Hello all,

  I was just thinking about this a while back and thought it would make a nice discussion... What are pins with the greatest background sound/music? Here are some of my favorites, and comments on them:

In Solid state pins:

Bally X's and O's. An OK pin... nice easy player... but that background sound is simple, yet powerful! As weird as this may sound, to me, it has a "2001-monolithic" feel to it!!! The story behind this one is that I remember a meeting at JVegas's place, where there was one, but it was set on chime sound. Got annoying after a while. I was playing it with JD3 and decided to change the dipswitch settings to put it on electronic sounds... WHOA!!!! what a difference!!! All of a sudden, the pin that no one paid attention to was getting some looks! ... JD3 bought it that night!!!  

Black Hole ... ESPECIALLY the sound during multiball! Simple yet cool!



In System 11-era pins:

Grand Lizard ... love the banging ritual drum sound! Gives it an eerie feel!

Swords of Fury ... Simply the best!!! Sounds like a John-Carpenter-movie theme!!!

Heavy Metal Meltdown ... sue me... I am corny and I like it! Ask Mikeman. I nearly drove him nuts cranking it up at Jim's place!!!  


In DMD pins:

My experience here is limited... but I did like the following:

TOTAN ... simply stunning sound all around. Just a treat to listen to AND watch!

ToMMy's AC/DC!!!!!  


I know I am leaving out tons... so let's hear em!

Quoted from Sparky

In System 11-era pins:

Pinbot !!!  (...nothing else even comes close ! )


Steph

for me only thing i can think of now, is sys 11 High Speed this was the game I was looking for originally when i did my basement over. I guess I played it so much when I was younger it was drilled into my head that simple little tune.
that and I enjoy Whirl Wind sounds as well.

The sound on "Lord of the Rings" does it for me.

                                                  flashman

Pinbot's sound is the high point of that game. It's all downhill from there.

Check out the sound for TX-Sector and RoboWar in PinMame. Very catchy. The RoboWar music is so intense it really makes me want that machine.

I also really like the music from Back to the Future. It changes depending on how many balls you have locked from one Huey Lewis tune to the next. Huey rocks.

Categorie sons bizaroide mais quand même a**é cool: Strange Science.

Categorie meilleur musique DMD: STTNG, TOTAN, IJ.

Et meilleur system 11: WW, Fire!, GL, Pinbot.

Et categorie a**é "stereo": Robocop

Guns N' Roses !   Of course the music is not original... but it still does it for me, love it !

I will have to go with High Speed as well, THIS IS IT ! Loved that game when i was younger, it was THE game back then. Played it at JD's place last week and took me 3 days to get the sounds/music out of my head again    

Quoted from Steph

Pinbot !!!  (...nothing else even comes close ! )


Steph

System 11? Come on, what about Black Knight 2000?  

The music in Who?Dunnit is a very catchy (Peter Gunn) and as for original music, I always enjoy the thumpin' beat of my Laser War (in stereo).

Sys. 11. Black Knight 2000. I'm not a fan of the game, but the music is simply awesome!

WPC - Shadow has one hell of a catchy tune. I also really like GetAway. The Grunge (?) by ZZ Top, I cann't help but get into that. I definately want another GetAway some day. Simple and fun.

Stern - simply love LOTR. Excellent music on all fronts and in all modes. True to the movie.  

Worst music on an otherwise great pin: White Water. What the hell were they thinking? Crappy is being kind. It sounds better once you start multiball or Big Foot Hotfoot, but the reg. tune is so sad.

Duane

Whitewater - funny enough it was the music that kept me away from that one when I had a chance....

No Fear.

But for setting the right atmosphere, ToM, TOTAN, MM and Shadow are a very good fit to their themes.

For Sys11 Dr. Dude for sure. It's just wacky 80's crap.

catchy tune ?  Riverboat gambler  

The system6-7 sound board

Funhouse Frenzy music and all the rest too


STRANGE SCIENCE !!!

HS2: Getaway - ZZ Top - La Grange, awesome song, perfect match, gets you going everytime and now everytime I hear the song elsewhere I want to play pinball
SOF: 'nuff said
Jackbot: This music is great, clear, good mix, nice jazzy tune that fits the feel of the game and the game over music is pretty nice too
DE Time Machine: This one has a nice variation of music to go with all the different eras that you play in ( and the real chimes in the cab for the 50's era is just classic )

Quoted from Mrhide

STRANGE SCIENCE !!!

I didn't want to say it... but I love that one too! I had a blast cranking that one up to the point that the speakers were gonna blow!!!

Quoted from jokker

DE Time Machine: This one has a nice variation of music to go with all the different eras that you play in ( and the real chimes in the cab for the 50's era is just classic )

Got to play this one the other day at The Church of the Silverball. I enjoyed it.

It's a really nice game actually.  Fun to just play and enjoy.

Brigitte's brother has it in his basement and I'm hoping one day it will be in mine

Quoted from necro_nemesis

Got to play this one the other day at The Church of the Silverball. I enjoyed it.

that's it ! necro is going back in time and will soon buy an EM !

I'll give you 1500$ for your MM ... but this offer is only valid for 2 days so hurry !

The ones that come to mind immediately are:

- Black Knight 2000
- Judge Dredd
- The Shadow
- KORNified Centaur
(added) - OOPS!!! Completely forgot about CFTBL !!!

Getaway is cool, but not in the same category as my 'Top 5'...

Mes deux cennes,
Frosken

I like Creature from the Black Lagoon, all that fifties music is great.  

I really enjoy the music on my new Sword of Fury.
But what about the sexiest voice? Xenon?

Not that i am a huge fan of Data East games, but Lethal Weapon 3 was kinda cool for background music.  I think it had 3 choices one was a ZZ top song and another was C&C Music Factory (Everybody dance now)  not sure on the 3rd.