13 Best Super Nintendo Soundtracks - SNESdrunk 

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Lol what are u talking about. Videogame soundtracks have been extensively talked about since the NES era. Nowadays they are glorified alongside the visuals pretty much 50\50, since they invoke so much nostalgia

Ferv Corsica Frig off, idiot.

Imagine Chrono Trigger, DKC2, FF6 or Link to the Past with a different soundtrack? It really is an important aspect.

@@ianmac214 Relax you triggered simp. Ferv is correct. Everyone talks about "soundtracks" when reviewing snes games. Just because he didn't automatically nod along and kiss ass on the original comment doesn't mean he's an idiot. Lord forbid people point out fallacies....

I have an alarm on my phone right now with FF6 music. And I had a different one before that.

Zozo tower of fanatics, the Veldt, the ghost train, the town of Jidoor. There are so many unique, amazing, and creative tracks in this game that are impossible to forget. Its easily #1 for me, with Chrono Trigger and Star Fox as 2 and 3.

@@daryl4841 I was saying somewhere else that one song better in chrono trigger is the BC music. It’s comparable to the Veldt. All CT music is good, but as good as it is, most of the music for FFVI is better. Better than almost any video game to this day.

He made repeated masterpieces

I remember my friend had a 2 CD album that had the FF3 score but in full live orchestra. It was friggin AWESOME! The case had nothing but Japanese characters so I'm sure it was an import, but also I could never find a copy anywhere here in the states. Of course this was before the rapid spread of eBay and such so I'm sure I could MAYBE find a USED copy somewhere today. But yeah, I never even played it but I loved a few tracks, especially Kefkas theme.

One of my favorite things about fiddling with the guitar years back was accompanying my skilled bassist nephew through Devil's Lab (the Magitek Factory music)

You are a cool dude Also relatable

Please tell me you tried to play the regular battle theme. That actually has distorted electric guitar in it.

I still try to play those songs on my guitar in my 30s lol

I really don't know if I like that sentiment. As a musicologist I do mostly nothing else than working music on an academic level and there is so much more to music than "I like" or "I don't like".

@Auran Crash And that makes me sad. Because it is (in my humble opinion) a boring way to think about it. Even the systems on which we build our tastes upon can be analyzed but many people don't seem to care. Art can tell us something about ourselves if we care to listen.

Humans are more keen on respecting one's taste in music and other things that make us human such as food and travel. But when its beyond our basic needs, that's when the feces get thrown.

I think it also has something to do with Drunk's personality: He's chill and mostly positive, so he attracts a similar type of follower.

How dare you make a comment like that!? I absolutely disagree and I hate you now!

JINX!

No: Aquatic Ambience (same composer)

And mining melancholy. DKC2 is easily a top soundtrack. Arguably better than 1. Both are top 10 and why not choose both?

@@MAKgargos agreed, David Wise is amazing regardless. Has anyone seen or heard how he composed all his music to the system? It's jarring how talented he is just to be able to accomplish this

Stickerbrush Symphony you heretics!!

*drops mic

In my opinion, Super Castlevania 4 has one of the best music of all games!

Good list. I just recently found your channel so I’m randomly watching the backlog episodes by interest. I’ve played most of these and couldn’t agree more. Good call on DKC over DKC2 but really either would have worked as you acknowledge. Megaman X is one of my top games of all time. Played and love the hell out of it. And the whole soundtrack just slaps. Personally I would have sampled Spark Mandrill over Storm Eagle. What a song for that stage! That driving percussion and bass line!

don't forkin forget Aquatic Ambience (oops he covered that track my fault)

Try not to kill a guy this time, Brick

LOUD NOISES!!!

Snes Drunk made a really solid list

@@mace2gorc872 Shocking...NOT! 😎

My sentiments exactly @_@ but his list is pretty great overall. Id put Lufia 2, Bahamut Lagoon and CT in the TOP 5 with Super Metroid and FF6... CT taking the number 1 spot.

Final Fantasy 2 (4) was my favorite of the pre-7 games. Might just be because that game seems to have a special place in my childhood memory, but that battle music was top notch.

* sees that he excluded Final Fantasy IV * * leaves*

I just think Final Fantasy VI is better. The ongoing theme in Metroid is isolation and exploration of the unknown, and save for the intense boss battles, most of it is 16-bit ambient music and becomes monotonous. FF6's rich score covers a complex, long storyline and wide range of emotions that the characters go through. Wthout spoken dialogs, they conveyed what each character was saying or feeling at the time. Nobuo Uematsu's superb work was the best he'd ever done at the time. The score also worked as an emotional anchor that really help the story sink in, and when you spend 60 hours playing again, songs can get stuck in your head but these were never annoying. I don't mind listening to them again and again, almost three decades later. Chrono Trigger comes close, but Final Fantasy 6's score is so vast and succinct, overwhelming and subtle, all at the same time, and just hit all the right notes, all the way to the end.

