As a guy that is currently playing Super Metroid for the first time, I don't think it's just about the nostalgia. It's one of the best games ever made!
Hey everyone, just wanted to say thank you so much for all the wonderful comments on the video. Unfortunately, I can't log into my pre-Google account that I posted this video on, but seeing so many people that love this game and soundtrack as much as I do makes me incredibly happy. This will always be my favorite game of all time and it's so cool seeing us all share our love for this magnificent game. :)
Thank you too for posting this OST compilation. I am able to enjoy the feel of Super Metroid without having tried the game yet. I really want to try out playing the game after this!
"The last metroid is in captivity. The galaxy is at peace." Me as a young boy: "Oh well, that was easy ..." *Metroid Prologue Theme starts playing.* "Oh ... shit."
"The last metroid is in captivity. The galaxy is at peace." Samus: Well, I guess that's done and dusted. Time to hit my favorite space bar, and get plastered. [Samus receives distress call from Ceres Station] Samus: This crap is why I drink.
@@Turnpost2552 Unfortunately Star fox just doesn't look good at this day of age, while super Metroid look alright. Old 3d games just looks terrible now, but clean 2d platform games looks better imo.
@iMAg!N8R Maridia is beautiful. I also love the epicness of Norfair, then finding an exit at the corner right of the map ending up on Crateria. From hell to heavens
This was my favorite Metroid game and one of my favorite SNES games of all time. It had platforming like a Mario game. It had dungeon/equipment/ability unlocks like a Zelda game. It had battle mechanics like a Mega Man game. It had a dark and ominous vibe like a Castlevania game. It had badass music/sound like a Final Fantasy game. And it had the nostalgia of the original Metroid. It was like all of my favorite games combined into one. What more could a 9 year old ask for?
This game is so bittersweet for me because I know in my heart that it will never be surpassed; this is the pinnacle of the Metroid series and my personal all time favorite game.
I have to agree with you, J W, because this game at it's time really was Metroid in it's prime and in many ways, still is. I say the same thing about Link to the Past, Super Contra, even Super Mario World and many more games where the Super Nintendo and it's time are concerned. It really was a unique time to be alive in and sadly, I don't think we'll ever have that experience again. In my opinion, Super Metroid completely perfected the isolation and "the unexplained" or "mysteriousness feeling" you're supposed to experience with the Metroid games.
It doesn't surpass it necessarily, but check out Hyper Metroid if you've never played it, it's a fantastic Super ROM hack that is a completely different game. Some of the best pure exploration in any Metroid imo
oh, my goodness. My 5 year old nephew watched his dad play one of the metroid games and developed this absolute fascination with Samus. We found this video searching for walkthroughs, which he loves watching and reenacting or drawing scenes from.. such a random, yet cool thing for a 5 year old to be obsessed with
I remember when I was little and for the longest time I didn’t know how to get space jump then when I finally did and went to lower norfair the music played and I was like oh shit it’s serious down here lol
Fun fact: nobody at Nintendo wanted to touch the Metroid series after Super Metroid, because it was so pixel perfect that any sequel would have been viewed as a major let-down. It took another company to make Metroid Prime before another Metroid game was made.
I would like to point out both those replying to you and yourself are both partially correct. No game was released between Prime and Super Metroid, however, Fusion was released alongside Prime, and they had both been in development simultaneously. Additionally, Metroid Zero Mission had started development I believe before the release of either game, however it wasn't so much code as it was figuring out how to do the remake. However what's most important is that Nintendo tried to make Metroid Prime and was looking around for studios to take a shot at it, both internally and externally, and it was at this point that a large amount interest from our hometown heroes in Austin, Texas: Retro Studios, came out of the woodworks with a large portion of their developers being major Metroid Fans, who created a demo and showed it off to Nintendo. They were so impressed, they moved the (barely started) development that had occurred internally, and given it to Retro. So, Nintendo was not afraid of making a sequel, they had their internal developers working on it, both for Prime as well as Fusion. However, Retro won the bid. I'm sure they were hesitant at first, but after 5 years they basically went forth and tried their best, and it went well in hindsight. For the longest time, Prime was considered the 3rd best video game of all time on Meta Critic and many other sites, and Fusion was no pushover. ;)
@@brainypepper1621well Zero Mission hit in 2004 and Fusion hit the same day as Prime(in the US at least) in November 2002 so technically what he said was right and it's most definitely a plausible explanation for why it took 8 years to get another Metroid game and damn was Fusion and Prime worth the wait making 2002 probably still Metroid's strongest year so far(and I'm writing this in mid October 2024) damn now I'm back to obsessing over getting another 2D Metroid...if we ever do I hope it's long cuz pretty much my only real issue with Fusion is the length
In my eyes, Super Metroid, Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2 are the holy trinity of the best music in the franchise, and perhaps one of the most atmospheric music in video games.
fun fact: my dad challenged my mom to beat Super Metroid... An she did. It's funny because she isn't that much into "hardcore" gaming as she prefers more strategy games
Hard to believe it was almost 30 years ago I first played this game & beat it. Harder still to believe that I still fire up an emulator & do it all over again every couple of years because the game is _still_ that good, but the soundtrack is a part of that. It's a rare, perfect creation where game objective, imagery, art style, music, & gameplay conspire to create an experience that will literally last a lifetime.
Same. I first played it at age 10 and return to it from time to time as it’s just one of the best games ever made. The soundtrack, the gameplay, the atmosphere. All the nostalgia.
Greatest Nintendo master piece, i carry many memories of this, when i was a kid, back then in the 90s, the music, the effects, enemies, makes me fell in love, i was obsessed, i used to read the manual which has pictures of everything in the game and remeber looking at the power ups "i want that!" haha and the very first time i faced a real dangerous boss (Kraid) damn, i was so scared, my heart pumping like crazy, i still playing this and i will always do.
