Space Harrier - Main Theme: A History of Music
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Space Harrier - Main Theme
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
32X and Saturn versions are not included as they are the same as the arcade version, also missing are DOS, Atari ST and Amstrad versions.
music does not appear in chronological order.
0:02 Space Harrier C64
0:44 Space Harrier NES
1:07 Space Harrier Game Gear
2:38 Space Harrier 3D Sega Master System PSG
3:05 Space Harrier 3D Sega Master System FM
3:29 Sega Arcade Gallery - Space Harrier theme GBA
4:43 Space Harrier Amiga
5:12 Space Harrier TurboGrafx-16
5:34 Space Harrier Master System
5:47 Space Harrier FM-77
6:25 Japanese Sega Master System BIOS
10:14 Space Harrier PC-88
11:05 Space Harrier SHARP X1
13:21 Space Harrier SHARP X68000
15:09 Fantasy Zone SHARP X68000
15:52 Fantasy Zone Arranged Version SHARP X68000
17:53 Space Harrier Arcade
21:36 Space Fantasy Zone (Unreleased) PCE-CD
23:43 Sega Superstars Tennis
26:48 Bayonetta
32:23 Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
35:05 Sega Classics Playstation
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This is Yuzo Koshiro's fave VGM and what inspired him to become a video game composer. Space Harrier - a true 80's highlight!
That's incredibly cool.
This is Hiroshi Kawaguchi songwriter main theme Space Harrier
Space Harrier no doubt inspired countless future game developers at the time. It was by far the coolest and most fantastic game anyone had ever seen.
中学生の時にゲームセンターで衝撃をうけました。
映像の美しさ更にこの曲に心を奪われました。これまでにない素晴らしいゲームミュージックだと思いました。今でもこの曲を聴きながら作業するとはかどります。
色々なアレンジがあるのを知りませんでした。どれも素晴らしい。
ありがとうございます！聞けて良かった。
これだけの音源を集めたのが凄すぎで、さらに繋ぎも綺麗でびっくり。
X1で楽譜入力したのが懐かしい〜。
This is the best video on the internet
o relay
I have spent an inordinate part of my life listening to this theme - the composition and the chip used for the arcade version, together are something special. Always a real treat to find people out there who have internalised it in the same way, and gone to such lengths to bring a collection like this together. Thanks a bunch!
Sounds like the reason i keep volume off when I play games, hahaha!¬
I thought this would be like an explanation as to exactly how this legendary song came about. Honestly though it seems even Sega forgot this game existed. And almost every reviewer that talks about yu Suzuki credits him as “the creator of such classics as Hang On, OutRun, and AfterBurner”. Like, yeah, let’s just pretend Space Harrier doesn’t exist because apparently it’s “not as good” as the others. Apparently a generic 80s racing game like Hang On is superior to a video drug trip like Space Harrier.
How about the soundtrack not being composed by Yu Suzuki but Hiroshi Kawaguchi.
32:23 is my favorite version, TOO GOOD
"Get Ready!" "OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!"
6:25 My favourite
I really like the one from Sega Arcade Gallery at 3:29, that low res sampled sound is very nostalgic.
one of the most "video game" sounding tracks in the medium. its SO good
I really like the jazz fusion arrange from Bayonetta. Thanks for your effort.
Yes! The first time I listened to this video, when I heard that it blew my mind! I had no idea that the Space Harrier music was on that game 🤯
17:53 Best of the best. This is true!
Welcome to Fantasy Zone! Get ready!
And don't forget Doc Future's 2012 release: "Prom Night", of course.
Pal, you're a true gaming historian, researcher and compilator. Congrats, and Thank You a damn lot!!!!!!!
The Fantasy Zone Remix version reminds me of "Follow Your Dream"(C-ko's Theme) from Project A-ko! Both songs truly a product of their time! 😊
Space Harrier Arcade, Sega Superstars Tennis and that amazing Space Harrier SHARP X1 are my favourite versions! So epic!
Only a true Sega fan n aficionado can make this compilation so complete seamless n smooth! u r my hero! thank u
30 years ago I was playing this i feel old lol
Old but cultured!
Im cryed by your remember
The SHARP-X1 version sounds really good.
Probably my favorite.
Oooooaaaaaaaaaahh--- Get ready!
Keep your guard up! Don’t be caught off guard!
Seems like this game would be good as a VR remake
Whoa, first time I've heard the PCE-CD version. Shame it never got released, great version.
PC-88 music, I just love that sound!!!
눈물나도록 감사합니다 ㅠㅠ
Spce HArrier is hands down the best video game soundtrack ever. No arguments.
Space Fantasy Zone Hits very hard.
17:53 I pumped so much cash into the sit-and-ride version of this machine.
Get ready
Welcome to the fantasy zone ✨
21:36 is the best version in my opinion.
