♫FLOOD OF POWER (Midnight Resistance) SNES Arrangement - NintendoComplete

This is my arrangement of Hitoshi Sakamoto's "Flood of Power," the first stage theme from Data East's Midnight Resistance for the Sega Genesis. I have arranged it for native playback on SNES hardware, and the audio was recorded directly from a launch-model SNES console.
Has anybody else noticed just how awesome the soundtracks tended to be in military action hero-themed games from the late 80s/early 90s? Contra, Bloody Wolf, Midnight Resistance, Twin Cobra, ESWAT - there were so many!
This has always been a favorite, though. The Genesis version of the song that this is based on isn't the original version, but as anyone that played the original arcade game can tell you - the Genesis soundtrack is an amazing upgrade.
I think that using a massive wall of brass sound with heavy vibrato was a good fit for this track, and I really liked how the square waves I used for the harmonies helped to balance out the brashness of the trumpets.
Man, Data East sure knew how to put together a soundtrack!
Hope you all like the arrangement!
You can find my playthrough of Midnight Resistance here:
• Midnight Resistance (G...
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[@NintendoComplete]

Here goes with an SPC700 take on yet another fantastic Data East "one man army" style track! Hope you like it! :)

[@christopherthibeault7502]

AWESOME! Also, Hitoshi Sakamoto is better known for the music for Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, etc.

[@YukesVonFaust]

SPC WHEN
THIS IS A BOP

[@HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG]

Hardcore DE power!

[@louiskeiflin5858]

Man! This stage theme is so memorable for a contra clone!

[@Leny1777]

I miss Data East games..

[@mimi-mk9eu]

Me to

[@BlockbusterPlotMaster]

Another game I’ve been thinking about lately. I just bought a copy of this game on Genesis.

[@NintendoComplete]

It's a great game, isn't it?

[@BlockbusterPlotMaster]

Sure is

[@Jayce_Alexander]

The Genesis version is my favorite version of the game. Best version of the soundtrack, better even than the arcade, The only thing missing is 2-player mode.

[@Shadow-wb7kb]

Epic bro 😲.
Well done 😎.

[@NintendoComplete]

Thanks! :)

[@SNARC15]

Pretty good! Would also love to hear stage 2 as well as the stage 4 boss (the air force) SNESified.

[@NintendoComplete]

Thanks! I might do those, but beforehand I have a fair number of tracks already lined up that I wanna try my hand at first.

[@luciebureau6815]

I came as fast as i could because of the thumbnail.
And that’s a nice discovery.
Thanks, NC😊.

[@NintendoComplete]

Np :) it's a great game with some amazing music. Data East has a lot of those on Sega, too. You should check out Atomic Runner and Vapor Trail!

[@luciebureau6815]

NintendoComplete i’ll look forward to the other Data East games. And thanks for the suggestions.

[@solarflare9078]

Better than the arcade version and just as good as the Mega Drive version!

[@NintendoComplete]

Tyvm!

[@PrekiFromPoland]

With the SNES controller this game would have been much more playable than what we got for Genesis.

[@MrTartagliaGuilty]

This Synth Brass instrument reminds a lot Gundam F-91 Formula Wars 0122 😳

[@Magitek1112]

Which soundfont is this? I recognize it from some of the various Gundam games on SNES.

[@NintendoComplete]

It's not a soundfont, actually. It's running from a real SNES. But iirc, the brass patch is a sample from a Korg W01 that i edited, the synth brass patch was made from an instrument from Capcom's CPS2 sample banks, and the square wave handling some of the background chords and the fast twinkly bits was sampled straight from an NES.

[@mimi-mk9eu]

Data east the company behind bad dudes

[@SNARC15]

Or as the opening to Joe and Mac calls them, "Day Vice!"

[@mimi-mk9eu]

They did some really good stuff did they

[@NintendoComplete]

@@SNARC15 Hahaha reminds me of that super distorted old "Game Creative Staff, Wolfteam" logo voice. Took me forever to figure out what it was saying :)

[@SNARC15]

@@NintendoComplete Sounded clear to me when I heard it, but then again it was on a CD game (Sol-Feace and Cobra Command)

[@Dark_Warrior99]

3-Way 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sternenflimmerchen]

The Mega Drive sound from Midnight is better

[@Vinicius-hs2rf]

Nop.

[@hemphog4570]

@@Vinicius-hs2rf sorry but the snes can't match that Genesis epic synth.

[@Vinicius-hs2rf]

@@hemphog4570 In this version it has more sound quality, it sounds more pleasant to the ears, it has a more realistic sound, in Genesis it is more strident.

[@NinjaEmeraldOfficial]

Naw sorry, super nintendo is much better

[@hemphog4570]

@@NinjaEmeraldOfficial synth is better the snes music is gay orchestra.

[@fighter604]

Drums should be more heavy

[@eugenecardoza3467]

Play pac man on the nes next

[@fahriakalin5936]

added this track to my Antifa supersoldier mix

[@majztic]

Content that isnt gameplay.wow

[@NintendoComplete]

I do these sorts of videos fairly often, maybe a couple times a month? Gotta put my creative stamp in there somewhere, you know? :)

[@markus1a1]

While well done, the genesis version destroys this.