It is an unfortunate stereotype that most of the time people associate older video game music with computer generated sounds that didn't have any vision or originality to it... This couldn't be further from the truth! As a matter of fact I would say that these unsung geniuses actually deserve a lot of credit for assembling some truly amazing music for people to enjoy while playing their video games!
I learned this one day, when I was writing a guest blog and I happened to stumble on to the original, 'Contra' soundtrack from the original NES video game from the 1980s! So I thought that would be kind of fun to discuss here, '5 Great Songs From 5 Classic Video Games From 5 Classic Video Game Consoles.'
At number 5: Contra (1987) for the NES:
http://youtu.be/O04bPRzqEEk
At number 4: Sonic The Hedgehog (1991) for the Sega Genesis:
http://youtu.be/cDd_GlynA6A
At Number 3: Super Mario Mario World (1990) for the Super Nintendo:
http://youtu.be/R0aoqbDNKaA
At Number 2: Earthworm Jim Special Edition (1994) for the Sega CD:
http://youtu.be/VCbEBGcPagA
At number 1: Final Fantasy VII (1997) Composed By: For the Playstation:
http://youtu.be/l-EH6r9sSmQ
I hope you enjoyed these soundtracks, and I hope that it gives you a bigger insight in to how awesome some of these video game soundtracks truly were!
