Brinstar [Metroid] - Super Smash Bros. Melee

Music: Brinstar [Metroid]
Playlist: • Super Smash Bros. Mele...
Game: Super Smash Bros. Melee
Source: Metroid
Arrangement: Shogo Sakai
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[@gregholman2431]

One of the greatest renditions of a video-game tune, in my humble opinion.

[@rammsteinrulz16]

Same with Yoshi's Story and Mute City imo

[@gregholman2431]

@@rammsteinrulz16 Also, perhaps, Big Blue, and Brinstar Depths, imo.

[@DovonMac1]

Along with its predecessor planet Zebes

[@bensmith6518]

The top comment is always "This is one of the greatest" for any VGM song on youtube...

[@bensmith6518]

like, it could literally be Antimortal Cookies - "Bite on Prep Froth", and you've got people saying "This is the greatest song on youtube!"

[@lordpsi99]

2:23 is the most important part. Unfairly cut out from the 3DS version and thus Ultimate.

[@ProfessorGroyper]

I miss when Super Smash had its own recognizable soundfont.

[@shrimp-adoodle3444]

Ong. I also hate the fact that Nintendo cut this song short. The Saxophone/trumpet part always gives me goosebumps and it’s a shame I can’t hear it outside of playing Melee.

[@ProfessorGroyper]

@@shrimp-adoodle3444 why the hell would they put a section of a song in but not the full thing?

[@shrimp-adoodle3444]

@@ProfessorGroyper No idea. Ever since Brawl, the Brinstar theme always played the first half of the song (up to 1:26) and just looped it.

[@dank980]

@@shrimp-adoodle3444 not even a saxophone but okay lol

[@jackl8025]

cringe ass groyper

[@sd80mac]

Metroid meets 80s pop rock. I freaking love this version.

[@capybara4432]

Fun fact metroid was released in the 80s

[@blakenapier3125]

1980’s Rules

[@volu9913]

Man, something about the Melee OST is just so perfect.

[@axshnjxsn2571]

It has its own soundfont. So even though each respective theme is different, the sound used to compose each track is essentially from the same instrument. It makes all the different songs feel like they're from the same album. Which, the remixed ones technically are I guess.

[@sippa-t9856]

'cause they kept all the songs Classic and brought them all to life😎

[@nothingnesslol9538]

Takes what makes the original, then tunes it to melee

[@kylefields3951]

0:56 Samus Aran's entrance music is something indescribable. Words can't do it justice. A perfect culmination of sounds that just enter your brain and tell you everything's gonna be alright.

[@anttitenhunen4725]

Funny how I somehow missed that completely until reacently I played Metroid Prime :D

[@imperialodst7335]

I felt this

[@victorlazosilva7455]

Lol sure. But i get some of "everything's gonna be alrigth, except the whole planet, of course"

[@groetaer]

she's so badass

[@robfellows1702]

That classic entrance music, all the way from the NES game that started it all... just absolutely beautiful.

[@LunarRobotyx]

🔥🔥🔥WE MAKIN IT OUTTA THE ACID WITH THIS ONE🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rotundmonibuv5103]

I will never forgive Smash 4 and Ultimate for removing 2:06. By far my favorite and most nostalgic part of the song.

[@peepsg]

GO Melee (2001) and Brawl (2008)! I love Smash 64 (1999) too

[@tralaw6144]

they did the same with the dk rap in ssb4 and ultimate the last part where the song was on chunky kong was deleted as for brinstar I don't know why but it's really a shame

[@peepsg]

@@tralaw6144 Nintendo: 😜 we don’t like you

[@lordpsi99]

​@@tralaw6144Onett and Fourside were also cut short

[@lordpsi99]

Yeah the second ending of Brinstar before the 2nd repeat sign at the end of the music, where Melee and Brawl starts looping back to the 3rd or 4th bar or something. Just my rough estimate without seeing the original music.

[@Spider-Complexion]

Growing up, I knew this song just from this stage. Now that I actually managed to become a Metroid fan because of Dread, I can appreciate this song in a whole different level.

[@ainsbass]

Dread is so good, I haven't finished it yet though. Is this theme used at all?

[@RickyRiceB]

Same here, but I did play Super a long time back but Dread and then Fusion a year after solidified me into metroid brainrot.

[@greywillowgaming2366]

Absolutely!

[@sonysoldier9587]

2:06 Literally the best part of the song!

[@strider_hiryu850]

that's debatable. i mean, first of all, there's the intro sequence. so, 0:00 to 0:14 0:15. the song then gets better. and then we have 1:09 to 1:26 (just before the drums come in). this sort of spooky, ethereal, foreboding section.

[@bittlesthecookieakacaitcat8798]

Fr

[@MountainMemelord]

0:56.

