Disturbing Video Game Music 57: Main Menu - Destruction Derby 2

Why such a dark and eerie song is the main menu theme for a kids game is anyone's guess

[@rogerhorton8395]

This song makes me think that you have already destructed the derby, standing there in the ashes and the wreck of what used to be there Basically everyone's dead thanks to you

[@HammMann]

69th like

[@wolfgangvan-uber6515]

This is dark. I like it.

[@LoopCoupe]

People die in this game???

[@LinearCircleOfficial]

*The smell of burning oil and metal is what greets you as you awaken from a wreck, your vehicle broken and shredded to almost nothing.. You can hear other cars running, and the sound seems to get closer as you realize that your trapped in the seat, the top of the vehicle pushed inwards.. Then the roar of the other cars suddenly becomes deafening as you see the 16 other cars coming straight at you, unflinching as they closed in on you. Your eyes close as the searing pain of yet another wreck push your body to it's limits and you black out, without even a moment to think of what had happened. Welcome to Destruction Derby 2, folks.*

[@lydiajulianprower8356]

Rated 3-10! :D

[@ThinkPink-More]

Amazing you need a award!

[@mr.razington7881]

*Total Destruction*

[@Nintendann64]

Dang man that was unexpectedly epic

[@ChaseMC215]

That is dark, even for a kids game. And this is a kids game??? Okay, that makes sense. At least it makes more sense than Destruction Derby RAW, which is darker, but it's for kids.

[@RedheadMetalC]

Welcome to my childhood where nobody understood why i like'd this game's soundtrack.

[@noxanneballadynasowacka6125]

"Why such a dark and eerie song is the main menu theme for a kids game is anyone's guess" 'cause in the 90's scary was cool.

[@wallaceshawn-zk8iw]

Indeed. Edgy & fun times!

[@hasangenc2922]

​@@wallaceshawn-zk8iweverything had to be badass in the 90s

[@wallaceshawn-zk8iw]

@@hasangenc2922 very True, it was the Xtreme era 😎

[@logwind]

Honestly the music in this game is incredible. Heavy as fuck.

[@therodgodproject9942]

yeah sure. no space for shit music in this days

[@AW-jy4bt]

​@@therodgodproject9942it would all be jungle music today 👺

[@therodgodproject9942]

@@AW-jy4bt didnt get?

[@barangoran4179]

​@@therodgodproject9942All generic bullshit music in games nowadays.

[@buriednameless965]

​@@barangoran4179I don't think that's what they meant by jungle music...

[@Trash_prince]

One of the best menu musics out there

[@porro83]

Burnout 2 main menu is awesome too

[@Trash_prince]

@@porro83 never played 2 But I love Burnout 3 Dominator Revenge and Paradise

[@VictorG09]

It’s actually sampled from Time by Pink Floyd

[@lexyell]

@@VictorG09no they didn’t

[@VictorG09]

@@lexyell did you even listen to the original song

[@50squirrels]

Brings a tear to my eye knowing I'll never hear or play this game like I used to do in a care free world. Fuxk being a adult tale me back to when I was 12 .

[@southpacificpyrex1708]

There it is

[@bikercat4138]

Nostalgia is the most beautiful form of pain.

[@Devypocalypse]

My man, I've got your back on those emotions 👊🏻

[@50squirrels]

Guys I have found the answer to this . Get into a relationship with a narcissist take a load of amphetamine and smoke alot of weed to justify it and now its like re birth haha fucking wild

[@50squirrels]

To the point in thought I wrote the initial comment 10nyears ago plus .

[@TheLateLordKardok]

Sounds like a theme for a ghost town. The wind-like sounds and wasteland feel just make this really unnecessarily unsettling.

[@retrogamelover2012]

Kind of like something out of a Fallout game, almost.

[@RavenValkyrie]

I remember being so scared when i got a first listened to the menu music... Even The Terminator movie didn't scare me this bad..

[@hyperhazable]

I used to play DD2 when I was very young. I would quickly go through the menu to get into a race because I was scared AF with the theme music. Now that I am 32 I can appreciate how heavy it is. Love it. Might see if I can mod this into WreckFest on PC.

