There’s something profoundly relaxing and sound-bathic about it, spesh with a low pass filter or filtering out all the treble.
The House song from Mother 1 is amazing and so is the rest of the album in this light
Try it; I double-dare you
Duck Tails. Nothing beats that moon theme.
This immediately started playing in my head when I read the question.
Chrono Trigger - Main Theme
Castlevania II - Simon’s Quest - Town at Daytime
Mega Man 2 - Bubble Man Stage
Super Mario Bros 2 - Game End
River City Ransom - Menu/Shop Theme
That Super Mario Bros 2 - Game End lullaby is perfect.
When I first beat it as a kid, I just sat there for 10 minutes listening. This song has permanent resistance in my head.
Since you specified NES, og Zelda and Maniac Mansion
I prefer the c64 maniac mansion theme : https://youtu.be/x7wehz9qKVo
Gonma be honest, I love the Pictionary theme
Lmao wth. Was not expecting a bump from Pictionary. This is so good.
If you think thats good, listen to this shit
Oh hell yeah. I’ll take Solstice any day. What a legendary game. One of the best platform-puzzle titles for it’s time. You just can’t understand it until you play it.
I never had the manual, so it was confusing as hell for a while. Most stories for NES games came from the manual. NES manuals were half guides, half prologue novels.
You play this song and I will instantly know where its from - https://youtu.be/N3YrrUtQ7-g
- Double Dragon 2 - Final Battle 2
- Final Fantasy III - The Crystal Tower
- The Guardian Legend - Forest Fields (honestly the whole OST is amazing)
- Solstice - Title Theme
- Blaster Master - Area 3
- Mega Man 6 - Wily Fortress (seriously people are sleeping on Mega Man post 2)
- Mega Man 5 - Wily Fortress
The password entry screen for Metal Gear.
Love that tune. So calming.
This might be a weird, obscure game, I think, but I LOVE the Act 1 Part 1 song from Totally Rad and Act 1 Part 2 is my second favorite NES tune. The whole OST is just fire.
https://youtu.be/vLbR-vm-Ry8 - Part 1
https://youtu.be/l-IZG44nfvk - Part 2
The game started as a sort of jrpg sidescroller, but it got… butchered from “Americanizing”. Still gnarly, though (heh).
Also, honorable mention, all the music from The Guardian Legend. All of it. I love that game so much.
The Guardian Legend OST - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEOQ0YA_1DWlqKUJkOJaJL0YB2brVTCFd
One of the best songs - https://youtu.be/W2q0aIql0Qw
Oh shit, and this one (sorry, I’m like a kid in a candy shop trying to pick my favorite when it comes to NES) - https://youtu.be/o_VzSKgTye0
The ending to Dragon Warrior IV
https://youtu.be/BAG4mz6V6xQMy mom used to use the fishing song from The Black Bass to put me to sleep. Many moons later, I still find it soothing. https://youtu.be/6DDffBpWfnk?t=03m15s
Final Fantasy.
Ninja Gaiden!
Not nes, but it is 8 bit…
The fez soundtrack, by disasterpeace.
So good
I remember enjoying a lot of the Mega Man music. But also the theme for the first area in Crystalis has stuck with me for ages.
The main theme from Solstice is also a fucking banger
