Nes: Batman Return of the Joker Soundtrack

[@Escape2Paradox]

Stage 1 is the music I hear when I think of Batman. No matter how dark, brooding, and psychological they make him now, nothing beats the Batman this music represents: an unstoppable badass marching though a horde of thugs and feeding them their own teeth.

[@barnun4925]

🔥

[@Psychokyuubi666]

Still does that 😃

[@zhorax]

For me this is the pinnacle of what the NES was capable of and the sound tracks sunsoft managed to squeeze out of that audio chip are absolutely amazing. My personal favorite is definitely stage 1 at 01:33

[@karasushiro2636]

to me its journey to sillius and this one here equally. Sunsoft had the best tunes ! link to journey to silius ost : kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3Sxe6iui5p4gMk

[@CytronicsGamer]

I grew up with the Famicom and till this day I still feel that the Stage 1 tune is the best NES track ever released. 02:30 is better than sex

[@masterorion812]

2:04

[@novostranger]

@@CytronicsGamer woah

[@ubiased23]

Stage 3 music gets to me every time. How can someone produce such an amazing tunes despite the consoles limited capacity?

[@soundspark]

While the console only has a capacity of 32K of PRG-ROM and 8K of CHR-ROM, mappers can increase the capacity; in this case the game has a FME-7 with 256K of PRG-ROM and 128K of CHR-ROM. The music runs on a subroutine during V-blank where the audio registers are updated. There's plenty of PRG-ROM space for the tracks including the DPCM bass.

[@Thee.Mighty]

cant get enough of stage 1 music...

[@elcapitanogoku]

ME TOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@danmakuman]

Nobody can

[@vanshruhela7337]

@@elcapitanogoku hello!

[@woofwoof7127]

+

[@Wasilevs82]

Ending too

[@KristopherFields05]

I have been playing this almost nonstop for two days. I can't get over how thunderous that bass is. I've always loved this soundtrack, but I'm just now appreciating it.

[@stradaguillermo]

This kicks massive asses because the bass is sampled and the "drums" (bass drum and snare) are emulated with the triangle wave (lowest frequencies) of the NES, ussually they used the low freq to do bass, and sample some snare or other drums, here is reversed. PD: the "hi-hat" is emulated with the noise audio channel of the NES, as always is.

[@dondrickmoore9738]

This was my favorite Batman game on Nintendo. the soundtrack was awesome. I actually listen to it in my car. High adrenaline music.

[@atomickid]

Dude I do the same!

[@nightwing7203]

I legitimately can’t stop listening to stage 1-6… I started listening 28 years ago 🤘

[@IzunaGaiden]

So much personality and identity to the game in its soundtrack. This is just LOVE.

[@angryapplecart]

composed by Naoki Kodaka \m/

[@retrosven8928]

By professor genius Naoki kodaka you mean 😁

[@cmabukszpanowa1046]

*hitomi tanaka

[@barnun4925]

Legend

[@noelrivera4695]

Sunsoft games had the best NES osts.

[@RAVETOR]

true

[@RaposaCadela]

Sunsoft & The games composed by the Follin brothers

[@jeremym9011]

I agree. If only they made a LOT MORE LICENSED GAMES on the NES and SNES, along with Sunsoft.

[@desktorp]

@@RaposaCadela Follin is overrated.. you guys just like to circlejerk on namedrops

[@funnyman2097]

@@desktorp Nope

[@michaelbenavente9114]

Para quitarse el sombrero. De lo mejor en NES.

[@jorgemartinbalestretti]

Que juegazo, cuánta nostalgia.

[@robbiezampini-is3en]

0:01: Title Theme 12:20: Boss Incoming 12:23: Boss Battle 13:14: Boss Defeated 13:19: Ending 15:13: Danger Theme 15:07: Game Over

[@UltraSiulDeluxe]

Por algo me encanta los Soundtracks de los juegos de Sunsoft del NES y este es uno de mis favoritos 🎧🎶

[@jorgemartinbalestretti]

​@alexmartz1194yo lo jugaba con mi padre y mí tío que ya no están en este mundo. Se me cae un lagrimón al escuchar esta música.

[@guidoretro]

4:06 the bass is sooo nastyyy

[@SpongeMagic]

This game is called "Dynamite Batman" in Japan. That title just takes any sort of seriousness away from the game. But it's still a badass soundtrack.

[@ezcompane]

Damn. This gets me right in the feels. One of the best game soundtracks ever.

[@ButteredToast32]

DAT SUNSOFT BASS ^_^

[@SDRockman]

Dat bass, is the best bass, in da FUCKING world. Can't get enough, of that wonderful Trump.

