Don't feel bad I listen to a lot of game soundtracks (even of games I have never played) and I still only got 4 in the entire video. Also I know it isn't your usual type of content but ever thought of reacting to these ruclips.net/p/PL11rcBnKdlyPd--MRTJOMn__12IZ7S2So
Marco, you gotta check out Persona 5/Persona 5 Royal's OST. "No More What Ifs", "Last Surprise", "Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There", "Take Over", "Colors Flying High", "Rivers in the Desert", and "Beneath the Mask" are particular favorites. I also really love "Gentle Madman", though it's purely instrumental. The entire OST is a blend of smoothe acid jazz and contemporary rock.
Only games I’ve heard of on this list is Oninaki, Rain World, Hollow Knight, Ikaruga, Spark the Electric Jester, Shantae, Trauma Center, Seasons, Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney, Sonic Unleashed, Freedom Planet, Bastion, Luffia 2, Goemon, Void Stranger, dot Hack Infection, and Katamari. I’ve only played dot Hack Infection. And I’ve only played the N64 Goemon games.
Here's a fun fact: The composer of Echochrome, Hideki Sakamoto, just did the soundtrack for Mario and Luigi: Brothership. He also wrote Smash Ultimate's main theme, Lifelight!
It bothers me a little that a Sonic Unleashed track was in a quiz about obscure videogame music, probably that fact it's meant to be a troll, but still. The whole soundtrack is so good it deserves to be extremely mainstream.
Well... indeed, Sonic Unleashed in no obscure game! Honestly I put that because it has an amazing violin, and that part of the quiz had a bunch of violin/strings focused tracks, I thought it would be nice to include it. And yes, whole soundtrack is incredible!
I recognized it immediately and I've never even played Sonic Unleashed, it feels like if you just sort of casually follow gaming youtube you'd end up hearing it it's definitely not obscure. Should have used Wrapped in Black tbh.
That game rocks! I usually don't like turn based game but it really has so much passion poured into every game of the series, from OST to mechanics and animation.
I heard the Tor music and I was like "Oh, I hope he listens to Iji - General Tor" and then the chorus hit and I realized it _was the track I was just thinking of._ Clipped the song in a place strange enough that I didn't recognize it, well done whoever made this quiz. Marco, you ought to really consider playing Iji, it's pretty good.
The specific parts of each song seem deliberately chosen for maximum confusion on top of the obscurity This whole thing is masterfully crafted. Even the games I should recognize are, like, parts that sound a little bit more like they're from something else like the Bastion song, or like Hollow Knight using the phase 2 Soul Master theme, or from games I played like 16 years ago
@extantcadence2707 The Bastion song got me, too. Sorta. I listened to it and I was like "Ah, that's definitely Transistor!" and then it was actually Bastion. Same ballpark (same devs,) but wrong game.
@@extantcadence2707 Ah, at least someone noticed that, too! I manually choose a specific part for each track, but I didn't did that for confusion, necessarily. Most of them were just my favorite part of the music.
@@extantcadence2707 Oh absolutely, I personally got thrown for the loop with that wan nyan slash game or whatever as part of that clip is literally the same chord progression used in a Touhou song's melody. Pretty certain that one right there was deliberately chosen as such.
Honestly based videogame music quiz. Finally something that doesn't just showcase the usual 10 famous song to make people feel good about their OST knowledge
@@MarcoMeatball Konami has been into pachinko and slots in a big way for a very long time. These days I think they care more about those product lines than they do non-mobile video games!
I almost feel bad for asking a while back if you took community submitted quizzes. But hey, at least we had a good time and discovered some new songs! I considered making an obscure list myself, but I never got around to making one. It's nice to see what it would look like here. I barely got any of these right myself! I got Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World, because its composer has a fairly distinct style. I honestly recommend looking up Anamanaguchi. They absolutely carry the game, and their style of music even carries outside of the game, and they were a major inspiration for Toby Fox! Anamanaguchi acknowledged this and even did their own cover of the song they inspired in UT. (Hopes and Dreams) I got Trauma Center - Gentle Breeze because that song is memed all over the internet. It's famous for being that song that everyone uses that no one knows the source of. Also fun fact about Trauma Center - it's made by Atlus, which are the developers for the Persona series! They're also owned by Sega. It's probably no surprise I got Sonic Unleashed - Windmill Isle Day. It is the only Sonic game I've played, after all. (At least up to Frontiers' release) ALSO I own and have played Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney but I don't remember any of the music from that game. (Aside from standout tracks) I should've gotten Super Hexagon, but my brain immediately went to VVVVVV. The soundscapes of the games are fairly similar. If I do end up doing my own list I should absolutely include a song from VVVVVV.
I hope you have enjoyed the quiz! Personally I think the more list of obscure music the better, so I encourage you to do it! It doesn't need to be a quiz like this one, though.
i literally guessed mighty switch force on the shantae one and went "there's no way they'd put two games from the same studio with the same composer back to back" and gimped myself out of a +1
Yeah, like, 8 bit armies is composed by Frank Klepacki so its like, great way to examine the way he's grown with C'n'C music but also expanding out to other games then his own band, etc. There's a ton that would just be fun to explore the rabbit holes they present.
