Musashi Legend – Brave Fencer Musashi
Here comes another cult classic in the form of Squaresoft’s (now Square-Enix) PS1 action/adventure/RPG, Brave Fencer Musashi!
Brave Fencer Musashi was a great and terribly underrated game. It’s more then likely one of my favorite PS1 games (and that is saying something), it had a great mix of gameplay, story, humor and music (ta-da!).
And what music it was. Filled with many upbeat, action packed and powerful pieces of music, this game’s soundtrack is about as underrated as the game itself.
Of all the music from the game, Musashi Legend is probably the one that best sets the tone of the game. The word that comes to mind when I hear Musashi Legend is adventure. There aren’t too many video game themes that capture this sense of adventure quite so well as this.
When listening to Musashi Legend, you can almost picture one’s self soaring through the sky, climbing mountains (with your bare hands, mind you), fighting monsters and saving princesses. I may sound ridiculous, but this wonderful melody does capture the spirit of adventure quite well.
3 comments so far
Elecman’s Theme is great, like everything from the Mega Man series.
“Forest + Maze = Great music.” couldn’t agree more. I remember my brother playing Saria’s Song/Lost Woods theme on the piano, giving the full house a magical feeling =)
October 7th, 2009 at 9:23 am
This list is pretty good and contains a lot of good video game music, but I feel you’ve omitted two of the greatest ever composed. No video game music list is complete without Mike Tyson’s Punchout’s “Eye for an Eye” and Bionic Commando’s original theme. These were NES classics!
June 27th, 2010 at 9:25 am
Those will probably make it on a future list. It’s not a “top 10,” rather it’s just a list of ten greats. I did one other before this and I’m currently working on the (long overdue) third edition. I’ll think about adding them to that list. Thanks for the input.
June 27th, 2010 at 11:38 am
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