[@abhishekghosh2087]

Nes games could not have had a better bass line than Sunsoft games. Totally killing it in full volume!!!

[@InazumaStudios1]

Hell Yeah!

[@eugenereebok9487]

BASSMAN🎸🎧

[@SamuraiTacos1]

indeed i miss sunsoft

[@TheeCobra]

Stage 7's theme gives me goosebumps every single time. This game had the most epic soundtrack for its time. Nothing else topped it.

[@mrmr3963]

It almost reminds me of a Rush song lol. Really technical and has a crazy tempo. Great track!

[@snoopahmakiq8418]

This is the best batman for me.

[@UnpaBGD]

This is the max out of 8bit music Ive ever seen in a game, glad I had a chance to play this game

[@Flamestar320]

Batman: Return of The Joker Soundtrack Timestamps 1. Opening/Main Theme 0:01 2. Demo BGM 0:29 3. Gotham In Danger 1:33 4. Demo 4:06 5. High Above and Deep Below 4:46 6. Urgent Situation 6:37 7. Dangerous Ways 8:02 8. Snowy Night 9:13 9. Decisive Fight 11:01 10. Vs. Boss 12:20 11. Boss: Joker's Minion 12:23 12. Stage Clear 13:14 13. Ending 13:19 14. Game Over 15:07 15. Unused 15:13

[@retrosven3767]

Gotham in Danger best music I love it that bass is incredible 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@Flamestar320]

@@retrosven3767 It makes me forget that this was on the NES sometimes.

[@retrosven3767]

@@Flamestar320 😁😁😁😁😁 ok

[@retrosven8928]

@@Flamestar320 it is on nes or very good nes game with music from sunsoft and the programming people thank God for this masterpiece

[@Flamestar320]

@@retrosven8928 I know it is from the NES.

[@MetalJody1990]

4:06 That's the most metal track I've ever heard from an NES game \m/ Think I'll make a medley someday...

[@gregderp]

dude. heavy as hell

[@joeriginal]

You should listen to Target Renegade from NES too.

[@11atlas]

Uno de los mejores soundtracks para nes.

[@jorgemartinbalestretti]

Y un juegazo

[@leabrooks7758]

Best soundtrack 1:33 ever

[@Vitaliy_zl]

masterpiece

[@CPS42069]

Don't forget 9:13

[@TyBardy]

goes so hard

[@allegend]

Best ost the all game is this 8:02

[@novostranger]

Imagine buying this new in 1991 and hearing all of this

[@rakabosh]

that was me! born in 85’, great times. got it for my birthday.

[@matiasgiunta9]

finally 20 years later i can understand why this OST surprised me as hell, Sunsoft FME-7 chip . I couldn't undertstand all these years how they made this music in that age, really it's amazing the power of this chip.

[@jorgemartinbalestretti]

Cuanta nostalgia, se me pianta un lagrimón. Este juego lo viciaba con mi papá y mi tío que ya no estan en este mundo 😢

[@bishraddas5413]

This is real genius. With so little tunes, they made this wonderful music. Stage 1 is the best.

[@BATTIS94]

Stage 1 is amazing. But damn! the Ending song is a fucking banger! Listen to that bass!

[@cristianbrasca]

13:41 incredible song🙌

[@marcelopine7042]

08:02 / Stage 3 ~Dangerous Ways~ Que som louco, que nostalgia senti ao ouvi-la! lembrei da minha infância.

[@adamkrasneski3679]

Oooooh, this is such a dirty mix for an nes game. Love it.

[@RaposaCadela]

Not as hard as the AVGN made it out to be, but not easy by any meanings. All required is patience, and you've got yourself a great game

[@priscillaasagiri4913]

Speak for yourself (and the other 8 likes). I ragequit at the last stage. I went back to the videostore frustrated.

[@richyroa]

@@priscillaasagiri4913 It's possible to time the "dynamite batman" collectibles and become invincible in that dreaded corridor with the spikes. So that stage it's not really that hard. I would argue that The real BRUTAL one is stage 3-1, the true ragequitter. It spoils the fun you had in the previously "easy" level and even if you know the layout...it is next to impossible to avoid damage with that flawed jump that batman has. The spike ceiling is just...oof. Still, very beatable when you learn it. Same with contra, castlevania, megaman, and even ninja gaiden.

[@priscillaasagiri4913]

@@richyroa Stage 3 was ok for me. Contra is hard but note very hard. i had Contra 1, Castlevania 1 and Megaman 1 and i finished them. The hardest part in Contra 1 is the boss before the waterfall. the rest is ok. Megaman 1 the yellow (or orange) boss is the hardest but the rest is ok too. Castlevania the death corridor is the worst part but the rest is ok. And i never finished ninja Gaiden (1,2,3).

