Nes: Silver Surfer Soundtrack

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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    00:01 / Title Screen
    03:10 / Summoned by Galactus
    03:43 / World Selected
    03:51 / BGM 1
    06:57 / BGM 2
    10:24 / Section Completed
    10:31 / Device Completed
    11:37 / Game Over
    11:47 / Hi Score

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  • @Jaymagus
    @Jaymagus 10 лет назад +2691

    It's like the whole budget went on the composing of the music.

    • @ProfesserLuigi
      @ProfesserLuigi 7 лет назад +338

      They probably didnt pay Tim Follin enough

    • @Nukle0n
      @Nukle0n 7 лет назад +189

      Tim Follin's music is always awesome even though most of the games he worked on are crap.

    • @nulevoekrylo2888
      @nulevoekrylo2888 6 лет назад +158

      Follin was paid like shit.

    • @TheMrSONIC4
      @TheMrSONIC4 6 лет назад +11

      Sounds like a 3D Sonic game. xD

    • @leoleonvids
      @leoleonvids 6 лет назад +175

      49% getting the license for Silver Surfer
      49% composing the soundtrack
      2% coding the game

  • @8bitfrenzy376
    @8bitfrenzy376 7 лет назад +1972

    that poor sound chip, it just wanted to make beeps and boops

    • @js100serch
      @js100serch 5 лет назад +256

      And it ended up doing slap basses, funky guitars, powerful drums, synths, guitar solos, etc...

    • @shesaidpurr
      @shesaidpurr 5 лет назад +121

      but his dad said he should be in a prog-rock band.

    • @BKVance
      @BKVance 5 лет назад +9

      😅😅😅😅😅😭

    • @HavenMarches
      @HavenMarches 4 года назад +63

      He said: "Hippity hoppity every video game system sound processor is now my property"

    • @JetJenkins
      @JetJenkins 4 года назад +7

      @@HavenMarches Said who, the composer? I don't think he'd say something so cringey.

  • @dekoldrick
    @dekoldrick 2 года назад +33

    " We bought the whole sound chip, we gonna use the whole sound chip!"

  • @hobez64
    @hobez64 6 месяцев назад +5

    The fact that this sounds like music from The Messenger sells how well this is done. It sounds like a modern day game trying to emulate the NES but with current tech, rather than ACTUALLY being a NES

  • @nostalgiacreep
    @nostalgiacreep 9 лет назад +179

    this is simply outrageous, how DARE anyone make music this good

  • @TheFoodieCutie
    @TheFoodieCutie 4 года назад +2

    I'm sorry, 6:57 I was reading the comments, and just listening... and I totally had forgotten this was NINTENDO! Like, at the very least SNES? I was blown away!

    • @Spewa-em8cm
      @Spewa-em8cm 3 года назад

      IKR? This sounds like something out of Mega Man X.

  • @カラカゾーイ
    @カラカゾーイ Месяц назад +5

    マーベルはこのゲームの権利を買い取って今後の映画やゲームのシルバーサーファー登場シーンでこの曲を使うべき(そんな使い所が今後あるのかは知らんけど)

  • @jaiyrk
    @jaiyrk 6 месяцев назад +4

    the noise at 6:59 is one of the best things ever

  • @jealu3681
    @jealu3681 3 года назад +13

    Guess you could say the music from this game is out of this world.

  • @eriya181
    @eriya181 2 года назад +2

    Those World Select and Game Over themes are by far the songs you will hear most while playing this game

  • @Resurrected
    @Resurrected 9 лет назад +354

    *I CANT TOUCH THE... LOG???*

    • @ranchdressing
      @ranchdressing 8 лет назад +12

      +Kevingastresurrected Productions™ Stop. Go to the original review and do that shit.

    • @Resurrected
      @Resurrected 8 лет назад +60

      ranchdressing Go have some humor

    • @SOG12341
      @SOG12341 8 лет назад +52

      +Kevingastresurrected Productions™ I CANT TOUCH THAT RED POT?

    • @rachdarastrix5251
      @rachdarastrix5251 6 лет назад +18

      You know, there is really no point in going on. I mean its not like there is a pot of gold waiting for me on the tv as a reward. If I beat the game, it will probably just say the end. To continue playing, you would have to be a fucking nerd!
      ~Description of my life lately. said very accurately by AVGN

    • @skylinefever
      @skylinefever 5 лет назад +3

      You can't touch anything! So don't fuck around!

  • @DinsRune
    @DinsRune Год назад +2

    If any one of us are gonna Reach Heaven Through Violence, it's Tim Fucking Follin.

  • @kiriko_rsc
    @kiriko_rsc 2 года назад +6

    全く古さを感じない

  • @siokara
    @siokara 3 года назад +4

    こんな名曲があったなんて・・・・・・

  • @elfmonster3082
    @elfmonster3082 8 лет назад +31

    07:52 *OOOOOOoooOooOOOO*

    • @falconfive7798
      @falconfive7798 Месяц назад

      Holly shit thank you, I was scared to be alone to like this masterpiece

  • @tahustvedt
    @tahustvedt 3 года назад +5

    I can't even beat level 1 without wearing out my thumb. Silver Surfer is the most fragile superhero ever.

