A video game got me into bass...

[JwUoNoG]

I'm not sure if this is in the right section. I guess it is technically a recording..

When I was in 4th grade, I had this game called Tetris Attack. When I heard the soundtrack to it, I thought "What in the world is that amazing sound?" It was full of awesome bass playing. It didn't make me start playing when I was that young, but years later, I did end up learning all of those songs. I think for a Super Nintendo, these had pretty good tone! I wouldn't mind having that tone myself today.

Slap clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5lMOmAN4ig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o1rtinvr6g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN7lp_RlSnM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6BihgW4WWk (this one is my personal fav)

Fingerstyle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6cDY-2Tpt4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXTrMQqB94M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir6qqm_AmY8

Did anyone else ever play this game?

[phxlbrmpf]

I too played this and while it's kind of fun, I kind of prefer regular tetris. But yeah, the music in this game has some pretty nice bass lines. Lots of video game music usually has, by the way, as (old-ish) video game music usually consists of songs put together by one guy/girl who's more concerned about the sound of the piece itself instead of trying to ape certain music styles that are played with real instruments. Also, when working with chip music, there were often very few voices available at the same time so you oftentimes had to use an interesting bass line to come up with an interesting-sonding composition.

[bigblondeafro87]

good stuff, check out music from sonic the hedgehog for some equally amazing basslines

[JwUoNoG]

Oh yea, I never had sega, but I was a huge sonic fan.

The sounds aren't too bad for 16-bit chipsets!

[armywalaby]

I used to listen to Moving Pictures while playing Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, so they always make me think of each other. That game had some good music as well though.

[dj150888]

Toejam and Earl.....that had some badass basslines.

[JwUoNoG]

Toejam and Earl definitely had it goin on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PUU_as3Ew8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVkXR...e=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zF67...e=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzee...e=channel_page

A little more synth-y sounding, but gets my head bobbin'! The soundtrack for this game had to have been made by a bass player.

[2x4strgkramers]

So on the youtube recordings. How much Noise gate and compression did you use ? It sounds like Keyboard samples played on a keyboard. Absoltely no harmonic overtones in the sound at all. in fact it the dryest sounding bass I have ever heard outside of Sampled instruments.

[RBrownBass]

Gran Turismo for PS2- I wish I could remember which version. Sounds like bass, drums and keys. Some of it sounds synthy, but it could just as easily be played on an electric bass guitar.

[lemur821]

It's synthy, but Jazz Jackrabbit had my favorite video game bassline of all time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnnFF...eature=related

[amandolin]

Shadowrun had some pretty groovy stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4Gt7mDANK0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wfrP...eature=related

[OOZMAN]

Originally Posted by bigblondeafro87

good stuff, check out music from sonic the hedgehog for some equally amazing basslines

+10000000

My favourite game music/song bassline ever...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vaBxXCH9b8

I learnt it (kinda)... it's quite challenging (for me ) but fun at the same time.

[CaptainWampum]

Pretty crazy that this was posted, my band does a cover of the water stage music from tetris attack. If I can I'll try and post a link.

[Crystalman85]

This looks like the kind of thread I can relate to. especially since there some video games that has memorable music. Here's one of my personal favorite stage songs.

This one's from the video game el viento for the sega genesis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vloxxpP8Dc

Here's some more of my favorites. these stage tracks are from the game valis the fantasm soldier for the sega genesis.

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBNJRzMSR8c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jgprTHSet8

[_Sasquatch_]

Originally Posted by bigblondeafro87

good stuff, check out music from sonic the hedgehog for some equally amazing basslines

Im so glad I'm not the only one!
Some memorable bass riffs
Flying Battery Zone Act1
Sandopolis Zone Actr1
Emerald Hill Zone Act1
Hydrocity Zone Act1
Oil Ocean Zone

I look to these songs whenever Im in a rut for ideas

[Wild_Cat]

Well, if you like Sonic music, you owe it to yourself to download and listen to Project Chaos, the (free) Sonic 3 & Knuckles remix album by the OCRemix community.

It's got some absolutely wicked arrangements by awesome musicians (norg, housethegrate, Snappleman, Braincells...). Check those out:

housethegrate -- "Walk on Water" (Hydrocity Zone): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKDYXjwNpqI

Snappleman -- Dead Batteries (Flying Battery Zone): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5WP-bzwWRY (massively awesome, albeit synth, bassline here)

Snappleman, Ashane & norg -- The Doomsday (Doomsday Zone): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7jW48fWipE (the second part of the song, with the guitar and synth solos, is one of the most dynamic things I've ever listened to)


Warning: those songs will rock your pants off.

[BillW87]

Looks like OP's account got shut down...bummer. Do they really shut your account down for posting covers or was he putting other copy-written stuff up there?

Anyways, I've always been a huge fan of Nobuo Uematsu (composed the music for most of the Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger, and a bunch of other games) so I put together a couple bass arrangements of his songs on my piccolo tuned bass, for those that are interested.

To Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t3SK3RUqVc

Aerith's Theme (Final Fantasy VII):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJpau_jttdI

Video game music is highly underrated, there's some really awesome compositions out there that get overlooked just because they were composed for video games.

[Wild_Cat]

I listened to your tracks, BillW87, and I gotta say, man, you're really good! There's some wicked tapping + chords in there, and your rendition of Aerith's theme sounds great.


Since we're on a VGM thread, I'll once again pimp my own video game remixing project: Grospixels (Youtube channel), which I joined a few months ago. They're very talented musicians, and so far I've recorded 4 tracks with them:

Secret of Evermore (SNES) -- Staff Roll: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkEXutkKG-Q

Paperboy (everything ) -- Main Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYe0pfRzRRs

UN Squadron (SNES/Arcade) -- Front Line Base: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdCLgC-Pwcc

Diggers (Amiga CD32) -- End Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMAll22pac8 (this is a brand new track, released 2 days ago, please check it out!)

[BillW87]

Thanks Wild Cat...checked out your group's stuff and its really awesome. Serious nostalgia moments, especially the Paperboy main theme.

[Pirate11]

I LOVE THAT GAME!!! WICKED SOUND TRACK!!!!!