Nes Pictionary Soundtrack

[@AltimeterAlligator]

Tim Follin said in a very old interview that he didn't usually pay attention to where his music would fit into the game. He just wanted to push the hardware and make bleep bloops sound good. You're hearing Tim Follin _not giving a single damn._

[@Noxedwin]

I wish I could not give a damn as cool as Tim Follin does (not).

[@Plasmariel]

​@JM Coulon Fun coincidence Tim's favourite composer is probably Richard Jacques

[@SammyRenard]

@@Plasmariel "probably"?

[@Plasmariel]

@@SammyRenard He never explicitly said who his favourite composer was but he stated having respect for him because of the work he puts into his stuff

[@SammyRenard]

@@Plasmariel oh!

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

IT WAS JUST PICTIONARY TIM!!

[@lordfriedrick7911]

Tim: *YOU CAN'T STOP MY POWER ONCE IT'S UNLEASHED!!!*

[@millie7928]

Underrated comment

[@ahmadmalaki8364]

We are not saving the world tim

[@conorburke1999]

“I don’t care”

[@mrwizard5012]

That's the sound of Tim unleashing 0.01% of Shaggy's power. _Pray he doesn't use more._

[@MurcuryEntertainment]

My man was 19 years old when he composed this. He had already composed for a handful of games at that point. The first one he did when he was 15. Like... shit dude.

[@EllieMiller510]

This sounds like an indie game going for an 8 bit aesthetic, not a genuine nes game like holy crap

[@astracrits4633]

Tim Follin was in a state of eternal pop-off whenever he made music.

[@rodrigorodriguez509]

Yeah I really think at least one indie game ripped off this track, struggling to remember

[@blahblahsaurus2458]

Your profile picture makes you qualified to comment on this subject. _over_-qualified. you're fired. fusion is such a good game

[@marrow1243]

​@rodrigorodriguez509 kinda reminds me of the scott pilgrim game.

[@corncobjohnsonreal]

Tim wasn't follin around

[@tkhero7045]

*painfully clicks like button*

[@fco64]

*Clicks the like button and proceed to have a stroke*

[@slayer7160]

HA!

[@ijriccan]

*Accidentally inhales cat whilst regurgitating that one fly I swallowed when I threw up clicking the button of like*

[@TCGexclusive]

If I didn’t know this came from an old NES game I would have thought this was “new” chiptune. It’s just so good and ahead of it’s time, it’s hard to believe.

[@Arado159]

Ikr. Listening with heaphones I'm amazed at the amount of layers and little beeps and chirps in the background that compliment the main instruments, most if which probably would go unnoticed on the crappy TV speakers that most people would hear this through at the time.

[@Stray7]

i had this game. I was always impressed by this soundtrack, but hadn't thought about it in years.

[@CSLucasEpic]

ARE YOU READY... - *Crowd goes wild* - ...FOR SOME PICTINOARYYYYYYYYYY!!! - *More cheers from the crowd* -

But is from LJN, then crowd are silent

[@FatYoshi504]

AND HERE'S OUR CONTESTANTS... *crowd getting very hyped* RANDOM KID FROM JAPAN #1 *crowd screams* AND RANDOM KID FROM JAPAN #2 *crowd screams louder*

[@Ice_cube007]

​@@FatYoshi504 K

[@azrael-labs]

@@FatYoshi504 And Tim Follins !!! *crowd screams rip through space*

[@Garionica]

when you hire tim follin as your NES composer he just makes whatever music he wants to make, fitting the game be damned basically, all tim follin games are tim follin albums with a bonus game attached to them and they all *slap*

[@donavenhollow5709]

I would take bangers over music that fits any day. Lol

[@lyrics_m_sic]

Same, I play games and watch stuff for the OST alone sometimes lmao

[@Tuosev]

​@donavenhollow5709 idk man, have you heard the Moon Level theme from Ducktales NES? A certified banger AND it's composition is appropriate for the setting. Of course, when the setting is Pictionary...

[@joshs.5384]

There's a huge element of Tim Follin's genius that goes pretty underappreciated. He wasn't just a talented songwriter - the man also managed to pull the most incredible sounds out of a totally primitive soundchip. Go listen to other soundtracks that came out around the same as this: Super Mario Bros 3, Mega Man 3, and Final Fantasy were also released in 1990. These are games with legendary soundtracks. They're all very well composed; I'd argue that they're on the same level as anything Follin made. But listen to the *sounds.* Those games sounded like every other NES game at the time: a bunch of beeps and boops and static for the cymbals and snare. Then, come back and listen to this again. It sounds absolutely *massive* in comparison. The kick drum alone blows my mind. The leads sound thick, and detailed, and alive. They sound like somebody rocking out at a real keyboard, not just a bunch of programmed beeps. The cymbals are fat and varied, the snare sounds crisp and thick. Even the bass sounds big as fuck. Nobody else came up with anything that's even remotely comparable.

