[SEGA Genesis Music] Gauntlet / Gauntlet IV - Full Original Soundtrack OST

Recorded from real Sega Genesis, Model 2 w/ASIC YM3438 +MegaAmp mod
00:00 Main Theme
00:30 Treasure Room 1P
00:53 Treasure Room 2P
01:21 Treasure Room 3P
01:51 Treasure Room 4P
02:22 Back of Beyond
03:59 Whisper of Phantom
08:25 March in the Dark
11:04 Sortie
14:32 Transparent Obstacle
19:45 Adventures of Iron
24:37 Fire Starter
26:06 Retribution
29:42 Crux
31:30 The Spark
33:54 Betrayer
34:03 Explosion
34:18 . . .
Composed by
Hitoshi Sakimoto
Masaharu Iwata
Hal Canon
Earl Vickers

[@DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL]

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[@xboyindahouse]

The Barbarian alerts his team - "Look straight ahead [points at the object], there's a strange sign that reads "TƎ⅃TИUAᎮ". What does that mean?"

[@outsidercain3038]

Isn't that close to nilboG ?

[@xboyindahouse]

@@outsidercain3038 It's Goblin spell backwards 😂 🤣 TROLL 2

[@outsidercain3038]

@@xboyindahouse they're going to eat me 😨 OMAGAAAAAAAAWWWWDD 😭😭

[@xboyindahouse]

@@outsidercain3038 He was one of us and you killed him! Now it's your turn!

[@DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL]

@@outsidercain3038 oh my GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@MattFurniss]

Transparent Obstacle. My favorite single Genesis tune on any game.

[@DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL]

It's really, really something else.

[@phobos2k2]

Just incredible...I'm blown away by this track!

[@echelon2k8]

@Retro Game Music Me, too. I first heard it yesterday after randomly clicking midway into a video of someone's game play on KZbin and had to find out what it was called. I could have easily missed it as I was really only clicking to see what the game looked like in action, but I'm very glad that I didn't. The Genesis/Mega Drive sure was capable of some quality tunes.

[@sonnydaze8957]

Sega genesis! One name,Yuzo Koshiro,even though I hated most of his taste,Revenge of shinobi,streets of rage/bare knuckle and people like him pushed the limits when it came to music! But this soundtrack is my relax and do my work background music!

[@stephenhall2980]

Yep,that and 'flood of power' from midnight resistance!

[@xboyindahouse]

One of the greatest most under-rated video game soundtracks of all time

[@xboyindahouse]

I remember reading EGM & Game Fan reviews way back in 1993 on how amazing the soundtrack is, so I rented the game, went straight to the options so I can listen to the music and I was blown away on how fantastic this soundtrack is.

[@axelfoley20]

It's nearly CD quality. This game and the streets of rage series have some mind blowing music. Deep bass and excellent instruments.

[@KTF0]

Easily

[@schtive81]

This version of Gauntlet was ported by M2 back in the day. The same people that did the 3D Sega collection on the 3DS. This is a really good port of the original arcade game and it even has four player mode. Plus the music makes this version of the game amazing.

[@TheLegendofRenegade]

Best French Horn sound on the system. Hitoshi Sakimoto is such an inspiration for his work on the MD

[@Ericmor]

This game has a secret ending in quest mode. Well, not exactly a big secret... but i never saw no one talk about it, and it is kind easy to miss. If you start the last level before battling the gold dragon with a second player (i controlled the second one myself) and let him answer 'yes' for the treasure of eternal youth, HE becomes the dragon and you run away. The dialogue with the merchant and the ending text become totally different, implying that now people knows the truth about the castle of succession and the dungeon ended up sealed.

[@madspunky]

cool!!

