Koji Kondo's Super Mario 64 score basically defined what 3D games could sound like. This promo disc pairs it with Wave Race 64 and the contrast is wild. "Dire, Dire Docks" still hits with that underwater piano line, all calm and weightless.
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Then "Slider" comes in with the most infectiously bouncy melody the N64 ever produced. "Bowser's Theme" goes full menace with that heavily processed vocal sample that scared every kid in 1996. The Wave Race opener is pure 90s optimism, all bright and ready to rip.
Metallic Mario's industrial crunch. Just fifteen tracks but it's basically the sound of an entire console generation launching. If you grew up blowing into cartridges, you already know every note here.