Well its actually not another version cause its a mix between fantasy zone's them and the space harrier theme
And Very Cool version 15:52
It's not even the right tune!
Wth, the one who isn't the actual same theme lol
I have to say I never played this game . I think it has the most wicked theme song ever . Always saving the best for last :)
Thank you very much, sir! Appreciate it! 👍🏼 (The video deserved much more likes than it got 😣)
Played it on tg16 one of my fav games from childhood
Cool Great Post DUDE!!! THANK YOU!
Just awesome, thanks! :D
Could we get the Electric Light Orchestra to cover this? Thanks.
Good job, Sir
The Japanese Sega Master System BIOS sounds like the best recreation. The podcast "Sega System Masterpieces" used it as their outro and I always through that it was a cover produced by modern chiptune artist, but no it's a demoscene built into the japanese SMS.
I love that version as well! It uses the FM sound chip that sadly they left out of the American Master System. As much as I will always love the music from our version of Space Harrier, having the FM sound chip for this (and for Phantasy Star, as well) would have been incredible!
Just how many ports of this game are there? Damn.
InfinityCraft There's probably an IBM System/360 port somewhere.
***** Damn, that is quite a lot of ports.
I guess Sega didn't want to release it on the SNES since... you know. They were competitors. Would've looked good though, yeah.
***** I don't know how good it is on the Xbox 360 since I don't have one.
Because it's Sega. Sega could visualize the future and work on innovating it. Their systems were either ahead of the curve, or slightly behind it. Why? Just so they can bring home the kick-ass experience of the arcade, just like SNK and it's Neo-Geo AES.
Its up there with minesweeper, tetris, and sonic 1 as the most ported games
This is amazing!!
C64 be like:
BIRB
have to give the win to the Sega superstars tennis version. most of the versions where to slow for a fast railshooter like space harrier the superstars version nails it.
although this game is 8 bit, but still remembered in the past
PC-88:
Slow Mario Special music
Fast Space Harrier music
This is a treasure!
Game gear version sounds like it's on multiple keys at the same time...
+72speedway Because it is.
Honestly I’ve never heard the Bayonetta version. And my first experience with Space Harrier was in Bayonetta. I always did the secret arcade music option when playing, and I still prefer it over the Bayo remix.
Arcade and Master System version sounds the best. Agree with millgiass.
The hydraulic arcade cab was _beast_
For me the best were PC-88, Arcade, and the Unreleased PCE-CD.
wow that was intense! LOL good stuff!
Welcome to my fantasy zone 😜
「さあ、ファンタジーゾーンへ。スペースハリアー」
“Let’s go into the fantasy zone. SPACE HARRIER“
…Which?
27:14 and 35:46 :)
The Master System sounds better WITHOUT the PSG. The Fantasy Zone Arranged Version SHARP X68000 version sounds REALLY fucking good, probably even the best. The Playstation one sounds REALLY triumphant though.
millgiass
Which SMS version do you mean? The ones without the PSG are the superior FM synthesis ones. The Japanese BIOS FM version is my favourite among the SMS versions. It should have been in the actual game rather than just the BIOS.
But yeah, the Fantasy Zone Arranged is my favourite overall. That should have been used in the actual Space Harrier X68000 game itself, rather than just a bonus stage in Fantasy Zone.
The one I like better is without the PSG. The one they used for the NA release. In fact I can say that across the board I like the Sega Mastersystem versions over the JP versions. Those extra layers of synth always sound tacky and tinny to me.
There's an SHARP X68000 version that sounds better, and its with the Roland SC-55 addon. Really hard to find a clean version, but it sounds amazing
Noku's Official Channel Damn you're right! Didn't know about that one. Not sure what's worse a) that I missed a version or b) that the version I missed sounds so bloody good. If I can ever find a clean version I'll upload it
It's really hard to find. I'm finding a clean version too! Good Luck!
look at the 3 fidget spinners lmao
I love game gear version
Whoever did the Amiga version should be tried for crimes against humanity.
Andre Duracell best of.
c64 + arcade = GBA
From what I gather, a lot of people in Japan think this is the obvious inspiration for the Space Harrier theme. Even the original composer retweeted it: th-cam.com/video/EgZq3hArCGA/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the link! I just listened to it, and I can definitely see what you're saying. What is that song she's singing, and is it from a show or...?
@@ericjohnson2551 nope. It was just a pop hit in Japan. A fairly big one too, from what I can tell.
My Favorite Versions of this song Right Now: 21:36 and 32:23.
GBA is sorta close but not the same
Now we need the two Hatsune Miku versions and we're set!
I think the Japanese SMS BIOS has to be my fav.
What are Sega games doing on the NES may I ask?
