The Music of Video Games [55] Double Dragon II

[MrAebtdom]

Hmm really great video, too bad I'm missing 3 sound tracks.

1 from the level where fire drops from the sealing.

1 from the boss sound

1 from the for last boss (ghost like jimmy)

1 from the last level.

1 from the final boss when being on another planet or so.

Hey, that actually makes 5 sound tracks :P

[Zeoinx69]

TORNADO KICK!!! GOOOOOO!!!

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

I think Mission 2 could've instead used a Jimmy Hart cut-up of Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F," wouldn't you mind?

[lostprophet888]

I was 7 when my buddy age 11 or so, asked me to help him buy this game. Was my first co-owned nintendo game, it will always have the best score of music hands down to any game, in my book. awesome stuff...

[eduardotsukino]

Not complete, miss track of mission 8 double illusion and more.

[dangerjae]

MEMORIES!!!!!! Awesome vid....tis now my fave :)

[mechayamcha]

i actually have this game on the nes. not an emulator the actual cartridge. i've probably have it for well over 15 years. i'm only 20 though.

[gothchildyo]

Just imagine you listening to 2:49 track while walking on the street...You will be  the most badass guy in the neighborhood!

[tentedalex]

i have tis on my jtag and still play it

[AlessandroRast]

Thumbs up if you think that DD2 has the most kickass music in NES history.

No wait... in video game history !

[MultiSinoda]

AWESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME HARDCORE THROWBACK!!!

[Lemonerofre]

3:45.......... Wow!!! epic song, make a every child want to be a musician

[playaeyez17]

Maannnn when you hear & watch these clssics you grew up with as much of a gamer as you are, the truth sticks out even more how games today are totally curropted of true FUN & miss the point, big productions or else watered down just to be more "social" not more FUN for everyone on the merit of It being irresistable in quality.. games today have 2/3 gimmicks that sell em really.. graphics, online multi-player, or social aspect.. soundtracks don't exist anymore (good ones) I won't even go there:-/

[GlennamisPrime]

The section of music that starts at 1:14 sounds alot like Cat Stevens' Matthew and Son!

[AnimaxRules]

This game is so much fun. Back then Coop games were something else. You had to coordinate with your real life friend to beat the hell out of a bunch on thugs.

Nowadays On-line games are just about kicking your on-line friends asses and arguing about everything.

[DimaSvostoka]

Nice

[kingmanny57]

In the top ten of having the best video game soundtracks

[DariSumisu]

thank you.

[liferev]

I have the title music as my iphone ringtone!

[MrBitmusic]

@liferev yeah! :D

[tylerdurden3891]

3:45 best final battle music ever. Should be used in a martial arts movie.

[carnalito81]

wheres the helicopter music when you gotto run to the front or the the door sucks you out lol probably hard to record with all the sound effects though thnx 4 tha post

[darrknesssun07]

3232322

[duba3988]

Double Dragon 2 was the best one of them all

[MrBitmusic]

@duba3988 no, super double dragon :) double dragon 2 = second

[wondermega4ever]

sweet beat

[indelaxiom]

Uggh...the twins

[ProfessorBlade]

This game is awesome

[ThisDyingDream]

@33party33 On vending machines?? Haha, i think you meant to say on arcade machines. None the less, the best double dragon out of the whole franchise.

[zetalore]

last level music is missing, can't believe it.

[TheTurkich3]

add favorite

Thanks for uploader

[xXmariisa23Xx]

I always used to play this game when I was 4, with my cousin who was 6.

Epic. 8D

[monstertcj]

Flying knee FTW!

[kenshinro7]

Do you think they will ever remake Double dragon? I would love to see this game with the graphics they have now. Also another good remake would be Kung fu from NES. If they did remake those games, I hope they would not mess it up like Bionic Commando. That game was horrible.

[nintygaming]

Is this the best Double Dragon game ever? You bet!

I remember dying in this game OVER AND OVER in the early 90's......and then one day the Heaven's smiled upon me with the glorious GAME GENIE!

Finally, FINALLY I got further in this game, but still didn't beat it for a while until one day, I finally did. And I've loved this game ever since!

[ChronozG]

@nintygaming

Lame, try beating the game on Hard, and without Game Genie then you'll have beaten it!

