Plok! SNES Title Music

[@HeyItIsMichal]

This sounds like something you'd hear in a restoration, not the original song.

[@WindowsDrawer]

This upload is actually low quality, check out others.

[@mobi4482]

​@WindowsDrawer wait really?

[@ritalinuserX]

I am just in awe at the fact that he NAILED the sound of a single-pickup Telecaster with overdrive… on a fucking SNES soundchip.

[@chancehunter1947]

Dude when it came in I was astonished. Had to be wizard

[@fromixty]

I don't want to ruin your impression, but SNES has a sample-based soundchip, meanining that it's a sample, high chance that Tim sampled a real Telecaster. Still impressive though

[@shirakotojou]

@@chancehunter1947 Years ago this game would be burned in a fire

[@iwontbeforgotten]

@@fromixty I don't want to ruin your moment of getting to feel like smarty pants but the sample is so short and basic it is probably just made out of a couple basic waveforms by hand. So he did, in fact, nail the sound himself by using it well in composition.

[@tbuk8350]

​@fromixtyThe SNES had kilobytes of storage for the WHOLE GAME. A small sample of that quality would be likely at least a megabyte in size with modern compression. Samples on the SNES had to be extremely short and extremely bitcrushed, they were mainly designed for percussion IIRC. Tim Follin at this point had years of practice with waveform manipulation and likely made this sound by hand, using a tiny sample as a base.

[@IamCombustible]

That lead guitar sound is disturbingly convincing for a Super Nintendo. There are modern VSTs that don’t even come close to this.

[@vuurniacsquarewave5091]

@Burg Burg Yeah, the underlying sample is a very short sample that sustains on a very square-wave like wave shape.

[@coreylineberry8557]

Tim Follin. Was a wizard at music.

[@hoilst]

He even cut the attack in real sharp, just like when you dig a pick into a string really hard. That's not something you know just from being a techno geek, but an analogue musician as well.

[@stewartmatthews1551]

The music is the best in plok

[@setsers1]

Fucking Perfect!😊

[@coolben566]

Hardware: having limitations Tim Follin: *What limitations*

[@BlueRockEye]

It is said that limitation causes creativity. Having such low quality sound to work with, the madlad Follin managed to use level 5000000 wizardry to create great music.

[@toaomc4746]

Miru Tasukuru Tim Follin turns limitations into unlimitations

[@newdykung6775]

Tim Follin: *Unlimited power*

[@kiwieggcreations]

This man used the limitations to make his competition sound like highschool music theory students!

[@evanthegamingpocket6362]

@2071Johnny The only problem with such a collaboration is it would destroy everything within a 6000 Lightyear radius for being godly powerful. It'd better than the game its in

[@MeatyWhack]

This soundtrack came with a free game

[@chombachoo]

it was free?

[@mrkill2020]

@@chombachoo bruh

[@rapaiz7449]

@@chombachoo r/whooosh

[@pourgoi_6100]

and a damn good game at that, too

[@rapaiz7449]

@@pourgoi_6100 Yes

[@quadpad_music]

Everyone here in the comments be forgetting that Geoff, Tim's underrated brother, also composed this soundtrack alongside him, and had an equally as important role.

[@gamerly.gamer69]

Who?

[@quadpad_music]

@@gamerly.gamer69 Joe

[@gamerly.gamer69]

@@quadpad_music Mama gottem

[@slashdoomer]

didn't Geoff do most of the actual composing and Tim was more on technical duty? if that's the case I'd say Geoff was playing a more important role-- obviously the soundfont on display here is a marvel, but the song would still sound good with a more standard SNES soundfont

[@monkakonga4305]

@@slashdoomer yeah, both were gods, but ussually Tim gets more credit because is actually impresive how the Snes could do this music, while the music itself could be done by literally anyone.

[@NuclearBoi2nd]

SNES: Has a soundchip that only plays sound samples Tim Follin: *_So anyway, I started blasting._*

[@newdykung6775]

So u can say it's Blast processing! Wait this isn't SEGA lol

[@steveluvscows2490]

So anyway, I started Blast Processing.

