Nes: Kid Icarus Soundtrack (FDS)

[@tonyjohansson7567]

Suddenly I'm 7 again, sitting in my living room playing, with my father coming in, stomping his feet and saying "what an incredible joyful tune". 🌟🤗

[@40KoopasWereHere]

Lucky you. My dad would have come stomping down the stairs screaming at me about why the f I was playing video games instead of doing my homework. I ended up overhand-throwing my NES at his head and it exploded on the concrete wall of the basement after I'd had enough of that. Fortunately for him he dodged it.

[@troywright359]

I remember grandpappy sleeping on the sofa, stomping his feet in his sleep to the soundtrack. He'd wake up whistling the tune and not even know why. Me and bro laughed and laughed. Then we went and played He man outside and bro was Skeletor. He didn't care much none for always having to be that villain, but I was older by a whole 13 months so i had final say! When he got bigger and tried to fight me, I choked him out with the nes controller wire. ....i don't remember much, I guess I kinda blacked out. But I went to stay with a foster family for a while. Good times.

[@Smasher76]

Timestamps for mobile users: 0:01 Title 1:18 Stage 1 2:50 Death God 3:24 Stage 2 5:41 Stage 3 6:37 Labyrinth 8:16 Boss 8:48 Stage Clear 8:51 Stage 4 10:30 Last Boss 11:04 Ending 12:13 Game Over

[@jacobkline6146]

How is this necessary? Are video descriptions at the bottom on mobile? I can't remember.

[@daniel.franco]

@@jacobkline6146 It's easier to find a certain time in a video by just clicking a link instead of manually scrolling for it.

[@epicsause21]

@@jacobkline6146 No but at one point, time stamps in descriptions didnt work for mobile (they do now though)

[@ninomojo]

Thank you for making up for the fact that youtube on mobile is SHIT.

[@Empa913]

Labyrinth💀

[@YetiHideout]

One of the best video game soundtracks.

[@MiLK_505]

Title 00:01 00:01 00:01 1st stage “Underworld” 01:18 01:18 01:18 Reaper 02:50 02:50 02:50 2nd stage “Overworld” 03:24 03:24 03:24 3rd stage “Skyworld” 05:41 05:41 05:41 Boss stage “Labyrinth” 06:37 06:37 06:37 Boss 08:16 08:16 08:16 Stage Clear 08:48 08:48 08:48 Last stage “Palace in the Sky” 08:51 08:51 08:51 Last Boss 10:30 10:30 10:30 Ending 11:04 11:04 11:04 Game Over “I’M FINISHED!” 12:13 12:13 12:13

[@Aivottaja]

The timer is useful and nifty and the audio quality is great. Thanks for uploading.

[@robbiezampini-is3en]

0:01: Title Theme 1:18: Stage Theme 01 2:50: Enemy Wave Battle 3:24: Stage Theme 02 5:41: Stage Theme 03 6:37: Stage Theme 04 8:16: Boss Battle 8:48: Stage Clear 8:51: Final Stage 10:30: Final Boss 11:04: All Clear 12:13: Game Over

[@robbiezampini-is3en]

11:05-11:06-11:07-11:08-11:09-11:10-11:11

[@robbiezampini-is3en]

1:21

[@robbiezampini-is3en]

1:43

[@robbiezampini-is3en]

6:41 / 6:58 / 7:15

[@taemeister9302]

Whoever made stage 1 song was WAY ahead of hia time. AWESOME

[@adizmal]

Labyrinth is one of those monumental tracks that defines what video game music is at the most fundamental level.

[@Tracequaza]

how?

[@adizmal]

@@Tracequaza Minimal composition, arpeggiated melody, repetitive rhythmic structure, monster 8bit sound. Vibes, bruh.

[@meansnothing6526]

@@adizmal Hahaha necro'd a post and you responded... With a great reply. Awesome! :)

[@davidhill8565]

Referred to in Japan as Hikaru Shinwa: Parutena no Kagami (literally “Myth of Light: Palutena’s Mirror)

[@tcrpgfan]

I bought the 3d classics version of the game and I gotta say I'm loving it so far.

