Mute City from F-Zero might be the greatest song in a racing game.

TheJollyCorner · Sep 30, 2019

Holy shit. Never gets old.

That opening set-up as the race starts, you get moving, and BAM! LET'S GO!
I think this was the first 16-bit song I heard from the SNES back in '91 and my mind was blown. 28 years later and it still fires me up.
My daughter recently got Mario Kart 8 Deluxe whatever for the Switch and one of the circuits had an updated Mute City. It was the only course I beat her on because I was so jazzed up and in the zone. I raised one finger of victory into the air and told her back in the day I won many races in the majestic Mute City, back when I was but a young racer with dreams in my heart and electric air blowing through my now- disappearing waves of hair.

What are some of your favorite racing themes, ERA?

DGenerator · Sep 30, 2019

It's not even the greatest song in that specific racing game.

Dest · Sep 30, 2019

yeah f-zero music is great but R4 has the best racing game OST of all time absolutely no contest.

JeffGubb · Sep 30, 2019

More like Unmute City

antitrop · Sep 30, 2019

Big Blue, baby

awake4ages · Sep 30, 2019

Sorry OP, but while I love F-Zero tunes, nothing will ever top Daytona USA's OST

Calamari41 · Sep 30, 2019

Mute City and Big Blue are of course iconic classics, but when I hear Silence, I am immediately transported back to six years old somehow:

Deleted member 203 · Sep 30, 2019

DGenerator said:
It's not even the greatest song in that specific racing game.

first post absolutely nails it, it's over

Dest said:
yeah f-zero music is great but R4 has the best racing game OST of all time absolutely no contest.

Second post is EVEN BETTER

good job both of you

808s & Villainy · Sep 30, 2019

The Melee version of it is the one that really elevated it, and actually the only version of it I'm really a fan of

Deleted member 17402 · Sep 30, 2019

DGenerator said:
It's not even the greatest song in that specific racing game.

Damn right. Was my favorite soundtrack in F-Zero X. So good.

Deleted member 36578 · Sep 30, 2019

The first song when I think fzero is always Big Blue. Its the go to track in my head. But I do love mute City too!

PCfromNYC · Sep 30, 2019

The Acropolis tracks in F-Zero GX are my favorites, and the music is a small part why.

JeffGubb · Sep 30, 2019

For real, though, let's just watch Nintendo's band crush this for Mario Kart 8 for the rest of the day.

Dest · Sep 30, 2019

JEFFREY GRUBB said:
For real, though, let's just watch Nintendo's band crush this for Mario Kart 8 for the rest of the day.

best version of this tune hands down. dude on the sax is having the fucking time of his life and you can hear it

Moist_Owlet · Sep 30, 2019

Nintendo ignoring our frothing demand for fzero switch is criminal.

zma1013 · Sep 30, 2019

We need a poll. Mute City vs Big Blue.

I vote Big Blue

Deleted member 25140 · Sep 30, 2019

Nah the GX version is the best, peak hype levels

TheJollyCorner · Sep 30, 2019

DGenerator said:
It's not even the greatest song in that specific racing game.

A good track, for sure.
It just doesn't stir my cockles quite like Mute City.

DecoReturns · Sep 30, 2019

MK8 version of Big Blue just beats it for me.

nano · Sep 30, 2019

If we're talking F-Zero, then Osc-Sync Carnival/Lightning from GX:

otherwise Soul on Display from GT5:

Camino a Mi Amor from 3D Outrun for crusing:

RKasa · Sep 30, 2019

Mario Kart 8 has some great music (plus killer "Mute City" and "Big Blue" arrangements, too).

Dest said:
yeah f-zero music is great but R4 has the best racing game OST of all time absolutely no contest.

Nah, OutRun/OutRun2.

tomofthepops · Sep 30, 2019

JEFFREY GRUBB said:
For real, though, let's just watch Nintendo's band crush this for Mario Kart 8 for the rest of the day.

Their version of big blue is God tier.

jett · Sep 30, 2019

SNES F-Zero has the best soundtrack in the whole series.

Calamari41 said:
Mute City and Big Blue are of course iconic classics, but when I hear Silence, I am immediately transported back to six years old somehow:

Agreed. Silence is my favorite, it just holds such massive nostalgia for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owWGq9z0qQI

EchoSmoker · Sep 30, 2019

NFS II had a great soundtrack. The main menu always got me pumped.

Fintendo · Sep 30, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObJePb8A53E

This is a banger, same with the rest of the soundtrack.

I KILL PXLS · Sep 30, 2019

No lies detected. F-Zero had such a good soundtrack.