[@pixelcrunch300]

*So anyway, I started data blasting...*

[@setsers1]

XD

[@fatpizza7810]

So anyways, I grabbed my harmonica.

[@Sk-ud9uy]

My condolences to Geoff family. A sad moment of gaming history.

[@georgedapro9377]

Its so crazy how its 2024 and you get 25 likes on a comment from a vid posted almost a decade ago on a soundtrack from the SNES in the 90s. The Floin brothers may not have been well known but its a loss to the industry that Geoff is no longer with us. Fuck cancer and hel live on in my spotify playlists forever 😂

[@Sk-ud9uy]

@@georgedapro9377 The internet will surely be a strange part of history.

[@SongMakerStudioxqz]

did something happen to him?

[@deejtherobloxian2014]

@SongMakerStudioxqz yea, Geoff Follin Died.

[@toxic_shr00m]

This game's soundtrack takes up an unholy amount of the cartridge space, and I couldn't be happier.

[@thegeforce6625]

How much of the cartilage space is taken up by music? (Percentage wise)

[@MetalFalcon99]

@@thegeforce6625prolly 50%+

[@zzzszxc3285]

Devs: Alright, guys, we need country sounding music! Tim Follin: hey guys i found out how to emulate guitar music

[@miguelbravo8906]

Don't forget about Geoff Follin!

[@rachaelchampion6195]

And harmonica

[@Xentipiiides]

hi kel

[@xtYLT2IY8]

hi kel

[@brown9671]

this isnt country this is blues

[@Sposchy]

I run a retro games store and so have to test SNES consoles regularly. I have a copy of Plok set aside especially for this purpose, solely so I can listen to this bloody ripper of a soundtrack. When I'm done, I'll often leave the music running through the PVM for an hour or so while I work in the background. Absolute masterpiece.

[@zachariah74]

Sounds like a fun job, further improved with the addition of the Plok! soundtrack

[@Ayerawn]

Totally unrelated question: are you guys hiring?

[@darqdail]

holy shit are you guys hiring

[@luditheuber]

yeah you hiring

[@maximilianodiaz4151]

Literally me when akrilic is playing

[@Otouto72]

Tim Follin was one of my favourite composers from the 8-bit era. I loved his work on the ZX Spectrum. His SNES work was superb as well, he also done Rock n Roll Racing and, of all things, Thomas the Tank Engine?!?

[@macewindu9100]

He's not dead

[@justinferguson2058]

​@@macewindu9100clueless

[@inkywright]

RIP Geoff Follin, you blessed us with some of the greatest VGM OSTs and I'll forever be grateful for that. You were truly a master composer and I thank you for your work.

[@flammablewater1755]

The harmonica the real hero of this song. That sound shouldn't have been possible.

[@rifleman1002]

It paved the way for the Yoshi's Island theme.

[@spongy_brain]

Rest in peace Geoff Follin. You'll be missed

[@xx-spongebob-xx4596]

Fun fact: Shigeru Miyamoto himself thought this song was impossible, and thought the game was running on a modified SNES console, because he didn’t believe it could make such a convincing harmonica sound

[@matavastros]

B R U H

[@Rickyblue1]

Damn, I can't believe these type of sounds are coming from a SNES!

[@esmooth919]

Ricky E. i can.

[@RaposaCadela]

the Follin brothers are gods.

[@SeruraRenge11]

Neither could Miyamoto supposedly.

[@outtagoodnamesdangit]

Funny you say that. Reportedly, Nintendo's own *Shigeru Miyamoto,* the creator of Mario, heard this title track and said the same thing: that he couldn't believe anyone could get these kinds of sounds from the Super Nintendo. :) Edit: Ah, I see SeruraRenge11 is aware of the story too.

[@TeriTheLemon]

Ricky E. are you sure this is a snes game

[@CallMeSugarMilk]

God I love this song. I remember there was this website where a fan made page said "Bring Plok back in Plok 64." Im sure this was made waaay back in the late 90's, but the site is closed.

