Pictionary Music (NES) - Title Screen Theme

[marsharent]

instantly recognisable as Follin ie awesome

[LeStarmanDeluxe]

Why would something like PICTIONARY have such complex and amazing music...?

[Mewizkuit]

A JACKAL! JACKAL! IT'S A JACKAL! IT LOOKS LIKE A JACKAL! JACKAL? JACKAL! IT'S A JACKAL! JACKAL?

[Wanghealer]

Just for pictionary? He really wanted it to succeed.

[kiSHness]

Holy shit if only this was in a game I would actually fucking play. Wasted talent!

[gregoomen]

Lets start an 8-bit revolution if we survive 2012 !!!

[greyknight7]

jesus for pictionary? It's like hearing slipknot in a growing pains intro

[SamuelNes]

Thank you reddit.... And holy shit balls I never would have expected this from a game like.... well fucking pictionary!

[evolvedant]

Sent here from Reddit. Just loaded the game on my emulator that allows separating the sound channels. Triangle is being used for bass, Noise for drums, Pulse 1 for melody, with Pulse 2 supporting the melody for chord effects. Sounds amazing, but pretty standard for most NES games that had amazing theme music. Keep in mind though that in-game music wouldn't be able to be this good, as there would be no more channels left for game sounds. Some games cheated by pausing a channel for a sound to play

[qwertyuiop78945612]

holy damn this shit is bangin

[Venorize]

Anyone who thinks this song is absolutely badass must view watch?v=S1k-VuZQItI

[206Nish]

WTF, this song is way to badass for pictionary

[homm87]

fake the real one doesnt sound like robots

[ColorRobo]

@homm87 ಠ_ಠ

[nintendork0943]

Mother of god. Who knew fucking PICTIONARY would have a kick ass theme?

[Wiiguy309]

This just has to be the best Title Theme ever, Tim Follin is a master, a god of the NES sound-chip. I love this theme to death, 8-bit sex to my ears. Certainly the whole soundtrack to this game is awesome, which makes me love this game more, I think this game is fun, and more enjoyable because of the music.

Basically thanks a lot Bucky for uploading this, and in this awesome sound quality, you're the man! ;D

[Chiznitz]

I'M GONNA PICTIONARY THE SHIT OUT OF YOU.

[ColorRobo]

I actually based one of my own FamiTracker compositions loosely on this theme, it's just fantastic.

[MrPsiguy]

I want this game.

[MrZeroGun95]

Why is it that a good composer like Tim Follin always did the music for mediocre to crap games? It just doesn't seem right, really

[freezy98]

Pictionary has never been this epic.

[GoodVsEvil1314]

The most epic NES song ever!

[noobfart]

Who would have thought that one of the most bad-ass Nintendo themes would be from Pictionary.

[Trogdorbad]

I swear to god, everything made by Tim Follin sounds like it's too complicated for the NES, as though there's way more instruments than normal. This man was a god and fuck why doesn't he make soundtracks any more.

[Venorize]

Thumbs up if the version with Mystery Guitar Man is better!

[Quate32]

@Venorize no

[CrispMuffin]

@Venorize

Lol you just got told

[Gamepopper101]

I'm not sure what's the weirdest:

1. There's a soundtrack in a game based on Pictionary

2. Someone actually collected the music in the game

3. People have covered tracks from this game

4. The music is actually awesome

[sonnyman2000]

@Gamepopper101 2 and 3 happened because of 4

[drperson12]

sounds familiar

[timerider4]

How could something like this exist on the NES, for Pictionary?

[neon39367]

i dont get this the music is epic but it is made by LJN

[Doommaster1994]

@neon39367 No, the game was published by LJN. Software Creations developed it.

[PurpleKirby54]

why has no one made a midi of this yet.

[MrRandomTux]

@PurpleKirby54 Because we don't need Midi Replacements.