The exact same vibes as frantically scrolling through a new rhythm game cabinet at the arcade but the timer keeps counting down for twenty minutes instead of 90 seconds
Oh, so it's here! I hope you enjoyed the quiz, despite some copyright problems... As you said, this was basically a showcase of a bunch of amazing tracks from obscure games! My quiz wouldn't be possible to make without the *vipvgm* playlist. You said you liked pretty much every track, so I highly recommend you and everyone reading this to at least check it out! And as a side note, I was going to put 4 more tracks in this, but when I searched for gameplay videos, I discovered they were lost media, so yeah, maybe I did went a little deep.... 😅 Some comments for specific moments: 8:50 - A wild typo appears! It's Bloons Monkey City 9:50 - Exactly! 20:50 - Same composer, yes!
Dude you would be an incredible partner on long car rides. You get the aux EVERY time. Like god I heard Lufia 2 and .hack and my heart swelled. And Spark Electric Jester 1 was composed by a good friend of mine so I always applaud.
This is the kind of diabolical list where each track has at most a 2 digit number of people who recognise it, an average score below 5 and a high score is between 5 and 10. This is the true ultra-nightmare hardmode of music quizes, well done to the creator for sneaking a huge recommendation list onto Marcos channel. 👍
Swear this guy just went through his backlog of games he played and picked which sounded the most obscure. Also that terraria boss theme doesn't count its not even in the base game 😭
Agreed, specifically I would like to recommend a track from Bloons TD Battles 2 called "Brutal Behemoth Brothers" being one of my favourites (the drop just makes you want to dance)
That's the only song I recognized (*) and mostly because I would put that game on and just let it running for the music. DAMN! :D * Okay I lied. I also INSTANTLY recognized the Lufia boss battle theme, and couldn't help but getting out the old air guitar! Now I know what soundtrack I'm gonna put on to practice with once my e-drums get here this weekend. :D
I see the editor is a man of culture. Not only did he put Bloons TD music, but the best one at that. "Street party" made me stop playing and start listening, for the first time in my video game life. Thanks for choosing it.
This quiz is just telling me you should check out some of these games OSTs, maybe even add it to the music you show your non-video game friends too. These hidden gems have hidden gems
3:56 As a Korean, I'm glad to see you come into first contact with La Tale's great music. In addition to MapleStory, there are some classic Korean games with great OSTs, such as TalesWeaver and Mabinogi.
The creator of the video didn't look up the least played/most obscure games because those would be easier to find than these. On the bright side, so many games and music to discover
I don’t think you need to worry about your gamer card. I’m a huge video games nerd and even knew a couple of these songs. But half of these games, I’ve never even HEARD of.
My favorite thing about this is that it's not even all obscure games. I expected to not get anything and then here comes Shantae, Freedom Planet, and Sonic Unleashed lol
I'm discovering that behind a lot of these tracks are whole games worth of same-caliber music, I'm discovering HOURS worth of absolute bangers! These are some of my favorite videos on the channel
The entire Sonic Unleashed sound track is dope. Two tracks (day and night) to evoke different parts of the world, like tracks inspired by Greek seasides, a Chinese Village, New York City, African Savannah, etc.
8:55 is the only one I recognized by tune because I've heard it in YTPs. I would never have guessed it came from Trauma Center. I've played Nitronic Rush and Distance (they're "racing" games) but I didn't recognize either of the tracks chosen for the video. Most games in this video, I've never heard of, so this was definitely made as a "check out just how much music so many people are sleeping on" showcase. 18:43 "WHAT IS LA MULANA" 18:47 "Just like one popular game" when a lot of the games here have been pretty popular :P Just goes to show how many games there are
Oh my god Rochard mentioned!! I immediately knew the song but I couldn't remember where it was from. Fun fact, the OST for Rochard is made by the lead keyboardist of Poets of the Fall.
Bro woke up and decided that he will make a "video game music quiz and god forbid if anyone recognizes at least 1 of these". Never cook again Love to Marco
Reminded me a VGM playlist I used to listen to growing up! Crazy how so many in the quiz were also on that playlist! "I've heard this before, but I can't quite place it!" XD
@@IvoryMadness. That's the one! Soon as I heard Iji - Tor, Pachislot, and Zwei, I thought "it's from that playlist I listened to!" At one time, it went down; or I guess it was moving servers, webpages, or something and I couldn't find it anymore! Glad it's still kicking!
La-mulana has a very fantastic soundtrack overall and diserves a full listen. the others gotten right were bastion, Scott pilgrim, Luftrausers, Lufia 2, Super Hexagon, and Shantae.
8:16 the fact that it took me less than a second to recognize its Love You Love You Love from Mighty Switch Force really reminded me of how AMAZING this game's OST was. Please check it if you have the opportunity! (there's MSF1 and 2, with the 1st one being you playing as a police officer and the sequel as a firefighter)
19:24 Glad to see that people still remember the dot hack series. The story being told in different types of media was a very risky idea but very interesting even to this day.
I got 6 right. I think that's pretty good considering the difficulty of the quiz. Whoever made this quiz is such a troll. 0:44 Temple of the Sun theme from La-Mulana Remake and then the non-remake version of the same theme later on. 1:03 Vocals: "Burning Rangers"; Game: Burning Rangers. 2:35 A Castlevania pachinko game. Oh no... 5:41 The most unrecognizable piece of music from a very popular game. 7:32 We are including modded content now? 14:54 Stage 1 theme from Rondo of Blood, except it's Touhou
Oh, the Spark theme. Love Funk Fiction and his work. I got to learn about him through Sonic fan games Before the Sequel and After the Sequel. Give their soundtracks a listen. One of their other composers, Falk, worked on the music of Sonic Mania.
