30 Best Mega Drive Soundtracks - Sega Genesis Music Tribute

[@PhirePhlame]

Mega Drive Music Tribute Opens with Saturn song

[@JasonDemakis]

Contains MK3 arcade OST tracks.

[@geminisfl]

Nailed it!

[@Lamtitude]

Lol that’s what I was thinking

[@iwanttocomplain]

Not even as good as the original either. Second track uses low bitrate samples throughout. :/

[@VictorVonGrooove]

:D

[@KetwunsGamingPad]

Wow vectorman had some really advanced graphics and music for the system

[@megs69_420]

The whole vectorman ost slaps

[@johnnycomelately2370]

By the time Vectorman came out the devs had figured out how to milk the Sega's CPU to the max. I remember playing all those later games back then feeling like I had already gone next gen

[@NinjaCacodemon_IsSus]

What about Earthworm Jim?

[@jf5504]

​@@NinjaCacodemon_IsSus that one too

[@fitnessandgaming2053]

😊😊

[@omegaweapon116]

That Revenge of Shinobi track is one of the best I've ever heard from a 16-bit system.

[@maximilianonardi7473]

Sounds like chrono cross op

[@Dune218NYC]

I concur. 👍

[@kaisondamon1461]

Sorry to be so off topic but does anybody know a tool to log back into an instagram account..? I stupidly forgot the password. I love any tips you can offer me!

[@lylemaximiliano8756]

@Kaison Damon instablaster =)

[@calibvr]

Shinobi 3 is better

[@jmp0035]

Man the whole Sega Genesis aesthetic really brings me back.

[@luigiborza8431]

Love sega music, the memories

[@callmemarc]

I miss Sega :(

[@s-tops8629]

me too

[@bitterkas2457]

Yo tambien

[@avideogamemaster]

They are still around

[@avideogamemaster]

@referral madness I wished Sega would release "retro console" that can play SMS, Mega-drive, Sega cd, Saturn and Dreamcast, all in 1.

[@willthomas2310]

@@avideogamemaster A mere shell of itself....

[@yasskb]

01. EarthWorm Jim II - Tommy Tallarico - Tangerine (Sega Saturn Ver.) 00:11 02. Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Sega Sound Team - Ice Cap Zone 01:59, Flying Battery 03:36 03. Streets of Rage - Yuzo Koshiro - Up & Up 04:29, Keep The Groovin' 05:25 04. Contra: Hard Corps - Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka - The Hard Corps 06:17 05. Mortal Kombat 3 - Dan Forden - The Subway (Arcade Ver.) 07:44 06. Comix Zone - Howard Drossin - Night Of The Mutants 08:42 07. Shinobi 3 - Masayuki Nagao, Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama - Shinobi 09:47 08. Batman - Naoki Kodaka - Ghotham City Streets 10:42, Flugelheim Museum 11:29 09. Castlevania: Bloodlines - Michiru Yamane - Reincarnated Soul 12:34, Iron-Blue Intention 13:30 10. Phantasy Star IV - Izuho Takeuchi - The End Of Millenium, Motavia Town 15:15 11. Golden Axe II - Naofumi Hataya - Ravaged Village 16:03 12. X-Men 2: The Clone Wars - Kurt Harland - Climbing The Temple (Sega Tunes Ver.) 17:07 13. Vectorman - Jon Holland - Vectorman Theme (Sega Tunes Ver.) 18:30 14. Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - Masato Nakamura - Chemical Plant Zone 20:47, Aquatic Ruin Zone 22:01 15. Aladdin - Tommy Tallarico - Arab Rock 23:14 16. Adventures of Batman & Robin - Jasper Kyd - Gotham by Night 24:19 17. Alien Soldier - Norio Hanzawa (NON) - Runner-AD2025 26:01 18. Thunder Force IV - Toshiharu Yamanishi - Metal Squad 27:35 19. Gunstar Heroes - NON (Norio Hanzawa) - Military On The Max-Power 28:43 20. Dune 2: The Battle for Arrakis - Frank Klepacki - Turbulence 30:14, The Lego Tune 21. LandStalker - Motoaki Takenouchi - Lyle Heads Out 31:39 22. Rocket Knight Adventures - Masanori Oouchi, Aki Hata - Stage 1-1 34:20 23. Ristar: The Shooting Star - Tomoko Sasaki - Shooting Ristar 35:51 24. The Ooze - Howard Drossin - Toxic Dump (Parts I & II) 37:09 25. Alien 3 - Matt Furniss - Main Title 38:20 26. Elemental Master - Toshiharu Yamanishi - Dance of Flame 39:29 27. ToeJam & Earl: Panic On Funkotron - John Baker - Rocket Rap 40:46 28. The Revenge Of Shinobi - Yuzo Koshiro - The Shinobi 41:43 29. Streets of Rage 2 - Yuzo Koshiro - Dreamer 42:37, Go Straight 43:43 30. Sonic The Hedgehog - Masato Nakamura - Green Hill Zone 44:55

