Damnit forgot I put this dog comment saw it thought mice one was about to agree till i saw its me im loseing my marbles finally took me long enougth to cracked what next likeing my own comments or subbing to my own channel somehow lol
The jump scare when Ecco's family gets taken away nearly ended my life as a kid. I don't think anything has ever scared me that badly. I played the game for like a straight hour and couldn't figure out what to do...then suddenly the Vortex came...
@@danielreid9621 lol they really did make it so you swim aimlessly in circles for 2 hours getting bored, and then hey might as well do aflIPOHSHITWATHTHEFUCK.
If I remember correctly, when you died in this game, this eerie music just kept playing as your next turn began. The music didn’t restart when put back at the beginning of the level… it was just a daunting reminder that you’re not starting over, but more simply, your Hell is just continuing for a lot longer than you’d hoped…
I’m 35 years old,I still remember my dad taking me to Target to buy this game back in 1992-1993 even though I wanted Mortal Kombat,but he said no. I can honestly say this was probably one of the most difficult games ever on Sega Genesis. This soundtrack brings back memories though,not gonna lie…
Mortal Kombat for Genesis, imho, was not as good as it was on SNES. The soundtrack was fairly forgettable in comparison to the magic the genesis was capable of
Fear of drowning huh and endless dark blue and what lurks I dident want to jump at the beginning after the first time the tube was where I started to wonder what ied got into and that damn 8 legs and last boss hell no what was I playing aliens that's he reason I dident play aliens I got baited 😱 I still feel a slight terror to the sound track genesis clever at creating and scarring kids for the future 👏
This soundtrack brings back memories of frustration and claustrophobia, but it's so full of atmosphere. I'm slightly addicted to the strange feelings this gives me when I listen to it.
People always cite the 'Drowning' music from Sonic as being incredibly stressful, but for my money it's got nothing on Undercaves from this soundtrack. It's objectively awesome, but it also takes me right back to those tunnels, running out of air, desperately searching for a place to breathe... And Ice Zone, too, I found those ice levels to be genuine nightmare fuel, being trapped under ice is honestly a concept that freaks me out.
I think the difference is Sonic's drowning theme induces panic while Echo's endues fear Sonic's sounds like "Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit where's the damn bubble?!" Whereas Echo's sounds more like "Oh God, where am I? Where do I go? What is that? What's over there?"
Late to the party but that's not 100% true. It's Ed Annunziata's baby, who was a Sega employee at the time, and it's published by Sega. Novotrade did the development, yes. It's what they (used to?) call a "second party" game, where Sega contracted out Novotrade to develop it. It's not incorrect to say it's a Sega-made game in that regard.
Not sure how or why my brain was thinking of this soundtrack this morning, but it was. I had "The Vents" in my head despite not playing this game since it released back in the 90's. Brains are weird man!
I bet Nintendo saved a boatload of cash by cheaping out on the flimsy cardboard boxes 95% of our games came in.. I always envied the Genesis cases across the aisle from the SNES boxes, in the rental store I frequented. It's so hilarious to compare prices of boxed SNES games and Genesis games. SNES games, it's like HOLY SHIT IT'S COMPLETE W/ THE BOX AND IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE - $500 .. Genesis games, it's like Huh? Oh sure yeah it's still got a box in perfect shape w/ all the trimmings. $30.
I used to play this on my Dad’s old Genesis when I was a kid and this game was both captivating and terrifying for me. I still remember playing it alone in my basement and the soundtrack kind of transported me away. It still freaked me out, but it’s great.
Perfectly said: distant, solitary and melancholy perfectly summarize it. This song reminds me of the moment I realized this was no ordinary kid's dolphin game - talking to the orca and learning of the big blue.
it certainly captures a lot of emotion. music for thinking about the past.. combining grief, nostalgia, and calming desolation for me. As a kid, it made me really think about the history of Atlantis in the game
Happy to see in the comments im not the only one who was disturbed with this game. What a masterpiece! I remember to learn some basslines too. Epic soundtrack.
Jamie Williamson When the sega CD / Sega Saturn version came out, they replaced the soundtrack with a higher bitrate one, but the tracks were totally different compositions.
ColdSpark824 I don't believe the Mega CD version is classed as a remake. Still, of course the tracks as a higher bitrate as they were taking advantage of the CD audio quality they could produce.
Jamie Williamson It came later, at a higher resolution, with a different soundtrack, but was otherwise the same game. That's what goes nowadays as an HD remaster. Still, I feel like you missed the point. The songs in the CD version aren't the same. They're higher bitrate, but they're different compositions. They don't sound ominous or cool or...good.
I miss the 90s. I miss the experimental, ground-breaking games. I miss games that were totally new and not seen before. Could something like Ecco even be made today? The pros are making tried-and-trusted games they know will sell; the indies are re-making the games of their childhood. Where are the new ideas?
older games were products of limitations, when artists, musicians and programmers struggled to cram their talents in to overflowing chips. Today, everyone with half an idea is free to fill an entire hard drive with their junk. No cartridges or discs to force restraint or weed out the born losers. Video games weakened us and now we are too soft and outgunned to possibly rein in this industry that is drunk on its own koolaid.