The baby Metroid rescue at the end of this game remains the only visceral classic game moment I can still feel to this day. Super Metroid was and always will be a masterpiece of the industry, and the standard all Metroid games should be held to.
I love this game's OST. It sounds dark, creepy, mysterious, atmospheric, and supernatural. This is the kind of music that feels ideal for a horror setting.
30 years ago wow how time flies man this is one of my top 10 games of all time i am so lucky to have played this back when it first came out , one of my most memorable gaming experiences of my life
For my 7th birthday I got this game shortly after release. core memory: The late nights with the lights off playing.. Nothing will ever compare to the anxiety this game's music could give me. I still play it now and again with such nostalgia.
@@waaagh3203 Yeah, it's still extremely good. A lot of old games I go back to and they have weak aspects, like they're too simplistic, the controls are clunky, weird bugs, whatever. This game was flawless. It could be made today as a "retro" game and it would be number one on Steam.
@@waaagh3203 I agree. If anyone ever asks me what I think is the best game of all time, I'm gonna say this. Remember this was made in 1994! That's just mind-blowing and the fact that it's completely playable almost 30 years later just goes to show how fantastic it is. The soundtrack is unbelievably good as well. To me this game is just perfect.
Tourian is the freakiest song in the game. The lack of music and just pure horrifying ambience. Even when the musical notes start, it sounds otherworldly and just gives me the creeps. I love it!
I'd have to agree. It's so different than all the others and, it leaves a brooding feeling as your playing. Because up next, is the Mother Brain battle
Super Metroid hands down has the best soundtrack over any game for the Super Nintendo console. I would even say, it's the best game I've played on Super Nintendo. No game out there takes me to my childhood like Super Metroid. Summer 1994, golden memories.
This level of storytelling with very very minimal words was unheard of for video games in 1994. I remember being blown away at the entire game, with the climax being the Mother Brain fight and escape. Nowadays, it seems like an awesome 2D video game, but don’t get it twisted: it made a massive impact. This is and remains one of the greatest games of all time.
A classic. Truly, a real classic, is what Super Metroid is. I was a kid when i first saw this game back in '98. I could only watch as my older siblings played and they never let me play it but i was so enchanted by it. Sadly, the SNES was sold before i even touched it. I mostly played in the N64 onwards. All those years in between i never forgot what the game was like. How Samus ran, the music, the environment, and yes, the Screw Attack. After that, I played all the games that came out. I played Prime 1 -3, Fusion, Zero Mission, Other M, Hunters, Pinball too! I also withheld myself from ever searching up gameplay of Super. It was really difficult but it didn't help out i was a dummy and didn't have internet access reliably till 2011. Fiinally, for the first time i played the game i longed for when it digitally released in the Wii. Holy shit, I felt like i finally got back a missing piece of my memories and childhood. Everything was as mysterious and beautiful as i had seen it. Honestly one of my happiest moments in videogames.
I know pretty much everyone won’t read this comment (because it’s new & not popular), but despite all the turmoil that’s been in my life & the incessant change, super Metroid is the exact same masterpiece it was 20+ years ago. Everyone here on this video is a real OG for recognizing a masterpiece like this, and I hope y’all have the same affection and nostalgia for these tracks that I do. Peace and love, -Ryan
Was introduced to the Metroid series by Prime and Fusion as a kid (have probably beaten those two games more than any other), and I finally got around to playing Super Metroid via Nintendo Switch online. Was shook when I got into Lower Norfair and heard the theme I had always associated with Magmoor Caverns! Great experience.
This game/franchise/music aged well, a videogame icon so big that inspired tons of creators to make their own games when big companies (Aside from Nintendo) decided that making these type of games wasn't profitable and risky.
Love this game!!! Came out when I was 15, would spend hours playing it. When I finally got to tourian the music creeped me the fuck out lmfao 🤣. I to this day still play this master piece. Great game and hell a bad ass soundtrack 👍👍
this is one of the best games of all time IMO. def a classic and a true favorite of mne. i cherish the days i first played this game way back when i was about 7. now im 33, wow.... how the time flies!!!!!!!
As close to a perfect game and soundtrack as you're ever gonna get. I love how in the end credits the music is very triumphant... then goes to mysterious... then back to dread and finally panic. One day I just hope I can be in the cinema and hear "The last Metroid is in captivity. The galaxy is at peace"
The greatest soundtrack for a video game ever. EPIC I listen to this day. I dunno which track is my fav.. I love them all but crateria theme & the haunting maridia melody stand out along with Lower Norfair is awesome!!! I wish we could get another metroid of this caliber....But to this day nothing comes close to that game from 94, 23 years ago....
@@francisthompson3772 what did you think about Metroid Dread? I thought that the game had ok music, ok environmental worldbuilding, but amazing combat and monster designs
Super Metroid is one of the greatest games of all time in a series that has not been treated very kindly by it's own creators. Many series have gone through the same. Super Metroid is one of the few 2D games that really makes you feel emotion. From just the title screen, you already feel the tone of this game. This is not your run of the mill SNES game, no. This is not your average Super Mario game, or your Zelda. This is Metroid! Back then, very few would go to the lengths that Nintendo went through to make this masterpiece of game design, sound, and gameplay all combined. The game is very alien (pun entirely intended) to the norm of the 1990's SNES games, and I think it stands out much more than other games of the era. The title screen starts with ominous music, over text appearing as if it were typed in a computer. The screen moves about on the unit containing the last Metroid. There seem to be (presumably unconscious) bodies on the ground, and the screen then shows the Super Metroid logo. I saw this a long time ago, and I was hooked. Play this game more people, and maybe the series can get more love from the creators.
Super Metroid is considered to be one of the top snes games of all time. Thats like saying A Link to the Past...or Chrono Trigger is underrated. Not even close bro.
If I recalled correctly from a handful of videos I've watched...the presumed unconscious bodies were actually dead. Please correct me if I am wrong of this fact.
