Nes Pictionary Soundtrack

00:01 / Title
01:34 / Drawing Game
04:17 / Mini Game 1
07:01 / Mini Game 2
09:37 / Move Piece
10:25 / Congratulations

[AltimeterAlligator]

Tim Follin said in a very old interview that he didn't usually pay attention to where his music would fit into the game. He just wanted to push the hardware and make bleep bloops sound good.
You're hearing Tim Follin _not giving a single damn._

[EllieMiller]

This sounds like an indie game going for an 8 bit aesthetic, not a genuine nes game like holy crap

[MurcuryEntertainment]

My man was 19 years old when he composed this. He had already composed for a handful of games at that point. The first one he did when he was 15. Like... shit dude.

[exacerbatedfellow]

When you’re asked to become a McDonald’s fry cook and you earn it a Michelin star

[CSLucasEpic]

ARE YOU READY...
- *Crowd goes wild* -
...FOR SOME
- *More cheers from the crowd* -

[TCGexclusive]

If I didn’t know this came from an old NES game I would have thought this was “new” chiptune. It’s just so good and ahead of it’s time, it’s hard to believe.

[joshs.]

There's a huge element of Tim Follin's genius that goes pretty underappreciated. He wasn't just a talented songwriter - the man also managed to pull the most incredible sounds out of a totally primitive soundchip.

Go listen to other soundtracks that came out around the same as this: Super Mario Bros 3, Mega Man 3, and Final Fantasy were also released in 1990. These are games with legendary soundtracks. They're all very well composed; I'd argue that they're on the same level as anything Follin made.

But listen to the *sounds.* Those games sounded like every other NES game at the time: a bunch of beeps and boops and static for the cymbals and snare. Then, come back and listen to this again.

It sounds absolutely *massive* in comparison. The kick drum alone blows my mind. The leads sound thick, and detailed, and alive. They sound like somebody rocking out at a real keyboard, not just a bunch of programmed beeps. The cymbals are fat and varied, the snare sounds crisp and thick. Even the bass sounds big as fuck. Nobody else came up with anything that's even remotely comparable.

[Garionica]

when you hire tim follin as your NES composer he just makes whatever music he wants to make, fitting the game be damned

basically, all tim follin games are tim follin albums with a bonus game attached to them

and they all *slap*

[purplecyanblack]

I hav enever been so absolutely pumped to play a watered-down nes version of a board game in my life.

[dioneto]

heard people saying that this OST goes hard and i though "it's just pictionary, how hard can it be?", and holy shit!! i can't believe on what i'm hearing,

[Pangloss]

It’s so cool that this Tim Follin album came with a free game

[KarienMusic]

Pictionary NES: We lookin' at some fucking pictures

[GreggyAck]

When someone says the phrase 'better than it has any right to be', my mind automatically goes to this soundtrack.

[CaptainLennie]

These tracks make me want to rearrange my spine to resemble the shape of a mobius strip

[FunkyStudios]

Tim causally making bangers for a board game adaptation, respect.

[lemontree]

just heard this in a jerma stream and I'm obsessed

[muscises]

WHY IS THIS IN PICTIONARY? My soul should've been blessed by this.

[spark]

There's a party inside this cartridge and everybody is invited!

[alexanderalmman]

dingdong really got me here jammin out to pictionary

[Carstuff]

As a kid, I thought this was just some really great music. When I got into my late teenage years and learned just how limited the sound hardware is on the NES, and yet we got music like THIS, my head nearly popped. And it is still stunning to me that some of my favorite game soundtracks came from the NES. I would so thank Tim for his music, still epic over 30 years later!