Ape Escape Soundtrack - 36 - Welcome

enjoy.

[@MrHalchemist]

This song just expresses "the end of the game is near" so well. Plus, having to hear it for 30+ minutes while you traverse the long, final treacherous obstacles before Specter, in space! This game is definitely and forever will be gold in the archives.

[@scoop92]

Preach bro✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@th3azscorpio]

This game will forever have a bery special place in my heart. It just takes me back, especially with the hopeful and uplifting tone of this soundtrack. Been seriously thinking about revisiting this game as of late also.

[@TheVideoGameNutt]

@@th3azscorpio Now you can on PS4 and PS5!!!

[@coccoavena]

Holy words. It feels like "the Odyssey is coming to an end". Spike, the hero, is approching the main antagonist, and this song as you said expresses that magical feel of a very long joureny from prehistoric times from the first lvele, especially with the fact you must hear it because the level is hard and tests all your abilities you learned from the beginning.

[@garrettjacobson6846]

I love your take on this song! You never realize how impactful things are in the moment. I had this game when I was 5 or 6 years old. Now, I'm 29, and I hear this song in my head when I'm wrapping up an MBA assignment or closing out another month in my accounting career. It'll always be with me.

[@galaxian23]

i like how this music didnt start right away as you entered the level, only after the monkey pressed that button and the alarm went off

[@jasonsoliva6678]

For a game all about catching monkeys this game really knew atmosphere and tension.

[@th3azscorpio]

Agreed. So simple, yet went so hard. Especially its soundtrack.

[@CB-L]

This actually is the part where AE fans like 1st game most - It knows when to get serious

[@homegrown6845]

This is where PS1 music reached it's peak.

[@garrettjacobson6846]

Its Peak Point Matrix 😉

[@PROscout117]

I think this game's OST is the reason why I like dnb today. I loved just listening to the beat as a kid.

[@vermillionjustice7962]

Any recommendations to any bands or songs that sound close to this ost?

[@PROscout117]

lol late reply but check out Squarepusher - Beep Street

[@PROscout117]

the album Hard Normal Daddy is very similar to the OST

[@Lekqer]

old games had really good dnb tracks...1080 snowboarding OST was lit too

[@bFix]

this game and Asterix & Obelix XXL

[@gjtrue]

The first Ape Escape definitely deserves an HD Remake! 😍

[@doug366665]

Why not remake the trilogy for ps4 like crash and spyro? And put ape escape racing (PipoSaru Racing PSP) as unlocked? Sounds good right?

[@Daniel14550]

@@doug366665 I think that the first Ape Escape was designed to show off the functionality of the PlayStation controller's (new) dual joysticks. It would make sense to release a PS5 version showing the best of haptic feedback.

[@gabrielanthony1129]

Sadly that’ll probably never happen. Japan Stuidio has been shut down 😢

[@Obe_omer]

I really wish they could remake this game, it's an amazing gem 💎

[@GamerHumble]

Facts!!!

[@hansgoober35]

This is like the epitome of 90s anime

[@King-yj2jx]

This song was the beginning of my drum and bass obsession

[@jesusislord4060]

🙌🙌

[@th3azscorpio]

This game did it so well. My love for drum and bass may have originated from this game as well.

[@mimiskye]

"power alone isn't the true strengh!"

[@jasonerb15]

This series MUST come back. This song fills me with happiness.

[@cardimars757]

Ape 4 with online multiplayer akin to Friday the 13th gameplay. imagine, now that would be a good use of billions! Dubai was such a waste.

[@th3azscorpio]

Agreed. I miss Ape Escape. We were also robbed of so many great games as well, as some of the better games of this series weren't even localized here in the states.

[@blueMJS]

Ape Escape 4, Rayman 4 & Spyro 4... Its what dreams are made of

[@Gorilla-r4g]

@@blueMJS isn’t Rayman 4 the GBA version of Raving Rabbids?

[@Princeofdarkness45682]

@@blueMJS and jak 4

[@anvarmora]

Soichi Terada is underrated. This beat is so great

[@Kuribohchaos8]

This song. Almost 25 years later and it still gives off that feeling

[@almondmilkbone]

This is my favorite VG track ever. Brings me back to that first time ascending that dope ass castle in the sky as a kid.