I first heard about Super Metroid after watching a fan made video of an anti piracy screen. They used "Wrecked Ship" as the theme in the background and once I heard it, it was instantly creepy and I wanted to know what it was from. I searched up the game. I learned it was one if the greatest games of all time, so I bought a cartridge of it. As soon as the theme of Samus Aran came on, I knew I was about to embrace on an epic journey... Fast forward to a few years later, I'm 19 years old and this is my favorite soundtrack and game of all time. Its insane how a game of this era is so breathtaking, jaw dropping and chilling all at the same time. I listen to the soundtrack at work almost every day. I remember the battle against Mother Brain, the way I was shocked when the Metroid restored Samus' health. That was incredible. At the end of the game, the end credits, I teared up a bit listening to the music. What a fucking incredible game. Thank you Nintendo
Super metroid have some of the sweetest soundtracks of all time in video games history ...the soundtracks fit every stages in the game...Brinstar underground depths is my favorite in the game...I wrote a song for Samus because of it.... it's so sweet that i used to spent lots of time in that area listen to it.... this is something that even Michael Jackson himself would've sing to...or wrote a song off it.... like i did. I wander if he ever heard when he was alive?....I love super metroid....can you believe that i have beaten this game over 100 times.
Essa trilha sonora é perfeita demais, muito a frente de seu tempo. Super Metroid é um dos melhores exemplos de como um jogo pode (e deve!) ser completo: ótima historia, jogabilidade perfeita, trilha sonora fantástica, ambientação marcante... Enfim, o jogo é perfeito!
Can anyone believe that this was meant to be the last Metroid game? It set the standard for not only the series, but arguably the genre. I almost think Nintendo hasn't remade or remastered this game because they don't think they need to. I would like to see a remake on Dread's engine though. I'd call it Metroid: Return to Zebes.
Super Metroid is still one of the most immersive and atmospheric games and game soundtracks to have ever been crafted. Even the Silent Hill games aren't quite on the same level because you're spending so much time in those games of that series perpetually terrified and thus in an instinctive fight-or-flight mode that prevents you from really soaking in the full sense of being alone on an isolated alien world.
That’s my 5th favorite, lower norfair is my favorite, green brinstar is my 2nd favorite, crateria main theme is my third favorite Ridley’s theme is my fourth favorite and that one is number 5
I love Hostile Incoming, Brinstar (Jungle) and Maridia was definitely the most difficult and mysterious area for me first play through, love the song for it. 💙
Such great memories. This game helped me get through some hard times as a young teen going through depression. I always looked forward to playing it after school. Maridia (the caverns) and both Norfair tracks are my favorites.
I love Hostile Incoming, Brinstar (Jungle) and Maridia was definitely the most difficult and mysterious area for me first play through, love the song for it. 💙
I always loved the atmosphere and music in this game. As a kid I totally sucked at it and never completed it. Maybe I should change that some day, go back and play through it once and for all.
I know I'm far from the only one that literally gets chills listening to this masterpiece of a soundtrack, this shit would give me chills in a volcano ...and u can't take the smile off my face with a sandblaster..even back when i first played this game in 95 when i was just 9 i was able to grasp just how amazing this soundtrack was and still is... without a doubt it's in my top 5 videogame soundtracks ever and it's probably number 1 ..its also in my top 10 or 20 soundtracks in any genre ever and the game itself is without a doubt in my all time top 20 games of all time...damn i miss the days when the Japanese ruled video games, now the Japanese don't even make their own consoles anymore or at least most of the time with them commissioning China to do it and I got absolutely nothing against the Chinese but when even Japan isn't making their own electronics anymore, something is amiss..but in the 80s and 90s especially Japan wasn't even a rank they were just the Best..don't get me wrong i love that since the turn of the millennium amazing videogames have been produced by countries on pretty much every continent but there's just something about Japan that always exudes quality..no bs when i was just 7 i use to look at my new,SNES and Genesis cartridges and if it said made in any country other than Japan I use to sigh and think that I got a second rate game(funny thinking about that line from Doc in Back to the future 3 when he says "No wonder this part failed it says made in Japan" that's how Americans viewed Japan in 1955(somewhat understandable after Pearl Harbor and World War II)then fast forward to 85 and they were probably the most advanced country on the planet..Japanese people and their culture is so damn cool i hope i get to visit one day before i die..my younger brother(a big anime fan who loves Japanese culture and skill as much as me probably more) did and he said it didn't disappoint so it's most definitely on my bucket list now...and as amazing as this game will always be, if I had to pick my favorite aspect of it The Soundtrack would win on most days, it's so amazing I still turn it off when playing it sometimes cuz I cant focus on anything else while its on
This game is an absolute masterpiece in every category. My love for Metroid came from this game and the series continues to be in my top 3 of all time. Love the Soundtrack too, beautiful!
Thank you for this! By the way, I'll be 43 later this year, only game I come back to every 2 years or so with 1st time emotion but knowing the sequence from memory which makes it more exciting, but always have to go around something puzzling I forget, which also makes it more thrilling, each time!
I can perfectly make out all of this plus the Metroid squeaks at the start still. Landing on a the planet when there’s just no enemies around was so atmospheric and scene setting.
I'm so glad that this version of metroid was created back on the SNES.... and i got to play it ...if it didn't, just look at all the sweet gameplay and sweet soundtracks the world would've missed out on..... thanks creators....you all did a wonderful, great and magnificent job here....I looking forward to playing all the Metroid games that i didn't got to play.... and now the up and coming metroid dread.
I love the crateria theme exterior. So dark and intense. The storm, the brooding atmosphere captures landing on an alien planet with a dangerous mission with perfection. I would sit here on playthroughs and close my eyes as a kid. Same but on the opposite end for the crateria main theme. So triumphant and epic. Id sit and listen and feel exhilaration.
dude, thanks for this, I LOVE Metroid, but the OST is crazy amazing, its gotta be at least 30% of the experience. I can see Samus in my head just listening to this.