I agree but there's still original games being made. Limbo is one such game. It's just a few years old, so it's a modern game but just like the games of old, it was made with limitations in mind. A must play, absolutely.
@Slevin I agree with you completely. Limbo is "safe". It's nothing that hasn't been done before. Back then, people took risks when they created their art. People still do that but it's harder to innovate when pretty much everything has been invented and you can just slap the label "experimental" on something if it doesn't make any sense to you. Back then, artists (game developers included), took more risks. They wanted to do what they wanted even if nobody would be interested in the end product... even if the work became a financial failure. See: The Last Express. I'm not even that old, I'm 21, I'm speaking like I'm ancient, hehe. I definitely think that indie developers now are focused on gimmicks rather than actually being groundbreaking. So, they make a really weird game as a joke, it turns viral for a while, and then people forget about it.
Kolibri on the Sega 32X was made by the ppl who did Ecco. It was the last of the chip tune generation. Amazing atmosphere. It uses the same Genesis FM chip like Ecco alongside the sampling chip from the 32X. Combining natural sounds into retro electronic. Limitation forced creativity. After everything went to CD that was lost.
The music gets most of the credit for making this game so terrifying. In second place is the sense of running out of breath. The third is the completely hostile environment and the sound you make when injured. The fourth is the discovery that the story is essentially that we're crops in a food chain on a much larger scale than we ever imagined.
I remember this game as a 7-8 yr old mega-drive little fan, back in 1994. It scared the shit out of me! It was weird, clautrophobic, and this creepy OST didn't help back then. It was SO different from the other games! Bout the OST itself, absolutely brilliant and fits like a glove in the game concept
As a 10 year old kid, I remember getting through The Lagoon and thinking "this game's a little weird, and the music is a little eerie..." Then i got to Medusa Bay and the concept of being in the deep ocean, Ecco's screams when he got hit, and the creepy ass music... I realized I was in way over my head. In college I got back into older games and eventually beat it... but remember even playing the game in college, alone in my room at night, was still creepy as hell. Considering what we've been through... it's a love hate relationship... but I always bring it up when talking about my favorite games, so Love > Hate.
"Ice Zone" is clearly reminds me the great Tangerine Dream of the early 70s with that flute-like/whistle sound. And so many songs sounds like the incredible an unbeatable "Pink Floyd". First time I thouth about it when I saw the name "Welcome to the Machine". So much love both Ecco`s games and esp. it`s OSTs. Here my favs: Opening theme, Medusa Bay, Undercaves, Ice Zone, Welcome to the Machine (melody like an ALIEN3 on the NES!)
@@jonathancaballeros3408 I get to stay up til 2am even on weekdays. My parents didn't care as long as I did my homework. Now that I'm older I can't stay passed 11pm lol
Ice Zone/Atlantis remains one of the most beautifully haunting themes I've ever heard in any game. The whole soundtrack here is stunning, and a huge component of this game's unique atmosphere.
I used to play this my SEGA MEGA DRIVE II … hearing this instantly brings me back 25 years!! I feel i memorize all these tracks! The excitement, anxiety, fear and fun of this game!!! ❤❤❤
Oddly moody music for a game about Dolphins but it makes sense when you realize what the plot is and what inspired the game in the first place. Ecco is just really bizarre.
ok say what you want about the ambiant errie tracks but that ending theme is the pure imbodiment of what this game is in its entierity.not to say that i dont like the rest of the tracks because this whole sound track is a masterpiece but that ending theme its just so good
Still can remember the countless hours I spent playing this game. It's a testament to the story, the music gameplay etc, that a game this difficult had me devote so many hours to finish it in my youth despite the anxiety and frustration it could induce. Most games like this would cause me to simply quit but with Ecco quitting was never even a consideration.
I really loved this game as a kid, even though I barely never could finish any stage, but, I play with combinations of passwords with "A" and "N" and I make travels to almost every level, and I just loved the music, and the stages, this game makes me fall in love with ocean life and deep sea mysteries.
The octopus wasn't that hard after I learned that just tapping the up button was best strategy. No charge or fast swim, just slowly tapped (not held down) the up button and after 3 or 4 taps I was good. Besides anything is easy compared to the Lovecraftian nightmare of a final boss. Cthulhu isn't even as creepy looking as that dolphin eating alien bitch.
