Ape Escape Soundtrack - 14 - Mysterious Age ~ Dark Ruins

[@neoyaku]

This game has a truly authentic 90s Jungle/DnB soundtrack.

[@angeldarkheart]

Exactly!!!!

[@AfroSnackey]

Soichi Terada was a dnb artist before he started working with the Ape Escape team.

[@nickliquicity93]

I known dnb to ape escape. Thanks a lot.

[@bregowine]

Whenever someone talks about D&B quintessential jams, this and Bomberman Hero are top tiers

[@dancingprotoplasmabsorbs]

This literally couldn’t be better.

[@dynamickirby]

I swear. This game’s ost and Bomberman Hero’s are some of the best soundtracks I’ve ever heard.

[@NIDAK52]

JUNGLE DNB BABYYY

[@MUSQUIZanimation]

You and I have the exact same tastes

[@MicrodosingMilk]

Just at face value, I thought the composer was the same before checking! Such a similar sound

[@rubberbandba11craft]

This influenced my musical tastes for life. Elebits is a close second ost wise

[@HyperSonicXtreme]

And late 90s & early 00s Toonami ost.

[@freakglitcha8390]

The section at 0:29 is pure, distilled PlayStation to me. Just can't seem to shake that sound.

[@jordangreen4888]

100%.

[@_Burakku]

Me too I just realized that

[@runningwild09]

its the sound that reminds me so much of the game and of ps1. But then thinking about it, makes me realize how long ago this game was and how much older I have gotten

[@pineapplepissant]

u01hr4 sounds like Mario cart. Rainbow rd

[@vavrespaddr7290]

SO AGREE. That sound has been engrained in my memory forever.

[@Manuel32_]

This game is a perfect example of a ps1 game done right

[@DrRank]

And European localisation done right! Seriously, why did they start using the Japanese names over here in the sequels?

[@4piecespicy589]

It was literally made to launch joysticks into mainstream so yeah it fuckin better be

[@Adeyum64]

@@DrRank I liked the fact, that they used the Japanese names imo

[@DrRank]

@@Adeyum64 Oh, don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against using the names from the original language in localisation. As long as you're consistent about it.

[@Adeyum64]

@@DrRank I guess that's true yeah. Afaik, they only continued the "English Names" trend for the US releases for some reason. As for the rest, it was the Japanese one afterwards. Then again, it was also confusing how some games got released in US, some in Europe... some of them neither? Ape Escape is one confusing franchise ngl :D

[@tanyahernandez5176]

My childhood memories come flooding back when I listen to this track. One of my favorites

[@Jyedawg]

@@mikanador HHAHAHA thanks man, way to leave me hanging Tanya..

[@magicmonkeyking4137]

same! 90's kids 4 life!

[@AlterFunKtion]

Wife material.

[@picotus]

Lol I would recommend buying a PS1 and this game

[@FranklinthorpGamer]

Omg I feel you there. This game makes me feel like I'm 8 years old again tbh

[@bigman1225]

The synths in this level along with the level itself used to creep me out as a kid. But I've really come to love this track.

[@voodiethemoody]

It WAS creepy, wasn't it! Something about this game was effing creepy yet so kid-friendly at the same time. Even the whole best friend turned evil theme and the giant boss battle levels just stuck in your subconscious mind for years

[@jonathanbeshansky4932]

When I first played this game, the synths to me gave off more of a mysterious feeling and wanting to explore the place more. Then again when this came out, I was already 9-10 years old.

[@mdgraller]

The sound is very... angular? The synths have very sharp attacks and decays, making them kind of shocking when they come in like at :29 and the reversed samples like 3:05 are definitely pretty eerie.

[@djslw0114]

Ah, one of my earliest memory of gaming, staying over at my cousin's house and playing this level late at night while listening to this sweet jam. I absolutely love how everything is soooo colorfully polygonal, it is the most "video game" game I've ever played.

[@Nevesdeath]

Smells like 1999 in here

[@chaffXgrenade]

I saw that edit 😏 (1998 was a good year, too)

[@Nevesdeath]

@@chaffXgrenade lolz

[@GNOSISCOLECTIVA]

Always Ape Escape Music has something special like something cosmic

[@Troop-]

This ost is actually insane, like it destroys most modern game osts

[@Shawnmyrelle]

I come to videos like this just to remember there was a time when the world was not consumed by social media. These kids will never know the joys us 90s kids experienced growing up. I loved those flaming Geodude monsters so much..