[@LordSephleon]

One of the best Sega Genesis soundtracks ever. I remember just sitting in the options menu and listening to the various songs for a while, with Sortie being my old favorite and Adventures of Iron being my newer - and still current - favorite. All of the "main" adventuring songs are great in their own rights, and Retribution is an amazing choice for the prologue. Adventures of Iron also brings back extremely fond memories of playing through Quest Mode with three of my closest friends as we battled through the final castle and immeasurable odds after many hours of shutting down the four towers. The fact that we were unprepared for our first foray and practically had to fight back-to-back in tight corridors against near-infinite numbers while our resources dwindled to dangerously-low amounts during the escape back to the main hub made that song all the more epic. (sorry about the run-on sentence) The only thing I don't miss about Gauntlet 4 were the passwords, especially since you had one enormous one for your character and one shorter one to keep track of actual Quest Mode progress. ;) And yes, I was always the wizard, because magic was always my thing. This was the first game in the series when potion use became a bit more tactical (though it doesn't compare to later games, especially Legends/Dark Legacy and the 2014 one) :) I think I might need to beat Quest Mode again soon. It's been a few years.

[@PopfulFrost]

Which ending did you get? I think you can guess which one I went for by looking at my icon, hehe.

[@LordSephleon]

@@PopfulFrost :D My apologies for replying so late, but I never got the notice for your message and just happened to pop in to listen to the soundtrack while at work. :) The absolute first time we beat it, one of our number - the Warrior player, oddly enough - wanted to take the OTHER option, but we convinced him to agree to the same option we all did because my experience with games like that - see the first Streets of Rage game in 2-player mode - made me very suspicious of a Yes/No question after a final battle. So, we got the OTHER ending. Of course, right after the credits finished, we reset and popped in our pre-final battle passwords, jumping back in to see the other ending. I believe the Elf or the Warrior won that first one. I was considered the best technical player since I lived and breathed video games as a kid, so of course my friends all teamed up on the squishy old Wizard as soon as the fight began so they could have a more "even" battle amongst themselves. I damaged them as much as I could, though, using the Fight Ring to keep them away from me as long as I could, but eventually I was slain and felt vindicated when I saw what happened to the "winner" of the Four Hero Deathmatch. :)

[@jessragan6714]

GamePro called this soundtrack "tinny!" The bastards!

[@DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL]

Jess Ragan lol what? Maybe if they were listening to it in a garbage can. The anti-Sega bias was real.

[@xboyindahouse]

GamePro also said that about the music for Castlevania Bloodlines wasn't very good. They were very wrong, those idiots.

[@kingboobs20]

GamePro was notoriously wrong about everything.

[@chaosgreyblood]

@@xboyindahouse Okay, so they actually called the first of many great works by Michiru Yamane 'not very good'? Wow. Tone-deaf AND idiots!

[@sguinn91]

They hated the music for bloodlines?! That game has an incredible soundtrack! What the heck, man?!

[@X3MCTZN]

I cant even begin to fathom the epicness of this ost, and the deliverence of 16bit chip. Makes you feel truly a part of the adventure, it's like a dark reverie!

[@levelminusone]

"Transparent Obstacle" shows definitely the whole capacity of the SEGA Genesis soundchip. In addition the arrangement and composing is insane! An all time favourite and inspirational piece.

[@Jayce_Alexander]

Retribution, Sortie, March in the Dark, man this soundtrack is amazing. I'd kill for orchestral versions of some of these tracks.

[@greenhillmaniac]

Some of the best music on the system!.

[@lvx_rose]

Some of the best music EVER🤘

[@MikeTaiVlogs]

This game was so damn hard. I had no business playing this at 7 years old lol

[@TiagoxInside]

Sortie is Powerfull Soundtrack!

[@docsvideogames6525]

Sortie is my favorite too, Sounds very barbarian/Conan like which is ok, makes me want to take on everything in the game.

[@gh0ul898]

This may be the best Genesis OST I've never heard before. I had Gauntlet on NES back in the day, but the music came nowhere near this. The atmosphere and fantasy feeling here is just so massive. Transparent Obstacle and Adventures of Iron

[@mattscholbe7237]

This OST is so underrated! It needs a great artist to cover it!

[@axelfoley20]

Some of the greatest 16 bit music of all time. How can anyone listen to this and not say "That is genesis music and not CD music? WTF?!".

