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nensondubois

« on: September 02, 2008, 02:26:30 PM »
I didn't see this so... What's your favorite Mario game soundtrack? Mine is Yoshi's Story. It has some kind of exciting festiveness to it.
« Last Edit: September 02, 2008, 02:28:03 PM by nensondubois »
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Turtlekid1

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« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2008, 02:34:56 PM »
Galaxy, hands down.  I could listen to the Gusty Garden Theme all day.
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SushieBoy

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« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2008, 02:50:21 PM »
Quote from: Turtlekid1 on September 02, 2008, 02:34:56 PM
Galaxy, hands down.  I could listen to the Gusty Garden Theme all day.

Oh please, Purple Coins was much better than Gusty Garden.
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Wiiario

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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2008, 02:55:50 PM »
All of Galaxy's music is better than all of Galaxy's music.
Anyway, Galaxy, for most (Me too), is most likely going to be picked. I mean, come on! First time orchestrated music for a Mario game, and they nailed it!
I really don't care much for logic.

Reading

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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2008, 03:32:35 PM »
I think Galaxy's pretty much the hands-down winner (it gets my vote too). Let's leave second favorite soundtracks open for discussion as well, because mine would be Super Paper Mario. It has lots of great music that fits the level themes perfectly, and it's the first time I've heard actual recurring themes for particular characters, bar Grodus (that was in a much more minor way anyway). The different remixes of Count Bleck's theme were great.

About Galaxy itself, I like...
-Good Egg (very fitting and epic for a "mission" air)
-The ghost theme (nice and creepy, would also fit something else like a post-apocalyptic ice area)
-Gusty Garden (what everyone else said; very generous and epic. I'm not sure what I mean by generous, but that word came to mind)
-Melty Molten (intense, firey, and catchy)

These are just my particular favorites; I love almost all of the tracks, including some like the ice/fire theme, Dusty Dune, and Purple Coins.
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SushieBoy

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« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2008, 04:08:58 PM »
Quote from: Reading on September 02, 2008, 03:32:35 PM
I think Galaxy's pretty much the hands-down winner (it gets my vote too). Let's leave second favorite soundtracks open for discussion as well, because mine would be Super Paper Mario. It has lots of great music that fits the level themes perfectly, and it's the first time I've heard actual recurring themes for particular characters, bar Grodus (that was in a much more minor way anyway). The different remixes of Count Bleck's theme were great.

About Galaxy itself, I like...
-Good Egg (very fitting and epic for a "mission" air)
-The ghost theme (nice and creepy, would also fit something else like a post-apocalyptic ice area)
-Gusty Garden (what everyone else said; very generous and epic. I'm not sure what I mean by generous, but that word came to mind)
-Melty Molten (intense, firey, and catchy)

These are just my particular favorites; I love almost all of the tracks, including some like the ice/fire theme, Dusty Dune, and Purple Coins.

Don't forget Toy Time Galaxy, Gateway Galaxy, Space Junk Galaxy, That remix of the SMB3 athletic theme,
Bowser Stage, Metal Bowser and a bunch more I forget, oh and, the best is Super Mario Galaxy (no contest)
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Glitchy

« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2008, 04:32:03 PM »
Quote from: Wiiario on September 02, 2008, 02:55:50 PM
All of Galaxy's music is better than all of Galaxy's music.

Also your contradictions are better then your contradictions.

Galaxy is good.

jmdblazer

« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2008, 04:48:37 PM »
I'd like to give honorable mentions to Paper Mario: TTYD and Super Mario Sunshine.
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ShadowBrain

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« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2008, 05:06:49 PM »
SMS was okay... but every level was more or less the same song.

Galaxy's, of course, rocks hard by default. I must give props to the Mario RPGs, though, especially M&L2 and TTYD.
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SushieBoy

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« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2008, 06:26:56 PM »
Ah yes1 how could I forget about PM2? That I have as a close second.
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Toad

« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2008, 06:55:44 PM »
Quote from: SushieBoy on September 02, 2008, 02:50:21 PM
Oh please, Purple Coins was much better than Gusty Garden.

Welcome to the land of opinions! Everyone has one, and sometimes they may be one that you disagree with.

There are a lot of Mario games that I think have good soundtracks, and here they are in no particular order..

