Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Soundtrack - Dark Groove

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 by Orange Games and Epic Games, music by Alexander Brandon.

[@2991Emmy]

I just love how songs from a game from the 90's has more soul and feeling to it than todays top hits.

[@diamondplayz2208]

lol yes

[@ibrahimwingo9558]

A E S T H A T I C

[@dimitar6518]

facts

[@wiseguy5558]

These were from age of quality

[@jonsense4937]

This is synthwave music right?

[@moamenmoataz6135]

After 15 years, I still listen to this while driving back home, it's just amazing

[@androidpie1951]

yes epic

[@Salmasalma-tq8lf]

You are a legend

[@jaimdiojtar]

now after 20 years!

[@Torgrimm8]

You are not alone

[@tails183]

How about after 20?

[@ned8896]

This is the kind of song that you would listen to when you drive on a straight-forward long road for hours. It's just so calming and isolating at the same time. One of my favorites.

[@AJCrowley4004]

Yes, it is the song one listens to and time just passes by untouched.

[@crylune]

Listen to this while playing Desert Bus.

[@Happytreefriendsfan3]

This is amongst my favorite Jazz 2 songs nowadays, even though I didn't think much of it when I was younger (at that time my favorite was Tubelectric).

[@sausage6984]

The music is so complicated in variation looking at the music files. The volume changes for each instrument. The amount of work which went into the music was insane.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Welcome to Alexander Brandon. He doesn't do things halfway.

[@vir2plus]

delay and reverb effects kind of seem like lazy by comparison

[@vir2plus]

(unless they're being automated with hand drawn values / curves)

[@CoralCopperHead]

@@vir2plus So, delay and reverb seems lazy... unless it was automated. *yea that makes sense*

[@vir2plus]

@@CoralCopperHead well, think about it. a novice would just slap an effect on something. Maybe you're misunderstanding what i mean by "automation". I mean drawing the values for those things on the timeline. (that's called "automation", because it doesn't have to be a performance every time the music plays, because it's been done and saved.)

[@georgemccartney8906]

I just realised how crazy it is that in one part of the game there's a funky and exciting level where you frolic through a carrot garden, another where you traverse an Alice In Wonderland level, but eventually in the same game it turns into this brooding hell-scape level. Just that variety is insane when you really think about it

[@wiseguy5558]

also ghost town theme, and frozen hell, and so much more. 'Mr. Brandon poured into his work so much live and passion! :)

[@mindegrade3403]

I guess it depicts the journey the rabbits experience. In JJ1 each level was an individual planet.

[@Hlomika]

The part between 1:20 - 2:00 always makes me get goosebumps

[@malteb.4494]

anywhereiroam same! And it reminds me so much of "Wie die Sichel vum Mond" by the German band Bap (yeah I'm German haha) I always loved and still love that part too!

[@xSpooKee]

@@malteb.4494 sacred serenity by the band Death sounds a lot like the part at 1:20. This game is a gem 💎

[@TommyEfreeti]

just keep playing this to get you through anything and everything else

[@altaymazlum8842]

Tommy Efreeti This one is magical. I love to trip out to this one.

[@bluebeetle8997]

This and "hell freezes over" are the catchiest and the most nostalgic themes of this game

[@TurboMMaster]

I think they all are great in their own way.

[@vir2plus]

i really wish the universe become more developed, like sonic. it just seems like a better version of sonic

[@AnkokunoTsubasa]

Coolest level in the game AND coolest music theme along Medieval Jam. The nightmarish crimson background is a genius design choice. Goes to show that you don't need dumb jump scares to make a game scary, all you need is the right colours and designs with some good unnerving music on top. The monster trees in the Hell levels are way cool, I wonder if they're a reference to Dante's Inferno (the original work, not the game). Just a really cool level that screams 90s in the best way. Too bad it's so short and easy, especially for a third-to-last level.

[@Apemopo]

rofl you got scared by fuckin' jack jazzrabbit

[@AnkokunoTsubasa]

@RATTLE ME SPOONS Wow I can't believe I never saw your reply. There is "Hell Freezes Over", this one and then two "Jazz be Dammed". They're not as charming as this one though, IMO. And again too easy.

