Songs that sound like Earthbound

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

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:23 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kzEMHiCuaE

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:29 (fourteen years ago)

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

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:34 (fourteen years ago)

hajime tachibana "taiyo sun"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqoQpITGylQ&feature=related

ur reading from a season in hell but u don't know what it's abt (missingNO), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:38 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO2C1XNAeaU

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:42 (fourteen years ago)

this is some of my favorite shit ever but i'm having trouble thinking of similar-sounding stuff :/

tInA-yOtHeRs (donna rouge), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:44 (fourteen years ago)

That Tachibana track has a similar chord progression to a Donkey Kong 2 track

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:46 (fourteen years ago)

well, ok

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SHJ6CcML80&feature=related

tInA-yOtHeRs (donna rouge), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:47 (fourteen years ago)

world standard "truth of palm"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BakFkYkdGM

ur reading from a season in hell but u don't know what it's abt (missingNO), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:48 (fourteen years ago)

the beginning of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAzESJ62irI&feature=related

tInA-yOtHeRs (donna rouge), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:49 (fourteen years ago)

i really wanna play this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Sound:_Kaze_no_Regret

soundtrack composed by Keiichi Suzuki, Earthbound dude

ur reading from a season in hell but u don't know what it's abt (missingNO), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:50 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GFZe-NYKBw

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:51 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUL5UaF4z0Q

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:56 (fourteen years ago)

all of these are great btw

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:58 (fourteen years ago)

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

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:02 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0419QSOr4I

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:08 (fourteen years ago)

A+ thread

offee is for losers only, do you not c? (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:10 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzN6gzMdZ_0

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:20 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4jwyORsVts

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:26 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhkXEteT9hw

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:32 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp951qxPyuc

corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:43 (fourteen years ago)

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

offee is for losers only, do you not c? (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:10 (fourteen years ago)

ha!

TheDunkster (absolutely clean glasses), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:11 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jT50gxC-dU

chocolatepiekid, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 23:46 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmA5bGv6FSQ

chocolatepiekid, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 23:47 (fourteen years ago)

bassie & adriaan sounds like the theme from night court!

really diggin this thread.

original bgm, Friday, 6 May 2011 21:26 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ndiok_jBBA

I'm at the combination pizza butt and taco hell (absolutely clean glasses), Sunday, 8 May 2011 02:54 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Jp2VB9Wa8

I'm at the combination pizza butt and taco hell (absolutely clean glasses), Sunday, 8 May 2011 02:58 (fourteen years ago)

~2min in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qexZQ9tO6eI&feature=related

"brussels" was the hassell track I really wanted to post but it isn't on youtube.

original bgm, Sunday, 15 May 2011 17:05 (fourteen years ago)

this entire album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khzWqXMAT5I

, Thursday, 19 May 2011 09:02 (fourteen years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bu4erOGQuU

*floods world w/tears* (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 June 2011 01:25 (fourteen years ago)

<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kOKrRxmDr2c"; frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The last part

kkern, Thursday, 23 June 2011 02:46 (fourteen years ago)

EMBED ugh sorry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOKrRxmDr2c

kkern, Thursday, 23 June 2011 02:48 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0R8MYGREmg

I'll show you the power of laughter! (Abbbottt), Saturday, 25 June 2011 00:49 (fourteen years ago)

three months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YB4pp2NByQ

corey, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 05:05 (thirteen years ago)

OTM

Logg \ O / Logg (crüt), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 05:10 (thirteen years ago)

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

fennel cartwright, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 06:25 (thirteen years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmSHXjWE-vg

lil jon & vangelis (fennel cartwright), Friday, 18 November 2011 01:13 (thirteen years ago)

there's some cuts off larson's "digital landscape" that are v v earthbound but they weren't on youtube

lil jon & vangelis (fennel cartwright), Friday, 18 November 2011 01:14 (thirteen years ago)

nine months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlc1JJ2_1Qc

Balinese sound killers (Pangangge Tengenan) (clouds), Friday, 31 August 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6UJ5ZmJwZw

bryan "radical" ferry (clouds), Saturday, 20 October 2012 13:19 (twelve years ago)

one month passes...

global goon's last album is really earthbound-y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aph6SWxTCQ

ゑ (clouds), Friday, 23 November 2012 15:21 (twelve years ago)

two months pass...

