Obscure Retro Games With Great Soundtracks by Specter at 2:08 PM EST on January 29, 2014
Hello there, I haven't been here for quite some time. So here's a thing, for the past few days I've been working on a video series featuring the best (at least, in my opinion) retro VGM. I need some help with pinpointing some of the more obscure soundtracks, since I have literally thousands of sets. Can anyone help me out?
Sorry, I should have been precise. I used VGM as short for Video Game Music. I'm interested in music from any system released before 2001, that includes arcades and computers.
but you know, maybe you could do a feature on deceased composers (YU-NO being by Ryu Umemoto)?
I only just the other day stumbled across [ur=http://vgm.mdscene.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=539]Providence[/url], and was excited to hear more stuff by Manabu Saito, only to learn he'd passed over two decades ago...
Akihiko Mori did some truly excellent SNES scores.
Hidehito Aoki did the catchy tunes in Majin Tensei I and II, as well as some work on the original Persona.
I'm sure there's more I've forgotten....
you should also check out the main index of vgmrips, then maybe browse into the arcade section. There's a lot of interesting older stuff from major companies that doesn't get talked about as much, and there's also the wonderful period during the mid-90s when a lot of games had cheesy guitar samples and drums. A few to start you off in both categories: Battlantis Galaxy Fight Gunforce Lethal Thunder Magical Drop III Shock Troopers Thunder Cross II Vapor Trail Zero Wing (actually, the Genesis version might sound better, I can never remember)