  • @ganerike7910
    @ganerike7910 2 года назад +3

    Dang if Silver Surfer ever gets into a Marvel VS Capcom game they should really remix BGM 1 for him

  • @stanyard
    @stanyard 4 года назад +4

    i see why cinemassacre has this on vinyl. this is a fucking bop

  • @GuitarSlayer136
    @GuitarSlayer136 Год назад +1

    You really couldn't stop this man during the Nes era huh

  • @SpongeMagic
    @SpongeMagic 8 лет назад +16

    God, if this is what the Follin Brothers could do with the 2A03 chip alone, imagine what they could do with the VRC6 or the MMC5.

    • @wojciechmuras553
      @wojciechmuras553 4 года назад +4

      MMC5, however ridiculously advanced, had pretty disappointing sound. What really made NES sound shine was the Namco 163. It had extra 4 channels behaving like 4 simplified FDS audio chips! Such a shame that Namco 163 was pretty simple in every other regard, so it wasn't used much... I wish we could hear something composed for it by the Follins.

  • @blueninion
    @blueninion 2 года назад +1

    all these songs are great but that hi-score theme at 11:47 is something else. Tim Follin rules.

  • @keenandiggs3379
    @keenandiggs3379 5 лет назад +1

    Hard to believe this was made with the original hardward. It's really good. Even Joe Satriani would be proud.

  • @PeterLawrenceYT
    @PeterLawrenceYT 9 лет назад +4

    Why did you add reverb in post? I want to hear the actual soundtrack.

  • @unoclay
    @unoclay 9 лет назад +1

    Just realized that Lasertime podcast uses the title screen music for their show.

  • @theflev-matic4892
    @theflev-matic4892 3 года назад +1

    Sound like if a 1980s Prog Rock band if their music was more Prog and if it was crushed into a new soundtrack

  • @gamegod4977
    @gamegod4977 7 лет назад

    Omg!!! This must be the soundtrack that inspired modern chip tune artists

  • @rickb7561
    @rickb7561 6 месяцев назад +1

    My first exposure to Tim and Geoff Follin

  • @D.goldenorder1216
    @D.goldenorder1216 8 лет назад +31

    糞ゲーらしいけど、BGMはメッチャかっこいいじゃんw
    シビれるわー

    • @danyapp4988
      @danyapp4988 5 лет назад

      No te entiendo pero le daré like

  • @jkwolf2
    @jkwolf2 3 года назад

    That BGM 1 is badass!

  • @SuperbLobster
    @SuperbLobster 3 года назад

    Kickass.

  • @jubeyamada
    @jubeyamada 5 лет назад

    amazing 8bit songs

  • @soupahmario5869
    @soupahmario5869 9 лет назад +67

    The best comparison I can make is if Super Paper Mario and Shovel Knight had a baby.

    • @artofadval
      @artofadval 7 лет назад +17

      ...and that baby was adopted because Fantomenk and Anamanaguchi weren't quite ready to be parents.

    • @irgendwer3610
      @irgendwer3610 5 лет назад +1

      @@artofadval true, this sounds like something you would expect from a modern chiptune composer

    • @redking36
      @redking36 5 лет назад

      It even has the start of the Black Knight battle theme at 3:10.

    • @ophello
      @ophello 3 года назад

      @@redking36 except that this predates shovel knight by several decades.

  • @jeremylening2401
    @jeremylening2401 Год назад +1

    The harder the song was rocking, the better you were doing in the game.

  • @FukiMakai
    @FukiMakai Год назад

    3:10 Solstice + Treasure Master + Superagent style music

  • @Arxkc
    @Arxkc 10 лет назад +1

    holy FUCK!!!

  • @TheDucksEye
    @TheDucksEye Месяц назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @WillRock07
    @WillRock07 7 лет назад +3236

    If you guys are wondering how the kick is being created... thats not a DCM sample. Its the triangle channel, being pitch shifted down from a high pitch so fast it sounds like a thump. The bass and kick never play at the same time because they're exactly the same channel, but you'd never realise it because its done THAT well. Tim Follin was truly a master of his art.

    • @Weltenmaler
      @Weltenmaler 5 лет назад +53

      Source? I know you can do that, but it doesn't sound like that kinda kick to me and i feel like I can hear the Kick and the same time as the bass (case in point, whats happening at 1:28 is just bass and kick in unison). But I might be wrong and eager to know better, so correct me if mistaken.

    • @warmCabin
      @warmCabin 5 лет назад +154

      Run it in an emulator and mute the DPCM channel--most should have an option to do that if you dig around in the settings. You'll hear no difference. Or better yet, isolate the triangle channel! I think what Follin does here is have the triangle quickly slide from the high pitch of the kick to the note of the bass line. So the kick is more like an attack to the actual notes.

    • @Weltenmaler
      @Weltenmaler 5 лет назад +47

      @@warmCabin Thats a great idea, I'll try that out and listen for myself. That is amazing, he is truly a limit pusher for the chips he made music for.