This soundtrack is absolutely superb, a master piece! I actually listen to this a lot when I'm just chilling out or falling asleep it has a nice ambience to it and I just like the comforting nostalgia. The music and the game while so beautiful has such an eerie sad feel to it and some times even danger. Such a well-written innovative composition. I'll need to find out more about who wrote it and the story behind it because it's a work of art. If it weren't for the fact that's it's in MIDI or just a soundtrack for a computer game it would be like Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells or something (although I think that thin MDI sound only adds to atmosphere and creepiness). Thanks so much for uploading this and any other Sega Mega Drive soundtracks you've uploaded (if you do I'm subscribing I love the nostalgia!) :-)
I know you probably dont care but... Midi is just a digital interface used to seqence and play notes and other data values (no sound). Usually to and from synthesizers themselves, but the synth chip in the megadrive/genesis is the YM2612 a multitimbral yamaha FM (frequency modulation) synth chip which evolved from the yamaha DX series synthesizers. The closest you will get is the dx100 or newer reface dx. That hiss or digital noise you are hearing is the 'cheap' DAC (digital analog converter), although, it gives it a nice retro quality. The notes aren't even sequenced/recorded by midi in the first place, the CPU directly uses some of its DSP (digital sound processing(or)) to control the YM2612. There ya go.
If you haven't already, check out Kolibri ost. Made by the same developer. It's a 32X game so it combines actual sound samples into the Genesis FM. Adding nature to retro electronic. Another game only novotrade could make. Edit: I'm aware Genesis can do sampling too, but not to the degree and quality 32X can. Kolibri might be the best showcase for the system sound wise. I'm glad it wasn't on CD, it's the last of the sound chip generation.
@@jennytulls6369 end up waking up sweating and breathing heavy like you just seen your own ghost while welcome to the machine is playing. (Not recommended)
@@ThrottledEarwig You hit the nail on the head there Tanya. It really does convey loneliness. That's not an easy thing to do when composing a piece of music, especially on a Mega Drive.
@@stevendalzell5547 I airways thought they did that to make it feel like the character was miles away from home / any familiarity. Either way, it’s genius & yeah, it is hard to do on a Sega 😄
Even though I only got to play this on Nintendo Switch very recently, it already felt like I've played this game decades ago. The overall feel of the game is so nostalgic, and brought me back to early 2000s, when my siblings and I stayed up late at night playing console games. So one night, just to feel the nostalgia, I spent a couple of hours playing this alone without any guide, and just wandered around.
@@BreakdafunklooseforeverI actually didn't know Ecco was released in the 90s, so thanks for that info. However, I was pertaining to when I first experienced console gaming, which was in 2000s (2002 in particular, when I was in kindergarten)
i never beat it either, when I was really little I would just play the first level over and over. Eventually I got to the end but never actually finished it.
For me "the lagoon" is really the haunting one. Maybe because it was the beginning of the game, and I could not really do much, it was so frustrating! Awesome game.
To me there is not a single OST that can beat this one or make me feel more nostalgic. WoW has some incredible music but this music is just genius. Anyone else have any OST's that make you feel more nostalgic than this one? The only one I can think of that beats this one is .... Tides Of Time :)
I played all of the Ecco games on my Atgames Sega Genesis as a kid, and I'm used to the sound being slightly altered. It didn't really sound eerie on there. But my GOD. This is nightmare inducing, especially the first level.
It's really interesting how different "The Stomach" feels. It's almost like it came from a different game. And it's understandable, as it was composed at a different time and possibly by a different team, for the Japanese version of the game, as The Stomach was an extra level added to that version for if you died to the Vortex Queen.
I am the ecco MASTER! but just saying it took YEARS of muscle memory and stole my childhood to get good at it. Tides of Time was far more forgiving but still lol.
this is such a good soundtrack. And such an original storyline. A dolphin has to go back in time to fight off an alien invasion who go from planet to planet sucking up all life from the oceans. Ends up on the mothership and takes out the alien queen. And the Aliens look like Xenomorphs. Friggin cool!
Хм...это моя любимая игра на сеге, особенно её продолжение, конечно без дримкаст не обошлось, но этот дельфин Экко преследует меня до сих пор...и я рад что не потерял связь с этой прекрасной игрой, я умру с ней) Тиму Фоллину особое уважение...
Ecco the Dolphin is to Genesis as DK Country is to SNES. Both made in the USA. Both have all-animal casts. Both have top-tier soundtracks for their respective platforms. There are probably more similarities that I'm unaware of as I am mostly unfamiliar with both games.
I genuinely don't wish to appear ungrateful, it's great to have the full OSTs of these games here, but have you considered uploading the music of Ecco 2? IMO it took the genius of this soundtrack and upped it to the next level.
I swear this game gives you another case of depression and intense heart break of sadness for anyone who was doing a slow recover from depression. I listened to this soundtrack and I feel heavy weight of shock, sadness, heart break, and creepy feeling from one song to another. Just amazing and terrifying at the same time for a music from game with limited hardware back then
With almost 7 years old, I wanted this game so much... my mother baked a cake with Ecco the Dolphin on it the day of my birthday... I got the game as a present in 1994. After playing it for one day or two I had to abandon it... Not only it was so difficult, It was IMPOSSIBLE for a child not to be scared with it. Playing it at night? (8:38) Yeah sure.
This and Metal Gear 2 for MSX have amzing soundtracks. Each kind of sound similar, gahh just brings me back to so many good memories when i was younger
I reviewed all the Ecco soundtracks, but never found the right one. This soundtrack is the only one left in my head. It is a shame to realize that I will never hear it again but will only hear it in my head.
