G-type | 2,482 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) I'll update the list as people can think of more. If you can link to a video, even better! Mountain King (2600, C64): In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg Alpiner (TI-99/4a) In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg Hunt the Wumpus (TI-99/4a) In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg & Funeral March by Chopin Gyruss (2600,NES, Arcade): Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Bach Donkey Kong Jr: Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Bach Dark Castle: Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Bach Deathsmiles:Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Bach Jawbreaker II (TI-99/4a): Turkish March by Mozart Arkenoid II: Castle on a cloud (from Les Miserable by Schönberg) Thexder (MSX,PC): Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven Resident Evil: Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven Earthworm Jim 2: Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven Earthworm Jim: Night on Bald Mountain Tomb Raider: Venice Violins Ape Escape 3: Mars Bringer of War by Gustav Holst Tetrastar- The Fighter (Famicom): 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky & Night on Bald Mountain City Connection (NES, arcade): Piano Concerto No. 1. by Tchaikovsky Tetris (NES):Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies by Tchaikovsky Mike Tyson's Punch-Out: Bizet's Carmen by Bizet & and Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner Road Runner (NES) William Tell Overture by Rossini, Flight Of The Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian, Russian Dance by Tchaikovsky The Lone Ranger (NES) The William Tell Overture by Rossini Welcome House (PS1) Piano Concert No.5 by Beethoven Adventures of Dr. Frank (NES& GB) Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven Jet Set Willy: Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven Astrochase (2600) 1812 Overture Gorby no Pipeline Daisakusen' (Famicom): Caucasian Sketches, Suite 1 - Movement IV: Procession of the Sardar - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Swan Lake - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, In the Steppes of Central Asia by Alexander Borodin, Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, Scheherazade, Movement III: The Young Prince and the Young Princess - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the Bumblebee - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Thunder Force (PC-8801mkIISR/PC-88): William Tell Overture Thunder Castle (Intellivsion) :Schubert's unfinished 8th, Second Movement (First Scherzo Codetta), Arrangement of Opening Melody and Coda (Truncated) Sonata Kk. 159 by Domenico Scarlatti ,The Black Service (Fanfare), Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky, Fourth Movement (Main Theme), Eighth Symphony by Antonín Leopold Dvořák, Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, Second Movement (Rondeau), Abdelazar or The Moor's Revenge by Henry Purcell Battle of Olympus: Toccata Fugue in D Minor by Bach Tyrants Fight Through Time (Genesis): Mars from The Planets by Gustav Hoist Captain Comic Peggle: Ode to Joy Beethoven Golf Grand Slam (NES) : Debussy Challenger (FC): Three Marches Militaires - March No. 1 in D Major' by Franz Schubert Rockman 4 Minus Infinity (FC) :Three Marches Militaires - March No. 1 in D Major' by Franz Schubert Tiny Toon Adventures- Bab's Big Break (Gameboy): In The Hall Of The Mountain King by Edvard Grieg Edited March 26 by G-type 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wongojack | 215 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Gyruss is what always comes to mind first. It's like they designed the game around the song and it is such a great game too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,532 Editorials Team · Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Earthworm Jim - Night on Bald Mountain Earthworm Jim 2 - Moonlight Sonata 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,740 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) 3 hours ago, G-type said: Thexder (MSX,PC): Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven Quote Earthworm Jim 2 - Moonlight Sonata Moonlight Sonata is also in the original Resident Evil. Edited March 22 by TDIRunner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,740 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 I'm not sure if it counts since it was an original song composed for the game, but Tomb Raider II includes a song called Venice Violins, and it's in the style of classical music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peg | 371 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Deathsmiles has toccata and fugue when you fight the final boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 984 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) Lemmings. EDIT. Apparently that doesn't fucking count..... Edited March 22 by DarkTone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesmaster14 | 435 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) Funny this thread was just made, I literally just noticed Gustav Holst' "Mars Bringer of War" when I was watching my buddy play Ape Escape 3 haha. Pretty cool to hear in the game, wasn't expecting it: One of my favorite examples is Tetrastar: The Fighter (Famicom), where the entire soundtrack is epic classical music. Here's part of the title screen with Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture", in fully 8-bit glory complete with sampled orchestral hits and timpani. It also has a cool Night on Bald Mountain rendition among others. Edited March 22 by nesmaster14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 City Connection (NES, arcade) features a rockified