    • @kellis9351
      @kellis9351 5 лет назад +61

      @@Weltenmaler this soundtrack is definitely one of the best to steal ideas from to pull off some cool techniques - it's insane that a lot of this was done at all, let alone almost 30 years ago

    • @shesaidpurr
      @shesaidpurr 5 лет назад +59

      @@warmCabin you're only partially right here, comrade: the final kick you hear in the mix consists of yes, pitch-shifted triangle AND a little click from the noise channel, without which the kick would be muffled. He also used this particular trick on a number of different titles - for example, in T2's soundtrack there's a brief moment when only the drums play, but then he turns the noise channel off and all we left with is this filtered kick. ahem, *the effect* of a filtered kick.

  • @Malueion
    @Malueion 4 месяца назад +398

    Just found out today that Geoff Follin passed away from pancreatic cancer about three or four days ago. I thought I'd come here and listen to some of the incredible music he helped create. That guy created a hell of a legacy. The soundtracks he made stand out for a reason.

    • @Enigma2K99
      @Enigma2K99 3 месяца назад +8

      Damn

    • @z31Joshyman
      @z31Joshyman 3 месяца назад +10

      Aw man sad to hear 😢

    • @sumacmusac
      @sumacmusac 3 месяца назад +8

      Omg had no idea :( rip
      It’s good that much of his work is uploaded on RUclips so folks can still appreciate the work he did for many more years to come… artists live on through their work

    • @kazecloud2916
      @kazecloud2916 3 месяца назад

      F

    • @andrievbastichy8551
      @andrievbastichy8551 3 месяца назад +5

      what no..
      aw
      i just got up this morning and said.. "gotta youtube some silver sufer title music to get the blood going" followed with some target renegade.

  • @epitomeofcake132
    @epitomeofcake132 8 лет назад +1939

    This music seriously sounds like it shouldn't be able to exist on the NES, it even sounds crazy for the SNES. Fucking awesome.

    • @flmalegre
      @flmalegre 8 лет назад +168

      Follin was a goddamn wizard.

    • @EdgeO419
      @EdgeO419 8 лет назад +4

      +Epitome of Trash™ good tracking programming

    • @audoodle9963
      @audoodle9963 8 лет назад +23

      +Epitome of Trash™ yeah for no extra channels this is insane

    • @jesussavior6383
      @jesussavior6383 8 лет назад +2

      hi

    • @regaussrips
      @regaussrips 8 лет назад +2

      hi

  • @daktaklakpak5059
    @daktaklakpak5059 4 года назад +694

    And don't forget, the soundtrack rocked so hard, there actually exists an actual transparent Vinyl for this soundtrack.

    • @campu8748
      @campu8748 Год назад +22

      @@surfnskatetinkerbell8671 Yes, it is unofficial though and appears to be hard to find.

    • @Annexialol
      @Annexialol Год назад +27

      Yeah, think AVGN jams to it in one of his vids (despite having made a video on how miserable the game is to play)

    • @DinsRune
      @DinsRune Год назад +7

      AS WELL THERE SHOULD BE

    • @rockslamx2
      @rockslamx2 8 месяцев назад

      Nice

    • @jonathanwatson268
      @jonathanwatson268 5 месяцев назад +3

      Having an analog version of something so wholly digital is kinda funny.

  • @Komnen0s
    @Komnen0s 10 лет назад +1758

    I seriously cannot get over how good the music in this game is. I would go so far to say that this is one of the best soundtracks of any NES game ever.

    • @TaxxiRules
      @TaxxiRules 10 лет назад +14

      I agree.

    • @3asmon
      @3asmon 10 лет назад +8

      search up Lagrange Point for the NES or famicom, it has better sound chip, VCR7, but I enjoy this also.

    • @3asmon
      @3asmon 10 лет назад +4

      I understand

    • @mikepro4545
      @mikepro4545 10 лет назад +9

      Try Shatterhand... this one is also awesome

    • @mikepro4545
      @mikepro4545 10 лет назад

      ***** You are welcome

  • @kohsukekambe7532
    @kohsukekambe7532 3 года назад +229

    全く知らない&あまりにも強烈なファミコンサウンドだったので、作曲者は異次元からやってきたのかと思った。。。どれも一度聴いただけで忘れられなくなる曲ですね。

  • @easterislehead
    @easterislehead 6 лет назад +385

    The fact that 03:43 is just a world selection jingle and is only 7 seconds long but may be one of the coolest 8bit licks I've ever heard really speaks to Tim Follin's talent

    • @zombieboss5178
      @zombieboss5178 Год назад +4

      agreed

    • @retrogamelover2012
      @retrogamelover2012 4 месяца назад +1

      Kind of sounds like it could be the selection theme of a Megaman X game, in all honesty.

  • @Musicradio77Network
    @Musicradio77Network 4 года назад +491

    When I saw a new AVGN episode about the “Incredible Crash Dummies”, he has it on vinyl. “No joke!”

    • @MTeeCee
      @MTeeCee 4 года назад +27

      Same. Just came here to hear the awesomeness of this soundtrack myself - it sure is incredible!

