NOW! That's what GR calls crap music

The worst videogame music you've ever heard

Words: on April 9, 2007

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.

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  • ViolentLee

    ViolentLee  - 9 months, 2 weeks ago  - Report

    Is the Outrun singer the same chick behind the Infogrames Rocks My World song?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjxXYE-UvRM
  • slowdrum13

    slowdrum13  - 1 year, 2 months ago  - Report

    i'm surprised motorstorm isn't on here.
  • PivotPlurals1

    PivotPlurals1  - 3 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    Nice article!! first post!!
  • skyguy343

    skyguy343  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    for the record, Toad loves everybody
  • FancyRat

    FancyRat  - 3 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    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.
  • joebob286

    joebob286  - 2 years, 8 months ago  - Report

    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
  • trevorbelmont

    trevorbelmont  - 2 years, 11 months ago  - Report

    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)
  • punkmetalmage

    punkmetalmage  - 2 years, 11 months ago  - Report

    The Remixes for the Tetris song are freakin' awesome man.

    Especially the trance mixed with the Murf's theme song.
  • danielcw

    danielcw  - 2 years, 11 months ago  - Report

    I actually like some of the music mentioned here. "Night Flight" is my favorite and only choice in Outrun 2
  • adrenaguy

    adrenaguy  - 3 years ago  - Report

    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!"
  • TyeTheCzar

    TyeTheCzar  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    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.
  • Schlondak

    Schlondak  - 2 years, 11 months ago  - Report

    RAINING TOAD

    FROM A LACERATED SKY
  • Xplosive59

    Xplosive59  - 3 years ago  - Report

    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
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