[SEGA Genesis Music] Jewel Master - Full Original Soundtrack OST

[@rodrigocosmo5462]

The beat of the first stage is beyond its time

[@TheLegendofRenegade]

Motoaki Takenouchi might not have done many soundtracks on the Genesis but that catalogue speaks for itself, Jewel Master, Landstalker, Shining Force II

[@muixameta]

+TheLegendofRenegade This OST is pure genius. Progressive and melodic with insane bass lines and drum rhythms.

[@themoviereviewwarriors939]

Love the music in this game. Glad I finally beat it a few years back.

[@creativecatproductions]

The music in this game is outrageous. It’s so good I’m angry about how no one talks about this. It’s on fire

[@Oysterblade84]

They're all too busy praising Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima for their awful music to Streets Of Rage 3.

[@creativecatproductions]

@@Oysterblade84 I’ve never understood how anyone can defend Streets of Rage 3s music. I also absolutely love Yuzo Koshiro. In fact, he’s probably my favorite game composer….but the streets of rage 3 soundtrack is really bad. It’s just a cacophony of random noises. I’ve heard him say that it was produced by a computer program he wrote, which was some kind of attempt at dabbling in artificial intelligence or something like that. But as your computer algorithm starts cobbling together awful noises, don’t you stop and say to yourself, “hey, this gives me a headache. Maybe my 1993 desk top PC that came preloaded with solitaire doesnt have the capacity of a celebrated human music composer?” People claim it’s an acquired taste. I don’t know what they’re talking about….is some dude out there listening to this sound at work? The way I listen to streets of rage 1 and 2? Is he deaf?!

[@Oysterblade84]

@@creativecatproductions I hear you and I too adore Yuzo Koshiro's works so i'm not pissing on the man, I especially love his Master System and Game Gear stuff that he did, but SOR3 is jusr horrible and I too can't understand all the hype it gets. I only compare SOR3 to Jewel Master and vice versa because despite the different genres they are both on the Mega Drive/Genesis.

[@AngryPostmanStockholm]

@@Oysterblade84 Amen. SoR 3 must be as unbeleivably fukken retarded as Phantasy star 3 and/or 4 i mean... from SoR 1&2 one of the best soundtracks ever, as well as from Phantasy Star 2 One of the best soundtracks ever to the above games ... these things will haunt me til i pass away : (

[@themoviereviewwarriors939]

@@creativecatproductions There are a few tracks that are decent,but the music pales compared to the first two games.

[@TwoOfDee]

The people that say this game is not so good are mad they can’t beat it

[@deborahcalderon8767]

The Fire Bird track is the definition of anxiety 😂 this whole soundtrack is untouchable.

[@rockmanhunter]

One of the greatest soundtracks on Mega Drive. Progressive, soothing, intense... Some songs reminds me of Yanni's Optimystique.

[@robbrooks5263]

Yep. Such good use of the hardware and the compositions are just amazing.

[@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms]

more intense than anything,strong use of arches.

[@Mgrow]

It absolutely stomps on any other chip tunes of the era. Massively ahead of it's time.

[@greenhillmaniac]

Gotta love that bass at 1:11 :D

[@streeterville773]

It's so good

[@Maxx9878]

Agreed

[@themoviereviewwarriors939]

Man this brings back memories. Makes me want to go home and play this game right now.

[@alessandromariapiscopo930]

One of the best videogame soundtrack ever. So perfect, it reminds me a lot of Dream Theater, in particular of the album "Images and Words", each time I listen to it and I listen to the Dream Theater song Metropolis Pt.1 "The Miracle and the Sleeper" I think consecutively to this OST and precisely to the track "Jewel Master". I love this work of art, blending Prog Rock and Prog Metal. What a masterpiece.

[@kc8wzm]

As a fan of Dream Theater now that you mention I can see where you get that idea. This game was under rated and I forgot how impressive the music was for it.

[@sompret]

BEST LEVEL 1 MUSIC

[@jeremylee6352]

hell yeah! best ever!

[@elchugilito]

Alone In Love is just beautiful. I can imagine the sax playing on this one. Would love to hear real instruments playing this track.

[@luisreyes1963]

Funny that the 4 bosses of the game are actual mythological creatures from Chinese folklore.The White Tiger, Crimson Phoenix, Stone Tortoise & Blue Dragon.