[@klulessdood4327]

i have to admit the menu music was pretty scary back then but still this game made me a metalhead

[@nilsbressers9881]

The band that created this song, and many (if not all) of the other songs provided in the OST of this game, was called "Jug".

[@s2korpionic]

Thanks man. That's definitely not public knowledge these days.

[@sonyvegas9838]

1:08 holy crap...

[@xernoiva4443]

I would have found this song scary if I heard it as a kid, but I didn’t find out about it until I watched a Caddicarus video featuring it a few years ago. Because of this, I think that it’s more awesome than scary.

[@901coryowens]

I heard it as a kid and it was the most calming music I had ever listened to. I'd leave the menu open until the demo played just to let the music ride while I layed on my floor or in the bed. Then years later when I heard songs like P.O.D. Youth of the Nation, it just set a standard for me for how I viewed the world, the music, life in general. My whole life was a direct reflection of how well these early games created an opportunity for me to imagine whatever It was I wanted my life to be like instead of believing it had to be what it was

[@WannaTradePants]

The king of all weird, unfitting menu music.

[@thomascabral9800]

+WannaTradePants this comment X 100 seriously, i was scared to play this game when i was younger *BECAUSE* of this song

[@barriemcdermid532]

Thomas Cabral it's some scary shit mate now tighten your seatbelt and we'll go wreck those fucks.

[@gc8972b]

thank god for these "unfitting" moments. the most memorable song from the game

[@angelocalderaro16]

It was really exciting when I was younger (and still it is)

[@MrDesillu]

That's an excellent music for this menu, i have never forget it.

[@mdalsted]

DEATH HEL- LO DIE (Caddicarus)

[@TungstenViper]

"Get ready to fucking destroy some cars and maybe some lives in the process"

[@primtones]

Came to play a fun racing game, was taken straight to the gates of hell

[@S67Snail]

Song used to scare me when i was kid for some reason lol.....

[@luisman369]

It's a scary track after all. Which is awesome!

[@GamesAxell]

me too lol im 1997

[@hecklerthedragon3411]

I used to think of it was eerie when I was a kid, like a horror game being mixed with a racing game even though it wouldn’t compare.

[@robb6803]

This music sounds like the destruction has ended before it ever started .

[@JTGemini3]

I was 12 when I first played this and I remember really digging this music. I intentionally took my sweet time with all the options and selections.

[@kevin736517]

1:08 The cathodic TV that vibrated when the sound was too loud

[@Z-Twinturbo]

Launch an Arena game with Total Destruction mode on, and this song will suddenly make total sense to you...

[@brodiero-solar302]

It sounds like something we would hear if Death itself passed through the surface onto OUR REALM.

[@Ospyro3em]

Gotta love Caddicarus

[@ChaseMC215]

It makes me think that the first race you may do might also be your last race you'll ever do if you don't survive. The smell of burning oil surrounds you as you realize you are stuck in your car, as other drivers zoom past, with the sounds of crunching metal echoing in the air.

[@lucaskimber7303]

Oh how my heart yearns to be a little bit Younger when I was playing this Game alongside many other Awesome games just like it. It was a better time when I was younger! 💜😭

[@901coryowens]

Everything was perfectly imperfect. Now everything's imperfectly imperfect. We were so excited about games being "more realistic", only to eventually realize that we didn't want them to "be realistic". We wanted them to not be because it was the unrealistic aspect of them that allowed us to actually escape into them. Every element of the game was created - genuinely created - by someone who felt things in their pursuit of creating it. The music, the intro, the 3D elements and the innovation needed to memic what realism FELT like, not to actually recreate real things in a format for what they were meant to be or look like. All the feeling went away. Nobody hand-makes chairs or toys or wallpapers, or fabrics, appliances, or foods, nothing. It's all made by machine and made to look like the real thing. I'm convinced all foods - candies and natural-looking fruits are all almost 90% artificial if not more and we haven't caught on yet. We need to bring back asbestos in walls, genuine hardwood and wood paneling, non-led lighting, tube technology in tv and radio, analog devices, and unfabricated relationships. The internet has ruined all of us

[@f1l603]

Me and my dad first confused Youth of the Nation with this menu song when flipping through the radio. That damn guitar stuck with us even to this Day.