[PurpleKirby54]

@MrRandomTux let me correct myself

Why has no one made a midi for this in secret and not give out to everyone who asks

[MrRandomTux]

@PurpleKirby54 I dunno. But what I meant was that If a midi was made making YTPMVs of this would be easy. And they'd be sloppy too.

[PurpleKirby54]

@MrRandomTux true... but i don't use midis for ytp making purposes. I use them as a reference every now and again for mario paint composer. I'm trying out this song by ear, but it's almost impossible considering how fast it goes.

And also yeah, i know you're not gonna make one, nor am i. :1

[explod2A03]

@PurpleKirby54

Look up 'nsfplay' or 'nsfplug' from pokipoki (dot org). It allows you the slow the music down, mute channels, and it even comes with a keyboard display so you can view all the notes as they playback in real time. It's the best way to learn NES music as accurately as possible.

[PurpleKirby54]

@explod2A03 :3 thank you

[KerrTeves]

why is this song on some drawing while it should be on some mortal kombat shit.

[xiocx1]

AwEsOmE

[simonalamona345]

FUCK YEAH GENTLE GIANT/GRYPHON/KING CRIMSON INFLUENCES

[Cesariono]

Is it me or is this song OVERLY EPIC for a Title Screen? This is just fucking ridiculous...

[ace142]

holy shit pictionary is bad ass

[DURAMATRIX112]

this is the only LJN game i like..and love XD

[hagelbraker]

Tim follin makes music for the oddest video games....... damn good music.

[Petrooli]

Back then they made REAL MUSIC even to a such idiotic video game as this.

[kissumaidesu]

ITS LIKE A KOALA BEAR SHIT A RAINBOW IN MY BRAIN

[gamerfreak5961]

stay  classy

[snazzell1]

i never thought this would be such a AWESOME song!

[Meteotrance]

he never ever used any sample on this trust me !!! i have listen carefully the track of "silver surfer" and "Solstice" and mute all the track with an emulator and Tim have just combine some pink noise with a glide of a low bass square wave form of the Nes chip.

[MrApocalisse]

holy shit

[SeniorMojo]

8-bit E L E C T R O deluxe !

[simonalamona345]

@SeniorMojo Electro?

Man you are so off

[GiroroG66]

of all nes games, I had such a blast with this one ^_^

[aidanrayner999]

@explod2A03

I suppose it could be the fact that YT can be buggy at times.

Or, Tim Follin made it sound like that.

Still, it's brilliant!!

[aidanrayner999]

2 things..

1. Is this the original?

2. I heard a jump at 0:11 btw.

[explod2A03]

@aidanrayner999

Yup, this is the original, sampled from console. The bass is a bit heavy... this is the one soundtrack where I experimented and boosted the low end a tad on the mixer. Now it sounds like a bit much to me, so I don't do that anymore. Other than some slightly misleading touches from the mixer, the sound should be completely authentic. :)

I didn't hear the jump at 0:11. Sometimes YT glitches out a bit, let me know if you still hear it.

[SepharimWing]

We have found the evolutionary link to 8 and 16-bit music here.

[ulvemann43]

this is one of the fucking best 8 bit songs iv'e heard. heck, it's one of the best songs iv'e ever heard in any genere

[Otouto72]

Tim Follin = Legend

[dakarus]

Damn...

[borisjelte]

Thank you so much for this! Been waiting for this soundtrack to be available for a long time. Keep up the good work :)

[arciks11]

Thanks for the information porcodio.

[TristEndo]

this track is magic. so progrock. timmy is king

[arciks11]

Wow Tim Follin Really knew how crack the sound on that chip up to eleven.

Did he used DPCM channel for those drums?

[explod2A03]

What porcodio said. :) It's the noise combined with a 'speed pitch' effect on the triangle channel. The triangle makes it extra beefy.

[Doommaster1994]

@arciks11 Also, Tim Follin says he doesn't believe in DPCM samples.