Introduction by Claude
This blog is brought to you by two people for one common cause. Tyler (Tireyo643) and Andy (Diamond) have come together to create the most undeniably insane, albeit great and huge video game music blog to date. As you peruse this blog, be sure to check out the personal appeals from both men, but most importantly, look through and listen to the music that they have put together for your pleasure. I would also like to say that I have the utmost respect for Tireyo643 and Diamond. They are an asset to the community of Giant Bomb. And with that said, let the music be heard. For what would video games be without music?
Respectfully yours, Claude.
Tireyo643's Personal Appeal
Since it's holiday season, I was thinking of putting something very special together for the good people at Giantbomb. I thought of a video game music blog. I've made quite a few video game music blogs, but I wanted this one to be different. I know that Diamond is quite an experienced gamer that loves video game music as much as I do, so I thought we should actually do one together! He agreed to do one with me, and it has been a pleasure working with him to make this blog a reality.
My song choices, of course, reflect my love for video game music. There are several new video game songs that I have come across, like the incredible opening theme for Utopia: The Creation of a Nation, and a song from Klonoa: Empire of Dreams. There are a few games that I never played before but I still like the music, like the PS3 and 360 games that are mentioned on my list. (By now ya'll should know that I do not have either console, but I wouldn't mind having at least one of them.) And of course, there are songs that I love that I think you all will love, like the Mini Boss theme from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and the Monkey Mall theme from Super Monkey Ball. I want to give special thanks to ZombiePie, Diamond, and Claude for their amazing recommendations, and I have enjoyed listening to those themes over and over again!
Andy and I give thanks to Claude for writing a very nice introduction special for this blog. I do believe that we have put a lot of love into making this blog, so Andy and I do hope that you all will listen to what we have come up with. Be sure to read what Diamond has to say in his appeal as he has some important things to mention. Please feel free to leave your comments, recommendations, rants, and praise, and have a safe and enjoyable Christmas/Holiday Season.
Enjoy,
Tyler
Tireyo643's Video Game Music List
- Crash Bandicoot: Nitro Kart – Title Screen/Main Menu
- Utopia: The Creation of a Nation – Intro
- Bejeweled 3 – Intro
- Go! Dizzy Go! – Title Theme
- Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future – Hanging Waters (Diamond is responsible for showing me this!)
- World of Goo – Are You Coming Home, Love Mom (Claude is responsible for showing me this!)
- Monty on the Run – Main Theme (ZombiePie is responsible for showing me this!)
- Gameboy Camera – Ball (Fan-made ~ extremely close to the original. I know because I have Gameboy Camera.)
- WCW VS. NOW: World Tour – Menu Theme
- Micro Machines 64 Turbo: Main Menu
- Mario Golf: Advance Tour – Main Menu
- Snake Rattle ‘N Roll – Level 1
- Glover – Atlantis Level 1
- Star Fox Adventures – Thorntail Hollow
- Bit Trip Fate – Patience
- Donkey Kong 64 – Fungi Forest
- The Sims 3 – Maps & Symbols
- Sonic Colors – Aquatic Park: Act 1
- Cave Story – Egg Corridor
- Wario Land 4 – Toy Block Tower
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 – Mad Gear Zone: Act 2
- Ufouria: The Saga – Overworld
- The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker – Forest Haven
- Art Style: Light Trax – Spectra 1
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon – Sky Tower
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island – Mini Boss
- Klonoa: Empire of Dreams - #4
- Bust-A-Move Plus! – Zone 4
- Chrono Cross – Time’s Grasslands: Home World
- Mischief Makers – Volcanic
- Super Meat Boy – The Hospital
- Braid – Lullaby Set
- Mario Paint – BGM 2
- DSi Shop
- Extreme G – Ancient Speedway
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – Mini Boss Remix
- Wario Land: Shake It – World 2-4
- Jet Set Radio Future – Fly Like a Butterfly
- Luigi’s Mansion – Luigi Humming
- Ape Escape – Dark Ruins
- Mario Party 2 – Space Land
- Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time – The Insomniac Museum
- Jak 2 – Haven Forest
- Secret of Mana - Eternal Recurrence - Undine's Theme
- Super Monkey Ball – Monkey Mall
- Pac-Man Championship Edition DX – Pac Rainbow
- Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross – Schala’s Theme Remix (Because Chrono Trigger Resurrection isn’t a real game)
- Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story – Final Boss
- Donkey Kong Country Returns – Final Boss
Tireyo643's Holiday Video Game Song Picks
- Snowboard Kids 2 – Sunny Mountain
- 1080 Snowboarding – Golden Forest
- Banjo-Kazooie – Freezeey Peak
- Diddy Kong Racing – Frosty Village (Reminds me of Winter Wonderland)
- Paper Mario Music - Cold Reception In Shiver City
Tireyo643's Credit Song of Choice
Super Mario World – Credit Ending
Diamond's Personal Appeal
Good evening.
