MENU: An Homage to Game Title Themes
January 18, 2019
Menu and start music themes set the tone for the beginnings of most games. They are not unlike appetizers or amuse bouches: a taste for what’s to come. For many people, these opening themes, along with their respective title cards, trigger a greater sense of nostalgia, in much the same way that smells activate older memories. All of these themes are composed and designed with a sense of beginning, acting as gateways towards something bigger. This album would be a celebration of, not only the memories these games hold, but also their function from a design perspective.
Specifically, we want to encapsulate the feeling when you first played a game, be it playing a video game for the very first time or picking up any game for the first time ever, and falling in love with it. Every video game fan had to start their appreciation somewhere, and that feeling is what binds our community together. By drawing from Materia Collective’s community of musical members during this album’s production, we hope to show not only how video games connect and inspire us all, but also pay homage to video games as a medium. We’re proud to present this album as a compilation of a remarkable set of remixes and unique covers of opening theme music from video games.
©Ⓟ 2019 Materia Collective LLC
Track List & Credits
MENU: An Homage to Game Title Themes was made possible by the following individuals:
Disc 1
1Katamari on the Symphony (from "Katamari Damacy")4:59
Thomas Kresge:
Track Producer, Arranger, Piano, Vocals, Mixing Engineer, Lyric Adaption Xale:
Baritone Saxophone, Bassoon, Percussion (Bongos) 2Super Deluxe Grand Prix 64 (from "Mario Kart 64")4:40JohnStacy:
Track Producer, Arranger, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone 3Wily's Mysterious Freaking Intro (from "Mega Man 2")1:56CJ Cochran:
Percussion (Programmed), Synth, Track Producer, Mixing Engineer 4Break Out (from "Ape Escape")2:19Losn:
Track Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer 5Dragón de samba y l'espada de luz (from "Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon")4:53Eileen Snyder:
Track Producer, Arranger, Piano, Percussion (Programmed Drums), Percussion (Auxiliary) 6Stardew Valley Overture3:57 7Made of Happiness (from "The Sims 3")2:04Tiggs:
Track Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Kazoo Daniel Romberger:
Whistle, Percussion (Triangle), Percussion (Bongos), Percussion (Cowbell) Xale:
Percussion (Xylophone), Recorder zykO:
Sharker, Kazoo, Percussion (Sleigh-Bell), Percussion (Blocks) 8Until the Very End (from "Mass Effect: Andromeda")4:39Lazerwolph:
Track Producer, Guitar, Bass, Percussion (Drums), Percussion (Synth Programming), Mixing Engineer 9Chaosium Sword (from "Ninja Gaiden II")2:28 10Reel 'Em In, Boys! (from "Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag")3:13Joe Zieja:
Track Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin 11Until Dawn (from "Final Fantasy XIII")4:05Jorito:
Track Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Lyrics 12Chronometric Dimension Shifter (from "Chrono Trigger")3:18
Ronin Op F:
Track Producer, Mixing Engineer, Violin 13Doki Doki Literature Club! (from "Doki Doki Literature Club")3:55FirahFabe:
Track Producer, Arranger, Bandurria, Laud, Octavina, Bass Guitar, Piano, Melodica, Percussion (Programmed Drums) Xale:
Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Bassoon 14Choose Your Player! (from "Super Smash Bros. Melee")3:42
Dean Nguyen:
Percussion (Timpani), Percussion (Cymbals), Percussion (Triangle), Percussion (Tubular Bells), Percussion (Celesta) Xale:
Oboe, Bassoon, Percussion (Snare Drum) 15Motherless (from "Horizon Zero Dawn")3:05 16Title (from "Mega Man 3")2:54 17Main Title (from "Deus Ex")2:36Mairiba:
Track Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer 18L'ouverture Tactice (from "Final Fantasy Tactics")3:31Ian Martyn:
Track Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synth, VST Programming, Lyrics 19Kirby Dreaming (from "Kirby's Dream Land")1:54Melancholy Robot:
