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NOW! That's what GR calls crap music

The worst videogame music you've ever heard

Words: Justin Towell, GamesRadar UK

Game graphics can be bad. But how many times have they been so bad you've looked for an option to turn them off? Never. That would be stupid. But sound, on the other hand, often has an 'off' option. It's like the developers have realized there's the teeniest, tiniest possibility their soundtrack may start to grate after extended play. Take this as a warning.

You know the story - you're stuck in one area of a game, at first excited by the challenge of a puzzle or a jump you can't quite make. Then you realize the music's stuck on a loop. Hmm... it isn't very good. Actually it's getting irritating. Minutes pass. No progress. Music loops. Stop it. Minutes pass. Music loops. Make it stop. Music loops. Make It STOP! Music loops. Aaaaarrrrgh! Cue smashed game disc, trashed living room and fractured mind.

But suffering alone is no fun, so we thought we'd share our pain with you. We've got the creme de la crap of gaming's music all lined up and waiting to be endured. So click on through if you dare - seriously, some of these may leave mental scars that won't ever heal. You have been warned.


 
11 Comments
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PivotPlurals1  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Nice article!! first post!!
FancyRat  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Not a bad article at all. I've had many a game that made me want to tear my hair out because of the music alone. Superman 64 managed to make me do that because of both music and gameplay.
skyguy343  - 1 year 1 month ago 
for the record, Toad loves everybody
Xplosive59  -  
nice slayer referance GR im a big Slayer fan, but i cant help thinking that you missed out the music from Sonic R that is the most frigin annoying music ever just because it does not go with the game it self well it sourta gives it that crappy feeling
adrenaguy  - 9 months 27 days ago 
my friend's favourite mario character happens to be toad, but even he got sick of that damn"hey you saved me! wanna save? YES NOW F**K OFF!"
danielcw  - 8 months 9 days ago 
I actually like some of the music mentioned here. "Night Flight" is my favorite and only choice in Outrun 2
Schlondak  - 8 months 9 days ago 
RAINING TOAD

FROM A LACERATED SKY
punkmetalmage  - 8 months 9 days ago 
The Remixes for the Tetris song are freakin' awesome man.

Especially the trance mixed with the Murf's theme song.
trevorbelmont  - 8 months 8 days ago 
That f%$#'n Daytona menu theme song.

My worst beatings at SFII and Samurai Showdown were accompanied by that cursed tune looping on the empty Daytona USA machine next to the block of fighter cabinets. It still haunts my dreams!!!!

"Day-TO-naaaaaaa! Let's go away!" (gunshots)
TyeTheCzar  - 8 months 1 day ago 
How DARE you mess with the original Tetris music. And playing with that music all the time on is not an excuse. Also, it's supposed to be Russian/Slavic-styled music.
joebob286  - 6 months 5 days ago 
nice article, i didn't know you guys knew anything about music, tonality, major and minor keys, and all that jazz

but i guess i was wrong. What's sad is i actually knew what you were talking about
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