[@AmariMarvelous]

I remember it like yesterday. I still remember the first time hearing this music and making my way up on the space station castle to get to Spector back in 99. The first game to actually utilize the analog stick on the ps1 controllers.

[@KC_UwU]

So terribly underrated, one of my favorite pieces in gaming. Nails the final stage feeling.

[@TheOtherMau5]

Love almost every song from every stage of this game. Truly was the game of my childhood! Glad I can still play it on my PS1!

[@specter0805]

I wonder if Deadmau5 played this game...

[@PROscout117]

Me too! This game is one so close to my heart.

[@aidanfenton9773]

Me too man, truly a fucking masterpiece of a game

[@ryno4ever433]

Soichi Terada is a mastermind

[@LivingLegend12]

soichi terada really killed it

[@jesusislord4060]

🙌🙌

[@AmpliFreQuency]

20 years later, and this song STILL gives me goosebumps. This was the second game I stayed up nearly 24 hours playing, just to complete it twice, with Metal Gear Solid being the first. Fuck, I feel so old now!

[@johnnygyro2295]

Nothing like fighting an army of monkeys and robots onboard a flying castle. Good times... 😎

[@RetroGamer99999]

Did anyone remember this annoying robot at the top of the space part? He shot fire and an automatic gun. I hated him so much :(

[@chaffXgrenade]

That guy's actually really easy if you just hit him then IMMEDIATELY use the Sky Flyer to move up when he counters with the flamethrower. Rinse and repeat.

[@RetroGamer99999]

***** the flamethrower was not the problem, the automatic gun hit me every time :D

[@TheLaXandro]

Explosive rounds for the slingshot come handy there and only there.

[@darkenmdm]

Yes, the parkour...

[@skaladarrellgodeater1070]

After some levels when the Game tells you: catch Specter Now finally here you must catch It XDD I think I was losing my mind with this Game... So great!

[@dancoulson6579]

The most controller throwing inducing part of the entire game. I remember getting so upset about not being able to do the massive gauntlet climb after so many tries. Something interesting. During the gauntlet climb section where this music is playing (you have to jump over the three rotating disks, with the spinning chain ball, climb the retracting stairs, and move the platform with the RC Car), if you use the slingshot glitch to get super high, you can see a section of a previous area, as it's used for the camera shot where the painting opens.

[@triplet00]

My favorite song in this game! I remember just being amazed how dope the music was

[@GeminaLuna]

My favorite track from my favorite PS1 game. Ape Escape 1 is all that makes a good game! Good story, well written and well performed manuscript, good cinematics and animations, fascinating graphics, weird/fun/creative elements, good soundtrack, not too slow and not too fastpaced, NO BUGS (unbelievably right? It's true..), replay value is fine, I just love this game. It makes it to my top 10 favorite videogames of all time.

[@kirasaji]

2023, and still going!

[@XelephantZ]

I cant believe that after all these years after playing Ape Escape this song has been seared in my brain this whole time. I love this track so much. It really does give you the vibe that you're close to the end.

[@XRandomXShinigamiX]

I really wish the devs can come back to this game and remake it for current/next gen with same music, just updated graphics :'(

[@driftlogic2]

Man, I COMPLETELY forgot about this track at the final stage! I was so elated I started Jungle Stepping...I haven't Jungle Stepped since the year Nation closed close to ten years ago lol #OldDudes

[@TylerInTraining]

This game was such a huge part of my childhood, and the OST was one of those that really shaped my music tastes whether I realized it or not. The whole stage of Specter Land was terrific, just one of those long-haul stages that felt like it would NEVER end, which made me even more determined to fight my way through and get those monkeys, and the payoff for finally reaching Specter was actually well-done and worth it... damn I miss those days sometimes...

[@th3azscorpio]

This games soundtrack may perhaps be the reason I love jungle/drums and bass so much.

[@kenshin6553]

Play this at 0.5 speed, and try not to bob your head. You can't not do it. It is impossible

[@SidneyMosley]

Low-key sounds like a west coast G-Funk beat.