[@opaljk4835]

I guess a cd could play back anything, high or low quality. Genesis really is so unique when looking back at the home market consoles

[@axelfoley20]

@@opaljk4835 The Genesis was lightning in a bottle for Sega. They never had the kind of success with any other system that they had with it. I was a die hard Nintendo fan boy as a kid and when the Genesis came out, it blew Nintendo out of the water for me. Even the Snes, while it was technically superior, never really brought me back to Nintendo. I did own both systems but I still play old Genesis games to this day, through emulation. Rarely do I play Nintendo or SNES games.

[@BottomOfTheDumpsterFire]

@@axelfoley20 Blame Sega infighting and selfsaboting for its demise, they could have struck lightning twice with the Saturn if they didn't price it at $399, if they didn't rush it to market 6 months early, if they supported developers making 2D games, if they supported the Sega CD and 32X instead of being forced to drop it; lots of really dumb decisions.

[@davidszekely1770]

March in the dark and Sortie OMG I still remember them after near 3 decades.... that's how deep an imprint they left.

[@MegaDriveProfile]

Dat Terpsichorean driver though......Adventures of Iron is a classic.

[@bondosho]

Mega Drive Profile Those echoing drums in the background are simply incredible.

[@socialengineering2539]

14:32 fck what track YAMAHAAAA chip baby thank you sega for this chip big up from morocco

[@mykieGunderson]

11:04 Sortie just sounds so HUGE!

[@NaliamCantero]

I need a Metal version of Sortie!

[@NaliamCantero]

and a Folk one

[@KTF0]

@@NaliamCantero 100% Agreed. Sortie and March in the Dark. Would love to hear double bass drums. With Sortie, a thick bass with some tasty vibratos with the lead.

[@PrimalShutter]

It sounds very shinning force 2

[@sandman8927]

one of the best i ever heard back then . so epic

[@digimaks]

19:45 - reminds me of Unreal Tournament - sounds very PC-Quality! Pretty impressive!

[@TheLegendofRenegade]

14:32 Transparent Obstacle that bassline

[@netsendjoe]

I was surprised that the Genesis could have music like this.

[@danmakuman]

@@netsendjoe the console has a lot of great soundtracks that took advantage of the hardware pretty well and for sure this is one of the best examples.

[@skins4thewin]

@@danmakuman What other Genesis soundtracks are out there that are of this sort of quality? I haven't heard any that are as good or detailed as this.

[@xboyindahouse]

@@skins4thewin Check out "Master Of Monsters", "Devilish/Bad Omen", "Verytex", "Two Crude Dudes", "Midnight Resistance" and "Captain America & The Avengers"

[@skins4thewin]

@benjamin zuniga carreno I gotcha, I was just wondering what is out there that could possibly top this. I've never heard any other Genesis game with a soundtrack as rich and detailed as this.

[@EmaLasa]

Adventures of Iron is one of my favourite ST.

[@zanegandini5350]

Definitely a uniquely amazing soundtrack. Never heard anything quite like it!

[@Nitrate900]

This is maybe the best orchestral impression I've heard on the MD soundchip. Epic, haunting, simply incredible. That said, those credits under the tracklist are a bit misleading. A more fair version would be: "Main Theme and Treasure Room composed by Hal Canon, and arranged by Hitoshi Sakimoto & Masaharu Iwata. Every other track composed and arranged by Hitoshi Sakimoto & Masaharu Iwata". Earl Vickers should be removed, he was responsible for voice-overs only.

[@axelfoley20]

You're right. I've said it before and will say it again, this music nearly sounds CD quality. I was blown away when I first played this game. Not only was it a very good port of the Arcade, it introduced a role playing version and had one of the best soundtracks in 16 bit era that I ever heard, nearly CD quality.

[@joshs.5384]

Oh, that's why this soundtrack rules. Sakimoto and Iwata wrote the music for all of the Tactics Ogre series, as well as the Final Fantasy Tactics soundtrack.

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

"Adventures of Iron "is like Brad Fiedel scoring Conan! This is a great example of the Genesis/MD doing less dancy and more epic type of synth music.

