Official Nintendo Consoles Music Thread (Thanks for Listening!)

Balladeer wrote:

...the puzzle theme, the latter of which still has the ability to drive me absolutely insane.

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As I just finished Soul Calibur 2 I think I'll do a top five like I did with bravely default.

Number five of my top five is Maze of the Blade



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p43RdjdN2DQ

Why I like this theme you say? I'm a sucker for long slow themes that get progressively more intense before finishing with an epic portion, although once this gets going it's really epic. The dungeons that this theme played through were some of my favourite parts of the story mode, and the theme has a good part to play with that.

My favourite Layton theme remains the just chilling in town one from Miracle Mask: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IRWAFcXCUw

In other news, I had cause to be reminded how great the Dr. Mario tunes are the other day. Here are Chill and Fever (presented in its original NES form, because the Online RX update stinks bad).

I always thought that Chill was a rubbish tune in the G&W stage in SSBB. Much better in isolation, but still too a high a percussion-to-melody ratio for me. Fever has always been great.

I'm all SCII'd out after last page! Also Part 4 is better.

Rum Rapture wrote:

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For feck's sake play Henry Hatsworth, you uncultured boors.  Anyway.

GNamer's Spaced Out Music Week 89: Mission Accomplished, Lylat Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvp7dXp59HI



Barrel rolls have been done, somersaults tried, and boosts used to get through.  The foe lies smouldering in a crater, his final wisecrack fallen on deaf ears.  Now all you need is a tune to make you feel like you're a hero, who has liberated a planet - and crikey, does Lylat Wars deliver on this front.

As for the actual level tunes, I've always (well, since SSBB) had a soft spot for The Area 6 theme.  And I think I'll leave it th- "Can't let you do that, Balladeer!"

Big week next week!

The third one's on Wii U shut up. The music on the Normandy really makes me feel like I've got a galaxy to explore.

I saw that someone had posted in my thread and I was all happy and then it's a rubbish multiformat game.  You could have made Athrun happy instead of making me sad, you know!

And so that I'm contributing, I've been humming Double Cherry Pass from SM3DW an awful lot recently.  Reminds me of the Yoshi's Island soundtrack with its cheery bounce, and Sunshine with its sound effects.

Hey you asked me for space songs and I haven't played metroid in ages! This is a good'n though.

Don't worry Buska some of no there's games not made by Nintendo even on Nintendo which are good or Amazing in Mass Effects case.

Lovely ambient spacey music.

Ooooh, love me some Metroid Prime(s) music.  Especially that Frigate, but the title screens are good too - I've always loved the scribbly (can't think how else to describe that noise) title theme of the original.

For something a bit more relaxing, there's the Zebes Tallon Overworld theme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL9WUOsFW1s

Didn't really appreciate this until I replayed the game this afternoon, but in the link is a bloody brilliant Sonic Lost World remix of a boss theme from NiGHTS Into Dreams (which itself has the greatest soundtrack in computer games history, no questions asked).

At 0:14, it sounds like it's going to launch into Jimmy T's theme from Smooth Moves.  Therefore that is the best bit.

GNamer's Hieroglyphic Music Week 90: The Legend of Zelda: a Link Between Worlds

ALBW could easily have just gone with remixes of LttP tunes all the way through, and I'd still have loved it.  As it was, it also introduced some brilliant music of its own into the mix.  I'll throw in the Milk Bar remixes where relevant too.

5. Lorule Castle
(Milk Bar)



If it wasn't enough that this final dungeon has a really great theme, it's also terribly clever.  Here's what it sounds like backwards - go to 3:05, say.  Zelda's composers love doing that.

4. Hyrule Field 2



Just when you thought the Hyrule Field theme couldn't get any more epic... it does.

3. Yuga Battle
(Milk Bar)



Kefka's spiritual descendent wants to f**k you up good.  Feel free to try and translate the nonsense lyrics yourself: I guarantee it won't be as stupid as some of the things the comments have come up with.

2. Lorule Field 1/Lorule Field 2
(Milk Bar)



I think I like 1 more, but it's tough to decide.  They're both great, the first being a straight remix of LttP's best theme, and the second doing to the first what Hyrule Field 2 did for Hyrule Field.

1. Mother Maiamai



A cutesy song for the character who sets you the biggest sidequest in the game.  It's nice, but nothing particularly special...  (0:40 hits)  OH MY GOD SO CUTE AND ADORABLE I WANT TO SAVE THEM ALL IMMEDIATELY AWWWWWWWWWWW.

BONUS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDbFFDSUVfY

Umm... I don't know what else to put for "hieroglyphics week"

I've been rocking out to this as of late. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6TJ8H3EKec

The upload's audio quality is kinda blegh and doesn't do it justice, but it gets the general idea across. I've seen the sentiment that the whole super arrange ended up turning out to be a Falcom soundtrack and I'd agree with it wholeheartedly.

Falcon... JRPG!  (Yes I know you said "Falcom", but the rock style of the soundtrack along with the Youtuber's avatar made me think of this.)

I appreciate you trying to fit my themes with pieces of your own, Buska!  That RoA theme is creepy, no matter what the commenters may say.  (Why do I read Youtube comments?  Why do I do this to myself?)

Balladeer wrote:

Why do I read Youtube comments?  Why do I do this to myself?

Because you want to be a mass murderer but didn't quite hate humankind enough for that first spree?

If I had it in me to do that, CVG Article Comments would have tipped me over the edge long ago.

GNamer's Factorial Music Week 91: Calling, The World Ends With You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0569Wt-cZ0



For a game so music-focussed, it's surprisingly hard to find an actual song in all the raps. But it's okay, because the main theme is also the best one. Sequel please.

Calling is the correct choice, but you can't stop there!

Twister is a great little track, and I actually prefer the abridged version than the full song that plays elsewhere in the game.

Give Me All Your Love is fucking awful if you hate J-Pop, but if you're a fan, it's such a catchy battle tune.

I could probably post the entire soundtrack here. I'm now also tempted to replay it, as always after hearing the soundtrack again.

Balladeer wrote:

That picture just puts this song in my head. Do need to get on and play TWEWY soon though.

Yes! Yes you do.

GMAYL is so very Japanese. "Arr I want is yo ruv!" Nice tune, though. Twister... meh.

GMAYL is my favourite battle theme - the synth (?) is so good in that. Also, the lyrics: "Please me with the silky touch, cam oon".   

GNamer's Doubleslap Music Week 92

Kids' Club, Pokémon Stadium: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IJGjyiaxzI



If you're telling me that you didn't spend most of your time in Pokémon Stadium playing the minigames, you're wrong.  This meant, of course, a lot of time spent on this screen.  Good thing it had catchy music, then!

Egg Emergency, Pokémon Stadium 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GdNh6Kz2WM



Much the same applies here, although some of the actual minigames had decent music this time around as well.  If you're not in the mood for Kalos foreshadowing, how about something a bit more upbeat?  Or there's the most epic version of the title theme yet.

Bloody Hell balla, that was a great big nostalgia rush. I couldn't remember any of those songs when I was reading your post, but for each one I got serious flashbacks when I listened. I spent hours on the stadium games as a kid but unlike the adventures themselves I haven't returned since.
Obviously, being that I don't remember any pokemon stadium music, I can't contribute. But you can never post this guy enough times.