Mario 64 (the Secret Slide, Lethal Lava Land, and the ending theme)
Yoshi's Island (quiet nearly all of the tracks)
Mario RPG (Bandit's Way sticks out in my mind always..)
New SMB (The Towers, Castles, and some of the general level music is great)

Those are just some of the soundtracks that I really enjoy, along with the one game I am sure is on everyone's list: Super Mario Galaxy
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SushieBoy

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« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2008, 07:05:46 PM »
Quote from: Toad on September 02, 2008, 06:55:44 PM
Welcome to the land of opinions! Everyone has one, and sometimes they may be one that you disagree with.

That was not an opinion, it's a proven fact.
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Captain Jim

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« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2008, 07:54:31 PM »
I read this thread title as "Favorite Mario Sound Effect".
No! I don't want that!

Kimimaru

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« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2008, 08:11:18 PM »
Quote from: SushieBoy on September 02, 2008, 07:05:46 PM
That was not an opinion, it's a proven fact.

Proof?
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Markio

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« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2008, 09:24:42 AM »
Most games I've played each have their own combination of great songs and then just other songs that are fine but aren't amazing.  For example, I liked a lot of music in Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, but some of the songs weren't amazing.  I really just liked the Map theme, Oho Oasis, and the general World Theme.  Same with Super Mario 64: I liked the Dire Dire Docks theme, and Hazy Maze Cave Theme, etc, but I didn't much care for the Snowman's Land level music.  It was fine, just not spectacular.
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MushroomJunkie

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« Reply #15 on: September 03, 2008, 10:07:23 AM »
Super Mario Sunshine for me!  It has such a.....*takes a huge breath of air*  AHHHHHHHHHH, feeling to it.
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Toad

« Reply #16 on: September 03, 2008, 01:40:34 PM »
Quote from: SushieBoy on September 02, 2008, 02:50:21 PM
Oh please, Purple Coins was much better than Gusty Garden.

Again, that was your opinion.

Just because somebody doesn't like a piece of music that you do like doesn't mean they are wrong. They may have different tastes in music. Your opinion on the Purple Coins track is obviously much higher than TurtleKid1's. I do agree that the Purple Coins music is good, but I am not going to go and say that any one track is better than another. That would just be my opinion.
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« Reply #17 on: September 03, 2008, 04:37:12 PM »
Quote from: Captain Jim on September 02, 2008, 07:54:31 PM
I read this thread title as "Favorite Mario Sound Effect".
Huh, that's what I thought it was at first too when I only saw "Favorite Mario Sound..." in the forum index. :P

Quote from: Toad on September 03, 2008, 01:40:34 PM
Just because somebody doesn't like a piece of music that you do like doesn't mean they are wrong. They may have different tastes in music. Your opinion on the Purple Coins track is obviously much higher than TurtleKid1's. I do agree that the Purple Coins music is good, but I am not going to go and say that any one track is better than another. That would just be my opinion.
Are you sure he wasn't sarcastic?
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Zarkanthesmasher

« Reply #18 on: September 04, 2008, 02:56:05 PM »
Galaxy for me as well. Basically all of it is awesome, and the Battlerock music and the remix of the Airship theme have to be two of my favorite mario tunes ever.

Second favorite would be the first Paper Mario, which had some of the best background music ever in an RPG, IMO.
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Shyguy92

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« Reply #19 on: September 06, 2008, 10:12:14 AM »
doo doo doo do doo doo do
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BP

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« Reply #20 on: September 06, 2008, 01:14:59 PM »
Quote from: MushroomJunkie on September 03, 2008, 10:07:23 AM
Super Mario Sunshine has such a AHHHHHHHHHH feeling to it.
I agree. AAAAHHHH!!!!
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Glitchy

« Reply #21 on: September 06, 2008, 02:30:56 PM »
Quote from: Bird Person on September 06, 2008, 01:14:59 PM
I agree. AAAAHHHH!!!!

QFT, SMS had a decent to good sountrack.

Also, YIDS was not bad at all compared to YI, but YI was probably better.

