Prog and Video Games
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Topic: Prog and Video Games
Posted By: Flying Dutchman
Subject: Prog and Video Games
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 21:22
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Call me a nerd, but I find this type of stuff very interesting. Anyway, just put any prog songs that remind you of video games (name the video game, of course.) For me- The music all throughout the "Do you Believe in the Day" part of Thick as a Brick- reminds me of Zelda: A link to the Past for the super nintendo. Lots of Rush songs, particularly the synth era, make me think of Jak II for some strange reason. These include: Subdivisions, Big Money, Spirit of Radio, Camera Eye, Analog Kid, Enemy Within, 2112 to a small extent, others I can't remember. The synth line right after 'Here come the calvary" in Genesis- The Battle of Epping Forest reminds me very much of Super Mario Brothers for Super Nintendo. Yeah it's real nerdy. Don't be ashamed though. |
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 21:29
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I'm a real big fan of Video Game music! I was wondering if I was the only one. Now I know i'm not.  -------------  
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: Gianthogweed
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 21:33
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Tarkus - the final battle vs. Kefka in final fantasy vi Starship Trooper - the opening song of Solstice The Barbarian - the noise the original playstation makes when you turn it on Ashes are Burning (middle bell section) - Chrono Cross temple of the ancients. |
Posted By: Ishmael
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 22:47
| A lot of Dream Theater and LTE reminded me of the music from this old motorcycle racing game called moto racer. Dont really know why though, havent played the game since around 4th grade.(is in 10th grade) |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 23:00
Rhayader Goes to Town from Camel's The Snow Goose reminds of Zelda in many ways, and Frank Zappa's album Francesco Zappa sounds like an old 8 bit RPG. ------------- 
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Posted By: luckyman_123
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 23:00
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Yes. Or Genesis. Anything my those two sounds perfect in old Zelda, Mario, maybe even Contra... |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 23:08
You nerd ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Flying Dutchman wrote:Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 23:28
I've thought the same things listening to both of these songs... I thought I was insane .I've come up with lots of other examples over time, but I can't remember any of them off the top of my head right now, unfortunately. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Ty1020/"> 
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Posted By: mickstafa
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 23:57
| I work as a professional game artist. At our studio, a co-worker was playing a CD of rock video game music -- things like remakes of classic NES games. Anyhow, it was very proggy. Lots of tempo changes, varied instrumentation, long songs.... Cool stuff! |
Posted By: ambriz
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 00:18
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There is a part in the song "Short Time News" by Dreamscape that
reminds me of a course level on Donkey Kong Country 2. At minute 1:31,
when the guitar starts with a strange sound involving "waves" for
instance. The level in discussion is the one where you are in the
middle of a wicked forest. I can't believe I don't remember very well, DCK 2 being one of my favorite games ever.  ------------- Progressive music, a kind of life. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 00:24
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Check out The Black Mages,they play Final Fantasy music.Great stuff. Their album Final Fantasy Battle Music is incredible.The music is less orchestrated,with a harder edge and it's pretty proggy. -------------  |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 03:31
You beat me to it Jody  ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: Rising Force
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 03:33
| Video game music can be very cool, like the Final Fantasy series, Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, Mario Bros. series, Castlevania, and Aero the Acrobat. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 04:34
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For some reason I've always asociated Pigs (Three Different Kinds) with the graveyard section in Red Faction 2, the creepy music goes with the creepy atmosphere. Joe Satriani's Summer Song works well on Gran Turismo 4 as well. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 04:37
In Myst 4 revelations Peter Gabriel has a special song only for that game...he even appears in the game too  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: Gomurisu
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 04:57
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Actually, when you think about it, Yes's, Tull's or Genesis' music
would fit well in Zelda. As a Zelda-fan, I would appreciate it! Anyone here played Halo 2? The sountrack is really proggy, I could compare it with King Crimson's or Rush's heaviest. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Phoenix_/?chartstyle=RecordArmMonochrome"> 
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 05:37
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I used to listen "Songs from The Wood" by JETHRO TULL when playing...
...with Amiga500, and now there's an association with these. |
Posted By: Duskfighter
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 05:55
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Castlevania Especially since Symphony X did a song for one of the games (can't remember the name of it.. the one on PSX) ------------- If death is but a dream then don't let me... fall asleep http://www.last.fm/user/Duskfighter/ |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 06:10
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The music of Diablo 2 is very proggy.
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: the man machine
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 11:02
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a freind of mine told me yes did the music for a game .
does anyone know anymore? |
Posted By: Zweck
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 11:22
Let's see your Curriculum Vitae. I recently saw a movie of some japanese guy playing all three voices of the original Mario-music, he also replicated various in-game sounds(Jump, pick up coins, beat the crap out of the Enemy, und so weiter)here and there. If only he'd use his powers for good. |
Posted By: Space Dimentia
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 11:26
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Video game music rules! My mate has a band that primarilly plays video game music covers! LOL I like to noodle around on my guitar with bits and bobs of Video gmae music beacuse its fun and is easy to play on the guitar. Hay even Dragonforce use it in their albums especailly their new album 'Inhuman Rampage' its full of video game music or video game-esque music. ------------- Prog is music for the mind Hear your Orphaned child! Check out my bands myspace site: www.myspace.com/equinox17 |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 11:31
No they didn't.  But John Petrucci wrote and performed the ending credits music for a Sega Saturn game called Necronomicon! 
