Official Nontendo Music Thread

If it came on in the club, I could genuinely get down to that.

I was on tenterhooks watching the gameplay - he almost fucked it a minute in but pulled it back. Man, I might make a thread about Net Yaroze and dig out my old demo discs to have a write up. I've still got the demo disc from the last issue of OPS1 which had a bumper selection of Net Yaroze titles alongside the best PS1 demos.

A Hat In Time has a varied, interesting and memorable soundtrack - it's another part of the games' brilliance. Here's some of my favourite tunes - enjoy.

Firstly, this is the tune that plays during the levels that basically rip off Super Mario Sunshine's no FLUDD shines. 



This is the tune from the first level of Chapter 2, perhaps the best chapter in the game. 



It should take you no longer than seven seconds to guess who composed this tune:



And, lastly, there's this, my favourite tune in the game.



I think I'm going to buy the soundtrack, and I never buy soundtracks. 

@The Cappuccino Kid wrote:

It should take you no longer than seven seconds to guess who composed this tune:

Hah, that genuinely could have been a track in Mario + Rabbids.

@JayMoyles wrote:

@The Cappuccino Kid wrote:

It should take you no longer than seven seconds to guess who composed this tune:

Hah, that genuinely could have been a track in Mario + Rabbids.

Oh boy, I really love the song this guy wrote!

I'm going to get a Hat in Time at some point, that's for sure. It got overtaken by Yooka-Laylee on the Hype Motorway, but I'll get on it soon!

I made a reference to Croc on the PSone in another thread, reminding me that not only is it a good game, but it's got a brilliant title theme too:

Am I the only one getting Still Game theme tune vibes from that Croc track?

I needed to hear that after the absolutely ear destroying tunes from that terrible looking Croc of Shite eShop game.

@JayMoyles wrote:

Am I the only one getting Still Game theme tune vibes from that Croc track?

Aye, but I can definitely see Jack & Victor dancing to it though.

Thought it was time to give this thread a kick up the arse and give it a bumper update.

One of my favourite game soundtracks from last year was Deltarune. To the surprise of nobody that's played Undertale, Toby Fox put together yet another OST filled with memorable ditties and some cracking tunes. Here's a few of my favourites.

Warning, spoilers within the paragraphs below! You have been warned.

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Field of Hopes and Dreams almost feels like an Undertale megamix. It feels very familiar and a lot of the melodies were either used in UT itself or crop up throughout DR in later tracks. It's what I consider as the "main theme" of DR. And it's an absolute banger, as the kids say. Gorgeous piano, a nice little sax bit and a very catchy tune. Here's an incredible cover by insaneintherainmusic. The flute sounds just lovely in his cover.



Lancer's Theme is, of course, the theme of that little shit turned nice guy Lancer that essentially accompanies you on your journey. Much of DR relies on drawing comparisons with UT and Lancer is quite evidently meant to be this game's Papyrus equivalent. His track feels as suitably goofy as Bonetrousle did back in UT. And of course it ramps up nicely for Lancer's battle theme, much like the scrap with Papyrus back in UT. And it even pops up in the climax of Chapter One...



This track doesn't sound quite the same without the pixelated shouts of "I CAN DO ANYTHING!" over and over, but it's still brilliant. Suitably manic, like a rave in a circus tent. Here's an awesome metal cover by Familyjules.



For my money, the battle theme is the best track in the game. Just catchy, groovy goodness. I mean, I'll never get to hear the whole track due to beating enemies too quickly, but still, it's a cracker. Here's a great remix by Kamex which bumps up the funkiness a few notches.



To finish off, the super chill shop theme that plays in puzzle master Rouxls Kaard's store. Not much to say here, but I do like those bells. And I can't believe I'm typing this, but here's a Smooth McGroove cover that I liked. ....GOD. DAMN IT.

He's broken! McGroove did a quality remix of... er... the third one as well.