[@mudkiptg]

tcrpgfan I have that version and an imported Japanese copy, which is one of my prized posessions, the other one being my NES.

[@TackyRackyComixNEO]

Does the 3DS version contain the FDS music or the NES music?

[@epicsause21]

@@TackyRackyComixNEO FDS, but it's the stereo version, which starts at 12:17

[@Skylerthebean]

I can listen to the Title intro all day Kid Icarus Improved my life tbh

[@judahosborne8868]

The Death God song scared the hell out of me as a kid lol.

[@adamrmoss]

The wavetable voice coming out of my Twin Famicom sounds wrong but I kinda like it and don't wanna try to repair it. Thanks for letting me hear how the soundtrack is supposed to sound! This is the first NES game I ever beat as a kid, played it all the time!

[@cpt.frostymouth6171]

I love this soundtrack

[@fr33kSh0w2012]

The Mattel version (In Australia) had the same sound chip!

[@bbhaida6533]

08:16 Final Boss 12:13 Game Over Sounds like a The Super Mario Bros Movie

[@robbiezampini-is3en]

24:30: I'm Finished (Game Over)

[@msstize]

This title bgm is awesome.

[@Kyle-ii4fp]

Played this for one of the first times on Nintendo Switch online. What an amazing game 😊!

[@alienspacebat5218]

One thing to notice, the themes that are different on these Famicom Disk System versions are the ones that play when there's not action.

[@vuurniacsquarewave5091]

+alienspacebat I'm not sure why though, I think the games used the extra FDS channel for sound effects, so the only time they used it in the music was when absolutely no sound effects could ever play.

[@alienspacebat5218]

za909returns Might not have been the best choice, as Zelda 1 was one of these games too and some sound effects sounded notably sillier on the Disk System. I don't know about other games, but probably so for them too...

[@cuba-dg6qm]

+alienspacebat The FDS version of Castlevania II does use the extra FDS channel when there's action, although the cart version sounds better (it even has PCM drums!)

[@vuurniacsquarewave5091]

cuba200614 The FDS version has a sampled kick drum, but it's not all that great. Of course that was Konami, and I presume the game never used the FDS channel for sound effects, only the standard ones.

[@alienspacebat5218]

cuba200614 Yeah, Konami did things differently than Nintendo. They used the extra channel as part of the music and kept sound effects on the classic noise channel. I think that was a better choice.

[@soulman902]

Wow, that sounds much better than what we got over in the states!!

[@Atma505]

Such a lovely and warm sound =) 12:17 sounds better than ever

[@juliasweeney529]

SO BOOTYFUL

[@vinceandlilly]

The Game Over track (12:13) sounds a lot better on this. I guess they just cut out the lead synth and called it a day for the NES version.

[@1x4x9]

vinceandlilly The FDS actually had additional sound channels, one of them being a wavetable lookup. Because of the infinite wisdom of NOA, they decided to map the 16 pins used on the Famicom for external sound chips TO THE BOTTOM of the console, which was never used for anything. This is why many Family Computer games have superior music to their Nintendo Entertainment System counterparts.

[@YellowFroggy33]

vinceandlilly Scary!

[@mudkiptg]

Mister BluntSA That's because the extra channels were in the Disk System, thus not being in the NES and there was no NES Disk System, therefore not having the channels.

[@1x4x9]

Jacob Bramer I am aware of that. The wavetable hardware and extra channels were on a PCB inside the cartridge that (was hardwired to the Disk System, and) attached to the Famicom itself. Think it either had 32 or 64KB of RAM to hold floppy data as well.

[@vuurniacsquarewave5091]

+Mister BluntSA There is actually only one extra channel, but it is a wavetable like you said. It's similar to the wavetable channel of the Gameboy, except it has a 6-bit wavetable whereas the Gameboy has a 4-bit one.