[@elchugilito]

Luis Reyes wow. Some good trivia you got there. Would’ve been ignorant all my life of this game’s origins had i not seen your comment

[@epicon6]

Shenmue 2 used the same mythology in the puzzle room before meeting Yuanda Zhu.

[@1985dossantos]

They are inspired like The Four Beasts from Yuu Yuu Hakusho.

[@marcelocossd]

24:15 Time to Kill 29:16 Intergalactic Strut This sequence is awesome. Used to have such a fear playing this stage

[@AngryPostmanStockholm]

Underrated game! Even one of the best Soundtracks with "Fish out of water" being the most insane "goin lose"-tracks ever Just call the ambulance! Whoooooooooo

[@knightmare39]

I love the melody of "Tinkle of Rings" and how it's used again and expanded on in "Time to Kill", it's such a dark and foreboding tune.

[@streeterville773]

It was a nice callback

[@ominouspigeonmaster1571]

I've just now connected the dots; Motoaki must enjoy Prog rock, since at least 3 tracks on the album relate to the progressive rock band Yes. Close to the Edge, the Gate of Delirium and Fish out of Water. Mind blown man.

[@Pr0jectFM]

Plus "To Be Over".

[@Carolina-rp3tb]

add Talk to the wind, which, of course, is not from Yes but it is a song by King Crimson, another legend of progressive rock

[@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms]

Lot of Chiptunes was based on Prog to varying degrees.

[@vampylass3848]

My brother was a hard-core Nintendo fan, so I’m surprised how much my brother and many other gamers have missed out on all the Sega genesis games, especially the underrated ones! 90s forever. 🤘🏻😎🎮

[@JoolsGuitar]

This is very dream theater-ish but in 91 they were merely a local band. Rush was this upbeat and genesis was this progy, but this OST sounds closer to what DT became years later. Fun stuff

[@ewertonlucena3384]

Thank you Motoaki Takenouchi! You made my childhood the best with this soundtrack!

[@Maxx9878]

1:11 for me the best, it's so good

[@streeterville773]

I'm really curious about the one dislike. Great video/soundtrack

[@YeahBaby369]

may be this soundtrack may appear a few insipid to those who discover these musics without having nostalgia of the game and have not played it. Personally I didn't dislike because I love 16-bit sounds, but I don't find the melodies as beautiful and memorable as the other productions of Motoaki Takenouchi like shining force or Landstalker (perhaps simply because I haven't played Jewel master and these compositions are not planted deep in my head ? but for me that's makes the difference between a good soundtrack and a great one : when you haven't played the game but you think the ost is fabulous anyway. That's not the case here for me).

[@sasizm7079]

Good Lord, the percussion arrangements!

[@ClbnaVGM]

That soundtrack is really awesome. I never paid attention to that game before.

[@dusthillresident]

This soundtrack is great. It's really interesting that the songs actually have titles which are shown in the sound test, that's pretty rare for games of the megadrive era.

[@CC-hl9oc]

1:46 this game's music stick in my mind for the past +20 years.

[@joshdieckmann595]

LOVE this soundtrack! I also really like the game, and felt like it was sort of an unspoken spiritual sequel to Mystic Defender, expanding on the magic powers of that game with more options and flexibility.

[@luisreyes1963]

Not quite. Mystic Defender was the "americanized" title for Kujaku Ou 2, which was based on an obscure Japanese anime.

[@felipepaez2556]

I played this game at age 15 or so, back in 1994... the soundtrack is AMAZING, way better that the game itself IMHO. It influenced me a lot regarding composition styles and synth sounds... now I'm an engineer and keyboardist. I'm glad other people finds it great too!

[@tyronedadsmithjtother9718]

Chaos Dragon reminds me of when I finally figured out you could combine jewel effects. I couldn't get past it whatsoever until then

[@ShnowCompany]

At 24:15, you know they're playing a requiem. For you, that's it. It really sets the tone for the final stage.

[@impofstpete727]

A lot of the music was inspired by pieces of classical music. The Firebird Suite is one of the most obvious ones.

[@Akario3]

i love Tyrranicon for introducing me to this hidden gem(pun intended)

[@VenusHeadTrap2]

Throthgar played this game on his KZbin channel and it’s hysterical!

[@RobBonavoglia]

Motoaki Takenouchi is a LEGEND!!!!!!!!

[@LisciviaSocialClub]

Wow... Great songs and very great quality

[@Oysterblade84]

The title track ''Jewel Master'' is quite possibly the greatest Mega Drive music track ever produced on the system and it sums up the system as a whole, it also puts Streets Of Rage 3 to shame.

