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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Thu 26 Oct 2017 - 21:00
Blimey. From the last two days:
Everything from the Galaxy games is great. I can't add anything to the Drunka and Balla lists, except to say that Gusty Garden Galaxy may make life worth living
I'm not sure how I feel about the NSMB Bah Baaaaaaaaaaaah!s
I also love the title theme from Mario Kart 8 - considering how often I've heard it, waiting while e.g. someone goes for a piss between GPs.
For Galaxy, see also Super Mario 3D World, and I feel I must praise the sequel to your Beat Blocks, with the disco-tastic Beep Block Skyway - admittedly that link is to the music without the beeps.
Japanese Mario ads - what were the Hot Mario Bros. about?
How old is InsaneInTheRain? About 12. That's far too talented.
Last minute update - I'd forgotten about Luigi's Mansion DM. Good old Weegee.
Balla - Sprawling Savannah link goes elsewhere currently! Both the original and the "For Me" one. Although I love Alpine Pass enough to hear it three times.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Thu 26 Oct 2017 - 21:04
Thanks Jimbob - fixed! Although less thanks for missing out that I posted the superior, beep-filled Beep Block version. As I surged in at the last minute I'll forgive you.
The MK8 title is one of few pieces that genuinely feels iconic for me, possibly because of the Newcastle meet-ups... and waiting for Switches to fail to sync.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Thu 26 Oct 2017 - 21:06
I see! The World 8 music always reminds me of Franz Ferdinand.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Fri 27 Oct 2017 - 8:24
Balla:
Battlerock Galaxy could represent the Rebels in any Star Wars film. Epic enough for a movie? Yes. Yes, it is.
Gusty Garden Galaxy is OK. I suppose. I am, of course, jesting. As of this moment, you could call me 'The_Jester'. I don't think that would be confusing. At all.
MMG has a nice soundset but I don't find it that appealing. MMG, on the other hand, takes a while to get going, but does make it somewhere good.
Galaxy Reactor is pretty epic.
Buoy Base is the same. Gosh, the composers really enjoyed working on this, didn't they?
Airship Fortress is surprisingly strong for a DS tune. Kudos!
Mushroom Gorge is too trippy for me. Apologies for the endissment of your opinion, sir.
Unfortunately I've never got on with the NSMB Athletic theme, precisely because of the 'Pah! Pah!'s. "What a daft gimmick," I thought at the time. And also four seconds ago.
The PiT Final Battle theme is surprisingly immense. Curse those handheld consoles' sound chips and those who use them! NB Not really. The BIS one is even better, which is appropriate, since I really disliked that game.
Drunka's Day Seven:
Dolphin Shoals goes some way to answering the question "How do you pay tribute to the relaxing underwater tunes in Mario games in a racing game, where the soundtrack should be energetic?" It's... an odd one. But I like it.
Beat Blocks rocks... having said that, I seem to recall there being more to the music. I remember those levels well, though - not being much of a musical man myself hampered my progress. The less said about the 8-bit remix the better.
Super Bell Hill is a perfect introduction to the slightly jazzier themes that will pepper Super Mario 3D World. Indeed, its soundtrack is one of its highlights... and SBH is no exception. Unmistakeably Mario throughout. Part 1 of Great Tower Showdown is a bit too simplistic for me but the second part goes to better places. The Brentalfloss song sounds like a celebration of the game, which is definitely not how he normally rolls. I admit that I've never checked out his work beyond the in-my-opinion brilliant FF Victory Theme.
The Captain Toad theme absolutely belongs here and I will argue strenuously with anyone who disagrees. It's a lovely game that I think deserves more plaudits.
Ahh, the Death Stare. *shudder* And the Captain Toad musical is awesome.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Fri 27 Oct 2017 - 10:11
Drunka's Music Festival 2017: Marioapaluigilooza JUDGEMENT DAY
The original.
Dance remix.
Cute cover.
Starting to really like this guy. And I thought he just did the kazoo!
I still don't fully understand what a "trap remix" is.
Espanol! (Same lass in English)
A nice duet.
Rock.
Sounds like Lois from Family Guy.
Still my fave and no its not just because I fancy her why would you suggest that!?
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Sun 29 Oct 2017 - 13:58
I didn't realise until Friday that it uses the original Donkey Kong motif! (At 1:24 in the original.) Geniuses, the lot of them!