[@TBC2304]

@@AnkokunoTsubasa Same sentiments. This track has just the right beat and melody to give that looming feeling that something terrible is up ahead. Too bad Jazz Be Damned is too jammed up to be a good continuation of it. Also the clean-cut skull gates on the background are nowhere near as disturbing as the veiny crimson wall of flesh, not to mention they don't even make sense as you can see the end on the other side of each gate. Overall the game was pretty easy mainly because of the characters' superior agility (which also made the game so much fun to play), once you master their speed pretty much nothing can touch you. Only exception is perhaps the Devil from the Xmas levels, and only if you fight him properly. The blaster is also far too OP for a basic weapon once you max it out.

[@lukegamerzw]

Probably by Human Centipede.

[@Tchernobog]

dear neighbors, as much as I appreciate you blasting the generic hiphop the past couple of days, I think it is now my turn

[@zacharydetrick7428]

you tell them

[@DinnerForkTongue]

MAX VOLUME or no deal.

[@chinossynthesizer705]

Lol

[@dragonieprayer]

when i was 12 i already thought it was beautiful.... now i am 26, and i still think its beautiful to hear =)

[@LazlaTheFallen]

almost a decade later, i wish this reminder brings you joy

[@mrsgamer9218]

@@LazlaTheFallen it still does :)

[@sausage6984]

Awwweeeee, I'm 40

[@DinnerForkTongue]

If anything, the years made it sound _more_ beautiful.

[@Vorteksio3]

Now you are 37

[@Meibu1]

Always when I drive on a long lone road with the sun setting on a warm day I automatically want to listen to this song, it just seems like it fits perfectly with the scenery..

[@AJCrowley4004]

Something like that? www.blastwave-comic.com/index.php?p=comic&nro=9

[@InfiniteSky2020]

lol

[@voldy3565]

That's awfully specific.

[@Supervergil1]

@@voldy3565 yet accurate

[@XenoBearZ]

These were the days....

[@Jeansowaty]

This reminds me a lot of Deus Ex. And I perfectly know why.

[@paulvarus859]

Same composer Alexander Brandon :) he also composed Unreal ost. A legendary musician.

[@theocyberskunk4815]

Jazz: "My gun is augmented" Spazz: "I wanted carrot! It gave me lemon-lime!"

[@xanious3759]

This is the most unreal 1esque song in the soundtrack.

[@AssumptionEmpty]

+Xanious Also, Deus Ex. :) Reminds me a bit of NYC Streets

[@taleleny5999]

+diamondedge New York? This is weird, I always thought that too, I thought I was the only one. Plus I get vibes of a Slash looking character a bit fatter with small round glasses (sort of like Gabe Newell but almost balding). In the afternoon, orange light, walking through the empty streets. In a black jacket thinking why are there no decent people around? He has no one to talk to. But I think that's just me.

[@xanious3759]

I personally associate the song with desert/mountain/decaying type settings more than NYC. Has that sort of somber lost kinda sound to it, but you're pushing onward anyways.

[@mikiristic115]

@@taleleny5999 What a beautiful imagination.

[@taleleny5999]

@Miki Ristic As an artist I could make a short cartoon with a scene like this and a JJR bootleg poster on some brick wall buildings with a similar tune. And I'll call it Cold Pizza.

[@2009szabicica]

The graphics are very good in my opinion , the game was made in 1998

[@Squiesch]

I think this is even better than Medieval Jam and the original Tubelectric

[@ashrasmun1]

Squiesch nothing can beat tubelectric's remix though

[@williamquantrill9076]

Squiesch idk for me the nest are jazz be damned and medieval jam

[@starparik]

burbon ­ Then checkout the Darkgroove remix, it’ll blow you away for sure.

[@ASSTerriXX]

remeber times, when game scores where so cool long? awesome tune

[@kotence]

am i the only one whom this song reminds me a bit of the Twin Peaks theme? i love both songs for similar reasons. alexander brandon is an absolute genius and one of my all-time favorite composers.