[@elnoel1220]

Brad Friedel was a goalkeeper so didn’t score anything.

[@mattemen36]

What up G4 fam! This game's ST for me has been serving a blast from the past. Including the fact that I still play it to this day in a reminiscently purpose to replicate my old youthful childhood days! RIP #Tengen

[@devmyster925]

sortie really hits me where it hurts

[@bigfoot5185]

Happy to own the original cartgridge Im for 14:32 transparent obstacle

[@hattasken]

Love this soundtrack! As another commenter said, some of the best music on the system

[@skins4thewin]

This is an absolute work of art! Who knew that such an incredible collection of chiptunes existed, hidden within such an unassuming title? Who did the soundtrack for this game anyway? I simply MUST look up their other works!

[@stephen22890]

Did you ever look into it? Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata did the soundtrack. There's no official breakdown but I know their styles well enough to say with pretty good accuracy who did what. Sakimoto - "Back of Beyond", "Sortie", "Transparent Obstacle", "Adventures of Iron", "Fire Starter", "Retribution", "Betrayer", "..." Iwata - "Whisper of Phantom", "March in the Dark", "Crux", "The Spark" The main theme and treasure room tracks were by Hal Canon from the original Gauntlet. Sakimoto probably did the explosion sound too since he did work as a sound programmer more often than Iwata, although Iwata did some too so it's hard to say, not that it matters. Sakimoto and Iwata worked on many games together before and after this one, some of the highlights, in my opinion, being Tactics Ogre (Iwata's best music is on this one), Final Fantasy Tactics, Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity, Final Fantasy XII, and ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat. Sakimoto is one of the leading composers in the Japanese game industry, and further highlights of his career that I recommend checking out are Soukyugurentai, Vagrant Story, Legaia 2: Duel Saga, Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter, and Valkyria Chronicles. Also some generally well-regarded soundtracks are Magical Chase, Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen, and Radiant Silvergun, but I don't personally put those on the same level as the ones I named. People also tend to love Iwata's soundtrack to Baroque on Saturn and PlayStation; I find it interesting and decent, but not amazing and its obscurity, the weirdness of the game, and how different it is from Iwata's other music probably have a lot to do with people's fascination. There are still tons of other soundtracks and great music littered throughout the games they've worked on and I call Sakimoto my favorite game composer and definitely in my top class of favorite musicians ever.

[@deano72]

Mind blowing music untouchable quality

[@calebchild4467]

Dang this is some good music. I'm gonna have to find a copy of this game when I get home...

[@RetroRanter]

still to this day wonder how my Megadrive and Gauntlet cartridge didn't just melt while running the game and this mind blowing OST the atmosphere in these tracks stuck with me for life..

[@hectarius7261]

Everyone talking about Transparent Obstacle or Adventures of Iron, but Retribution is up there with the best tunes in the whole soundtrack. It's my personal favorite and, in my opinion, the closest the Genesis ever came to sounding like the SNES.

[@stantonbentley2534]

Wow! Never heard this soundtrack before. Really does show that if you knew what you were doing with those sound chips, you can get some really cool sounds. Very atmospheric. There's a fluidity you can get with smooth transitions between different parts in a single tune. Like the Streets of Rage ST, I don't think they could have been done on the SNES. They would have sounded stiff. Great work extracitng all this stuff!

[@jimmywhite6863]

You're wrong if you think the snes can't do atmospheric tracks

[@axelfoley20]

I love this soundtrack but you're right, I remember that Super Metroid had some really impressive music. It's more about who is doing the music, rather than the hardware in a lot of cases.

[@handsomebrick]

No one says that the Mega Drive's sound chip was bad, they just think the SNES's sound chip is better, that's not even close to the same thing.

[@jimmywhite6863]

handsomebrick ignorant people do often say the Mega Drive has a bad sound chip, though.

