History AwesomeMusic / OtherComposers

* ''[[https://youtu.be/JJVxYZO-kcw Impossamole]]'' on the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} and UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16, particularly the latter.

* Of course, [[https://youtu.be/NqAsGDgvPyo this list]] [[https://youtu.be/Ci-tQoClilk isn't]] [[https://youtu.be/B5es6RYapEA complete]] [[https://youtu.be/UqeLkNefU-c without]] [[https://youtu.be/TGk6oWI1g0c the music]] [[https://youtu.be/HEANOr-Sod8 to the awesome]] ''Turrican'' trilogy on the UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}} and UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}, [[https://youtu.be/xdY4EKAcW4Q including]] ''[[https://youtu.be/pYHNvYSgEAA Mega Turrican]]'' for the SegaGenesis/MegaDrive.

* Of course, [[https://youtu.be/NqAsGDgvPyo this list]] [[https://youtu.be/Ci-tQoClilk isn't]] [[https://youtu.be/B5es6RYapEA complete]] [[https://youtu.be/UqeLkNefU-c without]] [[https://youtu.be/TGk6oWI1g0c the music]] [[https://youtu.be/HEANOr-Sod8 to the awesome]] ''Turrican'' trilogy on the UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}} and UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}, [[https://youtu.be/xdY4EKAcW4Q including]] [[https://youtu.be/pYHNvYSgEAA ''Mega Turrican'']] for the SegaGenesis/MegaDrive.

* The background score Chris composed for ''VIdeoGame/TunnelB1'' deserves a mention. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMbkx63BN3w It's surprisingly memorable and catchy]].

* Since some of his songs are already on other pages, let's go for something that even has WebVideo/{{Benzaie}} rockin' out. Yes, we're referring to ''Lotus Turbo Challenge 2''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2bwja5fk-w Watch VGMusicoftheday's video here for proof.]]
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJVxYZO-kcw Impossamole]]'' on the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} and UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16, particularly the latter.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhZBDNQ3gas RoboCop]]'' (Game Boy and home computers). It sounds nothing like any theme heard in the movie. And it was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpWeMWbKBIk licensed for use in a TV ad]] for ''home appliances'', of all things.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4kqZuA8axQ Jurassic Park]]'' (NES and Game Boy). Oddly enough, the overworld theme (2nd in the [=YouTube=] link) is an adaptation of Martin Galway's theme from ''Comic Bakery'' on C64. It's still a catchy arrangement.
** Also, the SNES version. There are good songs, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1EGNaPTACc this one]], also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxWH-h4uphs this one]]. And what about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dataRTGfuRk this one]], too? Oh, man, the SNES version is filled with Awesome Music.
** And meanwhile, in the waiting time, listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoxIFOoEBn0 these]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHEcfz_sDaA ones]].
* The SNES soundtrack for the adaptation for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDnr4PqYtok The Shadow]]'' film released in 1994. A perfect mix of dark, suspenseful orchestral music and electronica. Real shame that the game was [[{{Vaporware}} never released]] because it is one of the best Super Nintendo [=OSTs=] out there,
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKugau_Vw6I Platoon]]'' (NES and home computers). So awesome, it was sampled by DJ Diplo in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faf0wdMHiTA "Diplo Rhythm"]]

* ''Hudson Hawk'' may have been a notoriously bad movie adapted into an obscurely mediocre NES game by an absolutely terrible developer... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBGYr0Do9q8 but it sure had some kickass tunes]].

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssvZolPmmu0 Bomb Jack]]'' for Game Boy. See also the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tuIiJpjeYg in-game music]]. Those are the only two tunes in the game, but they're both epic.

* While we're at it, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbTLwDDYSck the first Smurfs game]] also had some awesome music.
* ''Asterix'' for NES. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-VXBxd2pmo Rome level theme]] is particularly epic. (Alas, this one was never released in North America, and won't even ''run'' on an NTSC system. A shame, because the music is that awesome.)
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKuQj-aCm70 Asterix & Obelix]]'' for SNES. This was the only Super Nintendo game that Gonzalez had ever done, but it still has that "Gonzalez style" to it, with a more orchestral sound that makes it sound more varied and '''epic'''. (Like the NES game, this was only released in the PAL regions.) [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4E49455C4D9237A6 The Game Boy version of]] ''Asterix & Obelix'', which has a completely different soundtrack, is great too.
* ''Looney Tunes Collector'' for Game Boy. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxWxmYZCzMw intro theme]] is particularly funky.