    • @M0rtanius
      @M0rtanius 4 года назад +15

      I also came here from AVGN, looking at where can I buy this vinyl?

    • @TheMailMen33
      @TheMailMen33 4 года назад +1

      Me too

    • @ehersey3652
      @ehersey3652 4 года назад +1

      Ngl same here

    • @ThierryRocksTV
      @ThierryRocksTV 4 года назад

      Where can I buy that record? It's not even on Discogs

  • @elliotbjorksdottir2878
    @elliotbjorksdottir2878 4 года назад +265

    As a composer myself, I just can't believe how they did this back in the day... It's really mind blowing. Imagine your directions being like "alright, so you only have three monophonic channels, and one for noice. And yeah, there is no sequencer so you have to put everything in hex code". And someone made music like THIS!? Un - fucking - believable

    • @MastaGambit
      @MastaGambit 4 года назад

      >"no sequencer"
      Definitely incorrect. They used Trackers back then.

    • @Plasmariel
      @Plasmariel 2 года назад +68

      @@MastaGambit Incorrect incorrection. This was coded in a sound driver

    • @TamaatoSauce
      @TamaatoSauce 2 года назад +1

      ANYTHING IS POSSIBLEEEE

  • @hectarius7261
    @hectarius7261 3 года назад +1112

    "Creativity arises from limitations" This OST confirms that quote.

    • @judasbooth5455
      @judasbooth5455 3 года назад +7

      It doesn't most of the time

    • @erikshure360
      @erikshure360 3 года назад +72

      @@judasbooth5455 I'd argue it does.

    • @HelloPersonReadingThis.
      @HelloPersonReadingThis. 3 года назад +5

      @@erikshure360 Same

    • @ThatGuy-a48
      @ThatGuy-a48 3 года назад +8

      When I hear that quote I'm reminded of games like Crysis 1 on PC in 2007 and Ecks vs sever on the GBA or OST of Thunder force IV on The Sega Genesis ( or hell the pokemon GBA soundtracks )

    • @gaybowser4522
      @gaybowser4522 2 года назад +20

      Tim Follin: What limitations?

  • @VictorBecerraAnticiudadano
    @VictorBecerraAnticiudadano 4 года назад +529

    I came here after knowing that the Angry Video Game Nerd have this on vinyl...

    • @adriang1921
      @adriang1921 4 года назад +17

      It's transparent :o

    • @Arbaal
      @Arbaal 4 года назад +6

      SAME!

    • @MegaMr46
      @MegaMr46 4 года назад +4

      Victor Becerra no joke

    • @predtr18
      @predtr18 4 года назад +7

      Sadly the worst AVGN episode in a long time.

    • @Biodronerx88
      @Biodronerx88 4 года назад

      same!

  • @e.e.mccutcheon979
    @e.e.mccutcheon979 7 лет назад +327

    tfw your bgm composer uses all of the bunking RAM on an NES cartridge

    • @tobigrantlbart
      @tobigrantlbart 4 года назад +7

      That's probably why you die when you touch anything it probably just breaks at that point

    • @nagitokomaeda3237
      @nagitokomaeda3237 3 года назад +7

      @Brett Bates 8 bytes is a fuckton of memory. 4 bits should be ok in most cases.

    • @itdepends604
      @itdepends604 3 года назад +2

      actually it probably used about the same as SMB3's music (which used samples.) No excuse for the devs here.

    • @RoddyDev
      @RoddyDev 3 года назад +1

      the music data is loaded directly from ROM
      The driver yeah, it needs some RAM. Especially for pointers on the zero page.

  • @AmigaFreak77
    @AmigaFreak77 3 года назад +272

    Tim Follin, genius. Glad I got to meet him couple of years ago at the great 8 bit symphonic concert. This compilation is seriously impressive.

    • @williamdrum9899
      @williamdrum9899 3 года назад +21

      I wish I could ask him how all this is done

    • @azrael-labs
      @azrael-labs 3 месяца назад

      @@williamdrum9899- In assembly basically.
      - A massive understanding of how the NES Ricoh chip works
      - A PHAT brain (very important)
      - No money
      & A brother
      PS : RIP Geoff Follins, he died from pancreatic cancer one week ago, he'll be remembered

    • @williamdrum9899
      @williamdrum9899 3 месяца назад

      @@azrael-labs I'm familiar with 6502 Assembly but sound design feels like a much more challenging task honestly

    • @azrael-labs
      @azrael-labs 3 месяца назад

      @@williamdrum9899 it is, but it is really not

  • @robjimson1374
    @robjimson1374 7 лет назад +695

    3:51 My god. Incredible, not just for NES, but just a bad ass song in general. Damn. Sounds like Dream Theater on NES.

    • @robertanderson2898
      @robertanderson2898 7 лет назад +5

      DT !

    • @EYTPS
      @EYTPS 7 лет назад +64

      Follin was influenced by prog, so that explains it

    • @ophello
      @ophello 6 лет назад +14

      Hands down the best NES song ever composed.