[@gjtrue]

One long, hard-ass level, but I love it. 😉

[@wrexand]

best song in the game. liquid dnb vibes. suh guud

[@WalkingOnDaStarz]

I'm getting Bomberman vibes from hearing this song.

[@superultramegasonic1]

me when i was 7: *beats this game 100% after few years. * me now: *everything feels a lot shorter and beats it in a few hours*

[@coccoavena]

These games were projected in a time where many people never played videogames, included us born in early 90's. At that time everything concerning videogames world, especially the first real masterpieces of ps1, were perceived in a different concept of space time and brain perception, and much more if you was a child, like many here. The true essence of millennial generation.

[@angelberllan]

Listening this in 2018 and still rocks.

[@the_other_seto_kaiba]

Im still listening and its 2023 where Im from. All the teen years are done. Oh the UFO memories.

[@Elspeth1]

ye Welcome to 15 fucking hours of me rageing at this game due to the fact of how hard this level was

[@infinitymlee1634]

Same bruhh those fucking robots tho, the height at this level gave me goosebumps and that view to the earth really makes you think you are in space....

[@christiann4412]

Would always turn up the volume for this stage and still will...

[@user-mr9ev8xx7j]

this Is The Final Level !!!

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

This music.... it feels the way the eternity calculates. I want to listen to this and look at the stars in the mojave desert at the same time.

[@cherylcopes04]

They need to remake this.

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

Fun level but damn was it long and hard

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

I just beat this game (all monkeys collected) and its become one of my favorite 3D platformers ever. The level design, the creativity with the controls, the music, hell even the wacky story all worked as one so damn well. It's like an orchestra where everyone in it is playing their instruments in perfect unison. Like a piece of art. Sad how games like fucking Crash Bandicoot, one of the most uninspiring and boring platformers ever, get love over something this brilliant.

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

Oh yeah I definitely have a huge interest in this franchise and will get the 2nd and 3rd game one day :)

[@bathroomshy]

I love both this and Crash lol

[@CB-L]

The one hiding in the breakable lamp(giant monkey head sculpture) was a nightmare back then

[@TheMusicSpectrum-q5b]

Coming back to these songs always fills me with nostalgia and happiness.

[@chaffXgrenade]

Would you believe me if I told you I used to hate this song when I was a kid? (I was stuck on this level for so long my first time through, so this got stuck in my head in the worst possible way lol)

[@TheMusicSpectrum-q5b]

@@chaffXgrenade Haha, I feel you. It's fun revisiting the old levels. They feel much easier now, but still fun.

[@the_other_seto_kaiba]

EPIC CLASSIC FOREVER UFO TECH BACK IN THE DAY

[@TheRV1HD]

It was so rewarding getting to the very top of this level as a kid. All those giant machines were a pain. My favourite part were the monkey eyes that grew out of the wall though when you used your club.

[@bigmeaty9000]

it's not the same without the silence until the alarm is tripped

[@AlexTrevell]

I captured every monkey, got every Specter coin, but I couldn't complete more than maybe a couple time trials with top scores. That really frustrated me XD

[@RetroGamer99999]

I got 100% yesterday :D

[@AlexTrevell]

RedCointMaster Grats ^^

[@RetroGamer99999]

Alex Trevell thx ^^

[@RetroGamer99999]

Alex Trevell it wasn't so hard to get gold on every time trial. The time trials from Crash Bandicoot 3 are way harder

[@AlexTrevell]

RedCointMaster Oh God, especially the tomb levels.

[@Neekruff]

At one time I believed this was the greatest video game Track ever made

[@chaffXgrenade]

And what do you believe now...? 😊

[@Neekruff]

That it still is 🙌🏽

[@Goodblue77]

It's actually so good that I just put this in my 800+ DnB KZbin playlist. Never played the game and never owned a playstation but damn this soundtrack is amazing. I should give the game a try one day.

[@pcallen3133]

Damn out of all the games I had for PlayStation 1 I didn't have this it seems so perfect

[@DivineSphere]

I love this Song!!!!!!

[@RLuigi]

This is giving me mario kart 8 vibes

[@AshUkihime]

Second favorite ost of the game!!!