This could totally *totally* have been swapped in place of the Mr. Saturn coffee break music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtT5Jki24VE

ICANN Tina Turner (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 21 February 2013 05:35 (twelve years ago)

that was the first thing i thought of when i heard this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gH6UOatmAM

crimson hexagon sonned (clouds), Thursday, 21 February 2013 18:36 (twelve years ago)

holy crap that mbv song is a dead ringer!

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 22 February 2013 04:49 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xSI4xnhxUQ

ICANN Tina Turner (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 22 February 2013 05:40 (twelve years ago)

two months pass...

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

clouds, Monday, 6 May 2013 19:51 (twelve years ago)

four weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6rFK5ov3Fk

ttyih boi (crüt), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 20:00 (twelve years ago)

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

clouds, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 15:27 (twelve years ago)

hahaha

frame casual (dog latin), Saturday, 9 February 2019 19:21 (six years ago)

wow indeed

clouds, Friday, 15 February 2019 01:13 (six years ago)

three months pass...

the earthbound (well, more mother 3) starts around 1:00

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

like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Monday, 20 May 2019 05:15 (six years ago)

six months pass...

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

oder doch?, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 20:03 (five years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--rfbWJq7SY

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 30 December 2019 20:45 (five years ago)

one month passes...

https://musicfordreams.bandcamp.com/album/elsewhere-junior-i-a-collection-of-cosmic-childrens-songs

certain tracks stood out in regards to thread relevance

Evan, Friday, 7 February 2020 16:18 (five years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc9adJKhtZk

like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Sunday, 16 February 2020 08:52 (five years ago)

two months pass...

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

oder doch?, Monday, 20 April 2020 19:25 (five years ago)

kind of a mother 3 feel to that one

like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 19:27 (five years ago)

two months pass...

just dropping in here in case anyone wanted to know and was not aware that Chip Tanaka (who worked on the music for Earthbound and a bunch of other Nintendo games) has a new album out on Bandcamp

https://chiptanaka.bandcamp.com/album/domingo

(think I'd missed this thread before, will be checking out the youtubes now - or once I've finished listening to Tanaka's Snoopy Concert music for Super Famicom/SNES. Earthboundish vibes plus Vince Guaraldi "Linus & Lucy" motif all over the place)

(yeaahhh I stole both these from a Frank Cifaldi tweet, hat tip etc)

L. Prague de Scamp (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 19 July 2020 14:28 (four years ago)

Beautiful Wikipedia sentences of our time:

Among specific musical influences, Tanaka has cited Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, Stackridge, Yabby U, the Flying Lizards, Prince, Lalo Rodriguez, My Bloody Valentine, Frank Zappa, Keiichi Suzuki, Hal Willner's various artists compilations, Sly Dunbar, Jah Wobble, and the Slits.

L. Prague de Scamp (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 19 July 2020 14:29 (four years ago)

three weeks pass...

Madalyn Merkey - Please Don't Keep Me Waiting (Side B)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFw6Jk0Gjz4

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 9 August 2020 18:54 (four years ago)

four months pass...

再生ハイパーべるーヴ - Pink Metallic Crusaders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFBc-O29Dnc

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 27 December 2020 19:45 (four years ago)

much of colin newman's 'it seems' qualifies for this thread imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbPW9vwbREA

donna rouge, Monday, 28 December 2020 20:15 (four years ago)

two months pass...

chihei hatakeyama's music often sounds v earthboundy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9MLOnIbEYE

clouds, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 18:36 (four years ago)

three weeks pass...

chara "private beach"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TGtYEazoSI

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 18:29 (four years ago)

four months pass...

mr. g "meditative state (reflective)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asXg_R0GuZI

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 9 August 2021 15:17 (three years ago)

two months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXQNLq1huYQ

just found out about this, new arranged versions of various earthbound tunes from keiichi suzuki himself released this year. he provides vocals too

ufo, Sunday, 17 October 2021 06:33 (three years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJMnWEezS8E

probably the most proto-earthbound i've heard from suzuki's previous work

ufo, Sunday, 17 October 2021 11:28 (three years ago)

i love this video that highlights one of hip tanaka's idiosyncratic compositional techniques

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YQ_HO7rZhI

missingNO, Sunday, 17 October 2021 14:41 (three years ago)

this song by miki nakatani and ryuichi sakamoto has a certain ethereal earthbound-y quality, i think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ShKUHmnQU

missingNO, Sunday, 17 October 2021 14:50 (three years ago)

oh, that's blocked for me but now I'm curious. I love that first nakatani album that sakamoto produced. which one? "chronic love"?