    • @quarterburnt
      @quarterburnt 6 лет назад +17

      The closest to 8bit Myung and Petrucci we’ll ever get

    • @bigkneelover2176
      @bigkneelover2176 4 года назад +10

      dream theater is shit and this is phenomenal. pretty significant difference.

  • @ReilAskrey
    @ReilAskrey 7 лет назад +155

    ファミコン音源の限界に挑戦した作品。天才の所業だよ。

  • @mtu16justice35
    @mtu16justice35 2 года назад +183

    11:37 is probably the music people remember the most, as it was heard more frequently than any other theme from this game.

    • @BF-TREZ
      @BF-TREZ Год назад +6

      Yep is true

  • @mikehausling6671
    @mikehausling6671 4 года назад +118

    11:47 this must be the rarest music ever heard by a person playing Silver Surfer.

    • @surfnskatetinkerbell8671
      @surfnskatetinkerbell8671 2 года назад +3

      possibly not since of course its sci fi based

    • @azrael-labs
      @azrael-labs 3 месяца назад +2

      @@surfnskatetinkerbell8671 No...
      this game is fucking hard

  • @alp627
    @alp627 4 месяца назад +41

    RIP Geoff - this soundtrack will forever remain an absolute banger

  • @DeliaESymbols
    @DeliaESymbols 8 лет назад +710

    This game is so hard, it would actually be easier to go outside in a thunderstorm and try to dodge rain. It would be easier to walk barefoot without your toes or heels touching the floor. It would be easier to pick fly shit out of pepper, while wearing boxing gloves!

    • @wozthescott2804
      @wozthescott2804 5 лет назад +33

      TheDelBel ahh Classic AVGN line

    • @Andronicus87
      @Andronicus87 5 лет назад +18

      Yes I am here because I was watching AVGN.....

    • @majora4prez543
      @majora4prez543 5 лет назад +32

      Dear Strong Bad,
      How do you pick fly shit out of pepper with boxing gloves on?

    • @androsynth976
      @androsynth976 5 лет назад +8

      @@majora4prez543 Send that in.

    • @DerkleineTrojaner
      @DerkleineTrojaner 5 лет назад +5

      So did you try all those things because i didn't but now im curious =)

  • @captlegoman
    @captlegoman 4 месяца назад +49

    Rest in peace Geoff Follin your work will never be forgotten

  • @noaht2005
    @noaht2005 3 года назад +107

    This sounds like something you’d hear an indie game, so it’s insane to have it on actual 8 bit hardware

    • @surfnskatetinkerbell8671
      @surfnskatetinkerbell8671 2 года назад +2

      sounds like if Dog the bounty hunter was going into a steel factory searching for something for his rifle

    • @aztro.99
      @aztro.99 Год назад +8

      exactly, reminds me of shovel knight kinda, smn from today imitating 8 bit sensibilities

  • @youwayo
    @youwayo 7 лет назад +576

    Surprised/disappointed that the Nerd didn't say anything about this amazing soundtrack

    • @desktorp
      @desktorp 7 лет назад +32

      The words "Nerd" and "Geek" today basically translate to "Desperate Poseur".

    • @albatross990
      @albatross990 7 лет назад +35

      Tim Follin wasn't one to disappoint in the music department! Yeah I agree with you.

    • @RichardRichyRickGillard
      @RichardRichyRickGillard 7 лет назад +81

      It seems he mostly comments on the music if it's as shit as the game. I guess him not talking about it is more of a compliment.

    • @juand3250
      @juand3250 6 лет назад +20

      He made a very short commentary about Follin on the "Treasure Master" episode. It's dissapointing to see that he ignored this soundtrack.

    • @Ryan-Petre
      @Ryan-Petre 5 лет назад +18

      Doesn't surprise me, Rolfe kinda has shitty taste in music. Just saying.

  • @TheLoveMario
    @TheLoveMario 7 лет назад +166

    It's not the soundtrack that's impossible, it's the game that's impossible

    • @EYTPS
      @EYTPS 7 лет назад +18

      It's impossible to believe the NES could sound this good, tho

    • @BottomOfTheDumpsterFire
      @BottomOfTheDumpsterFire 7 лет назад +2

      Oh dude you can do some really awesome trickery if somebody would write a sound driver for it. The DCPM is a 7bit sample unit, why not do like the ZX spectrum and literally write multiple channels of audio and play it out through that?

    • @EYTPS
      @EYTPS 7 лет назад +2

      FUTURE10S Oh, I know how it's done, I'm just that for the average person, they would think it wouldn't be possible for the NES to make music this good-sounding. BTW, Follin didn't use DCPM samples for drums, he actually used the triangle wave channel for the bass part of the drums

    • @BottomOfTheDumpsterFire
      @BottomOfTheDumpsterFire 7 лет назад +1

      What? No no no I'm talking about a theoretical method of playing music using ONLY the DCPM, no squares or triangles, etc; making a sample of music lasting about 17ms in software kind of how music was done on the ZX Spectrum's beeper and then having the DCPM play that.
      Also I got exports from Follin's sound driver, featuring an unused Terminator 2 track. It wasn't anything super special though.

