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counting down our picks for the top 10
most annoying songs and pieces of music
in videogames
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looking at those pieces of videogame
music that drove us up the wall we’re
basing our picks on a mix of grading
sound design repetitive composition and
how distracting each track is while
number ten eternity blue dragon
most of Nobuo Uematsu score for blue
dragon is a motive complex and kind of
for some intense boss battles blue mats
who brought the heat with some heavy
metal guitars and drums while the music
definitely hypes up the battle the
vocals are both harsh and very
leading into that musical so love the
song the lyrics are intensely
over-the-top and kind of on the nose
the brash recording makes it a little
difficult to think about the game’s
actual harder bosses most surprising
here was that the singing was actually
delivered by none other than Deep
Purple’s Ian Gillian number nine twilit
battle The Legend of Zelda Twilight
Princess
as the darkness starts to reveal itself
in this cell door release link has a few
run-ins with shadow beasts large and
covered in tendrils these enemies are
already creepy before that via music
kicks in a frantic onslaught of MIDI
the song is both haunting and
aggressively ugly to listen to even
though it fits with the monsters
aesthetic the overall effect is tiring
to say the least the draining monotony
of the track is made even worse by its
low fine audio quality also if you don’t
kill the monsters together then they
revive each other leading you to listen
to the song even longer number eight
stage the 1942 NES version when Capcom
brought their arcade shooter over to the
Nintendo Entertainment System they
didn’t exactly improve upon the
soundtrack despite the NES s ability to
handle multiple tones the entire
soundtrack is actually just one note and
a drumbeat the piercing noises repeat
for basically the entire game making any
extended play session torturous
especially if you’re not the one playing
the games
sound effects were on the same channels
as the music which also ruins any of the
rhythm in the song with the on-screen
chaos that this game offered the choppy
and loud score turned it into a sensory
in one of the many gems of the Game Boy
Advance era Wario Land offered a quickie
take on puzzle platforming games hi
adding stress to the end of each level
in the form of a switch that would start
a timer that forces you to exodus fast
as possible Alice the timer starts Wario
yells hurry up setting the music into a
basic frenzy ranging from nerve-wracking
balance to full-on warped noises the
song is both fitting and very very
irritating it doesn’t stay consistent
either going quietly in some places and
then basically shrieking at you in
others later levels even have that music
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number six town Z King’s Quest v Wow
most of the music in distant clicking
enter is subtle and kind of mysterious
things get kind of painful in a tiny
town fitting into the game’s fantasy
setting the music is a bouncy little
MIDI take on accordion Street music
however the low quality and kind of ear
worm affected had on gamers made it all
the easier to mute starting quietly on
the outskirts of town the song quickly
amplifies louder than the rest of the
soundtrack if you try to escape the
theme by going into a house a slow and
and refine options menu music sonic the
hedghog Spinball regardless of the
varying quality of his games over the
years sonic has almost always had great
music as the soundtrack to his fast
paced adventures his addictive pinball
installment was basically no different
boasting unique original music for each
area if you wanted to change the
settings however the music kind of took
a devastating turn as this songs
distorted shrieks are immediately
deafening the quiet middle part feels
just as out of place and makes the whole
song even louder when it returns the
menu does give you that all too enticing
option to turn the music off despite it
being the only part of the game you
would actually want to do so for player
select aka I want to take you for a ride
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 New Age of Heroes
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with 56 iconic characters to pick from
in this fighting game you’re probably
gonna need to spend some time choosing
your three-man team
why are you take though the more you’ll
have to hear the obnoxious music so
maybe that was deliberate looping the
same vocals and instrumentals endlessly
the song has a way of itching itself
into your freaking subconscious hear the
funky saxophones feel really had a place
reviewers openly called the game
soundtrack lame elevator jazz stating
that it was a major problem with an
otherwise great game all things
considered the music definitely
incentivize players to start matches
faster though number 3 Mansion basement
Resident Evil director’s cut Dual Shock
version
despite the cringe-inducing voice acting
the early Resident Evil games are horror
classics the original games eerie
soundtrack left players to heard for
their lives for the most part anxious to
peer around every corner for the Dual
Shock version of the director’s cut
though players got a new symphonic score
that had a dark secret entering the
mansion’s basement started a chorus of
demented evil trumpets completely
ruining the game’s creepy atmosphere
loud and kinda messy the track actually
makes it hard to focus on the combat the
trumpets also sound like a MIDI
composition which doesn’t fit the
symphonic update considering the
strength of the original theme it’s kind
of a wonder this calamity was even
composed number two the March of the
for their MMO take on the Final Fantasy
franchise Square Enix still made it feel
like a full entry in the series players
were treated to cinematic visuals and a
lush score with over a hundred songs and
the one of the games earlier cutscenes
though our heroes are saved by Mughals
along with their weird assortment of
instruments lasting awful flutes and
horns to deranged melodies free
creatures music is enough to drive any
gamer crazy it’s sloppy and it’s
aggressive
making this track a blemish in a series
known for great music thank goodness it
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originally constructed as a tech demo
this Venezuelan driving game is as
simple as driving left and right
seriously that’s literally all you can
do
entering the game’s title screen treats
you to the sounds of well video game
held a random assortment of
ear-splitting noises the track doesn’t
actually do the game any favors then
that saying something for such a
bare-bones release this insane score is
basically unbelievable
but for you true masochists out there
you can bind a game on Etsy along with a
box and manual so go nuts don’t say we
didn’t warn you
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