[@zombies4evadude24]

And the part that follows 2:22 is second best!

[@beenjamminbunny9977]

*trumpet intensifies*

[@LilKiwi2240]

I legitimately think that taking songs and making them into this kind of rock guitar was the most genuinely intelligent thing HAL laboratory could have possibly done. It truly makes it feel like a melee song but it still makes you think about the 64 and NES versions. It's also a bop

[@MaxDesignProBackshotter]

Ur profile is garbage

[@blakenapier3125]

Zerimus

[@oliverorchard6774]

The transitions as well as the bass guitar strumming in the background just overall make this song fantastic!

[@acgaming1932]

2:06 - 2:35 I feel sorry for kids today who didn't experience this absolutely amazing part of the song

[@goofyfish17]

Fun fact: As a kid, I thought Samus was a man and was from Star Wars, and I thought ZSS was a gender-swapped version.

[@LokoJoe6]

Well, i think she was a man in the manual or in a comic (not sure sure but it was a bad translation or something i think) so, you're not entirely wrong XD

[@dannybright8708]

Glup Shitto Samus? 😳

[@snipescoped74]

Metroid Prime 4 confirmed!!!!!!!

[@Eggss_B]

This entire song is peak, but the INTRO though? It has no business going that hard.

[@jaedencancel]

The best baseline ever! The synthesizers are so magical and that electric guitar is great! I didn’t even realize there were trumpets too. It’s a nice touch to the song as well. The drum roll to kick everything off is so fun too.

[@mattmcsherry761]

I don't remember this theme going this hard when I was a kid.

[@JacksonHighlander]

That just means you didnt play on brinstar a whole lot.

[@mattmcsherry761]

@@JacksonHighlander You're completely right, haha. I actually remember hating this map as a kid. But the map is actually not bad.

[@ryderinblack]

probably cause of all the sfx, controller joystick clacking and arguments with friends 😂

[@peepsg]

GO MELEE (2001) AND BRAWL (2008) (Audience Cheering)

[@TheCanoXworld]

This track has so many GameCube 2002-2003 era vibes...❤❤

[@BJam951]

So many memories

[@peepsg]

I can feel Nintendo Wii has vibes too because it update or refreshed of GameCube

[@capybara4432]

Fun fact evolutionaries 2 was released in May 31 2002 on gamecube

[@peepsg]

@@capybara4432Bowser: nice fact… wanna dance?

[@Abel_la_Abel]

2:22 reminds me of 90's sitcom introduction like full house or that song Cherish by Madonna

[@MultiLitch]

Transforming into a block as Kirby and sliding through the destructable parts.

[@ESPirits87]

Brings back so many memories sitting in the room playing Melee with friends, 1:09 this sound is so Metroid through and through.

[@joey5745]

One of the best songs I heard on that Christmas morning, so epic! It’s too bad the newer games cut out half of the song, :/

[@maxpayz2431]

I wish they brought back some old songs and maps into smash bros ultimate

[@peepsg]

SSBB was last one using full version 😊. But I heard they rearranged that music due to being more darkest game than Melee and they all grown up

[@ajdynamo6866]

2:22 was always my favorite part.

[@danielhetue6968]

It sounds like a happy ending as if you cleared your way through stress and fear.

[@kahrahnoel814]

​@@danielhetue6968I definitely get that vibe.

[@TheHonoredMadman]

Same

[@strtfghtr88]

The build up to and execution of 0:14 is a sound so inspiring, I can't really put it into words. Just beautiful!

[@rustycookiepekka6875]

Rip 2:06-2:33 part of the song 2001-2008

[@shrimp-adoodle3444]

What I’m saying 😔😔

[@blakenapier3125]

Nintendo has to let their Games go on Playstation & Xbox Consoles

[@spaghettiking7312]

So goddamn badass.

[@mr.maverick700]

very unique theme, defines very well metroid

[@Consolous]

The music from Super Smash Bros. Melee is so special and so is this rendition of Brinstar. I made my own rock cover of Brinstar in honor if this iconic theme

[@nellekx]

the nostalgia is real with this one

[@DaReal_DemonFox]

0:40 #1 on top, my favorite part

[@itsproductiontime]

Played Melee recently for the first time in many many years. One of my favorite games as a child with hundreds of playtime hours (thanks to the game's statistics which keep track of those things). Didn't realize back then how great of a banger this song is. The music and the arrangements in the game are brilliant overall but this has to be one of my new favorites. Haven't ever tried a single Metroid game but this alone makes me want to try one. Such an epic song. Might do something with this or/and with other Metroid music as well in the future (as I'm a musician). Cheers! (Edit: Spelling)

[@ItsMiiUly]

Neat touch by adding the Elevator jingle, its the small things

[@jadetealaaron2003]

The intro is so fucking hype AND THE SLAP BASS???