[@polishedrelish]

lost media search inbound

[@faridavanessazerondoblado89]

​@@polishedrelishdon't forget about it

[@polishedrelish]

@@faridavanessazerondoblado89 I posted about this somewhere a few months ago and the site was found. I'll link it in a bit

[@MemeMaster9000]

Rest in peace, Geoff Follin. Forever remembered.

[@SpongeHog]

My condolences to Geoff Follin. May he rest in peace and thank you for the work you provided. Amen! 🙏 🕊️

[@thomasgreen1586]

THIS WAS MADE ON A SNES HOLY CRAP TIM FOLLIN I LOVE YOU

[@crystasorrow9593]

Dude Tim Follin made masterpieces for basically any game he composed for XD he did for games for the NES, Genesis, Amiga etc too

[@hoilst]

@@crystasorrow9593 My favourite comment is on the video for the music he did for the Beach level: "JESUS, TIM IT WAS JUST A BEACH."

[@GeForce97]

As a bass player myself ive gotta say, that bass line is beefy as fuck, amazing that this track is cd quality coming out of a SNES

[@IncredibleCactusRoll]

We lost a legend today, RIP to Geoff Folin.

[@michelrpg]

Proof that limitation lead to creativity.

[@whette_fahrtz]

Art through adversity.

[@waltoopoyndeaux4199]

@michelrpg this is such a good point. As an example, you often see movie directors who achieve a remarkable film on a very limited budget and then when they're given a huge budget for the next film it turns out mediocre.

[@whette_fahrtz]

​@@waltoopoyndeaux4199 It's like that for a lot of things. Look at the first Halo game. Cuts and cuts and cuts and missed deadlines and crunches and rewrites, the development of it was a fucking mess, it was an absolute miracle it shipped and worked as well as it did. And yet, it was so much better and unlike anything that had come before it, with enemy AI that a lot of games today still haven't beaten. A team that gives a shit, and just enough limitation and hardship to heat the forge.

[@irridesu]

Listen to his 1-bit stuff. If you're still alive, that is....

[@Shotgun-Steve]

@@irridesu i'm sure he's good it's only been 11 years now

[@masonhhoffman]

Everyone's talking about the guitar but we're all forgetting the MVP: The Harmonica

[@gaeljehnno]

the guy who made this music on the snes is a genuis.

[@Biospark88]

The Follins are godly composers.

[@PM-mx6xk]

gael jehanno TIM FOLLEN

[@tdark987]

gael jehanno TBH the intro is an obvious knockoff of Tequila, though

[@benjaminspecland8947]

@@tdark987 It just takes inspiration! It's not a knock off! Why would you say it's a knock off!? It's probably called a SAMPLE. SAPMLing is all the rage these days. Most composers I know have sampled one work of music or another.

[@seabomb1]

legend has it that tim follin put a harmonica inside the plok cartridges

[@Kurobeau]

god this still blows over half the sounds tracks ive listened to thru out my whole life out of the water. just fucking incredible stuff. inspired and inspiring

[@supermariofan772003]

I'VE BEEN DIDDLED AGAIN!

[@metalgamerjonny6410]

By diddle kid, i knew it!

[@draco.something.kinerek]

say that again.

[@Joshy-]

RIP GEOFF FOLLIN

[@laserdrone6372]

The game that as a kid inspired me to beg for a harmonica from my parents. Not singing with that Orca Willy but jamming like Plok. Ahh the nostalgia makes me want to ask my parents if they still have it somewhere.

[@consigliere2910]

Tim Follin needs all the tributes he can get. I love this genius, man.

[@NTMonsty]

This theme slaps so hard. Actually, the whole damn soundtrack slaps. Crazy that this game, of all things, has one of the most underrated soundtracks in video game history.

[@-Excelsius-]

The soundtrack of my chilhood, southern spain, really hot summer so no school, playing this until late with my dad on our SNES... memories.

[@glennmlz]

Rip Geoff

[@doomfatlikesbluesphere9984]

Wait Thats Not an ad That's the actual song From an actual super Nintendo Holy heck

[@sava28]

That's Tim Follin for ya!