BP

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« Reply #22 on: September 06, 2008, 02:40:04 PM »
I was actually making a spiteful comment towards the game about how much I dislike it. I'll agree that Sunshine's soundtrack was mostly relaxing, but that's not necessarily a good thing--it can be utterly unmotivating.
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The Chef

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« Reply #23 on: September 06, 2008, 03:16:59 PM »
Ricco Harbor wasn't, but after a while it got annoying.

Chupperson Weird

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« Reply #24 on: September 06, 2008, 05:13:39 PM »
I never had a problem with SMS's soundtrack. I liked the choice of instruments. It suffered extensively from single-theme syndrome though. Super Mario 64 did too, but the different versions of the single piece of music in the game were more cleverly done.
As for SMS itself, I enjoyed it. Aside from the utterly stupid Boo redesigns.
That was a joke.

The Chef

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« Reply #25 on: September 06, 2008, 05:41:33 PM »
Most of the enemy redesigns didn't bother me much (King Boo in SMS > King Boo in every spinoff he appears in), but I absolutely cannot stand those godforsaken Cataquacks. My least favorite enemy drones in Mario history.

Glitchy

« Reply #26 on: September 06, 2008, 06:06:34 PM »
Quote from: The Chef on September 06, 2008, 03:16:59 PM
Ricco Harbor wasn't, but after a while it got annoying.

If you listen closely you'll realize that it's a remix of the SMS theme and you'll also realize how dang close it is and how stupid you are for not realizing it.

BP

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« Reply #27 on: September 06, 2008, 06:16:30 PM »
He was saying that it wasn't relaxing in response to my post.
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SushieBoy

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« Reply #28 on: September 06, 2008, 06:25:55 PM »
Quote from: Chupperson Weird on September 06, 2008, 05:13:39 PM
I never had a problem with SMS's soundtrack. I liked the choice of instruments. It suffered extensively from single-theme syndrome though.

What do you mean? You mean that some songs sounded too alike? (Purple Coins, Gusty Garden, credits)
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Chupperson Weird

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« Reply #29 on: September 06, 2008, 07:49:24 PM »
Note that I was referring to Super Mario Sunshine, not Super Mario Galaxy.
It uses one theme for nearly all the normal level BGMs in the game, much like SM64.
That was a joke.

Turtlekid1

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« Reply #30 on: September 06, 2008, 08:02:04 PM »
or SMW...
"It'll say life is sacred and so is death
but death is life and so we move on"

Glitchy

« Reply #31 on: September 06, 2008, 08:04:36 PM »
Quote from: Turtlekid1 on September 06, 2008, 08:02:04 PM
or SMW...

Holy crackers, I was about to post that!

SushieBoy

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« Reply #32 on: September 06, 2008, 08:10:59 PM »
Quote from: Chupperson Weird on September 06, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
Note that I was referring to Super Mario Sunshine, not Super Mario Galaxy.
It uses one theme for nearly all the normal level BGMs in the game, much like SM64.

Sorry, I misread that.
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ShadowBrain

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« Reply #33 on: September 06, 2008, 09:51:38 PM »
Quote from: Chupperson Weird on September 06, 2008, 05:13:39 PM
I never had a problem with SMS's soundtrack. I liked the choice of instruments. It suffered extensively from single-theme syndrome though. Super Mario 64 did too, but the different versions of the single piece of music in the game were more cleverly done.
As for SMS itself, I enjoyed it. Aside from the utterly stupid Boo redesigns.
QFT completely (in addition to the SMW reference). That sort of thing really bugs me. I mean, hey, I know it's not fair to expect Koji Kondo, or whoever, to make up tons of new songs for every game, but hearing the same tune remixed in every level makes it seem... I don't know, small, or cheap, or something. It's not a game-ruining thing, but I'm obsessive like that (NSMB's theme being a remix of SMW's credits was kind of a turn-off, though).
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Chupperson Weird

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« Reply #34 on: September 06, 2008, 09:59:36 PM »
I didn't mind it in Super Mario 64. And I didn't mind it a whole lot in SMS; it was just way more obvious.
That was a joke.

BP

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« Reply #35 on: September 06, 2008, 10:08:00 PM »
I didn't make the connection with SM64's music until about half a year ago. Probably Chupperson pointing it out. I only didn't make the connection between Bianco Hills music and the rest of the game's theme until about a week playing it.
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The Chef

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« Reply #36 on: September 07, 2008, 11:30:27 AM »
The less obvious it is, the better. SM64 and B-K probably did it best.