[@Airodishiin]

Loved that main menu as a kid especially the ingame music... Metal 4 ever!

[@DreamOf944]

I remember finding this game genuinely scary back on the day. This soundtrack may have played a part lol

[@GGSOG]

The soundtrack and the creepy eagle logo

[@ChaseMC215]

Makes me think that the first race you may do might also be your last race you'll ever do if you don't survive. The smell of burning oil surrounds you as you realize you are stuck in your car, as other drivers zoom past, with the sounds of crunching metal echoing in the air.

[@adam99x2004]

"Why such a dark and eerie song is the main menu theme for a kids game is anyone's guess" Does every children's game have to include rainbows and happy go lucky harps? This game is pure art and derby destruction. Crashing and racing...rage. This is perfect for this game :)

[@anikacarter7061]

two cowboys standing in front of each other ready to fight yaw

[@mr.razington7881]

For me, it was more about how the menu screen *slammed* down accompanied by that first heavy note, freaked me out whenever I played this lol.

[@misterxtreme9575]

This is something I imagine the band fear factory playing.

[@SusieFanK]

Interesting music. The first time i heard it, i thought it was pretty scary. But then i listened to it several times, and for me it became more badass rather than creepy. I like it!

[@Dracomut]

Agreed, though I still have it on here since it is remarkably intense for a game intended for littler kids

[@SusieFanK]

Yep, can't disagree with that. Quite unfitting for a game mainly for kids.

[@Kyzekrem]

Came back to this after having a dream playing this game again, haha. I never had a sense of fear hearing this music and as I played games on the N64 such as Perfect Dark, I realized the menu for this is very similar to Area 51 - Rescue! kzbin.info/www/bejne/apamd5iCg8p9hck

[@SaladofStones]

​@@SusieFanK I remember hearing it and everytime it made me think of the drive up to me grandparents place in the desert, when we went from mostly grass to the Mojave.

[@wallaceshawn-zk8iw]

@@Dracomut Was this Jug or Tuscan?

[@901coryowens]

Everything was perfectly imperfect. Now everything's imperfectly imperfect. We were so excited about games being "more realistic", only to eventually realize that we didn't want them to "be realistic". We wanted them to not be because it was the unrealistic aspect of them that allowed us to actually escape into them. Every element of the game was created - genuinely created - by someone who felt things in their pursuit of creating it. The music, the intro, the 3D elements and the innovation needed to memic what realism FELT like, not to actually recreate real things in a format for what they were meant to be or look like. All the feeling went away. Nobody hand-makes chairs or toys or wallpapers, or fabrics, appliances, or foods, nothing. It's all made by machine and made to look like the real thing. I'm convinced all foods - candies and natural-looking fruits are all almost 90% artificial if not more and we haven't caught on yet. We need to bring back asbestos in walls, genuine hardwood and wood paneling, non-led lighting, tube technology in tv and radio, analog devices, and unfabricated relationships. The internet has ruined all of us. We are the collateral damage of the destruction derby and society was our bowl and we're the ones who got wrecked beyond recognition. They put us against each other with no way out.

[@Toasty3553]

I use to mute this as a kid.

[@bikercat4138]

Scary lol

[@chrism3562]

First time I played a PS1 was at a friend's house, we played this and Tomb Raider all night. Best time ever.

[@Pumadetonados]

Sounds like Silent Hill music, especially the ending of the song. Good memories...

[@Dragonfury3000]

where cars go to die...

[@RunLikeAVillain]

There was a derby here... it's gone now.

[@OtherworldJudge89]

I absolutely love how unnerving and dystopian this is

[@Beelze_Bubbles]

DEEEEAAAAAAATH!!! HELLLLLLLOOOOO!!! DIIIIIIIIIE!!!

[@kieranwalker7830]

Caddy who?

[@eclipsefox31show52]

Cynthia Bell caddicaurs

[@JackpotButtonLewis]

@@eclipsefox31show52 Caddicarus actually! ;)

[@ohnostoltzman2496]

Scare Factor 8/10 It's Hyuponia all over again! It sounds very apocalyptic. Even when it came from a racing game.

