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Originally posted by Clegg Clegg wrote:

Contra 3: The Alien Wars for SNES is probably my favorite video game soundtrack. The music to me sounds like it was inspired from 70s Jazz Rock/Fusion. Mainly a mixture of Jean-Luc Ponty, Herbie Hancock (early 70's - Headhunters era), Mahavishnu Orchestra and some Return To Forever. All with a Sci-Fi influence added into the mix.

Listen and compare for yourself:







This one always reminds me of Contra 3

There's also this Return To Forever track where in the first minute and elsewhere, sounds like it came from a Sonic The Hedgehog game for Genesis.



^THIS post, right here! I'm glad I'm not the only one; I hear SO much Herbie Hancock influence in Sega Genesis OSTs, it's not even funny. Lightning Force (Thunder Force IV) is like straight 70's fusion. 

So much Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock influence in all the early 90's 16-bit classics. Which would make sense, seeing as it was 20 years out from that time period. Designers and the like were probably listening back in the day!

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German composer Chris Hüelsbeck said he was influenced by his fellow countrymen Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk for the Turrican soundtracks :
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I started a blog where I try to find such occurences. If you are interested, I'd be happy to welcome you:

https://www.destructoid.com/blogs/PhilsPhindings/
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Originally posted by ForestFriend ForestFriend wrote:



Tim Follin! MASSIVE win. This same guy also did Silver Surfer for the NES, which is equally as amazing IMHO:

"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021
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Interesting. Forget about trying to write great prog music. Rather, can the snazzy riffs be used in video games as a possible future revenue stream? Ka-ching! Yes ... will ponder more on this. Nobody pays for music now these days anyway.   $0.001 per YouTube streams. A few thousand streams can pay for what? Perhaps a meal at Taco Bell?   Hmmm. Very powerful the dark side is.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGmhtFgoAGA

NieR, aside from having one of the best stories of any game i've ever played (since the 90's) has a soundtrack that rivals Xenogears, Final Fantasy, and the best from any you guys have mentioned and you you've mentioned great music from really great games!

The sequel, NieR Automata, is also equally well done in a similar vein.



Edited by SoundsofSeasons - July 31 2019 at 23:03
1 Chronicles 13:7-9

Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets.

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Christopher Larkin, that composed soundtrack for Hollow Knight, have interest in progressive music. Info from his site: "While his studies transported him to the world of classical and contemporary classical music, he maintained a strong connection to electronic music, progressive rock and videogame scores."

Time signature changes in one of boss fight themes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoP3oWOqLVo

Of course Hollow Knight's OST is not progressive rock. But... maybe someday he's going to make something progressive? Here's one of the videos from his channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCsNiAkoBGA

Hollow Knight is a masterpiece indie game anyway. 
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I've been working on a playlist of progressive rock inspired game music (1850 songs at time of posting). I haven't been super strict about what I consider to be "prog" so the description states it contains prog/rock/metal inspired music, but the heart of the playlist is still PROG. I'd love to get some opinions. Let me know if there's any games you think I should add or remove!


Edit: you'll find that some games are not next to others of the same franchise. This is usually because I find removed videos and I have re-added them to the bottom of the playlist. I'm not going to take the time to sort almost 2000 videos


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Hi,

I was just remembering that Vangelis wrote the music for a specific game, but forgot its title ... I think I have it, and have to look at my collection!
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Mike Oldfield created his own!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maestro_(video_game)
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In the lands where I was born and grew up, namely post-Soviet Ukraine, Sega Mega Drive (that's how Sega Genesis was called outside of North America) was a cult thing. SNES was too expensive, its cartridge packages easily dissolved (literally), Sega was the reallest cult deal. 

Now I have played or at least launched on emulators EVERY licensed game produced for Sega MD/Gs. I am always trying to invent (faux and not so) reasons why I dislike Super Nintendo. For example, scrolling shooters on Mega Drive sure win (there's nothing like Eliminate Down, Steel Empire or Wings Of Wor on SNES). 

Also the music on SNES usually sound too orchestral, too pompous and somewhat good old 30s-50s' Hollywood-wise - in MY personal opinion. 

By the way among the products of homebrew nature of the later era there are some literal classic prog compositions for use on Sega console - all were done by me myself the humble poster... HERE THEY ARE MENTIONED. As of now they have never been released on cartridges, but I had some plans about the future release. 

Because of its very age and hardware contents, practically any possible sound on 16bit game consoles positively sounds like a kind of prog. 
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Not a gamer, and with no examples of prog-inspired soundtracks here, but I've always wondered if UK's Alaska was ever used for a particular game. I would imagine there's plenty of game soundtracks inspired by it.
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Dan Forden stated that the music from The Living Forest in Mortal Kombat II is heavily inspired by Jethro Tull; particularly, the flute textures used:



He also states the following bands as huge influences on his sound design work in all the games he's done:

" I like a lot of different things, but bands / artists I’ve always liked include: King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, Soundgarden, Black Sabbath, Nine Inch Nails, Bill Frissell, Fred Frith, Steve Vai, Audioslave, Alice in Chains, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Cheer-Accident, Carla Kihlstedt, Sheryl Crow, Chris Whitley, Filter, Frank Zappa, Incubus, Joni Mitchell, Korn, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Peter Gabriel, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, Shudder to Think, Yes, UK, Bela Bartok, Olivier Messiaen, Paul Hindemith, Alban Berg, Thomas Newman, Igor Stravinsky... I’m sure I’ve left some out..."

"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021
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