[@ejenplitobarces]

Yessss I knew I wasn't the only one who felt that!!

[@2009szabicica]

All the jazz 2 song , especially this one , are such good ,well made song , rare you see something like this. Bring jazz back

[@Richter451]

This brings me back to the time when I was like 8 or 9, playing it while my brother was watching, and being scared of the bosses and asked him to do it, and after like 13 or so years I still think this is Alexander's best work, even if Deus ex and Unreal had really memorable and great tracks.

[@djspesh82]

Years ago, I saved the levels so I could listen to the tracks. Best music ever :-)

[@User_yt842]

2021 🙏

[@fullzx92]

I need a 3ds (or Wii U) version of this game!

[@irbkhun]

So UNREAListic.

[@MashMash]

Soo an Epic GAME(s)

[@telavasir8765]

This one has always been my favorite track from the entire game.

[@youssefghemrawi6929]

Aaaaahhhh........those memories

[@Milan23_]

Woooow, those were the days! earlys 2000s best times

[@chitan1362]

My good the plucky bass is just so good

[@PALGAMER630]

this level completely scared me when I first played JJ2,I never expected hell in a jazz game...

[@SuperDENIST]

I don't think I was more addicted to a game as much as this one...10 years ago, when i finally got the CD from a friend, i saved it in a special place in my computer so, when i don't play the game, i would just listen to this amazing themes. And now, as a musician, when i listen this tracks from JJ2 (and from other games) i realize how well they were made and what a huge joy and pleasure is to listen to them. They might not sound natural, but they were made with love. And i'm still a happy kid!

[@SuperDENIST]

i still own the game (after 10 years of continuous playing) and i still play it every night cuz it brings me all of those memories.

[@C8G4C3]

It gives me the same vibe of relief just like the hotline miami 1 ending. Damn good games

[@JackB_Music]

The start of this reminds me of the Mombasa suite from Halo 2! So good

[@Renegade666]

Brandon is a master of tracker music, Im glad he stuck with it to the bitter end, UT couldve easily used MP3s but no he used a great underated format!

[@yg1665]

I usually don't care much for fire themed levels but DAMN this soundtrack was good.

[@treeckosama]

Hands down my favorite track in the game.

[@sausage6984]

Stunning music. Two of the only games I ever purchased are jazz jackrabbit 2 and quake 2. Both excellent music

[@VelociraptorCookies]

Jazz 2 was great, but it was simply too short! MY gripe is more that modern games don't usually have as awesome a soundtrack.

[@Fotel]

yea, gameplay was a weak point in JJ2... design, graphic and music is what the JJ is about

[@Aeduo]

@@Fotel I wouldn't even necessarily say the gameplay was bad but yeah it seemed like the most rushed and underdeveloped part of the project. Even worse is it could've been made super hard within the same constraints of its engine and would've just been unpleasant. Like so many british/european platformers from around the same time where everything was poured in to technical impressiveness but they were frequently just awful to play and ultimately very "small" games with few levels/little content.

[@deexero]

I rmbr playing this with my bro in the late 90s. I still come back to it when its Fall szn every yr

[@TheFirstGun]

This brings up memories ^^

[@Silencerof]

2:05 to 2:25 one of my fav parts...

[@ArchRevival]

Incredible.

[@Planetdune]

Sounds very Unreal, can definitely imagine some outdoor level using this.

[@anirudhviswanathan3986]

Cant help but feel this song was inspired by Dream Theater's song 'A Change of Seasons'.

[@LazlaTheFallen]

I can hear deus ex :D

[@brannanz]

same :D

[@Ozymandias2x]

Same.

[@AdrianSmithRocks]

Good old days. My chilhood :)

[@Baa285]

scariest fucking map

[@scunts]

It's hella scary

[@thedoominator]

Doom 2 mega wad called 'Epic 2' uses this track in map 19 called 'Escape'.

[@KraziShadowbear]

+Soldier993 Thx!!