Yeah, it's called Homeworld, it's like Warcraft in space and 3D (this was pre-Starcraft I believe). The song in question? Homeworld (The Ladder). Certain editions of The Ladder CD contained a demo for the game. ------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: The Lost Chord
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 11:35
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any strawbs music reminds me of SOCOM 3 online, because i blasted every new album i got while i played online....classic. -------------  "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: erlenst
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 12:13
| Hmm.. Ekseption - Partita no.2 in C Minor is very .... Castlevania-like I think. |
Posted By: shyman
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 12:17
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I agree with The Black Mages saying. They sound pretty good, quite different from what is comonly heard. Actually some J-Rock have kind of a progressive touch, like Malice Mizer, for example. In general, there are many videogames, specially RPGs with good soundtracks, usually with lots of orchestral elements. I'm also a fan of videogames music as well and I don't think that is particulary bad |
Posted By: CandyAppleRed
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 12:27
| Bowie did some stuff on the Nomad Soul, which was unfortuantely great music on a turkey of a game! At one stage if you manage to get a ticket to a certain club, a cyber-Bowie performs live as a bonus. |
Posted By: Hemispheres
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 17:14
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i usto play star ocean to genesis wind and withering because it was the only cd around and i played star ocean and listened to it for a week or so. whenever i play that album i think of star ocean ------------- [IMG]http://www.wheresthatfrom.com/avatars/miguelsanchez.gif">[IMG]http://www.rockphiles.com/all_images/Act_Images/TheMothersOfInvention/mothers300.jpg"> |
Posted By: D.Noisserger
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 17:28
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ELP - Rondo (live at montrieux) --> Really like a boss theme in FF7
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Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 17:29
Yeah, I've always thought that, too. Steve Vai did some of the music for the game (pretty much any time you hear an electric guitar, that's him), so that would explain it a bit. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Ty1020/">
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Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 17:32
Yeah, one of the things Herman Li was saying about the new album was that they made a lot of video game noises with thier guitars. I've only heard a couple of songs, but the "going down a tube" noise from the Mario games was cool .------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Ty1020/">
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 18:27
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even the music in the calssic mario games are proggy! I was watching some G4 (videogame channel) and I noticed that alot of the videogame composers where influenced by progressive rock. ------------- 
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Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 19:03
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The Opening of Watcher of the Skies by Genesis really reminds me of the song playing in Final Fantasy 9 when you get to fly the invincible.
For some reason, I actually think that the song was borrow from watcher of the skies, cuz it has the same melody as i remember it. If i can only find it on the net i could make another comparison, cuz i havent owned my playstation for a while. ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |
Posted By: MrHiccup
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 19:23
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You're right!! You can find midis at http://www.vgmusic.com - http://www.vgmusic.com (it's really useful when making comparisons!) Ok, here's my list...: Focus-Janis =>"At the South Gate Border", from Final Fantasy IX. Focus-Neurotika =>Sounds like a mix between "Clash on the Big Bridge" (the original, not the Black Mages version), from FFV, and "Still More Fighting", from VII. Focus-Elspeth Of Nottingham => "Kids Run Through the City Corner" (FFVI). Focus-Anonymus II => It reminds me of "Driver, you are the Wheelman". ELP-Toccata => Sometimes, it sounds like the music from the Lifa Tree from FFIX. ELP-Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression and ELP-Trilogy => Some parts sound a lot like "Run!" from FFIX. ELP-Fanfare for the Common Man => "Walking the Snowy Mountains" from FFV. The Enid-Humouresque => "Hunter's Chance" (the original version) from FFIX. Genesis-Watcher of the Skies => "The Evil Mist's Rebirth" from FFIX. "Crazy Motorcycle", "The Birth of a God" (from FFVII) and "Maybe I'm a Lion" (from FFVIII) sound like Deep Purple songs. "JENOVA" (both the original and the Black Mages version) reminds me of the Blade Runner music (by Vangelis). Vangelis-Conquest of Paradise => "Terra's theme" from FFVI. They use the sequence of "La Folia", wich also appears on "Vamo' Alla Flamenco","Black Mages Village" and "Limited Time", from FFIX. Pink Floyd-Is There Anybody Out There? => "Succession of Witches", "Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec" and "The Extreme", from FFVIII (Uematsu uses this sequence A LOT, it also appears on other FF games). Final Fantasy battle music sounds A LOT like "The battle of Evermore", by Led Zeppelin. Monkey Island 2 music reminds me of "Being for the Benefit of Mr.Kite!" from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Ok, enough for today (I'm sure I knew some more)... I'll be back.
