01-23-2015, 05:32 PM
Hello everyone. It's probably no secret that I love me some game music and game remixes. However, whenever I come across an album of fine tunes, be it OST or remixes, I often see that one song come up again and again and again across the board. This is where I thought I would mention these songs, and then follow them up with something from the same game that I enjoyed just as much if not better, that I find underrepresented.
As always, keep in mind that when I say "overrated", that does not mean I'm saying it's bad!On the contrary, all of the songs I'm about to mention are great. But they are not the only songs in their respective soundtracks, yet they get hundreds of remixes while plenty of other songs get ignored.
Pollyanna - I Believe in You (Mother)
I almost feel bad picking on the Mother series like this, Nintendo's underdog that it is. Still, seeing almost half of Starman.net's Rock Candy albums consisting of covers of this one song is what puts it on this list.
Aerith's Theme (Final Fantasy 7)
I almost picked One-Winged Angel instead, but I decided to go with this one since it's just as played out as OWA and it's forever associated with perhaps the most overrated scene in a somewhat overrated game. (Personally, I found Galuf's death from FF5 to be a bigger tearjerker)
Gerudo Valley (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)/ Tal-Tal Heights (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
One one's a twofer. It might be cheating, but I have two from the Zelda series that get a LOT of air time. These two are often the songs used to represent Ocarina of Time and Link's Awakening, respectively.
Vampire Killer (Castlevania)
I guess it's because it's a matter of it being the very first level of the very first game, but this song feels like it's been remixed more than every other song in the Castlevania series combined. Even the representative tunes from Castlevania 2 and 3, Bloody Tears and Beginning, respectively, don't get done nearly as much.
Dr. Wily's Fortress (Megaman 2)
The Megaman series is known for having awesome kickass music, and while this song is no exception, boy oh boy do people ear-gasm over this one more than any other in the series. You'd think it were the only song in MM2.
As always, keep in mind that when I say "overrated", that does not mean I'm saying it's bad!On the contrary, all of the songs I'm about to mention are great. But they are not the only songs in their respective soundtracks, yet they get hundreds of remixes while plenty of other songs get ignored.
Pollyanna - I Believe in You (Mother)
I almost feel bad picking on the Mother series like this, Nintendo's underdog that it is. Still, seeing almost half of Starman.net's Rock Candy albums consisting of covers of this one song is what puts it on this list.
Aerith's Theme (Final Fantasy 7)
I almost picked One-Winged Angel instead, but I decided to go with this one since it's just as played out as OWA and it's forever associated with perhaps the most overrated scene in a somewhat overrated game. (Personally, I found Galuf's death from FF5 to be a bigger tearjerker)
Gerudo Valley (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)/ Tal-Tal Heights (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
One one's a twofer. It might be cheating, but I have two from the Zelda series that get a LOT of air time. These two are often the songs used to represent Ocarina of Time and Link's Awakening, respectively.
Vampire Killer (Castlevania)
I guess it's because it's a matter of it being the very first level of the very first game, but this song feels like it's been remixed more than every other song in the Castlevania series combined. Even the representative tunes from Castlevania 2 and 3, Bloody Tears and Beginning, respectively, don't get done nearly as much.
Dr. Wily's Fortress (Megaman 2)
The Megaman series is known for having awesome kickass music, and while this song is no exception, boy oh boy do people ear-gasm over this one more than any other in the series. You'd think it were the only song in MM2.