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As Currage the dog would say this shouldn't to a dolphin
Damnit forgot I put this dog comment saw it thought mice one was about to agree till i saw its me im loseing my marbles finally took me long enougth to cracked what next likeing my own comments or subbing to my own channel somehow lol
One thing ied like to know was the pterodactyl freind or foe I rermeber him dragging you back a bit I think but nouthing worse
Hmm jarrasic beach got me thinking kid chameleon ?
So don't ever beg for money for posting a video game soundtrack. This isn't even the version with QSound you dirtbag.
This is probably the most subtle horror game of all time
Not wrong!!!
I thought I was just gonna play a cute game about being a dolphin
@@cardinalcarha yeah little did we know! Horror and one of the hardest games ever for no apparent reason! But what a fun ride.
The jump scare when Ecco's family gets taken away nearly ended my life as a kid. I don't think anything has ever scared me that badly. I played the game for like a straight hour and couldn't figure out what to do...then suddenly the Vortex came...
@@danielreid9621 lol they really did make it so you swim aimlessly in circles for 2 hours getting bored, and then hey might as well do aflIPOHSHITWATHTHEFUCK.
If I remember correctly, when you died in this game, this eerie music just kept playing as your next turn began. The music didn’t restart when put back at the beginning of the level… it was just a daunting reminder that you’re not starting over, but more simply, your Hell is just continuing for a lot longer than you’d hoped…
That's a novel way of putting it, and of course: correct. lol
cringe
@@kero232 ok
So true, very interesting observation, I can't help but agree though.
@@kero232 SpongeBob: “YOU’RE CRINGE!”
Anyone else find the opening theme to be absolutely sinister and unnerving? It's absolutely great.
The Tube as well.
Yeah, and somehow, it's also peaceful and calming.
If I could become a dolphin when I die (specifically Ecco) that would be great.
Time Travel always makes me sad for some reason.
The whole game is unnerving. But that's what makes it special.
I’m 35 years old,I still remember my dad taking me to Target to buy this game back in 1992-1993 even though I wanted Mortal Kombat,but he said no. I can honestly say this was probably one of the most difficult games ever on Sega Genesis. This soundtrack brings back memories though,not gonna lie…
Mortal Kombat for Genesis, imho, was not as good as it was on SNES. The soundtrack was fairly forgettable in comparison to the magic the genesis was capable of
This game scared the hell out of me as a child. I think it gave me my fear of deep water, too...
Sheer terror!
Me too
ecco will be with you
Currently confronting/reliving said anxiety with Subnautica lol
Fear of drowning huh and endless dark blue and what lurks I dident want to jump at the beginning after the first time the tube was where I started to wonder what ied got into and that damn 8 legs and last boss hell no what was I playing aliens that's he reason I dident play aliens I got baited 😱 I still feel a slight terror to the sound track genesis clever at creating and scarring kids for the future 👏
This soundtrack brings back memories of frustration and claustrophobia, but it's so full of atmosphere. I'm slightly addicted to the strange feelings this gives me when I listen to it.
and megalophobia
"8 MEGS OF AQUATIC EXCITEMENT WITH PASSWORD SAVE"
*existential crisis*
People always cite the 'Drowning' music from Sonic as being incredibly stressful, but for my money it's got nothing on Undercaves from this soundtrack. It's objectively awesome, but it also takes me right back to those tunnels, running out of air, desperately searching for a place to breathe... And Ice Zone, too, I found those ice levels to be genuine nightmare fuel, being trapped under ice is honestly a concept that freaks me out.
Trapped under the ice _WITH GIANT SPIDER CRABS THAT LUNGE OUT FROM NOWHERE AND DEVOUR ECCO ALIVE, REEEEEEEEE_
Disembowell the entire game is fucking terrifying including the spiders that lunge out from behind shit mah gad
I think the difference is Sonic's drowning theme induces panic while Echo's endues fear
Sonic's sounds like "Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit where's the damn bubble?!"
Whereas Echo's sounds more like "Oh God, where am I? Where do I go? What is that? What's over there?"
Trust bruv
Some of the deepest Genesis vibes.
The deepest
The music made this game
Evan Yannetti I thought Sega did?
Sega licensed this game and Tides Of Time, but they had nothing to do with the development for these games.
Late to the party but that's not 100% true. It's Ed Annunziata's baby, who was a Sega employee at the time, and it's published by Sega. Novotrade did the development, yes. It's what they (used to?) call a "second party" game, where Sega contracted out Novotrade to develop it. It's not incorrect to say it's a Sega-made game in that regard.
Flamestar320 power to the people
LOL Ed was a Sega employee
Come on guys, I'm sure he meant "The music made this game (most enjoyable)"
Not sure how or why my brain was thinking of this soundtrack this morning, but it was. I had "The Vents" in my head despite not playing this game since it released back in the 90's. Brains are weird man!
