That whole game just has some top-notch music. I really dig the Weapons Factory music, even though it's quite different from the rest of the soundtrack.

Cameron wrote:

Vert1 wrote: Fuckin' Flintstones jams Flintstones jams are sick, also Aphex Twin love

So, this is very intriguing. Dean Evans (the video/track uploader) doesn't seem credited as the game's composer, but it looks like he contributed this and a few other tracks.

The name caught my eye immediately because he composed Waterworld SNES. I've never played the game or seen the movie, but its soundtrack (below) is ridiculously good. Definitely a hidden gem - which, Cam, I only know about because Josiah Everhart mentioned it in one of his videos. Super glad he did.

Waterworld SNES - Full Playlist







Around the time I found that soundtrack, I emailed Dean to give him props, and see if he still had the original files (since I made my own MP3s using snesmusic.org and foobar2000). His response was pretty neat in that he explained his setup process. I get the feeling it was pretty unique for its time, which may be why some of his tunes sound distinct.

"Firstly thank you, it is always nice to hear that people like something you have written, even if it is now well over 20+ years ago

"Secondly, unfortunately I have no lossless WAV files of any of my SNES music as the recordings were taken directly from our hardware, this is after the samples were processed. We basically had a tech wiz called Dave Collier who put the SPC on to a PC card (complete with audio outputs), so it could be plugged directly into a PC motherboard. This would allow us to talk directly to the hardware in real-time via the in-house editor that we were developing without the need to compile.

"Myself, Keith Tinman and Barry Leitch designed Medit, our in-house music and SFX editor which was used to create music on the SNES and for various PC sound cards including Adlib, LAPC-1 and SCC1. This was coded by a programming wiz called Les Long and it was continually developed and refined right up until Ocean Software stopped supporting the SNES hardware. There was a sampler built directly into Medit where we could import or record samples but due to the hardware limitations of the SNES, the audio outputted was at maximum, 32khz.

"We had no way of exporting the music we wrote as a WAV so we just had to simply record tracks directly from our PC SNES card. You can hear those recordings on my website (albeit in MP3 format) and I used some of these on my YouTube page too. It is possible that the WAV versions of those recordings are hidden somewhere, but at present I don't have them to hand. If I do get hold of them however, I have no problem sending you a copy.

"Sorry I can't be of more immediate help, but thank you again for your kind comments and for getting in touch."

Cool stuff, all around, especially as I've been spending more time learning how to play a musical keyboard and tinker around with digital audio workstation software.

Thanks, mang! I realized you'd picked up a few of his albums, and have followed you on Bandcamp. I need to explore some of your purchased albums sometime soon!

Anyways, the "Rude Buster" battle theme in Deltarune Chapter 1 is superb. Toby Fox just keeps killin' it.


Deltarune Chapter 1
Deltarune Chapter 1 Soundtrack

i'll_bite_your_ear wrote:

I really dig this one from Phantasy Star (Sega Master System): (Second link)

Well, this is quite the nostalgia trip. I remember playing the Turbografx-16 version of this when I super young and super horrible at games. Thanks for sharing!