Obscure VGM #1: Daffy Duck in Hollywood - Options / Game Over

[XaneCorpProductions]

That strange sound at the beginning fading out made me think "Wow, the Genesis can do that?" I thought, after all I heard from the system, it couldn't make that sound that makes it sound like a remix of some kind, like what I hear in remixes. @mfurniss , if you are the composer, this song is cool, I say. Thank goodness it isn't FULLY unused, but I still wonder what the level would've been like with this music, expecially hearing the tempo drop mid-song. Videogames don't tend to do that often!

[luis22892]

what a coolness, the space level ost is great too.

[emptyflagpole]

This is great, sounds reminiscent of Tim Follin's stuff, especially for C64. Love the arpeggios! Why are English VGM programmers so good?

[IbrianAravenis]

Muchas gracias a Codeman38 por haber calificado a esta canción como una de las más increíbles, "oscuras" y elaboradas -a pesar de que, como se mencionó, no sea muy recordada o bien pase desapercibida-. También por haberla analizado y compartir sus notaciones con todos. Y felicitaciones a Matt Furniss por esta gran muestra de su trabajo.

[IbrianAravenis]

Realmente esta canción tiene una gran elaboración y, si bien fue destinada al menú principal, al de opciones y a la pantalla de Game Over de este juego (para que no se viese desperdiciada), seguramente la etapa abandonada para la que habría sido compuesta sería igual de imponente y brillante que la primera. Aun más raro pero a la vez sin dudas: aunque se note rara como melodía de un juego de Looney Tunes, combinaría un millón de veces más con Daffy que con Bugs. Simplemente va con él.

[Sneep29]

Reminds me Tim Follin's work. This is awesome. I remember listening to this all the time... it sounds nothing like it would be in a Looney Tunes game. :]

[xZippy38]

Beginning sounds like a last boss buildup.

[CrashNicker]

Gosh, Furniss did a great job on composing this tune anyway. Reminds me of Kemco's Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle continue theme, just with a bit of attitude...

[MacWii]

Someone needs to reverse-engineer it

[schoolfilmer]

It has a magical feel to it!

[SpaceNinja88]

This is a bit weird for a Game Over music, especially because of its start.

[codeman38]

Indeed it is. And only the first 10 seconds or so are used on the actual Game Over screen-- the rest is only heard on the options menu.

[SpaceNinja88]

And that's just stupid...

[codeman38]

It really is as if the developers just took a tune that Furniss had composed for an unfinished level and used it on the leftover screens or something. It's on par with the actual level themes in the game!

[mfurniss]

Correct. That's exactly what they did.

[codeman38]

OMG, wow. Thanks for the confirmation of my theory!

[codeman38]

And by the way, your Mega Drive soundtracks are seriously underappreciated. I grew up playing Mortal Kombat, Mickey Mania, and Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure. :)

[Eep386]

@mfurniss Thank you very much for your hard work!

[NTxC]

@mfurniss Thanks for composing this gem along with other tunes in this game. It's a great game, I grew up with it, don't see why it went so ignored. :( You are a legend, sir.

[Shtrepstra]

@mfurniss Thank you. You are the one of those who made my and my sister's childhood more beautiful. We still sometimes whistle your melodies.