{"id":1700,"date":"2012-11-14T14:18:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T14:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=1700"},"modified":"2012-11-14T14:20:15","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T14:20:15","slug":"my-top-10-favourite-super-nes-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=1700","title":{"rendered":"My Top 10: Favourite Super NES Tracks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My iPod is crammed with retro music, mainly from two consoles; the NES, which I counted down my fav&#8217;s for already, and the Super NES.\u00a0 They were the two consoles I spent the most time on, so the rest of the music on my playlist is a smorgasbord of music from PC, Genesis, Xbox, PS1, and other newer consoles.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, here are my ten favourite Super NES tracks&#8230;\u00a0 again, only one entry per series.\u00a0 That&#8217;s the only rule!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0 <em>F-Zero <\/em>&#8211; Big Blue<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wSb4XQwObIE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t even a game I even played as a kid.\u00a0 I was actually introduced to it by <em>Super Smash Bros. Melee<\/em>,\u00a0and that Adventure Mode Big Blue-inspired stage made me want to download <em>F-Zero <\/em>on the Virtual Console.\u00a0 I&#8217;m glad I did!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0 <em>Donkey Kong Country &#8211; <\/em>King K. Rool Theme<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tkgfDbDkeJg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The rest of the music from <em>DKC <\/em>was either only slightly memorable or simply just light and fluffy mood music.\u00a0 With this epic final boss tune, they seemed to set the stage for considerably better music in <em>DKC2.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0 <em>Super Adventure Island 2 &#8211; <\/em>Hiya-Hiya Island<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XEcD5HXvAFg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There are some tunes you hear, and you just know what kind of level it is by the sound of it.\u00a0 This one captures the chill of the icy Hiya-Hiya Island palace quite nicely.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0 <em>Super Mario World 2: Yoshi&#8217;s Island &#8211; <\/em>Big Boss Theme<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yh8dHFuCm-M\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The boss fight above is what I picture every time this tune starts.\u00a0 The boss fights in this game were really fun to begin with, and the way the music builds here is just perfect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0 <em>Mega Man X &#8211; <\/em>Sigma Stage 3<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CeZ7Ghdk-JY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the most complex tune in the game, but I found this little bass ditty to be the best of the bunch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 <em>Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars &#8211; <\/em>Fight Against a Slightly Bigger Boss<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j4ByWdGulPI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Same franchise?\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Same series?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 Sneaky.\u00a0 This music really had me on edge during the big battles, since it was the first turn-based RPG I ever played&#8230;\u00a0 I honestly felt that I was in way too deep when I played this one, even though it&#8217;s considered easy by RPG vets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 <em>Super Metroid &#8211; <\/em>Brinstar Red Soil Swampy Area<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7RFYujbEvd4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is\u00a0a tune that does\u00a0a lot\u00a0without doing much at all.\u00a0\u00a0Haunting and amazing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 <em>The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past &#8211; <\/em>End Credits<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TKMQVZgonv0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ending\u00a0music is supposed to wrap everything up nicely, and put a nice little bow on the gift you&#8217;ve just played (barf).\u00a0 In a game where you actually feel for many of the NPC&#8217;s you run into, this music (along with the visuals) still\u00a0almost brings a damn tear to my eye&#8230;\u00a0 not gonna lie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 <em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time <\/em>&#8211; Boss Music<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GPH9qZ8yvLI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Perfect boss music, if I&#8217;ve ever heard it.\u00a0 I can close my eyes when I listen to this, and hear that weird &#8220;hit&#8221; sound effect.\u00a0 *huh-whomp!* *huh-whomp!* *huh-whomp!*<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 <em>Contra III: The Alien Wars &#8211; <\/em>Road Runners (Stage 4)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/015dvKjm560\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a whole lot of music in this game that I had to choose from.\u00a0 Every single stage has music that sets the tone perfectly, and to this day, I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever heard such a great soundtrack in a game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My iPod is crammed with retro music, mainly from two consoles; the NES, which I counted down my fav&#8217;s for already, and the Super NES.\u00a0 They were the two consoles I spent the most time on, so the&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=1700\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,14,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-music","category-super-nes","category-top-ten"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1700"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1705,"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700\/revisions\/1705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}