Bitmob Community Jukebox #6

Editor's note: James (the same guy that just won the netbook in the post below) and the Bitmob community have put together a great setlist of classic video game tunes for you to enjoy this week. My personal favorite of the bunch is the overworld theme from TMNT. In hindsight, the game stunk, but I still dig that tune. - Aaron


It's a new week and that means a new slew of songs to attack your ears! Thanks a lot to all those who submitted. Your songs keep the Bitmob Bubbler jumping and shaking -- all the records inside keep skipping due to their sheer rockitude!

If you're new to the Jukebox, there are two ways to listen:

Method 1: Pick and Choose

1. Top Gear – Track 1

2. Deus Ex - Main Theme

3. Final Fantasy VI - Slam Shuffle

4. Threads of Fate - Pass Through the Forest

5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Overworld Theme*

6. Werewolf: The Last Warrior - Werewolf Form Theme*

7. Maplestory - Leafre Theme

8. Zeno Clash - Calm Woods

9. Myst IV: Revelation - Curtains by Peter Gabriel

Hit the jump for the rest of the playlist, including the community picks.


Community Jukebox

10. Patapon 2 - Main Theme suggested by J. Cosmo Cohen

11. Mega Man 3 - Get a Weapon Theme* suggested by Mike Minotti

12. Actraiser - Bloodpool Theme* suggested byAlex R. Cronk-Young

13. Gun.Smoke - Stage 1* suggested by Toby Davis

14. Fallout 3- Anything Goes by Cole Porter suggested by Lance Darnell

15. Wild Arms - Into the Wilderness suggested by Evan Killham++good

Method 2: Let It Ride (click here to listen in a separate window)

~James D., read at The Sophist, heard at, Sophist Radio

P.S. Once again I've given exception to the rules simply because I couldn't leave you folks without the awesome suggestions! (And yes, to all you inquiring folk, I have played Maplestory. Don't judge me. Or do. I deserve it.)


Submissions are closed for this week, but if you'd like to know how the Community Jukebox works, please keep on reading:

For all you newcomers, here's how it works. Even though I've done a Meet the Mob, there is something important you should know about me.For some reason, over the years, my mind has acted as a sort of a Roledex for great videogame ditties. (For all you youngsters out there, a Rolodex is an archaic device that people used to keep important contact information on. I guess it's sort of like an abacus at this point.)

Because of this, every Monday I will be posting fifteen well-known and not-so-well-known videogame songs.

There's a catch however; I will not be providing all of the songs; I'll provide only ten. The rest will be suggested - hopefully songs I've never heard - and out of all of the suggestions, I will choose five to round out the fifteen.

Ultimately, I would like enough suggestions to switch over to five or even one song donated by myself, thus truly making it the Community Jukebox.

It's important to note that all submissions will be credited to the community members who provided them.

The only guidelines are that any song chosen must be from a non-music game, or from a music game with original content. Licensed songs are also OK, but they must be from something other than a music game.

This means that Fallout and Grand Theft Auto songs are fair game, whereas Guitar Hero and Rock Band songs aren't. If licensed songs become too prolific, however, I may stop taking them as submissions.

Also, to note, I will try my hardest to find the original names of every song, yours or mine, but if I can't, I will give it a name, and mark it with an asterisk. In addition, all songs are set to open in a new tab, so feel free to click away and have them play in the background as you surf Bitmob or get some work done.

Songs appear in no particular order whatsoever, save that community submissions will be segmented from my choices and shown last.

Each week, I will also be choosing my favorite submission, The Double-Plus Good Pick of the Week. The winner will receive exactly nothing, except being last song with this beside their entry: ++good.

As a small guideline, if you'd like to win the The Double-Plus Good Pick of the Week, try to pick something obscure or, at the very least, recent. We all know titles like Mega Man and Final Fantasy had great music in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, and I will be featuring songs like these every week (that's my bread and butter).