[@frogsareop5623]

Nothing hypes like Melee. Adrenaline injected straight through your eyes and ears.

[@lucaspec7284]

love the song, but that level legit scared me when i was a kid, it looked like the inside of some huge monster or something like it.

[@TheVeryLastOne]

Me too

[@shiruotakuno28]

I mean... Kraid?

[@sharkgam3z592]

@@shiruotakuno28 not kraid, that other brain looking thing that shakes violently in the background

[@conorneligan7694]

yeah the dick n' balls

[@levimayne1579]

0:56 My Fav Part ❤️❤️

[@TheErick1629]

Me too!!

[@blakenapier3125]

She’s Pretty

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

Could you imagine this playing while Samus is escaping a gigantic Space Pirate base after she sets off the self-destruct and stuff is exploding everywhere and alarms are screaming?

[@kahrahnoel814]

Oh heck yeah. It would be an EPIC experience.

[@St0rmGuy]

Agreed.

[@BenJPics9925]

2:23 For some unexplained reason, this segment of the song was removed in Ultimate.

[@kahrahnoel814]

I know and I freaking LOVE that segment of this song.

[@peepsg]

GO MELEE (2001) AND BRAWL (2008)!!! (Audience cheering)

[@creamthephoenix]

goes so goddaMN HARD

[@PrincessShokora2002]

Best song in Melee

[@justyumi4410]

Not gonna lie, I've NEVER heard the part at 2:06 in all my time playing Smash until now.

[@ajdynamo6866]

It's only in the Melee version. They cut that part out starting with Brawl.

[@goombaodyssey]

@@ajdynamo6866 They kept that part in Brawl. In Wii U/3DS and Ultimate they cut that part out.

[@mystikgleam9541]

it’s the best part

[@peepsg]

@@goombaodysseyGO MELEE AND BRAWL!

[@irgendeinname9546]

I really love this song Maybe the best Metroid soundtrack (for me)

[@glitchito5961]

This theme screams 80's and I'm all for it

[@yomang6614]

2:23 Underrated part of this music.

[@ather-anim]

The best part

[@ThunderCurrie]

I literally just realized that this is a remix of the Smash 64 version, it's even got that unique intro tune playing throughout the song, starts at 0:08 , plays in your right ear.

[@TheHonoredMadman]

The best version of brinstar

[@GlitchyCrimson]

2:06-2:35 This fucking part is one of the main reasons why I love this remix so much.

[@McDoubleFunny]

that funky 90s guitar! (despite this game coming out in 2001)

[@BJam951]

In the early 2000s everything musical wise was inspired from 90s music

[@peepsg]

@@BJam951and it meant for old generations who known about video games in the past

[@girthquake2390]

The Melee soundtrack is so nostalgic for me. Honestly, it feels so... Magic.

[@Slym_Slayer]

0:39 At this point, someone is already smacked into the air

[@joezy3982]

words can't describe how amazing this makes me feel. a true masterpiece.

[@kaom4713]

Love the nes original but this one I have more nostalgia for.

[@Immallama22]

I like that the music takes a little break towards the end to be a wholesome sitcom intro song.

[@NaraMidnight]

This is truly a game of all time.

[@dylob2523]

The guitar is ethereal in this song

[@freddyponce9124]

Super Smash Bros. Melee is and always will be the best super smash Bros. Game!!

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

This made Samus sound so cool and badass!

[@NigelsPad]

Never played the stage much, but then I was in my car thinking about this song and was like "wait a minute, did that song go HARD af!?" I came to see and yes it did go HARD AF!

[@squitlertron]

It sounds like a Saturday morning cartoon and I love it

[@lgnwray96]

SUPER SMASH BROS MELEE IS MY FAVORITE FIGHTING GAME ALL THE TIME EVEN SWITCH AND 64 VERIZON TOO

[@Tonjit41]

Such unique guitar

[@JugandoConAngelXD]

I can't stop listening to this music❤

[@DaCosmicPrince]

2:24 Sounds like an 80s Sitcom theme

[@FoolishPoppycock]

This song might be one the most memorable from smash bros for me. This was my stage. Samus was my main. Kicked a lot of ass back in the day with her quick moves to this song >:)

[@kaeganmccaleb5290]

Brinstar is the sole reason my brothers hated playing Melee with me when I was younger XD

[@axshnjxsn2571]

Really my first exposure to Metroid was from this game. The artistic setup of the stages was immaculate with the immersive music and interactibles. I mean they are called stages for a reason.