version of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. I love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Tetris (NES) has Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies. Bizet's Carmen and Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries are used in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out before certain boxers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,712 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) I think the sim part of ActRaiser uses a Handel song, damned if I could tell you the name though. Anybody? Edited March 22 by Link 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 2 minutes ago, Link said: I think the sim part of ActRaiser uses a Handel song, damned if I could tell you the name though. Anybody? I always thought this was just generic baroque sounding music. Interesting if it's an actual piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cj_robot | 542 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) Road Runner on NES has a bunch: "William Tell Overture" by Rossini "Flight Of The Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov "Sabre Dance" by Aram Khachaturian "Russian Dance" by Tchaikovsky They all seem to be played at double speed, I think. Edited March 23 by cj_robot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj_robot | 542 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Also The Lone Ranger, of course, features "The William Tell Overture" by Rossini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red | 437 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 There's a Beethoven in Welcome House, a Japan exclusive PS1 and Saturn game. I don't recall for sure which one, but checking a youtube video, it appears to be Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor (it's not actually played in the video though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 924 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Cool thread! The Adventures of Dr. Frank (on NES and Dr. Frank on GB) music is only "Moonlight Sonata". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red | 437 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 If you want to include Rhythm games, there's a bunch. Maestromusic (PS1), Maestromusic II (PS2) and Mad Maestro/Bravo Music (PS2) are classical music themed. I think most of the Donkey Konga and Taiko Rhythm Master games have classical tracks as well. Pretty sure the Daigasso Band Brothers games do too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wongojack | 215 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) I think Moonlight Sonata must be public domain because it is in so many games and so much software. I remember one of the first computer programs I ever ran on the C64 played it. I had of course never heard it before. It is famously in Jet Set Willy, but I think we had just a stand alone version as part of some music software. It shows up everywhere . . . 1812 Overture is like that too: Edited March 23 by wongojack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageOliver98 | 719 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 A good number of songs in 'Gorby no Pipeline Daisakusen' for the Famicom: Caucasian Sketches, Suite 1 - Movement IV: Procession of the Sardar - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Swan Lake - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky In the Steppes of Central Asia - Alexander Borodin Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky Scheherazade, Movement III: The Young Prince and the Young Princess - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Title Screen and Stage 7, 8 and 9 songs are also based on other Russian songs as they list a title in the description, but basic 5-second searches (Stage 7's composer) or comparing by ear (Title Screen) resulted no concrete results. Also Thunder Force for the PC-8801mkIISR/PC-88 loves the William Tell Overture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Thunder Castle on the Intellivsion uses a few famous pieces, one of which is Schubert's unfinished 8th, IIRC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillavoie | 1,210 Events Team · Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Battle of Olympus as Bach's Toccata Fugue in D Minor when you visit a God's temple. Tyrants Fight Through Time (Genesis) has a clear ripoff of Mars from The Planets by Gustav Hoist during the main gameplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Captain Comic on NES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,886 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 3 hours ago, Dr. Morbis said: Thunder Castle on the Intellivsion uses a few famous pieces, one of which is Schubert's unfinished 8th, IIRC... THE MUSIC OF THUNDER CASTLE TITLE SCREEN Second Movement (Rondeau) Abdelazar or The Moor's Revenge Henry Purcell GET READY SCREEN, ALL MAZES / LEVELS First Movement (Opening Melody) Eighth Symphony Franz Schubert GAMEPLAY, ALL MAZES / LEVELS First Movement (First Theme) Eighth Symphony Franz Schubert LOSE A TURN, ALL MAZES / LEVELS Second Movement (First Scherzo Codetta) Ninth Symphony Ludwig van Beethoven VICTORY FANFARE, ALL LEVELS Arrangement of Opening Melody and Coda (Truncated) Sonata Kk. 159 Domenico Scarlatti POWER-UP TREASURE, HEDGE MAZE / DRAGON LEVEL The Black Service (Fanfare) Night on Bald Mountain Modest Mussorgsky POWER-UP TREASURE, CASTLE MAZE / WIZARD LEVEL Fourth Movement (Main Theme) Eighth Symphony Antonín Leopold Dvořák POWER-UP TREASURE, DUNGEON MAZE / DEMON LEVEL Second Movement (Trio) Ninth Symphony Ludwig van Beethoven GAME OVER Second Movement (Rondeau) Abdelazar or The Moor's Revenge Henry Purcell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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