A little while ago Tireyo643 asked me to share some video game songs I enjoy for a new blog post. I had done this before for Ty and I'm a huge fan of video game music so I agreed. Once I got rolling the entire process went very quickly, listening to one song will remind me of another and after a while I got wrapped up in the process.
Even with as many as 55 songs, I was only able to represent a small fraction of my favorite video game music. I have attempted to represent music from a variety of platforms and eras of gaming and levels of popularity. All but one of the songs are from games I played (the exception being Bully), and most of these songs also come from some of my favorite games (FF14 is not one of my favorite games). Most of the songs are the original compositions except for the Journey to Silius and Persona 4 remixes, which I thought were too cool to pass on, and Pencil Neck by Cold Storage (who did the music for the original WipEout).
I hope everyone can find something they enjoy, or at least feel comradery in knowing they are not alone in enjoying a particular song.
Anyways, Happy Holidays and enjoy the music!
Andy
Diamond's Video Game Music List
- Virtua Fighter 3 - Intro
- Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future - Title Theme
- Batman (NES) - Stage 3
- Virtua Cop - Arms Black Market ~ Stage 1
- TNMT: Fall of the Foot Clan - Stage 5
- Metroid: Return of Samus (Metroid 2 for GB) - Main Theme
- Super Meat Boy - The Salt Factory
- Air Combat - Track 8
- Elebits – Quiet in the Living Room
- Halo 3 ODST - The Rookie
- Actraiser - Birth of the People (Town)
- Shatter - Amethyst Caverns
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Examination ~ Allegro 2001
- Everquest - Qeynos
- Bionic Commando Rearmed - Rise of the Albatross
- Blue Dragon - Mechat Takes Off!
- Super Street Fighter 4 - Dan Theme
- Lost Odyssey - Theme of the Pirates
- Jazz Jackrabbit - Medivo
- Shenmue - Bob's Pizza
- Super Mario Land - Muda Kingdom
- Deja Vu - Peoria Streets Theme
- Faxanadu - Overworld
- Mirror's Edge - The Shard
- Scott Pilgrim VS. The World - VS. Mini Boss ~ Anamanaguchi
- MegaRace - NewSan
- Mass Effect - Battle at Eden Prime
- Secret of Mana - A Curious Happening ~ Scorpion Army Theme
- Battle Arena Toshiden - Duke's Theme
- Scud Race/Sega Super GT - Groovin' Daylight
- Bully - Beach Rumble
- Rise of the Triad - Run Like Smeg
- Quake – Parallel Dimensions
- SimCity 2000 - Downtown Race
- Final Fantasy XIII - The Gapra Whitewood
- 3D Dot Game Heroes - Block Destruction
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - The Ice Titan
- Final Fantasy XIV - Track 38
- Puzzle Quest - Khalkus Theme
- Halo Reach - ONI: Sword Base
- Sega Rally - Ignition ~ Lakeside Track
- Sega Rally - Getting Muddy ~ Mountain Track
- Tekken – Chicago, USA
- Myst – The Tower
- Journey to Silius - Stage 3 Remix
- Persona 4 - I'll Face Myself Remix
- TMNT 4: Turtles in Time - Super Shredder
- Mother 3 - Master Porky's Theme
Diamond's Holiday Video Game Song Picks
- WipEout - Cold Comfort
- Super Mario Kart - Vanilla Lake (This REALLY reminds me of Christmas)
- Gradius Gaiden - Stage 1
- Pencil Neck - CoLD SToRAGE (From the composer from the original WipEout)
- Metal Gear Solid - Warhead Storage
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