+LBPPlayer7 same could be said with Nintendo arcade games on Ataris
No, because that was before they started marketing the NES stateside. In fact, it was part of a prospective deal for having Atari distribute the NES in the US that fell through
Tengen (Atari #2) pirated it sega arcade games to the nes
They could had called Jeroen Tel for the c64 version 😅
For the longest, this theme kept reminding of a song was hidden deep within my mind, and at 16:10 it hit me, GTA Vice City, the chorus of this song, th-cam.com/video/B-8EORB783c/w-d-xo.html and after Googling a bit Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson song) from 1982. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppin%27_Out_(Joe_Jackson_song) for when they delete the GTA video.
Why are no one mentioning that the soundtrack is very similar to the main theme of the SciFi series called Blake7?
This was a point of discussion in the late 80s :)
GBAのがなかなかいい感じでオドロキ
but the 1 at 15:53 wow
Dat GBA version doe...
***** best version ever! the gba sound perfectly fits these old arcade games same with double dragon and outrun :)
***** GBA games seemed to always impress me as I was growing up :-)
I know what you mean! Those chords sound AMAZING!!
26:48
32X version strangely missing?
Imo, the last 3 from Bayonetta on kinda lost the feeling.
35:05
the 1 at 15:09 sounded terrible it was way too fast but the 1 at 15:38 was fine though
70's and 80's was the best though. Wasn't even alive back then but still, compare the originality and style of the games and music from that era. Nothing can compare to now. Those older ones will always remain superior in my mind. All you have these days are clones. We need something daringly original and brilliant like another one of these games. (Is speaking about it and has never played it.) But another game to rise above all and not get overloaded with the popular youtuber-trash games.
+Gilamex When were you born?
***** '96 :p Looking at those dates makes me feel like an infant. ~_~ And I always say I feel so old xD
+Gilamex Ehhh, I was born in '01. People are calling me a weirdo for liking these games and I don't know why?
Pixelized Dreams Why? The retro games? I don't know. I like them best. I like them for the simple graphics, usually easy to get used to controls (not because of how few controls there are, but actually the way the characters move in each game ect. I guess because of the lack of extreme physics) and the music most of all. Just the sounds they use for the synth things sound cool. I want to see a decent 16-bit flash-back game. Like one made from scratch inspired by 16-bit. Using the original color palette, exact sounds in sound effects and music, and such. But nope. When someone makes an "8-bit" game or "16-bit" game they ALWAYS fail in one of those categories.
Oh yea, I was born in '00 and I don't know anyone that plays retro games like me. Well irl anyway.
I really like retro games and such... I'm just not really used to NES games yet though. They're frustratingly hard, and I'll probably never beat Shovel Knight because it's what it is, hard. But I really like it and it gives me a sense of satisfaction when the rare occurrence happens when I beat a stage.
Doesnt the saturn version have a newly arranged version?
MegaCallum10 Saturn version is arcade perfect.
You must be thinking of Fantasy Zone
So are these all legitimate ports that I've never heard of, or is this just what the soundtrack would sound like through the sound chips of each system? I have a hard time believing that Space Harrier would ever be released for the NES, or that the system could even handle the graphics capabilities of it.
they are all from legit games, the NES version was only released in Japan I think
You can Google it, or TH-cam it.
Shame you didn't have Chris Abbott's C64 remix
21:36
35:05 Sega Classics Playstation is the best version is Space Harrier history!
Sorry, I will always side with the moving cabinet. So fun and so ahead of it's time
Try M.A.M.E. Load ROM, Press F2. Go into sound test. Sit back. Blaze up. Enjoy. :D
VIDEOGAMEPLUS um hell no!!!
6:25
Master System
Ahem, excuse me but where is the Atari ST version please? Eh? Hmph. :P
+MagikGimp ha! I tried for ages to get hold of the ST version but I couldn't for the life of me get the bloody Atari ST emulator to work :D
+VGM Hall of Fame Which one did you use? There are a few (STEEm SSE ataristeven.exxoshost.co.uk/Steem.htm , HAtari hatari.tuxfamily.org/index.html and SainT, which is a bit old now leonard.oxg.free.fr/SainT/saint.html) but you can also play ST music without needing an emulator. atari.st/music.php?id=1581&title=Space%20Harrier There are some suggestions there but other apps will also play the music such as DeliPlayer 2 www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/DeliPlayer and Audio Overload www.bannister.org/software/ao.htm
+MagikGimp yeah I think i was using SainT at the time, I now use the JAM player for ST music files, infact your post reminded me to download the latest sndh archives :) I heard HAtari has pretty faithful sound emulation so I'll give that a try too
+VGM Hall of Fame Ooh yes, I forgot about those too. Thanks!
the amiga emulator was a bugger to get running too (got there in the end though :D) your post reminds me that I should add steem to launchbox, get playing some of those classic ST games
Sega Arcade Version sucks on the GBA. MY EARS! FJADF < tHAT'S WHAT I hear!
That bayonetta version is horrible, almost as bad as the Amiga version! This video is also a good example of how music has evolved since the 1980s - and it's not for the better. :(
17:53
32:28
23:43