Its extremely hard to beat this game, I did once and thats it, I would try again but maybe next year! LOL!

[notyoursavior78]

@ChronozG

Yeah I did eventually get good enough at this game to beat it on Supreme Master, but still a couple mis-jumps over water or the conyveyor belts and spike levels; all that hard work playing smart and conserving your lives could be gone in a instant. Things can go wrong early in the heli level too with the doors.

I guess my point, is that it can be a difficult game, but it isn't really a Game Genie game like others could be..

[ChronozG]

@notyoursavior78

Hellz yea! All that you put I totally agree, I mean you could go all the way to the last level without dieing but there will always be something that will fuck you up, no matter what! Tahts why this game is so challenging, its unpredictable!

No, I dont think this game is Game Genie material either!

Other games yea, but not this one...

[sunnysolaris]

2-player heaven!!!

[djkcel]

super knee is where it's at

[ChronozG]

In the 2nd level when the chopper comes go down the stairs and wait for the bad guys to come down the ladder and do a spin kick and they fall into that gap thats there! lol!

[Thrasharound]

generation nes !

[Thrasharound]

generation nes !

[Searry]

This game had the best musics.

[duagnelo]

awesome, they don't make games this good anymore =(

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

The track at 3:19 was that damn level where all the platforms and gears you had to jump on and over were moving and freakin' spikes were flying all over the place. Hated that level.

[adsteve84]

Damn, if I could bring this music to the gym I would get strong in no time!

[brukomura]

garudoh... you, sir, are a true gamer hero for posting these soundtracks... lol

[exmortis]

This song. It still pops into my head now and then.

[djmocha7]

all good choices. and i love how you played mission at the end. thats funny.

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

God damn man, it's like I was playing this game yesterday. And the day before that, and the day before. What a game...I'm completely nostalgic.

[funkarim]

I lov the music track at 1min53!

It's terrific!

[jose9dk]

i love the songs that is a epic game for ever, it was one of my first games and i love it the music too

[ShohokuAlumni]

So basically its the same story as the first DD only it takes place in the future? Wouldn't Jimmy and Billy be old farts?

[ningeaBLADEclanuBECA]

which guy?the indian with white pants & or the mercenary with green pants?

[ningeaBLADEclanuBECA]

in this game you get to fight with both arnold & bruce lee=))

[craigpower99]

lol... i always thought of him as rocky

[vjnctn]

So much better than the first NES game. 2P co-op, and none of that "buy your moves with hearts" bullshit...

[lastswordsmith]

1:53 ahhh man classssiiiiccccc

[Budoooooooo]

Double Dragon at its best !

[therealKINDLE]

You missed out the music from the level with the dissapearing platforms :(

[sWaLLoWssOuLs]

super chingon!!! en especial la musica de la mision 2

[zombieumbrella]

The female villains look like Gozer from Ghost Busters.

[MegamanX18]

1:08 is the best damn song!!!

[mechanix1985]

your right

[Mystandrain]

It's genial music.

[MatttJack]

This takes me back to Batman and TMNT tighty whities. Back when a spinning hurricane kick or flying knee could own any villain.

And most of all it takes me back when you could beat the hell out of shirtless ethnic men until they succumbed to falling out of the helicopter that you just happened to be fighting in.

[th3planetsghost]

I like to just stand by the door till they get close, then do a jump kick causing them to duck as the door opens. Then they get sucked out ..so cheap, yet hilarious.

[SecondandTwo]

lol, shirtless ethnic men how i also loved kneeing every bad guy into oblivion

[trustfire]

@SecondandTwo WHAT ABOUT THE THE SANDMAN, HE WAS FUCKED.

[ChronozG]

@MatttJack

LOL! Good one!

[venom5610]

2:49 my favorite

[Searry]

@venom5610

Minet too!

[kkac12]

@venom5610 Wow! Mindblown! Nyan Cat stole it!

[blktenor]

@venom5610 It is the reason why I clicked on this video. I wanted to hear that tune.

[nuclearrap]

@venom5610 me too ............ <3

[rocko5544]

los mejores recuerdos  ,, muy buena musica , esta de poca madre ...