[@MacNava]

I don’t remember hearing this in the Nostalgia Critic. What episode did this theme play in?

[@ohnostoltzman2496]

@@MacNava It's doesn't appear in any of them.

[@flxz.]

I remember this game when i was 4. This game was so awesome at the time. The main menu music never freaked me out though, but it did stick with me all my life. So glad I remembered this game. I think im gonna download an emulator now

[@K.J.S.est1994]

This sounds eerily similar to “Woodpecker from Mars” by Faith No More

[@thomascabral9800]

Ah, glad I'm not the only one that thinks so!

[@johns1187]

Wow. There in the middle of Woodpecker from Mars, we have the blatently similar sound DD2 takes from that song. Excellent find!!!!

[@GGSOG]

Yeah, likely drew inspiration from that tune. Two great songs, this one’s like a doomier version of it

[@PRDGchannel]

Sounds like a long lost Aubrey Hodges DOOM track

[@kesorawolf]

The Most epic menu music. Best childhood

[@ProgrammerInProgress]

this randomly popped into my head and I was trying to play it on my guitar today.

[@50squirrels]

I was messing about with my amp the other day and this sort of tone came out . Instantly thought if this song . I've managed to make out quite a bit if u havent already its just so distorted Haha

[@samhawkins9911]

I like how Diablo-esque this sounds, with its own ouch my ears metal touch to it.

[@zerozeroone4424]

That is some HEAVY doom metal

[@mooreanonumbers]

The entire soundtrack was very good

[@brunosuicida6791]

The clean guitar represents calmness, and the distant thunder represents the storm that is to come, once the Green Lights come

[@Bloxxster]

I remember this but for some reason it never scared me, I Would take this game out of my dads dvd box and play this game at like 11 pm lmao

[@GGSOG]

Faith No More - Woodpeckers from Mars vibes

[@ipnorospo38]

Simply great

[@yoshimitsu1896]

This game has repeatedly kicked my ass many times as a young kid

This was embodiment of my childhood fear of mechanical toys and electronics.

[@nikki8521]

Thats actually pretty good Doom Metal

[@Z-Twinturbo]

That song always creeped me out but I loved the game so much, I spent so much time on it. Must explain why I'm weird :D

[@BilczaTheHedgehog]

1 Disliker didn't ever play this game... kids these days...

[@LegendaryHedgieMii]

Sounds like a cowboy showdown in the beginning!

[@Discrim.]

I truly love this game...see me grow up make me regret the good old time

[@UscruOutlaw]

For a car game, this made a lasting impression on me growing up 😆

[@guitargod259]

I remember playing this game back in 1998. I was only 9 and was bit scared of this theme. I never understood why they used this dark theme for this game.

[@baronvongott7879]

I guess it's kinda scary, but nothing compares to the instant replay theme from Race Drivin'. If you hear that theme, you know you died a horrific death and you get the pleasure of watching it again in slow motion.

[@jonathanrandise5073]

Faith no more a woodpecker from mars.

[@adam99x2004]

This soundtrack is pure greatness. Perfect for this game.

[@X3lfl3X]

Forever the best menu music in history.. maybe...

[@juniorunbrokensoul7610]

Legit used to panic and rush to start a game because of how much this tune creeped me out when I was little. I love it now! But man, I'd be freaking out asking my dad what the hell i was supposed to do! haha

[@trickpony-cv3yh]

This music is the wrath of god

[@thatonelada2818]

This reminds me of serial killer music

[@legoclayface]

Scare Factor: 7/10 - This is in a "car" racing game? Wow.

[@KFZmurice167]

direct back into my childhood

[@Ph.C]

Pure 90s awesomeness

[@rusamene]

Ah the great memories. It sounds like a Type o Negative and Mike Patton collaboration. With a little bit of Reznor twist. Sounds fucking perfect.

[@daltonpinell6251]

WHAT A LOVELY DAY!!!

[@kristofevarsson6903]

Sounds like if Alice in Chains half-remembered how to play "Sanitarium" by Metallica.