[@richyroa]

@@priscillaasagiri4913 let's agree to disagree then, lol. That's why it was so fun to play these games with a "co-pilot", right? Sometimes people have completely different ways for hard sections and two people's perception of hard can be totally different. For example, contra's Waterfall boss was and still is very easy for me but I still struggle with the laser stage (like trying a no death run). Megaman 1 is not as hard as people say and I agree. Just like 2 it can be completed in one sitting... with enough practice. The yellow devil is bs though ( I'm not ashamed to abuse the pause glitch once I discovered it). Same with the boobeam trap in 2. Great games and great times. Like those games, we are becoming "classic" in age...haha.

[@priscillaasagiri4913]

@@richyroa Well we can agree that we had lots of fun playing those games!

[@ProfRenderer]

Best soundtrack of any game ever. Fun fact for the kids, the US prototype of Mr. Gimmick used the same sound chip for Batman: Return of the Joker: the Sunsoft 5B chip, which is essentially a modded version of the same chip used on ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, and select arcade games. Because of this, it's possible to convert Batman: Return of the Joker to Mr. Gimmick by swapping the code on the PRG and CHR chips.

[@ProfRenderer]

Ah, I see. Thanks for the correction.

[@conzpiracy9382]

+HeroSteve6070 It was actually one of the few that utilized the NES to its full potential.

[@ProfRenderer]

Josh Persell Interesting! I didn't know that!

[@vuurniacsquarewave5091]

+HeroSteve6070 This version of the mapper is called FME-7, but for all it's worth, it is the same thing as the 5B, only without the extra audio.

[@ProfRenderer]

I'm actually aware of the FME-7. The 5B is essentially an FME-7, with the extra sound track like you mentioned.

[@Ri3mannZeta]

1:49 THE BAT DANCE

[@richardmatheson5693]

Batusi time

[@spot_of_tea53]

Nice

[@GungKrisna12]

Fun Fact: The game utilizes Sunsoft's FME-7 mapper chip; it has the distinction of being the only licensed North American NES release to have a third party mapper chip, which was common on Famicom cartridges, but normally never used on international releases

[@PedroTrindade]

the two Batman's games by Sunsoft to nes have amazing tunes!

[@thenightmare2495]

This sound track is 100% S tier in nes ost's

[@koramdeo7351]

This is the best version of the OST among NES Batman games.

[@retrosven8928]

Amen 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Mitsuraga]

I love that the original title is "Batman: Dynamite Batman".

[@lewnarwar]

1:33 I heard it for the first time in 1995 ... Great memories.

[@mathewrahmes3706]

still amazing

[@JericoVildoza]

Man, it was only last year I had downloaded the Batman LOTDK torrent and read them all. Hearing this soundtrack reminded me enough to share this with the lot of you-

[@whitedragon3560]

00:01 / Открытие ~ Основная тема ~ 00:29 / Демо БГМ 01:33 / Этапы 1 и 6 ~ Готэм в опасности ~ 04:06 / Демо 04:46 / Этапы 2-1 и 5-1 ~ высоко вверху и глубоко внизу ~ 06:37 / Этапы 2-2 и 5-2 ~ Срочная ситуация ~ 08:02 / Стадия 3 ~ Опасные пути ~ 09:13 / Этап 4 ~ Снежная ночь ~ 11:01 / Этап 7 ~ Решающий бой ~ 12:20 / VS Босс 12:23 / Босс ~ Миньоны Джокера ~ 13:14 / Стадия очистки 13:19 / Окончание 15:07 / Игра окончена 15:13 / Не используется,

[@woofwoof7127]

+

[@lewiscal537]

13:41 Memories! Excellent!

[@dtcharo]

Just looked at the katakana and just now realized that this game is called Dynamite Batman in Japan. Pretty crazy.

[@cormanosnake101]

BEST OST EVER. ON NES.

[@juanmanco3447]

No se imaginan el tiempo que anduve buscando esto.... :)

[@erikknouse1195]

Its like Sunsoft had the ability to make the song actually have a drum kit. Like in Stage 1 it has drum fills in it and everything.

[@mathewrahmes3706]

dude this is freakin awesome!

[@Phantom.Gaming64]

Judging how the Unused track plays, I feel like this was meant to be final stage music or potentially a abandoned prologue music before game begins.

[@pixelcrunch300]

It almost sounds like Sunsoft had a second soundchip inside the cartridge from the Bass and DPCM alone! (For me, it's most similar to the Famicom Disk Drive's Wavetable channel)

[@gabrielbejarano6900]

1:33 pieza maestra :')

[@Thee.Mighty]

Totally agree

[@TheCodedtestament]

The best track is the opening level, Gotham City.

