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/vgmtslwchm/ - Video Game Music That SOunds Like Weather Channel Music 04/28/26(Tue)08:11:08 No. 12535996
/vgmtslwchm/ - Video Game Music That SOunds Like Weather Channel Music 04/28/26(Tue)08:11:08 No. 12535996
/vgmtslwchm/ - Video Game Music That SOunds Like Weather Channel Music Anonymous
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It's that time of year again (at least for us in the most rockin' hemisphere) where the weather's nice and sunny. I used to have a load of songs some Anon put together downloaded, but this youtube playlist will have to do.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdqsiDnC3vh0GIEAPaOu1IMGzFRCAxael&s i=zxnsU089yc6OLtaE
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>>12535996
>Relaxing songs in games without their respective context.
I have a few:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_bkeAPkbDE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bNUnGITpcU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuZUWVkkjxk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U_YkjBGJyg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usJbxBF_TQc
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>>12535996
>Video Game Music That SOunds Like Weather Channel Music
I already love you and everyone reading this thread.
Here's a series for ya:
"Art of Balance" for the Wii & Wii U. Roughly 18 musical tracks, all "Weather Channel" relaxing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrwlwzzecq4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBgqK2HXvRk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHdreTGcfMQ
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Fishing Resort Wii - ~8 tracks Approx. 30 minutes total
A small playlist, and more "lounge" than "instrumental pop," but still very pleasant and fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUjL4h5TvBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-juRzXdAnI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhke4T_aaqQ
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Jurassic Park (SNES) - 11 tracks
A few are "instrumental pop," but it is not a large ost.
Mountain - "Triceratops Trot"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1EGNaPTACc
River - "Gallimimus Gallop"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xq2wXuDUv4
>>12538118
Well, for the literal "tone" of the thread, yeah; you can absolutely change The Rppingtons or Spyro Gyra into a midi format and suddenly have 400 tracks of "smooth jazz" to listen to. I whole-heartedly approve of that! By the same token, "overclocked remix" https://ocremix.org/ is a famous website for producing musical remixes of alllllllll kinds of famous game tracks into basically every kind of genre you could want. No joke, nearly 5000 remixes.
Can't say if that's authentic fun pulled from original sources, though.
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Pangya! - About 30 tracks
Definitely more upbeat "contemporary pop" jazz or, as >>12538869 seems jealous about, a more synth-heavy bossa nova element.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxMdGMTWEjA I post that 1-hour-long video because the music is HQ and so are the visuals of that game, displayed. It's a gorgeous video to play!
I recommend
00:00 "Blue Lagoon" / "Daydream" (the beach level)
30:02 "Ice Cannon" / "Crystal Water" (the glacier level)
34:47 "Deep Inferno" / "Dive Into Volcano" (the laval level)
https://pangya.community/t/the-full-pangya-soundtrack/29
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRhvw-SVi7U
Not sure what you are asking for but here is something.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 51 tracks (genres varied)
K.K. Slider swings by to give his acoustic folk remixes of all the Animal Crossing songs and his own... ALL of them are midi files of acoustic guitar and his "singing" tone voice, and some have a jazzy feel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9K3hgehsVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWaWhclF1hA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh-sKmvCfOk
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>>12540225
>Wii U
>Wii
>Switch
Anon, this is /vr/
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>>12540230
In all honesty, I did wonder a bit about this thread on /vr/ not /mu/, and that I did hyperlink non-midi files from fairly recent games...
... but it is video game related, at least, and I love smooth jazz, so I ran with it. And it's not like the thread on this board are exactly high-stakes market of quality topics, you know?
>>12540276
"The Weather Channel" is the broad term people use for their program (using WeatherStar) that would appear on their channel for a few minutes at 8 minutes past the time signature: 08, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58... it was a program they had been doing the defined what they were broadcasting in the first place (in the 80s) and what they legally owned called "Local on the 8s."
It was famous for two things:
• Local weather forecasts
• Relaxing music
>what is weather channel music?
It is relaxing music. Specifically, "smooth jazz" or "instrumental pop." In the 40 years it has existed, the specific music tracks change, but it always remains popular, quiet, soothing, and people LOVED watching their forecasts for it. Originally, they paid to use famous albums from famous artists (Spyro Gya, The Rippingtons, Joyce Cooling, Herb Alpert, etc.) but more recently they pay for unknown people and their production music made for this global corporation. Sometimes, you might get a pop song with lyrics, but that was rare. In December, they played (play?) Christmas music all month.
>what is weather channel music?
It's people asking for soothing, light jazz music to listen to or just play in the background.
OP is asking for video games that have comfy, upbeat music to listen to. Take a click on these links, ITT, and get a feel for the tone.
Do you know of any VG musical tracks that sound like these? Nobuo Uematsu is famous for his Final Fantasy music that has many very soothing music, for example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIg8Rwqt5KA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-x2llAIDAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnQ7G90fxiA
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>>12540230
But, I'll try to honor your (justified) anxiety and try to keep my suggestions pre-y2k.
Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES) - 59 Tracks
Not all of which are "cozy, smooth, quiet" jazz tracks, of course, but it does have globally famous Nintendo melodies officially remixed for that upbeat synth feel. They were meant to be played on loop, rather than as a single musical song on a playlist, but hey? Still fun music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAVpUsftbHU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ2AkTxJtp8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNjN1Imzlf4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpdpm0_ToLM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_5xKX8eSlc
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Super Mario Kart (SNES) - 24 tracks. Not really... more like "7 songs" and "17 jingles."
MIDI files on older systems can't always produce something you want to play on your family home stereo system or pump out beat on a BOSE subwoofer, but that doesn't stop the fact that "good games" NEVER have "bad music." Good music is essential to a good video game experience; the Mario Kart series has plenty of great melodies that help immerse you as a cartoon character in a go-kart. Yes, even the first entry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWwGKT5jU-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjKEHtMi5Ps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btG1GTXgYvo
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Tiberian Sun - 29 tracks
>ANONYMOUS, I'm sick and tired of clicking ITT on your Nintendo "upbeat" normie SHIT
>I want SYNTH, ROCKIN', "upbeat" normie SHIT!!!
>THAT'S the kind of "Weather Channel" smooth jazz I like to watch my local weather forecasts on!
Okay, fair enough! "Local on the 8s" certainly had a few more pop tunes and even some more 1337 tunez, so we can compromise; how about "Frank Klepacki?" No joke, the guy was famous for his video game music, they were that good. Try giving them a shot!
Developing an RTS video game where the player is about to look at THE SAME map screen for the next 20 minutes as he builds a base, controls an army, and needs to win a war? They need music that not only will they want to keep their stereos off "MUTE" but also get them STATIONED in that chair! Hire Frank Klepacki; the dude knows what he's doing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC470ZRDK_8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkEXjD1znAU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZSSXRETSE
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>>12535996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC4nZKshi7U
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bojOSKRz5-M
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>>12541889
T&E Soft golf games are comfy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8xmKyD5guE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZnNDHmC0YE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVrLyx_BHho
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>>12540685
Solid writeup. I was first exposed to this from listening to vapourwave and futurefunk, which got me into the Rippingtons, which led me further into Jazz Fusion. It's pretty much all I listen to now. And yes, while this could have gone on /mu/, the previous years' threads were on here, so I thought I should stick with it. Most vgm in this genre tend to be retro games anyway.
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Well, it's not necessarily "retro," but, I sure think the Galdin Quay theme from FFXV fits "Weather Channel" music pretty nicely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABiH0gX3Gdc
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>>12542093
To be honest, they certainly recognized what they were famous for doing and even produced to albums:
The Weather Channel Presents: The Best of Smooth Jazz (#1 Billboard in 2007)
The Weather Channel Presents: The Best of Smooth Jazz II
So, if you wanted to listen to what they were famously playing, these are a FRACTION of the tracks they played.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS5SBE8xXBI&list=PLWhh7hp45IeSq2vIp-k3 GC0TXc2URUDJp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riWwaLHS2LM&list=PLiHuLamy98hm5-08kaje fI8tqZ_t3EWU-
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>>12539110
i played pangya for a while, on the SEA server since it was closest to me. some of the messages people were making was really confusing for me and when i asked about it i was told it was singlish, a kind of pidgin english spoken in singapore. it may seem obvious to most people but i didn't know what SEA actually meant at that time lol
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5zFxSimg2k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-U2lxe1Mz0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t80BfucR5ao
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWukLrNNHmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltiEJZqj2DI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqKQGaeHNak
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Xenoblade Chronicles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n480Ll_PlKE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkk6f817nN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDJtsfR51To
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>>12551645
I like to imagine these are two different anons.
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>>12553468
Looks like one of the videos didn't link...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkk6f817nNU
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Kirby's Dream Course - ~30 tracks
Golf games seem to really have that happy, feel good tone, huh? Here's a midi file retro game with extreme perkiness~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xde8tYkdej0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GID4kDJDxaQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXN2KM-qMKo
Congratulations on tuning in to your Local on the 8s!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KtD--P5EWc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry-87fg7ing
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H94k2FCjyqs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeBTQKRaz1c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bj13CY1Ias
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I gave the remixed soundtrack of "Mario Kart World" a listen to over the past couple days (352 musical tracks).
I picked out some "Weather Channel" tracks, for ya.
SNES - Koopa Troopa Beach (Night)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=513OC8kDnsI
SNES - Battle Course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al8EhsZNlmA
Wii Galaxy - Space Junk Galaxy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9uezkLAEL8
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>>12558139
Dang, that's surprisingly relaxing stuff, there. Nice.
>>12559727
Haha, oh man. That's serious Local on the 8s. Nice music, bro. I love these threads when Anons share their secret stashes. Brilliant.
>>12561353
I never could have guessed. Phenomenal finds. Added to my own playlist. The Internet is so much more fun when good people are sharing great interests.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADE3w9iyQCE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sAJW4Tr4xA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu47J2k8Go4
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