[@ImperishableDani]

+Shawn Sean No offense or anything, this is just a thought, but its way easier to experience these games nowadays than people think. PSN has this game I believe, plus there is plenty of online websites like Amazon and ebay, or even stores that sell older games exclusively that are surprisingly easy to find, so to say newer children cant experience these is false, and that is a good thing, it just takes a little looking around and effort to get them.

[@AlexGamer67]

+GamerNinjaX I think he just meant kids now won't have the feeling of simplistic gaming where you would just buy a game, go home, play the game and have fun. While you're playing it you could look through a physical guide if you had one, which was a lot more fulfilling than just looking it up online, I don't know why but that's how I thought of it back when I was a kid. Also with say the Internet, it wasn't too big around the release of this game, so you wouldn't have negativity surrounding a game you loved and have your opinion swayed just so you wouldn't be hated on. As for kids getting a hold of the game, yeah it's much easier but I don't think that's what he meant, sadly this hasn't been re-released on the PSN store as of this time.

[@homersams9015]

+AlexGamer67 (Original Name) it's on the Japanese PSN which is relatively painless to access. Not to mention the psp remake and the fact the PSX is a console most laptops can emulate.

[@checkthataccount]

flaming geodudes xD, yeah, i remember, they spiral towards you when you are close

[@heatedoyster2]

I download Ape Scape for my PC but I was a little frustrated cause you can't configure the mouse as your camera, so I have to buy a control for PC, but it worth it.

[@machineaphex]

Such an amazing Jungle DnB track - gotta admit, 90’s games that float towards that jungle DnB feel always go hard.

[@AMWULF]

Best song in the game. Terada is amazing.

[@SpikeSpiegel96]

For me best track is Molten Lava but this is very close

[@nacao_incognita]

Ape Escape's OSTs would be an amazing source for vaporwave tracks. It's a pity no producer noticed this till now.

[@NostalgiCrazy]

Blank Banshee and ESPRIT have some tracks that almost sound like samples of this.

[@paulf919]

@@NostalgiCrazy Could you share the names of them? Love this style of music

[@no0btu63rscorner]

Blue Roses by Telan Devik

[@Legomancolon]

Plasma Lounge by General Translator uses this song. back in 2013

[@StrawberryStationMusic]

👀

[@householdrecordings]

This track always just gave me chills as a kid.

[@KatanaRikku]

I just realized that Mount Amazing 2 from Ape Escape 3 is pretty much just a throwback to this song

[@AmbientShrub]

Tunes like this are the reason I became a DnB fan.

[@DroppedandSkrewed]

this slaps so hard til' his day man

[@TheASHfire06]

I’ve never played ape escape, but even after a decade I still secretly come back to listen to this song of the soundtrack lol

[@TeckGeck]

You should definitely give Ape Escape a shot, a unique 3D Platformer of its time

[@iwayanbagus2271]

give it a shot man!

[@jblue88hoodgamer54]

It's a Good Game that was Created by Sony Japan.

[@SonicMaster519]

Definitely play the game. If the first game isn't your jam, don't sweat it and try the second one, too. I personally enjoyed the second one a lot and while I like the first one, it isn't exactly as fun in my opinion.

[@gustavoduarte3507]

It's one of my favorites of the console. I had an amazing time with it

[@NintendanGX]

This is 90's as fuck, and I approve.

[@Perico_Corleone_1999]

Swear to god this is the hardest stuff I ever heard I want to make tracks like this !

[@opportunity4967]

I don't know why, but this was my favorite stage. There are so many places to explore and I never get bored.

[@Nicomanism]

One of the best PS1 games I ever played as a kid. Sheesh and OST reminds me a lot of Bomberman Hero.

[@--Paws--]

This music randomly popped in my head, glad this video cured me of trying to dig through every Ape Escape ost.

[@BigBlueeee]

The nostalgia man...Especially when you find out that Mount Amazing from AE3 is a simple remix of this one.

[@DarkMonster771]

I used to listen to this high on speed. I was fixated on this music for some reason. I would just listen to this for hours until the psychosis kicked in and then became freaked out by it and wondered what I was doing with my life. 😢 This was back in 2020. I have turned my life around since then.

[@Allplussomeminus]

What!? This is interesting. I can listen to this 2 or 3 times before moving on, but not hours.... And at regular speed.

[@d9zirable]

2020 what a fucked up year

[@XRandomXShinigamiX]

I have this as my alarm tone so when I wake up I'm always reminded of better times catching monkeys with a cool net and travelling thru time :')

[@jordonvazquez7620]

Such an ominous, but groovy track.