Hands down one of the greatest games of all times. It really is a masterpiece of a soundtrack and design. Developers of the modern day should take note.
As a guy that is currently playing Super Metroid for the first time, I don't think it's just about the nostalgia. It's one of the best games ever made!
Ya super metroid takes up a lot of my time, right next to diablo 2
I agree. Just beat it today and i must say it was astonishing!
Agreed, I played it last summer for the first time and it hooked me in from start to finish. I hadn't played a game like that in ages.
I beat it in 94 in the 4th grade
superbe compliment pour le jeu! it's a pleasure to read this. i'm 42 years old and it was already the best action game at his time.
Hey everyone,
just wanted to say thank you so much for all the wonderful comments on the video. Unfortunately, I can't log into my pre-Google account that I posted this video on, but seeing so many people that love this game and soundtrack as much as I do makes me incredibly happy. This will always be my favorite game of all time and it's so cool seeing us all share our love for this magnificent game. :)
Thanks so much for posting this ost!
I subbed to your new channel
Will you do Metroid Dread’s soundtrack?
Too pity that Metroid Dread's soundtrack is not so good as Super Metroid. It could be the best Metroid!
Stay safe out there.
Thank you too for posting this OST compilation. I am able to enjoy the feel of Super Metroid without having tried the game yet.
I really want to try out playing the game after this!
"The last metroid is in captivity. The galaxy is at peace."
Me as a young boy: "Oh well, that was easy ..."
*Metroid Prologue Theme starts playing.*
"Oh ... shit."
"The last metroid is in captivity. The galaxy is at peace."
Samus: Well, I guess that's done and dusted. Time to hit my favorite space bar, and get plastered.
[Samus receives distress call from Ceres Station]
Samus: This crap is why I drink.
I literally thought the exact same thing when I was I kid.
@@mifune9634 😂😂😂
This was one of those games that pushed the capability of the SNES to its absolute limit. The soundtrack is a damn masterpiece.
The other is Yoshi Island
Donkey Kong looked pretty damn good
@@astraldog3359 honestly that game was annoying to be honest. Star Fox FX pushed the limit and innovated
@@Turnpost2552 Unfortunately Star fox just doesn't look good at this day of age, while super Metroid look alright. Old 3d games just looks terrible now, but clean 2d platform games looks better imo.
@@Turnpost2552 Doesn't matter. Yoshi's Island is a technical marvel for the system
I've never found anyone out in the wild who loves Super Metroid as much as me, so these comments are heartwarming.
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Absolutely nailed the Sci-Fi-Horror-Action combination with this game. One of the all-time best.
This soundtrack is so amazing. Played this as a kid in 94, and still want to listen today.
Right? This music is timeless for me and I always find it so evocative.
A big reason I bought the SNES Mini
@@ImInUrHd Main reason I bought the SNES classic as well. Some of the other titles (Earthbound, AlttP, etc.) were just the icing on the cake
@@eeveeman5659 main reason i learned about roms and emulation on the Zsnes back in the day!
@@ImInUrHd Earthbound and this were the reason
22:45 Brinstar will forever be the best. It brings me to a hostile planet filled with mysteries, all alone only with my power armor.
I made a remix of it when I was a kid archive.org/details/DadaistAudio054/Entheogen07MetroidBrinistarRemix.mp3
I prefer the jungle of Brinstar. Got that funk vibe. but this is definitely up there
@@scottmcnaughton934 That's memorable too
It has dark overtones with a bit of intrigue.
@iMAg!N8R Maridia is beautiful. I also love the epicness of Norfair, then finding an exit at the corner right of the map ending up on Crateria. From hell to heavens
This was my favorite Metroid game and one of my favorite SNES games of all time. It had platforming like a Mario game. It had dungeon/equipment/ability unlocks like a Zelda game. It had battle mechanics like a Mega Man game. It had a dark and ominous vibe like a Castlevania game. It had badass music/sound like a Final Fantasy game. And it had the nostalgia of the original Metroid. It was like all of my favorite games combined into one. What more could a 9 year old ask for?
S tier soundtrack
theres something about this ambience that makes it memorable and go so hard
22:26 - Brinstar (Underground Depths) and also Maridia (Swampy Caverns) 50:50 are the best.
This soundtrack has got to be one of the best of the 16 bit era. Atmospheric is the word.
ever, even for current standards, is insanely cool.
I just beat this game for the first time today. What a great game it is.
This game is so bittersweet for me because I know in my heart that it will never be surpassed; this is the pinnacle of the Metroid series and my personal all time favorite game.
J W amen to that
I have to agree with you, J W, because this game at it's time really was Metroid in it's prime and in many ways, still is. I say the same thing about Link to the Past, Super Contra, even Super Mario World and many more games where the Super Nintendo and it's time are concerned. It really was a unique time to be alive in and sadly, I don't think we'll ever have that experience again. In my opinion, Super Metroid completely perfected the isolation and "the unexplained" or "mysteriousness feeling" you're supposed to experience with the Metroid games.
It doesn't surpass it necessarily, but check out Hyper Metroid if you've never played it, it's a fantastic Super ROM hack that is a completely different game. Some of the best pure exploration in any Metroid imo
@@INTJosh yes metroid dread looks really good im hyped for it! But super metroid is going to be hard to beat
Dread surpassed it? Comes close. What doesn’t come close is dreads music. Super Metroid wins easy
oh, my goodness. My 5 year old nephew watched his dad play one of the metroid games and developed this absolute fascination with Samus. We found this video searching for walkthroughs, which he loves watching and reenacting or drawing scenes from.. such a random, yet cool thing for a 5 year old to be obsessed with
Hah. We all have a little "fascination" with Samus.