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Tue 31 Oct 2017 - 7:28
Little update on "Luke having enough free time to write feedback": my next day off is Wednesday, and I'm waking up at 4am to travel to the Japanese Consulate in London.
Balladeer wrote:
I didn't realise until Friday that it uses the original Donkey Kong motif! (At 1:24 in the original.) Geniuses, the lot of them!
Oh my god! That's really fun!
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Fri 3 Nov 2017 - 20:41
Having picked it apart a bit, there are a couple of lines that stick in my mind as... well, bad. 'There's no power up like dancing,' and 'This rhythm is a Power Shroom.' They don't fit the metre, and they don't rhyme. Songs in English composed by the Japanese do seem to have these problems, and it's not hard to see why: Japanese songs don't rhyme, and they don't have the concept of verbal stresses we have in English (I think, correct me if I'm wrong Drunka-sensei). But when the rest of the song is so damn class, lines like those stand out like a sore thumb to a 'musician' like me.
Don't get me wrong, I still like it overall. But when I try to sing it to myself, I stick on those lines.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Sat 4 Nov 2017 - 9:29
Hasn't bothered me as I'm more interested in dancing to it than singing.
I think in Japanese songs can just fit the stress they want, and I rarely notice them rhyming.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Mon 27 Nov 2017 - 21:50
This is nice. I'm listening to it while I try to do the things I actually came on my laptop to do, but I keep getting distracted by this forum!
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Mon 27 Nov 2017 - 21:56
I'm 100% okay with Nintendo doing more musics with lyrics. The times they have so far, they've knocked it out of the park.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Mon 27 Nov 2017 - 22:02
That Sushi music has grown on me, though I still don't love it quite as much as you
Incidentally, I went to Yo today and ate far too much sushi with my friend Chris.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Mon 27 Nov 2017 - 23:18
As long as you had the okonomiyaki, we're good.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Tue 28 Nov 2017 - 20:46
I'm going to start looking for excuses to put that music into every thread. I do love it disproportionately much. I think it's the circumstances around its introduction as much as anything: some random niche-as-all-heck puzzler, introduced in the back end of an E3 for the back end of a machine, and it had one of my favourite pieces of music in gaming this year. No joke.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Tue 28 Nov 2017 - 21:09
I quite liked 1-Up Girl and the ARMS theme, but a new Taylor Swift album came out this year so they're nowhere near my favourite bits of music.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Sat 16 Dec 2017 - 8:29
As Christmas comes around, I've found myself humming some of Nintendo's jollier Christmas efforts. Or, well, Mario's really...
The original piece of Mario Christmas music is still great. Those MIDI sleigh bells.
Double Dash's cheery smile-making music, updated for the Wii U/Switch era.
Huh, whaddya know, SM3DW did something memorable.
IT'S NOT FOR DRUNKA! or Jimbob, SMO music within:
And the newest addition to the canon. It's also great.
Posting pictures of adorable snowbearsealthings forever.
Finally, less Christmassy, but still good.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Sun 17 Dec 2017 - 12:45
I've added all the songs from our Mario love-in to a Youtube playlist. I'll be listening to that a lot, especially as youtube playlists now have a shuffle function which wasn't there when we did Pokémon. Crazy to think it was a weak until Odyssey's launch when I did this, and now its a week until I get it!
I'll have to think before I can post any Mario Christmas songs the Balls Man didn't think of, but I can give him some feedback.
Snowballadeer wrote:
As Christmas comes around, I've found myself humming some of Nintendo's jollier Christmas efforts. Or, well, Mario's really... The original piece of Mario Christmas music is still great. Those MIDI sleigh bells.
We both brought it up in the Marioathon, but this is a great track and up there with the all-time Christmas music for me, games or otherwise.
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Huh, whaddya know, SM3DW did something memorable.
I know you weren't a fan of the direction the game went in, but you have to admit 3DW was bloody good at what it did.
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IT'S NOT FOR DRUNKA!
I moved my cursor past the spoilerbox and accidentally saw the picture for half a second! DISASTER!
Actually, while I'm on the subject of feedback . . .
