Bregalad wrote:
What I'm sad however is to never see anywhere Battletoads (and to a lesser extent it's sequel Battletoads & Double Dragon) mentioned. It really has some of the best songs for the platform.
I enjoy the Battletoads soundtrack, but what especially tickles me is recognizing David Wise's signature sound, which I have always enjoyed. It's especially strong in the second stage Wookie Hole, which sounds right out of DKC2.
David Wise is absolutely one of the most talented video game musicians out there (Tropical Freeze is a straight up contender for best VG OST ever created), but I feel that Battletoads came out slightly before he truly found his thing, and managed to move beyond simplistic structures. There's some nice aspects to some of the tracks, but I can't think of a single one on the OST that really stands out. Which is
your favourite?
FrankenGraphics wrote:It might just be me being skewed by what i heard first, but often feel some soundtracks that were originally composed for expansion chips were made better using just the mainboard channels for nes ports. This goes for most of the castlevania 3 soundtrack, and about 50/50 of the mr. gimmick soundtrack. One explanation is that they went over it a second time for the port, so they spent more time with their compositions. Another is that the more channels you have (and the more saturated they are, timbrally), the more apparent the lack of basic mixing utilities becomes
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I kind of get that with Mr Gimmick. A lot of people tend to pass off the PAL release as a downgrade of the music, but it's the only version of the game I have played, and it still sounds amazing and unlike anything else on the NES, even with the stock soundchip. I don't know if I'd say it's an
improvement, but it's definitely perfectly servicable.
It's hard for me to agree on CV3 though. I can see where you're coming from, but there are just entire layers of songs that are completely missing in the non-expansion-chip version. A track like the clock tower one is just much less interesting. They are still all good, though.