For my money you've covered the best two tracks in FoHaD and the third one. Checker Dancer is my third place, I think. It's just so odd.

@Balladeer wrote:

McGroove did a quality remix of... er... the third one as well.

...oh no. I like this one too...

@Balladeer wrote:

Checker Dancer is my third place, I think.  It's just so odd.

I forgot this was in the game and I honestly don't think I could listen to it outside of the battle that it plays during - where it fits wonderfully, by the by. The track is just too odd otherwise.

While we're on the subject of remixes, I've been trekking down the FoHaD remix hole.  Here's a rocking job by Kamex, who you mention elsewhere (I'm not that keen of the original Rude Buster, and I think I actually prefer the remix ), and here's a high-quality SiivaGunner remix of Megalovania.

I didn't like the Kamex cover of FoHaD - I came across it when I was fishing for a link for the insaneintherain cover. It just sounds too busy to me and misses some of that playfulness of the original version.

I like the SilvaGunner version though... what a memelord.

A root aboot my N64 games at the weekend came out with Bomberman Hero. I gave it a play, and remembered why I haven't bothered with in about a decade: it's a fairly middle-of-the-road 3D platformer. BUT: it's a fairly middle-of-the-road 3D platformer with a cracking soundtrack.









It's what I'd imagine Father Fintan Stack plays on his Sony Boombox Ghettoblaster, or mandlecreed.

That last track really reminded me of this, for some reason.

@JayMoyles wrote:

That last track really reminded me of this, for some reason.

Those tunes really remind me of Buck Bumble too. That game's got a cracking soundtrack too, with a drum n' bass and garage OST that was really contemporary when it came out. Proper time and place stuff.

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One of my mates was just tweeting about DuckTales, and it reminded me of the 2013 remaster's excellent soundtrack:



More importantly though, it reminds me of Chief Inspector Tam McGleish's remixed version of the theme tune. Watch from the start

That Tam McGleish video got some mileage amongst my group of pals, especially as we don't live too far from Fife's bunghole, the glorious town of Methil.

I have to go through Uphall to get to work, and there's not a day where I don't think about that Tam McGleish video. "UH-UH-UH-UPHALL...!"

Brilliant. Clearly an opportunity for ScotRail to expand into Methil there.

Also: obligatory.  One of the best soundtracks I've heard in a game I've never played.

@The Cappuccino Kid wrote:

More importantly though, it reminds me of Chief Inspector Tam McGleish's remixed version of the theme tune. Watch from the start

I still love this - one of my mates started working for ScotRail, and this was all I could think of. And has there ever been another song with Inverkeithing in?

EDIT: Oh - speaking of DuckTales (if this has been put somewhere else, let me know, as I've heard a few people talking about this all over the place)

You know the this music, right? Of course you do. Well. The new cartoon series? This happens. I'm going to go and weep for a few hours.

@Jimbob wrote:

You know the this music, right? Of course you do.

@Balladeer wrote:

Also: obligatory.  One of the best soundtracks I've heard in a game I've never played.

That said, lovely touch in the telly show! Curious to know how you cope with the lyrics though.

That's not even the best tune in Ducktales!



I remember the old ScrewAttack website harped on about that Moon song for ages, but I hadn't heard it. When someone uploaded it to YouTube for the first time, I remember being disappointed. It's all right, but...aye, just all right.

Nah, that song can get booted next to the moon one. They're both good and both hummable, but the moon song makes me... feel stuff.

It makes you feel like a prick, because you're wrong!

One theme that can get booted either way is the Scotland theme from Ducktales 2. Fair enough, I'm not expecting a chiptune rendition of Loch Lomond, but this is the theme song you give to a Spooky Cupboard level. SHITE!

@Jimbob wrote:

And has there ever been another song with Inverkeithing in?

I went back and listened to this masterful tune, but sadly there was no mention of the glorified train station that is Inverkeithing.