[Stillesomenmis]

Hablar Inglés!

[fvidalh]

Sure!...  FUCK OFF

[Camwi]

Good music.

[gypaete64]

2:49 is the best for me. Brings a feeling of nostalgia...

[Kunjuri]

best game music ever... epic

[tdubb099]

got to love that flying knee kick. If you had a turbo controller you can do it all day and its all you needed

[Stillesomenmis]

It happined extremly rare for me and my bro, but when it finally happined = tears of joy :D

[tdubb099]

man, me and my friends back when it came out. We had it lock down, it would work so well, sometimes you couldn't stop it

[estlib]

or a famiclone with its standard controller witch has turbos :D xD

[jay83]

you know what i lol too now the fact on two player you and your mate will fight all them people then fight each other for the girl lol what the fuck....

[szolekxxx]

i cry on that music :(

thanks for add !

[xPAHardcorex]

this was always one of my favorite fighting games along with phantom fighter and ninjas turtles 2

[jimmynewtronz]

anyone know how I can get this tune onto my mobile free.

[blackqqt]

for some reason this music stays in my head ever since I played it when I was 8. Now occasionally it would plays itself in my head...

[captaincaramilk]

same thing for me 20 years later...particularly level 2 music plays itself in my head but I dont know why...

[DaSurreal1da]

I cant escape this theme either, I fear I'll be humming it as an old man

[kropking]

That happens to me too, 20 years later, but not just with this game... all the NES games I used to play over and over again are the same way.

[DaSurreal1da]

I know, these tunes are tattooed on my heart for all time

[Stillesomenmis]

Thank you so much for posting these vidoes <3 I played Double Dragon with my bro when i was 5 :)

[TKDyeh]

same here, and i still own it. : ) think might play it now..

[ningeaBLADEclanuBECA]

THIS GAME IS FUN FUN FUN!!!

[SgtRedHotPepper]

Man, technos made some of the best beat 'em ups on the NES. I wish I still had this game...lost it a while back. It's an old fave of mine - tons of fun

[bowflexor]

RIVER CITY RANSOM + DOUBLE DRAGON!  = <3

[Stillesomenmis]

Agreed. Except that it was called Street Gangs in Europe :D

[GOLDASK2]

3:58 is the best

[docdoom187]

i have to give my props to the song at 2:50 it's easily my second favorite song on the game.

[docdoom187]

hey guys, go to 0:45 ... then go to 3:45 in the video here watch?v=iBN1rAE8sdo which is the song Black Fire, by Dragonforce. Dragonforce are old school gamers! makes them even cooler!

[Oldschoolvillian]

I love this game. LOl This along with Krusty's Funhouse may be one of the only two decent game acclaim ever made.

[goldieu]

my girls friend have 2 tatoos double dragon i like this game forever...!

[FuryBrand220]

You should upload music for the arcade version!Those tracks are killer wicked!

[83rc]

LOL 19XX, it's 2009 and there's been no nuclear war yet

[docdoom187]

pretty soon that same thing's gonna make the Mega Man games look stupid. Remember, in 200X Dr. Light created Mega Man. Here it is 2009 and we don't even have robots that can really do much of anything, or technology even remotely on the level of the oldest Mega Man game! LOL

[peoswriter1]

In 200X Dr. Light create Roomba.

[docdoom187]

lol! Roomba!? what in the world is that?

[peoswriter1]

Google it and you'll get the joke.

[KillswitchSoldier88]

My long-time favorite on the NES! Epic music, epic game!

[xcountrycowboy]

i remember this game. it was my favorite for a long time. one of the few i actually beat

[MegamanNG]

Double Dragon II... this game is the shit.

[ra9ooo]

Yeah I have the game and the music On my Mobile ( Nokia 6280 )

[MirageL5]

THe first track at 1:09 for the first stage was so great. I remember saying this game was crap, but the music kept me playing long enough to beat it.

[TenguGuy]

You thought the game was crap?!

[MirageL5]

Nah, it was ok. Much better than the first one. I thought the game was bad back then, but it really was just an average game.

[louie00746]

Awesome song, remember ninja gaiden 2?

[Trapster2]

3:47: This song is great.