Ooooh, 13:55 Luftrausers was fun! The bass line, drums and melody was dependent on what you equipped on three slots for your plane (weapon engine etc), the standardised tracks are on Spotify and assaultrauser is ny personal favourite ^^ Also, only got Monty on the Run and Gun Smoke correct
Games I recognized: Scott Pilgrim, La Mulana, Rain World, Spark the Electric Jester, Shantae Half Genie Hero, Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney, Rythm Thief, Freedom Planet, Bastion, Super Hexagon, Void Stranger, Zwei, House in Fata Morgana, Kane and Lynch 2 Game's I've played: Beat Buddy, Hollow Knight, Ikaruga, Terraria, Mighty Switch Force, Sonic Unleashed, Gun Smoke, Katamari Damacy Music I recognized: Trauma Center 2
The second the Burning Rangers theme said the name of the game 5 times and it wasn’t clocked what the game could possibly be, I knew we were in for a good time. Also talk about great taste. A number of gems in there I haven’t heard in years and absolutely adore.
Yoooo ikaruga mentioned. Fun thing about the game is that its technically a sequel from another bullet hell of the 90s. That theme is also the first and last song you hear when you complete a run The game is such a cult classic in the Shoot em up world, it gets ports to new consoles to this day, 23 years after relese in arcades.
Seeing Katamari on here just made me realize how much I would LOVE to see you react to that soundtrack; it's like listening to an actual album outside of a videogame OST
It was kinda funny that Marco mentioned some of the games looked like Touhou, and there was one game that was actually a Touhou fangame, but didn't look like Touhou, so he didn't mention it.
I’m glad I at least got Rain World, but the worst part of this was feeling like I knew the theme, and then seeing the game and being like “I guess I didn’t actually recognize that song”
7:12 It's a Sonic clone. And by that I mean that it's a indie game series made by the author of famous Sonic fan games "Sonic Before the Sequel" and "Sonic After the Sequel".
Had a lot of trouble guessing most but there was no way I wouldn't recognize this 7:03. I've played Spark so much that every single song in the OST is just ingrained in my mind forever. Same goes for Shantae 1/2 Genie Hero at 7:58 and Sonic Unleashed at 11:45, all games I've definitely played too much and love to bits.
That koumwjou densetsu song sounded so heavily inspired by castlevania x on SNES level 1 track it’s almost uncanny, when listening I instantly knew if it wasn’t castlevania it would have been heavily inspired by such. Also props for throwing in Lufia 2 into the mix. Criminally underrated gem of a jrpg on snes and all the battle and boss themes are among the best of any rpg on the system
I recognized the Soulmaster Phase 2 from Hollow Knight because I played that game so much. I also played Seasons after Fall but that was to long ago so I couldn't recognize the music. This list was pure evil.
Holy hell, now that was really hard actually. I heard about some of those, some are even in my steam and GOG library waiting years already to be played. The only one that I recognized was Xanadu Next. I almost recognized Zwei, because it has it's Falcom music vibe, but I didn't played it enough and it was about 6-7 years ago. So yeah, you can relax Marco, this one was really hard this time. BTW, you really should listen to Falcom music. OST in their game may not be groundbreaking, but it's really good and absolute blast to get in the mood for some adventures. Absolutely recommend to listen Sunshine Coastline from Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, Zero no Kiseki from Trails from Zero, The Red Wings -New Wind- from Trails of Cold Steel and Blue Destination from Trails of Cold Steel 2. You may not even make a reaction video, just listen to those, those are really nice.
I knew none of the other games, but I instantly CLOCKED the one from Hollow Knight (somehow automatically recognized the background "muffled chatter", though I did think it was more from the Coliseum of Fools than Soul Sanctum)
Honestly was about to be 0 and 0 with you, but Burning Rangers and WayForward music got me out of the hole. Lots of crazy stuff I haven't heard before! All very good!
Got a visceral reaction to 8:55 that got cut short, but the snippet was more than enough for me to recognize one of my favorite games ever. Ape Escape 3 is the third of an amazing series where the music are extremely peculiar. I'd recommand listening to Ape Escape 1 and 3's OSTs more than 2 because Soichi Terada was the composer for these two. Just try to not listen to the first through the originape album because they're slightly off quality due to being those used on the psp remake, Ape Escape: On the loose, and sadly most songs in there lost some of what made them great to begin with.
> Be me. > Watch the video and decide to try alongside Marco. > Only fail to recognize 3 of those games (including the Sonic one because I didn't thought there was going to be any mainstream franchise). > Realize those are all either indies or forgotten gems. > ME BEING A GIANT INDIE GAMES NERD AND LOVER CONFIRMED :c
Holy cow that was actually extremely hard, but all these tracks were bangers so I forgive it being impossible lol Some of these songs I actually recognized hearing a long time ago, but never actually discovering where they came from. I only got 5 games right: Scott Pilgrim, Spark the Electric Jester, Echochrome, Bastion and Sonic Unleashed
8:56 I've actually heard this one a fair few times before, nice to actually know where it's from. I've heard of Trauma Center but I've never played it.