Deleted member 33533 · Sep 30, 2019

My favorite MK8 theme:

TheJollyCorner · Sep 30, 2019

Moist_Owlet said:
Nintendo ignoring our frothing demand for fzero switch is criminal.

It's gotta happen... right?

jett · Sep 30, 2019

On the other hand...

Dest said:
yeah f-zero music is great but R4 has the best racing game OST of all time absolutely no contest.

R4 is the apex of racing soundtracks. Nothing else is even close. The arranged album that came out recently has some real bangers too.

And there's this one from a couple of years ago.

statha · Sep 30, 2019

perpetuallyawake said:
Sorry OP, but while I love F-Zero tunes, nothing will ever top Daytona USA's OST

wow this is awesome! been a long time since I heard that one, thanks for the memory trip!

Stopdoor · Sep 30, 2019

No lies detected. The remixes are great but F-Zero really nailed it with the SNES soundfont on the first try.

Dogui · Sep 30, 2019

I love Mute City but the first race song in Top Gear is a strong contender imo

zoabs · Sep 30, 2019

Not even the best racing song on the SNES

https://youtu.be/LhZHntVt6cI

EDIT: great minds Dogui

Calamari41 · Sep 30, 2019

jett said:
SNES F-Zero has the best soundtrack in the whole series.

Agreed. Silence is my favorite, it just holds such massive nostalgia for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owWGq9z0qQI

Great remix, thanks for posting it

Red Devil · Sep 30, 2019

Sega Touring Car Championship used the Eurobeat soundtrack before all of those Initial D stuff. They're quite a banger.

TheJollyCorner · Sep 30, 2019

Stopdoor said:
No lies detected. The remixes are great but F-Zero really nailed it with the SNES soundfont on the first try.

There's just something about that sound of SNES games (particularly the first-party ones) that has really stuck with me all these years.
Pilotwings, F-Zero, SimCity, Mario Kart, etc. So much credit to Soyo Oka for great compositions, too. I wish she would have made more music for Nintendo over the years.

maximumzero · Sep 30, 2019

Calamari41 said:
Mute City and Big Blue are of course iconic classics, but when I hear Silence, I am immediately transported back to six years old somehow:

Yeah, Silence is definitely my pick for favorite F-Zero track.

doof_warrior · Sep 30, 2019

perpetuallyawake said:
Sorry OP, but while I love F-Zero tunes, nothing will ever top Daytona USA's OST

thankyou

Renna Hazel · Sep 30, 2019

Might be? Of course it is. Melee and GX versions are the best though.

Deleted member 35204 · Sep 30, 2019

Big Blue is better.

UberTag · Sep 30, 2019

Can't argue with the OP... love me some Mute City.

Deleted member 34949 · Sep 30, 2019

Dest said:
yeah f-zero music is great but R4 has the best racing game OST of all time absolutely no contest.

My man

Move Me is the GOAT

awake4ages · Sep 30, 2019

statha said:
wow this is awesome! been a long time since I heard that one, thanks for the memory trip!

mattp said:
thankyou

You're welcome hahaha
That video is so powerful I even watch it on bad days when I need a bit of a pick me up. Takenobu is a legend

1er tigre · Sep 30, 2019

DGenerator said:
It's not even the greatest song in that specific racing game.

Both are god tier.

Last Jon Standing · Sep 30, 2019

Did I wake up in a universe where F-Zero X doesn't exist?

EchoSmoker said:
NFS II had a great soundtrack. The main menu always got me pumped.

That is the true answer, folks.

Richiek · Sep 30, 2019

The Mario Kart 8 title screen music with its rendition of the Super Mario Kart title music is god tier.

Shadow of the Void · Sep 30, 2019

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate just how awesome the SNES sound chip was? When I was a preteen kid back in 1992 I was in awe of the sounds that came out of that system, and it still sounds great today. I still consider the SNES the best system ever, just ahead of the NES, and the sound chip was definitely a contributing factor to this.

NotLiquid · Sep 30, 2019

Racing games in general feature some of the best single tracks in gaming bar none.

Sander VF · Sep 30, 2019

perpetuallyawake said:
Sorry OP, but while I love F-Zero tunes, nothing will ever top Daytona USA's OST

But what if we combine them?

Kamikazekoala · Sep 30, 2019

Dogui said:
I love Mute City but the first race song in Top Gear is a strong contender imo

zoabs said:
Not even the best racing song on the SNES

https://youtu.be/LhZHntVt6cI

EDIT: great minds Dogui

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