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[Phediuk]

You know, where it starts off humble and quiet for the first little bit, and then suddenly, ooooooohhh fuuuuuuck.

Examples:

Solstice (NES): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gObHt1uZA
Robocop 3 (C64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaZSF67F948
Adventures of Batman & Robin (Genesis): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdvwVtZrgEE

post more.

 

[epmode]

Undertale (PC) - Spider Dance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ3XjVVNagU
The Last Ninja 2 (C64) - Central Park - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoGFV_xxR64

Goddamn, the Commodore 64 did a LOT with three channels.

Bonus: Central Park remake from the original creator - https://soundcloud.com/mattgrayc64/matt-gray-last-ninja-2-central-park-in-game-new-preview

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Hotline Miami 2 - Roller Mobster

 

[Crayolan]

Earthbound-Pokey Means Business

Donkey Kong Country-Gangplank Galleon

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

The Follin joint up there is tension and release. /nitpick



Mighty Switch Force! is probably closer to the classic definition of Drop.

 

[Killyoh]

RA
SHI
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[irriadin]

Earthbound-Pokey Means Business

I was coming here to post this. Excellent choice. That drop is insane, and I can recall that as a kid playing Earthbound, it blew my mind. Really cemented the seriousness of the situation.

Gangplank Galleon is also a great choice.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

It doesn't start super quiet... but Magikarp Festival from Pokken goes OFF

 

[True Fire]

Team Magma/Aqua boss theme

 

[rec0ded1]

Streets of Rage Stage Boss

The entire SOR ost felt like an OH SHIIIIIT moment to me from start to finish lol.

stage one

 

[jediyoshi]

Hotline Miami 2 - Roller Mobster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyfJlcrN09w

You weren't kidding

 

[giant_frying_pan]

Conker's Bad Fur Day - Rock Solid

 

[Jawmuncher]

It doesn't start super quiet... but Magikarp Festival from Pokken goes OFF

God Damn, that's fucking nuts. I'd almost go out and buy the game just for this.

 

[superjona]

Battefield 4's theme to a slighty lesser extent.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

God Damn, that's fucking nuts. I'd almost go out and buy the game just for this.

It's legit

When I first heard saw it posted on here in the OT I was like dang

Wasn't expecting anything like that. So good.

 

[potatohead]

MGS2 and MGS3 themes.

 

[Maintenance]

It doesn't start super quiet... but Magikarp Festival from Pokken goes OFF

Just like OG Magikarp, starts pretty meh then suddenly BAM, awesome.

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I almost posted Wally's theme from Pokemon OR/AS but the actual music already starts pretty strong, the only slow part is when you meet him ingame during the cutscene.

 

[shaowebb]

It doesn't start super quiet... but Magikarp Festival from Pokken goes OFF

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

Thats my shit son! I gotta get this damned game. The soundtrack is so damned fine. To be expected really Tekken is mad good on soundtrack too and Namco made this.

This Tekken Tag 2 track has aaaaaall the drops

 

[Roxas]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyfJlcrN09w

You weren't kidding

Yep this.

First time I heard it, I was playing with my headphones on. Instant eargasm. May have jizzed my pants. Perfect song for the scene in the game.

 

[Tye The Czar]

Solider Game from Love Live! School Idol Festival.

Starts off with some elevator lounge music and quickly goes into some ballin' jazz Full-μ's throttle.

 

[Synth]

Phantasy Star Online: Episode 3 - Tower of Caelum

2 minutes in the making. A standout in a series consisting almost entirely of great music tracks.

 

[FDBK]

Fierce Battle from SMT III Nocturne counts, I'll say. The first 19 seconds are relatively quiet compared to the rest of the tune. Then there's a tempo drop and music awesomeness.

Fierce Battle - SMT Nocturne

 

[Airola]

Robocop on Game Boy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytqAljoUXwI
The first 35 seconds is a good intro and a nice build up to the complete change in style. That's one of my favorite bass lines in video games, especially when the beat gets the snare drum and the extra hi hat effects on and finally the "c64" style sounds kick in.


Battletoads in Battlemaniacs on SNES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQLoBcVhP7k
At first it gains some speed at 0:59 but the part starting at 1:20 is my favorite.

Final Fantasy IX - The final boss theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bahMeycMihw
What a great bass line at 1:20!


And the greatest OPPOSITE of the type of a drop the OP asked for is in Rasputin on C64:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKGbPZtEmVc
At first the tempo gets faster and faster and faster and faster, which is really cool too, but the highlight of the song to me is around 4:11 when the tempo suddenly drops and the song gets really somber with all the sad melodies going on.

Earthbound-Pokey Means Business

Oh yeah, this is great!
My favorite part is at 1:32 when the double bass kicks in and the song goes pretty much into thrash metal territory. The bass lines there are great! It kinda reminds me of The Battle of Olympus on NES (the boss battles).