[@bowserknight]

+Soldier993 yess exactly! I just heard this music again in a Smash Bros. video and had to look it up, ever since I've heard it in that map of Epic 2 I wondered where it comes from.

[@kirovnoir2256]

Yeah, I thought it was from Blade Runner when I heard it first :D This track would fit some cyberpunk shooter rather better than old platformer.

[@thedoominator]

Well, Deus Ex has the same composer and that is a cyberpunk shooter...or sneaker, which ever approach you choose.

[@kirovnoir2256]

Yeah, I played Deus Ex - I guess this music would be good for that part where we are escaping from MJ12 Lab.

[@GamePlayer596]

Well duh, that's because back then these companies were not well known and weren't well advertised, they poured their heart and soul into these games to put out the best they could so that every customer was hooked immediately. Nowadays there's such a large audience for music that they don't have to be good to make money..

[@km6543]

It's very similar to "Surfacing" from Unreal. XD

[@meridianvoyager5627]

Did anyone ever just put a ton of respawning skeletons in the level maker and drop TNT everywhere?

[@klemondo]

Old but Gold

[@gustavoquevedo3140]

Obra maestra

[@danilamikryukov428]

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 song just has no right to slap that hard. It's just a miracle what Alexander Brandon & Robert Allen were able to do with those synths and create such a dense atmosphere in a game about crazy rabbits shooting guns

[@crylune]

0:19 - 0:40 My fav part

[@JamiselMojsiuk]

This song is amazing 😍🖒

[@undoneonion90]

...how did my younger self not get creeped out by that tree?

[@JamesOfTheYear]

So Deus Ex

[@flystraight7994]

2020 💔

[@vadimvadosov8281]

Very similar to music from Unreal and Deus Ex.

[@Wasmachineman]

Same artist.

[@marian66666666]

Absolutely brilliant music like in Unreal. Brandon is great, possibly the greatest in the world of soundtracks : ]

[@Chaarad]

I would think it's this particular song (with a few more) that has kept me playing this game for around 13 years ^^ I still don't tire when I play it, I only hate the bloody fly/mosqitoe/thingies w/e >_>

[@likeabossisaboss5908]

this lvl sometimes gave me nightmares when i was little,but the music is nice

[@TheTLATER]

I rather think it was the way the games looked... The graphics aren't as awesome as they are today, so they could not get anybody to play their games if they had crappy music. This music motivates you to play, that's why I think it's so perfect.

[@-_.me._-]

2024? The best chill

[@lucasmateus7701]

Strong Ocean Lab vibes

[@dark_lunatic]

Slaughterfest 2012 brought me here.

[@thegreendog]

Spazz>Jazz

[@tamerelapute5256]

+TheGreenDog s world nerf double jump pls

[@sjoerdjonker6372]

Facts

[@SigmaRho2922]

Epic 2 map 19...

[@dipidulor]

@megatokiorio imho Unreal, Deus Ex and JJ2 sound very similar. and i guess its not just the composer. But they all use similar/same sound engine.

[@landisfred]

Oh, I didn't realize it was made by the same composer, and I didn't mean to reiterate what you said. Thanks 4 the info!

[@RevolverLochness]

This song sounds similar to Doctrine Dark's theme song on Street Fighter Ex 3 Plus.

[@maraureylian]

My favourite...

[@Pakkens_Backyard]

Big Beat

[@semvision]

@megatokiorio Same composer. Also did Deus Ex.

[@bowserknight]

is this game worth playing? the soundtrack is amazing!

[@idrdhan270]

+OneDoomedAngelo are you kidding O.o !!! of course it does ;)

[@TehCyxion]

+IDR Dhan Your comment is a mess.

[@idrdhan270]

TehCyxion what do u mean :/

[@VoimalaOrg]

+IDR Dhan I think he means that you should have said "of course it is" instead of "of course it does", which is grammatically incorrect.