    • @AlphaBlu3
      @AlphaBlu3 5 лет назад +1

      It’s impossible to believe that this game is impossibly made for an impossible game

  • @DachampsterStudios
    @DachampsterStudios 8 лет назад +275

    For all the people saying this sounds impossible, the NES has five channels.
    Pulse 1- Melodic tones, can be manipulated with vibrato, pitch slides (which he uses in the first two tracks a lot), tremolo, portamento, volume envelopes, three different pulse widths, fine pitch controls, arpeggio.
    Pulse 2- Same as above. Another note about arpeggios; they are the traditional "retro" sound, but the reason they are used is because by fluctuating between multiple notes at once, it gives the impression that both notes are playing at the same time.
    Triangle- a smooth sound that has no volume controls but still can use vibrato/pitch/etc. Normally used for bass.
    Noise- harsh sounds. Used for sound effects and to improve the drums
    DPCM- sound samples

    • @vuurniacsquarewave5091
      @vuurniacsquarewave5091 8 лет назад +70

      There is believe it or not, no DPCM in this at all. The extra punch to the drums comes from very short pitch sliding notes in the Triangle.

    • @DachampsterStudios
      @DachampsterStudios 8 лет назад +13

      listening to it again, you seem to be right. I'm not 100% sure though

    • @T3KNUG3T5
      @T3KNUG3T5 8 лет назад +12

      +Dachampster he is actually right there is no DPCM

    • @DachampsterStudios
      @DachampsterStudios 8 лет назад +47

      seems that way. jesus this is complete mastery

    • @T3KNUG3T5
      @T3KNUG3T5 8 лет назад +14

      The Follins are geniuses

  • @likeindy1
    @likeindy1 7 лет назад +133

    Shame on you, scene of EDM nowadays. they made this out of obsolete 5 channel machine.

    • @cps1247
      @cps1247 6 лет назад +36

      4 channel actually, DPCM was not used here

    • @sinicalypse
      @sinicalypse 5 лет назад +5

      And it prolly wasnt obsolete at the time

    • @MastaGambit
      @MastaGambit 4 года назад +2

      @@cps1247 he meant the chip itself, not the composition

    • @wojciechmuras553
      @wojciechmuras553 4 года назад +2

      @@cps1247 Wait, how is the bell chiming done then? It's played simultaneously with the drums, so it can't be the triangle channel! It has to be a DCPM sample!

    • @RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE
      @RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE 4 года назад

      @@wojciechmuras553
      It isn't. It's channel 1 or 2 I think.
      The 5th channel (DPCM) was not used by the Follins.

  • @OrangeHarrisonRB3
    @OrangeHarrisonRB3 6 лет назад +93

    If you started on Spectrum and Amiga, you had to know a lot of tricks to get rich multichannel sound, and if you knew those tricks when you moved on to NES, you could produce spectacular stuff like this.

  • @Earthium
    @Earthium 9 лет назад +109

    Problem would have been solved if they added a healthbar.

    • @o_o_o_o_o-o_o_o_o_o
      @o_o_o_o_o-o_o_o_o_o 3 года назад +9

      Nah then it would be a medium-difficulty bland game with awesome music, instead of being a hard bland game with awesome music

  • @portino6011
    @portino6011 7 месяцев назад +5

    極上のBGMだが、ゲーム内容が…。『極上パロディウス』の「こいつ」みたいなのが自機のSTGだけど、破綻レベルの難易度だった。

  • @daidai777
    @daidai777 7 месяцев назад +44

    もはやファミコンのBGMではない
    完全に異次元

    • @Phoenix00Knight
      @Phoenix00Knight Месяц назад +1

      Beautifully put!🎉

    • @molly_mtx21
      @molly_mtx21 Месяц назад

      全曲すごいのは言うまでもないが、何気に「Hi Score」のスネアドラムの音に一番惚れたよ。再現性やばすぎ。

  • @Aphix_Music
    @Aphix_Music 5 лет назад +342

    I can't believe this guy was 19 when he composed this music. I'm that age and I try to make my own music on my channel too, but this is from another world.
    Respect, Tim Follin!

    • @RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE
      @RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE 3 года назад +36

      You need to see what he could do with the ZX Spectrum beeper with only around 15 years old!

    • @SBandy
      @SBandy 3 года назад +6

      I was going out and getting pissed!

  • @puckqu--wi
    @puckqu--wi Год назад +6

    ド変態の所業(最高級の賛辞です)

  • @The-j-ester
    @The-j-ester Год назад +105

    “CALM DOWN TIM ITS JUST PICTIONARY!”

