Best VGM 106 - Journey to Silius - Stage 1 (Space Colony Ruins)

[namr3h]

watch?v=EEyeGUVqylU

[technojunkindatrunk]

Sunsoft is legit and so is this tune! love it thx mr uploader!

[42psychoj]

In case nobody knew or already said, this game was originally supposed to be Terminator but somehow Sunsoft lost the rights, but still had the finished game. So they simply changed the story, sprites and the intro music. Now that I've seen the Terminator Nes game I can honestly say that all of us Terminator fans got screwed over. This is an awesome game with an awesome soundtrack. Terminator they failed you!!

[RyuHayabusa06]

I love how melodic this old stuff is. It seems the music of these new games are lacking in this department.

[SlothfulCynic]

@RyuHayabusa06 You couldn't be more spot on. Take the music from where your username is derived from. Ninja Gaiden had a near flawless soundtrack, especially it's sequel. You don't find that sort of involvement in a VGM composition nowadays.

[RyuHayabusa06]

@SlothfulCynic Yeah, Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2 had very memorable soundtracks. I actually taped some of the music on a cassette when I was little so I could listen to it anywhere, lol. This old VG music was all about the melody. Now it's all about sounding orchestral or hip hop shit.

[heerogunkenobi]

@RyuHayabusa06 i agree

[moffatsghost]

@RyuHayabusa06 yeah, the music of the sunsoft games had many interweaving parts. Fester's quest is a particular game that demonstrates this.

[9Raza]

Fuck yeah sunsoft! =D

[klaud1]

Holy crap this song rocks! I thought it was an SNES composition! 

[fedm0r]

mobygames watermark hehhehehehe

[fedm0r]

looks like a cool platform game. i don't recognize it.

[JTSDAD67]

I had this one. Thought it was pretty cool but hard. didn't think anyone else knew about it.

[Chepito2846]

it would be sooo awesome to see carlton dance to this!!!!! it would be the best thing ever

[chafenhimer]

when i first heard this music i couldn't believe it was from the NES

[rjakobi]

This is perhaps the pinnacle of 8-bit music manipulation. OCremix did some great justice to that theme as well.

[Marwarluigi]

Lyrics: It's a Journey to Silius, it's is tough to beat, you can't pass And even though it's hard to beat, the music here it kicks ass .....

[HapkidoSinMoo]

@jabulon88 explains all the robots lol. great game overall.

[kiju243]

For 8-bit, this song sure encapsulates the 80's pretty damn well.

Might be why it's called 8-bit. More like 80-bit, amirite? Ok, sorry, that was terrible...

[Jabulon88]

journy to silius was supposed to be the official terminator 2 game, for those of you that did not know

[Solon1]

A Journey to Sirius

[pyrix]

I bought this game at a used game store near where I live :D as soon as I get my new system in the mail I'll be playing it and my other games probably all day XD

[hylianarmy0]

It doesn't sound like they used the triangle wave for this song.

[Teraforce88]

@hylianarmy0 Actually they did use the triangle wave here; they used it for percussion effects. Many of Sunsoft's later titles used the Triangle wave for percussion and the PCM channel for bass, which was opposite of what many other developers were doing (Triangle for bass; PCM for percussion)

[chafenhimer]

@Teraforce88 SMB3 used PCM for percussion, right?

[DropKickEddy]

more kickass music by Sunsoft

[torerik1234]

This game has very long music, that can last about 2 or 3 minutes before looping. An legendary game.

[Timw008thebadone]

WHOA! this isnt space colony, dam this is older than i am!

[TF2Shroomking]

I cant believe i forgot this game!! so awesome :3

[nvwls987]

Damn this was such a kickass game! It was fun, challenging, and had some of the best NES music I've ever heard. I think I'll play through it again when my friend is done borrowing my system.

[RaustBD]

Lyrics: Now I am off I'm on my way I will avenge my father Yes, I am off, and on my way off to avenge my father If they think they're gonna get away with the horrific things they've done, they aren't. I'll be making sure that they all pay, i don't care what they think their power can warrant, If they think, that they can do the things that they have done with impunity, They've all got... another thing comin' And that thing's comin' from me!