[@idrdhan270]

JarzkaCodes thnx for the info :)

[@Dominator150395]

Alexander Brandon has always had a very recognizable signature, but this one song gives me particularly strong Deus Ex vibes. If you'd told me this was an unused song that was supposed to play in Hell's Kitchen, I would totally believe you.

[@ImperatorGrausam]

This music reminds me of a lot of 4mat's work.

[@omar_abd_elnaser880]

2:00 my favorite part

[@Roball-hm2kk]

jazz

[@PureInsanity]

Who remembers the 1up above the statues hand?

[@carlosefraincondehaya1290]

1:20 Así lo recordaba

[@ScrewFearMe]

This and a few other tracks from JJ2 sound very much alike the songs from Unreal Tournament '99 and I love it, both incredibly good games.

[@FloosWorld_AoE]

Makes sense when they share the same composer :D It's a common theme within Alexander Brandon's tracks

[@moozooh]

@dipidulor That sound engine is called tracker music. As far as I know Brandon did these soundtracks in ScreamTracker and ImpulseTracker.

[@cranberryfgc2325]

never played this game but heard the song in slaughterfest 2012 its so good

[@DinnerForkTongue]

It's in Epic 2, SF2012 and Good Morning Phobos.

[@figure32a]

Capybara map 3

[@olivius8891]

Sounds very much like Deus Ex. Reminds me of a mix between New York City and the later California levels.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

It should. They're from the same composer.

[@olivius8891]

@@DinnerForkTongue Of course. Alexander Brandon.

[@user-dq7mi6lx5d]

NYC 2 ^^

[@mailsprower1]

...it would be really awesome if epic made a remake of Jazz in HD for consoles or just port it to iOS! I always dreamt of playing this on iPhone...

[@anunnacy]

HD remaster for consoles would be awesome indeed!

[@eviljoel]

Oh, if only Human Revolution had music at least half as catchy and atmospheric as the first Deus Ex soundtrack.

[@paulvarus859]

True that's why none of DX sequels will be as legendary as the original

[@olivius8891]

@@paulvarus859 Facts

[@tinotormed]

Also on Doom II Slaughterfest 2012 Map01

[@vatsalmamgain5069]

Amen bro. Great start to one of my fav WADS :)

[@DinnerForkTongue]

And Epic 2 map 19. And Good Morning Phobos map 08.

[@K.J.S.est1994]

Kinda reminds me of Nine Inch Nails for some reason

[@spartanoftheapex]

Anyone else think the way the skeletons in this game walk is a little weird/creepy?

[@MMM-wi1mm]

Unfortunate days so recently on Aug & Sept which I cry so much for my health, Damn it ! Never Become Again.... ** Watch out 'cause Mr. Muart always* Rules !! MUART ÖZBAKIR 1 ay önce ** ExcéLLént !! Marvellous, Splendid, Exciting & Amazing :) MUART ÖZBAKIR 1 ay önce As this kinda remix was indeed mine, I was the real Runthar by saying my glorious words, I'm undefeatable It's always impossible to win, I've never been defeated, Mr. Muart and All My Best :) MUART ÖZBAKIR 1 ay önce ** I was The Master Clan Leader in Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and No one couldn't / would'nt have the chance beating me ; I was always the first because first of all I'm American, Canadian, Lithuanian, Danish origined half-blooded respectful and elite individual of all times = Hall of Fame Star of All Times !! 1st , The Best, PopMuart and so on.. MUART ÖZBAKIR 1 ay önce UPCOMING CLOSE(LY) < BEFORE OCT 2018 > 02-03.10.2018 Öne çıkan yanıt OSC 19 saat önce Great :) 1 hafta önce Haha! Ok, cheers. 1

[@rubrown1397]

Epic games, Epic music. 😆 😉

[@human260]

Man this track has some deus ex vibe to it, i like it!

[@XxArkhamxAsylumxX]

yep. cuz Alex was a beast composer.

[@stanislavlipa3338]

Best game ever

[@ww2529]

I AM MUARTLORD THE KING OF DARK GROOVE IN MY EARLY TEENAGEHOOD

[@diamondplayz2208]

AMAZING