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    Music suggestions for your RetroPie menu Music

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    • BobHarrisB
      BobHarris
      last edited by BobHarris

      I have spent many hours building a playlist for my Pi. It's partially a nostalgia fueled soundtrack and partially music I recently discovered, thanks to SupraDarky (a youtuber). Most of the music is from the 8, 16 and 32 bit eras. RPG's have some of the best music so they are well represented.
      I thought I'd make a playlist on Youtube so I can share my efforts with you all:

      https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxvWYoavN9PqE1HMHGi0gkfSs09kLrExC

      There should be something new and awesome to discover for everyone. :-)

      Pi 3B , 64 GB Sandisk ultra flashdrive, 19 systems, 872 hand picked classic gaming gems :-) Dual shock 4v2

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        Slimy
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        I had an idea that each system could have it's own music. I never tried doing this, but here's some songs think sound good with each system. My rules were that it has to sound like it could be laid back menu music, and that it can't be too repetitive, (no map music.)

        Arcade: Namco Museum Game Select Menu Theme (Gamecube)


        Gameboy: Super Mario Land - Muda Kingdom

        Genesis: Ristar - Break Silence

        NES: Startropics - dungeon

        PSX: Fighter Maker - Fighter Select

        Mastersystem: OutRun - Magical Sound Shower

        SNES: Super Mario RPG - Let's Do the Fooka-Fooka!
        or Donkey Kong Country - Simian Segue

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          Tim
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          I just started looking into music and found this thread. FANTASTIC ideas in here and a pile of songs I had completely forgotten about. I have one to add that doesn't really fall into the RetroPie category but it's just too awesome not to mention and I think it's a great fit for most systems.

          SUPERSTARDUST HD

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            Barcrest
            last edited by

            This is an all time classic. If i was using it i would use the actual song.

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              Barcrest
              last edited by

              These are great for the menu screen

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              • PittStoneP
                PittStone
                last edited by

                Here is my Playlist of Game Remixes.
                I used it for Emulationstation on my Raspberry pi.

                Game Remixes
                Game Remixes for Frontend

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                  Tim @Barcrest
                  last edited by

                  @barcrest said in Music suggestions for your RetroPie menu Music:

                  These are great for the menu screen

                  These are great. How do I rip the sound from a YouTube vid?

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                  • PittStoneP
                    PittStone @Tim
                    last edited by PittStone

                    @tim JDownloader! Copy a youtube Url and it will be automaticly insert in JDownloader. You can Choose Resolutions, too. Or Only the Audio.

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                    • chipsnblipC
                      chipsnblip
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                      • BriganeB
                        Brigane
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                        Systems: Raspberry Pi 0/2/3 Model B+
                        Os: RetroPie 4.5
                        Frontend: Emulationstation & Attract Mode

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                        • MajorDangerNineM
                          MajorDangerNine
                          last edited by MajorDangerNine

                          Animal Crossing: New Leaf - K.K. Slider's Entire Repertoire (Aircheck Versions)

                          I haven't played an Animal Crossing since Wild World, but I love this music for my BGM. 91 tracks total.

                          SBCGaming | Unofficial RetroPie Discord

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                            mrnebu
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                              red59
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                              For those who like Synthwave, I have created a playlist that works great for Background music (at least to my taste).
                              No voice, just some of the best soft music inspired from the 80's (Mitch murder, Morgan Willis, The Midnight...)
                              Hope this can be useful for some of you!

                              https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7AWoDhxl2Ls7LHoUrM3HID?si=OX1SD8QDT2GofTgVCROP_Q

                              Mitch.jpg

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                              • WeirdHW
                                WeirdH
                                last edited by WeirdH

                                I am still looking for that perfect menu music track. I want something in the vein of the SNES Mini Classic menu music, but not literally that one.

                                I have tried some Recalbox menu themes, some stuff from Wii Shop, Mii Channel, Wii Play Motion (Nintendo has these jingles down), but none of them sound to my liking or they just get annoying after a while.

                                I want something that can be background noise when idling in Emulationstation, ideally in a perfect loop, but that turns out to be much harder to find than I had thought.

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                                • matchamanM
                                  matchaman
                                  last edited by

                                  Oh, the struggle with perfect background music... I can do anything with my RetroPie setup but I'm never completely happy with any background music playlist. After some time I'm like "oh not that (otherwise awesome) tune again!"

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                                  • IanDaemonI
                                    IanDaemon
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                                    Every time I power on the arcade cabinet it plays a random track from about eight (while in EmulationStation).

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