The composer said that Pink Floyd was his inspiration for the soundtrack, which also explains the 'Welcome to the Machine' title. :)
Dude no wonder I actually heard "shine on you crazy diamond" in the second song
Yeah the synths are very Rick Wright.
love the name and pic lol might i add
The Fast And The Bulbous yeah I’ve used Wikipedia before too.
@@major7thsmcgee973 the synths are yamaha2612 idiot
I have no idea why, but I like the way the Sega Genesis game cases look. I have a feeling I should collect them!
Yeah, I actually preferred the boxes with the black grid designs over the boxes with the red striped Genesis banner for some reason as well. :D
I bet Nintendo saved a boatload of cash by cheaping out on the flimsy cardboard boxes 95% of our games came in.. I always envied the Genesis cases across the aisle from the SNES boxes, in the rental store I frequented. It's so hilarious to compare prices of boxed SNES games and Genesis games. SNES games, it's like HOLY SHIT IT'S COMPLETE W/ THE BOX AND IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE - $500 .. Genesis games, it's like Huh? Oh sure yeah it's still got a box in perfect shape w/ all the trimmings. $30.
Yeah, the black grid design is sooooo much cool!
Have the original game and still works 😊
Master System cases are better. Probably still the best to this day..
Fuck I just put this on after not hearing it for 30 years. Goosebumps.
I used to play this on my Dad’s old Genesis when I was a kid and this game was both captivating and terrifying for me. I still remember playing it alone in my basement and the soundtrack kind of transported me away. It still freaked me out, but it’s great.
I used to have this game. Super difficult game but amazing.
Wow
Dad's old genesis
And in the basement and dark
Good times
You only missed out on going to the video store to rent it!
Open Ocean, swimming against hundreds of sharks .. in search for his lost family..such an emotional story ..
This soundtrack still sends shivers down my spine to this day.
I got it as soon as 'Undercaves' kicked in... Ughh!! The terror
A puzzle game about a time traveling dolphin trying to save its pod from aliens that abducted them. You really don't see games like this anymore...
I love the genesis ecco songs better then the cd ones.
301Goldstar Yeah.. there CD versions are great and all, but nowhere near as memorable! Or catchy
The Genesis OSTs make sense.
Agree.
@@tom4y5s72 Which is funny given that "Welcome to the Machine" is also the title of a Pink Floyd song
You are the enemy
Medusa Bay is still one of the most amazing tracks of my childhood. It's so distant and solitary and melancholy.
Yes.. This comment 100% is how I think of it
Perfectly said: distant, solitary and melancholy perfectly summarize it. This song reminds me of the moment I realized this was no ordinary kid's dolphin game - talking to the orca and learning of the big blue.
it certainly captures a lot of emotion. music for thinking about the past.. combining grief, nostalgia, and calming desolation for me. As a kid, it made me really think about the history of Atlantis in the game
Happy to see in the comments im not the only one who was disturbed with this game. What a masterpiece! I remember to learn some basslines too. Epic soundtrack.
This OST gets me all fucking paranoid. This game messed me up as a kid.
Anyone who says the remake soundtracks are better are full of it.
What remake soundtracks?
Jamie Williamson When the sega CD / Sega Saturn version came out, they replaced the soundtrack with a higher bitrate one, but the tracks were totally different compositions.
ColdSpark824
I don't believe the Mega CD version is classed as a remake. Still, of course the tracks as a higher bitrate as they were taking advantage of the CD audio quality they could produce.
Jamie Williamson
It came later, at a higher resolution, with a different soundtrack, but was otherwise the same game.
That's what goes nowadays as an HD remaster.
Still, I feel like you missed the point. The songs in the CD version aren't the same. They're higher bitrate, but they're different compositions. They don't sound ominous or cool or...good.
What do you mean also? The soundtracks were fine.
Pink Floyd's number one inspiration
Novotrade's lesser known title, Floyd the Pink Salmon
I miss the 90s. I miss the experimental, ground-breaking games.
I miss games that were totally new and not seen before. Could something like Ecco even be made today? The pros are making tried-and-trusted games they know will sell; the indies are re-making the games of their childhood.
Where are the new ideas?
older games were products of limitations, when artists, musicians and programmers struggled to cram their talents in to overflowing chips. Today, everyone with half an idea is free to fill an entire hard drive with their junk. No cartridges or discs to force restraint or weed out the born losers. Video games weakened us and now we are too soft and outgunned to possibly rein in this industry that is drunk on its own koolaid.
I agree but there's still original games being made. Limbo is one such game. It's just a few years old, so it's a modern game but just like the games of old, it was made with limitations in mind. A must play, absolutely.
celeste
@Slevin I agree with you completely. Limbo is "safe". It's nothing that hasn't been done before.
Back then, people took risks when they created their art. People still do that but it's harder to innovate when pretty much everything has been invented and you can just slap the label "experimental" on something if it doesn't make any sense to you.
Back then, artists (game developers included), took more risks. They wanted to do what they wanted even if nobody would be interested in the end product... even if the work became a financial failure.
See: The Last Express.
I'm not even that old, I'm 21, I'm speaking like I'm ancient, hehe.
