The Music of Video Games [176] Willow

Entry 176 in an on-going video series that offers a selection of musical tracks from various titles throughout gaming's history.

Willow

Year: 1989
Platform: NES
Developer: Capcom Co. Ltd.
Publisher: Capcom Co. Ltd.
Video source: Speeddemosarchive.com

For more info on the game, follow these links:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/willow-
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/home/563478.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_%28video_game%29

Watch this video with 44 KHz stereo sound:
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Music composed by Harumi.

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[halfrosamurai]

the music that played when you walk into someones house and the text pops up.....my fav

[sensimanster]

Best game I ever played for NES

[alucard624]

@limegreensquid The game is worth playing, as it's definitely one of the best Zelda style games of the 8 bit era. The fact that it's a movie based game that's actually good and worth playing is a triumph on its own I think.

[CrankyMoogle]

One movie based game that was actually good... *sigh*

[limegreensquid]

Never played this, but it's got really good music!

[nateboz2]

Memories of the 80s kicked in at 2:55

[Thatneslper]

@odetofall1 I freaking love this game!! Don't worry I am thinking about Let's Playing this game sometime soon.

[jubalate]

that one thst starts at 1:40 Beautiful

[mikey420100]

this is perfect for hiphop beats.

[SpaRtanl33tz]

Man nothing as sweet as that mono 8 bit sound.

[dontdispie]

Nintendo had some really great video game designers that made games of high quality even with limited technology & graphics. I wish modern game designers would take note of this & focus less on every 3d character having a perfect shadow & spend more time making games that are satisfying & fun to play.

Maybe its just bc i was so young when i played alot of these but the older games sucked me in more than anything new. Maybe its bc they were made for a general audience & not for 14yr old kids.

[evenmorebetter]

You know, there were definitely times where the scenery started to feel really samey, and individual screens did get reused a lot, which made things a little tedious occasionally, but other than that, this was a killer game. People always looked at Crystalis as the NES's great Zelda clone, but for me, it was this one (and it certainly had a measure more complexity and detail than the first Zelda, too).

Kind of like a proto one player Secret of Mana on the NES, really.