and Amiga made some really good game music