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Suggestions for melancholic FM tracks

Post by yb1981 »

Hi,


I am trying to create a playlist of FM (mainly Adlib/SB or Sega Genesis) music that has a melangolic character to it. Something that puts you in the mood for a long RPG or epic adventure game.

These 9 tracks give a good example of what I mean: https://soundcloud.com/bob4142/sets/sad-fm

I think these tracks stand out for their composition. They are probably among the best and my search results have dried up a bit.
If you have suggestions of similar tracks, I would love to hear them!

Cheers,

YZ

Track list:

Name Artist Comments

Ultima VI: The False Prophet - Can't Remove the Pain "Kenneth W. Arnold, Herman Miller, Todd Mitchell Porter, David R. Watson" Adlib/Soundblaster (OPL2-YM3812/OPL3-YMF262)
Star Control 2 - Quasispace Kevin Palivec Adlib/Soundblaster (OPL2-YM3812/OPL3-YMF262)
Ys III - Sentimental Twilight "Mieko Ishikawa, Masaaki Kawai" Sega Genesis (OPN2/YM2612)
Final Zone - After the War "Motoi?Sakuraba, Masaaki Uno" Sega Genesis (OPN2/YM2612)
Valis III - Deja-Vu "Jun Hasebe, Hisao Inoue, Shingo Murakami" Sega Genesis (OPN2/YM2612)
Psy-O-Blade - Be Discared "Kazunori Hasegawa, Shigeru Tomita" Sega Genesis (OPN2/YM2612)
The Pirates of Dark Water - Track 2 Rick Fox Sega Genesis (OPN2/YM2612)
Thor's Hammer Unknown Adlib/Soundblaster (OPL2-YM3812/OPL3-YMF262)
Hocus Pocus - Menu Wallace Music & Sound Adlib/Soundblaster (OPL2-YM3812/OPL3-YMF262)
Wolfenstein 3D - Wondering about my loved ones Bobby Prince Adlib/Soundblaster (OPL2-YM3812/OPL3-YMF262)
Jennifer Capriati Tennis - Ending 2 Hiroki Kamata Sega Genesis (OPN2/YM2612)
Cannon Fodder - Narcissus "Jon Hare, Richard Joseph" Adlib/Soundblaster (OPL2-YM3812/OPL3-YMF262)

Post by Kaminari »

Rusty:

https://vgmrips.net/packs/pack/rusty-ib ... s-visual-1
https://vgmrips.net/packs/pack/rusty-ib ... m-visual-3

Specifically the OPL version, which for once is much more expressive than the OPN one.
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Post by yb1981 »

Thank you, I will check it out.

Also, @staff , I realise I probably posted this in the wrong forum. Feel free to move it to Off Topic or any other place more appropriate.
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