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Which NES soundtrack do you find very relaxing?

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    There's something profoundly relaxing and sound-bathic about it, spesh with a low pass filter or filtering out all the treble.

    The House song from Mother 1 is amazing and so is the rest of the album in this light

    Try it; I double-dare you

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    The title track from Shadowgate is awesome.

    If you're into nixing the treble, Super Glove Ball's whole soundtrack goes bass only when you pause the game.

    SNES recommendation: Super R type has a killer soundtrack.

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    • tal@lemmy.todayT [email protected]

      Chrono Trigger - Main Theme

      Note that this is SNES.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTLgPXnFnks&list=RDzTLgPXnFnks&start_radio=1

      An orchestral remix, I believe rendered with some MIDI synth; the artist here appears to have done two CDs:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi_D97cHcbQ&list=PLTHOcnhIuPOvEJd8WJI6kaJbQG0NeKtaY

      Castlevania II - Simon’s Quest - Town at Daytime

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUujTBkG-04

      Mega Man 2 - Bubble Man Stage

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEULEvmq7yE

      Super Mario Bros 2 - Game End

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GB8SSIK0sQ

      River City Ransom - Menu/Shop Theme

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8IXsFnwZC4

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      Thanks for doing the leg work! So many memories!

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      • eightpix@lemmy.worldE [email protected]

        That Super Mario Bros 2 - Game End lullaby is perfect.

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        When I first beat it as a kid, I just sat there for 10 minutes listening. This song has permanent resistance in my head.

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        • C [email protected]

          There's something profoundly relaxing and sound-bathic about it, spesh with a low pass filter or filtering out all the treble.

          The House song from Mother 1 is amazing and so is the rest of the album in this light

          Try it; I double-dare you

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          #44

          The main theme from Solstice is also a fucking banger

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gObHt1uZA

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            The title track from Shadowgate is awesome.

            If you're into nixing the treble, Super Glove Ball's whole soundtrack goes bass only when you pause the game.

            SNES recommendation: Super R type has a killer soundtrack.

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            The title track from Shadowgate is awesome.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5kxc1HPzmc&list=PL46BF8396C28B382F&index=14

            If you’re into nixing the treble, Super Glove Ball’s whole soundtrack goes bass only when you pause the game.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkRh3nhyFQg&list=PLBC4752A8A85DF440

            I'm guessing that this is paused.

            SNES recommendation: Super R type has a killer soundtrack.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC-6J9A7dAw&list=PLErsx10Ke4uwrNGRBpICylxwwGD80nQ_L

            "HD" version; not clear to me how this was generated:

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRubKdGd3Ik&list=PL72153D06B0B75736

            MIDI-sequenced remaster from some project to create MIDI versions of SNES music:

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ApAJHJDjc4

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            • C [email protected]

              There's something profoundly relaxing and sound-bathic about it, spesh with a low pass filter or filtering out all the treble.

              The House song from Mother 1 is amazing and so is the rest of the album in this light

              Try it; I double-dare you

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              #46

              Since you specified NES, og Zelda and Maniac Mansion

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                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gObHt1uZA&list=PL359EEF6EAF867283

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                #47

                This is so cheeky. He starts off with the most generic NES music imaginable then proceeds to simply obliterate its soundchip.

                Spot on. 🤘

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                  Composer put out straight fire on this one

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                  #48

                  Apparently the Solstice music was done by one Tim Follin, who also did the Pictionary music that was also mentioned here.

                  EDIT:

                  A Look at Tim Follin's Impressive Video Game Soundtracks

                  A Musical Analysis of Tim Follin's "1-Bit" Music

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                    Since you specified NES, og Zelda and Maniac Mansion

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                    og Zelda

                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvytTVeTxCE&list=PL71E19E7A8803384C

                    Maniac Mansion

                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2MRzs8zZnw&list=PL5B09C2C90D3C5E61

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                    • C [email protected]

                      There's something profoundly relaxing and sound-bathic about it, spesh with a low pass filter or filtering out all the treble.

                      The House song from Mother 1 is amazing and so is the rest of the album in this light

                      Try it; I double-dare you

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                      The game is sorta crap even though I like it, but I find The Blues Brothers NES OST very comfy.

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                      • sixtyforce@sh.itjust.worksS [email protected]

                        The game is sorta crap even though I like it, but I find The Blues Brothers NES OST very comfy.

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                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwY6Kn5qOLY

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                        • tal@lemmy.todayT [email protected]

                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwY6Kn5qOLY

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                          Track 2! Haha thanks.

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                            There's something profoundly relaxing and sound-bathic about it, spesh with a low pass filter or filtering out all the treble.