[@ashharkausar413]

To me Follin is above all the games you listed. There hasn't been any composer from that era that tears the musical part of my brain like he does.

[@Vher_]

I may be making a very uninformed claim here, but it might be because games like pictionary took way less space and had some extra for music like this

[@Optomon]

Follin's works sound more like a sound engineer musician jamming / improvising, yes. Like long, graphically thick new age poetry. His chords and beats rarely modulate though, and his melodic themes don't link together to form a cohesive story much of the time -- they seem to paint a scene for the ear rather than tell a story or communicate a theme. The compositions from the games you mentioned from 1990 feel more like traditional lyrical poetry designed for memory and communicating an experience. Different styles, but the latter, which is confined to tight forms, is more difficult to write for and tends to pay off long term for the listener. I feel the songs from those games are better written in that sense. Tim however has them cleanly beat in the sound engineering department, as well as in the more alluring, free form style of composing. I'd say they're equals, if not just for sheer output on Tim's part.

[@birdlegscass]

I'm sorry but the way you describe this music sounds like you're horny for it

[@joshs.5384]

@@birdlegscass You don't have to apologize for speaking the truth.

[@exacerbatedfellow1236]

When you’re asked to become a McDonald’s fry cook and you earn it a Michelin star

[@Romess1]

kek

[@zackbuildit88]

Fun fact! McDonald's actually will fire anyone who's too consistently good of a cook, to ensure the quality stays exactly the same at every single McDonald's

[@QuintaFeira12]

Just another tuesday for Cook, Serve, Delicious' protagonist.

[@bitcrushed-thing]

not just one, all five michelin stars!

[@Robospy1]

@@zackbuildit88 Additionally, focusing on quality usually takes longer, so the food won't be all that fast.

[@purplecyanblack3805]

I hav enever been so absolutely pumped to play a watered-down nes version of a board game in my life.

[@dioneto6855]

heard people saying that this OST goes hard and i though "it's just pictionary, how hard can it be?", and holy shit!! i can't believe on what i'm hearing,

[@GreggyAck]

When someone says the phrase 'better than it has any right to be', my mind automatically goes to this soundtrack.

[@Dargonhuman]

That's true of any Follin soundtrack, let's be honest.

[@PEGGLORE]

The early albums of The Residents is some of the greatest composed music ever, which sounds like a weird nonsense to the majority of people who hear them, when 1st hearing them. Highly recommended.

[@CaptainLennie]

These tracks make me want to rearrange my spine to resemble the shape of a mobius strip

[@andrewstockdale6084]

Goes without saying

[@TheDiego908]

What I thought at first as well

[@supamillienp]

stone free?

[@Myoo263]

took the words right out of my mouth

[@supamillienp]

@@Myoo263 Ay bro, nice pfp. Very original! Seems like it could've actually been in SM3DW!

[@thomaslearn1136]

4:52 S.O.S. Tim Follin albums are awesome! And they all come with a free game!

[@muscises1858]

WHY IS THIS IN PICTIONARY? My soul should've been blessed by this.

[@luna8952]

nice

[@Natalie_Toshino]

I mean, hasn't it? You're here.

[@FunkyStudios]

Tim causally making bangers for a board game adaptation, respect.

[@BenjamminClark]

I love tim follin

[@Carstuff111]

As a kid, I thought this was just some really great music. When I got into my late teenage years and learned just how limited the sound hardware is on the NES, and yet we got music like THIS, my head nearly popped. And it is still stunning to me that some of my favorite game soundtracks came from the NES. I would so thank Tim for his music, still epic over 30 years later!

[@GuitarSlayer136]

I'm trying to decipher a picture and I've got a man's heart and soul flowing through my ears.

[@alexanderalmman9168]

dingdong really got me here jammin out to pictionary

[@strangehominid]

Oh yeah, they were talking about the OSTs for Silver Surfer and Pictionary

[@gabrocking]

Same man

[@AxlePineapple]

life is all about finding those little gems where someone vastly over engineered something just for the sake of it. because they loved doing it.

[@LostBeetle]

Was digitizing old cassettes from recordings from long ago and found a recording of this song where someone (maybe my sister?) recorded this song by putting the tape recorder next to the speaker. It sounded so familiar, then it dawned on me, this was Pictionary on the NES! Found this video and sure enough, there it is.

