Yamaha’s DX7 synthesiser changed modern music

Re:Yamaha’s DX7 synthesiser changed modern music by ninjin on Friday January 01, 2021 @01:00AM (#25601243)

Indeed, the Genesis (aka Mega Drive) brought a sound very different from what was around at the time. As an example, here is the rendition of the Battletoads soundtrack for the NES [1] which you can compare to the Genesis version [2]. Both by legend David Wise [3] of later Donkey Kong Country fame.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCFqF-IeeAk

[2]: https://archive.org/details/md_music_battletoads/

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wise_(composer)

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Re:Yamaha’s DX7 synthesiser changed modern music by ratww on Friday January 01, 2021 @03:27AM (#25601725)

For FM sounds I really enjoy the Neo Geo soundtracks of the 90s: Fatal Fury, The King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown.

They were a combination of FM and early sample chips, but all super tasteful (as far as 90s game soundtracks go!) and exploiting the maximum of the chips.

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Re:Yamaha’s DX7 synthesiser changed modern music by scns on Friday January 01, 2021 @05:01AM (#25602136)

OT since not FM, but my favourite OST is from Battletoads in Battlemaniacs for SNES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RGsaKoP66o&list=PLA90CC2EE7...

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