[@Lab9n]

Спасибо, дорогой.

[@PaulDavies4]

I was a Super Nintendo guy myself, but lots of my friends had Mega Drives and some of these songs are truly iconic. The 80' ane 90's were great days to be a kid.

[@nodak81]

Alien 3 and the Sonic games are pure nostalgia for me. Several of the tracks on Alien 3 were amazing.

[@zombiexhumed]

Great ! My favourite are Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Sega Sound Team - Ice Cap Zone 01:59 / Streets of Rage - Yuzo Koshiro - Up & Up 04:29, Keep The Groovin' 05:25 / Mortal Kombat 3 - Dan Forden - The Subway (Arcade Ver.) 07:44 / Shinobi 3 - Masayuki Nagao, Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama - Shinobi 09:47 / X-Men 2: The Clone Wars - Kurt Harland - Climbing The Temple (Sega Tunes Ver.) 17:07 / Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - Masato Nakamura - Chemical Plant Zone 20:47, Aquatic Ruin Zone 22:01 / The Revenge Of Shinobi - Yuzo Koshiro - The Shinobi 41:43 / . What about PITFALL The Mayan Adventure ?

[@bobbykbobette7426]

"30 best Sega Genesis soundtracks" Starts with a Sega Saturn track

[@ivandossantos9073]

Grande parte das músicas não são do mega drive!

[@FuZhixiang]

18:57 I think the graphics for genesis is pretty amazing. Of course the techno music is awesome too.

[@antidevgodot]

Yeah, it looks like a PS1 game!

[@pogchamp7983]

It wasn't until that track finished I was like huh... that can't be the sega sound chip lol

[@TheKANTUS101]

Vector man was fun af lol

[@BabySonicGT]

I don’t think that’s Sega genesis lol I think that’s sega cd

[@loutrenajackson5550]

No its genesis. I played it on there.

[@jonghopark4274]

Catlevania - Bloodline is amazing

[@steveotaku9112]

Revenge of Shinobi (Mega Drive) Listen, enjoy and honor Sega's best compositor, Yuzo Koshiro! Check out those visuals... I was under the impression in '89, and i still am today! For me, best intro of the megadrive-era. SEGA, c'est plus fort que toi... Sauf pour moi, bien sûre.

[@cjewe1z]

No doubt. He is the king of video game composers just for Streets Of Rage alone.

[@scifyry]

I immediately checked for Shinobi III and... 👍👍👍

[@Alianger]

01. Why the saturn version? 05. This is also not the genesis version... :/

[@Spybionic]

I think it does not matter

[@Alianger]

It's a tribute to MD music, no? Then you'd expect MD music to be used.

[@Spybionic]

Alianger So more impressively

[@officiallipsey]

Same goes for 13. I'm glad they put Vectorman because it has a great supporting soundtrack, but the song they used is not on the Genesis/MegaDrive hardware.

[@officiallipsey]

***** yeah it's the arranged version that the composer made for a separate album.

[@kanzenchowa9868]

For a game like streets of rage, you just have to play any music and it's one of the best.

[@lightsleeper-music]

Музыка к "Adventures of Batman & Robin" очень мощная! Кюд выжал все соки из YM2612.

[@JarDisvarine]

Даже сейчас звучит отлично. А игра вообще шедевр. Как с графической, так и геймплейной части

[@Трус-л2ф]

Игра сложная, но в графике и музыке удалась на славу.