@@koholintisland2167 true
This game absolutely oozes atmosphere. The sense of isolation created by the soundtrack is incredible.
yeah it's definitely my fav. though i haven't bought dread yet but the demo was sick
@@Aaronhalkides5821 buy it
! The game is really good
Track Listing
1. Title Theme: 0:00-1:42
2. Prologue: 1:42-4:31
3. Approaching Ceres Colony: 4:31-4:43
4. Deserted Ceres Colony: 4:43-5:13
5. Ridley/Draygon Theme: 5:13-6:56
6. Escaping Ceres Colony: 6:56-7:03
7. Approaching Planet Zebes: 7:03-7:22
8. Samus Intro Fanfare: 7:22-7:29
9. Crateria Theme (Exterior): 7:29-10:13
10. Crateria Theme (Interior): 10:13-12:54
11. Space Pirates Emerge: 12:54-16:22
12. Chozo Statue Awakens: 16:22-17:43
13. Item Room Ambience: 17:43-18:43
14. Brinstar (Jungle): 18:43-22:25
15. Brinstar (Underground Depths): 22:25-26:13
16. Spore Spawn: 26:13-28:31
17. Hostile Incoming: 28:31-29:41
18. Kraid/Crocomire/Phantoon Theme: 29:41-31:13
19. Norfair: The Fires of Zebes: 31:13-33:45
20. Crateria (Main Theme): 33:45-37:33
21. Wrecked Ship-Lost Vessel (Power Down): 37:33-42:12
22. Wrecked Ship-Lost Vessel (Power On): 42:12-46:52
23. Maridia (Sandy Desert): 46:52-50:49
24. Maridia (Swampy Caverns): 50:49-53:47
25. Ridley's Hideout/Lower Norfair: 53:47-58:28
26. Failure: 58:28-58:33
27. Ambient Silence: 58:33-59:05
28. Statue Chamber: 59:05-1:00:46
29. Tourian-Rebuilt Headquarters: 1:00:46-1:04:35
30. Mother Brain-Final Battle: 1:04:35-1:07:00
31. Evacuate Immediately!: 1:07:00-1:08:42
32. Planet Zebes Explodes: 1:08:42-1:09:06
33. Staff Credits/Finale: 1:09:06-1:12:30
I remember when I was little and for the longest time I didn’t know how to get space jump then when I finally did and went to lower norfair the music played and I was like oh shit it’s serious down here lol
Fun fact: nobody at Nintendo wanted to touch the Metroid series after Super Metroid, because it was so pixel perfect that any sequel would have been viewed as a major let-down. It took another company to make Metroid Prime before another Metroid game was made.
I read it didn't sell that well was being the reason
Are you forgetting about Metroid zero mission and Metroid Fusion or am I missing something?
What about Zero Mission and the literal Metroid 4 AKA Metroid Fusion?
I would like to point out both those replying to you and yourself are both partially correct. No game was released between Prime and Super Metroid, however, Fusion was released alongside Prime, and they had both been in development simultaneously. Additionally, Metroid Zero Mission had started development I believe before the release of either game, however it wasn't so much code as it was figuring out how to do the remake.
However what's most important is that Nintendo tried to make Metroid Prime and was looking around for studios to take a shot at it, both internally and externally, and it was at this point that a large amount interest from our hometown heroes in Austin, Texas: Retro Studios, came out of the woodworks with a large portion of their developers being major Metroid Fans, who created a demo and showed it off to Nintendo.
They were so impressed, they moved the (barely started) development that had occurred internally, and given it to Retro.
So, Nintendo was not afraid of making a sequel, they had their internal developers working on it, both for Prime as well as Fusion. However, Retro won the bid.
I'm sure they were hesitant at first, but after 5 years they basically went forth and tried their best, and it went well in hindsight. For the longest time, Prime was considered the 3rd best video game of all time on Meta Critic and many other sites, and Fusion was no pushover. ;)
@@brainypepper1621well Zero Mission hit in 2004 and Fusion hit the same day as Prime(in the US at least) in November 2002 so technically what he said was right and it's most definitely a plausible explanation for why it took 8 years to get another Metroid game and damn was Fusion and Prime worth the wait making 2002 probably still Metroid's strongest year so far(and I'm writing this in mid October 2024) damn now I'm back to obsessing over getting another 2D Metroid...if we ever do I hope it's long cuz pretty much my only real issue with Fusion is the length
22:25 is my favorite. So atmospheric.
I'm glad u found that time stamp comrade. I play this when I roll thru da hood slow 😁👍🏿
@@snelson4783 lol. Imagining that
This is the cherry on the cake. Great track
came to hear this
The Intro still gives me chills every single time i hear it.
Bro a mí se me erizan los pelos de la nuca
Without a doubt the most atmospheric SNES soundtrack ever made! Closely followed by Super Castlevania and Chrono Trigger.
Secret of Evermore has pretty cool atmospheric ost too ^^
I never appreciated it until recently, even though I grew up in the time. Definitely got some pop synth vibes going on. It's awesome.
Listen to The 7th Saga soundtrack. It's bomb!
In my eyes, Super Metroid, Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2 are the holy trinity of the best music in the franchise, and perhaps one of the most atmospheric music in video games.
Finished the game for the first ever time today, checking in to listen to the sweet OST by itself.
I beat it las week great game
also beat it for the first time a few months ago. This game is great.
pubes in your chocomilk I happen to be playing through it for the first time ever as well. About a 1/3rd of the way through
Me too. I Just played and beat it last week for the first time. Amazing game and ost!
played this when I was 4. glad it still resonates with people
A game that every hardcore gamer should beat at least once. One of the greatest works of art ever created.
fun fact: my dad challenged my mom to beat Super Metroid... An she did.
It's funny because she isn't that much into "hardcore" gaming as she prefers more strategy games
Yessir
18:43
can't even describe it in words. since 94 when i was a kid this track is stuck in my head and will never leave
Salute to you
F in the chat for anyone still stuck in Maridia. It's always the water levels...
Ugh, had so much trouble with Maridia - that damn quicksand! Still love the game though, it's a masterpiece.
Idk why, I always end up passively quitting my playthroughs either right after the Ghost ship, or somewhere in Maridia.