[@kamranki]

Dangerous Ways 8:02 shows how a bass guitar should sound on NES. Listen to this whole track.

[@damianciencuenta7079]

terribleeee!!!! lo mejor de lo mejor

[@WednesdayMan]

some good old SUNSOFT music. I just want to look to my left in rhythm to the music as If I'm doing the bat dance.

[@optiorespb]

12:20 - when you're late for school/work ^^

[@dmcmusiclover2995]

12:23 Rushing to school/work

[@octanetf]

8:02 And I've remembered how I wanted to smash my console.

[@mathewrahmes3706]

ahh this is amazing

[@steamsound3592]

one of the best soundtrack in nes

[@retrosven8928]

This with gremlins 2 on nes is the best music

[@darkaaron2000]

Stage 1 song is LEGENDARY

[@marioparra6343]

Such a great game! I could dance these songs in a disco! Funkyyyy.

[@MithridatesVI-Evpator_Pontus_]

Class content!))

[@universalcadia64]

For those who knows, you knows. At 00:29 : "With that said, Seattle, congratulations! You get to be fucking destroyed by San Francisco next week. Considering that everyone expected them to be tank bowl contenders this season, they'll embrace that outcome and then some. They did the impossible and made it to the dance. House money baby, it's a hell of a dr-ug!"

[@javelin6831]

Would love to see a Nintendocore band cover some of these tracks. This soundtrack kicks ass!

[@yarunibun]

12:23 music to losing and searching for your keys

[@tseriesisadisease3090]

The boss theme just doesn’t feel complete without that lightning sound effect at the beginning

[@DAEGUKJW]

12:23 Best Theme! :D

[@eugenereebok9487]

Very nice and professional music

[@Athanael777]

Killer Bass

[@TheSUPREMEWAR]

Damn back in kindergarten when I use to come home from school & play this

[@mathewrahmes3706]

i sense kodaka and badassness .. this might be separate influence ... let me investigate...

[@8BitDanooct1]

hell yeah

[@akasektor]

1:33 best of the best

[@retrosven3767]

Yep or the bass is incredible I love it 😍😍😍😍😍

[@huldu]

It really makes you respect their skill back then. When you have so many limitations and they just pushed the hardware to the limit.

[@skfernandoa2963]

08:02 excelente *.*

[@B1az1ngSuN]

Try 1:33 at 1.25 speed

[@Sneep29]

Awww hell yeah. This soundtrack is the fuckin' bomb! : )

[@momihog]

ＢＡＴＭＡＮ ﾀﾞｲﾅﾏｲﾄ ﾊﾞｯﾄﾏﾝ

[@Thee.Mighty]

Need cool trance remix on stage 1 tune

[@monserratdiaz2365]

MAS de un estadio, $90,000,000. En peso en peso.

[@thatbeefman8042]

12:20 crash man stage

[@ParodyAccount_]

I like the Demo BGM the most lol

[@joeriginal]

11:00 Best ever

[@lgpugh35]

I prefer this over the genesis versions

[@ggary04]

Dangerous ways 😍

[@michelvanderlinden8363]

GOD I miss Sunsoft games [edit] why does 11:04, Stage 7, reminds me of MIssion Impossible (NES) so much?

[@whitedragon3560]

And Metal Gear Snake Revenge

[@retrosven8928]

@@whitedragon3560 and Gremlins 2 on nes 😋😋😋😋😋

[@dagliks4819]

Мега супер круто

[@SamuraiTacos1]

Rip sunsoft make dope games again and music

[@classygentleman8463]

1:33

[@dmkh4129]

3:14 amazing

[@SamuraiTacos1]

dope sunsoft bass rip sunsoft

[@Numinor31]

loved this game. compared to its predecessor: better music, better atmosphere, bigger batman (:D!), cooler visual fx, bit better gameplay, easier tho.

[@sudacagamer]

haha all your points highly arguable

[@Numinor31]

@@sudacagamer the bigger batman is just a fact. The rest: my opinion. Any opinion is arguable lah

[@multimeter2859]

Sunsoft>LJN

[@NickbassMusic]

my best game

[@trollinrollin9546]

stages one - 🖒🖒🖒

[@boopiloopi]

danny elfman up in the day :D. no really ;).. scandinavian or scandinavian elf alien god decendant :)? if elves makes thor, odin & the others look a bit different than they´ve been depicted so far. not so viking muscular. love old games :). think elfman´d play this music at the hollywood bowl while someone plays the game ;)?..

[@Antari-kun]

Boss Battle - it is Crash Man OST of Rockman 2???

[@vuurniacsquarewave5091]

+SnowLeopard79 I've never heard that one before...

[@jakerandolf3597]

Mega man in Japan