* The ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' series has incredible music. It might be best described as the result of putting the emotive and situationally-iconic music of traditional JRPG soundtracks into a blender along with the hellish noise horror of Silent Hill, turning it to "Liquify," and pushing the "On" button. Examples: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhsmXIpWI_s one of many versions of Icaro]], very much [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXjaKhGLkXw The Fate]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irGCdR0rTM4 Hardcore to the Brain]] (boss music!), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZv88h5WtUk Alice]] (you'll especially think so after playing ''Shadow Hearts: Covenant''), and so much more.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aMHNc_Lm08 Ladder to Heaven]].
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa0mfu5wZdw Imbroglio]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MRHV_Cf41E Final Battle (Lady Tears II)]] is nothing short of brilliant.
** ''From the New World'' gives us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo6k_26lzAU Sabbath Demon Banquet]]

* Of course, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAsGDgvPyo this list]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci-tQoClilk isn't]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5es6RYapEA complete]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqeLkNefU-c without]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGk6oWI1g0c the music]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEANOr-Sod8 to the awesome]] ''Turrican'' trilogy on the UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}} and UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdY4EKAcW4Q including]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYHNvYSgEAA ''Mega Turrican'']] for the SegaGenesis/MegaDrive.
* ''VideoGame/TheGreatGianaSisters'' has the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bgqYIMp_1M intro theme]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mafip6Am99c title theme]].
* ''Oxxonian'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wllkfz-Zlv4 title theme]] is quite catchy.
* ''VideoGame/RType'''s received some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vmoj8xzqkk impressive music]] when it got ported to the Commodore 64. Most of the tracks used only two of the three SID chip channels, the remaining channel used for sound effects.
* ''VideoGame/RogueSquadron'''s Rogue Theme, which is now iconic to the series, as it reappears in each installment: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maZWYBCKgIg Rogue Squadron]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVbfd_RGCDs Rogue Leader]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOikMxVgsp8 Rebel Strike]].

* The demo track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7_RAJQ02eA "Shades"]], which also has an awesome [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT_qLnBcwJw remix]] by Mind.in.a.Box.

* Kenji Ito, one of the composers for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' (he only did three songs), created some pretty badass tunes for a few lost gems of video games past. Check out the music [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aM2TtyX4iQ in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5C85URF47E these]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoRZl4Wkt_Y videos.]][[/folder]]

* Hideki Naganuma deserves some more attention as the chief musician for both ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' games. Start your education with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya8Srg9ngoU the original's title theme,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdts93IDGyI the pulse-pounding "Sneakman"]], the almost-rock [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFu7LFlaCCA Rock it On]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJEkdbg8dxc "Grace and Glory"]], which manages to mix OminousLatinChanting and technorap. ''Successfully.''
* Many people feel that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya8Srg9ngoU Let Mom Sleep]] is Hideki Naganuma's best song. Some prefer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljP6tD1D1ck the remix]].

---> UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDXL1BR4AnM THE CONCEPT OF LOVE!]]
** And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-WZhmBhtOc Funky Dealer]].
* Have some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhq0IpvyMQk Jeh Jeh Rocket]], some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pRmZInUsKA Vela Nova]], and exactly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx0CQDc2rMU What U Need]]. Then from Ollie King, we have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH7oi8kFqgM Boarder 70]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYOsz7tjbsM Funk to the Top]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ-Y5IHBigU Brother Goes Away]], my personal favorite [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLSD8SMfE4U Let it Go]], and... You know what? Just type "Hideki Naganuma" into youtube. Or any of the three games mentioned here. You won't go wrong.
* He also did the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZb1iS1K5vk Smooth Sherbet]] theme from ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall: Banana Blitz''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t6mm3lX8nU ROCKIN COMMANDER]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUgllSsu5Y8 VENDOR POP]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpjrBFi9PZ0 SOLIDNESS]] almost feel out of place in ''Super Monkey Ball''[='=]s cheery atmosphere.

** Some examples include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89wBPKg51rU Messij]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqHJfAt_UbY Onyx]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAX03MEkMCc Doh-t]].

* The music from ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQB3KZDeYQ8 Leander]]'' for Amiga was also written by him-- with the exception of the title theme, which was Matt Simmonds' work. AwesomeMusic/MattFurniss then covered these tunes excellently on the Mega Drive under the title ''Galahad''.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9UTnUcyED0 title]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7SRlCkVtzg theme]] from Creator/{{Psygnosis}}' ''VideoGame/{{Agony|1992}}''.

* Yes, [[Creator/DavidLynch THAT]] [[http://www.worldsoundtrackawards.be/news2.cgi?go=detail&id=657〈=en Angelo]] [[http://www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-Production-Artists-A-Ba/Badalamenti-Angelo.html Badalamenti]]. He composed the soundtrack for ''Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy'', and true to Badalamenti form it's one of the most haunting, nuanced, and emotional soundtracks of its generation (that being [=PS2=]/Xbox/GC). The "Action/Danger/Chase" theme that plays during [[spoiler: Lucas' escape from the police on the streets of NYC, Lucas' apartment falling apart and attacking him, and his fights with the Oracle]] is one of the best examples, but it's often the music you don't consciously notice that has the greatest effect. Badalamenti KNOWS how to do subtle.