18:43 Green Brinstar - may this go down in history as one of the best and most memorable tracks in gaming history!
Hard to believe it was almost 30 years ago I first played this game & beat it. Harder still to believe that I still fire up an emulator & do it all over again every couple of years because the game is _still_ that good, but the soundtrack is a part of that. It's a rare, perfect creation where game objective, imagery, art style, music, & gameplay conspire to create an experience that will literally last a lifetime.
The sound is phenomenal imo
My thoughts exactly
Same. I first played it at age 10 and return to it from time to time as it’s just one of the best games ever made. The soundtrack, the gameplay, the atmosphere. All the nostalgia.
Oh my God 30 yrs 😢
I got this for Christmas that year
@@JulianVR4oh, to be a late teenager/early 20-something in the 1990s again.
Greatest Nintendo master piece, i carry many memories of this, when i was a kid, back then in the 90s, the music, the effects, enemies, makes me fell in love, i was obsessed, i used to read the manual which has pictures of everything in the game and remeber looking at the power ups "i want that!" haha and the very first time i faced a real dangerous boss (Kraid) damn, i was so scared, my heart pumping like crazy, i still playing this and i will always do.
Ahah ye me too :D
Same here. Amazing game
I'm so impressed by how they made the thunder sound in the crateria theme.
18:50 Good gravy samus is getting funky in the jungle
Item Room Ambiance 17:43 : Best. Ringtone. Ever.
The baby Metroid rescue at the end of this game remains the only visceral classic game moment I can still feel to this day. Super Metroid was and always will be a masterpiece of the industry, and the standard all Metroid games should be held to.
I love this game's OST. It sounds dark, creepy, mysterious, atmospheric, and supernatural. This is the kind of music that feels ideal for a horror setting.
This is a mostly ambient soundtrack as opposed to being catchy and that fits the game. But man,Green brinstar is a bop honestly
Do you mean Brinstar (Jungle)? If so, I agree.
꧁꧂ yes
@@scotty_doom that's literally what he said, did you read the comment?
I mean it's kinda catchy but it's still amazing
Just because it is ambience doesn't mean it can't be catchy. May I bring up: the Ratchet and Clank 1 soundtrack?
The title music alone already gave me goosebumps. The memories....
30
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wow
how time flies man
this is one of my top 10 games of all time
i am so lucky to have played this back when it first came out , one of my most memorable gaming experiences of my life
Best music in a video game, ever.
For my 7th birthday I got this game shortly after release.
core memory: The late nights with the lights off playing.. Nothing will ever compare to the anxiety this game's music could give me.
I still play it now and again with such nostalgia.
love this comment.
Best game ever
By far,this game way way ahead of its time.Music is spot on !!
My personal opinion is that it is INDEED the best game ever. Only game I've ever been able to play over and over and over.
@@waaagh3203 Yeah, it's still extremely good. A lot of old games I go back to and they have weak aspects, like they're too simplistic, the controls are clunky, weird bugs, whatever. This game was flawless. It could be made today as a "retro" game and it would be number one on Steam.
@@waaagh3203 I agree. If anyone ever asks me what I think is the best game of all time, I'm gonna say this. Remember this was made in 1994! That's just mind-blowing and the fact that it's completely playable almost 30 years later just goes to show how fantastic it is. The soundtrack is unbelievably good as well. To me this game is just perfect.
@@waaagh3203 Same. Only game I was able to replay without getting bored.
I have five top all-time video games that are all tied and this is one of em.
What are the rest
@@MARCULATION We will never know lol
@@backroomgentleman indeed
what are the rest
Soundtrack is pure excellence. This game is a diamond
Tourian is the freakiest song in the game. The lack of music and just pure horrifying ambience. Even when the musical notes start, it sounds otherworldly and just gives me the creeps. I love it!
I'd have to agree. It's so different than all the others and, it leaves a brooding feeling as your playing. Because up next, is the Mother Brain battle
One of the best game soundtrack of all time. So mysterious.
Super Metroid's soundtrack is a gigantic gold nugget
Super Metroid hands down has the best soundtrack over any game for the Super Nintendo console. I would even say, it's the best game I've played on Super Nintendo. No game out there takes me to my childhood like Super Metroid. Summer 1994, golden memories.
This level of storytelling with very very minimal words was unheard of for video games in 1994. I remember being blown away at the entire game, with the climax being the Mother Brain fight and escape. Nowadays, it seems like an awesome 2D video game, but don’t get it twisted: it made a massive impact. This is and remains one of the greatest games of all time.
A classic. Truly, a real classic, is what Super Metroid is.
I was a kid when i first saw this game back in '98. I could only watch as my older siblings played and they never let me play it but i was so enchanted by it. Sadly, the SNES was sold before i even touched it. I mostly played in the N64 onwards. All those years in between i never forgot what the game was like. How Samus ran, the music, the environment, and yes, the Screw Attack. After that, I played all the games that came out. I played Prime 1 -3, Fusion, Zero Mission, Other M, Hunters, Pinball too! I also withheld myself from ever searching up gameplay of Super. It was really difficult but it didn't help out i was a dummy and didn't have internet access reliably till 2011.
Fiinally, for the first time i played the game i longed for when it digitally released in the Wii. Holy shit, I felt like i finally got back a missing piece of my memories and childhood. Everything was as mysterious and beautiful as i had seen it. Honestly one of my happiest moments in videogames.
I know this video is 6 years old, but I'm surprised that the item acquisition fanfare was not included, because it is part of the soundtrack
I know pretty much everyone won’t read this comment (because it’s new & not popular), but despite all the turmoil that’s been in my life & the incessant change, super Metroid is the exact same masterpiece it was 20+ years ago. Everyone here on this video is a real OG for recognizing a masterpiece like this, and I hope y’all have the same affection and nostalgia for these tracks that I do.