    • @juankgonzalez6230
      @juankgonzalez6230 5 месяцев назад +11

      Wrong soundtrack pal

    • @sanniray
      @sanniray 4 месяца назад +6

      ​@@juankgonzalez6230 Same composer, buddy

    • @George_the_gun_walker
      @George_the_gun_walker 3 месяца назад +2

      "Hey buddy I think you got the wrong door the Pictionary club is two blocks down"​@@sanniray

  • @denosoft
    @denosoft Год назад +21

    標準音源のみで1990年にこの仕上がり
    理解を超越した技術力だ

  • @TVGT-RNISMO
    @TVGT-RNISMO Год назад +53

    自分の記憶にある他ゲームのファミコン音源とは全然違う。どうしてこんなに迫力のある音を出せれるのか不思議すぎる。凄い。

  • @grad1u52
    @grad1u52  11 лет назад +50

    いつもコメント有難うございます。
    この作品はティム・フォリン氏と、実の兄であるジェフ・フォリン氏の作品です。

  • @BIaziken2
    @BIaziken2 8 лет назад +248

    how is this even possible.

    • @benjamin8459
      @benjamin8459 8 лет назад +76

      Whoever made this soundtrack didn't get paid enough.

    • @youngrios
      @youngrios 8 лет назад +2

      +Benjamin Butt iknow wtf..idek how I came across this

    • @Fastwalker22
      @Fastwalker22 8 лет назад +12

      Tim Follin made this soundtrack, along with the commodore 64 version of ghouls and ghosts and many others

    • @computercraze7201
      @computercraze7201 8 лет назад +38

      It's a shame that Tim Follin didn't work with a company like Capcom. Imagine what games like Duck Tales would sound like!

    • @blowemupgames9040
      @blowemupgames9040 7 лет назад +25

      Or Konami. Imagine what Tim Follin could have done with VRC6.

  • @LizardkingMario
    @LizardkingMario 10 лет назад +93

    Whyyy didn't Follin get any deals for better games!

    • @Tiirde
      @Tiirde 10 лет назад +29

      he probably used way too much space from the carts with such complicated and long tracks

    • @belstar1128
      @belstar1128 9 лет назад +12

      +Saturn Moriya Coz the company he worked for was not good at makeing games and they where not very creative some games he did where good like plok for snes ohters where ok like this one and ohters where shit like the incredeble crash test dummys on nes.

    • @noaht2005
      @noaht2005 3 года назад

      Didn’t he do the music in the pc versions of ghouls and ghosts

  • @アンラッキーノ太郎元ヒナタ

    いい曲なんだよな…だけどクソゲー なんだよな…

  • @mr.m842
    @mr.m842 Месяц назад +18

    桜井から来た

  • @salivosa
    @salivosa 8 лет назад +58

    Why do I keep picturing the first track as a keygen theme?

    • @andyukmonkey
      @andyukmonkey 8 лет назад +11

      Because you pirate games.

    • @salivosa
      @salivosa 8 лет назад +5

      andyukmonkey Lol no. Well, I used to a couple of years ago, but no.
      Also, remember keygen applies to programs as well. I'm pretty sure you have pirated expensive programs that you need at some point.

    • @andyukmonkey
      @andyukmonkey 8 лет назад +3

      Salvadore0ran
      I was only joking. heh.

    • @salivosa
      @salivosa 8 лет назад +3

      andyukmonkey Oh...
      My bad for not get it then xD

    • @andyukmonkey
      @andyukmonkey 8 лет назад +3

      Salvadore0ran
      No worries. :)

  • @bom7650
    @bom7650 11 лет назад +63

    ありがとうございます。その後ティムフォリンでググってみたら、その筋では結構有名な人だということが分かりました。タイトル曲の最初の数秒を聞いただけで神曲認定でした^^ ファミコン音源を一番使いこなしていたのは、日本ではコナミだったと思いますが、海外の人の作り込みっぷりもハンパないですね! gradさんは私の知らない海外作品の名曲たちもピックアップしてくれるので、とても有難いです。感謝しております。m(__)m

    • @hachune_mick
      @hachune_mick 4 года назад +34

      コナミは独自のチップとか詰んでFM音源とか色々してましたけど
      この人は内蔵音源だけでこれを作ってるというのは神業だと思います。

  • @mmff8157
    @mmff8157 2 месяца назад +5

    知り合い「シルバーサーファーのBGMすごいから聞いてみ」
    俺「ほんとにファミコン?」
    俺「これすごいから聞いてみ」
    友達「ほんとにファミコン?」

  • @Toosimoo
    @Toosimoo 8 лет назад +44

    This is what happens when one of the C64 music guys is invited onto consoles

  • @CALLthaDoctah
    @CALLthaDoctah 4 месяца назад +20

    RIP Geoff Follin.

  • @LULZLSKennedy
    @LULZLSKennedy 3 года назад +108

    3:51 is just insane. Even as a little kid I knew this music was something special. What an absolute bop

  • @rockslamx2
    @rockslamx2 2 месяца назад +8

    R.I.P Geoff Follin, Thanks so much 😢

  • @cd2046
    @cd2046 6 лет назад +15

    ファミコン音源の良さを最大限に引き出してて最高!中身も良ければ良かったのにな…非常に残念。

  • @Lordy-Lord
    @Lordy-Lord 4 года назад +18

    Why do the bad games always have kick ass music, why didn't Tim Follin have better games to work on, that's just an insult to his talent.