[@SergeantLuke]

This track single-handedly made me a Metroid fan. When I first played Smash 64, Samus was the only member of the starting roster that I had never heard of before, so I largely ignored her and paid her no mind… until I battled her in Melee for the first time and heard Brinstar’s music. No game with a track this incredible could escape my notice- I just HAD to play it. And I did!

[@generalcjg]

What Metroid games have you played since then?

[@ashersmasher2313]

🗣🗣🗣 We stayin on top platform with this one!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@sebastianarias7134]

This one of my best memories when we entered Rio Rancho New Mexico when I turned 10

[@dieg2063]

A banger

[@islandblader]

So wicked badass.

[@danielhetue6968]

This Melee version sounds better than the original 64 version since the electronic and bass guitars have unique sounds as if they’re screaming.

[@PrincessShokora2002]

Nintendo sure put their extra disc space to use

[@peepsg]

I love N64, GCN and Wii due to old system of nostalgia

[@gladeshglindro5972]

WHAT IS THAT MELDOY 🔥🗣️

[@malzahar117]

My favorite theme!!

[@ColinJoesseppiVEVO]

WE GETTIN A METRIOD DREAD SEQUEL WTH THIS FELLAS 🔥🔥🔥🔥👩‍🚀👩‍🚀

[@jimpickens4983]

This brings a Odd nostalgia for me

[@kamerondonaldson5976]

the lava suggests that it's actually norfair rather than brinstar. yet kraid is there in the background. either way, luigi somehow claims to have won by doing absolutely nothing here despite the lava making it impossible to avoid damage without moving to high ground.

[@PrincessShokora2002]

It’s acid not lava

[@kamerondonaldson5976]

@@PrincessShokora2002 there's acid in crateria but not in brinstar in the metroid games.. brinstar is overgrown with plant life and has absolutely no liquid anywhere.

[@PrincessShokora2002]

@@kamerondonaldson5976 in the first Metroid there’s acid

[@blakenapier3125]

Does burn

[@crawdad]

Yall are lost. This is the NES/Zero Mission OG Metroid Brinstar theme and level design. OG Brinstar in NEStroid were cave like and had acid, not lava. For some reason Nintendo is afraid of referencing Super Metroid.

[@SONGSTORMAS]

Still a banger in 2023.

[@joezy3982]

brother like 1:09 when it slows down with the synth into that epic drum fill to pick it back up....WHATTT?! insane! chills.

[@supernintendochalmerss]

The synth is taken from the save game/item room theme in the Metroid series.

[@KimingBoykisserOwO]

This takes me back

[@matt815]

My brother is a huge fan of Metroid.

[@petermeatballs6252]

0:27 to 0:40 was the best part of the song nostalgic

[@Segastar1]

Considering i just recently beat the original Metroid....my feelings on this song changed from when i was a kid playing Melee im like this is alright... Now that ive played the original Metroid on NES this remix hits different...love it

[@SuperDragongo19YT]

One of the best soundtrack ever so many good memories 😢

[@lightweaver7766]

Why am I crying 😂😂😭😭

[@PROMincraftExpliotsnotro-gt2rf]

SAME

[@metalpunk]

Great track, and I particularly love that tight snare.

[@ZacTBH]

I genuinely forgot how great this soundtrack is

[@arminxvs3372]

Hated the stage and the acid as a kid but loooved the track - played it just for the music! 🎉

[@luis-sophus-8227]

Super Smash Bros. Melee was one of the first videogames I've ever played, I was a huge fan Metroid back then and this reendition gave me a Super Goosebump...

[@Dudethebagman91]

0:56 is such a powerful theme, so triumphant and majestic and graceful, so “I’ve done it!”. A great heroic phrase that signifies having overcome and stuck the landing on powerful terms.

[@fatalwaffle1715]

Awesome Music!!

[@capybara4432]

I heard this in evolutionaries 2 the movie (2002) where the evolutionaries evolve to fight the nulmospheriks so the song brinstar went from being a entertaining song to a anime rock music from pokémon

[@fadyk85]

Lovely rendition!

[@MaiaEmpyrean]

I love this song so much. I don't even play Metroid.

[@BoneMarrowBro]

Having a fun adventure on a weird planet but then remembering you're actually the coolest spaceheroine of all time.

[@NuclearLemonade]

The fact that Metroid and Melee were released just fifteen years apart 😮

[@siosio6935]

I’ve been listening to JapaneseJazz Fusion the past couple years, and you can really hear how it influences video game soundtracks. So amazing

[@draccoonxcii1288]

After due consideration, I dub this my favorite theme from SSBM.

[@missZoey5387]

Especially 2:22 to 2:35 sounds like a cartoon intro

[@mattregg9852]

This is one of my favorite music from Smash Brothers Melee. Melee had class