How modern was the F-Zero soundtrack?

When F-Zero came out it was the first title on the SNES besides Super Mario World. So how modern was it, and what advantages did it take from the new console?
In many ways Yumiko Kanki and Naoto Ishida continued to compose in the same tradition as the old NES-composers while they at the same time took advantage of a number of of features of the new machine to make some rather radical stuff.

Follow along with a full score and analysis of the samples to get a new new of a classic soundtrack.

00:00 - Intro
00:46 - The game
01:02 - Channels and part-writing
01:42 - Ending Theme
02:14 - Channels and part-writing II
04:06 - Red Canyon
05:55 - Samples
07:27 - Mute City
08:58 - Big Blue
11:08 - Stereo
11:31 - Death Wind
15:41 - Conclusion

#F-Zero #videogamemusic #Yumikokanki

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What an undiscovered gem of a video! Thank you for covering so many tracks in such detail. I'm a very big fan of the game and the soundtrack, but had never noticed some of the subtleties you pointed out - especially the stereo component of the drum section in Death Wind. Hope you're able to find time to go over more games in the future - this was very cool and brought light to some parts of the soundtrack that most probably would never know about otherwise.

[cainfern]

hey im brazilian and i really apreciate that video, fzero was my favorite game when i was a child and nowadays i was soooo nostalgic, this soundtracks really... i dont know how to explain
resonance (the song) cause the same in me, i think that song reminded me sooo much the soundtracks from fzero, unfortunately this game isn't famous in brazil 🥺 but i will always love tha

well thank you for the video n sry for my english poi