Glitchy

« Reply #37 on: September 07, 2008, 05:47:53 PM »
Quote from: ShadowBrain on September 06, 2008, 09:51:38 PM
(NSMB's theme being a remix of SMW's credits was kind of a turn-off, though).

Woah...I didn't notice that till now. Well, it's not really that much of a carbon copy...

I may be the only one who thinks this, but even though SMS uses the same theme over and over, I still notice how incredibly different they are despite that.

nensondubois

« Reply #38 on: September 07, 2008, 06:06:19 PM »
Super Mario Sunshine is my second favorite Mario soundtrack with Book in the Bottle being my favorite song.
« Last Edit: September 07, 2008, 06:13:08 PM by nensondubois »
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Kimimaru

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« Reply #39 on: September 07, 2008, 07:33:41 PM »
I believe that Super Mario World's remixes are much more obvious to point out than Super Mario Sunshine's.
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ShadowBrain

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« Reply #40 on: September 08, 2008, 06:34:06 AM »
Well, it was an older game. Remixes are easier these days.
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Wii-Player

« Reply #41 on: September 12, 2008, 10:30:12 AM »
Hmm, toughy. I would go with, uh... SMG music, all of them.
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nensondubois

« Reply #42 on: September 12, 2008, 02:03:03 PM »
ROM hacking with a slice of life.

jmdblazer

« Reply #43 on: September 12, 2008, 05:22:04 PM »
Seemed healthy to me...
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Kojinka

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« Reply #44 on: September 15, 2008, 08:08:13 AM »
I have to say my favorite is SMG.  The orchestrated pieces give an epic feel to the environment.
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« Reply #45 on: September 15, 2008, 08:20:42 AM »
If you're going for the most epic song, nothing beats the final battle with Elder Princess Shroob. A real shame an official soundtrack wasn't released.

But for over all best soundtrack, SMRPG is king.

Don't inform me that the first example was composed by the same person that composed the second. I already know.

ShadowBrain

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« Reply #46 on: September 15, 2008, 04:30:21 PM »
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SushieBoy

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« Reply #47 on: September 15, 2008, 07:12:19 PM »
Now this game didn't have the greatest soundtrack, but It did have one song that stood out above the others. And that is Mushroom Gorge from Mario Kart Wii. It has to be my favorite song from any Mario Kart game. Here just listen to it!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXBiehSCH-U

Yeah...
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Chupperson Weird

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« Reply #48 on: September 15, 2008, 07:59:05 PM »
Moo Moo Meadows also has that odd Celtic Mayan vibe.
That was a joke.

Ultima Shadow

« Reply #49 on: September 16, 2008, 01:59:04 AM »
For some reason, it reminds me of Diddy Kong Racing (which, in my opinion, had great music).
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Toad

« Reply #50 on: September 16, 2008, 02:26:01 PM »
That makes me think: does MKW have a spot in the options where you can turn the music up and down? I'm not asking for SSB-like options, but I have a hard time hearing the music when my character is constantly being blown away by items.
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SushieBoy

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« Reply #51 on: September 16, 2008, 03:44:44 PM »
Quote from: Chupperson Weird on September 15, 2008, 07:59:05 PM
Moo Moo Meadows also has that odd Celtic Mayan vibe.

That one was good too. But a bit too short.

Quote from: Toad on September 16, 2008, 02:26:01 PM
That makes me think: does MKW have a spot in the options where you can turn the music up and down? I'm not asking for SSB-like options, but I have a hard time hearing the music when my character is constantly being blown away by items.

Nope, infact the options themselves are very limited.
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Chupperson Weird

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« Reply #52 on: September 16, 2008, 04:03:23 PM »
Another track with awesome music is Maple Treeway.
That was a joke.

ShadowBrain

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« Reply #53 on: September 16, 2008, 04:30:23 PM »
Yeah... it kind of reminds me of some WarioWare tune for some reason.
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SushieBoy

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« Reply #54 on: September 16, 2008, 04:48:27 PM »
Quote from: Chupperson Weird on September 16, 2008, 04:03:23 PM
Another track with awesome music is Maple Treeway.

Ah yes, that one was good too.
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