[dannysubaruman]

Last tune is amazing and my favourate dd tune!!!

[jlite]

OMGGGGGGG FINALLYYYYYY!! I've waiting YEARS for this song!!! No one remembered it!

[notyoursavior78]

Other than River City Ransom, my favorite and I think the best beat 'em up on the NES.

[GVZR]

how come the first double dragon is a tradewest game.. like battletoads .. and DD2 is an aklaim game ??? did they gave up the title or what ?

[garudoh]

They're both developed by Technos, I'm gonna guess that they just switched publishers between games, or else Tradewest got gobbled up by Acclaim in those days. Can't remember exactly.

[GVZR]

muchas gracias ka

[TenguGuy]

No, Tradewest was defunct in 1994.

[VexylMusic]

The movie was kinda cool, but the cartoon was just BadAZZ.

[Docdope1]

2D-game with made with allot of love. ACCLAIM should be proud :)

[Zero2k0]

The theme at 2:00 sounds like that "Easy Lover" song lol.

[docdoom187]

watch?v=O1kDmnHyOBg lmfao the second mission track DOES sound kinda like the Easy Lover song by Phil Colins. first Dragonforce, now Phil Colins. ok, this game's music is now past epic, it's now legendary!

[ZyklnAeon]

thanks for this information,..

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@Zero2k0

Which makes me think a Jimmy Hart cut-up of Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F" (Theme from Beverly Hills Cop) could've instead been used.

[TSUAVE78]

G THANKS FOR PUTTIN THIS UP MAN

[bosnia91]

1:57 is the bost song imo

[outtriggers]

this game has the best music in a video game EVER.

[ThisDyingDream]

I am on a misson to buy an NES system, the Double Dragon trilogy and Ninja Gaiden trilogy. I cant wait to find them....EBAY baby ha ha. This game will forever be a classic.

[Talicus]

eBay is and forever will be your friend :-)

I've bouight so many bargains on eBay, it's unbelievable. Way more than on a flea market anyway (I've had some really good purchases there too, but often I was dissapointed because of the lack of (proper) games..).

[sadisticwolverine]

ok this video doesnt truly begin until 3:46 that is hands down the best NES music ever not even Mega Man music can top it it could possibly be the best video game music ever

[Wizzardd]

This game is still amazing.

[breakanddrift]

2:49 brings back so many memories Double Dragon is the best bows down

[rockiwan]

Played the shit out of this game; loved it so much and still do. I still have the actual game.

[dbzmegaman68]

so do i, i have the cartridge and the NES

[ozzmodan]

Definately one of the best 8-bit soundtracks around.

[LoConde76]

I prefer DD3 music but I liked this one also... the game is very very fun to play... I remember I loose more live´s jumping than fighting... the chopper scene was very original ;-)

[AmadeusExcello]

Hey, what happened to the song from the cut scenes?

[garudoh]

I don't post the entire soundtracks in these vids. Consider them a small sampling of tunes.

[AmadeusExcello]

Understood, G. Compiling these videos and tracks must be time consuming. So, I am by no means complaining about the lack of one instrumental number. I would, however, appreciate it if you could get around to posting the instrumental from the Double Dragon 2 cut scenes.

Thanks again for the hard work and effort.

[garudoh]

I'll look into it if I make another DD video, but in the meantime, you could grab the tune at Zophar if you want to hear it. Oh, and thanks for the comment dude.

[doppleganger4827]

I'd prefer the first one's music over this one, but there are some good tracks. There were a handful of sequels with Revenge in the title, but it seemed appropriate I guess: Snake's Revenge, Zoda's Revenge, Wily's Revenge (I guess it took a few times before he decided to get revenge).

[RaulVelazco]

lv4 music ownz

[bjfq2007]

thanks man this great!!XD

[gamerAT84]

love this game still got it

[Ossi1985]

I love the track of the 2nd mission.. hell yeah!!

[evilby]

me too!! never forget!

[docdoom187]

YES! the second mission track is EPIC!

[karuk7575]

this game is my second favorite double dragon game.

[Chickostix89]

The opening tune kicks BUTT!!!!!

[ceiba1983]

i never had a chance to play this game as a kid.

[CamTheKitty]

Love this game SO much. Good memories