[SEGA Genesis Music] Comix Zone - Full Original Soundtrack OST

[@DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL]

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[@bwhipp]

This soundtrack is a masterpiece. I just listened to the album that inspired it which had a full band. The reason the comix zone is so brilliant is because he’s trying to recreate guitar sounds with synths and it doesn’t exactly sounds like guitar it sounds like some kind of crazy grunge synth piano. And the breaks and bass hits and dynamics are so good. Amazing composition

[@IceNinja2007]

Roadkill was a band created by the composers to promote the game.

[@AfroRyan]

It's a lot like the Mother record; they composed "real" songs with lyrics and instruments first and then used that as a base for the game's soundtrack. Really cool stuff.

[@muteddwrt6937]

@@IceNinja2007 amount of passion back then was unimaginable.

[@MadButcherBlade]

The graphics on this game were incredible.

[@nivian8329]

Sketch Turner for smash bros

[@SaintCola9408]

YES

[@UltrashadowGames]

Put Axel Stone in it. Sketch Turner can come after

[@LoftyThoughtsInTheDesert]

"POWER BLAST!!!" I mean he's got plenty to work with, martial arts, pet rat, dynamite, cherry bomb, throwing knife, and of course, the deadliest weapon, THE PAPER AIRPLANE.

[@SuperKillersz]

Yes

[@BladeShadowWing]

I'd like that.

[@FoxBoy1992]

Well done, Turner.

[@MrKshahdoo]

+Yarfy Fox Oh yeah! :D

[@ZoneyDuel]

+MrTornFlesh * turning the page *

[@FoxBoy1992]

What the %(#$ was that?

[@irnbld]

Ah, man, what a trip!

[@Yashirow]

"See ya!"

[@Antari-kun]

4:25 - My fav stage ost. Such memories

[@adictnolifer]

Definitely

[@wobbolt2729]

Everytime it comes on I hear sketch saying “whoaaaa”

[@michaelcomer7286]

See ya!

[@bondosho]

Just when you think you've heard the Genesis do all it can do, it whips out the acoustic guitar, and goes MTV Unplugged. Such a great soundtrack.

[@dmer-zy3rb]

yeah its a very cool soundtrack! it has really grown on me over time. kinda a shame though that both the modern and the original pc versions soundtracks kinda suck. the newer one is just a bad emulation of the original and for the old one - they forgot the guitars 70% of the time and when they appear they are just the strange sounding e guitars mostly known from doom and duke 3D.

[@bondosho]

If Howard would have just done some cymbal samples, that would have been the icing on the cake.

[@dmer-zy3rb]

cymbals are always cool on 16 bit soundtracks! but the music barely has any punchy drums to begin with so i think that should have been improved first. thats actually one thing the pc midis do better - but overall they are very incomplete.

[@dmer-zy3rb]

@Melto-xoxo haha obviously i dont even remember what its all about

[@madhatter8508]

@@dmer-zy3rb PC MIDIs tend to use PCM samples for drums, which Comix Zone could have done if they made it for the Sega CD.

[@Nico-rr5co]

THE reason I got a 6 button controller. This game is just perfect.

[@hardghoulzxc2010]

Amazing man.

[@voutespancar]

An excellent reason!

[@VitorKormann]

Same here, and I didn't have the game. I rented this game.

[@ChrisStoneinator]

Comix Zone is a lot of things, but "perfect" might be a stretch lol

[@Mike-os3pt]

We only had 3 button controllers growing up. What's the difference for this game?

[@SirLordHatCawk]

Shout out to all my Genesis kids that know this is the best Genesis OST. The grunge/punk feel through the OST is just unmatched.

[@madhatter8508]

What I love about it is that some of the synth melodies sound like they came straight from a Cars album, and if you listen to some interviews Kurt Cobain did he said Nirvana was basically a punk band trying to play new wave without a synth. That shows me that Howard Drossin really understood the connection between grunge and new wave, and since the Genesis soundchip is an FM synth he could lean into those new wave influences and it still came out grungey.

[@TRUECEOofGaming]

I don't know You got Sonic 1 and 2 I forgot it's been a LONG while since I've had my Genesis Mini, I've always been a SEGA fan, even before I got a Mini

[@macuser7048]

You should hear the actual grunge album for it!

[@SirLordHatCawk]

@@macuser7048 what is it

[@macuser7048]

@@SirLordHatCawk This kzbin.info/aero/PLmkm3YBcl6OpL6IpepJLJxK93pbJaRult

[@CosmicUndeadElf]

"Segaaaa!"