[@playthegames88]

My list: 1 - Sonic 3 & Knuckles 2 - X- Men 2: Clone Wars 3 - Street Of Rage 4 - Then Revange of Shinobi 5 - Golden Axe 6 - Thunder Force 3 7 - Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 8 - Doom Troper 9 - Castlevania: Bloodlines 10 - Alien Soldier 11 - Earthworm Jim 12 - Comix Zone 13 - Sunset Raiders 14 - Ghouls´n Ghost 15 - Final Fighter 16 - World of ilusion 17 - Raiden Traid 18 - Top Gear 2 19 - Aladdin 20 - Flashback 21 - Toki 22 - Toy Stori 23 - Chakan 24 - Quackshot 25 - altered Beast 26 - Kid Chamilion 27 - Alex kidd 28 - Victorman 29 - Toejam & Earl 30 - Gunstar Heroes

[@johnnyhenrique2522]

Minha infância em 30 minutos obrigado por me lembrar q a gente era muito mais feliz antes do que agora q somos adultos chatos e só vivemos dentro de uma empresa

[@CarlosSilva-cg1nw]

Bem assim amigo, minha infância foi top com um Megão, hoje em dia é só lembranças boas daquele tempo, pois como vc falou vivemos dentro de uma empresa ou quando em casa tem um milhão de afazeres e responsabilidades

[@patg316]

All these years later, and I still think Streets of Rage 2 has the best soundtrack of any game ever.

[@ShakeITyEA]

not gonna lie, heard it for the first time in this video and it sounds fantastic

[@kylesherlock3859]

Shinobi 3 is also amazing

[@lpvgs-817]

This is still true till this day the only thing that comes close and matches it is tekken series music

[@cjewe1z]

Classic Game Music. This era had the greatest game music of all times. And the Mega Drive games soundtracks were the pinnacle.

[@Spawnus]

I know this is an old video but hearing Rocket Knight made me so happy! That game was my childhood!

[@ZeeltummFsx]

Ristar Music is So Beautiful ❤

[@lucianoclaudio2335]

The music on Dune was a masterpiece

[@TotalMK]

4:30 - NOT Streets Of Rage 5:27 - YES Streets Of Rage

[@foxmcclout1503]

It actually is streets of rage but an unreleased track

[@chinossynthesizer705]

@@-timothe- hey not every one makes good music the first time it takes many tries

[@chinossynthesizer705]

@@-timothe- hey not every one makes good music the first time it takes many tries

[@JamiePryke]

Metal Squad. Truly the most metal track on the Mega Drive.

[@chefar]

Nothing can beat Revenge of Shinobi and Street of Rage 2 OST !

[@junglsolja]

You got that right!

[@FuerzaAzteca1000]

And Elemental Master.

[@miamimagicians]

So sad this was the last time Platformer's were done well. There hasn't been a good worthwhile Platformer in about 22 years

[@henrlima87]

How about comix zone or castlevania? Or the pinball one with the dragons? Those had great soundtracks

[@henrlima87]

@@miamimagicians try spelunky, shovel knight, rogue legacy or volgarr the viking

[@janruudschutrups9382]

Nice selection! One of my favourite OST's for the Mega Drive was undoubtably Streets of Rage 2, great beats! Streets of Rage 3's on the other hand completely blows in my opinion, thank god it didn't make this list! :P

[@gianluigigiron1777]

13:30 my favorite music

[@blackcatdad]

Igavania would surely loves this

[@NikolNikol100]

Me too) Very nice song.

[@ADa89mixus]

This kind of gaming is never coming back

[@retrosoul8770]

27:35 Came here for this, excuse me while my guitar not so gently weeps.

[@IAMAPERSON7024]

The earthworm jim games are amazing (and so are their soundtracks) I EVEN LOVE 3D

[@x.kalibre]

Any soundtrack list that has Alien 3, several Yuzo Koshiro OST's and Sonic 1 on it is a good list =)

[@Руся1472]

Боже, вернулся на 20 лет назад

[@maisonneuve3919]

The Bloodlines soundtrack is just my fav, those toms are snappy af, I love it so much!

[@MET7Games]

Midnight Resistance has a great soundtrack too!

[@retroricks]

excellent music and games...congrats

[@rcv826]

Another excellent video. This gives me a whole new perspective on the Genesis. Looks like I'll have to go listen to some new soundtracks now.

