NOW! That's what GR calls crap music

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By Justin Towell
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The worst videogame music you've ever heard

Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams

We were considering the ultra-cheesey "Dreams, Dreams" theme song from Sega Saturn's NiGHTS into Dreams for this list, but even though it's awful, we're actually quite fond of it. But then we remembered the special bonus you get for finishing both Claris and Elliot's levels from the 1996 holiday giveaway Christmas NiGHTS. It's an a capella version of the main theme by (wait for it) Boyz II Menand... well, it's just horrible.

Close-harmony singing implies harmony of some sort, right? But the dissonance is so bad here, we reckon it has to be accidental. Has to be. No-one would write a piece of music to sound like this unless it was designed as some kind of torture. You know, like the musical equivalent of Monty Python's killing joke. My dog's got no ears... Lucky he'll never be able to listen to this then.

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Above: Christmas NiGHTS - home to one of the worst pieces of music ever recorded. Fact

Above: Christmas NiGHTS - home to one of the worst pieces of music ever recorded. Fact

Justin Towell
Justin Towell

Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.

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