Ranking the WORST video game Music of All Time (Again)

I like to always try to find positives when I listen to video game music because i think seeing the good in things is important. However, does that apply to everything? Let's find out...again...

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Chapters:
00:00 Here we go again
00:17 Baccula - grandia 3
01:51 Bonus: C-R-O-W-N-E-D - Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe
04:03 Controlled Depopulation - Cruelty Squad
06:00 Character Select - Marvel Vs Capcom 2
08:20 The CheetahMen Theme - Action52
09:27 Fun House - Spider-man Animated Series vg
11:30 Burning Men's Souls - Persona Trinity
14:40 Woolie Bully - Bubsy 3D:Furbitten Planet
16:39 Birthday Cake - Jet Set Radio Future
18:32 Guardian Dragon - Dark Souls 2
20:19 Dungeon Man's Theme - Earthbound
21:36 On the Ground Chapter 4 - Drakengard

[Mrinsecure]

I do find it funny how many people can't tell the difference between "a song that's unpleasant to listen to, on purpose" and "a song that's badly written/composed/performed." If a song makes your uncomfortable, and it's intended to make you uncomfortable, then it succeeded in its goal.

See also: 90% of all music in the Silent Hill games.

[braydenlanter]

I genuinely love burning men's soul because it's like a normal jazz song got plunged into the depths of hell for 40 seconds only to be pulled back up just to continue its day like nothing happened

[danganronper]

honestly there's bad video game music that are bad on purpose, to get a sense of disconfort.
I want bad music that is bad because it's BORING, I want the most uncreative generic fantasy field song

[DuneManta]

I'm not convinced the submissions for this series know what bad music is. Most of these entries aren't that bad.

[curkinho]

I was literally typing "damn, people really do hate jazz" during the persona theme, until the lyrics started 💀

[Kirgo_Furuey]

"Check it out, I'm in the house like carpet" a lovely improv jazz was ruined the moment that the voice from beyond spoke those words.

[nikolachiara]

People really need to differentiate between worst songs ever, and songs they don't like

[SpoookiePie]

I feel like a couple of the tracks in these videos are just people confusing "I don't want to listen to this in my car or on a walk" or "this track requires the context in which it exists" with being objectively bad.

[TimHawk.]

we're in the house like carpet with this one

[SinApex]

I ADORE Drakengard's soundtrack. Drakengard's music is essentially classical music samples clipped together to make these discordant, horrifying pieces, the soundtrack is supremely unsettling. The game is dark, its themes are dark, it's bleak, a lot of the game's endings are completely hopeless and there is no ending that is truly a good ending, just ones that are less bad. The music is absolutely perfect for a game like that. I would love to see you take a look at some more of Drakengard's music overall. A lot of the music in the first game at least is like that, very repetitive and chaotic, but the discord in it evokes a powerful feeling of dread and panic.

[samsaravalentine]

The Cheetahmen theme is by far the only good thing the game had to offer, im surprised it even got nominated.

[gribblegrape]

The second he said “Spider-Man funhouse” I got giggler flashbacks. (Also I can’t believe he actually found it except-able lmao)

[nuclearbirds]

I feel like the submissions for this series come in a few flavors:
-Songs meant to be childlike/whimsical/anything with wooden whistles (Yoshi’s Woolly World, Dedede, etc)
-Songs that are dissonant that are meant to be creepy or morose
-Songs that are good, but too repetitive (character select screen, the march song “on the ground” from near the end of the video
-actual bangers that have no reason being here

Like, over the span of two videos, I’ve heard very little “bad” music

[akashmondal]

This series should be rename to the "Funniest" instead of Worst. Lot of the tracks just makes me laugh, these are hilarious.

[OuterWildin]

Fun fact about the Kirby song CROWNED. It’s actually the theme (obviously remixed) for the final boss of Kirby’s Return to Dreamland. The final boss eventually becomes reformed and makes theme parks for the different characters, including Dedede. Dedede’s Drum Dash is a deceptively hard rhythm game where you have to keep to the beat constantly. So a theme as fast paced as CROWNED makes for a VERY challenging final level. CROWNED is actually widely considered to be one of the best Kirby final boss themes. Though the first phase theme, Under My Control, is just as good too

[spugnoxngubcux]

Some of these I feel people misunderstood the assignment. Like they saw the phrase "worst video game music" and interpreted it as "music from the worst video games, " instead of "worst music from video games."

[IoFoxdale]

MvC2 gets a pass for all the incredible mash ups and re-mixes that use "I wanna take you for a ride, " as a sound bite.

[sodathejunker]

The fact there is a Kirby song in this video makes me want to throw hands

[DissedRedEngie]

yeah, the entire existence of Cruelty Squad is to present how disgusting a world ran by corporations would be. Everything bad you can say about it is just window dressing for what the game represents. People die so much, that they're revived in flesh automatons, because death is not good enough of an excuse to miss an amazon warehouse workday. You kill a politician for introducing a single percent income tax to rich people. You kill the people you work for as a joke. The "upgrades" you buy can and do make your game actively worse. The only way you can reach happiness is by killing death, life and malice. Also one of the textures is just Elon Musk.

It's also another game in the series of "what is going on in Finland, and why are their games been extra peek lately".

[ChaosBlitzBeta]

An interesting tidbit about Birthday Cake is that it's sung by the original singer for Noodle from the Gorlilaz.