10 Iconic Soundtracks Come From Capcom Games
Capcom games have some of the most famous game music. Check out our list of the best music you’ll ever hear.
Since the days of the NES, Capcom games have always had great music.Mega Man, DuckTales, and Bionic Commando were some of the best back then, and they’ve kept making good music for all console eras since. As video game music changed, so did the music that goes with them.
During the PS2 era, you could get full orchestral scores that sounded like the epic music in Hollywood movies. Capcom also has some of the most famous songs in video games. Their whole collection of music is also very different, with some projects being completely unique.
Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening
The DMC series got back on track with Devil May Cry 3, after the second game was a mess. The best parts were the fights, the bosses, and the story. But the sound track is just as great. Even though the music in DMC4 and 5 was pretty good, they didn’t have the same effect as DMC3.
It has repeated musical themes that highlight important parts of the story, like when Dante and Vergil meet. It does what a good film score is supposed to do, which is to make the big emotional and exciting moments hit even harder. Plus, some of the boss songs, like the Vergil Battle 2 theme, are so good that they are ungodly.
Bionic Commando Rearmed 1 And 2
The Bionic Commando games are a set of platformers that don’t get enough attention. Both Rearmed 1 and 2 are still fun to play on Xbox 360 and PS3. The platforming is still so different and fun, but the music is also what makes these two games so great.
Simon Viklund is best known for making the music for Payday 1 and 2. Before that, he worked on a lot of other Capcom games. This includes the two Rearmed games, which are so hard-hitting that it’s hard not to listen to them after playing. A lot of it is remade from the NES game, but Simon changes the tracks in ways that make them sound like they are brand new.
Final Fight: Double Impact
Simon Viklund also did the music for the two-pack downloaded game Final Fight: Double Impact, which was made for Capcom. It had Final Fight, which is one of the best beat-em-ups of all time, and Magic Sword, which is an action game set in a fantasy world. Both games have been re-released many times since then, but they don’t have Simon’s updated music, which is a big deal.
The new music for Final Fight rocks so hard and fits the game’s theme of being set in the 1980s. If you play with other people, they will probably tell you how great the music is. Final Fight’s music is well-known among Capcom fans, and the updated version in Double Impact is without a doubt the best.
Resident Evil Outbreak
Resident Evil Outbreak has to be one of the best spin-offs from Resident Evil. It can be played over and over again, and each situation is different. But the music is what makes the series stand out. It was partly written by Tetsuya Shibata, who also worked on DMC3 and DMC4. It has the same grand, movie-like feel.
No other Resident Evil score sounds as dramatic as this one does. The opening scene of Outbreak has a great main theme, but the music for the final boss is on a whole other level. Even if the track wasn’t in the game itself, it should have been used in ads for other games.
Resident Evil 5
Even though it’s not quite as epic as Outbreak’s music, Resident Evil 5 comes the closest to it. First of all, it makes sense that the music in this game is a bit louder because the story is so big. Since Code: Veronica in 2000, the story has been building up to Wesker’s defeat. Now, nine years later, it’s time to settle the score.
All of the small pieces of music that are popular in RE games, like the music for the results screen, the item box, and the viewer, are well down. The music in Mercenaries is great, and it wasn’t taken from another game like it was in RE4. But the boss fight tracks really stand out. Wesker’s music fits him like a glove, and the drama of the Jill fight goes well with the song “Sad But True.”
Remember Me
Now, both the music and the game are secret gems. Remember Me was the first project that Don’t Nod worked on, but it is often forgotten. It is a story-driven action game that takes place in a fascinating dystopian world based on memories. The music is unique among Capcom’s games.
If you’ve played Spacebar Clicker before, you’ll know it’s Remember Me as soon as you hear the main song. It’s so different and fits right in with the bleak world it’s in. The music for battle is also awesome, and there’s nothing else like it. Even if someone doesn’t like this game, they will always agree that this music is awesome.
Mega Man 9
It is very hard to choose the best music from the Mega Man games. Even though Mega Man 2 and 3 have some of the best songs in the series, Mega Man 9 is the best overall. The themes for all eight robot masters are great.
Concrete Man hits differently than the other NES games, and it does a great job of getting you pumped up. Even though they are still good, the Wily Castle songs are not nearly as good as the themes for the robot masters. It’s still better than Mega Man 3’s Wily sound. Overall, Mega Man 9 comes out on top by a small amount. This is mostly because the songs for the robot masters are so good.
Dead Rising
Not all great soundtracks have to have loud, hard-hitting music. They can also have music that is calm and easy to listen to. Dead Rising has a good mix of both, but it focuses more on the second one. Since the mall is where most of the action takes place, six mall songs are played in different parts.
It sounds just like music you’d hear at a mall and is pretty relaxing. On the other hand, the boss music is much more unique and, well, awesome. Gone Guru, the theme from the Convicts, is the most well-known piece. It’s so good that people now associate it with the Dead Rising series.
Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has one of the best tunes for a Capcom fighting game. The art style of MVC3 looks and sounds just like a Marvel comic book, and the same is true of the music. From the main music to the character themes, MVC3 looks and sounds like a 90s Marvel Comics game.
Most of the Capcom characters’ songs are remixes of tracks from their original games, which is also cool. These are great, but Wesker’s theme and Vergil’s theme stand out the most. The music for the Marvel characters is also terrific, and overall, this soundtrack transports you to a time before the MCU and the flood of Marvel films, when it was all about Marvel Comics.
Street Fighter 2
The game Street Fighter 2 and its music, which has some of the most well-known songs in gaming, are both very well-known. The songs for Ryu, Ken, and Guile are among the first ones that come to mind when you think of video game music.
Even a joke has been made about Guile’s theme, and yes, it does go with everything. Later games did better remixes, but they wouldn’t have been possible without this one. Even though most of these songs are over 20 years old, they are still good. In terms of how much it changed the business, Street Fighter 2’s soundtrack is the best of all time.