[@Oysterblade84]

No, Streets Of Rage 3 is trash period! They used an automated system that produced a bunch of random noise that did nothing but make your ears bleed, Koshiro and Kawashima went way too far trying to create digital noise. It's like no one has the heart to tell Koshiro that his music stinks in SO3 because everybody hails him as a god. Jewel Master was carefully composed and arranged with such care and thought behind it and it shows in how easy on the ears it is and how wonderful the melody plays out it's structure. Sounds like something from Nightwish or Dream Theater.

[@ManiacalForeigner]

@@Oysterblade84 I can understand not liking it, (especially if you're not used to genres like prog rock or acid techno, and techniques like odd time signatures and non-conventional harmonies) but it can't be denied just how ahead of its time the Streets of Rage 3 soundtrack truly was. You wouldn't hear sounds like that even in IDM for another half a decade or so. Do you also think Aphex Twin is just "a bunch of random noise"? I would highly suggest you try and give it another listen. The first time I listened to it, I hated it, but the more I revisited it, the more my appreciation for it has grown. And if you just can't handle the more off-the-wall experimental stuff, the tracks written by Kawashima are more in line with "traditional" hard techno: nothing too weird going on, but it's still awesome. (Nobody will ever convince me The Poets I is anything but a masterpiece of electronic metal)

[@SeaOfVomit]

@@Oysterblade84 You're out of your mind...Both are masterpieces. I'm not even an electronic guy (though I do love abrasive music), but what they were doing with SoR3 was bonkers. As the other guy, I see not liking it sonically (cause that's totally understandable, heh), but if you can bare with it enough and listen to the layers & harmonies, then you'll truly appreciate it.

[@Oysterblade84]

@@SeaOfVomit SOR3's soundtrack is garbage. FM synthesis was meant to sound as realistic as possible by mimicking real musical instruments, thats why Jewel Master sounds so freakin' good because it sounds like a real metal band doing symphonic rock, much like Night Wish. SOR3 does a poor job at recreating already existing techno, trance music. It amazes me how they used an automated system to produce alot of the ost, my 2 year old daughter could compose better music than that. To be fair though it was Motohiro Kawashima that composed all the bad music in the game, Yuzo Koshiro was more into the production side of it.

[@SeaOfVomit]

@@Oysterblade84 Nah, completely disagree, but you're entitled to your opinion. SoR3 music is brilliant and has the better OST, but Jewel Master's titled track in particular is better than anything than on the former, I'll give you that...but one man's paradise is another man's hell I suppose. As Nightwish's music makes my ears bleed personally lol. Have a good day.

[@BladeShadowWing]

This game is ridiculously fun. Swapping the rings for different effects is so cool too. I can't believe that this is the same person who composed the Shining Force soundtracks. Both are so different from each other that it doesn't sound like the same person.

[@BladeShadowWing]

@Benjamin Owuye Jagun I meant more so the style of music. The Shining series is more orchestral while this is more "rock", for lack of a better term.

[@Al3ssis]

Nostalgie !

[@TheShinbe]

fuck men, i cant, this soundtrack its glorious

[@wholewurld]

Off to a good start! damn

[@joejoe3011]

That first level music is one of my faves. And I love how the titles are blatant ripoffs of the band Yes. "Close to the Edge", "The Gate of Delirium", "To Be Over"

[@rogerc6533]

Tons of prog rock references all round; I wish the ost resembled its namesakes more!

[@vertiphon1552]

Vertiphon Soundtrack Remaster: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnXdo4Kij5d3kJI

[@TheShinbe]

ahahaha fucking great job>!! i love so much this game.

[@vifo304]

i remember this crap like it was yesterday

[@lovewant82love80]

nice

[@tasthearchivist]

[@CC-hl9oc]

1:46

[@ishkiodo]

This shit slaps!

[@tusheschannel]

The first level theme is a truly amazing piece of game music, but sadly I think they totally lose it around 2:20 and it meanders all over the place - they should have tried to bring it back round to the beginning, it would have felt a lot tighter

[@DragoonEnRegalia]

Eh, it's a pretty memorable soundtrack. Some tracks feel more like random demos Takenouchi composed before he got assigned to this game, but they're all trying something new and unique. He always had the knack. Starting with Landstalker his melodies improved, the prog rock influence blended in better, &c.

[@Epicon8]

tusheschannel It’s a lot better the way it is recorded.