[RaustBD]

(lyrics continued) Oh yes, I'll kill them all, make them fall, I'll make each one of them pay not next year, not next week, not tomorrow but today, be prepared! are you scared? Well you should be! like I said, I won't take a single break until all of you are dead!

[Shaxas13]

Did you write those yourself or are those the actual lyrics lol. Never played this game so I wouldn't know.

But it sounds fucking epic.

[RaustBD]

made them myself.

[TheRealVordox]

Go sing it. :D Then upload.

[WTFBOOMDOOM]

Cool lyrics, man! =)

[MegaMacTV]

I tried singing them and I believe I sang it exactly like you meant to write and time it. Very nicely done, lol. ;) We need to make a mix...lol

[ghettoprince187]

*Applause* Wooo! :)

[davidevgen]

the boss music was really epic in this game

[bushwhacker2k]

How can such simple music be SO FREAKING AWESOME!?

[bushwhacker2k]

Cool song :D

[electrokev]

This game has some of the most rockin' tunes, I swear. This one is pure win.

[AndrewRedroad]

This game was originally supposed to be a Terminator (movie tie in) game, but they couldn't get the license. Too bad, I bet it would have got a lot more notice if they managed it.

[bushwhacker2k]

Lol, one would imagine.

[astagohai]

isn't it funny that from all of those shitty games the game with the best gameplay and soundtrack never actually got the licence for the terminator?

this game gave me a lot more than i bargained for, and this tune not for the least

[FAILGET64]

Not to mention it probably would have been infinitely better if they got the license. Hoo-wee that game was a stinker.

[shenloken]

Pretty cool.

I wonder how they came up with the name 'Silius'. Were they being 'Sirius?' X-3

[RaustBD]

they might have meant sirus, since that's a constellation, but it was called "raf" world in japan and europe i think.

[WTF1SJuiCE]

I think you most likely meant "Sirius", but it's not a constellation, it's a star that is part of Canis Major.

[MegaMacTV]

Just been thinking about that. But what confuses me is why Silius? The Japanese version is known is Raf World, so why kind of translation error could there have been? If Sirius was chosen by the localization team, then maybe it was major typo, lol.

[bushwhacker2k]

That makes sense, probably a translation error. The Japanese language doesn't deal too well with L's and R's.

[yamihoon]

@bushwhacker2k probably is Journey to Syrus

[XBladenoJutsu]

@yamihoon Japanese name is actually called Raf World which has nothing to do with Silius, so I guess Journey to Silius was made up by English speaking people.

[childoftreachery]

Fantastic Music.

Weird game.

[SoulinEther]

This = win. Unbelievably win...

[brucewillass]

Wow I thought I was the only one sho played this game. That song brought back memories. Too bad I never beat the game it was hard as hell...

[deltagnuen]

There's an amazing band called Onion Knights who plays this very song, check them out on youtube!

[Mahewston]

Gives me goosebumps. Just too awesome.

[Sephiko]

This is the song from that flash game Marvin Spectrum! I never saw this song on your list before!

[Vordox85]

Correct, it's a Remix of this song. Meaning the author to that Armor Games are a fan.

Never hurts. =3

[MZowski83]

scrollin through supradracky's video collection... this is a good song from jts, but I hope ya got level 3!!!!

[ScrunchyFundoshi]

My favorite music from JtS.

[childoftreachery]

Hey everybody, if you want to laugh until you cry, go watch Deceased Crab's Let's play of this game on Youtube. Especially the last level!

[DiegoVizia]

Sunsoft had such a particular sound...

I didn't like this soundtrack, but Batman 2 and Gremlins 2 were truly awesome!

[ixekun]

Oh wow! Someone who appreciates an underrated game <3 the music is perhaps the greatest ever on the nes

[Jusakko]

Amazing!

[ChibiFighter]

Amazing music I love this game

[stanburdman]

great game.