Day 1:
Jimbob wrote:
And of course, you all know that the Atari Mario Bros. advert is a parody of the Car 54 Where Are You? Theme. *is shot by everyone as everyone knows that. IT IS WELL KNOW*
Well duh, it was so obvious I didn't think it worth mentioning . . .
Day 2:
Snowballadeer wrote:
This is my favourite version of the SMB tunes of all time!
Hmm. Its a fun track, but I kind of feel like everything else aound it overpowers the classic tune. For remixes of the original music, I like very subdued ones like Sunshine's Secret Course.
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I always quite liked the cave music from SMB2.
When I read "SMB2 Cave Music" I didn't immediately remember it, but I knew it instantly when it started. It would work well as a Pokémon cave, actually.
ZeroJones wrote:
I usually stick up for the underrated Chill whenever Fever is discussed. Still a top tune, in my humble, unsubtle and often wrong opinion, although you do spend your time waiting for the bit that starts at 1:15. The soundtrack to my NES puzzle gaming childhood. It was also the only one of the pair to come out of Dr. Luigi with its reputation intact. Slightly chilling (I GET IT!), in fact - good music for Halloween.
I'm less familiar with this one - I mostly know Fever from hearing it outside Dr Mario itself. Chill certainly is, as it claims, chill and you're right about the little change-up being the best bit.
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The Underwater theme is great: it puts me in mind of a relaxing, gentle fairground ride. In fact, the accordion cover could easily be playing in the film Amélie, during the scene where she gives Nino his photo album back.
High praise indeed for any accordion tune!
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I went into the Metal cover of Airship sure that I wasn't going to like it - and it was excellent. Great pick!
Yeah, I almost feel like calling it "metal" had some misleading connotations. It was, in fact, a banger!
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As you said - the SMB music is iconic - Paul McCartney once talked to Koji Kondo about it, and he's not usually on the same planet.
You're right, nobody is on the same level as Koji Kondo.
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However, I assume the gun guy is a c**t. Probably an unfair assumption.
That is an entirely fair assumption about anyone who owns a gun - almost a tautology. And for someone who fetishises guns to this level, the sentiment is insufficient.
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SWING YOUR ARMS FROM SIDE TO SIDE COME ON IT'S TI-. Genuine query: the bit at the end - SJUUUUST LIKE THAT - sounds like it's been badly spliced. I wonder if there was more to Do the Mario at one stage. If only you could ROM Hack cartoons...
Hmm, interesting . . . I also like the fact he literally trips and stumbles, and that has become part of the dance now.
Day 3:
ZeroJones wrote:
The Kazoo vid should come with a warning that it could trigger fits. Not smart, YouTubeGuy.
:/ I will admit, I listen without properly watching. I hope it didn't affect you or yours!
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The Music Box from Yoshi's Island has got me right in the feels. I loved it as a youth, particularly hearing the mechanism in the background, and even more particularly the inimitable bit where it fully winds down and some background figure winds it up to full speed again. A game built on lovely touches with a refreshing solidity to everything it does. How I wish it had come out on some console's VC. And the real music box version brought tears to my eyes.
I'm glad to see people share my sense of sentimentality
Snowballadeer wrote:
The Yoshi music box piece crosses over from cute into twee.
Never mind.
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Super Mario Land's Overworld Theme is only slightly less iconic than the Super Mario Bros. one, capturing that Mario fun spirit brilliantly.
For much of my childhood, as a Game Boy lover with no Nintendo home console, it was much more iconic! It still has a lot more nostalgia value.
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However, the Super Mario World Overworld Theme is a colossus of the genre.
REAL NEWS.
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The Not Roy song is weird and wonderful and weird.
And that is why I love it!
Snowballadeer wrote:
I feel that the majority of those 'Athletic'/overworld themes merge into one another largely, the only differences being their instrumentation.
FAKE NEWS.
Graveyard uses the SML2 tune very well, I'll give you that. And SML's end credits are a certified classic. Feels for Yamauchi San. The SNES tracks all had their merits, though they didn't blow me away.
jimminy jim jim wrote:
But oh my yes, the Mario World Theme is iconic. And that jazz thing was a good'n (at least, unlike those SMB2 clowns, the guy can actually play it properly) - this'd be perfect if a new coffee bar opened up in Dinosaur Land. I think you can't beat the dramatic symphony of the castle theme. Even if it's not Roy's.