[@runningwild09]

I miss being a kid growing up back then. This was such a fun game. Its sad kids are focused on looks, rather than the actual game itself. Lucky me, i still have my ps1, so I might play this game another time :P EDIT: Yikes, seeing this comment 7 years later feels a bit cringe lol

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

Still, there's no denying that, even compared to other games of the era, the draw distance in Ape Escape was piss-poor.

[@KoopaXross]

runningwild09 I ordered the game this week. Played the second one on PS2 back in the day, time to get to this.

[@runningwild09]

I'm Very Angry It's Not Butter That is true, i remember it taking a while before an object would render from far away. In particular, some of the large monsters like that catfish in the earlier level, or that one afterwards that I think was harmless but looked deadly.

[@BlueBird-wb6kb]

Uhh just emulate this on your phone now

[@magicmonkeyking4137]

lucky you indeed, granted i still have mines, but it doesn't work anymore. :(

[@JonBear]

goddang the music from this game slaps! As a kid playing this I guess I didn't appreciate how otherworldly it sounds

[@JimmyDalatri]

Me as an adult: Huh, I wonder where my love for lo-fi type music comes from…? Average level soundtrack from Ape Escape (1999):

[@GordieKat]

This level scared me as a kid.

[@Dephire]

Me too actually, so eerie

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I loved it!

[@mimiskye]

nooon we are talking about Dexter's body

[@peterparker3409]

Tim Rogers disliked this level's music so much that he muted the volume in order to keep playing. However, it's my favorite part of the soundtrack and reminds me of Soichi Terada's "Sumo Jungle"

[@AlterFunKtion]

God: did you jam that soundtrack i made for that game ape escape? Me: Yeah dude, you got some real style man, i really dig those etheral vibes you got goin.

[@grogg4372]

I really like the distorted sounds.

[@_Burakku]

When I was a little kid I'm getting scared the shit out of me because the statue looks scary and the song too I miss the old time ;(

[@Gummiisnacks]

I remember being so scared of those ape statues in the ruins that I begged my older cousin to clear this level for me.

[@JuhMall01]

This some Earthbound shit man

[@MoLowery]

My Monkey Radar use to go crazy on this map

[@7views95]

This song gives me Earthbound vibes

[@tickletaxel1368]

That's the 90s for you

[@elmoisred616]

God this track slaps so hard, I'd love to drop this at a future funk / dnb show and absolutely ignite the floor

[@atdesk9394]

This definitely defined my tastes in music

[@daandanx]

I don't understand the 7 people who disliked this masterpiece

[@KodyPupper]

That one part in the basement area with the water and the fast monkey and rocket monkey.... always gave me trouble

[@tonyknighton4019]

An Absolute banger.

[@CryptoAce]

I remember not knowing where the beeps at 2:00 were coming from while playing so it scared me shitless as a kid

[@MultiEkisDe]

Recently played and yes, indeed those beeps gave chills to anyone.

[@TheHigasiyamato]

That horrible monkey moai jumpscare scared the shit out of me as a child.

[@danielcastaneda1530]

This game should have been in PS1 Classic Mini

[@MK-vi2cm]

Hack it and get an 8bit do bluetooth reciever. I played it on retroarch w my ps4 controller. The PS Classic is very worth it nowadays and they're dirt cheap to buy

[@03bgood]

Sounds so identical to that of a stage from Bomberman Hero.

[@RespectThePep]

Best song on the whole ost

[@rangikuful]

ok what is this genre of music called? Like the echoey instrumentals at 0:23? Every time I listen to white noiz from silent hill 2 it reminds me of this music, I was always drawn to it as a kid but now i'm just curious

[@NewCanadianTurtle]

Try horror lofi genre

[@NostalgiCrazy]

So has nobody else wondered if 0:09 is from the PS1 startup sound?

[@williamlindsey2744]

Never thought about it until now but it does sound similar...

[@NegAyiti]

this level gave me the heebee jeebees, and the soundtrack, man! LOL!

[@123451234alex]

The Nostalgia.

[@MetaniteHall]

My favorite right here

[@oscarpenguin]

billing up that paper plane 🗞️🛩️

[@Alouette_EXE]

At the other temple, those statue monkeys that's eyes that glows red that pushes you was kinda scary.

[@kyledinsmore9984]

One of my favorite tracks is mysterious age: dark ruins

[@seanpaul9604]

best track on the game

[@lukegraham1375]

An absolute banger

[@Autism_charles0]

Ahhhhhh those good old early 2000s

[@seanpaul9604]

brings me back to when I was 11

[@fusi0nn]

Hand's down the best song on the OST.