I love how the first one gave me confidence because I knew it was Scott Pilgrim and then got bodied by everything else on this list LMAO. WHAT ARE THESE GAMES?!
Bullet Heaven 2?! Well shit, time for me to go back playing the game to listen to the music again... And I almost managed to guess Epic Battle Fantasy 5 because I recognise Phyrnna's (she's the composer for both games mentioned) style of music... But ok Marco, I suggest you try to listen to some Epic Battle Fantasy music just to expand yourself into the obscure zone (it's not exactly obscure but more indie?). If you're going into listen to the boss music, I suggest you hear them in the game order 3->4->5 to listen to the evolution of style
Marco listening to EBF music would make my entire month, honestly. There are so many good bangers in there. So many bangers in the former flash game scene in general, actually, and so much of it left obscure to the average internet user.
![Noob To Max With DRAGON REWORK In Blox Fruits [FULL MOVIE]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LnBMOinoOvA/mqdefault.jpg)
![BLACK BAG - Official Trailer [HD] - Only in Theaters March 14](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Du0Xp8WX_7I/mqdefault.jpg)
Go ahead. Torture your friends.
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Thanks !
Don't feel bad I listen to a lot of game soundtracks (even of games I have never played) and I still only got 4 in the entire video. Also I know it isn't your usual type of content but ever thought of reacting to these ruclips.net/p/PL11rcBnKdlyPd--MRTJOMn__12IZ7S2So
Marco, you gotta check out Persona 5/Persona 5 Royal's OST. "No More What Ifs", "Last Surprise", "Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There", "Take Over", "Colors Flying High", "Rivers in the Desert", and "Beneath the Mask" are particular favorites. I also really love "Gentle Madman", though it's purely instrumental. The entire OST is a blend of smoothe acid jazz and contemporary rock.
Marco please do a video on the Trauma Center/Trauma Team OSTs
Alternate title "Marco reads out the titles of obscure video games for 20 minutes increasingly exasperated"
Lololol
I appreciate it as just a listener 😅
I feel like the person who made this just wanted the opportunity to show off some obscure VGM that they like.
Kudos to you.
Thanks! 😃👍
@@IvoryMadness. Massive props for the Iji pick fam. One of two people I've seen that know that game exists.
@@IvoryMadness. fellow ivory who likes scott pilgrim music. Hello
Sad that Wayforward games are obscure, especially when Jake Kauffman makes their music. (For the most part)
@@IvoryMadness. Bro you legend put rain world, as soon as i heard it, i got hit with the feels lool
Nevermind the music. Take a shot every time you've never heard of the game.
I wouldn't survive to the midway point...
And I'm an old gamer. Started on the C64.
Nah, that'd kill your liver for sure!
@@Mantaforce2 insane drinking game right there dude😭💀
No one would leave the bar after that XD
Only games I’ve heard of on this list is Oninaki, Rain World, Hollow Knight, Ikaruga, Spark the Electric Jester, Shantae, Trauma Center, Seasons, Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney, Sonic Unleashed, Freedom Planet, Bastion, Luffia 2, Goemon, Void Stranger, dot Hack Infection, and Katamari. I’ve only played dot Hack Infection. And I’ve only played the N64 Goemon games.
Here's a fun fact: The composer of Echochrome, Hideki Sakamoto, just did the soundtrack for Mario and Luigi: Brothership. He also wrote Smash Ultimate's main theme, Lifelight!
There were some iconic tracks in there, but MAN were they digging deep there LOL
Me who grew up on flash games and is obsessed with obscure games seeing Marco not recognizing most of them
I mean you did say obscure so
keithpierce5686 yeah i wouldnt expect anyone to recognize these games unless they are autistically obsessed like me
I'm just mad I didn't get any of the multiple Epic Battle Fantasy entries.
15:10
Fangame Castlevania with Touhou... Sheesh. Author just pulled out all the stops and trolled us.
The crazy thing is I thought of a COMPLETELY different game when reading this lol
Luna Nights is also awesome, but never heard of that one.
It bothers me a little that a Sonic Unleashed track was in a quiz about obscure videogame music, probably that fact it's meant to be a troll, but still. The whole soundtrack is so good it deserves to be extremely mainstream.
Well... indeed, Sonic Unleashed in no obscure game! Honestly I put that because it has an amazing violin, and that part of the quiz had a bunch of violin/strings focused tracks, I thought it would be nice to include it. And yes, whole soundtrack is incredible!
@@IvoryMadness. that and the Bloons Monkey City one were the only ones I got
I recognized it immediately and I've never even played Sonic Unleashed, it feels like if you just sort of casually follow gaming youtube you'd end up hearing it it's definitely not obscure. Should have used Wrapped in Black tbh.
@@PinkReaper1 rush reference alert! I barely even remember what wrapped in black sounds like lmao
Seriously, that entire OST is banger after banger.
Yay, Epic Battle Fantasy series mentioned. That game is my entire childhood and the foundation for my preference of game OSTs till this day
That game rocks! I usually don't like turn based game but it really has so much passion poured into every game of the series, from OST to mechanics and animation.
I at least knew Sonic Unleashed, so I count that as a win.
@@TheStarchamber fr 😂
I knew scott pilgrim
That’s the only one I was able to get right, mainly because it’s one of my favorite Sonic level themes next to Rooftop Run.
I heard the Tor music and I was like "Oh, I hope he listens to Iji - General Tor" and then the chorus hit and I realized it _was the track I was just thinking of._
Clipped the song in a place strange enough that I didn't recognize it, well done whoever made this quiz.
Marco, you ought to really consider playing Iji, it's pretty good.
The specific parts of each song seem deliberately chosen for maximum confusion on top of the obscurity
This whole thing is masterfully crafted. Even the games I should recognize are, like, parts that sound a little bit more like they're from something else like the Bastion song, or like Hollow Knight using the phase 2 Soul Master theme, or from games I played like 16 years ago
@extantcadence2707
The Bastion song got me, too. Sorta. I listened to it and I was like "Ah, that's definitely Transistor!" and then it was actually Bastion. Same ballpark (same devs,) but wrong game.
@@extantcadence2707 Ah, at least someone noticed that, too! I manually choose a specific part for each track, but I didn't did that for confusion, necessarily. Most of them were just my favorite part of the music.
@@extantcadence2707 Oh absolutely, I personally got thrown for the loop with that wan nyan slash game or whatever as part of that clip is literally the same chord progression used in a Touhou song's melody. Pretty certain that one right there was deliberately chosen as such.
Honestly based videogame music quiz. Finally something that doesn't just showcase the usual 10 famous song to make people feel good about their OST knowledge
11:44 When a Sonic Unleashed music kicks in, i feel it really hard
2:36 This is a Castlevania pachinko machine. Because Konami.
wtf
@@MarcoMeatball Konami has been into pachinko and slots in a big way for a very long time. These days I think they care more about those product lines than they do non-mobile video games!
Speaking of Castlevainia give the Remix of Vampire killer used in Vampire Survivors a listen… cause holy crap ITS GLORIOUS
I almost feel bad for asking a while back if you took community submitted quizzes. But hey, at least we had a good time and discovered some new songs! I considered making an obscure list myself, but I never got around to making one. It's nice to see what it would look like here. I barely got any of these right myself!
I got Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World, because its composer has a fairly distinct style. I honestly recommend looking up Anamanaguchi. They absolutely carry the game, and their style of music even carries outside of the game, and they were a major inspiration for Toby Fox! Anamanaguchi acknowledged this and even did their own cover of the song they inspired in UT. (Hopes and Dreams)
I got Trauma Center - Gentle Breeze because that song is memed all over the internet. It's famous for being that song that everyone uses that no one knows the source of.
Also fun fact about Trauma Center - it's made by Atlus, which are the developers for the Persona series! They're also owned by Sega.
It's probably no surprise I got Sonic Unleashed - Windmill Isle Day. It is the only Sonic game I've played, after all. (At least up to Frontiers' release)
ALSO I own and have played Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney but I don't remember any of the music from that game. (Aside from standout tracks)
I should've gotten Super Hexagon, but my brain immediately went to VVVVVV. The soundscapes of the games are fairly similar.
If I do end up doing my own list I should absolutely include a song from VVVVVV.
I hope you have enjoyed the quiz! Personally I think the more list of obscure music the better, so I encourage you to do it! It doesn't need to be a quiz like this one, though.
haha i also almost said VVVVVV for hexagon, they got the same vibe!
Same dev for Super Hexagon & VVVVVV but not the same composer i suppose, though maybe the dev asked for something similar
i literally guessed mighty switch force on the shantae one and went "there's no way they'd put two games from the same studio with the same composer back to back" and gimped myself out of a +1
Don't have to believe me, but I did the exact same thing.
I mean, they almost did that with BH2/EBF5. Same composer and developer for both games.
The obscurity of some of these titles is pretty good for broadening horizons to more games (especially the indie ones)
Yeah, like, 8 bit armies is composed by Frank Klepacki so its like, great way to examine the way he's grown with C'n'C music but also expanding out to other games then his own band, etc. There's a ton that would just be fun to explore the rabbit holes they present.
The exact same vibes as frantically scrolling through a new rhythm game cabinet at the arcade but the timer keeps counting down for twenty minutes instead of 90 seconds
A lot of these I've never heard of before but then a surprising number are sitting in my Steam library, unplayed...
tisk tisk LOL
As difficult as this was, I'm glad I could recognize Scott Pilgrim, Shantae, Bastion and Super Hexagon lol.
that Koumajou Densetsu track confused the hell out of me, i legit thought the video included a Siivagunner rip of Divine Bloodlines for a second
me too, didn't know Touhouvania had a Divine Bloodlines reference
It sounds heavily inspired by Dracula x snes level 1 theme. Edit - just looked up divine bloodlines. Yeah we pretty much mean the same thing
Me too!
Oh, so it's here! I hope you enjoyed the quiz, despite some copyright problems...
As you said, this was basically a showcase of a bunch of amazing tracks from obscure games! My quiz wouldn't be possible to make without the *vipvgm* playlist. You said you liked pretty much every track, so I highly recommend you and everyone reading this to at least check it out!
And as a side note, I was going to put 4 more tracks in this, but when I searched for gameplay videos, I discovered they were lost media, so yeah, maybe I did went a little deep.... 😅
Some comments for specific moments:
8:50 - A wild typo appears! It's Bloons Monkey City
9:50 - Exactly!
20:50 - Same composer, yes!
Yo the epic battle fantasy and bullet heaven 2 music, nice to meet a fellow fan of the series
@@jeffreychen8443 I was surprised to see those too
Dude you would be an incredible partner on long car rides. You get the aux EVERY time.
Like god I heard Lufia 2 and .hack and my heart swelled. And Spark Electric Jester 1 was composed by a good friend of mine so I always applaud.
DO MORE (but be kinder to me) :D
i adored the quiz, even tho the only ones i knew were rhythm thief, bastion and Iji
This is the kind of diabolical list where each track has at most a 2 digit number of people who recognise it, an average score below 5 and a high score is between 5 and 10.
This is the true ultra-nightmare hardmode of music quizes, well done to the creator for sneaking a huge recommendation list onto Marcos channel. 👍
when 7:58 started playing i legit for beat screamed SHANTAE HALF GENIE HERO COUNTERFEIT MERMAIDS !!!! ARGHHHHHHH !!!
Best music from that game, right?
Hell yeah! Took 8 minutes for me to even recognize anything, and it's one of my favorites.
@@IvoryMadness.Personally i prefer Neo burning town, but yeah its really high up there
That game's entire soundtrack is peak.
SAME lol
I even guessed it's from Jake Kaufman. I was so happy to finally guess a song.
Scott Pilgram:the game is super underrated,got it immediately because of how much that ost stuck with me
Knives’ fight is one of my favorites
Swear this guy just went through his backlog of games he played and picked which sounded the most obscure. Also that terraria boss theme doesn't count its not even in the base game 😭
Okay you need to check out the music from Bloons TD. There is absolutely no reason for a game about monkeys throwing darts at balloons to be so good.
Agreed, specifically I would like to recommend a track from Bloons TD Battles 2 called "Brutal Behemoth Brothers" being one of my favourites (the drop just makes you want to dance)
That's the only song I recognized (*) and mostly because I would put that game on and just let it running for the music.
DAMN! :D
* Okay I lied. I also INSTANTLY recognized the Lufia boss battle theme, and couldn't help but getting out the old air guitar! Now I know what soundtrack I'm gonna put on to practice with once my e-drums get here this weekend. :D
I see the editor is a man of culture. Not only did he put Bloons TD music, but the best one at that. "Street party" made me stop playing and start listening, for the first time in my video game life. Thanks for choosing it.
I felt freaking ancient when that song came up
@@BlackdragonTheShadow Lol... imagine how I felt when I recognized the Lufia (1995, mind) entry.
Sonic tracks I would dominate. Other than that i would have little chance unless its for games i’m more familiar with.
every time I heard an rpg sounding track with strings my dumbass thought, "hmm, that sounds like octopath traveler"
This quiz is just telling me you should check out some of these games OSTs, maybe even add it to the music you show your non-video game friends too. These hidden gems have hidden gems
some of these are exceptional
3:56 As a Korean, I'm glad to see you come into first contact with La Tale's great music. In addition to MapleStory, there are some classic Korean games with great OSTs, such as TalesWeaver and Mabinogi.
You call yourself a music man? NAME EVERY SONG.
Gottem. This was wild, I've never heard of most of these games.
The creator of the video didn't look up the least played/most obscure games because those would be easier to find than these. On the bright side, so many games and music to discover
I don’t think you need to worry about your gamer card. I’m a huge video games nerd and even knew a couple of these songs. But half of these games, I’ve never even HEARD of.
3 of my favorite games on the thumbnail was a welcomed surprise
My favorite thing about this is that it's not even all obscure games. I expected to not get anything and then here comes Shantae, Freedom Planet, and Sonic Unleashed lol
I'm discovering that behind a lot of these tracks are whole games worth of same-caliber music, I'm discovering HOURS worth of absolute bangers! These are some of my favorite videos on the channel
The entire Sonic Unleashed sound track is dope. Two tracks (day and night) to evoke different parts of the world, like tracks inspired by Greek seasides, a Chinese Village, New York City, African Savannah, etc.
Trauma Center and Sonic were the only two I got
8:55 is the only one I recognized by tune because I've heard it in YTPs. I would never have guessed it came from Trauma Center. I've played Nitronic Rush and Distance (they're "racing" games) but I didn't recognize either of the tracks chosen for the video. Most games in this video, I've never heard of, so this was definitely made as a "check out just how much music so many people are sleeping on" showcase.
18:43 "WHAT IS LA MULANA"
18:47 "Just like one popular game" when a lot of the games here have been pretty popular :P Just goes to show how many games there are
Oh my god Rochard mentioned!! I immediately knew the song but I couldn't remember where it was from. Fun fact, the OST for Rochard is made by the lead keyboardist of Poets of the Fall.
Bro woke up and decided that he will make a "video game music quiz and god forbid if anyone recognizes at least 1 of these". Never cook again
Love to Marco
Only let this guy cook tbh
Reminded me a VGM playlist I used to listen to growing up!
Crazy how so many in the quiz were also on that playlist! "I've heard this before, but I can't quite place it!" XD
I took some music from the vipvgm, was this the playlist you mentioned? As far as I know the guy is still adding new musics to it!
@@IvoryMadness. That's the one! Soon as I heard Iji - Tor, Pachislot, and Zwei, I thought "it's from that playlist I listened to!"
At one time, it went down; or I guess it was moving servers, webpages, or something and I couldn't find it anymore! Glad it's still kicking!
1:42 I though they were gonna start playing Sandstorm there for a second 😂
8:32 LOL WHY WAS THAT SO IN SYNC
That person was evil for adding music from MODS.
La-mulana has a very fantastic soundtrack overall and diserves a full listen. the others gotten right were bastion, Scott pilgrim, Luftrausers, Lufia 2, Super Hexagon, and Shantae.
8:16 the fact that it took me less than a second to recognize its Love You Love You Love from Mighty Switch Force really reminded me of how AMAZING this game's OST was. Please check it if you have the opportunity! (there's MSF1 and 2, with the 1st one being you playing as a police officer and the sequel as a firefighter)
Super excited with my 1 out of however many songs just played, it was really cool to see an ACTUALLY DIFFICULT video game music quiz.
19:24
Glad to see that people still remember the dot hack series. The story being told in different types of media was a very risky idea but very interesting even to this day.
This makes me want to go back to all the indie (often free) games from itch io that I played over the years and pay more attention to the music
And the flash games from my childhood too
@@novae756 i recomend the flashpoint project
So many bangers in this video that ive never heard of!
I got 6 right. I think that's pretty good considering the difficulty of the quiz.
Whoever made this quiz is such a troll.
0:44 Temple of the Sun theme from La-Mulana Remake and then the non-remake version of the same theme later on.
1:03 Vocals: "Burning Rangers"; Game: Burning Rangers.
2:35 A Castlevania pachinko game. Oh no...
5:41 The most unrecognizable piece of music from a very popular game.
7:32 We are including modded content now?
14:54 Stage 1 theme from Rondo of Blood, except it's Touhou
Oh, the Spark theme. Love Funk Fiction and his work. I got to learn about him through Sonic fan games Before the Sequel and After the Sequel.
Give their soundtracks a listen. One of their other composers, Falk, worked on the music of Sonic Mania.
No Straight Roads too
I should have expected to not get anything when the video is titled troll edition
Ooooh, 13:55 Luftrausers was fun! The bass line, drums and melody was dependent on what you equipped on three slots for your plane (weapon engine etc), the standardised tracks are on Spotify and assaultrauser is ny personal favourite ^^
Also, only got Monty on the Run and Gun Smoke correct
Games I recognized: Scott Pilgrim, La Mulana, Rain World, Spark the Electric Jester, Shantae Half Genie Hero, Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney, Rythm Thief, Freedom Planet, Bastion, Super Hexagon, Void Stranger, Zwei, House in Fata Morgana, Kane and Lynch 2
Game's I've played: Beat Buddy, Hollow Knight, Ikaruga, Terraria, Mighty Switch Force, Sonic Unleashed, Gun Smoke, Katamari Damacy
Music I recognized: Trauma Center 2
I think you're the first person here in the comments mentioning that have played Beat Buddy 😂😂
I hope you liked the quiz!
Both La Mulana games have some absolute bangers, especially for an indie game!
Yeah I love listening to both games’ OST
I like how you could do an entire quiz like this of only jake kaufman songs without using any songs that sound even remotely similar
The most obscure list ever made, love the EBF and Bullet Heaven inclusions though lol
"Wow, these are some out there picks. Heard of some of these games but I don't think I'll recognise any-"
5:21
"IJI MENTION LET'S GOOOOOOOO"
The second the Burning Rangers theme said the name of the game 5 times and it wasn’t clocked what the game could possibly be, I knew we were in for a good time.
Also talk about great taste. A number of gems in there I haven’t heard in years and absolutely adore.
Yoooo ikaruga mentioned. Fun thing about the game is that its technically a sequel from another bullet hell of the 90s. That theme is also the first and last song you hear when you complete a run
The game is such a cult classic in the Shoot em up world, it gets ports to new consoles to this day, 23 years after relese in arcades.
Great collection, not ashamed to score 0/2 of the ones i actually came across prior to watching the vid.
Seeing Katamari on here just made me realize how much I would LOVE to see you react to that soundtrack; it's like listening to an actual album outside of a videogame OST
The Monty on the run theme is actually a masterpiece considering the hardware it was written for.
I haven't finished the vid yet, but I am SO glad I got La Mulana, thank you Albino for streaming that goated game
It was kinda funny that Marco mentioned some of the games looked like Touhou, and there was one game that was actually a Touhou fangame, but didn't look like Touhou, so he didn't mention it.
I’m glad I at least got Rain World, but the worst part of this was feeling like I knew the theme, and then seeing the game and being like “I guess I didn’t actually recognize that song”
7:12 It's a Sonic clone.
And by that I mean that it's a indie game series made by the author of famous Sonic fan games "Sonic Before the Sequel" and "Sonic After the Sequel".
Had a lot of trouble guessing most but there was no way I wouldn't recognize this 7:03. I've played Spark so much that every single song in the OST is just ingrained in my mind forever. Same goes for Shantae 1/2 Genie Hero at 7:58 and Sonic Unleashed at 11:45, all games I've definitely played too much and love to bits.
Managed to get Ikaruga, mostly because it uses the same soundfont as the boss theme.
didn't expect to hear spark the electric jester here at all lmao
This one was ridiculously hard, I only recognized 6 of them, and I've been playing for more than 40 years.
That koumwjou densetsu song sounded so heavily inspired by castlevania x on SNES level 1 track it’s almost uncanny, when listening I instantly knew if it wasn’t castlevania it would have been heavily inspired by such. Also props for throwing in Lufia 2 into the mix. Criminally underrated gem of a jrpg on snes and all the battle and boss themes are among the best of any rpg on the system
I recognized the Soulmaster Phase 2 from Hollow Knight because I played that game so much. I also played Seasons after Fall but that was to long ago so I couldn't recognize the music. This list was pure evil.
Random games having the most banger music i ever heard truly is my favorite thing ngl
Ya same. It actually makes me so happy to live in this timeline
Holy hell, now that was really hard actually. I heard about some of those, some are even in my steam and GOG library waiting years already to be played. The only one that I recognized was Xanadu Next. I almost recognized Zwei, because it has it's Falcom music vibe, but I didn't played it enough and it was about 6-7 years ago. So yeah, you can relax Marco, this one was really hard this time.
BTW, you really should listen to Falcom music. OST in their game may not be groundbreaking, but it's really good and absolute blast to get in the mood for some adventures.
Absolutely recommend to listen Sunshine Coastline from Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, Zero no Kiseki from Trails from Zero, The Red Wings -New Wind- from Trails of Cold Steel and Blue Destination from Trails of Cold Steel 2. You may not even make a reaction video, just listen to those, those are really nice.
I'm proud of myself actually knowing a few, I'd definitely consider this more of a "discovery" video for game music though. GG.
Marco's gonna be in an rabbit hole of music if he ever dips his toes into Epic Battle Fantasy
I knew none of the other games, but I instantly CLOCKED the one from Hollow Knight (somehow automatically recognized the background "muffled chatter", though I did think it was more from the Coliseum of Fools than Soul Sanctum)
Honestly was about to be 0 and 0 with you, but Burning Rangers and WayForward music got me out of the hole. Lots of crazy stuff I haven't heard before! All very good!
I was jumpscared by Bullet Heaven 2, and instantly i felt a tears
So many absolute bangers in this quiz, holy shit
Got a visceral reaction to 8:55 that got cut short, but the snippet was more than enough for me to recognize one of my favorite games ever. Ape Escape 3 is the third of an amazing series where the music are extremely peculiar. I'd recommand listening to Ape Escape 1 and 3's OSTs more than 2 because Soichi Terada was the composer for these two. Just try to not listen to the first through the originape album because they're slightly off quality due to being those used on the psp remake, Ape Escape: On the loose, and sadly most songs in there lost some of what made them great to begin with.
wow thanks a lot. I already thought that I would have to look for the OST knowing only one note
I can proudly declare that I knew almost all of the games, knew which games the tracks were before they were shown, and I got even 2 right.
> Be me.
> Watch the video and decide to try alongside Marco.
> Only fail to recognize 3 of those games (including the Sonic one because I didn't thought there was going to be any mainstream franchise).
> Realize those are all either indies or forgotten gems.
> ME BEING A GIANT INDIE GAMES NERD AND LOVER CONFIRMED :c
Getting the "Spark the Electric Jester" one made me feel like a genius. LOL
I also guessed "Distance" on the other driving game, and then the next game was actually "Distance".
Holy cow that was actually extremely hard, but all these tracks were bangers so I forgive it being impossible lol
Some of these songs I actually recognized hearing a long time ago, but never actually discovering where they came from. I only got 5 games right: Scott Pilgrim, Spark the Electric Jester, Echochrome, Bastion and Sonic Unleashed
8:56 I've actually heard this one a fair few times before, nice to actually know where it's from. I've heard of Trauma Center but I've never played it.
That just made me add like 20 more tracks into my playlist. Based
I love how the first one gave me confidence because I knew it was Scott Pilgrim and then got bodied by everything else on this list LMAO. WHAT ARE THESE GAMES?!
Bullet Heaven 2?! Well shit, time for me to go back playing the game to listen to the music again... And I almost managed to guess Epic Battle Fantasy 5 because I recognise Phyrnna's (she's the composer for both games mentioned) style of music... But ok Marco, I suggest you try to listen to some Epic Battle Fantasy music just to expand yourself into the obscure zone (it's not exactly obscure but more indie?). If you're going into listen to the boss music, I suggest you hear them in the game order 3->4->5 to listen to the evolution of style
I heard a chipset thing and proudly shouted "VVVVVV!"
It was super hexagon.
This is what game music challenges should be. All this music, and so many games.
actually pointed at my screen after not getting anything and void stranger popping up, awesome game and OST!
By the end of this I was expecting Legally Distinct Carnival Night Zone to show up
"Okay, I've at least heard of this game ... but not really." Is the perfect quote to describe this whole video.
I bless you IvoryMadness for introducing Marco to Epic Battle Fantasy, maybe we'll be able to actually get him to listen to more of the music!
Amen 🙏🙏🙏
Marco listening to EBF music would make my entire month, honestly. There are so many good bangers in there. So many bangers in the former flash game scene in general, actually, and so much of it left obscure to the average internet user.