{"id":131500,"date":"2023-01-29T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-144151"},"modified":"2023-01-29T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T18:00:00","slug":"feature-video-game-music-that-didnt-need-to-go-that-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/29\/feature-video-game-music-that-didnt-need-to-go-that-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: Video Game Music That Didn’t Need To Go That Hard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There is a lot of video game music out there that goes hard<\/em>. By “goes hard” we mean it slaps<\/em>. By “it slaps” we mean it’s a bop<\/em>. By “it’s a bop” we mea\u2014 forget it. These are tracks that are really good.<\/p>\n

In the vast majority of these instances, the tracks match the situation pretty perfectly. A high-stakes moment in the game might be met by tense strings and an ever-rising pitch; action set-pieces might opt for a big brass statement of the main theme to emphasise your heroic movements; chilled-out hubs might provide some lighter tracks on the keys, bringing your pulse down if it’s generally an intense game or letting you fully relax into the world \u00e0 la<\/em> Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But this is not always the case. There are often times when game music composers will write an extremely hard<\/em> track and then it makes its way into the game regardless of the situation because the piece is Just. That. Good.<\/p>\n

The release of GoldenEye 007<\/a> on the Nintendo Switch Online N64 Library has got us thinking about this exact game music phenomenon (for obvious reasons that we’ll come back to later). We started thinking of other tunes that are undeniable bangers but, when we think about it, they play at unexpected times. They had no reason to go that hard,<\/em> to be that good.<\/em><\/p>\n

Below, we have assembled some of the tracks that instantly popped to mind when we started down this path. Of course, these are only the tracks that slap somewhat surprisingly. If we were just talking about the hardest video game tracks of all time then we would be here all day (there’s no point in putting Ocarina of Time<\/a>‘s Gerudo Valley on this list, for example, as that track’s hardness perfectly matches its placement).<\/p>\n

Have a listen through our picks (presented here in no particular order) and then take to the comments to let us know of any we missed. There will be many, and we’re eager to hear them!<\/p>\n

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