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 17 October 2021 19:30 (three years ago)

oh that's annoying, this one should work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNKjgrE1G0I

song in question is track 2, 雨だれ ("amadare" ["raindrops"])

i think this is her best album, futuristic micropop w/ impressive production work from sakamoto and nobukazu takemura. love the peak y2k aesthetic / gen-x soft club cover art

missingNO, Monday, 18 October 2021 03:29 (three years ago)

I literally just came here to post a track lol

https://soundcloud.com/vanishingtwin/zuum

like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Monday, 18 October 2021 03:32 (three years ago)

hard agree on the y2k shiseikatsu cover art, totally rules (x-post)

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 18 October 2021 23:20 (three years ago)

nine months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIgeh8PEQXI

just the start really

ufo, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 12:54 (two years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIIFk0CiV04

ufo, Tuesday, 27 September 2022 12:52 (two years ago)

^Excellent pull, has both the longing sweetness of something like "Smiles and Tears" AND a touch the weirdo electronica that soundtrack does so well. Also thank you for making me aware George Riley has a new album out!

OneSecondBefore, Tuesday, 27 September 2022 14:45 (two years ago)

two months pass...

jun chikuma's (bomberman hero) latest one sounds v v earthboundy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7pexiaVuU

clouds, Thursday, 8 December 2022 16:51 (two years ago)

four weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgcT_Q0t2rU

ufo, Saturday, 7 January 2023 14:29 (two years ago)

tenda village

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKl5poUmWuw

c u (crüt), Friday, 20 January 2023 05:18 (two years ago)

one month passes...

There's a bunch of Earthbound comparisons in the Stereogum review for the latest Kate NV album:

https://www.stereogum.com/2214730/kate-nv-wow/reviews/album-of-the-week/

MarkoP, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 17:58 (two years ago)

one year passes...

elton vincent “coda”

https://cosimapitz.bandcamp.com/track/coda

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 27 April 2024 16:48 (one year ago)

five months pass...

Trans-4M "Atharvaveda"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=875kmd4GXMA

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 23 October 2024 15:23 (eight months ago)

Not to mention a very Earthbound/Mother-looking globe on that Trans-4M cover.

Travisssss, Wednesday, 23 October 2024 16:23 (eight months ago)

Spotted this one ages ago, but I've yet to see it included in any of the Earthbound samples lists.

The Lava Springs theme has to be a sample from Jon Hassell and Brian Eno's "Delta Rain Dream":

Lava Springs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msSkrXD7LPc

Delta Rain Dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4MxODnbKks

Travisssss, Wednesday, 23 October 2024 16:29 (eight months ago)

getting "this video is not available" on my end... but I do have that record handy, and whoa, that does sound really similar!

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 23 October 2024 17:05 (eight months ago)

I hear serious Moonside vibes in this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBUEgCWR3lw

ed.b, Wednesday, 23 October 2024 17:29 (eight months ago)

five months pass...

tay-k “gotta blast”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttX9kiL0L9k

(⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Tuesday, 8 April 2025 15:28 (three months ago)

one month passes...

Miroque (ミロク): Botanical Sunset (植物の夕焼け) (2001)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwaSB3i1nzY

Very nice bedroom ambient stuff. Track 1 in particular could come right out of Earthbound, but the whole album kind of has that vibe. Courtesy of the lovely FOUND/SOUND blog: https://www.fondsound.com/interview-miroque-%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AD%E3%82%AF/

OneSecondBefore, Friday, 6 June 2025 18:52 (one month ago)

Typo correction, the blog is called FOND/SOUND.

OneSecondBefore, Friday, 6 June 2025 18:53 (one month ago)


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