[@Meteotrance]

Tim Follin are a fucking genius nobody can master a chiptune like him, is also good with a C64 and a NES, exept maybe Chris Hülsbeck, Yuzo Koshiro and David Wise from Rare. those guy realy master the Sony SPC700 sound chip

[@jju00]

Meteotrance The irony is that Tim Follin hates chiptunes.

[@djlobb]

It's not hard to master the SPC700, all you need are some decent sample sources and some knowledge of seamless compression of the sample files. A few tricks to get around the sound RAM limit, Cleverly looping in sections of a sound so it seems like the SNES can play longer notes etc.. I'm more impressed with what Yuzo Koshiro did with the FM chip in the Genesis. Especially with Streets Of Rage 2.

[@CommodoreKulor]

"It's not hard to master the SPC700"! And just how many SPC700 songs have you done?? To get the best possible quality out of the SNES, you have to know everything there is to know about sample crunching, you gotta be intimately familiar with resampling, creating seamlessly looping and very small samples, etc. This game was only 1MB large, so whatever samples/music data they were using had to take up probably only a very small portion of that so the entire rest of the game could squeeze in with it. Then there's the tools available for SNES music, which are basic and difficult to work with, and I imagine what we have now is still leagues better than what they had back in the day. Let's see you do any of that on a 386! Meanwhile, Genesis people nowadays have Deflemask and VGM Music Maker, not to mention GEMS back then. You didn't even need to know about FM synthesis to make the Genesis do its thing, you could just pop some DX-21 presets on there and have it go and it would sound decent enough for Genesis people to say it sounds better than the SNES. It's WAY harder to make SNES music than it is to make Genesis music, and it probably always has been.

[@djlobb]

Most of that is what I already said. I don't need to have made an SPC700 song to know what's involved but here you go, a friend made a demoscene which I got to see how it was made... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZqQf6uDZqqUjq8 Also it might have been easier to make Genesis music using GEMS but ultimately it lead to generic, poor sounding game soundtracks with no real variety or texture which is why most people consider GEMS to be a sub-par sound driver. The stand-out Genesis composers used different drivers and/or proprietary tools to take advantage of the advanced envelope tools and effects. Most the best composers are from Japan, with a few exceptions being Matt Furniss, Tim Follins (Time Trax), Tommy Tallarico and Mark Miller, most of which used proprietary made sound drivers.

[@CommodoreKulor]

I'm aware of GEMS' shortcomings. My point is that it's presumptuous to make the claim that the SPC700 is somehow not difficult to master. It cheapens the very real work that people, both back in the day and nowadays like your buddy cTrix, put into trying to make the thing sing. If it was true there wouldn't be muffled SNES music because everyone would've known how to get around that.

[@thegrassguy2871]

Thank you Charles Cornell for showing me this

[@Random_idk_whoknows]

I saw his video too

[@candiedfinz]

As a sort of "paying homage to an idol" type deal, I'm working on some of my own video game music using the Plok soundfont :>

[@Penkino]

I came here from someone suggesting they should listen the plok ost so I got curious and searched what plok is and now I’m here. Now my life has truly changed thanks to plok.

[@DarthLuda]

The bass is killing

[@dr_s_e_x]

Programmer: there’s no space left on the cartridge Tim follin: *I am space*

[@Frietuurs]

This NEEDS a big band remix.... it just needs to be made.

[@joaovitorcarvalhodemello3785]

Agreed.

[@alanbareiro6806]

One of the best soundtracks that ever came out of the SNES.

[@Chrisrammy1]

I used to leave the snes on at the title screen of this game just to hear this. One of my favorite video games as a kid as well.

[@invalid_user_handle]

I bet 10 dollars that if you played this to someone for 10 seconds they'd think it's from a CD.

[@TheRickeyracoon123]

praise to geoff and tim follin for there hard works! PLAY THAT HARMONICA BOYS!

[@TomKleesor]

Jeps. This isn't a remake, it really sounds like this :)

[@DerpDerp3001]

No it sounds less compressed.