[@ievgenbzhez8666]

This is a pinnacle of what you could do with 16 bit console, last greatest Sega game.

[@salexerious]

Tears fall down and goosebumps as I listen to this legendary masterpiece.😢 Absolute legend. The memories... Oh my God ❤

[@yittmashups]

I remember playing this game in a store at the mall when it was brand new. It was mind blowing.

[@immakillyu6185]

OST reminds me of watching alternative rock videos on MTV in the 90's.

[@РинатХуснутдинов-ж3б]

От воспоминаний аж мурашки по всему телу. Крутая игра по меркам своего времени. Из России с любовью 😊

[@unholiest]

Она и сейчас топовая

[@---po3tf]

@@unholiest причем объективно. у игры аж несколько концовок и нелинейное прохождение (и это для игры то с Сеги), оригинальный сеттинг и стиль, достаточно интересный геймплей, с сочетанием головоломок и боев, плюс немного реализма (то что главный герой дамажится когда бьет по железными бочкам голыми руками) ну и собственно саундтрек. это как минимум уровень современных инди-игр, если бы ее сейчас перевыпустили, она бы стала невероятным хитом, как Хотлайн Майами какой-нибудь. одна из лучших игр на Сеге, наравне с Contra Hard Corps, Road Rash, Червяком Джимом и прочими.

[@unholiest]

@@---po3tf Я надеюсь сделают продолжение, стилистика у этой игры топовая и саундтрек для меня вообще лучший из всех игр в которые я играл

[@vadymmakukh4385]

обосаная кaцaпня, уверен ты уже гниешь на полях Украины.

[@greenhat7742]

@@---po3tf Ну Червяк Джим (1 и 2) и Комикс Зона - такие же хиты, как Мортал Комбат, например.

[@alexanderg.4799]

"Well done Turner! Superhero Voice: Oh Yeah!!!" A true classic!✌😎

[@iuriiusgt]

Aprooooooved!

[@MrBEasy24]

I love the musical arrangements of the guitar, the piano and the bad ass synthesizer, it has a nice punk rock grunge feel to it. I remembered when I was younger I'd load up the game just to listen to the soundtrack, thanks for this upload and this game and it's accompanying sound is one of the reasons why Sega does what Nintendont😎😏 please upload Contra Hard Corps soundtrack; that game is dope by the way.

[@kalyamaswoobvin1422]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap3EgaaKgM6Ugrs

[@kingtonsiljockey528]

Damn son! You are very astute! The way the synthesizer is used as the metal, and the strumming effect works really well. Legit sounds like how a guitar is played. The Ooze has an awesome soundtrack as well 🍻

[@ShadowNinja452]

Oh he already uploaded it 8 years ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6fInYmDqJypp68

[@hocuspocusfocus6229]

Such glorious Ost. I love everything of this game.

[@masterhellish3328]

this game is a legend

[@masterhellish3328]

greetings from jorden

[@TheJeyPi]

When you play a game many times just because of its music! Good old times, good old games...

[@21225V]

i remember getting stuck in the first level where you had to jump over a broken bridge

[@thegodlydragon]

really? It's not that hard

[@21225V]

+Godly Dragon Reviews and Apologetics i just couldn't figure it out as a kid xD

[@thegodlydragon]

I could get past the first page. Just not the first episode xD

[@RaikenXion]

Lol exactly the bit where i always got stuck!

[@solarflare9078]

I'm currently stuck on the end of level 3 (Ep 2 Pg 1) with that rope

[@ZoneyDuel]

Dat Grunge.

[@CosmicUndeadElf]

+Rebellion Gamester Yeah you could believe that it was written by Kurt Cobain himself

[@KJBlueAvenger]

That's what made me like about this soundtrack.

[@zhnigo]

Can you recommend more bands with a similar sound?

[@macksam1021]

@@zhnigo Soundgarden, Early 90s Smashing Pumpkins, early 90s Radiohead, Melvins

[@venomtang]

Yup.

[@claudiogonzalez9926]

This and Skitchin' are hands down the two best OST's in the genesis.

[@gilpiper3564]

This Bonus CD spent a solid amount of time in my Sony Boombox.

