Draft:List of video game music notable for negative reception
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Video game music is an element of video games that occasionally receives criticism from reviewers and gaming journalists. Video game music with negative reception is commonly attributed due to poor audio quality, faulty looping, repetitiveness, or irritation.
1980s
[edit]Metal Gear (MS-DOS)
[edit]Double Dribble (Arcade)
[edit]1990s
[edit]Action 52
[edit]"Intro".[1] "Crazy Shuffle".[2][3]
The Adventures of Rad Gravity
[edit]The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
[edit]Beverly Hills Cop (PC)
[edit]Death Crimson
[edit]Doom
[edit]Doomsday Warrior
[edit]"Shadow Stage".[3]
Extreme Paintbrawl
[edit]Hong Kong 97
[edit]King's Quest V
[edit]Resident Evil: Directors Cut
[edit]"Basement Mansion".[1][2][2][3]
San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing (Nintendo 64)
[edit]"Rave Rush".[2] "What's Your Name?".[3]
Taz-Mania (Game Gear)
[edit]2000s
[edit]Animal Crossing: Wild World
[edit]"Mr. Resetti's Theme".[3]
Crazy Bus
[edit]Marvel vs. Capcom 2
[edit]"Character Select"[6][7][8][3]
Silent Hill 2
[edit]"Dog Ending".[3]
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
[edit]Yoshi's Island DS
[edit]2010s
[edit]Final Fantasy XIII-2
[edit]"Chocobo" cover.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Brown, Jeremy. "7 Of The Worst Pieces Of Video Game Music". CultureSlate. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Jensen, K. Thor (October 27, 2022). "The 10 Worst Video Game Soundtracks We've Ever Heard". PCMag. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "The Worst Video Game Music of All Time". Cheezburger. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g Dee, Jake (2021-09-28). "10 Hilariously Horrendous Video Game Soundtracks". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ Crilly-Mckean, Alex. "Top 10 Worst Video Game Music | Articles on WatchMojo.com". WatchMojo. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ Taylor, Martin (December 26, 2002). "Marvel vs. Capcom 2". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ Dunham, Jeremy (November 18, 2002). "Marvel vs. Capcom 2". IGN. Archived from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ^ "Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Review". GameRevolution. June 1, 2000. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
- ^ Balistrieri, Emily (September 25, 2008). "Review: Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS)". GamePro. IDG. Archived from the original on September 26, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2008.