Track Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Percussion, Guitar, Bass 20The Adventures of Cuphead and Mugman (from "Cuphead")4:43Daniel Romberger:
Track Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Trombone (I), Trombone (II), Vocals (Baritone) 21Geralt of Rivia (from "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt")3:33Lord Bif:
Track Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Percussion, Guitar, Bass, Cello, Vocals, Flute 22The Axiom (from "Axiom Verge")4:06
23Dragonborn (from "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim")4:05 24Title Theme (from "Diddy Kong Racing")1:20 25Belmont Overture (from "Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse")3:41 26When You're With Me (A Sunny Day) (from "Nekojishi")4:56Bark Boiz:
Track Producer, Mixing Engineer, Lyrics, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Percussion (Drumset), Electronics Disc 2
1Opening Movie (from "Vagrant Story")1:36Doug Perry:
Percussion (Bongo Drum), Percussion (Conga), Percussion (Djembe) FirahFabe:
Bandurria, Electric Bass, Kulintang, Laud, Octavina Jayhan:
Vocals (Alto), Flute, Vocals (Soprano) Matheus Manente:
Percussion (Bamboo Drum), Percussion (Coconuts), Percussion (Shaker), Percussion (Timba), Vocals (Tenor) REVEN:
Vocals (Alto), Vocals (Soprano), Vocals (Wailing) Xale:
Percussion (Windchimes), Percussion (Bass Drum), Basson, Percussion (Cymbals), Percussion (Glockenspiel), Oboe, Percussion (Tambourine), Percussion (Timpani), Percussion (Triangle) 2File Select (from "Super Mario 64")3:57 3Tale of the Star Rod (from "Paper Mario")4:05
4Wishes To Relax & Study To (from "Final Fantasy XIII-2")4:26 5WAKE UP (from "Minecraft")4:54Peter Jones:
Track Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Lyricist, Recording, Mixing Engineer, Talkboxer 6A Place to Call Home (from "Final Fantasy IX")3:04Xale:
Bassoon, Harpsichord 7Florence's Lullaby (from "Florence")1:47 8Recall the Heroes: An Overwatch Fanfare (from "Overwatch")2:28 9Reign of the Septims (from "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion")1:53 10Crimson Lunar Dream (from "Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight")3:36 11Dragon Wings (from "Dragon Age: Inquisition")4:59 12Aurora's Theme (from "Child of Light") (Growing Up Sucks Remix)4:30 13Fever Dream (from "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D")4:58zykO:
Track Producer, Arranger 14Postcard from Celeste Mountain (from "Celeste")3:14Ilium:
Track Producer, Arranger 16Concert Paraphrase on "Select Theme" (from "Star Fox 64")5:25DS Music:
Track Producer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer 17Space Cruise (from "FTL: Faster Than Light")4:45
18The Red Strings Club (from "The Red Strings Club")4:45 19Out Into The Frontier (from "SaGa Frontier")4:47 20Limbo4:05Jon Bash:
Track Producer, Arranger, Percussion, Guitar, Vocals, Mixing Engineer 21Twenty Years (from "Shardlight")5:00 22Lost Verse - Shadowlord (from "NieR")4:52 23Somnus (from "Final Fantasy XV")2:41
REVEN:
Track Producer, Arranger, Vocals 24Waterside (from "Blue Dragon")4:49Ian Martyn:
Vocals (Tenor I), Vocals (Tenor II), Vocals (Baritone) Liz Rishel:
Vocals (Soprano I), Vocals (Soprano II), Vocals (Alto I), Vocals (Alto II) 25Bob, Let the Plant Go (from "Yoshi's Story")3:31TheToader:
Track Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Banjo, Percussion, Accordion 26The Dawn of Twilight (from "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess")3:38Sauraen:
Track Producer, Vocals (Tenor II), Arranger, Vocals (Bass I) Ann Zeng:
Vocals (Alto I), Vocals (Alto II) Chris Doughty:
Vocals (Tenor I), Vocals (Tenor II), Vocals (Bass I), Vocals (Bass II) Ian Martyn:
Vocals (Alto II), Vocals (Tenor I), Vocals (Tenor II) John Michael Hunt:
Vocals (Tenor I), Vocals (Tenor II), Vocals (Bass I), Vocals (Bass II) Liz Rishel:
Vocals (Soprano I), Vocals (Soprano II), Vocals (Alto I), Vocals (Alto II) Mioune:
Vocals (Soprano I), Vocals (Soprano II), Vocals (Alto I), Vocals (Alto II) REVEN:
Vocals (Alto II), Vocals (Soprano I)