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2retro · Mega Drive esencial
The house's official playlist for Mega Drive / Genesis.
Soundtrack · jojo web
Masato Nakamura - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SEGA GENESIS/MEGADRIVE Full OST) - 1991
The complete soundtrack by Masato Nakamura, bassist of Dreams Come True, who brought nineties Japanese pop to the Mega Drive's FM chip.
Soundtrack · Random VGMs
Shining Force II | SEGA Genesis Full Soundtrack OST (Real Hardware)
A recording of the complete soundtrack captured from original Sega Genesis hardware, the most faithful way to hear Motoaki Takenouchi's work.
Soundtrack · Peppi the Dog ˆᴥˆ
Comix Zone GENESIS/MEGA DRIVE OST
Howard Drossin's soundtrack for Mega Drive, an alternative rock exercise that sought to make the console's chip sound like a real band.
Soundtrack · EXTREME YouTube Gaming Channel
Streets of Rage 2 - Full Original Soundtrack OST
Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima's complete soundtrack, club house and techno forced into a 1992 cartridge.
Soundtrack · I Am Spider
Gunstar Heroes Soundtrack
Norio Hanzawa's complete soundtrack, an exercise in rhythmic density pushed to the limit of what the Mega Drive chip could take.
Soundtrack · RetroGamesClub
[Sega Megadrive Soundtrack] Phantasy Star IV - Complete OST [Remastered & Enhanced]
The complete soundtrack for the closing chapter of the original saga, one of the most ambitious works written for the Mega Drive.
Soundtrack · AlacrityBlue♪
Castlevania: Bloodlines (Sega Genesis OST)
The complete soundtrack, Michiru Yamane's first work on the saga and a direct preview of what she would do in Symphony of the Night.
Soundtrack · Mega Drive Profile
Sonic The Hedgehog 1&2 Official Soundtrack ~ Masato Nakamura (2011)
The official 2011 edition that gathers Sonic 1 and 2 together and lets you hear the demos and arrangements Nakamura handed over to SEGA.
The video shelf
VHSThe video vaultSonic Symphony - Orchestral Medley (Sonic & Knuckles)
Tribute · The Barbary Ghost
Sonic 3 & Knuckles →An orchestral medley that moves Sonic & Knuckles' themes into symphonic format, showing just how much the Genesis score owes to 90s pop and funk.
Sonic 3 and Knuckles: Carnival Night Zone (Orchestral Cover)
Cover · Jordan Martin
Sonic 3 & Knuckles →An orchestral version of Carnival Night Zone that unfolds all the melodic irony of the original theme in a warmer, more cinematic arrangement.
Streets Of Rage Live 2018 (Yuzo Koshiro & Motohiro Kawashima) - Red Bull Music Festival Stream
Live · UnderLogic
Streets of Rage 2 →Koshiro and Kawashima playing their own material at the 2018 Red Bull Music Festival, treated as an electronic music set rather than nostalgia.
Mercurius FM - Gunstar Heroes [video game music remix]
Cover · MERCURIUS FM
Gunstar Heroes →Mercurius FM takes Treasure's material into electronic territory, outside the usual chiptune circuit.
Ooze (Phantasy Star IV) - GaMetal Remix
Cover · GaMetal
Phantasy Star IV →GaMetal turns Ooze into instrumental metal and makes clear the riff was already written into the original.
Castlevania: Bloodlines - Remastered Original Soundtrack
Remake · Cheeky Daze
Castlevania: Bloodlines →A remaster that cleans up the Genesis cartridge's fidelity without altering the arrangements.
Sega Tunes - Comix Zone Complete Music Soundtrack
Remake · Video Game Rescue
Comix Zone →Sega Tunes: the rarity in which Drossin himself re-recorded these themes with a flesh-and-blood band, closing the circle the hardware could only hint at.
Chemical Plant Zone (Sonic the Hedgehog 2) Jazz Cover - The Consouls
Cover · The Consouls
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 →The Consouls take Chemical Plant Zone into combo jazz territory and lay bare the harmony the original was hiding.
Streets of Rage - Orchestral cover tribute - by Will Treeby
Cover · Will Treeby
Streets of Rage 2 →An orchestral tribute by Will Treeby that carries the original synthesizer aesthetic into a symphonic arrangement.
Gunstar Heroes Continue Music (Philippine Rondalla Cover)
Cover · Matthew Miguel
Gunstar Heroes →The continue theme played with a Filipino rondalla ensemble: an unexpected crossover between string folklore and nineties arcade music.
Iron Blue Intention [Jazz Fusion Cover] (Castlevania: Bloodlines)
Cover · ElevenWAV
Castlevania: Bloodlines →Iron Blue Intention in fusion jazz style, one of the saga's most covered themes.
Understanding the Music of Sonic the Hedgehog
Documentary · Liam Triforce
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 →A tour through the saga's musical evolution that helps place Sonic 2's specific contribution.