    • @LightStruk
      @LightStruk 4 года назад +3

      Plok! is a good game. The Follins' soundtrack for that also kicks ass (and is very reminiscent of the BGM 2 track from Silver Surfer).

    • @fgersacig5573
      @fgersacig5573 4 года назад +1

      Silver Surfer actually isn't that bad of a game. Its pretty damn addicting actually.

    • @Lordy-Lord
      @Lordy-Lord 4 года назад

      @@fgersacig5573 It's one of those games that makes you want to beat it.

  • @linus8976
    @linus8976 3 года назад +6

    変態音楽

  • @marcellosilva9286
    @marcellosilva9286 5 лет назад +29

    It's funny how _none_ of the so-called "Retro NES Style" indie games tried having a soundtrack as complex and advanced as this and Journey to Silius.

    • @williamdrum9899
      @williamdrum9899 3 года назад +8

      Nor did they even attempt to use expanded audio, just because the non-Japanese models didn't have it

    • @ZElTGElST
      @ZElTGElST 2 года назад +2

      @@williamdrum9899 necro

    • @firstnext5482
      @firstnext5482 Год назад +7

      It's probably because the majority of NES soundtracks didn't sound like this or Journey to Silius. If you're trying to replicate the style of something you go with the most well-known version of the style, not a niche (but awesome) variant that coexisted with it.
      I feel like you knew that and just wanted to shit on indie games. There's plenty of valid things to criticize but "not having a soundtrack similar to 2 specific games out of 700+ NES games" is not one of them my man.

    • @sleepCircle
      @sleepCircle Год назад +2

      i mean that's not exactly fair, just listen to "the buzz in the grotto" from shovel knight: king of cards, or "hitting close to home" from shovel knight: spectre of torment
      whether or not you agree they succeeded, it's pretty obvious they TRIED.

  • @megamesplay
    @megamesplay 10 лет назад +119

    11:37 what i heard the most

  • @Sernik_z_rodzynkamii
    @Sernik_z_rodzynkamii 10 месяцев назад +2

    The game was a total disaster, but the soundtrack is just mind blowing. The composers did a fantastic work.

  • @PeyserConlee
    @PeyserConlee 9 лет назад +21

    Whoa, pretty amazing. The quality sounds closer to C64 than NES.

    • @vuurniacsquarewave5091
      @vuurniacsquarewave5091 9 лет назад +5

      PeyserConley X And it's not even making use of the native sampling capability of the system.

  • @Andrew-ze6kq
    @Andrew-ze6kq 4 года назад +54

    One of the hardest games on the NES has one of the best soundtracks on the system...
    Very impressive. God bless you, Tim and Geoff Follin.

  • @solarflare9078
    @solarflare9078 5 лет назад +59

    Tim Follin: The torturer of sound chips

  • @kobyma2
    @kobyma2 6 лет назад +23

    The thing about this game is that if you manage to survive long enough to gain all the powerups(and have a turbo controller so you won't destroy your thumb), it actually becomes pretty fun. Hard, but not terribly so. But the second you make one mistake and die, you are suddenly very underpowered. It's almost as if the game was designed for the full power Silver Surfer.

  • @argylemanni280
    @argylemanni280 3 года назад +11

    some of the best music ever written is labeled "BGM"

  • @ChryI
    @ChryI 6 лет назад +41

    Tim Follin, an absolute god at composing music. Phenomenal is an understatement.

    • @Efreeti
      @Efreeti 5 лет назад +20

      Tim AND Geoff Follin. People don't give Geoff nearly enough respect and recognition.

    • @reginaldforthright805
      @reginaldforthright805 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@Efreetino, Tim only.

    • @GoatsatanRex
      @GoatsatanRex 4 месяца назад +4

      @@Efreetirip Geoff

    • @Efreeti
      @Efreeti 3 месяца назад +3

      @@GoatsatanRex omg I didn't know, just looked it up 😫 rip Geoff

  • @tornadotim0078
    @tornadotim0078 2 года назад +10

    fun fact since this game was released in 1990 that means Tim Follin would've been around 19 years old or younger at the time of composing this music along with Geoff Follin.

  • @Eicee-yg6jh
    @Eicee-yg6jh 4 года назад +18

    Wow imagine playing mario bros and you pick the star and the BGM 1 (3:51) starts to play! Duuude that would be pure acid! 👍🏼

  • @cy1763
    @cy1763 2 года назад +5

    Oh my fucking god, this is up there with the Mega Man games for having banging NES osts AND THIS IS FROM A FUCKING SILVER SURFER GAME. Tim and Geoff literally were just flexing here.

  • @davidwebedr355
    @davidwebedr355 2 года назад +5

    "HOW DO YOU DIE JUST BY TOUCHING A WALL!?" - Angry Video Game Nerd

  • @KaisoRain
    @KaisoRain 8 лет назад +43

    Man, THIS MUSIC IS NUTS FOR A Nes

  • @zachmusicposting1341
    @zachmusicposting1341 3 года назад +21

    This ost is what Jack Kirby's art sounds like

    • @chilesuicmez
      @chilesuicmez 3 года назад +1

      it does oddly resembles his style.