Memorable Music in Gaming #51

This week's Memorable Music features games with techno and metal done well enough to elicit various reactions during gameplay.

Need for Speed II (PC) - Main Menu

Rom Di Prisco is one of those unsung heroes of the gaming world. This track right here is one of his best contributions to the industry, even when I take off my rose-tinted glasses and assess it objectively.

Post-Underground gamers might not remember, but the earlier NFS titles were all about that techno EDM rage. Each track was better than the last… and this main menu music was one of the first to kickstart that identity!

Need For Speed 2 SE Soundtrack - Main Menu (HD 1080p)

Final Doom (PS1) - Geryon

What would a kettle sound like in hell… is a thought I’m pretty sure didn’t enter anyone’s head.

Yet Geryon is the definitive answer to that unsettling inquiry.

Final Doom (PSX) Music - Track 07 (Geryon)

DOOM (PC) - Rip & Tear

The DOOM games are the very embodiment of heavy metal, especially on the music front. Bobby Prince set the bar very high when he worked on the first 2 games; so much so that any tribute or remix only tries harder to out-rock the already rockin’ tunes.

I think Mick Gordon, the composer, is one of the best things to happen to the series. Never have I ever heard music that not only made my hairs stand… but added more!!

DOOM (2016) ost rip and tear

Wolfenstein the New Order - Deathshead’s Theme

To quote Simon Tam from Firefly, “this must be what going mad feels like”. So it should; this unadulterated cacophony of visceral auditory pain serves as the entrance music of the cutely-named General Deathshead after all.

Mick Gordon, you are a gorram genius!

Wolfenstein: The New Order OST - Deathshead (Extended)

Super Stickman Golf 2 (Mobile) - Pleased

It only makes sense to follow-up the previous with something from the opposite spectrum. In another article long ago, I said the Village theme from Grounseed was one of the best chill music in a video game.

“Pleased” here is a worthy contender for the #1 spot. I haven’t played the game yet but I love it for the vaporwave, immaculate appliance store muzak vibes.

https://youtu.be/PNmoXPZM-9o

Article by: Hamza