The Music of Video Games [216] Gradius

[Shogeji]

Why didn't he back up into the rock in the middle?

[daddytoeface]

the first bgm is called beginning of the history!!

[Jagged85]

It's worth noting that this game's soundtrack was composed by Miki Higashino when she was only 16-17 years old.

Also, the original arcade version of this game was released a year before in 1985.

[DragonAurora]

2:00 is where the EPIC #FTW song starts...

[DragonAurora]

Gradius, level 1 music = EPIC WIN...

[GialloHorror]

One of my favorite games of all time right here! Another game that was incredibly challenging.

Music kicks ass, game kicks ass! Reminds me of the summer of 1987. Used to go swimming all day, and play this all night lol!

Being a kid was fun

[Camwi]

The music definitely added to the intensity of the game itself.

[shouhuoyuan]

Remember the typical Konami-Cheat-Mode: Press the *pause* button on the key pad, then: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, and your ship was fully equipped with all weapons

[spike007980]

@shouhuoyuan Actually Gradius was the first game to implement that.

[MajorLeaguerAnubius]

@shouhuoyuan It's NOT a cheat code. It's a NORMAL code. CHEAT codes give INFINITE energy, lives, continues, etc. Like the Game Genie. I ONLY beat 3 games w/ that thing... Cobra Triangle (TOUGH AS F*** w/o cheats), Smash T.V. (SNES Edition) and TMNTIV:TiT (Turtles in Time, SNES Edition). Other than THOSE, I BEAT EVERY OTHER w/o GG's help!!

[Adeon55]

lol, these videos are so well done. You remember the games, but not necessarily the music until you hear it, so they really build up the suspense in the first few seconds, and then, bam, the tune hits you.. "OHH YEAH I REMEMBER THAT!!" xD

[GarudohRedux]

That's awesome to read man. I'm glad you're enjoying the nostalgia trip.

[Adeon55]

Haha thank you for posting them Grudoh! As for this specific music, I must shamefully admit the first thing that comes to mind is entering the Gradius cheat code at the beginning.. up down left right B A start or something like that hahah.. still fond memories :>

[truthquest]

Gradius is the best and the greatest game Konami ever made.

[MajorLeaguerAnubius]

@truthquest No... MLB Power Pros IS!!! But, if you mean OLD SKOOL NINTENDO, then, yeah. And SNES would be BMFM (Biker Mice from Mars).

[WTFBOOMDOOM]

Great music for a great game. =)

[AshleyMarkPomeroy]

They were right about stage three, the music isn't as good. But the rest of it is fab. I remember dying a lot but managing to finish it once (I must have been in the zone), and I felt drained aftwards.

[Ivaria]

2:00 is so damn epic!

[Fel1230]

The music of stage 4 and 5 is awesome!

Gradius Forever!

[thefumigator]

I love this! someday I will remix the whole gradius soundtrack. Ah please, make the video for the PCengine version of gradius, it sounds very very good without sacrifying the charm. Keep up the good work

[artman40]

Wonder what would have happened if Sunsoft had to do the music instead? Anyway, why is everyone so ashamed about the level 3 music in this game?

[setzerzalan]

Yes it was so damn hard that game. One could really feel proud when beating games back then. I think i only managed to get to level 4 or 5 or something. Anyway a milestone in shoot-em-up.

[redteamla]

My friend used to go crazy and dance all over the room every time that volcano music would come on. He couldn't help it!

[blasianFMA]

WOOT YOU DID!

[Piphchan]

Love the game... but it's so hard!

[KajidaKitsune]

Hell yeah Gradius.