[@miracle_3051]

24:33 ааааа я когда малым проходил то специально не переходил на следующий уровень ради этого трека.Самый любимый

[@Igorsov]

Another Sega Genesis / Mega Drive hit that easily gets in top 5. As a matter of fact I would have given it the first or the second place of best Sega Genesis / Mega Drive games of all time.

[@TheNeutralend]

It's a tough battle between Comix Zone and Streets of Rage 2. For the recognition, impact, popularity, and gameplay I think SoR2 has the lead, but Comix Zone pushed the genesis hardware much more, it's tremendous well made and polished in every technical aspect. You can easily see they put a lot of labor and love in the making of this game.

[@kalyamaswoobvin1422]

1

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

problem is you got 4+ sonic games on the gensis. And each one was better than the last.

[@Igorsov]

Sheila olfieWay Not a problem at all. Sonic series is very controversial. Some people like them, some don’t. I personally don’t. I wouldn’t even put the Sonic series in Top 10 list. I think this series was only popular among young kids at the time.

[@Igorsov]

Neutral End No, actually is a tough choice between Comix Zone and Dune: The Battle for Arrakis. The Streets of Rage series is great, but Comix Zone has a slight edge due to being so unique. This comes from a person who probably spent hundreds of hours playing SoR games. But then again due to popularity most people will agree that Mortal Kombat was the #1 choice, so actually this game takes the 1st place. Then there was Contra Hard Corps, another great game that deserves to be in top 5 in my opinion. Then there was the Golden Axe series. There’s there was Road Rash series. Then there was Earthworm Jim. Then there was Rock n’ Roll Racing. Then there was The Lost Vikings. Then there was Cannon Fodder. Then there was ToeJam & Earl. And so on...Unlimited list of legendary games and I am not even talking about RPG games.

[@DenZEL_Vertigo]

Drossin is an amazing composer! Perfect grunge-emulation) BTW his Vigilante 8 ost is super awesome!

[@EyesadriftVA]

God I played the shit out of this game back in the day! "Gimmie the respect I deserve!". If I remember the quote right.

[@DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL]

Mike Joseph YOUR KUNG FU IS GOOD!

[@EyesadriftVA]

DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL haha yes!!! Or when you would duck a bunch of times and he would fart. Or just stand there he would take off his show and smell it. *rips page, makes paper airplane and throws it"

[@DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL]

The worst part is that airplane move was ALMOST useful but it was so damn slow... the ducking fart thing was even funnier when you didn't know about it because you'd be all like... did he just fart? The game was damn near a masterpiece, if only it wasn't so short. That never did stop me from playing it over and over, though.

[@Yuuretsu]

+DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL Hmm, I would have to check on that fart because I never noticed. The game had such amazing detail in its animations and the gameplay was amazing. I only just rediscovered and beat this game a few months ago. I would love to have the soundtrack CD that came with the game but it always seems missing whenever I find this game in the wild.

[@DigiEggz]

+DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL In speedruns, the airplane is super useful. It's one of those moves that seems pretty bad at first but actually has quite a few uses.

[@virgogaming6488]

Best oneshot game ever.

[@IraiResende]

During the last few months this has been my soundtrack when I write my thesis. I repeat and repeat and repeat ... I love this game, its history, its music, etc. Many thanks, +DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL. Greetings from Brazil.

[@voutespancar]

Sobre o que foi sua tese?

[@danicrima5392]

man this music, this game can hold itself among the top 5 genesis soundtracks of all time, for sure.

[@joseabreu1991]

ahhhhhh the days of summer/fall of 2003 when i was first introduced to this game, the memories flood back to me.

[@silentbook4468]

This soundtrack is awesome. And the game is freaking awesome too, and funny too. Great all around!

[@haroldasaleksa9427]

something very special to your heart being 10 and playing this, I knew back then soundtrack was great and I wondered if I ever remember to dig it out someday in the future

[@ЮрийКашкабаш]

one of the best ost's on SMD.

[@ChrisStoneinator]

I cannot stress how much nobody has ever called it the SMD

[@ChrisStoneinator]

Thanks for the actually decent recording; it's clear from the description and the results that you know what you're doing! I always get whiplash when I go from playing a new game on my model 1 to listening to some crappy OST upload on KZbin while working...

[@djordje2095]

31:42 My favourite. Perfect 95's vibe.

[@djisuruperera4520]

I literally had tears in my eyes when the end level stats melody kicked in at the end...

