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The Worst (And Weirdest) Music In Gaming History

If you're on this site, chances are you can hum a good amount of game music just off of memory. Hell, plenty of people who have never played a game in their life can instantly recognize the Mario theme. However, things aren't always as pleasant as exploring Zelda's overworld while listening to sweeping, iconic tunes. We've all had times in which we've scrambled to the options menu to turn music down or even turn the damn game off. Here's our big list of the biggest offenders.

The Adventures of Rad Gravity - Title Screen (NES)

We'll start with one of the worst tracks on this entire list, but it's also one that several of us have become weirdly fond of after repeated viewings.

Mario Party 2 - Honeycomb Havoc (Nintendo 64)

This one doesn't start out offensively bad, but the looping tune becomes gradually more annoying as you play this luck-filled minigame.

Doom - The Imp's Song (32X)

This sounds like a smoke detector going off while a car sits outside with its bass turned up too high.

Gears of War - Cole Train rap (Xbox 360)

Ending credits raps were lame even when Tone Loc did it for Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Cole Train's rap after the first Gears of War was not an exception.

Resident Evil: Director's Cut - Mansion Basement (PSone)

According to the top YouTube comment, this track sounds like "Charlie Brown's parents having sex." That comment isn't wrong.

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Comments
  • Tagin' Dragon almost killed me.  That was a new kind of hilariously bad.

  • Megaman Xtreme start menu Theme (GB) now that was kinda annoying after the 5th time hearing it.

  • When I first heard the Dragon's Dogma start screen music I laughed out loud and then immediately got worried that I just wasted 60 dollars. Luckily it's a pretty good game.
  • oh my god i actually p*ssed myself laughing at Rad Gravity, great article xD
  • The pumpkin hill song has a SICK beat. I played the crap out of that game but I don't remember that song, its weird that its in a sonic game but thats where the weirdness ends. Its a good song Dan.
  • Rad Gravity is almost as bad as dubstep
  • This isn't on the list, but I find Neon Tiger's theme from Megaman X3 to be pretty bad, it almost killed the game's soundtrack for me. Thankfully Gravity Beetle redeemed the game and then some.

    MVC2's I wanna Take you for a ride is pretty fun to use for pissing people off

    Also I liked Pumpkin Hill
  • What about the title screen from Buck Bumble?!
  • Pumpkin Hill? You're kidding right? I think Dan's crying from the pumpkin in the alley.
  • I'm going to take you for a ride dunanana nananana na na

    I want that ringtone now. Lol.

  • oh man Eggman's theme song was so damn catchy, so many good memories with the soundtracks from Sonic Adventure 1 and 2.
  • I think one game you forgot was Dizzy the Adventurer, the main song is so bad that it makes me want to hit my head with a hammer.
  • There you have it, kids: Don't listen to rap.
  • I thought the Blops 2 ending thing was kind of funny.
  • Action 52 is in my opinion the absolutely worst game ever made...off al time..Fck that game to HELL...

  • Eh, sometimes the music was the best thing in Sonic games.

  • BWHAHAHAHA! This article was amazing! The Gears of War song was hilarious!!!
  • the adventures of rad gravity, i think, sounds really cool. and the music in crazy bus, while erratic, i think is cool too. and how the hell is rolling start on this list? that's a classic to anyone who had a saturn, and went through with getting the horse, and the horse with the baby horse next to it.
  • Carry on wasn't that bad, Hell of a lot better than the crap they put in Zombies.
  • Am I the only one who liked Resetti?
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