[@auronlechuga1208]

Recuerdo pasarme horas junto a mi hermano intentando sobrevivir en este juego.. gracias al que compuso esta canción y al mismo creador del juego por hacer una obra de arte.

[@ChaseMC215]

Destruction Derby 2 had one of the best soundtracks in the series, and this theme is likely the reason. Plus, people would skip the first game and go straight to the sequel, this game was deep, and that is why I love it

[@whatamalike]

Even though I prefer the ravey sound of the first game, this is a fucking incredible piece of menu music

[@killadrone2817]

The sound of my childhood

[@fabiengrall6833]

Ce son me rappelle mes 16 ans 😅 parfois je lançais le jeu juste pour écouter cette bombe !

[@BuiltbyF]

unexpectedly one of the hardest themes ever

[@alanfoxwolf7233]

This is the music that I hear when the grim reaper comes 2ourdimension

[@fuzzyapplepie6940]

**DEATH, HEL-LO, DIE!!!*

[@Atomic-Punk]

Always thought this was a dope main menu track. Was cool to just leave the game on and chill

[@luusvanderkeet9441]

Geile mucke, kindheits Erinnerungen

[@scooterdescooter4018]

yes. this song is so awesome.

[@alberteinstein6365]

The 300th like was by me your welcome :3

[@thestickopia4619]

Is it weird that I think it sounds pretty cool

[@dutchs5]

As a 28yo ass, I'm still getting scared from the soundtrack, imagine when I was 10yo...

[@ckjuicyj82]

2020s menu music

[@kterb4371]

what type of instruments are used

[@Bitsadola]

Outstanding

[@leonardom.4683]

Thank you

[@silent_bob_]

I mean why not? Sounds badass.

[@aradianite]

Legendary

[@virusworld3730]

This theme..SCREAMS! MUSCLE CAR, RACE CAR, SPORTS CAR, GARAGE GREASER JUNKIE!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤌💯

[@HammerHeart3229]

Anyone else think this sounds vaguely like Welcome Home by Metallica? Like a more sinister version of it anyway. It never really occured to me until just now as I'm typing this 😂 I will say as well though, this still sounds as creepy as it did when I was a kid! Good times, man! Simpler times for sure 😂😂

[@GGSOG]

Check out Woodpeckers from Mars by Faith No More, this song clearly draws inspiration from that song’s melody

[@MillywiggZ]

I remember getting this as a kid off the coattails of ‘Destruction Derby’. It went from upbeat 90’s techno in the first game to some weird drone rock in the second. I hated DD2 as a kid, didn’t seem to have a direction. I think they were trying to emulate KoRn for some reason as NuMetal and NuPunk were big at the time. And ‘Spawn’ comic book aesthetic that you had on a load of album covers. I think it killed the franchise off to be honest, it was a good game but the tone-shift didn’t help the fans of the first game. It can be done like ‘Silent Hill 4’ or ‘Wipeout3’ but maybe they should have taken inspiration from ‘Linkin Park’s music to bridge the gap between the first and second games. The game was crazy and the music didn’t reflect that I think. It was a weird track though, had this been a ‘Twisted Metal’ it would have fit right in.

[@Joey-yj5ry]

I still remember the cheat code macsrpoo

[@macdongr]

Is it strange that I like this to an extent?... I tend to like creepy songs and am able to listen to them on their own and enjoy it... I'm a strange person. I can listen to the tomb of the ancients from Rayman 2 no problem. I made an entire playlist of scary music for Halloween every year. Any obscure sudgestions?

[@LoudSystem1]

macdongr Kazuya's ending theme in Tekken 4. Have fun.

[@g-taylr2686]

Simcity 4 - Primordial Dream

[@strikesonne.]

Burnout 3: takedown BETA (not the final game) Impact Time Sound effects. These are high up among the pants-shitting scary video games music/sounds. Might be impossible to find anything scarier.

[@jeeteebee1111]

No, i’ts not strange. You are nothing special.

[@LazarouDave]

Ooh that's some saucy shit, it never really scared me - so explains why i like it more now, although i can see why people wouldn't like it