I'd go for a coffee there, for damn sure! Also at a castle, Roy's or otherwise, if a big turtle-dragon invited me.
Day 4:
Snowballadeer wrote:
Now we're back on the same page! Regarding number 1, anyway: Dire Dire Docks would be the very definition of a 'banger', only it's too quiet to bang. A blinder, perhaps.
Some tracks are just too good to deny, even for the purposes of creating discussion here on the good ship GNamer.
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(Also is it just me, or did Peach sound... sexier back then? )
SORRY IF YOU DON'T CONTINUE TO FIND A BEAUTIFUL AND PERFECT PRINCESS SEXY AFTER SHE STOPS BREATHLESSLY INVITING YOU ROUND FOR CAKE AND STARTS TO EMBRACE HER SOFTER SIDE, YOU SHALLOW BASTARD.
Yoshi's Story definitely isn't a Mario game to me. If we're including that, with its utter non-appearance of Mario, we ought to be including every Donkey Kong Country game by the same token.[/quote]
Way to derail the discussion with a tedious debate. Are you practising for when you programme Masbot?
[quote="ZeroJones"]Nintendo always seem to do comedic horror tunes well (see also SMW's Ghost Houses and anything from Luigi's Mansions) and Horror Land is no exception. Great choice. [quote] Its a daft, overplayed genre but they are masters of the art.
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Frappe Snowland is instantly Mario. Very sweet, particularly when the start up reminds me of the Starman theme but goes in a pretty different direction.
I hadn't heard it that way, but yeah I get it now!
[quote]Dire, Dire Docks is the true follow-up to the calming SMB1 Underwater theme. It's majestic, particularly when the beat comes in (almost two minutes after the tune begins!) and changes the complexion of the tune. These guys knew what they were doing. I had to turn up the harp and strings arrangement so it wouldn't be drowned (ha - ) out by passing cars and I'm glad I did.
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That's three of us united by the tuneage!
Day 5:
Hero Jones wrote:
Baby Park's tune perfectly captures its anarchic fun... which is the same as your comment, Drunka. Sorry, boss. The muscles in the pianist's arms, though! Immense and intense.
A true hero. Thanks for your service.
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An exactly correct Number One. The simple addition of Luigi's occasional humming lifts it out of the mundane and simplistic into something truly magical. Not even the church organ version feels the same.
One of the most iconic tunes Nintendo produced in that era, bar maybe the Wind Waker soundtrack.
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That commercial for SMS was not good.
It wasn't even bad-good, it was just bad.
Snowballadeer wrote:
And Luigi's Mansion, for me, isn't a Mario game! It's a Luigi game. This despite Mazza's cameo at the end. So while that tune is among the greats, it wouldn't make my list.
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1. Sea and Sky, Super Mario Sunshine
CERTIFIED BANGER
Day 6:
ZeroJones wrote:
No apology necessary, sir - you're just going to have to put together the mother of all replies on day eight.
Heh heh, yeah . . . "day 8"
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The violin cover reminded me of the TV series Firefly in places, which is no bad thing.
All songs to all people. A true masterpiece.
masofdas wrote:
Mario in Just Dance
Almost up there with Han Solo in Kinect Star Wars.
Snowballadeer wrote:
it's all about the orchestral bombast! (In the vein of the blinding Bowser music there.) Feast your ears on these:
The problem with the Galaxy games is that you can pretty much pick any track and it is an absolute belter which I couldn't possibly argue against. That's true of most mainline Mario games, if we're being honest. Yours were good'ns though, and I'm glad to have them on the playlist.
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NSMB's 'Athletic', the best Athletic theme 2D Mario has ever had, solely from the point of view of the enemies dancing along with 'Pah! Pah!';
Are you saying the track is good because of its association to the game!?? It is a nice little song though, and thr pah pah dance IS glorious.
Day 7:
Snowballadeer wrote:
5. Luigi hums to Gloomy Manor, Luigi's Mansion 2 This would be higher up the list... only I still don't think of it as a real Mario game. Still, Luigi's humming remains great.
Hahahaha! I'm turning him!
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Sprawling Savannah, Super Mario 3D World The mixture of bounce and tribal flute rubs me up the right way, so it does.
An actual great. Lovely stuff.
