
EPISODE 5
VIDEO GAME MUSIC BREAKDOWN
Bit Bytes pauses to appreciate some of the finest tunes in video game music history.
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PART 1 TRACKS

PAC-MAN

Track : Original Theme
Composer : Toshio Kai
Release Date : May 22, 1980

DONKEY KONG

Track : Original Theme
Composer : David Wise
Release Date : July 1981

THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT

Track : The Hunters Path
Composer : Marcin Przybylowicz
Release Date : May 19, 2015

SUPER MARIO BROS.

Track : Underground Theme
Composer : Koji Kondo
Release Date : June 14, 1983

SUPER MARIO GALAXY

Track : Egg Planet
Composer : Mahito Yokota
Release Date : November 1, 2007

SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY

Track : Steam Gardens
Composer : Koji Kondo
Release Date : October 27, 2017

DIVINITY ORIGINAL SIN

Track : Forest of Fairytales
Composer : Kirill Pokrovsky
Release Date : June 30, 2014

METROID PRIME 2

Track : Menu Theme
Composer : Kenji Yamamoto
Release Date : November 15, 2004

HALO

Track : Theme Song
Composer : Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
Release Date : November 15, 2001

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK TO THE PAST

Track : Dark World Theme
Composer : Koji Kondo
Release Date : November 21, 1991

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK TO THE PAST

Track : Overworld Theme
Composer : Koji Kondo
Release Date : November 21, 1991

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS

Track : Hyrule Field Main Theme
Composer : Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi, etc.
Release Date : November 19, 2006

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS

Track : Snowpeak
Composer : Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi, etc.
Release Date : November 19, 2006

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS

Track : Midna's Theme
Composer : Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi, etc.
Release Date : November 19, 2006

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SKYWARD SWORD

Track : Ballad of the Goddess
Composer : Hajime Wakai
Release Date : November 18, 2011

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD

Track : Field - Day
Composer : Hajime Wakai
Release Date : March 3, 2017

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD

Track : Master Sword
Composer : Hajime Wakai
Release Date : March 3, 2017

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME

Track : Lost Woods
Composer : Koji Kondo
Release Date : 1998

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: MAJORA'S MASK

Track : Song of Healing
Composer : Koji Kondo
Release Date : April 7, 2000

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: WIND WAKER

Track : The Great Sea
Composer : Koji Kondo
Release Date : December 13, 2002

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: WIND WAKER

Track : Dragon Roost Island
Composer : Koji Kondo
Release Date : December 13, 2002

SPIDER-MAN PS4

Track : City of Hope
Composer : John Paesano
Release Date : September 7, 2018
PART 2 TRACKS

SUPER MARIO 64

Track : Bob-omb Battlefield
Composer : Koji Kondo
Release Date : June 23, 1996

STEELY DAN

Track : Kid Charlemagne
Composer : Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Release Date : 1976

"NOT ZELDA"

Track : Concerto for Philodendron & Pothos
Composer : Mort Garson
Release Date : 1976

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SKYWARD SWORD

Track : Zelda's Lullaby
Original Composer : Koji Kondo

KIRBY SUPER STAR

Track : Meta Knight Defeated
Composer : Jun Ishikawa
Release Date : March 21, 1996

THE ANIMALS

Track : House of the Rising Sun
Release Date : 1964

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS

Track : Hidden Village
Composer : Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi, etc.
Release Date : 2006

XENOBLADE CHRONICLES

Track : Engage the Enemy
Composer : Yasunori Mitsuda
Release Date : 2010

XENOBLADE CHRONICLES 2

Track : Counterattack
Composer : Yasunori Mitsuda
Release Date : 2017

XENOBLADE CHRONICLES

Track : You Will Know Our Names
Composer : Yasunori Mitsuda
Release Date : 2010

XENOBLADE CHRONICLES 2

Track : You Will Recall Our Names
Composer : Yasunori Mitsuda
Release Date : 2017

UNDERTALE

Track : Hopes and Dreams
Composer : Toby Fox
Release Date : September 15, 2015

SUPER MARIO WORLD

Track : Athletic Theme
Composer : Koji Kondo
Release Date : November 21, 1990

DOOM (2016)

Track : BFG Division
Composer : Mick Gordon
Release Date : May 13, 2016

KIRBY SUPER STAR

Track : Title Theme
Composer : Jun Ishikawa
Release Date : March 21, 1996

LUIGI'S MANSION

Track : Main Theme
Composer : Kazumi Totaka, Shinobu Tanaka
Release Date : 2001

DUCKTALES

Track : The Moon Theme
Composer : Hiroshige Tonomura
Release Date : September 14, 1989

XENOBLADE CHRONICLES X

Track : Theme X
Composer : Hiroyuki Sawano
Release Date : April 29, 2015

ORI AND THE BLIND FOREST

Track : Lost in the Storm
Composer : Gareth Coker
Release Date : March 10, 2015

DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION

Track : Singapore Ambient Part 2
Composer : Michael McCann
Release Date : August 23, 2011

HELLBLADE: SENUA'S SACRIFICE

Track : Gramr
Composer : Davide Garcia, Andy LaPlegua
Release Date : August 8, 2017

BANJO KAZOOIE

Track : Gruntilda's Lair
Composer : Grant Kirkhope
Release Date : June 29, 1998

BRUTAL LEGEND

Track : A Serpentine Crave
Composer : Peter McConnell
Release Date : October 13, 2009

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME

Track : Song of Storms
Composer : Koji Kondo
Release Date : 1998

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SPIRIT TRACKS

Track : Castle Town
Composer : Koji Kondo
Release Date : December 7, 2009

SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE

Track : Lifelight
Composer : Hideki Sakamoto
Release Date : December 7, 2018

TOKYO MIRAGE SESSIONS

Track : Drama's Light
Composer : Yoshiaki Fujisawa
Release Date : December 26, 2015

SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY

Track : Jump Up, Super Star!
Composer : Koji Kondo
Release Date : October 27, 2017

HORIZON ZERO DAWN

Track : The Sacred Mountain
Composer : Joris de Man
Release Date : February 28, 2017

HORIZON ZERO DAWN

Track : Main Theme
Composer : Joris de Man
Release Date : February 28, 2017

HELLBLADE: SENUA'S SACRIFICE

Track : Ambient 3
Composer : Davide Garcia, Andy LaPlegua
Release Date : August 8, 2017

JOURNEY

Track : Temptations
Composer : Austin Wintory
Release Date : March 13, 2012

XENOBLADE CHRONICLES X

Track : NLA Day
Composer : Hiroyuki Sawano
Release Date : April 29, 2015