Tony Hawks Pro Skater
 

I remember being a little kid and playing Tony Hawks Pro Skater on my Gamecube and really digging the music. I never thought to actually listen to it. I've been into punk music for a couple years and hearing Millencolin and Goldfinger and thinking back to how happy I was back then makes me smile. Does anyone else remember playing this game? Share your stories.

I feel old.

Also, we have a media subforum where we post about games and such. Is this thread more about the music in the game, or the game itself? If it's the music, then I'll edit the title. If not, I'll move the thread.

I guess move the thread? I'm not sure, you decide if its about enjoying the music or the game.

It's your thread. If you want it to be about the music in the THPS games, then that's what it can be. If you want to talk about the game, then so be it. It just needs to be in the media forum if it's just about the game, because we like to keep our music sections about music.

Edit:
I'll just move it.

Ahh my youth. I played the N64 and PSone editions of the game. It was my first introduction to Rage Against the Machine. :)

*Miss Post*

Thanks

Haha, yes. When I was little, skateboard video games looked like this:

http://www.atariage.com/2600/screens...eBoardin_2.png

The music tended to be a limited range of bleeping and farting type noises, but I guess in a lot of ways those sounds did influence my taste.

I can thank Tony Hawk games for introducing me to Del, before I appreciated hiphop...

Went from guilty pleasure to pleasure real quick.

Also, I have a soft spot for that one CKY song... but don't remember the name...

The music in the Tony Hawk games usually annoyed me, especially the music from the second game. The song I found the most annoying was one that went something like "and this is what it's like when worlds collide" just before it hit its stupid refrain. I don't know who plays it, but I hope it was cheap.

edit :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Worlds_Collide_(song)

Blaergh!

I laughed my ass off watching this video, out of nostalgia from having logged in many hours playing the game, but also because it's every bit as ridiculous as the song itself.

This video killed every bit of nostalgia I had. I do not remember anything like this.

*EDIT*
Sounds like KoRn's Dubstep album.

I'd say that THPS2 was one of the main factors in pushing me into punk music. I'm still a huge Lagwagon fan.

This is what I'm looking for! Superman by Goldfinger was my alltime favourite song for quite a while.

ha!....remember being told to SKATE OR DIE!!!!!! and then being chased by hundreds of killers bees?

skateboard video games are just weak these days :(

i never could get the hang of the Tony Hawk games....but then i have to admit i get confused when a game involves more than two buttons :) (this is why i love katamari damacy)....but give them credit for putting Unsane on the first game

"96 Quite Bitter Beings" is the only one that I can imagine ending up on a Tony Hawk soundtrack. My first experience with the series was Tony Hawk's Pro Skater on the N64, which kind of sucked because none of the songs had lyrics. Still I owe it to that game for introducing me to The Dead Kennedys and The Vandals. Tony Hawk's Underground introduced me to hip hop artist Busdriver with the song "Imaginary Places" which I really got into, however it was a few years later before I really delved into his full length albums. Looking back on the soundtrack for THUG it's probably one of the most balanced, with a good selection of hip hop, punk, and even the odd metal song here and there. I definitely think the games can be attributable for introducing many kids to new styles of music during the first half the last decade, while the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises took up the mantle for the latter half.

Gods, it's every bit as horrible as I remember it. The worst part for me are the vocals. I can't remember hearing any other singers quite reach that level of pretentious douchebagness.

Just about everything about it is awful :(

I liked Spider One as a teenager. I think that particular era of Powerman 5000 was awful, as well, but they made some honestly good funk/rap/rock before that that I still have a soft spot for. The videos are laugh out loud awful aren't they?

Since they've been brought up, I must reiterate: This is not good Powerman, but there WAS good Powerman. Their early works were very great in my book. The b-sides album they did, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is an absolutely solid record. True Force and Blood Splat Rating System are also very solid. When they 'took off', that was them falling off.

@LoathsomePete Yeah, that's the song. 96 bitter things or whatever.

i think the music from the SSX series is better

but maybe it's apple and oranges

Powerman 5000!

hey! I love Powerman 5000

Phew... I thought I'd be absolutely alone on that one. Il Duce we do have something in common! Well, I'm sure we have more than that in common, but that's cool to know!



P.S. This is REALLY what PM5K is about.

Slightly less annoying, but still pretty much apples and oranges for me.

The only game series I've enjoyed the soundtrack of (that featured "mixtapes" rather than composed scores) are the GTA games. San Andreas stands out. Of course, you could then just switch to the radio channel which featured the musical style you liked the most.

Those are not bad, but I really just like the one Tony Hawk song. Im a terrible Powerman 5000 fan I know. Its so engrained in my head as in my childhood Tony Hawk game music was one of my biggest sources for music.

You could do anything on Tony Hawk. Makes kids dangerous! Haha. I remember trying to grind crazy stuff on a skateboard and getting hurt because I did it so many times of Tony Hawk of course I could do it in real life. Hahaha.

The gameplay in the old Tony Hawk games doesn't hold up very well. The way you just speed off after a kick on your board is just out of control. Skate is so much better!

Talking old classics in that genre (pre 2005), I consider SSX3 to be the best game, really.

Tonight the Stars Revolt! is one of my fave nu-metalisms

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I'd prefer another game in EA's Skate series to another Tony Hawk.