Jimbob wrote:
I also love the title theme from Mario Kart 8 - considering how often I've heard it, waiting while e.g. someone goes for a piss between GPs.
Snowballadeer wrote:
The MK8 title is one of few pieces that genuinely feels iconic for me, possibly because of the Newcastle meet-ups... and waiting for Switches to fail to sync.
Ah . . . fun times!
ZeroJones wrote:
Dolphin Shoals goes some way to answering the question "How do you pay tribute to the relaxing underwater tunes in Mario games in a racing game, where the soundtrack should be energetic?" It's... an odd one. But I like it.
That's a pretty fair explanation of its weird charm.
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The Captain Toad theme absolutely belongs here and I will argue strenuously with anyone who disagrees. It's a lovely game that I think deserves more plaudits.
I've got your back there, Zero. We'd make quite the tag team I'm sure!
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Ahh, the Death Stare. *shudder*
Probably the Wii U's biggest success story!
One step ahead:
The Balls Man wrote:
Mid-Boss, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle I haven't got far enough in this game to appreciate the soundtrack properly, but isn't it grand to have Grant Kirkhope back? This is him at his most bombastic. Super stuff.
The soundtrack is the main factor making me regret not getting further with this than I did. It sounds up there with Kirkhope's best, which I've never loved as much as some but definitely has its charms.
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Lunar Colony, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
In the Christmas Spirit, I'm going to resist using this opportunity to wind you up and add a Splatoon track to our Marioathon. Besides, this is a really nice tune and I wouldn't want to undercut it.
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Thanks for running this Drunka!
No worries at all - love me some Mario Muzak!
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Thu 21 Dec 2017 - 20:24
Thought I'd share this - it's Snowman from Earthbound but performed in the style of loads of different games and other bits of media. I don't recognise all of the references, but it's a cool watch and listen!
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Thu 21 Dec 2017 - 20:43
Wow. That's quite something! Kirby and DK styles were my favourites.
Drunkalilly wrote:
I've added all the songs from our Mario love-in to a Youtube playlist. I'll be listening to that a lot, especially as youtube playlists now have a shuffle function which wasn't there when we did Pokémon. Crazy to think it was a weak until Odyssey's launch when I did this, and now its a week until I get it!
How'd I miss this post? Apologies sir! And... bravo.
Drunkalilly wrote:
I know you weren't a fan of the direction the game went in, but you have to admit 3DW was bloody good at what it did.
I don't deny that at all. It was a good game, great even. But I still resent it for what it wasn't. And I didn't think much of the music was top-notch either, but that Snowball Park is a lovely tune.
Drunkalilly wrote:
I moved my cursor past the spoilerbox and accidentally saw the picture for half a second! DISASTER!
ARGLE. Sorry sir! Hopefully you didn't absorb too much.
Feedback on the feedback:
Drunkalilly wrote:
I'm glad to see people share my sense of sentimentality
Snowballadeer wrote:
The Yoshi music box piece crosses over from cute into twee.
Never mind.
Drunkalilly wrote:
The problem with the Galaxy games is that you can pretty much pick any track and it is an absolute belter which I couldn't possibly argue against. That's true of most mainline Mario games, if we're being honest. Yours were good'ns though, and I'm glad to have them on the playlist.
Nice problem to have! Although I feel it's more true of Galaxy 1 than any other in the series.
Drunkalilly wrote:
Are you saying the track is good because of its association to the game!?? It is a nice little song though, and thr pah pah dance IS glorious.
(looks shiftily from side to side) Maaaaaaaaybe...
Drunkalilly wrote:
Snowballadeer wrote:
5. Luigi hums to Gloomy Manor, Luigi's Mansion 2 This would be higher up the list... only I still don't think of it as a real Mario game. Still, Luigi's humming remains great.
Hahahaha! I'm turning him!
I'll be honest, I couldn't think of five pure Mario games I'd played from the era where I could remember the music...
Drunkalilly wrote:
The Balls Man wrote:
Mid-Boss, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
The soundtrack is the main factor making me regret not getting further with this than I did. It sounds up there with Kirkhope's best, which I've never loved as much as some but definitely has its charms.
Same here. One to pick up in the New Year, perhaps. Nintendo can't keep up the current rate of brilliant games, surely!?