[@ricardochristensen78]

you will not regret it !

[@annaclementoni503]

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[@annaclementoni503]

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[@annaclementoni503]

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[@misc8624]

holy cow I never heard about the ice cap zone That one's definitely my favourite out of this list

[@vienmoreno1151]

This Is What NintenDONT Fans Called "CRAPPY SOUND CHIP"

[@merzhoykin]

comix zone by far has the best number of soundtracks and soundtracks themselves.

[@videogamemusicrenditionsby7625]

Great music selection!!!

[@julienghim16]

Merci !

[@pdeaky]

Awesome video thanks!

[@hernandezluisarturo]

Very good job, i think M.U.S.H.A. is missing in this tribute.

[@schizofrayd]

Luis Arturo Juegos So true! as well as gynoug. but clearly MUSHA had awesome tunes

[@savebrothers]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYKzZoeAl7iHsMU M.U.S.H.A. soundtrack is very cool

[@lpvgs-817]

damn that sega tunes ver of the vectorman theme is serious.... shits dope! first time hearing it wow.

[@Hugh_G_Rekshun69]

Oh man, so much good music. Comix Zone, Thunder Force IV, Castlevania: Bloodlines...all these games' entire soundtrack was 100%. Ah but I guess you guys know that, otherwise you wouldn't be here :P

[@MarceloMedeirosb]

Yuzo Koshiro >>>> all

[@EvaristoMoreira86]

Man, you sure know Mega Drive. Nice compilation. I really love at least 8 in 10 of these songs

[@GaZlovesGames]

Really enjoyable playthrough here. Thanks for sharing.

[@jaredk6789]

Put this on as background music, and found my eyes glued to the screen... whatta blast from the past 😁

[@FIXED]

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[@epicknight7811]

love this music so much!

[@dacogames]

Great selection!

[@dragonator1012]

*puts in ristar* *DOESN'T USE BUSY FLARE OR RING RINK*

[@yezzir8929]

Truxton, Ghouls N Ghosts, Target Earth, and Herzog Zwei would have made my list!

[@adam99x2004]

Herzog Zwei Exactly. One of the bests. Technosoft knew how to make killer soundtracks on the Genesis.

[@TheMethod2001]

awsome mega drive list man

[@Micky999]

nice selection

[@rootykazooty351]

Universal Soldier (Turrican II) has an incredible soundtrack.

[@AlexParr]

Maybe not the Genesis version. It honestly sounds like a "you tried" rendition of what the original Amiga version could pull off.

[@TimothiusBelmont]

No M.U.S.H.A? This list is invalid.

[@Leonardo-iz4qu]

the music of sonic 2 and sonic 3 is a gem

[@helmutfleischer9475]

Good work!

[@sisteray3539]

Beautiful music, the best days of my life

[@Garmago]

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 has the best fucking ost in 16bits games!!

[@sweetpeachnectar]

yes, you can say what you want about all the sonic games, but they had always awesome music.

[@aid17]

I love the intro theme to the legend of Galahad its pretty sick shame it didn't show up on this list then again I don't think a lot of people played it.

[@goex4881]

all the songs from castlevania bloodlines must be in the video, that game ost is perfect and high quality :) good selection

[@krisvancan4414]

its stil look amaising now . and we are now at the end of 2021. the graffics and sound. top of the bill... i am a huge sega fan from back in the days.

[@ericface]

Good work on this list and video!

[@1Muzition1]

Great list. Definitely check the soundtrack for Langrisser II. One of the best I've ever heard

[@OptimusPrimeX]

It's opinion and i appreciate that .. Great tunes !!! BUT .. MUSHA, Wonder Boy in Minster World and Gleylancer ( level 1 specifically) had some of the best soundtracks ever accomplished on the Megadrive/Genesis.(although maybe not as popular, i'm not trying to prove some hipster shiz) MUSHA is such an accomplishment, it should never be excluded from any Genesis list, even just one track is sufficient, but it is a matter of opinion. IMO even Street Fighter II had the best soundtrack on the Genesis because it was clean and catchy. ( the SNES version was Muddy) But besides for the graphics themselves, MUSHA/ALESTE used the genesis like it's bitch when it came to anything metal. I'll even take it over Lords of Thunder. Wonder Boy in Monster world ( Monster World III Japan) had the best soundtrack over many consoles IMO utilizing Shinichi Sakamoto's skills. He really killed it, there really isn't anything like the tunes he made for the time. I would put him up there with Megaman, but that is just me. His tunes were so different and catchy, he really had skill. Obviously games like Sonic and Streets of Rage had some amazing soundtracks, but i have to point these things out !!! :D

[@SpotOnJ2K]

Great list man, subscribed!

