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[djtiesto]

All over this when I get home tonight...

 

[sixteen-bit]

Love this.

 

[John Kowalski]

I've been listening to it everday since it was released. I usually am not the kind of person that cares for fan versions of game music but this is really cool.

 

[thefro]

He's definitely seen it now:

Not even ashamed of the bump. This could go for some more exposure anyway.

He actually liked 3 tweets at him about it (Jose Otero, Jeff Katz & you)

So pretty sure he listened to the whole set.

 

[Sumio Mondo]

oh yeah!

We need a JRPG with awesome 80's synth music.

Shin Megami Tensei IV has some music very reminiscent of 80s synth.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Awesome. I really like this.
Reminds me of a Boards of Canada remix or something.

 

[BluePigGanon]

I want someone to do a ROM hack that somehow swaps this soundtrack in.

 

[Barrel Cannon]

Anything musically Metroid related makes my heart tingle

 

[Head.spawn]

Excellent.

Thanks for posting this.

 

[Mael]

Zelda II: Title Theme (80s Synth Version)

I never knew I wanted this until I heard it.

I can't say anything you haven't already said.
It's fantastic!

 

[-shadow-]

Gives me some serious 70's Vangelis vibes. I love ti!

 

[lawnchair]

terrifying might be a strong word here

 

[Movalpolos]

Stealing music from Nintendo and using it to profit off a Youtube channel?
Absolutely disgusting.

Spoiler

/s

Sounds good. Makes me wish hopefully Nintendo will give us a proper new Metroid game announcement soon.

 

[Ichabod]

I fucking love synth. Bookmarked for listening later tonight.

 

[Mael]

O M G
I only listened to the Zelda II synth.
The Metroid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't think of a best synth for Metroid.
It captures everything about the game, the eery feeling and weird alien vibe.
It's a masterpiece, I want that in my Metroid!

 

[Dezzy]

Zelda II: Title Theme (80s Synth Version)

I never knew I wanted this until I heard it.

That's pretty great, I want some bands that sound like that.

Loved the Metroid one too. I liked Norfair the best, it sounds so atmospheric.

 

[Saucestin_Roast]

Wow they did a great job! Nice and atmospheric. The new sound design of the synths does justice to the original vision of each tone. Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

[RareFantasy64]

Metroid ambience ❤️

 

[Toparaman]

Posting so I don't forget to listen later. Thanks OP!

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Wow.

This is incredible! Thank you for sharing!

 

[psyfi]

Norfair got me to emit an "oof" out loud. So good.

 

[poodaddy]

That was pretty cool. OP you should check out some stuff from Blood Music if you dig that type of music. Horror synth is a thing, and it's fucking rad. I recommend Perturbator as something of a gateway.

Spoiler

Yes Hotline Miami got me into the genre

.

 

[Anth0ny]

This is how my brain imagined the Metroid soundtrack before it was "compressed" to 8 bit. Sounds incredible.

 

[ChaosXVI]

That was pretty cool. OP you should check out some stuff from Blood Music if you dig that type of music. Horror synth is a thing, and it's fucking rad. I recommend Perturbator as something of a gateway.

Spoiler

Yes Hotline Miami got me into the genre

.

Pretty much the same for me. Hotline Miami and Blood Dragon both got me into...whatever genre this stuff gets classified as.

 

[poodaddy]

Pretty much the same for me. Hotline Miami and Blood Dragon both got me into...whatever genre this stuff gets classified as.

Right? Like it's an awesome form of music but there's too many different genre titles for it. Retrowave, synth core, new retro. 80's scifi/horror inspired synth is far too long a genre title but it's really the only way to accurately convey what the hell it is. Great shit though.

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

such a great remake of an old synth.. i love it to bits <3

I never truly wanted one until I heard this, he killed it. I'd love to know what kind of effects/processing he was using.

I also wonder how close I can get with my Minilogue.

 

[Jeiiya]

That's hauntingly beautiful. I really want to go back and play Metroid now. That's an excellent find.

 

[trixx]

holy crap this is amazing

 

[Mike Golf]

Thanks so much OP, it's all good but the intro is the winner for me. Haunting and beautiful at the same time, closing my eyes as I listened took me right into an Aliens-esque 70's/80's movie scene.

 

[Gattsu25]

I'm legit getting chills from listening to this.

 

[Bass260]

This is incredible. Kraid's lair man.

 

[GregLombardi]

This is quite good.

 

[jambo]

Not exactly the same, but the uncompressed Goldeneye 007 music is gorgeous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud16_ptL90Y

 

[Anth0ny]

Not exactly the same, but the uncompressed Goldeneye 007 music is gorgeous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud16_ptL90Y

this is exactly what came to mind. If the NES Metroid soundtrack was "uncompressed", I imagine it would sound a lot like this.

80s synths are so great.

 

[Falchion]

Oh shit this is good. I'm going to listen to it all at work tomorrow.

 

[Shadow_FFVI]

Kraid's Lair holy shit.

My favorite track from all of Metroid. Absolutely amazing!

 

[CitizenCope]

So earlier I just commented on how beautiful it sounded, now I want to know how. What is this synthesizer doing that a regular keyboard can't do? Don't know if I'm asking the question right. I was actually looking to pick up a keyboard after the holidays to tinker with but can only certain keyboards make this sound?

 

[davidwhangchoi]

i like listening to different renditions of the ending theme.

the muffling effects is too much, the effect is not good.

 

[KAOS]

Awesome stuff! Thanks!

 

[metsallica]

Zelda II: Title Theme (80s Synth Version)

I never knew I wanted this until I heard it.

Wow. Can I buy this somewhere?

 

[Defect]

Kraid's Lair is tasty

 

[Rats Off To Ya]

Holy shit. Listening to Brinstar right now, this is incredible.

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

i like listening to different renditions of the ending theme.

the muffling effects is too much, the effect is not good.

Balderdash. It's evocative of analog media and perfect.

 

[SJRB]

Holy shit this is dope.

 

[Drazgul]

It's like listening to some lost John Carpenter movie soundtrack, good stuff.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

This is outstanding. I'm imagining a new first person series like Prime with a dark 70s retro-futuristic art style to match this sound and drooling.

 

[Schopenhauerian]

Nice! First 30 seconds of the title theme is probably the highlight, for me.

The Mother Brain encounter music is MENACING...

Got me thinking about the game Ghost Song which seems to be quite inspired by metroid. The soundtrack titles they've released so far is really great and work with the very isolated atmosphere it seems to be going for.

My favourite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoqtEHXvLpI

Speaking of menacing! 0:20 to 0:35 in that Ghost Song track is intense (and 0:50 to 1:05 a nice contrast).

 

[Rezbit]

This is awesome.

 

[cryptosporidium]

playing through super metroid for the first time with a friend, this soundtrack really hits the spot right now. Thanks!

 

[dh4niel]

I could listen to this all day. It's perfect. Thanks for the heads up, OP!