I definitely think that indie developers now are focused on gimmicks rather than actually being groundbreaking.
So, they make a really weird game as a joke, it turns viral for a while, and then people forget about it.
Kolibri on the Sega 32X was made by the ppl who did Ecco. It was the last of the chip tune generation.
Amazing atmosphere.
It uses the same Genesis FM chip like Ecco alongside the sampling chip from the 32X. Combining natural sounds into retro electronic.
Limitation forced creativity.
After everything went to CD that was lost.
The music gets most of the credit for making this game so terrifying. In second place is the sense of running out of breath. The third is the completely hostile environment and the sound you make when injured. The fourth is the discovery that the story is essentially that we're crops in a food chain on a much larger scale than we ever imagined.
That sound when you get injured really gets to me. It really feels like it hurts!
@@mariemattsson824 if somebody wanted to torture me they could tie me to a chair and play that sound on a loop
*the Vortex Queen*
I remember this game as a 7-8 yr old mega-drive little fan, back in 1994. It scared the shit out of me! It was weird, clautrophobic, and this creepy OST didn't help back then. It was SO different from the other games!
Bout the OST itself, absolutely brilliant and fits like a glove in the game concept
I always liked the Ice Zone theme. It has got that eerie, cold feeling to it, like you are on a winter wasteland.
As a 10 year old kid, I remember getting through The Lagoon and thinking "this game's a little weird, and the music is a little eerie..." Then i got to Medusa Bay and the concept of being in the deep ocean, Ecco's screams when he got hit, and the creepy ass music... I realized I was in way over my head. In college I got back into older games and eventually beat it... but remember even playing the game in college, alone in my room at night, was still creepy as hell. Considering what we've been through... it's a love hate relationship... but I always bring it up when talking about my favorite games, so Love > Hate.
"Ice Zone" is clearly reminds me the great Tangerine Dream of the early 70s with that flute-like/whistle sound. And so many songs sounds like the incredible an unbeatable "Pink Floyd". First time I thouth about it when I saw the name "Welcome to the Machine". So much love both Ecco`s games and esp. it`s OSTs.
Here my favs: Opening theme, Medusa Bay, Undercaves, Ice Zone, Welcome to the Machine (melody like an ALIEN3 on the NES!)
10:45 brings me back to my childhood.....i wanna be a kid again 😔
I don't. I get to stay up way past 10pm now!
The beeping... unnerving beeping...
Don’t we all?
Same bro same
@@jonathancaballeros3408 I get to stay up til 2am even on weekdays. My parents didn't care as long as I did my homework. Now that I'm older I can't stay passed 11pm lol
Ice Zone/Atlantis remains one of the most beautifully haunting themes I've ever heard in any game. The whole soundtrack here is stunning, and a huge component of this game's unique atmosphere.
The best music in a game
I used to play this my SEGA MEGA DRIVE II … hearing this instantly brings me back 25 years!! I feel i memorize all these tracks! The excitement, anxiety, fear and fun of this game!!! ❤❤❤
I liked this game because it had quotes that the dolphins would say to make the player feel loved.
Quotes like "The open ocean is cold and dangerous.”
@@danielreid9621"all life in the sea is frightened, this makes the sea a very daungeros place"
Oddly moody music for a game about Dolphins but it makes sense when you realize what the plot is and what inspired the game in the first place. Ecco is just really bizarre.
25 years later playing this in 3D on the 3DS, i still cant beat it ;) ....think I'm in the vents on my 3DS playthrough.
great upload by the way, music is so good
Ever get past that point? :p
Those undercaves grooves!! So delightfully spooky!!!
ok say what you want about the ambiant errie tracks but that ending theme is the pure imbodiment of what this game is in its entierity.not to say that i dont like the rest of the tracks because this whole sound track is a masterpiece but that ending theme its just so good
I just love how this music sounds so mystical and mysterious.
Still can remember the countless hours I spent playing this game. It's a testament to the story, the music gameplay etc, that a game this difficult had me devote so many hours to finish it in my youth despite the anxiety and frustration it could induce. Most games like this would cause me to simply quit but with Ecco quitting was never even a consideration.
I really loved this game as a kid, even though I barely never could finish any stage, but, I play with combinations of passwords with "A" and "N" and I make travels to almost every level, and I just loved the music, and the stages, this game makes me fall in love with ocean life and deep sea mysteries.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz would get you to tge last level
Those opening notes.......my childhood.....such feels. 😢
Damn that f'king octopus, knobhead.🐙🦑🐙🦑
The octopus wasn't that hard after I learned that just tapping the up button was best strategy. No charge or fast swim, just slowly tapped (not held down) the up button and after 3 or 4 taps I was good. Besides anything is easy compared to the Lovecraftian nightmare of a final boss. Cthulhu isn't even as creepy looking as that dolphin eating alien bitch.
Knobhead, huh? Sounds like you had nothing to worry about since your game was running 16% slower than the first world countries.
@@spazzwazzle Think I got some second hand burns from that one. Bloody hate 50hz nonsense.