[@opa-age]

Elemental Master ost is supremely underrated

[@RickyCespedes]

earth worm jim 2 is by far the best! although sonics ice caps is nice too... hell I love em all! so much memories! some of these song are even better then some dubstep and trap songs! LOL that's says a lot about the spirit and heart of the producers of these classics!

[@barbie_5555]

Thanks for the compilation

[@AOMINET]

Great Music! Please add: Thunderforce 3. Wings of War. Warsong. Gaiares. Sword of Vermillion.

[@danielengel4593]

Love many of the oicks especially, Thunder Force IV, Elemental Master, Batman and Sonic 3 Ice Cap Zone. (Midnight Restiance had a dope track that is missing here imo).

[@TheNewDragon91]

Mannn!! This is awesome!!!!!!

[@digimaks]

Kick ash games of our childhood. Modern games dont come as close to creativity and fun factor. Glad you added DUNE in this list! Will look up Vectorman cartridge on ebay! Looks like wicked game I never played!

[@mojeaartist]

Hola, muy bueno el compilado...estaré esperando la versión 2...algunos tracks que pueden estar son los fifa 94 y 95, the revenge of shinobi, rolling thunder 3, battletoads y B& DDragon....saludos!!!

[@GazerPlur420]

Woah, Jasper Kyd did Gotham by Night?? Grinded the hell out of this game when I was a kid but became a fan of Jasper himself when he did some of the Borderlands 3 OST. Wild!

[@fabricebacquart]

None of these are the ones running on the console.

[@Ashura96]

Keep the Groovin' is a timeless masterpiece

[@venomtang]

excellent choices. one of the best compilations out there.

[@SunkenButterfly]

Genesis for speed and insane action!!! Music just beautiful icing on the killer fun cake!! 😍

[@GamerDude2010]

this is one of the best videos man thanks

[@SEGACD32XMODEL1]

To get timestamps to work, you must put a 0:00 timestamp

[@TorutheRedFox]

Sonic 3 still has some leftover sprites from the early beta,that are still used. Just look at him while he is climbing those things in Flying Battery Zone. Look familiar?

[@greensun1334]

The most Games listed here are some of the most Impressive for their Graphics on this System too...

[@LiMNPiX2012]

I hate watching people play Sonic games on Genesis... They always miss everything.

[@redhotsonic]

You wouldn't like my channel then lol. Although I like to think I make most available routes :)

[@nthgth]

Definitely best choice for opening track. And YES for including Arab Rock from Aladdin!!

[@polic6362]

Дюна ееееееее, 2000!))))) Круто мне щас 29 капец)))

[@LaR536]

Уже походу 30

[@Mr.Atari2600]

Makes a Sega Genesis tribute. (puts non sega genesis tracks in it) because FUCK LOGIC!

[@andregon4366]

And don't you forget.

[@Juanknes]

The first track is from the Saturn version of Earthworm Jim 2...

[@JosephRobinsonSMBX]

The mega drive didn't have the best sound hardware but it produced some of the best video game music known to humanity

[@818zane]

Nostalgic sound! Even if I was not able to play some of those games...surely would of!

[@schizofrayd]

ghouls n' ghosts, gynoug, MUSHA had some of the best too

[@zanegandini5350]

And immediately I'm greeted with an arranged version of Anything But Tangerines. I like it, but honestly, let's showcase the actual Genesis version since this is for the Mega Drive (or Genesis in my country). That goes for all of the versions here that don't use the wonderful Yamaha YM2612 soundchip of the Genesis.

[@clandestin011]

seriously, you guys have to try langrisser hikari II. It was never released in english, but the first game, known as warsong in the usa, did. Anyway, langrisser hikari II has the best soundtrack on the genesis, period.

[@basti_marr]

This bring so many "do your homework first" moments

[@LegendBlakeHammer]

Red zone? Anyone?