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 19:28
are you perhaps a FF fan?  -------------
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Posted By: santiagomo87
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 19:29
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I have a ska/jazz cover of the tetris song that is supposed to be played by Mr. Bungle but I have searched on the web for information confirming that and I can't find it anywhere, if anyone knows about it please tell me. Anyways this song is really cool very jazzy and proggy with a really nice sax solo. ------------- Santiago |
Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 20:01
NERDS   Just kidding Im just like all of you guys  because video games are cool  (well, some times they are adictive, but Im not a video games adict).A lot of songs of ELP remain me some video games music of the NES or SNES, the instrumental part of Metropolis Pt1 sounds like Megaman. The Castlevania soundtrack is very progy. When i listen prog some friends ask me if that is a video game song or someting like that. ------------- 
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Posted By: Construkction
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 20:08
| The second level in Mario Brothers - ( the cavern with the goombas ) reminds me of everything that King Crimson has wrote. |
Posted By: Flying Dutchman
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 21:40
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I got another couple guys... The beginning synth lines of Tank by ELP remind me of Zelda boss music. The Intro to Lost by VdGG reminds me of some music from A Link to the Past... don't remember which... probably the dark town or something. |
Posted By: drumsandbass
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 22:02
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The Sherrif (ELP's Trilogy)-Hill Zone in Sonic The Hedgehog 2.
Benny The Bouncer (ELP's BSS)-sounds like anything out of Super Mario Bros. Toccata (ELP's BSS)- Starfox 64 The music in The Old Sonic Games owned. Anybody know of any groups who have similar sounding material? |
Posted By: MrHiccup
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 09:54
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Some more: Vangelis - Hymn => "The Salt Flats", from FFVIII. Vangelis - Love Theme From Blade Runner => "My Mind" (FFVIII). Vangelis - L'Enfant => The music from the PSX version of "Theme Park". Vangelis - Celtic Dawn => The music from "Unreal" (PC). Vangelis - Prologue and Main Titles (Blade Runner) => Opening music from FFVII. Vangelis - Mythodea (1st movement) => "Overture", from FFVIII. The Beatles - Norwegian Wood => "Guardia Millenial Fair", from Chrono Trigger. Chrono Trigger - Bike Chase => It sounds like Deep Purple. Pink Floyd - The Trial => "Kingdom Trial", (Chrono Trigger). ELP - Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression => Music from the first level of "Steel Empire" (Sega Genesis/Megadrive) ELP - The Endless Enigma, Pt. 1 => Intro music from "X-Com" (PC). ELP - Hoedown => "Techno de Chocobo", from FFVI, and "Fiddle de Chocobo" (FFVII). Well, that's it for today... ------------- Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends... |
Posted By: Gentle Tull
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 15:07
Woah that's just what I was gonna write. Also, I think the beginning of part 2 of Thick sounds like Zelda, before the music comes in, when its just wind sounds and flute. ------------- 
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Posted By: Flying Dutchman
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 18:25
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I just thought of another one- the really cool church organ line during the really spacy, atmospheric part of Awaken by Yes reminds me of the music from Hollow Bastion in Kingdom Hearts... yeah I play Disney Video games... not really that's the only one... and I must say its darn good! |
Posted By: thanos
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 18:47
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2112 reminds me warcraft 3 ------------- for any comments:[email protected] |
Posted By: Shrump
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 18:56
| The sync'd solo in Metropolis pt. 1 reminds me of Sonic the hedgehog. Especially the music when you get invincible. |
Posted By: Flying Dutchman
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 06:29
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Great guys keep 'em coming! I thought of another one- the music and lyrics in The Court of the Crimson King (song) remind me heavily of Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest for the SNES. |
Posted By: MrHiccup
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 17:44
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Another one...: ELP - Memoirs of an Officer and Gentleman/Honorable Company reminds me of "Zidane's Theme", from Final Fantasy IX. And some parts of Hamburguer Concerto (Focus) sound like the music from "Spyro the dragon"... ------------- Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends... |
Posted By: Gianthogweed
Date Posted: February 12 2006 at 23:20
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The village music in Diablo 1 sounds like something Genesis would have done. |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: February 12 2006 at 23:29
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How about the Incubus 27 minute epic from Halo 2. Now THAT is an
incredible video game song. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: Mharo
Date Posted: February 12 2006 at 23:34
Is buying the game the only way to get that? I'd love to hear it but I don't know if they've released it separately. ------------- Suritis: The Remembering. Hopefully we should appreciate that given points in time are not so significant as the nature of what is impressed on the mind, and how it is retained and used. |
Posted By: Black Mog
Date Posted: February 13 2006 at 00:10
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hehe fragile27... This song from incubus is just amazing... WOW !!! I listen to Incubus since i heard this song and i really love what they make !
And what about the music in the games MEGAMAN... The soundtracks on this game is just amazing.. IMO, its surely the more complex music did in a game at this time.. ------------- 2 Rights make 1 Wrong 
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Posted By: Black Mog
Date Posted: February 13 2006 at 00:13
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oh i forget.... The village music in Diablo 1 reminds me the song "Closure" of Opeth ------------- 2 Rights make 1 Wrong
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: February 13 2006 at 00:16
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I haven't read all of this thread and I don't know if it has been mentionned before but I really like this website : vgmusic.com All of the video game music you can think of is on this website. Enjoy! -------------
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |