[SEGA Genesis Music] Ecco the Dolphin - Full Original Soundtrack OST

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
  • **All my soundtracks are recorded from authentic NTSC Model 1 VA3 Genesis hardware**
    Track listing below
    Composed by Magyari András, Brian Coburn
    00:00 Opening Theme
    04:15 The Lagoon
    06:22 Medusa Bay
    08:35 Undercaves
    10:44 The Vents
    12:17 Open Ocean
    13:58 Ice Zone
    16:55 Island Zone
    18:45 Time Travel
    20:20 Jurassic Beach
    22:42 The Tube
    24:55 Welcome to the Machine
    26:50 The Stomach
    28:52 Ending Theme
    30:24 Unused (Sound Test 06)
    32:26 Unused (Sound Test 12)
    32:58 Unused (Sound Test 14)
    34:58 Unused (Sound Test 18)
    36:26 Unused (Sound Test 19)
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Комментарии • 462

  • @DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL
    @DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL  3 года назад +28

    www.patreon.com/dustinodellofficial

    • @davidlilley2736
      @davidlilley2736 3 года назад +1

      As Currage the dog would say this shouldn't to a dolphin

    • @davidlilley2736
      @davidlilley2736 3 года назад

      Damnit forgot I put this dog comment saw it thought mice one was about to agree till i saw its me im loseing my marbles finally took me long enougth to cracked what next likeing my own comments or subbing to my own channel somehow lol

    • @davidlilley2736
      @davidlilley2736 3 года назад

      One thing ied like to know was the pterodactyl freind or foe I rermeber him dragging you back a bit I think but nouthing worse

    • @davidlilley2736
      @davidlilley2736 2 года назад

      Hmm jarrasic beach got me thinking kid chameleon ?

    • @nirv
      @nirv 2 года назад +2

      So don't ever beg for money for posting a video game soundtrack. This isn't even the version with QSound you dirtbag.

  • @pie3701
    @pie3701 Год назад +197

    This is probably the most subtle horror game of all time

    • @hermitfolgrim6126
      @hermitfolgrim6126 Год назад +8

      Not wrong!!!

    • @cardinalcar
      @cardinalcar 3 месяца назад +4

      I thought I was just gonna play a cute game about being a dolphin

    • @kawaiikitty4569
      @kawaiikitty4569 3 месяца назад +3

      @@cardinalcarha yeah little did we know! Horror and one of the hardest games ever for no apparent reason! But what a fun ride.

    • @danielreid9621
      @danielreid9621 Месяц назад +1

      The jump scare when Ecco's family gets taken away nearly ended my life as a kid. I don't think anything has ever scared me that badly. I played the game for like a straight hour and couldn't figure out what to do...then suddenly the Vortex came...

    • @ecwashere8735
      @ecwashere8735 28 дней назад +1

      @@danielreid9621 lol they really did make it so you swim aimlessly in circles for 2 hours getting bored, and then hey might as well do aflIPOHSHITWATHTHEFUCK.

  • @ryanopalinski5422
    @ryanopalinski5422 2 года назад +143

    If I remember correctly, when you died in this game, this eerie music just kept playing as your next turn began. The music didn’t restart when put back at the beginning of the level… it was just a daunting reminder that you’re not starting over, but more simply, your Hell is just continuing for a lot longer than you’d hoped…

    • @RCCarDude
      @RCCarDude Год назад +23

      That's a novel way of putting it, and of course: correct. lol

    • @kero232
      @kero232 Год назад +1

      cringe

    • @ryanopalinski5422
      @ryanopalinski5422 Год назад +7

      @@kero232 ok

    • @andrewlynch1754
      @andrewlynch1754 Год назад +5

      So true, very interesting observation, I can't help but agree though.

    • @megadriveleo
      @megadriveleo Год назад +12

      @@kero232 SpongeBob: “YOU’RE CRINGE!”

  • @SPL760
    @SPL760 Год назад +40

    I’m 35 years old,I still remember my dad taking me to Target to buy this game back in 1992-1993 even though I wanted Mortal Kombat,but he said no. I can honestly say this was probably one of the most difficult games ever on Sega Genesis. This soundtrack brings back memories though,not gonna lie…

    • @jimmybuffet4970
      @jimmybuffet4970 4 месяца назад +1

      Mortal Kombat for Genesis, imho, was not as good as it was on SNES. The soundtrack was fairly forgettable in comparison to the magic the genesis was capable of

  • @Lightblue2222
    @Lightblue2222 4 года назад +93

    Some of the deepest Genesis vibes.

    • @Damidas
      @Damidas Год назад +6

      The deepest

  • @mariemattsson824
    @mariemattsson824 3 года назад +103

    This soundtrack brings back memories of frustration and claustrophobia, but it's so full of atmosphere. I'm slightly addicted to the strange feelings this gives me when I listen to it.

  • @Sparrow-Music
    @Sparrow-Music 3 года назад +44

    "8 MEGS OF AQUATIC EXCITEMENT WITH PASSWORD SAVE"
    *existential crisis*

  • @jamesevans1897
    @jamesevans1897 7 лет назад +526

    Anyone else find the opening theme to be absolutely sinister and unnerving? It's absolutely great.

    • @major7thsmcgee973
      @major7thsmcgee973 7 лет назад +19

      The Tube as well.

    • @alienspacebat5218
      @alienspacebat5218 6 лет назад +43

      Yeah, and somehow, it's also peaceful and calming.

    • @vitamindealer7915
      @vitamindealer7915 5 лет назад +23

      If I could become a dolphin when I die (specifically Ecco) that would be great.

    • @drsPascalsArchive
      @drsPascalsArchive 4 года назад +17

      Time Travel always makes me sad for some reason.

    • @hexyko4850
      @hexyko4850 4 года назад +36

      The whole game is unnerving. But that's what makes it special.

  • @Trick.Sparrow
    @Trick.Sparrow 5 лет назад +272

    This game scared the hell out of me as a child. I think it gave me my fear of deep water, too...

    • @steelyburt
      @steelyburt 3 года назад +7

      Sheer terror!

    • @kawanbruh
      @kawanbruh 3 года назад +7

      Me too

    • @agua9362
      @agua9362 3 года назад +9

      ecco will be with you

    • @Danny2113182
      @Danny2113182 3 года назад +7

      Currently confronting/reliving said anxiety with Subnautica lol

    • @davidlilley2736
      @davidlilley2736 3 года назад +6

      Fear of drowning huh and endless dark blue and what lurks I dident want to jump at the beginning after the first time the tube was where I started to wonder what ied got into and that damn 8 legs and last boss hell no what was I playing aliens that's he reason I dident play aliens I got baited 😱 I still feel a slight terror to the sound track genesis clever at creating and scarring kids for the future 👏

  • @Gasperson
    @Gasperson 2 года назад +11

    Not sure how or why my brain was thinking of this soundtrack this morning, but it was. I had "The Vents" in my head despite not playing this game since it released back in the 90's. Brains are weird man!

  • @DodderingOldMan
    @DodderingOldMan 5 лет назад +229

    People always cite the 'Drowning' music from Sonic as being incredibly stressful, but for my money it's got nothing on Undercaves from this soundtrack. It's objectively awesome, but it also takes me right back to those tunnels, running out of air, desperately searching for a place to breathe... And Ice Zone, too, I found those ice levels to be genuine nightmare fuel, being trapped under ice is honestly a concept that freaks me out.

    • @ChainsawGutsFuck
      @ChainsawGutsFuck 3 года назад +18

      Trapped under the ice _WITH GIANT SPIDER CRABS THAT LUNGE OUT FROM NOWHERE AND DEVOUR ECCO ALIVE, REEEEEEEEE_

    • @stratocaster0842
      @stratocaster0842 3 года назад +6

      Disembowell the entire game is fucking terrifying including the spiders that lunge out from behind shit mah gad

    • @jennytulls6369
      @jennytulls6369 3 года назад +19

      I think the difference is Sonic's drowning theme induces panic while Echo's endues fear
      Sonic's sounds like "Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit where's the damn bubble?!"
      Whereas Echo's sounds more like "Oh God, where am I? Where do I go? What is that? What's over there?"

    • @zachbarr8419
      @zachbarr8419 3 года назад

      Trust bruv

  • @b0bi0
    @b0bi0 9 лет назад +211

    The music made this game

    • @WarpWorld7
      @WarpWorld7 8 лет назад +24

      Evan Yannetti I thought Sega did?

    • @Flamestar320
      @Flamestar320 8 лет назад +5

      Sega licensed this game and Tides Of Time, but they had nothing to do with the development for these games.

    • @DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL
      @DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL  7 лет назад +42

      Late to the party but that's not 100% true. It's Ed Annunziata's baby, who was a Sega employee at the time, and it's published by Sega. Novotrade did the development, yes. It's what they (used to?) call a "second party" game, where Sega contracted out Novotrade to develop it. It's not incorrect to say it's a Sega-made game in that regard.

    • @avideogamemaster
      @avideogamemaster 6 лет назад

      Flamestar320 power to the people
      LOL Ed was a Sega employee

    • @FrostMonolith
      @FrostMonolith 6 лет назад +27

      Come on guys, I'm sure he meant "The music made this game (most enjoyable)"

  • @deena2931
    @deena2931 3 года назад +11

    Fuck I just put this on after not hearing it for 30 years. Goosebumps.

  • @arcanepersona1676
    @arcanepersona1676 2 года назад +20

    Open Ocean, swimming against hundreds of sharks .. in search for his lost family..such an emotional story ..

  • @turdferguson195
    @turdferguson195 7 лет назад +86

    This soundtrack still sends shivers down my spine to this day.

    • @ThrottledEarwig
      @ThrottledEarwig 3 года назад +4

      I got it as soon as 'Undercaves' kicked in... Ughh!! The terror

  • @benharleyfilms
    @benharleyfilms 6 лет назад +94

    I used to play this on my Dad’s old Genesis when I was a kid and this game was both captivating and terrifying for me. I still remember playing it alone in my basement and the soundtrack kind of transported me away. It still freaked me out, but it’s great.

    • @JesusIsAlphaOmega001
      @JesusIsAlphaOmega001 2 года назад +6

      I used to have this game. Super difficult game but amazing.

    • @xenniealsentinel1800
      @xenniealsentinel1800 2 года назад +6

      Wow
      Dad's old genesis
      And in the basement and dark
      Good times
      You only missed out on going to the video store to rent it!

  • @berserker6341
    @berserker6341 3 года назад +34

    Happy to see in the comments im not the only one who was disturbed with this game. What a masterpiece! I remember to learn some basslines too. Epic soundtrack.

  • @Geth-Who
    @Geth-Who 6 лет назад +52

    Medusa Bay is still one of the most amazing tracks of my childhood. It's so distant and solitary and melancholy.

    • @ThrottledEarwig
      @ThrottledEarwig 3 года назад +1

      Yes.. This comment 100% is how I think of it

    • @danielreid9621
      @danielreid9621 Год назад +6

      Perfectly said: distant, solitary and melancholy perfectly summarize it. This song reminds me of the moment I realized this was no ordinary kid's dolphin game - talking to the orca and learning of the big blue.

    • @Aspartamebraintumor
      @Aspartamebraintumor 9 месяцев назад

      it certainly captures a lot of emotion. music for thinking about the past.. combining grief, nostalgia, and calming desolation for me. As a kid, it made me really think about the history of Atlantis in the game

  • @Flamestar320
    @Flamestar320 8 лет назад +223

    I have no idea why, but I like the way the Sega Genesis game cases look. I have a feeling I should collect them!

    • @sonicmario64
      @sonicmario64 5 лет назад +27

      Yeah, I actually preferred the boxes with the black grid designs over the boxes with the red striped Genesis banner for some reason as well. :D

    • @desktorp
      @desktorp 5 лет назад +22

      I bet Nintendo saved a boatload of cash by cheaping out on the flimsy cardboard boxes 95% of our games came in.. I always envied the Genesis cases across the aisle from the SNES boxes, in the rental store I frequented. It's so hilarious to compare prices of boxed SNES games and Genesis games. SNES games, it's like HOLY SHIT IT'S COMPLETE W/ THE BOX AND IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE - $500 .. Genesis games, it's like Huh? Oh sure yeah it's still got a box in perfect shape w/ all the trimmings. $30.

    • @DoseOfAutism69
      @DoseOfAutism69 4 года назад +2

      Yeah, the black grid design is sooooo much cool!

    • @bananaempijama
      @bananaempijama 4 года назад +2

      Have the original game and still works 😊

    • @oliverwoj2
      @oliverwoj2 4 года назад +2

      Master System cases are better. Probably still the best to this day..

  • @JBRewind
    @JBRewind Год назад +3

    A puzzle game about a time traveling dolphin trying to save its pod from aliens that abducted them. You really don't see games like this anymore...

  • @major7thsmcgee973
    @major7thsmcgee973 8 лет назад +141

    The composer said that Pink Floyd was his inspiration for the soundtrack, which also explains the 'Welcome to the Machine' title. :)

    • @smashbrospippop1931
      @smashbrospippop1931 7 лет назад +20

      Dude no wonder I actually heard "shine on you crazy diamond" in the second song

    • @major7thsmcgee973
      @major7thsmcgee973 7 лет назад +14

      Yeah the synths are very Rick Wright.

    • @brianwilson4596
      @brianwilson4596 6 лет назад +1

      love the name and pic lol might i add

    • @vegan4theanimals
      @vegan4theanimals 6 лет назад

      The Fast And The Bulbous yeah I’ve used Wikipedia before too.

    • @chinossynthesizer705
      @chinossynthesizer705 3 года назад +1

      @@major7thsmcgee973 the synths are yamaha2612 idiot

  • @fredericobarcellos866
    @fredericobarcellos866 7 лет назад +20

    I remember this game as a 7-8 yr old mega-drive little fan, back in 1994. It scared the shit out of me! It was weird, clautrophobic, and this creepy OST didn't help back then. It was SO different from the other games!
    Bout the OST itself, absolutely brilliant and fits like a glove in the game concept

  • @mvoproject
    @mvoproject 3 года назад +15

    "Ice Zone" is clearly reminds me the great Tangerine Dream of the early 70s with that flute-like/whistle sound. And so many songs sounds like the incredible an unbeatable "Pink Floyd". First time I thouth about it when I saw the name "Welcome to the Machine". So much love both Ecco`s games and esp. it`s OSTs.
    Here my favs: Opening theme, Medusa Bay, Undercaves, Ice Zone, Welcome to the Machine (melody like an ALIEN3 on the NES!)

  • @jeremym9011
    @jeremym9011 7 лет назад +38

    I always liked the Ice Zone theme. It has got that eerie, cold feeling to it, like you are on a winter wasteland.

  • @aschlamishowsup
    @aschlamishowsup 3 года назад +6

    The music gets most of the credit for making this game so terrifying. In second place is the sense of running out of breath. The third is the completely hostile environment and the sound you make when injured. The fourth is the discovery that the story is essentially that we're crops in a food chain on a much larger scale than we ever imagined.

    • @mariemattsson824
      @mariemattsson824 3 года назад +3

      That sound when you get injured really gets to me. It really feels like it hurts!

    • @aschlamishowsup
      @aschlamishowsup 3 года назад +2

      @@mariemattsson824 if somebody wanted to torture me they could tie me to a chair and play that sound on a loop

    • @Breakdafunklooseforever
      @Breakdafunklooseforever Месяц назад

      *the Vortex Queen*

  • @ryanopalinski5422
    @ryanopalinski5422 Год назад +2

    As a 10 year old kid, I remember getting through The Lagoon and thinking "this game's a little weird, and the music is a little eerie..." Then i got to Medusa Bay and the concept of being in the deep ocean, Ecco's screams when he got hit, and the creepy ass music... I realized I was in way over my head. In college I got back into older games and eventually beat it... but remember even playing the game in college, alone in my room at night, was still creepy as hell. Considering what we've been through... it's a love hate relationship... but I always bring it up when talking about my favorite games, so Love > Hate.

  • @paulclooney3531
    @paulclooney3531 9 лет назад +43

    The best music in a game

  • @ColdSpark824
    @ColdSpark824 8 лет назад +56

    This OST gets me all fucking paranoid. This game messed me up as a kid.
    Anyone who says the remake soundtracks are better are full of it.

    • @jamiewilliamson9829
      @jamiewilliamson9829 8 лет назад +1

      What remake soundtracks?

    • @ColdSpark824
      @ColdSpark824 8 лет назад +3

      Jamie Williamson When the sega CD / Sega Saturn version came out, they replaced the soundtrack with a higher bitrate one, but the tracks were totally different compositions.

    • @jamiewilliamson9829
      @jamiewilliamson9829 8 лет назад

      ColdSpark824
      I don't believe the Mega CD version is classed as a remake. Still, of course the tracks as a higher bitrate as they were taking advantage of the CD audio quality they could produce.

    • @ColdSpark824
      @ColdSpark824 8 лет назад +3

      Jamie Williamson
      It came later, at a higher resolution, with a different soundtrack, but was otherwise the same game.
      That's what goes nowadays as an HD remaster.
      Still, I feel like you missed the point. The songs in the CD version aren't the same. They're higher bitrate, but they're different compositions. They don't sound ominous or cool or...good.

    • @jamiewilliamson9829
      @jamiewilliamson9829 7 лет назад +1

      What do you mean also? The soundtracks were fine.

  • @KrackDaddy
    @KrackDaddy 6 лет назад +50

    Pink Floyd's number one inspiration

    • @desktorp
      @desktorp 5 лет назад +11

      Novotrade's lesser known title, Floyd the Pink Salmon

  • @301Goldstar
    @301Goldstar 6 лет назад +110

    I love the genesis ecco songs better then the cd ones.

    • @DoseOfAutism69
      @DoseOfAutism69 4 года назад +13

      301Goldstar Yeah.. there CD versions are great and all, but nowhere near as memorable! Or catchy

    • @hexyko4850
      @hexyko4850 4 года назад +8

      The Genesis OSTs make sense.

    • @Lightblue2222
      @Lightblue2222 4 года назад +2

      Agree.

    • @rinmartens5608
      @rinmartens5608 3 года назад

      @@tom4y5s72 Which is funny given that "Welcome to the Machine" is also the title of a Pink Floyd song

    • @spazzwazzle
      @spazzwazzle 3 года назад +3

      You are the enemy

  • @chriswinspear7965
    @chriswinspear7965 5 лет назад +35

    Those opening notes.......my childhood.....such feels. 😢
    Damn that f'king octopus, knobhead.🐙🦑🐙🦑

    • @xalm8761
      @xalm8761 4 года назад +4

      The octopus wasn't that hard after I learned that just tapping the up button was best strategy. No charge or fast swim, just slowly tapped (not held down) the up button and after 3 or 4 taps I was good. Besides anything is easy compared to the Lovecraftian nightmare of a final boss. Cthulhu isn't even as creepy looking as that dolphin eating alien bitch.

    • @spazzwazzle
      @spazzwazzle 3 года назад

      Knobhead, huh? Sounds like you had nothing to worry about since your game was running 16% slower than the first world countries.

    • @dodgyhodgyo4
      @dodgyhodgyo4 2 года назад

      @@spazzwazzle Think I got some second hand burns from that one. Bloody hate 50hz nonsense.

    • @PKSkyler
      @PKSkyler 2 года назад +1

      @@xalm8761 I dunno how but Ecco the dolphin somehow ripped off Xenomorphs yet made them seem way scarier.

  • @justintime8888
    @justintime8888 Год назад +5

    I used to play this my SEGA MEGA DRIVE II … hearing this instantly brings me back 25 years!! I feel i memorize all these tracks! The excitement, anxiety, fear and fun of this game!!! ❤❤❤

  • @astralhitchhiker12
    @astralhitchhiker12 9 лет назад +24

    Those undercaves grooves!! So delightfully spooky!!!

  • @k9wazere
    @k9wazere 6 лет назад +44

    I miss the 90s. I miss the experimental, ground-breaking games.
    I miss games that were totally new and not seen before. Could something like Ecco even be made today? The pros are making tried-and-trusted games they know will sell; the indies are re-making the games of their childhood.
    Where are the new ideas?

    • @desktorp
      @desktorp 5 лет назад +10

      older games were products of limitations, when artists, musicians and programmers struggled to cram their talents in to overflowing chips. Today, everyone with half an idea is free to fill an entire hard drive with their junk. No cartridges or discs to force restraint or weed out the born losers. Video games weakened us and now we are too soft and outgunned to possibly rein in this industry that is drunk on its own koolaid.

    • @ArtFenixAsordis
      @ArtFenixAsordis 5 лет назад +1

      I agree but there's still original games being made. Limbo is one such game. It's just a few years old, so it's a modern game but just like the games of old, it was made with limitations in mind. A must play, absolutely.

    • @iscmpn
      @iscmpn 5 лет назад +1

      celeste

    • @hexyko4850
      @hexyko4850 4 года назад +3

      @Slevin I agree with you completely. Limbo is "safe". It's nothing that hasn't been done before.
      Back then, people took risks when they created their art. People still do that but it's harder to innovate when pretty much everything has been invented and you can just slap the label "experimental" on something if it doesn't make any sense to you.
      Back then, artists (game developers included), took more risks. They wanted to do what they wanted even if nobody would be interested in the end product... even if the work became a financial failure.
      See: The Last Express.
      I'm not even that old, I'm 21, I'm speaking like I'm ancient, hehe.
      I definitely think that indie developers now are focused on gimmicks rather than actually being groundbreaking.
      So, they make a really weird game as a joke, it turns viral for a while, and then people forget about it.

    • @Lightblue2222
      @Lightblue2222 4 года назад +2

      Kolibri on the Sega 32X was made by the ppl who did Ecco. It was the last of the chip tune generation.
      Amazing atmosphere.
      It uses the same Genesis FM chip like Ecco alongside the sampling chip from the 32X. Combining natural sounds into retro electronic.
      Limitation forced creativity.
      After everything went to CD that was lost.

  • @DJShire_ATL
    @DJShire_ATL Год назад +4

    I just love how this music sounds so mystical and mysterious.

  • @willfomes406
    @willfomes406 3 года назад +6

    I liked this game because it had quotes that the dolphins would say to make the player feel loved.

    • @danielreid9621
      @danielreid9621 Год назад +3

      Quotes like "The open ocean is cold and dangerous.”

    • @Breakdafunklooseforever
      @Breakdafunklooseforever Месяц назад

      ​@@danielreid9621"all life in the sea is frightened, this makes the sea a very daungeros place"

  • @Zse3tdlm
    @Zse3tdlm 8 лет назад +37

    Best atmospheric game!

  • @blackdruidhymns5333
    @blackdruidhymns5333 11 месяцев назад +3

    Ice Zone/Atlantis remains one of the most beautifully haunting themes I've ever heard in any game. The whole soundtrack here is stunning, and a huge component of this game's unique atmosphere.

  • @VOLTIS5
    @VOLTIS5 7 лет назад +47

    10:45 brings me back to my childhood.....i wanna be a kid again 😔

    • @jonathancaballeros3408
      @jonathancaballeros3408 3 года назад +5

      I don't. I get to stay up way past 10pm now!

    • @Phnxkon
      @Phnxkon 3 года назад

      The beeping... unnerving beeping...

    • @3bebo376
      @3bebo376 3 года назад +2

      Don’t we all?

    • @dakodablack7312
      @dakodablack7312 3 года назад +2

      Same bro same

    • @Voltis-5
      @Voltis-5 3 года назад

      @@jonathancaballeros3408 I get to stay up til 2am even on weekdays. My parents didn't care as long as I did my homework. Now that I'm older I can't stay passed 11pm lol

  • @onecentman
    @onecentman 2 года назад +4

    Best box art ever. Also, best opening theme ever.

  • @andresgutierrez455
    @andresgutierrez455 7 лет назад +12

    I really loved this game as a kid, even though I barely never could finish any stage, but, I play with combinations of passwords with "A" and "N" and I make travels to almost every level, and I just loved the music, and the stages, this game makes me fall in love with ocean life and deep sea mysteries.

  • @mikewazowxki
    @mikewazowxki 7 месяцев назад +1

    Even though I only got to play this on Nintendo Switch very recently, it already felt like I've played this game decades ago.
    The overall feel of the game is so nostalgic, and brought me back to early 2000s, when my siblings and I stayed up late at night playing console games. So one night, just to feel the nostalgia, I spent a couple of hours playing this alone without any guide, and just wandered around.

  • @pinballmonk115
    @pinballmonk115 9 лет назад +28

    25 years later playing this in 3D on the 3DS, i still cant beat it ;) ....think I'm in the vents on my 3DS playthrough.

  • @Squiggles95
    @Squiggles95 3 года назад +6

    Goddamn the opening song takes me fucking back. Love this game even though I’ve never beaten it. Just the vibe it gives you while playing. I love it.

    • @PKSkyler
      @PKSkyler 2 года назад

      i never beat it either, when I was really little I would just play the first level over and over. Eventually I got to the end but never actually finished it.

  • @pinballmonk115
    @pinballmonk115 9 лет назад +18

    bumpin those undercaves again :)

  • @LisaSimpson2
    @LisaSimpson2 8 лет назад +75

    This soundtrack is absolutely superb, a master piece! I actually listen to this a lot when I'm just chilling out or falling asleep it has a nice ambience to it and I just like the comforting nostalgia. The music and the game while so beautiful has such an eerie sad feel to it and some times even danger. Such a well-written innovative composition. I'll need to find out more about who wrote it and the story behind it because it's a work of art. If it weren't for the fact that's it's in MIDI or just a soundtrack for a computer game it would be like Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells or something (although I think that thin MDI sound only adds to atmosphere and creepiness). Thanks so much for uploading this and any other Sega Mega Drive soundtracks you've uploaded (if you do I'm subscribing I love the nostalgia!) :-)

    • @ethanwoo5376
      @ethanwoo5376 4 года назад +12

      I know you probably dont care but... Midi is just a digital interface used to seqence and play notes and other data values (no sound). Usually to and from synthesizers themselves, but the synth chip in the megadrive/genesis is the YM2612 a multitimbral yamaha FM (frequency modulation) synth chip which evolved from the yamaha DX series synthesizers. The closest you will get is the dx100 or newer reface dx. That hiss or digital noise you are hearing is the 'cheap' DAC (digital analog converter), although, it gives it a nice retro quality. The notes aren't even sequenced/recorded by midi in the first place, the CPU directly uses some of its DSP (digital sound processing(or)) to control the YM2612. There ya go.

    • @Lightblue2222
      @Lightblue2222 4 года назад +4

      If you haven't already, check out Kolibri ost. Made by the same developer. It's a 32X game so it combines actual sound samples into the Genesis FM. Adding nature to retro electronic. Another game only novotrade could make.
      Edit: I'm aware Genesis can do sampling too, but not to the degree and quality 32X can.
      Kolibri might be the best showcase for the system sound wise. I'm glad it wasn't on CD, it's the last of the sound chip generation.

    • @jennytulls6369
      @jennytulls6369 4 года назад +7

      You sleep to this shit?! Man, it'd make me to uneasy to rest

    • @chinossynthesizer705
      @chinossynthesizer705 3 года назад +1

      @@ethanwoo5376 Dx7 dx11

    • @Dogeathotdog1
      @Dogeathotdog1 2 года назад +1

      @@jennytulls6369 end up waking up sweating and breathing heavy like you just seen your own ghost while welcome to the machine is playing. (Not recommended)

  • @summer_xo
    @summer_xo 3 года назад +4

    A special time in the history of the world. You just had to be there.

  • @fighterck6241
    @fighterck6241 7 месяцев назад +1

    Still can remember the countless hours I spent playing this game. It's a testament to the story, the music gameplay etc, that a game this difficult had me devote so many hours to finish it in my youth despite the anxiety and frustration it could induce. Most games like this would cause me to simply quit but with Ecco quitting was never even a consideration.

  • @Bonjour612
    @Bonjour612 6 лет назад +11

    This is the epitome of Genesis music

  • @Maltebyte2
    @Maltebyte2 7 лет назад +9

    8 Megs of aquatic excitement! This is one of my fav games for the genesis!

  • @sabinfigaro7334
    @sabinfigaro7334 3 года назад +3

    The music is soo emotional

  • @stevendalzell5547
    @stevendalzell5547 7 лет назад +52

    13:58 is an amazing piece of music.

    • @major7thsmcgee973
      @major7thsmcgee973 7 лет назад +7

      100% agree

    • @ThrottledEarwig
      @ThrottledEarwig 3 года назад +3

      It was one of my very favourites. It's so eerie / lonely / distant

    • @stevendalzell5547
      @stevendalzell5547 3 года назад +1

      @@ThrottledEarwig You hit the nail on the head there Tanya. It really does convey loneliness. That's not an easy thing to do when composing a piece of music, especially on a Mega Drive.

    • @ThrottledEarwig
      @ThrottledEarwig 3 года назад +3

      @@stevendalzell5547 I airways thought they did that to make it feel like the character was miles away from home / any familiarity. Either way, it’s genius & yeah, it is hard to do on a Sega 😄

    • @PlayingTarot
      @PlayingTarot 2 года назад +1

      yep the Ice Zone theme is on point

  • @OdaSwifteye
    @OdaSwifteye Год назад +2

    Oddly moody music for a game about Dolphins but it makes sense when you realize what the plot is and what inspired the game in the first place. Ecco is just really bizarre.

  • @CreatiVastARTS
    @CreatiVastARTS 3 года назад +6

    08:35 Undercaves is one of my favorites!

  • @OldSchoolBobby
    @OldSchoolBobby 9 лет назад +35

    RUclips needs a 10 hours version of 24:55 WELCOME TO THE MACHINE

    • @TheUnbearded
      @TheUnbearded 8 лет назад +47

      OldSchoolBobby You can get the ten day version by just trying to beat the level.

    • @Myrope
      @Myrope 8 лет назад +2

      +Jonathan Martin LOL!!! So true! Man, that made me laugh so hard. XD

    • @growlie2676
      @growlie2676 8 лет назад +1

      +OldSchoolBobby Also, this would be creepier if you put it in Paulstretch.

    • @PrimalShutter
      @PrimalShutter 2 года назад +1

      That one reminds me all most of Chakan soundtrack

  • @spazzwazzle
    @spazzwazzle 3 года назад +4

    I seriously can't stop listening to The Lagoon. Absolutely genius

  • @sabinfigaro7334
    @sabinfigaro7334 3 года назад +2

    This and maximum carnage made genesis do what nintendo could not.

  • @jeremymadison3030
    @jeremymadison3030 Год назад +1

    I play this to fall asleep to. Absolutely wonderful.

  • @victorle8944
    @victorle8944 8 лет назад +14

    really fantastic vibes actually. thanks for this.

  • @subline_funtime
    @subline_funtime 2 года назад +6

    The Vents goes hard🔥🔥🔥

  • @countdunkelheit1389
    @countdunkelheit1389 3 года назад +2

    Good God, I think I'm about to cry like a bitch. The memories of this game are woven into my DNA

  • @rebeccacraig5957
    @rebeccacraig5957 3 года назад +11

    ok say what you want about the ambiant errie tracks but that ending theme is the pure imbodiment of what this game is in its entierity.not to say that i dont like the rest of the tracks because this whole sound track is a masterpiece but that ending theme its just so good

  • @TheLegendofRenegade
    @TheLegendofRenegade 8 лет назад +14

    Jurassic Beach is my favourite, dem Marimba/Xylophones

    • @DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL
      @DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL  8 лет назад +3

      +TheLegendofRenegade We must have identical taste, at least in VGM

    • @TheLegendofRenegade
      @TheLegendofRenegade 8 лет назад

      +DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL hehe yep. I've stopped my GEMS agenda thanks to you I've seen the light. Those soundtracks suffer alot from emulation.

    • @Shinobi006
      @Shinobi006 8 лет назад

      +TheLegendofRenegade
      do they?

    • @tadskerzhakov
      @tadskerzhakov 8 лет назад

      +Shinobi006 Yes, they do :/

    • @garcia83viz
      @garcia83viz 8 лет назад +2

      Yeah, right at 20:20, It was actually called "Origin Beach". And yeah there were some crazy dinosaur fish

  • @EllieShockley
    @EllieShockley Год назад +2

    The Undercaves music is STILL UNREAL

  • @jessemazur2253
    @jessemazur2253 Год назад +2

    The music is so powerful it can actually makes the game too scary to play.

  • @niceheartwhitesuit
    @niceheartwhitesuit 2 года назад +2

    And thus, vaporwave was born.

  • @westonvail3011
    @westonvail3011 7 лет назад +8

    To me there is not a single OST that can beat this one or make me feel more nostalgic. WoW has some incredible music but this music is just genius.
    Anyone else have any OST's that make you feel more nostalgic than this one?
    The only one I can think of that beats this one is .... Tides Of Time :)

    • @udtheaesir
      @udtheaesir 7 лет назад +2

      Super Metroid, SNES Star Fox, Jurassic Park, and Vectorman.

    • @ArtFenixAsordis
      @ArtFenixAsordis 5 лет назад +1

      Golden Sun (and Golden Sun: The Lost Age), Pokemon Emerald, Dune II (Genesis version), Sonic Adventure to name a few.

    • @chrisnenshati7400
      @chrisnenshati7400 5 лет назад +2

      Vectorman bro

    • @chrisnenshati7400
      @chrisnenshati7400 5 лет назад +1

      Ohh and dont forget Mystic Defender. Highly underrated

    • @Mullet345
      @Mullet345 4 года назад

      Donkey Kong Country series soundtracks

  • @MatheusCarvalho-ev9hw
    @MatheusCarvalho-ev9hw 3 года назад +3

    For me "the lagoon" is really the haunting one. Maybe because it was the beginning of the game, and I could not really do much, it was so frustrating! Awesome game.

  • @morganics1
    @morganics1 7 лет назад +10

    definately spiritual and insightful sounds of the sea there's a sacred meaning in there somewhere just like sacred ECCO 😇

  • @normanred9212
    @normanred9212 Год назад +2

    Ecco the Dolphin feels like it would be a book from the 1800s or early 1900s

  • @Belpowerslave
    @Belpowerslave Год назад +1

    Man, it is incredible how much Jurassic Beach sounds like one of those pieces from the CD version. Good job on both versions!

  • @tossedcookies8288
    @tossedcookies8288 8 лет назад +1

    this soundtrack brings back so many great memories! loved this game!!

  • @entretienrgt514
    @entretienrgt514 4 года назад +3

    Sounds like, Shine on you crazy diamond.

  • @dahuchsi
    @dahuchsi Год назад

    Thanks buddy, this is exactly what I was looking for. I appreciate you taking the time to upload it.

  • @legendarywhitewolf
    @legendarywhitewolf 3 года назад +2

    I played all of the Ecco games on my Atgames Sega Genesis as a kid, and I'm used to the sound being slightly altered. It didn't really sound eerie on there. But my GOD. This is nightmare inducing, especially the first level.

  • @globesonge8215
    @globesonge8215 6 месяцев назад

    Awesome! One of the best soundtrack ever made on Sega Genesis. Opening Theme +++

  • @forex_shark6042
    @forex_shark6042 3 года назад +3

    This is right up there with super Metroid Soundtrack

  • @Skinned_fried_n_cut_up_potato
    @Skinned_fried_n_cut_up_potato Год назад +1

    Matto said this sounds scary but I think it really nice to listen too.

  • @amysymiltongamequeen6292
    @amysymiltongamequeen6292 Год назад +4

    I swear this game gives you another case of depression and intense heart break of sadness for anyone who was doing a slow recover from depression. I listened to this soundtrack and I feel heavy weight of shock, sadness, heart break, and creepy feeling from one song to another. Just amazing and terrifying at the same time for a music from game with limited hardware back then

  • @Renegade666
    @Renegade666 8 лет назад +50

    this is such a good soundtrack. And such an original storyline. A dolphin has to go back in time to fight off an alien invasion who go from planet to planet sucking up all life from the oceans. Ends up on the mothership and takes out the alien queen. And the Aliens look like Xenomorphs. Friggin cool!

    • @mosheahvows5071
      @mosheahvows5071 6 лет назад +15

      Thanks for the spoiler bro

    • @IronMooRe
      @IronMooRe 5 лет назад +5

      Dude... SPOILERS

    • @desktorp
      @desktorp 5 лет назад +6

      @@IronMooRe man you guys weren't gonna play it anyway

    • @antonisatwork
      @antonisatwork 5 лет назад +1

      @DarkFocust lol

  • @TheGreatLaker
    @TheGreatLaker 11 месяцев назад +1

    Spent a lot of time in the ice zone the song still creeps me out ....... OMG like 30 years ago in my head 😅

  • @GrumbleBricks
    @GrumbleBricks 3 года назад +3

    Just here for my annual pilgrimage to Ecco music

  • @justanotheryoutubechannel
    @justanotheryoutubechannel 3 года назад +7

    It's really interesting how different "The Stomach" feels. It's almost like it came from a different game. And it's understandable, as it was composed at a different time and possibly by a different team, for the Japanese version of the game, as The Stomach was an extra level added to that version for if you died to the Vortex Queen.

    • @justanotheryoutubechannel
      @justanotheryoutubechannel Год назад +1

      @auburnbit7005 In hindsight I think they actually did, it’s unused in the western version IIRC.

  • @hibiskibi797
    @hibiskibi797 5 лет назад +5

    this music literally gave me panic attacks as a kid

  • @NHNVrhythmguitarist
    @NHNVrhythmguitarist 9 лет назад +1

    It's crazy how many soundtracks you acquired! Now ya need sega genesis' Road Rash and Star Trek !

  • @StarThistle1989
    @StarThistle1989 4 года назад +3

    Undercaves is my JAM. Give me that creepy stuff

  • @LeppLass61
    @LeppLass61 2 года назад +1

    I searched for this on porpoise. Always loved this game and music. Really takes me back!!!

  • @XCrack11
    @XCrack11 2 года назад +1

    Jurassic Beach!! Had this tune in my head for over many years!!

  • @a.orobas
    @a.orobas 2 года назад +1

    Хм...это моя любимая игра на сеге, особенно её продолжение, конечно без дримкаст не обошлось, но этот дельфин Экко преследует меня до сих пор...и я рад что не потерял связь с этой прекрасной игрой, я умру с ней)
    Тиму Фоллину особое уважение...

  • @blondeleogirl
    @blondeleogirl 6 лет назад +9

    I am the ecco MASTER! but just saying it took YEARS of muscle memory and stole my childhood to get good at it. Tides of Time was far more forgiving but still lol.

  • @danilobriz8499
    @danilobriz8499 2 года назад +1

    these aren`t square waves, these are CUBES ! XD
    so much drive on these synths.

  • @namelastname3983
    @namelastname3983 4 года назад +4

    thanks matty

  • @thesilentdiva
    @thesilentdiva 5 лет назад +1

    One of my fav games. And soundtracks

  • @darkrai7835
    @darkrai7835 5 лет назад +5

    Wish I had this game just from hearing the soundtrack

    • @dodgyhodgyo4
      @dodgyhodgyo4 2 года назад

      Did you ever get 'round to playing it?

  • @DodderingOldMan
    @DodderingOldMan 9 лет назад +8

    I genuinely don't wish to appear ungrateful, it's great to have the full OSTs of these games here, but have you considered uploading the music of Ecco 2? IMO it took the genius of this soundtrack and upped it to the next level.

  • @AR-mi9cv
    @AR-mi9cv 2 года назад +1

    beautiful. This game is a GEM

  • @xAustishx
    @xAustishx 6 лет назад +1

    This and Metal Gear 2 for MSX have amzing soundtracks. Each kind of sound similar, gahh just brings me back to so many good memories when i was younger

  • @user-wn7qf4pm3z
    @user-wn7qf4pm3z 8 лет назад +5

    Brilliant

  • @LordDeBahs
    @LordDeBahs 9 лет назад +8

    very unique ost.

  • @tamhaswoods9056
    @tamhaswoods9056 4 года назад +6

    20:24 Getting mad Primal Rage vibes from that one. A continue screen or an epilogue perhaps?