[@greenhillmaniac]

About time! This OST should've been on your upload list AGES (see what I did there) ago. Still, nice to hear. Love the Options Theme, First and Last level themes, and the last boss theme

[@moopbread5582]

Lol. It took me a minute to figure out that pun. I see what you did there! ;D

[@DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL]

***** even my girlfriend was surprised I hadn't done this one by now. It was mostly because of the pain in the butt sound test--I tried doing it with VGMs a few months back and it was all wonky, but now I finally took the time to do it right (this is why I'm not done with SoR3 yet either, I want to make sure it's done right).

[@LordRyan100]

Gonna take a moment to thank that rat for saving my ass many times.

[@resudog858]

"Roadkill! Ill get you out, buddy"

[@jamesnavas8272]

One of my favorite games never did finish it.

[@cyberbird8899]

i played this when i was i donno 12? maybe, since then bass guitar is one of my favourite music instruments. great game

[@curtisdickson6277]

Dopest soundtrack in the 90s for sure ina a game. It wasnt until ssx on ps2 was a game soundtrack this solid

[@gpgp9198]

Short game actually... But one of the greatest for the Genesis.

[@ChrisStoneinator]

Not short in practise since it takes about 200 tries to beat

[@KingRabid]

truly tragic how few people got to enjoy this masterpiece. even worse was how short it was. the music, the concept of the game itself was outstanding for its time, and the gameplay wasn't shabby either. it wasn't a typical beat-em-up by any stretch of the imagination. i cannot remember how many times i got too close to my own grenade and took that hit. or the times i was too busy in a fight and forgot to pick roadkill back up (the pet rat). hell even the fact that you COULD pick him back up was a bit of genius. i won't say this game was necessarily ahead of it's time, no. but its creativity with the game mechanics and giving you, the player, a real sense of fourth-wall gaming was pretty impressive for sure 😅

[@Tor-Erik]

It is said that a movie based on this game is in the making, but the date of it's release is still to be announced.

[@ccl1195]

Anything I need on Genesis, you've got it my man. All roads lead to you. Thanks.

[@Polygonlin]

My favorite is "Last to Follow" but i love it both in the Game and the actual song

[@memboi4155]

played this on Sega mega drive back in the day damn... soo much time has passed since then

[@moopbread5582]

Aw heck yeah! This game is a blast! Great work as always Dustin!

[@doppler6812]

Awesome game, awesome ost, awesome upload! 1995 forever! Thanks for the upload!!

[@reactnativetutorial651]

This is so much grunge

[@Thrashaholic1988]

For some odd reason, I can somehow see Rob Van Dam playing Sketch Turner in a movie adaptation if they plan to have one.

[@emmanuelleibniz7654]

it sounds like grunge music but with a DX7! so cool! it reminds me childhood... Bush, Our lady Peace, Everclear, etc...

[@mish1195]

God this sounds GREAT on a YM3438

[@keizaronstesticularcancer4608]

This channel rocks, full soundtrack, no commercials. You da man

[@jaredpatterson1701]

47:50-48:28 Need I say more? So much emotion

[@LEEMAN-X]

my fav song is Episode 2 page 1, to this day i always think about how its sucha a great song for a video game and feel like there must have been real lyrics associated with that song.

[@Leona_The_Painful]

An Isekai where the MC is a badass

[@boynextdoorman]

WELL DONE, TURNER!

[@ZyxthePest]

OH YEAH

[@KidAL0]

5-year-old me was lucky to ever even get past the first level but damn I appreciated this game’s style

[@psboy099]

You Sir Dustin, are a God among men.

[@казинакорехов]

Это музыка сделала Комикс Зон уникальной. Саунд качает и сейчас 👍

[@OMEGAMASSIVE]

One of the best, if not best OST for a game?!?!

[@FlergerBergitydersh]

I think that generally YM3438 playback doesn't always "enhance" Gen/MD music as much as it provides an alternative way of listening to it. But in this case, there's no question; the YM3438 version of this soundtrack is objectively better; it's just a clearer, cleaner version of the same soundtrack. And it's beautiful.