Drunkalilly wrote:
In the Christmas Spirit, I'm going to resist using this opportunity to wind you up and add a Splatoon track to our Marioathon. Besides, this is a really nice tune and I wouldn't want to undercut it.
Much obliged!
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Sat 30 Dec 2017 - 9:26
JayMoyles wrote:
Thought I'd share this - it's Snowman from Earthbound but performed in the style of loads of different games and other bits of media. I don't recognise all of the references, but it's a cool watch and listen!
That was neat-o! I realise that, every time I hear the instruments from the N64 Zelda games, I become impossibly nostalgic. And I love the Charlie Brown one. It sort of writes itself! "Good Grief Ness, how are we going to save the world with your stupid [Not Beagle]" etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Sat 13 Jan 2018 - 18:14
Has anybody ever done one of these lists for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze? I'd do it myself, but I don't know the games as well as others do. So instead, here's the really low quality YouTube upload of the Billiards theme from Wii Play
Wii Play Billiards, man. That was the real Wii killer app.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Sat 13 Jan 2018 - 23:36
Wii Play Billiards and Wario Ware Darts were too underrated gems. Couldn't beat my grandad at them though, and he always got annoyed that you didn't have to finish darts on a double.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Mon 15 Jan 2018 - 5:49
Way back when I did this. Even made something of a fuss about it. Amazingly the links haven't all been taken down by YouTube (although the pictures are gone, natch).
'Third-favourite soundtrack', though? That can take a hike. Since then it's shot up into first place for me!
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Wed 17 Jan 2018 - 16:07
The Cappuccino Kid wrote:
Has anybody ever done one of these lists for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze? I'd do it myself, but I don't know the games as well as others do. So instead, here's the really low quality YouTube upload of the Billiards theme from Wii Play
Wii Play Billiards, man. That was the real Wii killer app.
That track reminds me a fair bit of the V-Rally main menu theme. A flat-mate and myself slowly dozed off listening to that main menu theme after way too many drinks and races on said game a few years back. I think the Billiards theme is similarly soothing.
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Subject: Re: Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 Tue 6 Feb 2018 - 21:05
Quickly, before I forget:
The Cappuccino Kid wrote:
My first impressions are that the soundtrack is what Breath of the Wild deserved...
GNamer Music Thingy 155 Xenoblade Chronicles 2
When The Cappuccino Kid, not the biggest fan of JRPGs in general or this game, says that about a soundtrack, you'd better believe you need to sit up and pay attention.
5. Counterattack (i.e. the best cut-scene theme)
Another blazing epic cut-scene theme of the kind the Xenoblade series does so well, when it's not trying to be an MMO and actually has cut-scenes worthy of the name. Reminds everyone on the Internet of Engage the Enemy, but that ominous quality doesn't come through at first - not until 2:59. Then, the magic begins.
4. Battle Theme 3 (of 4)
This is my favourite of the many rocking battle themes. It plays in [REDACTED], when you're fighting [REDACTED]. It really helps to convey the tension of [NUH-UH]. Shame it only plays for about [NOPE] battling hours out of 40 or so. Of course, it's been called this game's version of [MUSICAL HINT AT SPOILERS] - I much prefer this one though.
3. Gormott
It's even got Gaur in it, almost. This is the new Gaur Plains, and the game knows it. At 1:24 it's got that distinctive drum motif, but the music really hits its stride at 3:07, and then again at 3:39. In a world of 2-minute loops, it's nice to have a tune with upwards of four minutes of evolution.
2. Tantal
Not what you expected from the ice world, eh? Turn up the bass, because we're all here for that drop at 1:29. Epic, charging-across-the-snow music, appropriate for the first time you pass through here... and any time you try to do so again when it's foggy. The series doesn't have any snow music like it, going for the 'heavenly' side of things in general: it's closer to Aqueduct Assault from DKCTF than anything in its own series.
1. Mor Ardain (Roaming the Wastes)
Big band in the dust! Who knew lots of dramatic brass made for good desert music? Those clever fellows at Monolith, apparently. This has a bit in common with Oblivia's day music from Xenoblade Chronicles X, but it's very much its own beast, and glorious with it.
In summary, for the third game in a row (ignoring Black Tar and Neo LA), MonolithSoft have developed a cracking soundtrack, perfectly suited to the epic JRPG it accompanies. As the Urayans would say, 'onya'.
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