Contra Music (NES) - Base Theme

Track 5 / 12 (Complete Soundtrack)

System: Famicom / Nintendo Entertainment System
Alternate Title: Probotector (EU)
Developer / Publisher: Konami
Composer: H. Maezawa, K. Sada
Year: 1988 (JP + US), 1990 (EU)

Tracklist:
1 - Title
2 - Intro (JP)
3 - Jungle Theme
4 - Area Clear
5 - Base Theme
6 - Boss Theme
7 - Waterfall
8 - Snow Field
9 - Energy Zone
10 - Alien's Lair
11 - Alien Dead (JP)
12 - Ending

Visit track 1 from this selection for a download link.

This selection includes two tracks exclusive to the Famicom version. The Japanese release included an introduction to the game, as well as an island map that would appear in-between stages. There were some other nice touches too, including animated background imagery and an unlockable sound test.

To make all of that work, Contra needed a special mapper-- an additional chip for memory and storage within the cartridge itself. In Japan, third party companies like Konami had the freedom to use whatever additional mappers they could develop. In the US, Nintendo of America made it so that third party companies could only use additional mappers made by Nintendo, none of which (at the time) were suitable to Konami's needs.

Ultimately, they went ahead and stripped down the US release so it could work without the VRC2 chip they developed, and this lead to the cutting of a couple tracks of music. The European release, censored to replace humans with robots, was a port of the US version and thus lacked the same two tracks as well.

Hope you enjoy this complete version of the original soundtrack!

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[adamholland1978]

this themes awesome as hell

[frenchfrey65]

it's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum... and i'm all out of gum... FUCK YEAH

[Superskate9999]

@SuperNova457

No man

Commando & Rambo

xD

[SuperNova457]

Rambo + Terminator fight the aliens

[TimeWalkerGman]

Epic

[JabAtLife]

Super teen extraordinaire FREAKAZOID FREAKAZOID

[roman6a]

@MARI06OO no, it is not.

[CrASYmUZIk]

@frenchfrey65 I'm here to chew ass and kick bubble gum.. and im all out of ass

[MARI06OO]

this song is almost identical to this

/watch?v=CQXBDTF8AQE

[FaradayKay]

@cbingz05 sylvester stallone.

[cbingz05]

Im surprised no one used this as a rap beat.

I think the one dude is Arnold and the other one is the guy from the movie

Predator who cut himself with the big knife.