Catchiest video game music

[UberHere]

My first video game experiences (besides arcade Pac-Man and Frogger) was the old school NES. Some of those old 8 bit tunes were catchy as fuck. I’m 45 now and tunes from Contra and Castlevania 2 Simon’s Quest still run through my head. Don’t think I’ve played those since I was in 4th grade. Castlevania 3 and Mega Man (all of them) myst be mentioned as well.

For Super Nintendo, without a doubt is Final Fantasy 2. The dreadful fight and boss fight themes are very well composed.

 

[Spam On Rye]

 

[Darkavius]

Uber, you created this thread without the original Super Mario Brothers theme? Bruh....



Also, this thread has to have a theme from Street Fighter 2



There are plenty others but for now the last one I will add is if you played at any arcade in the 90's and played the X-Men game you know this catchy theme.

 

[Darkavius]

Parappa is a underrated gem. The amount of time I spent on that level and the driving level was crazy just to jam out.

 

[UberHere]

Uber, you created this thread without the original Super Mario Brothers theme? Bruh....



Also, this thread has to have a theme from Street Fighter 2



There are plenty others but for now the last one I will add is if you played at any arcade in the 90's and played the X-Men game you know this catchy theme.

Mario 3 also.

 

[Captain Tenneal]

This ones a banger

 

[Darkavius]

Mario 3 also.

I'll raise you that and say that Super Mario World was vastly superior. I would argue Super Mario World for SNES has the best Mario soundtrack of any Mario game ever.

 

[Darkavius]

The Streets of Rage video games have a lot of good music.

 

[UberHere]

I'll raise you that and say that Super Mario World was vastly superior. I would argue Super Mario World for SNES has the best Mario soundtrack of any Mario game ever.

Yeah this had a fantastic soundtrack. The echoing in caves was done really well for sound effects.




This is masterpiece composition right here

 

[UberHere]

Anyone get into Mario Paint? People have done really cool things with their music composer.

 

[Pepper]

Are we going to pretend like ToeJam and Earl never existed?

 

[UberHere]

Are we going to pretend like ToeJam and Earl never existed?

Another fantastic soundtrack

This one used to get into my head

 

[Natural Order]

Level 1-2 in Super Mario Bros.

Everybody born between 1975 and 1990 should have that burned into their brain!

 

[TrueBias]

Catchy doesnt really mean good tho. I LOVE the elevator music (holy shit, elevator music?) In Y Tower in Streets of rage remake.

 

[Rygu]

FF2 (4 in Japan) is to this day the GOAT soundtrack imo.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

 

[Satsui Ryu]

I'm a big fan of shmups. The Star Soldier series, Gradius series, and anything made by Toaplan or Cave have awesome music. But the genre in general has some of the best music in video games.

 

[Madmick]

Mega Man III is the GOAT.

 

[Razberry]

Megaman 2 - Woodman
Castlevania - Bloody tears
Batman - Streets of desolation

 

[Wrath of Foamy]