[@nickpeck4561]

I have Gauntlet 4 tracks in my Sega Genesis-inspired game, HVenture 2! I used Sortie (plays in 2-1, The Inferno Factory), Transparent Obstacle (plays in 5-3, The Spider’s Cave), and Adventures of Iron (plays in 6-7, The Shifty Factory)!

[@jinggo78]

These box arts are always amusing. They're on a ledge or something and one guy is pointing and the wizard is casting a spell and the archer is pointing at the sky. And yet there's no enemy. They're just posing heroically. It's funny.

[@Haspen89]

Almost everyone lovin' on Transparent Obstacle, but I believe that Sortie, March in the Dark and Adventures of Iron are just as good!

[@MastaGambit]

As is Whisper of Phantom

[@KTF0]

Honestly I keep changing my favorites

[@MrKapothi]

Love this game! Congratulations for your amazing work

[@AnalyticalReckoner]

Genesis didn't always sound good but when it did it sounded fking fantastic. This and Dune both blew me away with their audio quality. The synth in Ecco is pretty amazing too.

[@acdc09]

Hollywood needs to make an epic movie version of Gauntlet and use this sound track. Since he's done several video game to movie tie-ins I guess the Rock could play as the warrior.

[@chuzausenindajaus139]

true epic! just awesome stuff, makes yamaha chip sound like a retro blockbuster ost

[@golvellius]

That bass tough

[@StephanosBlack]

When Sortie plays, you know some $#!+ Is going down!

[@deano72]

I can hear the mega drives sound chip screaming for it dear life.

[@dytallixx1268]

what a soundtrack. has to be in my top 10 on genesis for sure.

[@iwanttocomplain]

I think this is the best sound track on the Genesis/Mega Drive.

[@guilhermediniz6084]

Don't forget Thunder Force 4

[@iwanttocomplain]

@@guilhermediniz6084 I’ve changed my mind. Favourites are silly. But this could could be considered a stand out orchestral composition and TF4 a fine example of progressive electronic thrash metal.

[@guilhermediniz6084]

@@iwanttocomplain I agree completely, sometimes I like this OST more than TF4, it changes with my mood haha

[@iwanttocomplain]

@@guilhermediniz6084 there is just so much amazing music on the Mega Drive it’s facile to grade excellence.

[@rob0nemusic369]

Sounds so great

[@Chadius]

2:22 Those are some meaty bells, damn

[@DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL]

read this as "meaty balls," still applies to this soundtrack

[@sporedoutofmymind]

This is just about TIm Follin level work

[@benjaminzuniga5750]

Even better lol. Considering that Tim worked on Gauntlet III entry, another fantastic soundtrack, but Gauntlet IV is just perfection, perfect FM instrumentation

[@sporedoutofmymind]

@@benjaminzuniga5750 In comparison if you want to hear the other side of the spectrum look up the Doom 32x soundtrack (Sign of Evil especially)

[@Pytor007]

This soundtrack is sooooo good!

[@SpeedySPCFan]

Perfect.

[@matthewmiguel8108]

I was shocked that Sega genesis soundchip can make an epic orchestral sounds. It also beats some of the snes orchestral soundtracks.

[@alexisynthfm1988]

Sakimoto is a genius

[@patrickkromer161]

Great soundtrack! For me "adventures of iron" is one of my favourites....love it!❤

[@Zhienerich]

Editor Dylan from Now in the 90s sent me here! Transparent Obstacle def a masterpiece

[@ikagura]

Really nice musics!

[@Pipkiablo]

This totally brings back memories of telling my sister, "Don't grab [item], we're out of potions and it's the only thing keeping Death locked in," only to watch her grab [item] before I even make it halfway through the sentence.

[@deaniepops1]

I think this should be voted the best music on the mega drive..👻👻👻

[@guilhermediniz6084]

Don't forget Thunder Force 4 and Elemental Master

[@therealtgvenom]

I have never played this version. I've played the NES, and in fact I never knew this existed on the Genesis until recently. My favorite tracks in this game is March in the Dark, Transparent Obstacle, Sortie and Retribution

[@porcorosso81]

Wow, without knowing this game previously, one would think that it belongs in the cathegory of mediocre american (sorry) games/soundtracks created by Tengen (especially by hearing the first tracks, which are just a recreation of the original Arcade FM music). Sakimoto is the master of FM epicness. And probably one of the few japanese composers who utilizes "european style" fast arpeggio techniques. Thanks again for pointing to this gem!