@@xalm8761 I dunno how but Ecco the dolphin somehow ripped off Xenomorphs yet made them seem way scarier.
This soundtrack is absolutely superb, a master piece! I actually listen to this a lot when I'm just chilling out or falling asleep it has a nice ambience to it and I just like the comforting nostalgia. The music and the game while so beautiful has such an eerie sad feel to it and some times even danger. Such a well-written innovative composition. I'll need to find out more about who wrote it and the story behind it because it's a work of art. If it weren't for the fact that's it's in MIDI or just a soundtrack for a computer game it would be like Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells or something (although I think that thin MDI sound only adds to atmosphere and creepiness). Thanks so much for uploading this and any other Sega Mega Drive soundtracks you've uploaded (if you do I'm subscribing I love the nostalgia!) :-)
I know you probably dont care but... Midi is just a digital interface used to seqence and play notes and other data values (no sound). Usually to and from synthesizers themselves, but the synth chip in the megadrive/genesis is the YM2612 a multitimbral yamaha FM (frequency modulation) synth chip which evolved from the yamaha DX series synthesizers. The closest you will get is the dx100 or newer reface dx. That hiss or digital noise you are hearing is the 'cheap' DAC (digital analog converter), although, it gives it a nice retro quality. The notes aren't even sequenced/recorded by midi in the first place, the CPU directly uses some of its DSP (digital sound processing(or)) to control the YM2612. There ya go.
If you haven't already, check out Kolibri ost. Made by the same developer. It's a 32X game so it combines actual sound samples into the Genesis FM. Adding nature to retro electronic. Another game only novotrade could make.
Edit: I'm aware Genesis can do sampling too, but not to the degree and quality 32X can.
Kolibri might be the best showcase for the system sound wise. I'm glad it wasn't on CD, it's the last of the sound chip generation.
You sleep to this shit?! Man, it'd make me to uneasy to rest
@@ethanwoo5376 Dx7 dx11
@@jennytulls6369 end up waking up sweating and breathing heavy like you just seen your own ghost while welcome to the machine is playing. (Not recommended)
TH-cam needs a 10 hours version of 24:55 WELCOME TO THE MACHINE
OldSchoolBobby You can get the ten day version by just trying to beat the level.
+Jonathan Martin LOL!!! So true! Man, that made me laugh so hard. XD
+OldSchoolBobby Also, this would be creepier if you put it in Paulstretch.
That one reminds me all most of Chakan soundtrack
13:58 is an amazing piece of music.
100% agree
It was one of my very favourites. It's so eerie / lonely / distant
@@ThrottledEarwig You hit the nail on the head there Tanya. It really does convey loneliness. That's not an easy thing to do when composing a piece of music, especially on a Mega Drive.
@@stevendalzell5547 I airways thought they did that to make it feel like the character was miles away from home / any familiarity. Either way, it’s genius & yeah, it is hard to do on a Sega 😄
yep the Ice Zone theme is on point
Best atmospheric game!
A special time in the history of the world. You just had to be there.
I grew up in it
Even though I only got to play this on Nintendo Switch very recently, it already felt like I've played this game decades ago.
The overall feel of the game is so nostalgic, and brought me back to early 2000s, when my siblings and I stayed up late at night playing console games. So one night, just to feel the nostalgia, I spent a couple of hours playing this alone without any guide, and just wandered around.
This game was early 90s
@@BreakdafunklooseforeverI actually didn't know Ecco was released in the 90s, so thanks for that info. However, I was pertaining to when I first experienced console gaming, which was in 2000s (2002 in particular, when I was in kindergarten)
Goddamn the opening song takes me fucking back. Love this game even though I’ve never beaten it. Just the vibe it gives you while playing. I love it.
i never beat it either, when I was really little I would just play the first level over and over. Eventually I got to the end but never actually finished it.
For me "the lagoon" is really the haunting one. Maybe because it was the beginning of the game, and I could not really do much, it was so frustrating! Awesome game.
bumpin those undercaves again :)
8 Megs of aquatic excitement! This is one of my fav games for the genesis!
The music is so powerful it can actually makes the game too scary to play.
This is the epitome of Genesis music
To me there is not a single OST that can beat this one or make me feel more nostalgic. WoW has some incredible music but this music is just genius.
Anyone else have any OST's that make you feel more nostalgic than this one?
The only one I can think of that beats this one is .... Tides Of Time :)
Super Metroid, SNES Star Fox, Jurassic Park, and Vectorman.
Golden Sun (and Golden Sun: The Lost Age), Pokemon Emerald, Dune II (Genesis version), Sonic Adventure to name a few.
Vectorman bro
Ohh and dont forget Mystic Defender. Highly underrated
Donkey Kong Country series soundtracks
Best box art ever. Also, best opening theme ever.
Spent a lot of time in the ice zone the song still creeps me out ....... OMG like 30 years ago in my head 😅
I played all of the Ecco games on my Atgames Sega Genesis as a kid, and I'm used to the sound being slightly altered. It didn't really sound eerie on there. But my GOD. This is nightmare inducing, especially the first level.