[@spark20]

There's a party inside this cartridge and everybody is invited!

[@LeoYoshi54321]

This OST came from the same guy who was quoted as saying "The sound drivers in those old consoles were built to play sound effects to go along with the game. Why would you make music when it's just going to be covered by some dinky sound effects?" It's a paraphrased quote, but it further brings up the question of why the hell did he go so hard on Pictionary? It explains why Plok only used 5 sound channels, since it meant that 3 sound channels could be dedicated to sound effects, but it doesn't explain why he went SO HARD on PICTIONARY

[@blackmendosa]

Because pictionary doesn't require many sounds, so it makes sense he want hard on this soundtrack.

[@KarienMusic]

Pictionary NES: We lookin' at some fucking pictures

[@BerserkerKong02]

Nobody's lookin' as they're too busy listening to this banger of a soundtrack instead of playing the actual game!

[@TheLegendofRenegade]

That Snare drum is Beefy AF. Tim really was a wizard with any sound chip

[@theex-boxgamer355]

It's The Legend himself! Bro your Mega Man 3 Dr. Wily Stage 1( Genesis Remix) basically changed my life lol. Well that and your MM5 Proto Man Gen. remix really got me into the whole chiptunes on another board genre. Thanks for the bangers that you've given to the world, they gotten me through some tough times over the years. Also, if you haven't heard Tim's Amiga work, it's worth a listen. G n G is amazing, Gauntlet is an audiophonic journey, and I bet you could give a couple tracks from Bionic Commando the ol' Renegade treatment and make some YM2612 magic(especially " End Credits" and the track based on the" Star Wars' Love theme"). LoR, i put you in the same noble company as Mr. Follin, where you reside amongst the gaming OST greats like Kondo, Senoue, Koshiro, Uematsu etc.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Yeah

[@LtheOriginal]

"Drawing Game" sounds like an 80's pop song that I'm sad that doesn't actually exist.

[@FB64_Fakebeta]

Kinda reminds me of Wii Sports music

[@MERCHIODOS]

Mini Game 1 kind of sounds like 'Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen

[@FelineFelon42]

@@MERCHIODOS So I'm not the only one who thinks that! Now I wanna see a SilvaGunner mashup of that lol

[@lecapitaineisonyoutoob]

Huge 1990s SEGA energy for me. There's an old remix on YT that sounds straight-up like a Saturn tune.

[@Pangloss6413]

It’s so cool that this Tim Follin album came with a free game

[@MrMusicGuy1980]

I love how even in something generated by hardware still has a distinctive sound related to the artist. I can always tell when it is Tim's music.

[@jerrysgardentractorsengine2243]

Somebody once said that Pictionary NES is less a game you play and more a music single on a cartridge I am NOT that man, but they’re right

[@Arguntrail]

HOLY COW! WHY DOES THE MUSIC OF A DRAWING GAME GO SO HARD!?

[@---777---]

legends says people was never played this game - they're stop on the title screen forever

[@TurtleneckToby]

hey buddy did you have a stroke or something

[@Un533N]

7:01 god tier chiptune

[@groovy_9633]

...This sounds like a nes fighting game, why is it in PICTIONARY? Someone make a nes style fighting game and USE THIS SOUNDTRACK FOR IT I GARUNTEE IT WILL WORK AND MAKE BILLIONS

[@groovy_9633]

I just took into account Copyright, it'll still make billions

[@Offensive_Username]

Pictionary is a fighting game, you just have to believe very hard.

[@donavenhollow5709]

I feel like a lot of Tim's music would go well with some sort of racing games. Lol

[@groovy_9633]

@@donavenhollow5709 ngl you right. Especially Time Trax

[@donavenhollow5709]

@@Offensive_Username I mean it is a fighting game, cause its fighting for your dwindling attention. Tim is the only reason you should ever play it lol

[@etitis8178]

We need Pictionary soundtrack on smash bros ultimate

[@randmiller88]

4:17 Another one bites the dust

[@Leucotea]

Back to life, back to reality 🎵

[@FB64_Fakebeta]

Another One Bites The Dust + Smoke On The Water

[@JRock-rz3td]

7:01 is rocket queen from guns and roses

[@konversion]

Well, thanks to Game Grumps, I'm here experiencing how ill this soundtrack is for the first time. Seriously, why in a pictionary game?

[@cameronminor8690]

Because Tim Fuckin' Follin, that's why.

[@hardlyanydiggity3953]

Because Tim Follin

[@lrobin-is8dg]

Why not

[@xymarmaduke]

this is fucking so much better than actually playing Pictionary in any form

[@reloadpsi]

I'm less than a minute in. I heard this went hard. I didn't know how much.

