Good Genesis music using GEMS?

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03-03-2015, 11:08 AM
OverDrone

Best guitars I've heard from a MD is in Zero Wing. That's obviously not GEMS though:)

Personally I think the music in Chakan works to create a pretty foreboding alien atmosphere. I found some of the tracks a bit intrusive in Comix Zone.
03-03-2015, 11:12 AM
Kamahl

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Originally Posted by OverDrone

Best guitars I've heard from a MD is in Zero Wing. That's obviously not GEMS though:)

I'd go with TF IV (on War Like Requiem), but yeah the Zero Wing soundtrack kicks ass (guitars included), so much better than the arcade version too!
03-03-2015, 11:20 AM
GeckoYamori

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Originally Posted by Kamahl

Demolition Man could be one of the top GEMS soundtracks if it had good drums, but those super weak Tfff sounds just kill the metal.

Heck the game has the best gun shot sound in the entire system, so I dunno how they fucked that up.

Either it was a space thing and they had stuffed the cartridge to the point where they couldn't fit drum samples, or it could have been that the gameplay segments use a lot of SFX samples (like the gunshot you'll be hearing most of the time) and they wanted to reserve PCM priority for that. Better drums would have helped the music tons, but I don't think it takes away from the existing qualities of the music.
03-03-2015, 11:56 AM
Zebbe

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Originally Posted by Vludi

Ecco isn't GEMS, and Ecco 2 has one of my favorite genesis soundtracks.

My bad. But at least Ecco Jr. is :).
03-23-2015, 10:29 AM
dunpeal2064

Might not be the best place to ask, but what drivers did Jesper Kyd use for his stuff? Possibly polarizing, but I am enthralled by the Adventures of Batman and Robin OST.
03-23-2015, 10:55 AM
Orchid87

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Originally Posted by dunpeal2064

Might not be the best place to ask, but what drivers did Jesper Kyd use for his stuff? Possibly polarizing, but I am enthralled by the Adventures of Batman and Robin OST.

I love Red Zone music and some tracks from Sub Terrania. Zyrinx probably made their own driver since they had no access to the official SDK during the Sub Terrania development.
03-23-2015, 10:58 AM
dunpeal2064

Agreed, Red Zone music is insanely good. Game is no slouch itself either, imo. I think Zyrinx also did Scorcher? Some great tracks in that rather unique game as well.

I just can't get over AB&R, I can't even tell if I love the game or if the tracks are just so good that I have to play it. Probably somewhere in between.
03-23-2015, 12:06 PM
SEGA.GENESIS1989

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Originally Posted by dunpeal2064

Agreed, Red Zone music is insanely good. Game is no slouch itself either, imo. I think Zyrinx also did Scorcher? Some great tracks in that rather unique game as well.

I just can't get over AB&R, I can't even tell if I love the game or if the tracks are just so good that I have to play it. Probably somewhere in between.

Someone needs to interview Jesper Kyd Jakobson and ask him what were some of the influences for creating the game's soundtrack. The music is excellent and fits the frenzied pace of the game quite nicely.
03-23-2015, 03:41 PM
retrospiel

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Originally Posted by dunpeal2064

Might not be the best place to ask, but what drivers did Jesper Kyd use for his stuff? Possibly polarizing, but I am enthralled by the Adventures of Batman and Robin OST.

The driver used certainly reminds me of GEMS a lot, but it definitely is a custom driver. Here is a fantastic list everyone even remotely interested in MD music should have seen: http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index....nd_Engine_List

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