08:35 Undercaves is one of my favorites!
This and maximum carnage made genesis do what nintendo could not.
It's really interesting how different "The Stomach" feels. It's almost like it came from a different game. And it's understandable, as it was composed at a different time and possibly by a different team, for the Japanese version of the game, as The Stomach was an extra level added to that version for if you died to the Vortex Queen.
@auburnbit7005 In hindsight I think they actually did, it’s unused in the western version IIRC.
I seriously can't stop listening to The Lagoon. Absolutely genius
Ecco the Dolphin feels like it would be a book from the 1800s or early 1900s
I am the ecco MASTER! but just saying it took YEARS of muscle memory and stole my childhood to get good at it. Tides of Time was far more forgiving but still lol.
this is such a good soundtrack. And such an original storyline. A dolphin has to go back in time to fight off an alien invasion who go from planet to planet sucking up all life from the oceans. Ends up on the mothership and takes out the alien queen. And the Aliens look like Xenomorphs. Friggin cool!
Thanks for the spoiler bro
Dude... SPOILERS
@@IronMooRe man you guys weren't gonna play it anyway
@DarkFocust lol
definately spiritual and insightful sounds of the sea there's a sacred meaning in there somewhere just like sacred ECCO 😇
Хм...это моя любимая игра на сеге, особенно её продолжение, конечно без дримкаст не обошлось, но этот дельфин Экко преследует меня до сих пор...и я рад что не потерял связь с этой прекрасной игрой, я умру с ней)
Тиму Фоллину особое уважение...
Good God, I think I'm about to cry like a bitch. The memories of this game are woven into my DNA
I Just Want To Live In Childhood Forever
The Undercaves music is STILL UNREAL
this music literally gave me panic attacks as a kid
Man, it is incredible how much Jurassic Beach sounds like one of those pieces from the CD version. Good job on both versions!
Matto said this sounds scary but I think it really nice to listen too.
The YM2612 it's only synthwave, they said. It's impossible to compose cinematic music, they said...
Ecco the Dolphin is to Genesis as DK Country is to SNES.
Both made in the USA. Both have all-animal casts. Both have top-tier soundtracks for their respective platforms. There are probably more similarities that I'm unaware of as I am mostly unfamiliar with both games.
dkc was made in england actually
Underwater Ambience.
DKC relied on Swordfish to achieve this though.
Sounds like, Shine on you crazy diamond.
really fantastic vibes actually. thanks for this.
Jurassic Beach is my favourite, dem Marimba/Xylophones
+TheLegendofRenegade We must have identical taste, at least in VGM
+DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL hehe yep. I've stopped my GEMS agenda thanks to you I've seen the light. Those soundtracks suffer alot from emulation.
+TheLegendofRenegade
do they?
+Shinobi006 Yes, they do :/
Yeah, right at 20:20, It was actually called "Origin Beach". And yeah there were some crazy dinosaur fish
I genuinely don't wish to appear ungrateful, it's great to have the full OSTs of these games here, but have you considered uploading the music of Ecco 2? IMO it took the genius of this soundtrack and upped it to the next level.
Just here for my annual pilgrimage to Ecco music
This is right up there with super Metroid Soundtrack
I'm playing the game with Sega CD music now. Can't say if either is better yet but I played the Genesis version first so it will always be special.
these aren`t square waves, these are CUBES ! XD
so much drive on these synths.
I play this to fall asleep to. Absolutely wonderful.
The music is soo emotional
20:24 Getting mad Primal Rage vibes from that one. A continue screen or an epilogue perhaps?
Undercaves is my JAM. Give me that creepy stuff
I swear this game gives you another case of depression and intense heart break of sadness for anyone who was doing a slow recover from depression. I listened to this soundtrack and I feel heavy weight of shock, sadness, heart break, and creepy feeling from one song to another. Just amazing and terrifying at the same time for a music from game with limited hardware back then
I searched for this on porpoise. Always loved this game and music. Really takes me back!!!
With almost 7 years old, I wanted this game so much... my mother baked a cake with Ecco the Dolphin on it the day of my birthday... I got the game as a present in 1994. After playing it for one day or two I had to abandon it... Not only it was so difficult, It was IMPOSSIBLE for a child not to be scared with it. Playing it at night? (8:38) Yeah sure.
or 22:38
This is the first time I heard this soundtrack with something that can actually play bass... holy shit
Wish I had this game just from hearing the soundtrack
Did you ever get 'round to playing it?
Awesome! One of the best soundtrack ever made on Sega Genesis. Opening Theme +++
The Vents goes hard🔥🔥🔥
And thus, vaporwave was born.
This and Metal Gear 2 for MSX have amzing soundtracks. Each kind of sound similar, gahh just brings me back to so many good memories when i was younger
This game made me feel lonely
Thanks buddy, this is exactly what I was looking for. I appreciate you taking the time to upload it.
I reviewed all the Ecco soundtracks, but never found the right one. This soundtrack is the only one left in my head. It is a shame to realize that I will never hear it again but will only hear it in my head.