Not the absolute worst I've listened to, but yeah, Sakuraba's tracks in general are significantly inferior to Kitamura's music in Dark Souls III.
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What's the single worst music track you've heard in a game?
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Not the absolute worst I've listened to, but yeah, Sakuraba's tracks in general are significantly inferior to Kitamura's music in Dark Souls III.
Recently replayed Pokémon Crystal and I must have had my Game Boy on mute when I first played through it because I'm sure this would have put me off VGM for life...
But yeah, the Resi DC basement music is the true answer
But yeah, the Resi DC basement music is the true answer
The First Half of "The Last Samba" from Katamari Damacy. The second half of the song is good, but the first half is literally ear-piercing for me. I have no idea how they thought ending one of the greatest soundtracks of all time with this song was a smart move.
Not the first 100 times you play, but after that, Crazy Taxi becomes laborious because of THAT song lol. You know the one
Without doubt this, I actually had to turn the game off because it's on constant loop and horrible.
I remember having trouble beating a level in JSRF and this song kept blaring driving me even more up the wall with anger.
Yeah I usually love Souls music but really really hate this one for some reason lol
Anyway, here's my candidate -- drove me insane both times I've played SS.
Believe it or not, that was adapted into orchestra!
Believe it or not, that was adapted into orchestra!
OP song sounds like two different kids' keyboard demo tracks playing over each other. Except really bad demo tracks.
...have you only played Dark Souls games? :p It's not good, especially compared to other tracks in the game/series, but single worst in all games? That RE basement theme is pretty bad...
You are a bad person with bad taste and you should feel bad about yourself. That track is one of the best in Odyssey. In its normal form, it feels like a 60's Bond theme. In the retro form, it feels like the greatest Mega Man song we never got. Shame, SHAME on you! ;)
I despise this song too. If it was a mediocre song that blended into the background it'd be much more bearable, but it's always in your face screaming "EPIC" at you so you can never learn to tune it out. In particular, I really hate that sequence of repeated notes about 45 seconds in, absolutely maddening stuff.
If that loop, really, made you turn the game off you aren't deserving of "The World Ends With You".
Glad to see the correct response near the top of the first page. Here's another that hurts my ears and soul OP
Glad someone recognised this hilarious garbage.
I actually agree, but I love this cover by The Brotons
This song is terrible don't worry about the people saying you're wrong.
Devil May Cry music, Metal Gear Rising music are all also dog shit too.
Everything about it is so painfully generic. Which, for me, is the worst thing music can be.
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I fucking hate this song.
As an aside in regards to that odyssey song (Steam Gardens), it's not bad but not great. If that's the best song in Odyssey, the Odyssey soundtrack is probably trash compared to Galaxy 1/2
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Somehow we got Katamari Damacy, Earthbound, The World Ends With You and Jet Set Radio in this thread. Lawdy, ya'll, it's like we're trying to come up the worst answers.
I think the part that I bolded is a really important distinction. Totally agreed on the Xenoblade X front -- though the game does have legitimate musical highs, the weird, poorly translated, ESL buttrock and hip-hop do have a dumb charm. Same as stuff like the F-Zero medley that was posted or (as an extreme example) laughably bad-good vocal tracks from latter-day Sonic games.
Thank you so much for this.
Having listened to at least a bit of everything posted so far (and there's lots of bad stuff here), I think this really has to take it. It honestly sounds like someone just banged on a keyboard and went with it -- makes me honestly suspect that someone was having a laugh. It hardly even fits most definitions of music.
I think the part that I bolded is a really important distinction. Totally agreed on the Xenoblade X front -- though the game does have legitimate musical highs, the weird, poorly translated, ESL buttrock and hip-hop do have a dumb charm. Same as stuff like the F-Zero medley that was posted or (as an extreme example) laughably bad-good vocal tracks from latter-day Sonic games.
Thank you so much for this.
Having listened to at least a bit of everything posted so far (and there's lots of bad stuff here), I think this really has to take it. It honestly sounds like someone just banged on a keyboard and went with it -- makes me honestly suspect that someone was having a laugh. It hardly even fits most definitions of music.
I know, it is the worst not the best but I find really funny that this version is better than the original
Rip and Tear
The Original bad port
Rip and Tear
The Original bad port
I want to play that game someday but that's just too long. but are you saying the music is bad? Because you said "I will defend the OST" but then you also threw the music at the bus. I cant endure bad music in a long rpg again after DQX1. no sir, never again
Yo my man you didn't post the fucking Daytona dude doing an F-Zero song for smash as " The single worst track you heard in a video game "
YO MY MAN WHAT?!
I'm struggling to think of a worse song from a game I've played. Outside of Sonic Chronicles, I mean.
Every time I think of suggesting another game, it's more that it's just a song that's not to my tastes and I wouldn't consider that as criteria to call it bad. Just not for me. But that Sonic 4 track is bad at what it's trying to be
Every time I think of suggesting another game, it's more that it's just a song that's not to my tastes and I wouldn't consider that as criteria to call it bad. Just not for me. But that Sonic 4 track is bad at what it's trying to be
I've put about 50 hours into Xenoblade X so far.
After awhile all of the "I can't hear you. I can't see you."s, the "YEAH"s and the "Uhh Uhh (uhh uhh)"s blend together into an indiscernible mush.
NLA really should've had a jukebox or something so I could rotate some different music in.
Anyway, here's my pick:
It's a fucking four second loop.
After awhile all of the "I can't hear you. I can't see you."s, the "YEAH"s and the "Uhh Uhh (uhh uhh)"s blend together into an indiscernible mush.
NLA really should've had a jukebox or something so I could rotate some different music in.
Anyway, here's my pick:
It's a fucking four second loop.
Having just listened to the last track for the first time, the syncopation of the marimba seems intentional. Could be wrong. I think it works, regardless.
My favorite in this thread. Did nobody in QA play this and think, "hey, this sounds like a fart"