Classic video game music

Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 05:00:50 -0000
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What classic video game music do you think would be appropriate to
burn on a CD? I ask because I've burned two so far, and each time I
do I find another bit of music I wish I'd known about or been able to
include.
My criteria are:
1) Must be a nice, catchy tune. No repetive dun-dun-DUN-dun (e.g.
Donkey Kong). The music from Moon Patrol is borderline. I made it
something worthwhile by including the start off music, about three
rounds of the background music, and then the end of course music.
2) Must be long enough be worth listening to. The half-time music
from Pac-Man is nice, but it's so short it's hardly worth bothering
with.
What I currently include on my CD is Pitfall II (actually Cracker's
very long techno mix), "Peter Gunn" from Spy Hunter, the
aforementioned Moon Patrol, three selections from Mappy (regular
board, bonus round, and high score), and Gyruss.
(I've also got the original Pac-Man Fever tracks on there. However, I
own both the original album and the new one, so I'm not pirating,
merely using my right to copy it to a different format. And no, I
won't give you a copy.)
The thing I'd like to add at the moment is the music from Metro-Cross.
Peter Packrat might also be nice, but I'm uncertain how to get a clean
copy of the muxis since it doesn't seem to have a test screen where you
can play the sounds. Also considering "Louie, Louie" from the 2600
version of Califonia Games, but it may be too short.
So what other classics, either console or arcade, have nice catchy
music?
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Lee K. Seitz * email-address-deleted * Remove dots in user name to reply!
"I remember my first day at work [at Atari]. Larry [Kaplan] said,
'Your job is to design games. Now go design one.' That was it." -- Warren Robinett, creator of Adventure (_Halcyon Days_)