[@CornelioLazarus-sg4gx]

If two 3d PS1 games are to be held as rivals for super mario 64 I'd say its its a tie between Spyro the dragon and Ape Escape. Crash bandicoot isn't bad, its just mostly on a track, Still like it though.

[@snicholas2895]

anyone from super mario 64: Treasure World

[@jane-wing]

The fucking bassline.

[@indahood555]

2:00 best part!

[@solidsnake3992]

ape escape is one of the first games that had to be played with analog sticks, ah good memories, plus I got a free demo games from Pizza hut.

[@th3azscorpio]

That line about the free demo takes me back, lol. Those were the fucking days man. Be nice if companies had those kinds of sponsorships, and incentives to customers today.

[@Geissqueline]

2024 xD?

[@jesusislord4060]

🙌🙌

[@MrNitrocification]

heel yes

[@anonimowyuzytkownik8372]

2022

[@ImJustThatGamer22]

2077

[@argonaut640]

Meanwhile at Sony Entertainment HQ: SCE: "Sony, can we PLEASE make Ape Escape 4!?" Sony: "Sure. BUT, there is one condition." SCE: "We would be happy to oblige. Tell us what it is." Sony: "We noticed that the game is a little bit too 'cutesy'. You see, most games on the modern Playstation consoles are at least M...or at least, the ones that are actually successful. That is why we want to make all the characters look as realistic as possible. Also, we would like more blood and gore effects. Gotta make the game hip for the new players, if you know what I mean." SCE: "Those are terrible ideas." Sony: "Fine then, there shall be no Ape Escape 4 on the PS4. Furthermore, we shall nerf Spike in SPASBR...again." SCE: "You know what? We don't care! We're just going to make a spiritual successor as an indie game! SCE out, PEACE! *as rep leaves* Can somebody sign me up for a Kickstarter account?"

[@xanzibar]

Austin Argo A year old but I'd love that.

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

Funny comment

[@jonahabenhaim1223]

That’s not a fair Argument since Sackboy still exists and is cute

[@micah9988]

Bruh I used to to just sit there listening to this and not even play the game lol

[@LoneTaurus82]

There is a awesome remix of this song by Ethereal Universe.

[@giacomobezzicheri6132]

name ?

[@viemarirunoa]

@@giacomobezzicheri6132 Darude - Sandstorm

[@mariehassett247]

😔 beautiful. Very. Very beautiful music ❤ 🙏

[@TheDeadmelo]

Best track

[@angeldarkheart]

Total vibe

[@jesussaves6648]

MY CHILDHOOD! ;__;

[@user-ye4zh4pd3z]

スペクターの遊園地長丁場になるので途中でタイムステーションでセーブがオススメ

[@wisemage0]

It took me so long to figure out that I was supposed to shoot the red part at the top of the monkey statue's helmet to reach the last caged chimp.

[@user-fl8dd7jd1r]

スペクター城

[@ultimamage3]

0.8x speed though

[@DubVT-wvt]

❣️

[@aidanfenton9773]

you know after dying a lot at this part (I was 8) I found this music a little annoying... about as annoying as the entire segment honestly... but after listening to it again... it is a nice composition

[@alastorinfrit]

Any else ever crawl to make the music sound a little different? I always did that to this song.

[@photonbandit2250]

SRB2K brought me here.

[@mariehassett247]

0:06

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

I remember how badass I was getting this far into the game as this track played Good times

[@StixerX]

B a n g e r

[@MrNitrocification]

i looked in the OST and haven't found this track... What's the name of it?

[@MrNitrocification]

Found it! It's called spectre's castle :)

[@_Burakku]

Like come on guys I'm the only one who didn't reach this level :( still good childhood

[@LordZemosa]

Mr Enter's theme song

[@viemarirunoa]

Ew don't say this name around here

[@billcaraballo3263]

I can’t find this song on Spotify:( idk why all ost appear except this one is suck i wish it was

[@TheSBWproductions]

repetitive trash

[@coccoavena]

PS1 games were like "so long" in our child minds. But the ost were perfect for every level. Every soundtrack of ps1 masterpiece games is perfectly matched with levels and situations. Think at MGS for example.