Peace and love,
-Ryan
I read it and I agree this is something else
Same here bro. Take care
No matter how deep I slip into depression and alcoholism this game makes me so happy and hopeful for the future. We are all gonna make it.
As a super Metroid loving brother, I stand by you man
Still come back to this to listen to while working. Absolute masterpiece of gaming soundtracks.
29. Tourian-Rebuilt Headquarters is the soundtrack to when you need to shit but you're in a place where you can't for some reason
1:01:00
It's frankly amazing how much atmosphere they were able to squeeze out of this sound hardware.
Sony PCM
Was introduced to the Metroid series by Prime and Fusion as a kid (have probably beaten those two games more than any other), and I finally got around to playing Super Metroid via Nintendo Switch online. Was shook when I got into Lower Norfair and heard the theme I had always associated with Magmoor Caverns! Great experience.
This game/franchise/music aged well, a videogame icon so big that inspired tons of creators to make their own games when big companies (Aside from Nintendo) decided that making these type of games wasn't profitable and risky.
Love this game!!! Came out when I was 15, would spend hours playing it. When I finally got to tourian the music creeped me the fuck out lmfao 🤣. I to this day still play this master piece. Great game and hell a bad ass soundtrack 👍👍
The Soundtrack of Lower Norfair - going down the Evelator in to the Heat while The Soundtrack is coming up, goosebumps.
Um dos melhores jogos que pude desfrutar, Super Metroid, voltei no tempo ao ouvir esses temas
this is one of the best games of all time IMO. def a classic and a true favorite of mne. i cherish the days i first played this game way back when i was about 7. now im 33, wow.... how the time flies!!!!!!!
The best game along with Warcraft 3 for me
As close to a perfect game and soundtrack as you're ever gonna get. I love how in the end credits the music is very triumphant... then goes to mysterious... then back to dread and finally panic.
One day I just hope I can be in the cinema and hear "The last Metroid is in captivity. The galaxy is at peace"
The greatest soundtrack for a video game ever. EPIC I listen to this day. I dunno which track is my fav.. I love them all but crateria theme & the haunting maridia melody stand out along with Lower Norfair is awesome!!! I wish we could get another metroid of this caliber....But to this day nothing comes close to that game from 94, 23 years ago....
peter c Not even Zero mission or fusion? Or the prime games?
@@francisthompson3772 what did you think about Metroid Dread? I thought that the game had ok music, ok environmental worldbuilding, but amazing combat and monster designs
Super Metroid is one of the greatest games of all time in a series that has not been treated very kindly by it's own creators. Many series have gone through the same. Super Metroid is one of the few 2D games that really makes you feel emotion. From just the title screen, you already feel the tone of this game. This is not your run of the mill SNES game, no. This is not your average Super Mario game, or your Zelda. This is Metroid! Back then, very few would go to the lengths that Nintendo went through to make this masterpiece of game design, sound, and gameplay all combined. The game is very alien (pun entirely intended) to the norm of the 1990's SNES games, and I think it stands out much more than other games of the era. The title screen starts with ominous music, over text appearing as if it were typed in a computer. The screen moves about on the unit containing the last Metroid. There seem to be (presumably unconscious) bodies on the ground, and the screen then shows the Super Metroid logo. I saw this a long time ago, and I was hooked. Play this game more people, and maybe the series can get more love from the creators.
Super Metroid is considered to be one of the top snes games of all time. Thats like saying A Link to the Past...or Chrono Trigger is underrated. Not even close bro.
Super Metroid is considered by many to be the greatest video game of all time
Ok I changed it
If I recalled correctly from a handful of videos I've watched...the presumed unconscious bodies were actually dead. Please correct me if I am wrong of this fact.
This game a special place in my heart
I first heard about Super Metroid after watching a fan made video of an anti piracy screen. They used "Wrecked Ship" as the theme in the background and once I heard it, it was instantly creepy and I wanted to know what it was from. I searched up the game. I learned it was one if the greatest games of all time, so I bought a cartridge of it. As soon as the theme of Samus Aran came on, I knew I was about to embrace on an epic journey...
Fast forward to a few years later, I'm 19 years old and this is my favorite soundtrack and game of all time. Its insane how a game of this era is so breathtaking, jaw dropping and chilling all at the same time. I listen to the soundtrack at work almost every day. I remember the battle against Mother Brain, the way I was shocked when the Metroid restored Samus' health. That was incredible. At the end of the game, the end credits, I teared up a bit listening to the music. What a fucking incredible game. Thank you Nintendo
This is my #1 background working soundtrack. I can't tell you how many times I've listened to it and it never fails to get me hyped and on task.
Super metroid have some of the sweetest soundtracks of all time in video games history ...the soundtracks fit every stages in the game...Brinstar underground depths is my favorite in the game...I wrote a song for Samus because of it.... it's so sweet that i used to spent lots of time in that area listen to it.... this is something that even Michael Jackson himself would've sing to...or wrote a song off it.... like i did. I wander if he ever heard when he was alive?....I love super metroid....can you believe that i have beaten this game over 100 times.
That Brinstar theme I still can hear in my head. I played this when it first came out.
Brinstar Jungle and Underground are the best themes of this game for me.
Essa trilha sonora é perfeita demais, muito a frente de seu tempo. Super Metroid é um dos melhores exemplos de como um jogo pode (e deve!) ser completo: ótima historia, jogabilidade perfeita, trilha sonora fantástica, ambientação marcante... Enfim, o jogo é perfeito!
I totally agree, this is the best game/soundtrack of all time !I'm 33 now amd still play
My favourite game
Can anyone believe that this was meant to be the last Metroid game? It set the standard for not only the series, but arguably the genre. I almost think Nintendo hasn't remade or remastered this game because they don't think they need to. I would like to see a remake on Dread's engine though. I'd call it Metroid: Return to Zebes.
I LOVE THIS!!!!! I have played Metroid all my life, so I really enjoyed hearing the soundtrack
Childhood gaming memorial number one !
