Wednesday, May 21, 2025

MIDI Week Singles: "Menu Theme" FIFA Soccer 96 (DMG)

 


"Menu Theme" from FIFA Soccer 96 on the Game Boy (1995)
Composer: Unknown
Album: No Official Release
Publisher: Black Pearl Software
Developer: Probe Entertainment

In yet another instance of "I'm not sure," this music that I've often seen simply as "BGM #1" is the only track that I've found in FIFA Soccer 96 on the Game Boy.  I've listened to five tracks from the game, but each longplay I've watched only has this music play during the opening menus when you choose various gameplay options before heading down to the pitch.  Then nothing.  No music, only minimal sound effects for the entirety of the game.

I was also a bit sad when I couldn't find out the composer who worked on this game.  It looks like Probe Entertainment was purchased by Acclaim in October 1995 and renamed Acclaim Studios London with FIFA Soccer 96 releasing in North America in December.  There are candidates, but I'm not familiar enough with them to be able to tell them apart musically.

But I guess if you're going to only have one playable song in your entire game, and that one song plays in the menus and settings, then this isn't too shabby of a song to represent your entire game.


~JWfW/JDub/The Faceplantman/Jaconian
It's The Old Give And Take

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