WORST game music - Page 4

junosix · 20 February 2016, 01:52

The Mousetrap music is Claude Debussy's "Golliwog's Cakewalk".

jizmo · 20 February 2016, 10:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Wright

In the Amiga's early days, many games featured sampled passages of "real" music, captured either from commercial recordings (usually without permission) or arcade machines (in the case of conversions). These were all terrible. Either they didn't loop properly (for which the newness of the technology back then is no excuse) or they were digitised by someone waving a condenser microphone vaguely in the direction of a nearby midi hi-fi playing a compact cassette at low volume, or at an arcade machine in another room..

The sample looping, or lack thereof on otherwise professional games has always puzzled me to no end. Some of those sampled songs could've been really nice - Chariots of Wrath for example - but after all the work that has gone into composing and sampling them they're ultimately ruined in the last minute by simple over or undercutting the loops.

I extracted the samples from some games back in the day and getting them to loop nicely / eliminate snapping after that was basically a matter of few seconds.

Mrs Beanbag · 20 February 2016, 14:52

just reminded me of the Michael Jackson Moonwalker game, the first track on that is really badly looped, the rest don't seem as bad though.

why did all these supposedly really high-profile franchises get made by groups nobody has heard of? Does it just go to the lowest bidder or what?

lordofchaos · 20 February 2016, 15:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs Beanbag

just reminded me of the Michael Jackson Moonwalker game, the first track on that is really badly looped, the rest don't seem as bad though.

why did all these supposedly really high-profile franchises get made by groups nobody has heard of? Does it just go to the lowest bidder or what?

It was a conspiracy so the Amiga would fail before it's time...

Either that or nobody had a f**king clue what they were doing.

Fiery Phoenix · 01 March 2016, 10:41

Paperboy 2 comes to mind straight away

Awful

[ Show youtube player ]

s2325 · 01 March 2016, 14:14

Iron Trackers [ Show youtube player ]

Solo Kazuki · 01 March 2016, 17:04

Worst game music? For Amiga? Of course [ Show youtube player ]... nothing mentioned before can beat this!

As one of my pals told me, musician should get face slap for this music.

saimon69 · 01 March 2016, 21:36

However it seems to me of another case of "we have no budget, just make the PC version run", and so the guy did got all the blame...

john1979 · 02 March 2016, 19:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

Well it doesn't surprise me, the in-game music is truly awful and was probably put together by a drunk tone-deaf chimpanzee.

I really enjoyed the music in Agony. Definitely not the worst on Amiga by any means.

amiga_Forever · 10 March 2016, 12:08

If your also talking Commodore 64 as well, i can tell u the most irritating..

Automatia... *aghh*

Thank goodness u cam turn the music off, otherwise i just turn the volume down.

Jim Power on Amiga is good too.. or Shadow of the Beast

PopoCop · 10 March 2016, 16:55

The worst music I've ever heard in Amiga game is intro music in Ultra Violent Worlds. When I first heard it I thought that music file was corrupt.

You can hear it here:
[ Show youtube player ]

lordofchaos · 10 March 2016, 20:12

The sampled "track loops" were the worst offenders in my opinion, not only were they very lazy, they didn't even loop properly.

Codetapper · 11 March 2016, 03:53

What is it about rodent games? For me, [ Show youtube player ] closely followed by [ Show youtube player ] takes the cake as the worst "music" ever. They should play this in an endless loop to rapists and murderers in prison as a form of torture.

jotd · 11 March 2016, 21:27

I was right Mrs Beanbag: [ Show youtube player ]
(C Debussy - Golliwog's Cakewalk)
Much better on the 1913 recording

gary · 14 March 2016, 02:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Codetapper

What is it about rodent games? For me, [ Show youtube player ] closely followed by [ Show youtube player ] takes the cake as the worst "music" ever. They should play this in an endless loop to rapists and murderers in prison as a form of torture.

Haha! Radar Rat Race was one of the first C64 games we had because it was on cartridge and came in a 'Family Pack'. We normally turned the TV volume way down because of the annoying 3 blind mice loop.

On the Amiga - I always hated David Whittaker music because the tune and samples were so simple and rarely changed for each game. It sounded like chip music although it took around 64k of memory. It's as though he put the least effort possible just to make the sound 'good enough' and left it at that. This was sadly appropriate because they seemed to be written for Atari ST ports that only required the game to 'just work' on the Amiga. Whenever I started loading a game and heard that 'wet fish' snare drum I prepared myself for disappointment.

What was worse is that he probably took work away from more aspiring musicians that actually wanted to make good use of the Amiga sound.

Programmer: "We have a game finished for the Atari ST, now we just have to port it to the Amiga. Should we write code to make use of: Hardware scrolling, sprites, more colours, better sound?"

"No. fuck it, we'll just get Whittaker to make the music and ship it. He'll probably only take a couple of hours."

Nibbler · 14 March 2016, 21:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by john1979

I really enjoyed the music in Agony. Definitely not the worst on Amiga by any means.

I am with John.

The Music in Agony is freaking awesome and always get me in the right mood .

Maniacs of Noise did an outstanding job on Agony

if you really want awful Videogame music, nothing, and i mean, NOTHING beats this !!!!

[ Show youtube player ]

(

prepare to get your´e Ear´s bleeding

)

Mrs Beanbag · 14 March 2016, 22:28

that is not even music, it is just random notes, sounds like the sound effects from the game show Catchphrase

Nibbler · 15 March 2016, 16:20

*giggle* Yepp, thats the main "theme" .... the worst i ever heard.