[@DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL]

Tengen is really hit and miss with conversions but when they expanded to Japan they weren't shy about hiring local talent, to all our benefit.

[@solarflare9078]

DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL Since when we're Tengen hit or miss? As far as I've seen, all of their Atari arcade ports on the Mega Drive are fantastic (Pit Fighter, Hard Drivin, Roadblasters, Paperboy, etc). And ALL of those games (except Hard Drivin, which used PCM), sound extremely close, if not exactly like the arcade game.

[@PopfulFrost]

What genre of music would you call this? Dungeon synth sounds close, but this has a lot more "punch" to it that fits with the constant life-and-death struggle the game's all about.

[@stripedhyenuh]

It sounds like it has a lot of Berlin School and prog rock influences

[@jmac79ers]

Adventures of Iron......

[@user-fx6gd9ry1o]

Shshshshsh.........14:32 🎧🎧🎧🎧

[@CharlesBiancoRealtor]

Thumbs down clickers need food, badly.

[@docsvideogames6525]

Thumbs Down Clickers are running out of time...........

[@chaosgreyblood]

Thumb down clickers shot the potion

[@Somulo]

divine soundtrack

[@Niiloisnumber1]

Masterpeace

[@DSDMovies]

'Adventures of Iron' very close to the original Terminator theme.

[@NesrocksGamingVideos]

Maybe I can insert this ost into the 2014 pc gauntlet game and replay it once again.

[@X3MCTZN]

Ok Betrayer is an amalgam of GAME OVER music piece from Thunder Force 4 and TANKS (from NES) the music piece when you start a new level!

[@Niiloisnumber1]

The Best

[@CharlesBiancoRealtor]

7 People Got Trapped By Death Without A Potion.

[@sonnydaze8957]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Phantusa]

I like this one. There's the jerky electric guitar sound in the beginning.

[@Orbrun]

Back of Beyond sounds like the dungeon music in Landstalker

[@Gambenoful]

This is AUDIO SHOCK!!

[@xboyindahouse]

Who in the hell disliked this video???

[@ryzmaker11]

Some stupid fanboys or maybe a YM2612 fanatic :D

[@ps123fan]

@@ryzmaker11 snes fanboiis and guurls but snes has some great tunes aswell kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2bVcp2Fn7l6qsU

[@ziltama]

Yet another example of the soundtrack being better than gameplay (which isn't bad either).

[@renatodalmo]

if this track was from a zelda, nintendo fans would tear their ass with their fingernails

[@felipes.carvalho8790]

Esse audio não é do Yamaha do Mega model 1 ?

[@crystalmadison8449]

Gantoreto

[@gordyowl9455]

Idk if it's Gauntlet or Shippu Mahou Daisakusen 🤔

[@tcbvgames]

BRONZE: Adventures of Iron SILVER: Transparent Obstacle GOLD: Sortie PLATINUM: Sortie #sakimotobias w/ some Iwatavibes

[@FeelingShred]

Is it my impression or the Model 2 has less "punch"?

[@user-fx6gd9ry1o]

Maybe if you are listen to it by phone verifiy your sound try to make it flat options or increase bass punch

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

decent

[@Hundaufdrogen]

Game Sack brought me here.

[@Ofecks]

16:14 what is that popping sound? It sounds really out-of-place, I assume it's a glitch and not supposed to be there

[@80486sx]

this was recorded from real hardware, and if that pop is a glitch I can confirm that it came from the genesis (I own this game)

[@thepeller210]

Nice but overated, definitely better music on the MD

[@mortenera2294]

What the fuck!?

[@alexisynthfm1988]

Brother, if we talk about overrated music, for me I would put the soundtracks of Streets of Rage, they are not a big deal.