[@ash1rose]

Omg I have always loved this soundtrack. I wonder if they ever made an orchestral version. If not they need to.

[@BeeBwakka]

There are lots of orchestral covers of K.I. songs on KZbin, not to mention the orchestral versions of certain K.I. songs featured in Super Smash Bros (Brawl and 4) and Kid Icarus: Uprising.

[@theironfox2756]

This was the first NES game I played. I didn't play anything like it before.

[@EDWARDJFOX-sb6zl]

and its in STEREO?! thank you!!

[@KevinMooreFan33]

🤗

[@Jayden.williams583]

12:13 this was used in the Mario Movie!

[@robbiezampini-is3en]

I agree

[@jorgezarco9269]

Kid Icarus/The Myth of Light: Palutena's Mirror is an underrated gem. Music by Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka.

[@BURU1224]

6:37と11:04~の音楽、新・光神話パルテナの鏡でそのまま使われていましたね 6:37は24章 三つの試練の空中戦の序盤、11:04はメデューサ戦終了直後の偽装エンディングで途中でハデスが破り捨てていました 01:18と3:24はアレンジして使用など、このゲームの音楽は名曲の証拠ですね

[@NRFST]

Oh yeah totally

[@robbiezampini-is3en]

15:07: Terror Fiend Attack

[@TimelordR]

And this is coming from a floppy disk-based game system? I'm impressed, sounds even better than the U.S. NES cartridge.

[@VinLAURiA]

The Famicom Disk System had a bit of extra audio hardware on it that augmented the console's own sound chip, so FDS games tended to have more complex music than their cartridge counterparts. A lot of disc modules for earlier consoles boosted some other capability; the 64DD made similar augmentations to the N64's sound card and the SEGA CD gave the Genesis the ability to do Mode 7 graphics.

[@Jeremysoto1302]

And red book audio

[@VinLAURiA]

Well that comes with CD territory, I imagine.

[@G4mm4G0bl1n]

When Nintendo has succesfully licensed Sony for the CD-ROM addon Device for SNES. We actually hadnt any kind playstation! ;) Only Satellaview was released as addon device.

[@tael64]

G4mm4G0bl1n Satellaview is an interesting concept, but sounds sort of frustrating. SEGA did this in the US as well. If I recall, that was the only way to get Mega Man: The Wily Wars/Rickman Megaworld here.

[@stevenyjtsai]

Famicom Disk System sound chip: Ricoh RP2C33 ------------------ it sounds like Wavetabled-FM analog synth feeling, fat & rich. which PC & NES could not emulate it. The Ricoh RP2C33, used by the Famicom Disk System, adds one extra sound channel with primitive wavetable support. FDS Produces waves using 64 × 64 custom wavetables with 33 volume settings. Although the latest FamiTracker version supports volume envelopes that go all the way up to 32, the volume column in the pattern editor will max out at 0x0F.

[@robbiezampini-is3en]

I like Kid Icraus and it's awesome, but this is really hard!

[@おやG太郎]

中学生の時にツレの家で遊ばせてもらってたな こんなBGMだっけか?w すっかり忘れていましたよ

[@holdwhatdoor7629]

The Ween song The Argus always makes me think of kid icarus

[@linus8976]

パルテナの曲はハーモニーがよいよね！

[@Norrbottning]

80's is where it's at

[@killerhz]

Watch out for the eggplant wizards! Them some badass mofos

[@jfleal49]

I hated those as a kid!

[@ミラクルハゲ]

懐かしい攻略本見てクリアしたなァ

[@carlosbarragan2396]

Wowwwww, it's amazing this videogame. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@stevenyjtsai]

List of NES games with expansion audio chip --- wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/List_of_games_with_expansion_audio

[@johanjohansson3973]

The boss theme would work for a Metroid game

[@KevinMooreFan33]

Here it is!!!!!! 🎼💝🎼💝🎼💝🎼💝🎼💝🎼💝🎼💝🎼💝🎼💝🎼💝🎼💝

[@謝るマシーン]

ディスク今も持ってますが定期的に聴きたくなります、それぐらい好きアローアクションはパルテナで始まりパルテナで終わる。しかしエンディングで近衛兵止まりのヘタクソなんですこれが・・・ははは

[@NRFST]

I agree

[@ZeldasFinalFantasy]

thank u

[@leonardozavala7117]

That's the Famicom disk sistem

[@DemiuM_Ajare]

01:18 Batman? It's you, Batman?

