Top 20 Soundtracks From the 16-Bit Era

You don’t need to be a music major or career composer to notice that the music quality on 16-bit games was superior to the 8-bit predecessors. Instead of orchestrating a collection of similar sounding tones and layering them for a simple, succinct melody, game devs and composers now could change the type of tones used in the music, simulating a wider array of instruments and … Continue reading Top 20 Soundtracks From the 16-Bit Era

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Secret of Mana composer has a new 16-bit album that might blow your mind.

Hiroki Kikuta, the iconic composer behind Secret of Mana, Trials of Mana, Soul Calibur V, Shining Blade, and many other games, quietly released a 16-bit epic called The Unbreakable Unity: Memory of Nostalgic S-NES Sound on Bandcamp. The Unbreakable Unity by Hiroki Kikuta This “album” consists of one epic track, clocking in at just under 40 minutes and will instantly transport you back in time … Continue reading Secret of Mana composer has a new 16-bit album that might blow your mind.