[@jordanhoughton1948]

This music gave me the ability to draw a picture of dignity.

[@givecamichips]

Ok everyone knows this is great but how much better would it be if it was attached to a good game? It could have made a good game into a bona fide classic.

[@icarusmarioFAN]

Instead, it just makes a forgettable game into an absolute anomaly

[@Noxedwin]

Ok, but seriously, why does this soundtrack slap so much? This is the sort of music you'd expect to find in a sports game.

[@moroboshi9055]

Tim Follin didn't pay much attention to what the music was for when he was writing it. He had these tunes on the brain and was the in-house composer (along with his brother, Geoff) for developer Software Creations.

[@ElementalAer]

Tim Follin is a God, and shit games let a lot of cartridge space unused, so Tim could make nice and complex songs

[@deadair32101]

@@ElementalAer they actually didnt have the space that you think they did, considering games like this always used the smallest cart that they could manage to save costs.

[@ElementalAer]

@@deadair32101On the Follin brother case, the game logic and graphics of many games they made music were simple, so even with small cartridges, a lot of space went unused, letting them get creative.

[@FiggsNeughton]

Captures the essence of Pictionary 🥰

[@ee_li]

Here from Nitro Rad’s Plok video. Boy howdy- he really did lay down the stink on this one, huh?

[@deathbob091]

when selling a banger of an album comes with a free game

[@MrSomeDonkus]

Never did i think that the soundtrack for pictionary on nes would cause me to tear up. This really is way better than I could have ever expected.

[@DPC2011]

LJN hired this guy because he was cool and ended up creating the most impressive NES music I’ve ever heard. And it had no reason to be for Pictionary.

[@MrHalchemist]

The only reason I decided to look this up is because there was a newgrounds version of Drawing Game I used to listen to like over a decade ago, so I figured I would finally listen to the original song on nes. This one sounds just as awesome as the one on ng!

[@cutefairykiller]

Any link to what you're talking about ? Sounds nice to listen to

[@MrHalchemist]

@@cutefairykiller Oof. I tried to find it but that song is over 16 years old now lol. Sorry

[@cutefairykiller]

@@MrHalchemist No poblem, thanks for trying anyway =D

[@ThroughLidlessEye]

why is this so good? like plenty of nes games have well composed music but this production is flexing. this sounds like this would be more recent, like someone showing off with famitracker.

[@anidolinteal3132]

Because Tim Follin didn't fuck around.

[@Ninja_Koopa]

What other NES gems have a. Good soundtrack that wasn't from Capcom or Nintendo? I just found out there were like 5000 nes titles and not 200. Lol

[@unexplained_entity7514]

Could you imagine just throwing this into your NES in the late 80s and just having your mind absolutely fucking blown? Agree with one of the other comments here saying that no one was matching this level from a sound production perspective, no one!

[@elijahdage5523]

I don't remember Pictionary being this exciting, but I'm here for it

[@theschwag]

This has no business going so hard on the NES hardware... Absolute banger!

[@cyber_nuggets8302]

Soundtrack: *awesome rock noises* Gameplay: hmm... is it a truck?

[@cynthiabauer5763]

this is really intense for such a simple game, awesome music

[@seenl6eight258]

Since it’s published by Laughin’ Jokin’ Numbnuts, the only thing I like is the music.

[@nobeac]

I knew he did the Solstice soundtrack as soon as I heard 30 seconds of the 1st track

[@nintendodude7143]

Tim Follin will be a freaking legend among VG OST composers.

[@tatsujincorp]

will be? more like is since a very long time already.

[@nintendodude7143]

@@tatsujincorp Grammar mistake

[@brandonhandymusic]

It's genuinely sad he was resigned to so much shovelware, at least with console games. He deserved better. At least he enhanced these games with his genius soundtracks.

[@dunescapetube3470]

SOS SOS SOS SOS. He is calling for help because his NES caught fire.

[@pinkfoosballtable7875]

God damn, Dan was right. This kicks ass!

[@Vyseblues]

Mini Game 1 is chiptune track of Queen's Another one bites the dust.