But, in the interest of keeping the Jukebox new and surprising, if you can come up with a great song that I've forgotten, or, better yet, never heard, you'll have a leg up on the competition. Just keep in mind what I said at the top, and if you've read my Meet the Mob, the size of my game case.

Either way, feel free to submit whatever you like. Please. I can't reinforce enough that all submissions are welcome.

As an added bonus, I will also try to add an immediate comment about the awesomeness of the winner commenter's song and why everyone else should pay special attention to it. This will be an in-joke for those who keep up.

Most importantly, since I hope to keep doing this for awhile, only one submission response per person per post. That way I'll have less to parse, and you folks will be able to submit for an extended period of time. If you sumbit multiple requests, I will not listen to any of them.

Again, only one submission response per person per post.

Comments (25)

I had to retreat to an impartial jury for this one.

Evan chose as song I was going to use for this very Jukebox, and so, I was obviously biased.

My roommate and fellow Bitmobber had to step in to judge the double-plus good. I just gave him your selections. And he chose.

That said, Toby, Lance, and Cosmo's were all vying for the title.

Keep it up guys! You're making hard to choose!

Also, try to get other Bitmobbers to contribute. Where the hell is Shirk anywany?!?!
James DeRosa , September 14, 2009
I'm finally back. I can't believe I forgot to submit something last week even though I read the post right before I left. Anyway, here's an FFIV song James.

Final Fantasy IV: Within The Giant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1IV6CZUy9o&feature;=PlayList&p;=8406405EAC7D1B5A&index;=41
Brian Shirk , September 14, 2009
@Brian: Thanks, I know that song, and it's great. Hope you'll enjoy the Zozo theme.

If you actually go to youtube video, you'll see that one of the first comments is that Zozo is the New Jersey of all of FF.

Hilarious.

(Sorry all you NJ folks out there, I still love you!)
James DeRosa , September 14, 2009
I was shocked I did not get my ++good until I heard the Wild Arms theme - nice!!!

I am going to ponder my suggestion this time - I want that ++good!!!

That Ninja Turtles theme brought back a lot of memories, some good, most bad!
Lance Darnell , September 14, 2009
I liked the Maple Story and Wild Arms songs. And Turtles brings back memories. Painful memories.
Brian Shirk , September 14, 2009
Okay, I am sticking with the oldies and going with one of my favorites from the past:

Bobby Darin singing Beyond the Sea from Bioshock!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRM7IKoO044
Lance Darnell , September 14, 2009
WHAT?!?!? Aaron is a fool! Bloodpool always wins! Although that Wild Arms song is very good.

Next suggestion is World of Goo - The Red Carpet. I'd post a link but I can't copy and paste on the Wii.
Alex R. Cronk-Young , September 14, 2009
@ Lance - Nice!

@ Alex - Great soundtrack! Basically any song on there would be good.

This week I choose the Spy Hunter Theme Song. You know, the Peter Gunn one. I tried to find a link and couldn't really.
J. Cosmo Cohen , September 14, 2009
@ Aaron: Nice segue. Thanks for keeping the rules intact!

I really needed this feature. (Funnily enough, this is the only front page feature where I feel a bit selfless.) The bounds of my aural intake since childhood aren't limitless and every new submisssion staves off the the inevitable cavalcade of Final Fantasy and Mega Man songs.

@Everyone: Please, please submit songs. I really want this to be the "community" Jukebox. Not James' jukebox. Every submission helps!

Also,

@Aaron: Why not donate a song!
James DeRosa , September 15, 2009
TMNT 1 overworld theme is my jam.
Alejandro Quan-Madrid , September 15, 2009
I didn't get a chance to listen to the songs earlier, but boy oh boy does the Turtles song bring back memories. I absolutely hated how difficult that game was.
J. Cosmo Cohen , September 15, 2009
James: You got it.