Sitting on the carpet as a kid in a dark room with loud stereo and playing this the first time… awesome
Super Metroid is still one of the most immersive and atmospheric games and game soundtracks to have ever been crafted.
Even the Silent Hill games aren't quite on the same level because you're spending so much time in those games of that series perpetually terrified and thus in an instinctive fight-or-flight mode that prevents you from really soaking in the full sense of being alone on an isolated alien world.
Song #24 (Maridia - Swampy Caverns) has always been among my favorites. Its eerieness is unmatched. It's also delightful to hum!
Man, I love this soundtrack! I think this is the only reason I'll go back to this game after it deleted my saves!
Best song: #15, brinstar underground depths
That’s my 5th favorite, lower norfair is my favorite, green brinstar is my 2nd favorite, crateria main theme is my third favorite Ridley’s theme is my fourth favorite and that one is number 5
I love Hostile Incoming, Brinstar (Jungle) and Maridia was definitely the most difficult and mysterious area for me first play through, love the song for it. 💙
Such great memories. This game helped me get through some hard times as a young teen going through depression. I always looked forward to playing it after school. Maridia (the caverns) and both Norfair tracks are my favorites.
this is some of the best music i have listened!!! Super Metroid is beyond the boundaries of awesome!!!! Greetings from 2021!!!!!
Man I appreciate upper norfair more and more. Certainly an ambient piece but really sets the tension.
Crateria Theme (Exterior) is among my favorites. It encapsulates that sense of impending doom thats about to happend once you go below the surface...
12:56 was my favorite. So mysterious and chilling.... The whole soundtrack was really good.
I love Hostile Incoming, Brinstar (Jungle) and Maridia was definitely the most difficult and mysterious area for me first play through, love the song for it. 💙
I dunno why, all I kept saying was "oh shit, oh shit" under my breathe when that comes on as a kid playing this addictive freakin game lol
The GOAT of all video games, almost 30 years old now, that's hard to believe!
50:49 This track exemplifies the melancholy of hopelessness.
This game is SO badass. I've only played it for the first time recently and damn. So good.
Listening to this soundtrack while working. Always love when Brinstar theme comes up, solid soundtrack all the way through. Nostalgia!
Same here I'm at work now listening bringing back memories from my teens I'm 46 in still love the soundtrack
I always loved the atmosphere and music in this game. As a kid I totally sucked at it and never completed it. Maybe I should change that some day, go back and play through it once and for all.
I know I'm far from the only one that literally gets chills listening to this masterpiece of a soundtrack, this shit would give me chills in a volcano ...and u can't take the smile off my face with a sandblaster..even back when i first played this game in 95 when i was just 9 i was able to grasp just how amazing this soundtrack was and still is... without a doubt it's in my top 5 videogame soundtracks ever and it's probably number 1 ..its also in my top 10 or 20 soundtracks in any genre ever and the game itself is without a doubt in my all time top 20 games of all time...damn i miss the days when the Japanese ruled video games, now the Japanese don't even make their own consoles anymore or at least most of the time with them commissioning China to do it and I got absolutely nothing against the Chinese but when even Japan isn't making their own electronics anymore, something is amiss..but in the 80s and 90s especially Japan wasn't even a rank they were just the Best..don't get me wrong i love that since the turn of the millennium amazing videogames have been produced by countries on pretty much every continent but there's just something about Japan that always exudes quality..no bs when i was just 7 i use to look at my new,SNES and Genesis cartridges and if it said made in any country other than Japan I use to sigh and think that I got a second rate game(funny thinking about that line from Doc in Back to the future 3 when he says "No wonder this part failed it says made in Japan" that's how Americans viewed Japan in 1955(somewhat understandable after Pearl Harbor and World War II)then fast forward to 85 and they were probably the most advanced country on the planet..Japanese people and their culture is so damn cool i hope i get to visit one day before i die..my younger brother(a big anime fan who loves Japanese culture and skill as much as me probably more) did and he said it didn't disappoint so it's most definitely on my bucket list now...and as amazing as this game will always be, if I had to pick my favorite aspect of it The Soundtrack would win on most days, it's so amazing I still turn it off when playing it sometimes cuz I cant focus on anything else while its on
This game is an absolute masterpiece in every category. My love for Metroid came from this game and the series continues to be in my top 3 of all time. Love the Soundtrack too, beautiful!
Thank you for this!
By the way, I'll be 43 later this year, only game I come back to every 2 years or so with 1st time emotion but knowing the sequence from memory which makes it more exciting, but always have to go around something puzzling I forget, which also makes it more thrilling, each time!
As I listen to this again, I realise that it is one of the greatest video game OSTs.
I can perfectly make out all of this plus the Metroid squeaks at the start still. Landing on a the planet when there’s just no enemies around was so atmospheric and scene setting.
Epic Gems:
1:59,
5:15,
7:22,
22:25,
28:31,
1:04:35,
I'm so glad that this version of metroid was created back on the SNES.... and i got to play it ...if it didn't, just look at all the sweet gameplay and sweet soundtracks the world would've missed out on..... thanks creators....you all did a wonderful, great and magnificent job here....I looking forward to playing all the Metroid games that i didn't got to play.... and now the up and coming metroid dread.
I love the crateria theme exterior. So dark and intense. The storm, the brooding atmosphere captures landing on an alien planet with a dangerous mission with perfection. I would sit here on playthroughs and close my eyes as a kid. Same but on the opposite end for the crateria main theme. So triumphant and epic. Id sit and listen and feel exhilaration.
This game is absolutly INCREDIBLE I love it with all my soul
Just by listening to these soundtracks, Brinstar felt like a whole world in itself.
dude, thanks for this, I LOVE Metroid, but the OST is crazy amazing, its gotta be at least 30% of the experience. I can see Samus in my head just listening to this.
Hands down one of the greatest games of all times. It really is a masterpiece of a soundtrack and design. Developers of the modern day should take note.