[@warmCabin]

I think you might want to hear this kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3bZhqOfibGqo9U

[@oreo5239]

my mans a god damn genius and i am so glad someone introduced him to me

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

God-tier soundtrack

[@zelos1826]

WHY DOES THIS GO SO HARD OH MY GAWD

[@thevgmlover]

"Congratulations!" For what? listening to the whole thing? Thank you! I'm very glad I did! ^-^

[@pyrotechnick420]

These songs are timeless Sounds like someone could have made them today

[@smsry]

Literally not a single bad song can be found here. This SLAPS

[@FoxBoi69]

4:17 i can hear the inspiration from another one bites the dust

[@adammatlack4667]

These are some of the best examples of amazing chiptune themes. Honestly, if I was a musician, who started a band, I'd totally incorporate chiptune the mix of guitars and drums. It'd be the sh*t!

[@Color_Splsh]

I wish this guy would get taken on as a guest composer for the next shovel knight project.

[@MadameSomnambule]

Watched Game Grumps play this one not too long ago and I think it's safe to say, this game's probs one of the better ones LJN came out with back in the day.

[@PatrickBoi6497]

WE MAKIN OUT OF THE NES WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@PkmariO64]

Tim Follin is an absolute mad lad

[@Gambino85]

Mini Game 1 theme has been in my head since I was a kid, I'm now 37. I remember getting this game as a gift and at first being quite bummed but now looking back it ended up being a decent game and the soundtrack lives on in my head.

[@Floatie114]

We're the same age. My family used to play this game all of the time for NES. These songs are burned unto my memory 😀

[@awsgames]

Should have known that when KZbin recommended me a nes pictionary soundtrack it would turn out to be absolutely kick-ass. What a fool i was. 👽

[@UpintheAir1395]

I thought some of y'all were joking. (Not to say NES games couldn't have great music). But WOW these are REALLY F***ing good. :)

[@unnameablename]

Best chip tune ever, who knew Pictionary could sound so good?

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

Yes, I am here because of GillytheKid (this game slipped through the cracks during my SNES and N64-filled childhood), and he is absolutely right. This OST goes way harder than it probably should have, and it's really fucking good! Tim Follin's name will now be added to the list of videogame composers who made phenomenal OSTs alongside David Wise and Evelyn Novokovich, Yôko Shimomura, Koji Kondo, Nobuo Uematsu, and Akira Yamaoka.

[@TheRealKaiProton]

the mini game 1, sounds like "Another one bites the dust"

[@MistahJigglah]

Another One Bites the Dust mashed up with Back to Light, Back to Reality

[@JetSetTyler]

I feel like this sounds just as complex if not more than most 16 bit osts I remember

[@TheNoisePolluter]

This was one of those games I acquired from someone who had NES games they didn't care for. I enjoyed it though!

[@supergrafxengine4620]

Real artist uses all the tools at their disposal... And hack the tools to do even more. This is genius!

[@liquidsnake6879]

The fact this runs on an NES is wild lol it puts a LOT of Sega 16 bit music to shame from a sheer technical level

[@cheeseisgood17]

Definitely some of the best 8 bit music from this era. Rivaled only by modern 8 but music. Dude is a genius for making this.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Why is this soundtrack so dope? “NOT EVEN A GUESS!"

[@SimmyBassline]

This is the best NES soundtrack i have never heard til today, this deserved to be used in a first party Nintendo game, its amazing

[@Harjawaldar]

this sounds clearer and better than the other pictionary osts out there

[@kuolettavaVids]

What other Pictionary OSTs are there?

[@lumini4287]

4:17 Another Bites The Dust - Queen

[@doctordubstepgaming6706]

if i ran a aracde this soundtrack would be in the playlist

[@eleet321]

I've never played this but arrived here from the OCREMIX called Person, Place, or Groove! It's so good!

[@Nixo66]

It’s just Pictionary! But here’s a whole out of body experience in a song..

[@macdongr]

Playing pictionary with my family: "Why do I hear boss music"

[@SkippertheBart]

4:53 Tim threw the Morse Code for S-O-S in there.

[@cooperhoward5648]

That was actually the sound chip calling out for help

[@TiggerTheTiger112]

Hey bro what ya listening to? just Pictionary. p...PICTIONA-

[@metroidfannumber1234]

Another one bites the... Pictionary

[@TheMorbidOtaku]

Wha..? I feel like I'm entering a new dimension. Why does this music belong to a NES Pictionary game?

[@PeptoAbismol]

because tim didn't care, that's why

[@MistahJigglah]

WOW, I still can't believe those Laughing Joking Numbnuts published one of the best soundtracks in video game history.

[@Sarimaximus]

this soundtrack is much cooler than it has any right to be. 3rd party games like this are supposed to be freaking generic!

[@RaposaCadela]

With Tim Follin, nothing is generic, all is fucking awesome, and energetic.

[@TwitchWasHere]

Jeez, this soundtrack is a genuine masterpiece. Wtdh...