Here are a few (forgive me if they have appeared in other jukeboxes):

Mappy Land for the NES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCvG6BqctAs

Double Dragon (NES Version) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3c2xbYWKY0

F-Zero (Big Blue) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lvgOnLRids

Shenmue (my all-time favorite game song) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3S34YqHHQY



Aaron Thomas , September 15, 2009
I really like the main theme of Wild Arms: Alter Code F (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWgPX9yTtQg) though I don't know if it's already been submitted. It has some nods to Ennio Morricone's music for Spaghetti Westerns (particularly the whistling - which is done similarly to the theme for A Fistful of Dollars), but then the other segments make it much more operatic.
Alexander Case , September 15, 2009
I love the Zozo music. It just feels like cheap swank.

I'll suggest the war march music from Ridley's area of Norfair in Super Metroid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdO8hH3BlJY&feature;=related
Alex Long , September 15, 2009
Once again I am thoroughly enjoying the Let it Ride feature while I work on other things. Thanks a ton for all the work you put into this James and way to get a front page!

Since you informed me that the World of Goo song I picked had already been used, I'll choose Metal Man from Mega Man 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si8HiBgcg_U

Check it out, they made a hair metal version of it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JDzMPtC27k&feature;=related
Alex R. Cronk-Young , September 15, 2009
@Lance - Even though I don't like throwing my vote because If I really want a song on one of these I just go to James' room and demand it be put on.

I just wanted to inform you that you chose the wrong Fallout 3 song. Because you didn't pick "Way Back Home" by Bob Crosby.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp-uP6sT_Dg
Aaron Rivers , September 15, 2009
@Aaron - That is good stuff, but I was going for the Indiana Jones opening scene reference with Anything Goes.

I am secretly planning on cheating on James' awesome weekly contest by making a LBP level that has some good Radiohead tunes in it, and then I can just submit that!
Lance Darnell , September 15, 2009
@Lance: Always lookin' for a new angle.

I am tempted to give you ++good just for perseverance.
James DeRosa , September 15, 2009
@James - Nice! I will earn that if it kills me - I am thinking of bribing Aaron. But I think I should stop writing my plans down on your post.... not too smart... smilies/cheesy.gif
Lance Darnell , September 15, 2009
Top gear 1? Seriously guys, everyone knows the music in TG2 is a step above.... Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9eBUtvmFxI&feature;=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Cfcess_4Y&feature;=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rDUrcNsGos&feature;=related

Kyle Dormer , September 15, 2009
^

Ughhh, can't edit comments but as far as submission worthy material is concerned only listen to the first link.
Kyle Dormer , September 15, 2009
That Threads of Fate song is awesome I have never heard it before... and man that Wild Arms tune brings back some awesome memories. Thanks.

Keep up the good work everyone and thanks for always putting up some quality posts James!
Evan Campbell , September 16, 2009
Guilty Gear easily have the most awesome OST in all videogame history,choosing just a few songs is a really hard decision...

Guilty Gear X (Heavy Rock Soundtrack) - Bloodstained Lineage (Testament theme)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zAyfwHvbIc

Guilty Gear X (Heavy Rock Soundtrack) - Momentary Life (Baiken theme)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6QOzGB10D0

Guilty Gear X (Naomi) - Still in the Dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWFFYVNeP4Q

Guilty Gear XX Suck a Sage (Chipp's theme)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOk6IyHrwqE

Guilty Gear XX Writhe in Pain (Millia's theme)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o094ACGn1EU

These are some of my favorites but damn! All the OST is just awesome,Daisuke Ishiwatari is a freaking genius!

Oh,and if you are the type of guys that hate metal and guitars:

Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection - Amnesia (Great Plains)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiJQp1uHUnA

Alexander Avila , September 16, 2009
@Lance - I am highly bribe-able.
Aaron Rivers , September 17, 2009
@Aaron - We will talk. (Don't tell James)
Lance Darnell , September 17, 2009

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