* ''Oxxonian'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wllkfz-Zlv4 title theme]] is quite the EarWorm.

* If you ever played ''Top Gear Rally'' on the Nintendo 64, you would know the entire game has a stunning soundtrack to listen to, regardless of whether you're playing on the NTSC or PAL/NTSCJ versions of the game. If you don't believe us, check [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MwVGunH45k&index=1&list=PLD3352B3A3A3410A7 this playlist of all the songs here]] to find out yourself.

* He also did the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZb1iS1K5vk Smooth Sherbet]] theme from ''SuperMonkeyBall: Banana Blitz''.

* ''GreatGianaSisters'' has the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bgqYIMp_1M intro theme]] and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mafip6Am99c title theme]].

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKuQj-aCm70 Asterix & Obelix]]'' for SNES. This was the only Super Nintendo game that Gonzalez had ever done, but it still has that "Gonzalez style" to it, with a more orchestral sound that makes it sound more varied and '''epic'''. (Like the game right above, this was only released in the PAL regions.)
** [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4E49455C4D9237A6 The Game Boy version of]] ''Asterix & Obelix'', which has a completely different soundtrack, is great too.

* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXzB1C2UAHI Turok: Battle of the Bionosaurs]]'' for Game Boy, its two sequels, and to top it off, its GaidenGame ''Turok: Rage Wars'', whose most awesome tune is, alas, not on [=YouTube=] anymore.

* ''RogueSquadron'''s Rogue Theme, which is now iconic to the series, as it reappears in each installment: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maZWYBCKgIg Rogue Squadron]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVbfd_RGCDs Rogue Leader]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOikMxVgsp8 Rebel Strike]].

* Yes, [[DavidLynch THAT]] [[http://www.worldsoundtrackawards.be/news2.cgi?go=detail&id=657〈=en Angelo]] [[http://www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-Production-Artists-A-Ba/Badalamenti-Angelo.html Badalamenti]]. He composed the soundtrack for ''Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy'', and true to Badalamenti form it's one of the most haunting, nuanced, and emotional soundtracks of its generation (that being [=PS2=]/Xbox/GC). The "Action/Danger/Chase" theme that plays during [[spoiler: Lucas' escape from the police on the streets of NYC, Lucas' apartment falling apart and attacking him, and his fights with the Oracle]] is one of the best examples, but it's often the music you don't consciously notice that has the greatest effect. Badalamenti KNOWS how to do subtle.

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9UTnUcyED0 title]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7SRlCkVtzg theme]] from Creator/{{Psygnosis}}' ''VideoGame/{{Agony}}''.

* Yes, [[DavidLynch THAT]] [[http://www.worldsoundtrackawards.be/news2.cgi?go=detail&id=657〈=en Angelo]] [[http://www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-Production-Artists-A-Ba/Badalamenti-Angelo.html Badalamenti]]. He composed the soundtrack for ''Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy'', and true to Badalamenti form it's one of the most haunting, nuanced, and emotional soundtracks of its generation (that being PS2/Xbox/GC). The "Action/Danger/Chase" theme that plays during [[spoiler: Lucas' escape from the police on the streets of NYC, Lucas' apartment falling apart and attacking him, and his fights with the Oracle]] is one of the best examples, but it's often the music you don't consciously notice that has the greatest effect. Badalamenti KNOWS how to do subtle.

* Tim has made impressive contributions in terms of video game compositions, but his best work can be heard throughout the entire Wipeout franchise, from its earliest game on the PS1 to the current titles on [=PS3=] and PSP.

* Tim has made impressive contributions in terms of video game compositions, but his best work can be heard throughout the entire Wipeout franchise, from its earliest game on the PS1 to the current titles on PS3 and PSP.

** Also, the SNES version. There are good songs, such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1EGNaPTACc this one]], also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxWH-h4uphs this one]]. And what about [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dataRTGfuRk this one]], too? Oh, man, the SNES version is filled with Crowning Music Of Awesome.

* The SNES soundtrack for the adaptation for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDnr4PqYtok The Shadow]]'' film released in 1994. A perfect mix of dark, suspenseful orchestral music and electronica. Real shame that the game was [[VaporWare never released]] because it is one of the best Super Nintendo OST's out there,

* ''Hudson Hawk'' may have been a notoriously bad movie adapted into an obscurely mediocre NES game by a absolutely terrible developer... [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBGYr0Do9q8 but it sure had some kickass tunes]].

* The SNES soundtrack for the adaptation for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDnr4PqYtok The Shadow]]'' film released in 1994. A perfect mix of dark, suspenseful orchestral music and electronica. Real shame that the game was [[Vaporware never released]] because it is one of the best Super Nintendo OST's out there,