[@rr0binx]

Ive said it before but ill say it again, some of these instruments are very convincing. if i didnt know beforehand that the harmonica wasn't a real harmonica sound, i would've been easily fooled

[@Phentem2]

It’s so high quality for the SNES, quite impressive really

[@steelsunglasses4291]

Thank you Mr. Vinesauce for showing us this beautiful piece of gaming history. This is incredible for the SNES.

[@darkhorse744]

NitroRad brought me here, more Follin music is always good.

[@FinalManaTrigger]

Fuck, I missed out on this game when I was a teenager because it looked too cutesy. Man what a mistake, Tim Follin kills it.

[@gamegod4977]

FinalManaTrigger don't worry about man you can always play a rom of this. Besides I found one

[@comical9587]

You really didn't miss out. I had it as a kid and it was nothing short of infuriating.

[@SuperKokuJin916]

It is a hard game, but it's definitely fair which is extremely rare (hey, that rhymes!) for a Software Creations game. This was basically the father to Rayman. Plus, this whole OST was insanely beautiful! It's like the SNES finally had that Amiga sound...

[@NoirThing]

Still the best soundtrack to this day

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

THUNDER FORCE IV

[@Eisdax]

This is definitely one of my favorite games with awesome songs on the SNES.

[@DemonicBurntPie]

I’m such a sucker for this type of nostalgia. This game came out when I was a kid and my brother and I along with all the kids in our old neighborhood used to gather at our house to play this game..my best childhood friend and I used to dance to this song all the time...damn the 90’s were a great time to be a kid. Such as weird ass game but the music was amazing for its time

[@AverageMichaelJordans]

The amount of paralells you can draw between this games' difficulty and dark souls' difficulty is terrifying

[@victorbalint5271]

This was one of the best SNES games. Tons of fun!

[@NowBearInMind]

God why cant I stop listening to this soundtrack. It's like Tim mate used the SNES to make Amiga music

[@CarbyGuuGuu]

Omg, is that Plok?

[@warioplush]

*slow-mo of Sonic punching Plok off the bridge*

[@abstractedaquaman3]

Imagine the first thing we see is this when we open up the SNES library on the switch one day checking out what new content dropped. I'd fanboy over this!

[@grenade350]

wait...this is how it sounded on the SNES? This isn't a remake?

[@mads_in_zero]

Look up Pictionary for NES' title theme. Tim is a genius.

[@lordfriedrick7911]

*YOU DARE QUESTION THE MIGHT OF TIM FOLLIN???*

[@Jombo1]

That harmonica fucking SLAPS

[@overlordchemm3705]

You can definitely hear "Tequila" by The Champs in there, but it's still an awesome peace of chiptune wizardry

[@runevayne2812]

I heard that when Shigeru Miyamoto straight up thought this was being played on a modified SNES, because he thought that there was no possible way his base console was playing this song

[@taiwangreeceisreal]

The damn LEAD GUITAR BRO 🎸🎸🎸🎸 0:27

[@BologneyT]

This music ROCKED back in the day.

[@Otouto72]

@mastermage23 Great music from a great composer, Follin is a legend!

[@chrisdorn6418]

Finally listed to this amazing music. UNBELIEVABLE!!! just friggin crazy how amazing it is.

[@scottcowan7343]

That is one sick sounding guitar solo.

[@officephobia]

people compare the plok ost to so many music genres and songs that i’m starting to thing plok is all of them. the music is just that good, hats off to tim and geoff

[@PlanetJohnny]

Ay yo Tim. Geoff. It's a game about a funny little guy with detachable arms and legs and a genocidal bloodlust. You didn't have to go THAT hard.

[@mastermage23]

I love this theme song,,I LOVE it, it makes me happy..ever since...I owned it, but lost it....I FEEL BAD!

[@dustbunny6381]

Tim follin is a wizard. This is the work of some arcane shit, it's gotta be

[@BudDinktrap]

Imagine the Yohsi's Island flower garden meme, but instead with this song, and the part the harmonica starts playing.

[@LWsquidward]

“Here it is, episode one, Death Has A Shadow”

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

Best SNES game I owned. I had this and Street Fighter 2 in constant rotation.

