Amazing SEGA Soundtracks (Page 1 of 4)

I prefer the master system much more than the genesis.  Who's with me or against me, and why?

I suggest finding the vgm of the above game and listening, the vid is just for kicks.

Last edited by Battle Lava (Jun 16, 2010 5:30 am)

The only Megadrive music I've admired is from the Streets of Rage series.

For some reason they decided not to go down the kitch bleeps or prog metal route that most games of this era seem to go for and opted for some mental rave, wobbley bass lines n all.

Last edited by Jellica (Jun 16, 2010 11:27 am)

That is such a sick game! LOVE it.  Haven't played it in a long while though.

I you for posting SOR !

I like the FM sound of the Genesis/Megadrive and Japanese Master System much more than the super simple three square wave/premade noise channel instruments of the regular ol' SMS. It seems weird saying this on a chip site, but I find that most SMS soundtracks are kind of grating.

Regarding SMS sound, I don't like it too much because two reasons: it has low amount bass (lowest possible note is ~A1), and limited number of possible waveforms (max two, most of the games used only one). There were some games with nice sounding music, though, for example Alien 3 or Flash.

Last edited by Shiru (Jun 16, 2010 1:49 pm)

Expander is a MASSIVE tune. Don't forget the Game Gear, some simple but really charming soundtracks on there:

At the end of the day though I still think I'm an FM fan, more or less because I listen to loads of non-chipmusic (check out Les Rythmes Digitales' 'Dreamin'' for an absolute masterclass in DX7 wizadry) using FM sounds, and the Mega Drive soundtracks tie in with that.