[@FlergerBergitydersh]

@BarrelBayou The YM3438 was never released in a Genesis console, so Howard Drossin was probably making this on one of the official chips. I remember seeing a documentary of him actually using GEMS as intended, where you could hook it up to a console live and hear what your music sounds like immediately, instead of using it as some shitty MiDi converter like a lot of lazier composers were doing without much testing, and he was talking about how much better and easier it made composing music for the Genesis. It was a model 1, if I remember correctly, but I have no idea the revision, nor what console he would have been using at the time he composed for this game, if there was ever a reason to switch consoles. That being said, the way GEMS used instruments and how Drossin used GEMS here, with clearly defined, midi-like instruments and no weird tricks that took advantage of some of the wonderful oddities of the default sound chips, like some of the other best soundtracks on the genesis were doing, just allows the YM3438 to play them clearer, as it was designed to do: just be a better sounding chip. Sometimes those tricks from the older sound chips get lost in translation with the YM3438, but not here. It's just better.

[@marcioalexandre8033]

The best game of 1995

[@DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL]

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[@DigiEggz]

Will do!

[@Fill-turbina]

Это великолепно!!! Игра шедевр своего времени!!!

[@galacticzombie1942]

This soundtrack is so good. I don't even have to have a reason to listen to it.

[@mrmikemorgan9901]

Hell yeah comic zone has the best ost that ever came out for the genesis.

[@memroyleak]

The title screen track is cool as heck.

[@mrmedbedb1256]

This thing and the OOze. Perfectly done. I'm a composer, and i'm kneeling to this author!

[@mkall]

i ve never played this game but the ost is amazing

[@milesthepacific5100]

4:30 omg my favorite 😁

[@WolfCoder]

A Sega Genesis game beat-em-up where you're a comic book artist who gets trapped inside a comic book all under a heavy grunge soundtrack is probably the most 90s thing ever

[@BenignAndaHalf]

Such a damn fun game. First time I played it was at this place called “Innoventions” down in Disney World (Florida). Then I found it on Sega Channel (fuckin awesome). Then I was able to get the cartridge, and many years later I downloaded it on the 360.

[@everythingaroundyou]

i had this game as a kid and i found it extremely difficult and also way cooler than i could possibly appreciate at the time. on the bright side it introduced me to Danzig

[@FR4M3Sharma]

Just discovered this game like about 3 days ago. Thanks to Austin Eruptions's video on hard games. This and Contra Hard Corps have banger tunes. Especially the intro on this. I sometime leave these running on my Modded OG Xbox plugged into a good old CRT, that's how I enjoy these games.

[@novostranger]

Sounds so 90s!

[@PauloPeres77]

A really badass OST!

[@miladbadrkhani7901]

the thing that made me play this game was its soundtracks

[@AfroRyan]

This and all the Tommy Tallarico prove GEMS is a fine sound engine. Most people just didn't know or care how to use it.

[@francomendez3129]

3:46 The feeling of that part is incredible.It's like "I'm going to fight with you and i'm not going to lose"Saludos desde Argentina jajaja

[@AdalfanFilho]

What a amazing soundtrack! Masterpiece.

[@DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL]

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[@MrBoJangles]

Lossless link, please?

[@dominickrodriguez438]

Waah!!

[@dominickrodriguez438]

Hi- yah!

[@zhnigo]

wheresmt the downloaderoni

[@miserycontact9335]

This is GOLD.

[@super.merienda]

The Comix Zone OST feels like the music of the MTV cartoons of the mid-90's (The Head, Aeon Flux, etc.)

[@LORDKALIBURTHE7TH]

SEE YA!!!!!!!

[@TheOriginalFrankMatthews]

The soundtrack was really dope in this game!

[@marlencobain5173]

Jogaço E trilha sonora inesquecível.

[@glenr5461]

Music for all time

[@novostranger]

lol Howard Drossin from Sonic Spinball to Comix Zone is surreal

[@dee_average478]

This was a badass soundtrack

[@yank3656]

thanks for sharing DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL

[@wasdertnt]

Yes i am here at 2018.whatever.great game, and awesome atmosphere. And music-have no words. Impressive solundtrack.

[@MsVinyl666]

One of the best on genesis.

[@socialengineering2539]

Seeeeeeeega!!!! seee ya hhhh those day im from morocco i play it in 90s woooow wonderfull game this what megadrive can run the power of genisis seeeeeeega !! seeee ya hhhh from berber moroccan genisis fan boy

[@kvcii1748]

Эх, ностальгия, ребята

[@RaikenXion]

I still couldnt get past level 2 on this game, luv the music.

[@markwatson3248]

50:38 me and the boys raiding the comics store

[@MachoLevi]

“WELL DONE, TURNER!” “OH YEAAAAH!! WHAT THE #!@? WAS THAT?”