Year: 1993 Platform: Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga Composer: Chris Huelsbeck Makes you wanna:
“Bionic Action” from Mega Turrican aka Turrican 3: Payment Day The audio staff for Thunder Force IV were big metal-heads, and were keen to get the console’s FM synthesiser to produce a credible electric guitar sound - they landed on a workaround involved the Mega Drive’s distortion sound effects. Jump out of a spacejet and kick some alien ass in mid-air you plummet to the surface of LV-426 whilst screaming “come and get me you ugly face-suckers!!!!!!” Bit o’ background: Year: 1992 Platform: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Composer: Toshiharu Yamanishi Makes you wanna: 👾 Old-school chiptune 👾 “Metal Squad” from Thunder Force IV aka Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar We’ve picked out some of the most effective, adrenaline-producing video game tracks from across a range of styles - loosely grouped into old-school chiptune, electronica, heavy rock, and traditional orchestral, with plenty of crossover.Įverything listed below can also be found in this handy YouTube playlist, but do read on for some groan-inducing gags and snippets of insight into each track.
To that end, one of the most important jobs for game composers is being able to ratchet up the excitement, and prime players to face the challenges ahead. Relatively few video games are about gently massaging your brain into a soporific stupor - a vast swathe are about Jumping! Running! Sprinting! Leaping! Achievement! Winning! Scoring! Shooting! Blowing things up! Flossing! Many video games want players to feel hyper powerful - here are a few of the best music cues crafted especially to get the blood pumping.īy Thomas Quillfeldt music picks by the author, Mark Robins, James Marshall, Leon Cox, Joshua Garrity, and Steve Vancouver
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