 

[Justinh]

Man, Solstice is so cool.

I'm not sure, but would The Moon Theme from Duck Tales fit?

This song from the boat in Castle Crashers?

edit: More Castle Crashers?
Necromancer Theme @ 45ish seconds.

 

[L4DANathan]

The Doom+Doom II soundtracks have a lot of stuff like this, but this is probably my favorite: https://youtu.be/cixW6rogZ48?t=1h34m2s

I love the slow introduction of each instrument one at a time.

 

[mclem]

I'm amazed no-one's mentioned the Mega Man 2 intro yet.

A personal favourite - although I'm not surprised it hasn't been mentioned - is Kwik Snax

Edit: Oh, Auf Wiedersehen Monty has a pretty good one, too.

Edit2: Terramex has two!

 

[Matticers]

Winter Bliss - Castle Crashers

Goes into "holy shit, this just got even more awesome" mode at 1:20

 

[Phediuk]

Tube of Medusa from Ecco 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk72RMv9d0s

 

[akira28]

Artillery.sid 8-bit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55mbyhqIcNo
A game should use this song...

 

[Kangi]

Earthbound-Pokey Means Business

The crowning example, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[BulletBees]

Does this count? Because it should. Holy shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Iu2ZqRyF-k

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Adventures of Batman & Robin (Genesis): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdvwVtZrgEE

GOAT!!

 

[RecRoulette]

The final boss theme of Sonic 3 (and/or Knuckles)

 

[RoboPlato]

It doesn't start super quiet... but Magikarp Festival from Pokken goes OFF

Holy shit this is awesome

 

[Bl@de]

Hotline Miami 2 - Roller Mobster

Yep. The best. The first time I played the level was crazy. Running, shooting and this beat ... for me better than everything in Hotline Miami 1. There, I said it. Fight me.

Spoiler

To this song^^

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Robocop 3 (C64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaZSF67F948

Yo, the composer commented on this video. That's really cool.

 

[Renekton]

Blazblue - Character Select

 

[TriggerShy]

Kid Icarus Uprising - Aurum Hive

 

[Theanine3D]

Phantasy Star Online: Episode 3 - Tower of Caelum

2 minutes in the making. A standout in a series consisting almost entirely of great music tracks.

Came here to post this one. That stage was my favorite in Ep3 because of that track.

Another one I like is Heavenly Flight from Dragon Quest VIII. It starts out very mellow and relaxed. Then BOOM, at 0:27 it has a sudden burst of energy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlN7mbkslXo

 

[Cjdamon042]

Final Fantasy VIII - The Extreme (drop at 1:39)

Perfect ending to a series of final boss fights. Such great music all the way through.

 

[TheYanger]

Phantasy Star 4 - Ooze (final boss music)
Takes almost exactly a minute to kick in. Great final boss theme.

 

[grebby]

Cool thread, hope to see more contributions.

Here's mine:

From SMT: Digital Devil Saga - Spider's String (The Second Movement)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlCHdONvgQk

When 2:02 hits. Shiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

 

[RecRoulette]

Cool thread, hope to see more contributions.

Here's mine:

From SMT: Digital Devil Saga - Spider's String (The Second Movement)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlCHdONvgQk

When 2:02 hits. Shiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

Even better is the fact that in-game it takes about an hour or two to get to the drop because the song gradually changes as you're going up the tower.

 

[OfTheOverflow]

Payday 2 The Thread. Evil Eye ftw

 

[Transistor]

Holy shit, Solstice. That's a game I haven't thought of in a long time.

 

[Metaternal]

F-Zero GX - ZEN (Aeropolis)

At about 2:59

 

[Miniboss1232]

Big drops, you say? *scans thread for MechWarrior 2*

I'll just leave this here: https://youtu.be/RB0oxICsbOI

The only sad thing is how much of a tease it is because it's so short.

 

[Violence Jack]

Yeah, it's a Follin tune, but damn is it a good one.

Plok - Beach

And just because this one is amazing.

Sonic Unleashed - Holoska Cool Edge

Hell, I'm sure most of the Killer Instinct soundtrack could be included as well.

 

[Jisgsaw]

Lost Odyssey - Neverending journey

 

[Dio]

I'm surprised no one's posted Xenoblade Chronicles X because that's a signature part of Sawano's soundtracks.

https://youtu.be/sU0JfzoxcSQ?t=128

https://youtu.be/_l1-4nPlRxE?t=122

https://youtu.be/00mcJhWhLGs?t=67

He does this in his other soundtracks too.

DON'T LOSE YOUR WAY

Unicorn

In Attack on Titan and the currently airing Kabaneri, too.