We've had the Donkey Kong Country thread. Thought we could do something similar for Super Metroid? It's got its own special foggy alien vibe that I always loved.
There's a specific watery noise that happens in Underworld's 'Stagger' that takes me immediately back to exploring the eerie catacombs of Crateria back in 1995:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctSqwx7mXoQ
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Thursday, 4 August 2016 13:03 (nine years ago)
i can't think of any additions but i support the goal of this thread
― dyl, Thursday, 4 August 2016 16:44 (nine years ago)
very much support this
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 4 August 2016 20:29 (nine years ago)
the stranger things theme song has a bit of a metroid vibe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpHNlx0pPIU
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 4 August 2016 20:35 (nine years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6fceLfjB4s
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 22:00 (nine years ago)
there's a bunch of them on that guy's youtube channel and they are all excellent
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 22:02 (nine years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Ibq5q0Bwk
a bit, maybe
― punksishippies, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 22:53 (nine years ago)
man i grew up with the us version too but the fds soundtrack is definitive for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5UrRI6WvNw
― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 23:02 (nine years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2_BRL4GD_4
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 23:05 (nine years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiBh_JinGbE
Not so much the vibe, but the piano part always reminds me of Brinstar Red Soil area in Super Metroid
― Vinnie, Thursday, 6 October 2016 01:42 (nine years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKjVMCSot2s
― PappaWheelie V, Thursday, 6 October 2016 02:19 (nine years ago)
Kreidler have a bit of a Super Metroid vibe about them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1RFviFfC5A
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:49 (nine years ago)
are we talking NES or SNES?
― clouds, Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:53 (nine years ago)
I used to play the SNES version but happy to do cross-platform.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:55 (nine years ago)
this is definitely my favourite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnRRni1iQns - still get it stuck in my head sometimes
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:57 (nine years ago)
the electronic vocal stabs there always get to me
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:58 (nine years ago)
yeah, like 16-bit Orchestra Hits, except not shit.
Something really insidious about the whole Metroid aesthetic. It would be lazy to compare it to the Alien films. The theme I just posted comes quite near the start of the game after you go around exploring empty catacombs for quite a while in near-silence. Then you enter a room, trigger something, and when you walk back out the place is crawling with beasties.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 6 October 2016 14:03 (nine years ago)
It has been a while, but -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHWSAZ3fZsQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CftPz16DzI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOqo_xYlGoc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdjR6vd4gBQ
― Wes Brodicus, Thursday, 6 October 2016 15:37 (nine years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGqN9B8XeUE
― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:10 (nine years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEfcYClZif4
― clouds, Friday, 7 October 2016 13:51 (nine years ago)
i wish i could find more music like that melancholic theme that plays when you're in the lower swamp areas
― clouds, Friday, 7 October 2016 14:01 (nine years ago)
if you listen to the analogue synth remake of brinstar, it can easily be a track off of camel's snow goose
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Saturday, 8 October 2016 04:21 (nine years ago)
this is really good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr0CNm6E9IA
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Saturday, 8 October 2016 04:24 (nine years ago)
fast forward to 0:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO3UgDxxe5Q
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Saturday, 8 October 2016 04:34 (nine years ago)
that would be a specific reference to the ending music in metroid nes but it was reused in some way or another in other iterations
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Saturday, 8 October 2016 04:41 (nine years ago)
this is kind of great: https://open.spotify.com/track/6Qa0KkENVn8FTX0sOj64QQ
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Monday, 31 July 2017 11:13 (eight years ago)
Just hurry up and release this shit on vinyl okay?
― Fox Mulder, FYI (dog latin), Monday, 6 November 2017 17:04 (eight years ago)
completed it yesterday. took me 8 hrs and I only got 75% of the items which is pretty lousy considering how much I played it when I was younger. some parts are ridiculously tricky.
anyway I think someone mentioned it upthread but there's actually a really lovely bit of Japanese style cool jazz niceness that takes place in some of the Maridia sections that's at odds with the menacing vibe of the rest of the game
― Gâteau Superstar (dog latin), Thursday, 19 July 2018 19:31 (seven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APSTHg3O8-4
― Gâteau Superstar (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 15:50 (seven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd9ZVPTTZ1U
― oder doch?, Saturday, 10 November 2018 01:16 (seven years ago)