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Top 100 NES tracks ever? From another site, their compiled list after ratings.

Nov 23, 2011 at 2:14:56 PM
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Thought someone might enjoy this. Wouldn't be surprised if someone on here is involved.  
Its the top 100 NES tracks ever according to ratings on 1700+ tracks as rated by lots of people after listening.

I think its pretty well done!

Download of all 115 tracks as mp3s here:

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Edited: 11/28/2011 at 11:52 PM by ZoOmer

Nov 23, 2011 at 2:22:30 PM
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Nov 23, 2011 at 2:56:05 PM
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Great music. Thanks for the link(s)!

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Nov 23, 2011 at 3:01:36 PM
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Without looking I can say that Castlevania (the entire trilogy) and Megaman (All six of them) will be dominating this. Simply put they're the absolute best musical pieces on the NES. I wouldn't be surprised if they have the entire top 10.

Nov 23, 2011 at 3:03:58 PM
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Silver Surfer
Stage Theme 1

Best Track I've heard on it yet. I cant believe I haven't heard that track before now OMG!

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Nov 23, 2011 at 3:52:16 PM
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Maybe I just missed it, but I'm kinda surprised the Pictionary title track wasn't on the list.


Edit to add : and no love for Kid Icarus?


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Nov 23, 2011 at 4:08:54 PM
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Certainly great music on the list and I wouldn't argue any of their entries, but I would've liked to see more variety. Lots of Castlevania and Mega Man 2 & 3.

How does Ghosts n Goblins not crack the top 115 NES tracks? Only 2 Mario tracks...

Still enjoyed being able to easily d/l them and drag onto the iPod.

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Nov 23, 2011 at 5:23:37 PM
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Mega Man songs are definitely my favorite, so it's no surprise that a few of them were towards the top. I always thought that they would make rad metal songs!

Nov 23, 2011 at 5:59:20 PM
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Seriously, I'm not going to say that the Nes tracks on the list are not good ones, but it seems that the list is heavily based on a handful musical aesthetic found in Nes soundtracks. I admit Shatterhand have good tracks, but is it necessary to put almost all of them in top 115?

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Nov 23, 2011 at 6:40:38 PM
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I actually counted how many tracks from each game is in this list to make a post about this top on other forum. Here are games with most entries:

Castlevania 3 - 14 tracks (including Japanese version)
Mega Man 3 - 10 tracks
Mega Man 2 - 8 tracks
Shatterhand, Contra - 6 tracks

Nov 23, 2011 at 6:53:14 PM
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Also no Mike Tyson's Punch Out. I do like that they gave credit to Journey to Silius and Gremlins 2. Goooooo Sunsoft!

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Nov 23, 2011 at 10:43:37 PM
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Originally posted by: guillavoie

Seriously, I'm not going to say that the Nes tracks on the list are not good ones, but it seems that the list is heavily based on a handful musical aesthetic found in Nes soundtracks. I admit Shatterhand have good tracks, but is it necessary to put almost all of them in top 115?


Yeah, is the town theme from Zelda 2 worthy of being in the list at all??
What happened to the memorable tracks from Legendary Wings, The Guardian Legend, or Faxanadu? What about the Soaring in the Sky (riding the bird) theme from Dragon Warrior 3?? Brinstar is #86?? C'mon.

Nov 24, 2011 at 1:31:56 AM
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I was a little disappointed that neither the blaster master water nor ice themes were anywhere in the list.

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Nov 24, 2011 at 1:39:30 AM
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I'm so psyched that Batmans Stage 4 theme made the list. It's a fantastic track and it's ability to motivate me to continue on after constantly dying in that level made it even better.

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Nov 24, 2011 at 4:18:30 AM
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It is a great list but maybe too dominated by Castlevania tunes and I am surprised that there is no mention of the great Kabuki Quantum Fighter or Solar Jetman which both have some of the greatest NES music!

Nov 24, 2011 at 4:30:03 PM
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Solar Jetman is one of my all time fave games! Love the maps.

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