                            The House song from Mother 1 is amazing and so is the rest of the album in this light

                            Try it; I double-dare you

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                            #53

                            The ending to Dragon Warrior IV
                            https://youtu.be/BAG4mz6V6xQ

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                              The House song from Mother 1 is amazing and so is the rest of the album in this light

                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGU8PcZmN64&list=PL72325BBD77D6DBE9&index=25

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                              #54

                              I'll do a MIDI render for the heck of it as well to illustrate for anyone else who might have an interest in doing MIDI renders of NES audio tracks.

                              :::spoiler MIDI render walkthrough

                              Starting from the eb0_mother_livehousesong.mid MIDI-sequenced version here:

                              https://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/nintendo/nes/

                              Use MIDI soundfont Musyng Kite (a more-realistic, not-very-synthy soundfont; there will be ones that'll be closer to the NES, but this will have the non-synth instruments sound more-realistic) converted to .sf2.

                              Use TiMidity++ to render to a WAVE file (could just play it directly, too, but I want to upload it):

                              $ timidity --volume-compensation --anti-alias -in -D10 -S20M -OsS -c ~/.timidity/timidity.cfg -EFresamp=L -EFreverb -EFvlpf -EFchorus=s -EFdelay -EFns -Ow -o eb0_mother_livehousesong.wav
                              $ cat ~/.timidity/timidity.cfg
                              soundfont "/home/tal/m/sw/sf2/Musyng_Kite.sf2"
                              $
                              

                              Convert to Opus-encoded WebM, as Lemmy will accept inline WebM:

                              $ ffmpeg -i eb0_mother_livehousesong.wav -vcodec vnull -acodec libopus eb0_mother_livehousesong.webm
                              

                              And then uploading to catbox.moe.

                              Referencing the video in a spoiler tag, because I don't know of an audio-only format that Lemmy is okay with, and the Lemmy Web UI tries making a large video player for WebM:

                              :::spoiler MIDI render
                              ![](https://files.catbox.moe/5fgrfg.webm)
                              :::
                              

                              :::

                              :::spoiler MIDI render

                              :::

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                              • C [email protected]

                                There's something profoundly relaxing and sound-bathic about it, spesh with a low pass filter or filtering out all the treble.

                                The House song from Mother 1 is amazing and so is the rest of the album in this light

                                Try it; I double-dare you

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                                See also:

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                                https://retro.sx/music

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                                • C [email protected]

                                  There's something profoundly relaxing and sound-bathic about it, spesh with a low pass filter or filtering out all the treble.

                                  The House song from Mother 1 is amazing and so is the rest of the album in this light

                                  Try it; I double-dare you

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                                  #56

                                  This might be a weird, obscure game, I think, but I LOVE the Act 1 Part 1 song from Totally Rad and Act 1 Part 2 is my second favorite NES tune. The whole OST is just fire.

                                  https://youtu.be/vLbR-vm-Ry8 - Part 1

                                  https://youtu.be/l-IZG44nfvk - Part 2

                                  The game started as a sort of jrpg sidescroller, but it got... butchered from "Americanizing". Still gnarly, though (heh).

                                  Also, honorable mention, all the music from The Guardian Legend. All of it. I love that game so much.

                                  The Guardian Legend OST - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEOQ0YA_1DWlqKUJkOJaJL0YB2brVTCFd

                                  One of the best songs - https://youtu.be/W2q0aIql0Qw

                                  Oh shit, and this one (sorry, I'm like a kid in a candy shop trying to pick my favorite when it comes to NES) - https://youtu.be/o_VzSKgTye0

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                                  • thisisamanwhoknowshowtogling@lemmy.dbzer0.comT [email protected]

                                    Gonma be honest, I love the Pictionary theme

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                                    Lmao wth. Was not expecting a bump from Pictionary. This is so good.

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                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RDOuYqzADI&list=PLEOQ0YA_1DWlUrLeXOwEOD4o_ncb302fT

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                                      Nice! Wandering and Awakening in particular

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                                      • eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.comE [email protected]

                                        Lmao wth. Was not expecting a bump from Pictionary. This is so good.

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                                        If you think thats good, listen to this shit

                                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gObHt1uZA

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                                          If you think thats good, listen to this shit

                                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gObHt1uZA

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                                          Oh hell yeah. I'll take Solstice any day. What a legendary game. One of the best platform-puzzle titles for it's time. You just can't understand it until you play it.

                                          I never had the manual, so it was confusing as hell for a while. Most stories for NES games came from the manual. NES manuals were half guides, half prologue novels.

                                          You play this song and I will instantly know where its from - https://youtu.be/N3YrrUtQ7-g

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