You want one with more "melodie" . ?....

here you go....
After listening to the CRAZY BUS MAIN THEME ... this is a Godsend...

but still awful as .... (

play it loud

)

[ Show youtube player ]

"enjoy"

Mrs Beanbag · 15 March 2016, 21:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nibbler

You want one with more "melodie" . ?....

here you go....
After listening to the CRAZY BUS MAIN THEME ... this is a Godsend...

but still awful as .... (

play it loud

)

[ Show youtube player ]

"enjoy"

you know what, i actually kinda like that, it's a bit avante garde, reminds me of The Simpsons theme.

If we are also doing non-Amiga music, the "music" on Tron Maze-a-Tron on Intellivision used to make my dad angry
[ Show youtube player ]
i never thought it was music so much as "electronics sounds" but my dad insisted it was music and as such was infuriatingly bad given that he'd paid money for it.

(My dad gets angry at lots of stuff, one time he got in a huff over a deodorant advert on the television)

Nibbler · 16 March 2016, 01:35

@ Mrs Beanbag

Hmmmmm, taste depends very much on the individual. *giggle*

(and i can hear that simpson vibe also

)

It just dosen´t "click" for me, which is weird, because i like avante garde stuff

Acutually , i like the "TRON - MAZE A Tron" way more

( it has something to it, and there is definitely a "hidden beat" in it
. quit interesting)

Hmmmm maybe i was spoiled on the NES with this kind of Stuff ... ...

(but only listen if you want to hear 8 Bit Music greatness

)
[ Show youtube player ]
both are wort listen to from start to end IMHO
[ Show youtube player ]

(Not too many people know these ones, but everyone knows Megaman & co

) i always loved those and i still do

16 March 2016, 01:35	#80
Nibbler namm namm AMIGA Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Austria Age: 44 Posts: 734	@ Mrs Beanbag Hmmmmm, taste depends very much on the individual. giggle (and i can hear that simpson vibe also ) It just dosen´t "click" for me, which is weird, because i like avante garde stuff Acutually , i like the "TRON - MAZE A Tron" way more ( it has something to it, and there is definitely a "hidden beat" in it . quit interesting) Hmmmm maybe i was spoiled on the NES with this kind of Stuff ... ... (but only listen if you want to hear 8 Bit Music greatness) [ Show youtube player ] both are wort listen to from start to end IMHO [ Show youtube player ] (Not too many people know these ones, but everyone knows Megaman & co) i always loved those and i still do Last edited by Nibbler; 16 March 2016 at 01:41.

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20 February 2016, 01:52	#61
junosix Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 19	The Mousetrap music is Claude Debussy's "Golliwog's Cakewalk".

20 February 2016, 14:52	#63
Mrs Beanbag Glastonbridge Software Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Edinburgh/Scotland Posts: 2,243	just reminded me of the Michael Jackson Moonwalker game, the first track on that is really badly looped, the rest don't seem as bad though. why did all these supposedly really high-profile franchises get made by groups nobody has heard of? Does it just go to the lowest bidder or what?

01 March 2016, 10:41	#65
Fiery Phoenix Registered User Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Bury, Lancs Age: 47 Posts: 661	Paperboy 2 comes to mind straight away Awful [ Show youtube player ]

01 March 2016, 14:14	#66
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Iron Trackers [ Show youtube player ]

01 March 2016, 17:04	#67
Solo Kazuki Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Poland Posts: 1,301	Worst game music? For Amiga? Of course [ Show youtube player ]... nothing mentioned before can beat this! As one of my pals told me, musician should get face slap for this music.

01 March 2016, 21:36	#68
saimon69 J.M.D - Bedroom Musician Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: los angeles,ca Posts: 3,516	However it seems to me of another case of "we have no budget, just make the PC version run", and so the guy did got all the blame...

10 March 2016, 12:08	#70
amiga_Forever Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: kkhkj Posts: 323	If your also talking Commodore 64 as well, i can tell u the most irritating.. Automatia... aghh Thank goodness u cam turn the music off, otherwise i just turn the volume down. Jim Power on Amiga is good too.. or Shadow of the Beast

10 March 2016, 16:55	#71
PopoCop Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 433	The worst music I've ever heard in Amiga game is intro music in Ultra Violent Worlds. When I first heard it I thought that music file was corrupt. You can hear it here: [ Show youtube player ]

10 March 2016, 20:12	#72
lordofchaos TinkerTailorContentMaker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bedfordshire Age: 45 Posts: 1,205	The sampled "track loops" were the worst offenders in my opinion, not only were they very lazy, they didn't even loop properly.

11 March 2016, 03:53	#73
Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,182	What is it about rodent games? For me, [ Show youtube player ] closely followed by [ Show youtube player ] takes the cake as the worst "music" ever. They should play this in an endless loop to rapists and murderers in prison as a form of torture.

11 March 2016, 21:27	#74
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,161	I was right Mrs Beanbag: [ Show youtube player ] (C Debussy - Golliwog's Cakewalk) Much better on the 1913 recording

14 March 2016, 22:28	#77
Mrs Beanbag Glastonbridge Software Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Edinburgh/Scotland Posts: 2,243	that is not even music, it is just random notes, sounds like the sound effects from the game show Catchphrase

15 March 2016, 16:20	#78
Nibbler namm namm AMIGA Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Austria Age: 44 Posts: 734	giggle Yepp, thats the main "theme" .... the worst i ever heard. You want one with more "melodie" . ?.... here you go.... After listening to the CRAZY BUS MAIN THEME ... this is a Godsend... but still awful as .... ( play it loud ) [ Show youtube player ] "enjoy"

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