[@computrhead]

Heavily inspired by this game’s soundtrack for my music.

[@shadow479]

One of the songs that I associate with more adavnced and serious levels of this game...im not sure if im right, but i remember it was all colorful and then it gets heavier, challenging and the songs were following that feel.

[@rhysf.505]

Kind of. The level's pretty early so it's not too serious. But it's one of the bigger and more complicated ones.

[@ru-ko112]

このステージ、序盤の終わりに来るにしては難しすぎる

[@bajikeisukeswife]

So beautiful!

[@stephenbridges928]

Gotcha!

[@StephenHopkinsVaults]

This had that super agile and alert monkey in side had to go round n round hoping to get lucky capture it

[@1murigno]

0:23 this part sound like Bryan Fury theme Tekken 3

[@AtariFerrariBugatti]

Noluhn (or also plasma lounge slowed) btw

[@williamlindsey2744]

Not quite! General Translator used this theme to make their "Plasma Lounge" song (which Nohluhn helped popularize with his "ⓘ" video). I really enjoy GT's take on it but nothing beats the old original!

[@panuru9175]

This is the game that let you steal some nfts

[@vynthiswechseln3868]

That is a long way down...

[@TheCrowbar474]

even as a 30 year old man I still cant help but wonder, Wtf was this level based on?

[@azurestarseliph5926]

The stage home to my many game overs as a kid

[@John-hs4in]

this shit dummy heavy slaps

[@Narutokid10]

4eva n my heart

[@okendo011]

This song is legedanry

[@JMons]

this is fire , anyone can recommend a playlist with more music like this? :DDD

[@me.mp3]

The Donkey Kong Country trilogy ost's sounds similiar like this.

[@me.mp3]

Dk 1 Water level for example.

[@bradolfpitler6859]

Those pads mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@hommeboy]

this is good

[@marsh_gl3605]

Just once I'd like to see a game made today in PS1 style. New graphics are cool and all but the charm of PS1 games tops it

[@kaphonie]

So nostalgic :,D Why can't they give Spike a comeback?! Dx

[@303Thatoneguy]

He's in PlayStation all stars

[@kaphonie]

+Poke'mon Trainer Chri$$$ 303 yeah i main him in there but i mean like a new ape escape game where you play as HIM not a cousin of his or some random celebrity kids in pretty hd xD

[@303Thatoneguy]

+kaphonie me too. Lol I don't have any gaming systems now. I might just try and make something similar to ape escape using unity...

[@kaphonie]

+Poke'mon Trainer Chri$$$ 303 Ooooohhh cool, please let me know id love to see the progress of your work if you choose to do it =) at one point i wanted to make games buuuut animation is easier soo.. i went that. *subs* ^_^

[@303Thatoneguy]

+kaphonie thanks 1st I gotta get my laptop fixed

[@TheMadisonHang]

this thing needs a re upload or remake, cuz I KNOW that bass needs to fucking hit hard

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

came from ground scavirinch theme x6

[@Blohko]

Crazy asf

[@nicolamariotto3613]

cool bit i love this track

[@xKaZzu]

This game has insane good soundtrack, alot of game psx have 😁

[@Theoneandonly88able]

Anyone else used their house phone to make the sound at 2:00?

[@stevenaustin4591]

I wish I knew what chord they were, 7ths maybe??

[@liamFTW101]

Yeah 7th chords detuned I believe

[@Antoine-bl7lz]

Try Fmaj7 Am7 Cmaj7 Em7

[@pis.i]

nice sample

[@anthonyhunter2664]

What (sub)genre of music would you consider to be?

[@butman-s7b]

Idk but I need someone like Pierre Bourne to sample this

[@ryan2t4]

Remixed as Haruka/Helga theme song on Ape Escape: Pumped And Primed

[@enriquetorres9531]

Who remixd it I wanna say pizza hotline but can't seem to find it anywhere maybye on the jungle kru albums?

[@supahboy274]

this was the farthest I would have gotten on this game over when I was younger good times :')

[@303Thatoneguy]

Just imagine getting to the end only to find out you gave to go back and catch all the remaining apes you missed on every stage.

[@supahboy274]

+Poke'mon Trainer Chri$$$ 303 I had to?! oh come on!!!

[@zacfrancis1849]

If you like this song and you like hip hop too, check out Zion I “Inner Light”

[@_dekanijo]

Sounds like Negrosaki!

[@z3ronaut]

machine girl vibes

[@vicious26]

I freestyle to this 😂

[@manuelrocci6025]

💓