The one bit of music that sticks out in my mind in Super Metroid was the music when fighting Mother Brain. The tense music combined with Mother Brain's inhuman screeching still gives me chills. The perfect music for fighting a Lovecraftian horror. And who can forget the Opera House scene in Final Fantasy VI? Not only did it have an OPERA playing on a 16-bit system, but at the same time, you're on the edge of your seat, wondering if Locke's hare-brained plan was actually going to work. The best individual piece, IMO, is "To Good Friends" in the canon Chrono Trigger ending, the entire game summed up in a few glorious minutes as you say goodbye to your companions. "Corridors of Time" deserves special mention though. That music gave Zeal the magical, exotic feel that it should definitely have.

Abso-fucking-lutely

Same! Best console ever!

Heretic

Me too buddy, me too.

what a casual

Same here, it’s the same style

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I had forgotten about this little tid-bit of info. Thanks for helping me remember!

Fortunately there is the MSU-1 hack that puts some amazing MP3 quality remixed tracks in there to enhance the experience, and they most certainly do that. I'd say the best part of the hack is it's compatibility with the SD2SNES flash cart so getting to hear this out of the Super Nintendo on a TV is mind blowing to say the least.

Yup, it's awesome. Works on SD2SNES cart or Retroarch BSnes core emulator. The Chrono Trigger one is just as awesome. The MSU-1 hacks are quite awesome for the games that are patched.

Lord Monkus How does one go about getting these MSU-1 hacks onto flashcart for the SD2SNES?

As far as using an SD2SNES cart for these I believe it's just a matter of putting the MSU patched roms folder on it and loading the patched rom. The way these patched roms work is that the rom and all the other files that go with it go into a folder by them-self, You then just browse the carts folder structure for the rom and load it. I do not own an SD2SNES cart, I have only used these patched roms through emulation using the BSnes core in Retroarch. Not every single game works but all the big games do like Metroid, SoM, Chrono Trigger, Mega Man X series. You would have to do some googling for the info you need. The pre patched roms are not super easy to find but the patches to create them are easily found on romhacking.net. You still need to find the music files for them and doing the patching can be a bit tricky but not overly difficult. The pay off though is amazing. Do a youtube search for MSU-1 SNES and you should find videos showing off various games.

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Mystic Quest has very underrated music. The energy is so good, especially the final boss music.

I was hoping Yoshi's Island would've been on a list somewhere here...

I forgot about Evermore, It should get more credit.

Fav Bjork album by far for me too

Bjork's Vespertine got me through high school. It's good to see someone talking about it.

Spoiler for the vidya here. My reaction upon reaching Number 2. "What? What what what? FFVI is number TWO?! ... This will only be acceptable if Super Metroid is number 1." My reaction upon reaching Number 1. "This is acceptable." Seriously, #4 - #1 are just the best ever. I don't necessarily agree with some of the other entries (but I also don't knock you for them - tastes are subjective!), #4 - #1 are soundtracks I'll just listen to on their own. AMAZING.

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Damn. Super Mario RPG LOT7S soundtrack is awesome

Ploks soundtrack is a masterpiece.

Because Japan is awesome.

Was it actually sold in the U.S? The game came with a CD soundtrack. It was pretty dang cool at the time, but I don't think anybody was going and actually buying that CD in it's own.

Gradius Fantasia is my jam.

FF6 came with a catalogue where you could order the OST as well.

Goddamn emotes

I would do this will my Gameboy and Mario Land, I would beat the game to let Rocket-Ship Ride repeat

And Stickerbush Symphony...

@@MrJackHagan Forest Interlude is less heralded but just as mesmerizing as Stickerbush

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3 years later and the same can be said today. Keep it up SNES drunk!

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Many SNES-games sound like real instrumentes because the SNES is capeable to replicate them near perfect - percussion, guitars, piano, violine, bass, organ - it's all there! The Megadrive isn't able to do this, but there are also some good sounding FM-tunes. Very different solution but I prefer the SNES-sound for sure!

It's still my favourite console. The core of video gaming (press buttons) has never changed - and I don't need those movie-like graphics the newer consoles are capeable of when the gameplay isn't good or to complicated. I just need my modded SNES mini to be a happy gamer!