[@robbiezampini-is3en]

NO! It's Kid Icarus!

[@DemiuM_Ajare]

@@robbiezampini-is3en Listen to the Batman theme from 1998 and then listen to this part again... 🤣

[@robbiezampini-is3en]

@@DemiuM_Ajare I don't think so!

[@れっくす-q9j]

ＧＣＣＸ かちょ～お～ん♪

[@stevenyjtsai]

all special sound chips on NES, you can find it from here----famitracker.com/wiki/index.php?title=Sound_hardware

[@CM-xs2eb]

Interesting differences in the qualities of the voices b/w FDS and NES

[@marcojaimejardina7526]

Kid Icarus ( Soundtrack )

[@Thoughtesque]

Why is older game music so much better?

[@the-NightStar]

That's really subjective. Personally I love the aesthetic of classic 8-Bit grandly, but I know it's just my nostalgia talking.

[@Rhannmah]

@@the-NightStar It's not just nostalgia. Older game music is much more memorable because of an immensely strong focus on melody. Often, like in the case of Stage 2 music here, multiple interwoven melodies across multiple instruments. Melodic music is what humans seem to remember best. Modern game music is often more emotive, more focused on giving you a specific feeling for a specific scene, but is much less memorable. In fact, its primary function is to not be memorable to not deter from the events onscreen. But at the same time, the music by itself doesn't bring up half the emotions that old game music will. New music is a storytelling tool, old music is a story in and of itself.

[@AngryBirdsFanSince]

10:30

[@robbiezampini-is3en]

Final Boss

[@kamalwall6777]

Is it me or are the waves different on the first song?

[@Batman-nc7ro]

I assume they left the FDS channel for sfx like in Metroid

[@seminosuke]

後半は違う音源か何かですか？少し音が良い気がする。

[@Duke_Blitzein]

Kid Icarus play list: Intro Stage 1 Stage 3 Stage 4

[@Aqashamahizan]

12:13

[@robbiezampini-is3en]

Game Over

[@pupospico5743]

Stage 1

[@Z-Mikes00]

im confused, what is after 12:13

[@miracat2895]

+Zach Michaels try again!

[@Z-Mikes00]

Don't be a dick! Watch the video and you'll know what I mean

[@joietyfull64]

+Zach Michaels It's the whole soundtrack again. That's awesome, you don't have to press the repeat button yourself XD.

[@Z-Mikes00]

+joietyfull64. I thought so but wasn't sure

[@kingsecho3351]

It just starts over again

[@plushkid9965]

1:18

[@stiffels0ear]

死神の曲だけ和風(吉本テイスト)なのが関西の会社らしいw

[@trymatsumoto7132]

なぜ同じ曲が続いているの？ 前半がカセットで、後半はディスク？ or 前半はリバーブなしで、後半はリバーブあり？

[@maxcardun]

Is it just me, or does this version have more of an orchastra?

[@blara2401]

The game originally came out on the Famicom Disk System (FDS), just like other classics of the era, most notably the first Zelda and Metroid games. The FDS had an extra sound channel that could produce more complex wave forms, opening up new alleys for composers. However, most games - including this one - used this channel primarily for sound effects, which means that it was only part of the music in tracks where there are none, such as the title theme, stage clear theme, game over theme or ending theme.

[@vedicardi]

GCCX!

[@vansajexora]

Like Metroid, I can't get over the wonky extra sound channel.

[@murpuhbuh1196]

labyrinth sounds like a rejected version of zelda's dungeon theme on nes