Greetings, originally this was going to be an article about the usage of Bachs Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 ( ca. 1704 ) in video game soundtracks: Then I realized listings like this had been generated to death since the begi...

So it's a Sonic again, but this time the Master System/Game Gear version instead of the 16 bit counterpart. They were not developed by Sonic Team, but by the external developer Ancient Corp. (who surprisingly still exists). The thing t...

Since we currently have a good run at Konami games, let's have a look at another one: Castlevania 2 for the NES (1987), more specifically the music "Dwelling of Doom" which is played in the mansions that harbour the body parts of the o...

Today's topic is the game Turtles 2 - The Arcade game 1990 for the Nintendo NES, sequel to the already commercially successful Turtles from 1989. The song "April Kidnapped" from the game has an intro that sounds like a mad piper gettin...

Is it me or is Paul Simon kicking turtle shells nonstop? (Slip Slidin' Away, 1975)

Greetings, todays topic is a song from the extremely popular game Final Fantasy VI for the SNES (1994). It references an emotional scene when the Characters Edgar and Sabin (twin brothers) decide to determine the fate of their kingdom ...

Ah, the Mysterioso Pizzicato. The musical cue no decent novelty-bearded Vaudeville villain can live without.  The probably quickest and most efficient wait to establish the attributes of sneakyness and scariness in a situation or...

Good evening everyone, after the first three entries have been all Nintendo, I think it is about time we come to a Sega game. It has been a well known fact in the games community that the songs of the first two Sonic games on the Sega ...

Greetings, tonights topic is the famous 6-note sample from world 1-2 of the original Super Mario Bros. on NES: It is well known in the gaming community, that Koji Kondo has a knack for jazz and funk music, especially with latin-americ...

Greetings to my second entry of "Phils Phindings".    Topic of this entry is the eponymous palace theme of the second Legend of Zelda game on the NES: Mysterious with a sense of danger, just like a Zelda theme should be. Lik...

Greetings, my name is Phil. I like video games, mostly games from the 80s and 90s. I especially care about game music and its origins. Thus I embarked on a journey to find music that reminds me of the game music that I like. Some music...