[@yupmusics69]

it's not just the fact that the guitar sounds so realistic it's the fact that it's a FREAKING BANGERRRRRR 🔥🔥🔥

[@zapkidproductions]

Hendrix wishes he had detachable limbs able to play a face melting solo like the one in this song.

[@collision1447]

reminds me of a friendlier version of Roadhouse Blues by The Doors, damn though, its amazing. if i had just found this game for sale and got it i think i'd end up listening to the title music hours on end before pressing anything. magnificent

[@admiralzalza]

Back in the childhood. Nostalgia ! ☺️

[@hoilst]

Plok is what we had instead of happy childhoods. But, man, it was worth it.

[@NeoKad99]

Plok = Happy childhood ;)

[@Buddha117]

one of the best soundtracks to a game ever.

[@mastermage23]

@Buddha117 Yes, Tim Follin is a magician of chiptunes...I mean, its an SNES game, but it sounds SO real!

[@BraxonsMalwareSystem]

*IT SOUNDS SO GOOD DX*

[@theslowestpizza6762]

Head-banging is almost necessary for this song

[@Wahooski]

Imagine another dimension where video game music and regular music flip. Tim Follin would be one of those cool hip 80s artists that your parents show you on road trips

[@elizawei1279]

I'M PUSHING SELECT BUT NOTHINGS HAPPENING.

[@davidthecommenter]

you don't need to change the game, it's already perfect.

[@MayaCrystalwing430]

The game was frustrating as a kid, but the opening song left a big impression on me

[@creepshowandgore1112]

I wish someone made Plok 2, I don't care if Nintendo bought the license and just release it on 3DS and Wii U, I just want some Plok god damn it!!

[@JustinLevine123]

CreepshowandGore The thing is, nobody really knows who owns the rights to the game. The Pickford brothers own the character, though.

[@juant8631]

+VHS Headlines They do own the rights to everything! Not only that, but the Pickfords have submitted the game for approval on VC. No word on Nintendo's part yet, but we'll see how it turns out. :)

[@juant8631]

+VHS Headlines They said so in the comments of the Plok webcomic they have going. Somewhere in Volume 3.

[@chuckobscure]

VHS Headlines-Not every game on the VC is super popular.

[@notrandomtypek]

Why do I feel like this theme is very suitable for a sitcom

[@yrenekurtz5268]

Devs; Hey Tim, we need a nice catchy title music for our cute mascot platform game. Nothing too fancy, yanno? _A thunderstorm suddendly forms above, lighting shoothing down from the skies, as Tim Follins starts levitating with eyes glowing with unearthly energies_ Tim: *SO BE IT*

[@nubiacardoso8317]

The fact that Tim only uses a Commodore Amiga 500 synthesizer already solves the whole mystery 0:27 I already knew that this damn guitar is just that guitar from Uniracers, it's easy to make and the rest of the instruments are crunchy friendly instruments After all, I was disappointed to discuss this, but at least TIM WAS JUST PLOK! truly the god of music (since the SNES was compatible with Amiga 500 instruments and synthesizers as they had very similar hardware, and the SNES was compatible with square waves and round waves and more nodules)

[@nubiacardoso8317]

probably one of my most underrated comments here

[@Joshy-]

@@nubiacardoso8317 not just tim, but also geoff who recently passed away.

[@Foodiefe2]

this title music bussin and when the harmonica started playing 0:05 i got mine out and played along with it

[@AdahnFlorence]

This sounds like I'm gonna have a darn whimsical time in the South even

[@Nordic1337]

Amazing sound quality. Almost N64 tier!

[@SirBopALot]

SNES: has limitations. Tim Follin: “What are these limitations you speak of?”

[@coldsouparchives2149]

HOLY CRAP THIS WAS ON SNES

[@TheEvilRayquaza]

I can't believe Plok! is nearly 31 years old.

[@JustinLevine123]

Whenever anyone tries to convince me that new games have better music than old games, I get out my stereo, play this, and laugh in their face.

[@ScrewAttackEurope]

I didn't know he did RnRR, but the music was awesome on that too. He also did some pretty good C64 music too like Ghosts n Goblins.