Actraiser Symphonic Suite - "Pyramid" and "Northwall"

[kinneas]

3:00 just making a bookmark for the awesome Northwall theme :D

[kenshinsavior]

I found it kind of awkward how warm and homey the music sounded while fighting giant plant monsters trying to eat me alive. At least I think that's the northwall level...

[AgentDC76]

@kenshinsavior It makes you think of watching a gentle snowfall out a window, not getting jumped at by Venus fly-traps made of ice :-p

[TeenageWind]

3:02 hearing this tune performed by an orchestra brought a tear to my eye. Finally this absolutely beautiful song is performed the way it should be. I really hope the composer has heard this version.

[AgentDC76]

This game had such good thematic music, and even though it was one of the earliest games released for SNES, it carried through the entire era as having some of the best music for the system, period.

[JLiqour]

This makes my weener hard, especially after playing this on the SNES when I was 10 right after it came out. Its hot hearing a live orchestral version of the original.

[HisDivineShadow245]

@JLiqour The "hard weener" comment alone deserves a thumbs up. LoL

[Beowulf095]

Just a Beutiffull song, Yuzo Koshiro is the best composter in this game, so wonderfull songs <3

[kvan1917]

Hmm...never heard of Actraiser before; the music sounds fantastic, though. My favorite game soundtracks are from The Legend of Zelda, Metal Gear Solid, God of War, and Shadow of the Colossus.

[empyreanlc]

You should give Actraiser I and II a try then.

Warning, it's an extremely difficult game, but has great endings, especially Actraiser 2

[Renrussian]

Actraiser is still my favourite game ever.

Nothing can touch that game plus it's magical soundtrack.

Yuzo Koshiro is a god.

[DaMoose85]

"Pyramid" makes you feel like you're trapped inside an ancient egyptian pyramid.

[astarock29]

one of the best musics ever made on any game or console, this is "top quality"composition this is why it still sound s so great ....

[Joryo1]

Parts of Pyramid are similar to the Castlevania SOTN track, Door of Holy Spirits.

Has anyone noticed that?

[jebes909090]

P.S. I found the cd on ebay ;) only two left. Its called "actraiser SNES/Beyond Oasis SMD Original Soundtrack CD"

[jebes909090]

fuck actraiser had such a great soundtrack. This was the reason i bought the snes. That game blew my mind. Too bad it was so short. This game and ff2 actually. Both fantastic soundtracks.

[lovetokill187]

where did you get this CD?? i been looking everywhere for this,or do you know where i can download it from?

this is AWESOME music!!

[Skull10]

I don't have the CD. I downloaded all the tracks from an obscure French website 5 years ago. The website no longer exists.

[clomagro]

WOW Northwall part is great

[TidusUltima]

That is simply brilliant

[wrw28405]

the picutures used during "North Wall (Act 1)" match the song perfectly! Good Job!

[nuwavghost]

The cd is very rare nowadays. You can only download it, if you can find a site or torrent that has it available. I used to have it from a download, but lost it with a fried harddrive. Actually, the version I had was directly off the video game. This is the fancier version.

[jvutube07]

I personally believe Actraiser is the greatest orchestrated music ever for a video game. The only one close to Actraiser is Castlevania's music. Northwall is still beautiful and enchanting as it was when it debuted.

[jstephenj]

@jvutube07 Castlevania 4 was good but not as good as Actraiser was.

[jvutube07]

@jstephenj agree with you there 100%. Castlevania IV was good, but not as fluid like the orchestra from Actraiser. Rygar's orchestrated music was good too from the 2002 video game on PS2. Check that one out if you haven't heard already...there is one called "Arcadia" from Rygar...its very similar to Actraiser's Northwall Act 2 and pretty nice. If they ever do make Actraiser 3, I hope they use Yuzo Koshiro again for the music...

[jstephenj]

@jvutube07 I must clarify that while Actraiser had the superior soundtrack, that Castlevania IV was more fun to play and had better controls as a side scroller. Actraiser did have fantastic visuals that were on par with CV4, but they weren't quite as memorable. But to its credit, Actraiser didn't enjoy the same brand recognition either.

[AgentDC76]

@jvutube07 You have good taste ;-) I love Castlevania IV's music. And Actraiser's/Actraiser 2's. Plus there're also games like FF6, Super Metroid (although that one has a lot more electronica influence), and Terranigma.

CV4 is my favourite because some of the stage themes are jaw-droppingly good, but I agree that the Actraiser games are more consistently good. CV4 also had some stage themes I hated (Stage 7 for example :-p)

[yourtubeyourass21]

So much memories, "TEARS"

[KnaRRaN1989]

Anyone got the first level song :)

[flussy3000]

OMFG northwall is so awesome

[CarlosIsDown]

Aw man. If I could find the cd, I'd buy it, no matter how much it cost. Then I'd try to arrange it.

What web site would that be?

[Skull10]

It no longer exists. Though, if you do a search, you may be able to find it elswhere on the net.

[CarlosIsDown]

Friggen sweet! Where the hell did you find this CD. How much was it?

[Skull10]

Actually, I downloaded the music tracks from a web sit years ago.