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CMDR Henckes's avatar
https://www.youtube.com/embed/-MF38xEHF6g?feature=oembed

I must be Lavender Town Theme, all of the versions. I think is the one that best fit the city theme of all the musics. It gives bumps just hearing it, and give it the background story of Lavender Town makes it complete and almost perfect.

TrialByStory's avatar

When I was a kid playing Pokemon Red, the Lavender Town theme creeped me out so much. I just had this visceral reaction that sequence of high notes that play in the background, it was the only thing in the game that made me turn down the volume on my gameboy. Eventually I grew to love it, and when I picked up guitar in high school the Lavender Town theme was the second video game song I learned to play.

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https://www.youtube.com/embed/llnXhrCn9Yo?feature=oembed

I really struggled to get this to post even though I included the link it kept telling me that I needed to include one. Regardless this is a really good song.

Boomer's avatar

Hey NotAValveGame, I'm glad you managed to get it working. Could you tell me what happened so I can let our team know? Were you using the the same link, a shortened version, or a different link entirely? What device, operating system, and browser were you using?

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Device: PC browser: operagx System: windows

I was using the same link every time I tried. I would embed it it would say "Must have a link to submit to this bounty" even though one was there so I tried posting it out right instead of embed method which didn't work.

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https://www.youtube.com/embed/Th23crl-Eoo?feature=oembed

The bounty submission function was not working as it kept asking me for a link so I had to make it as a reply.

Anyways, let me introduce to you something a bit unique. This is an Arabic cover for the Pokémon theme song in Arabic made by an indie rock group. Indie music was just starting in the Arab world and youtube musician with this level of production were rare. I remember I was so excited to hear this for the first time many years ago.

Ford James's avatar

Hey Germania720, thanks for the entry, this is a great submission! Could you do me a favour and try re-submitting it as a bounty entry? Seems like there's a bug on our end that I may have fixed now, but I'll just need you to copy and paste this comment over to verify it works now. Thank you! ✌

Sav's avatar

This is a tough one tbh! But the most recent favourite one has to be the Kitakami Region Overworld Theme. I could listen to this on repeat for days...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/gf0i23DATW0?feature=oembed

M
https://www.youtube.com/embed/G1kHPeGqSw8?feature=oembed

This is a difficult choice as there is a lot of good music from Pokemon that resonates with me. But for this bounty, I going to nominate Champion Iris’s Battle Theme from Pokemon Black and White 2. White 2 is one of my favourite games in the franchise, and the music for this battle truly feels like the final battle in the story after everything we have been through as a player. It is epic, majestic, powerful, mystical, full of hype, and most importantly fun.

Braulio M Lara 🔹's avatar
https://www.youtube.com/embed/HCL-TLdh5bU?feature=oembed

POKEMON THE FIRST MOVIE

The water race song

My favorite song from Pokemon came from the movie POKEMON FIRST MOVIE was at the beginning with a water race competition between Squirtle and Marill

I’m not sure of the name of the song but in some place was named THE CYCLE RIDE but for me sounds like

OHH HURRI UP AND CATCH IT 😄

if somebody know the real’s name song please 🙏 let me know in the comment

God bless you all 🤗

SIRCAM's avatar

Don't know if it is valid to post the song from the spanish TV show that saw as a young lap, i really love the song it brings me back sweet memories.

Song name is: Atrapalos Ya (Catch 'em All)
Singer: Oscar Roa

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rsv2VkoIpk0?feature=oembed

Toretto 70's avatar
https://www.youtube.com/embed/TZMoQjvoICE?feature=oembed

I was remember my childhood when hear this Pokemon opening song and waiting for new episode every Sunday morning

TrialByStory's avatar

This feels like the most basic answer imaginable, but it's the truth. My favorite is the original opening/title theme for Pokemon Red and Blue.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/NdJQopRuH1E?feature=oembed

My first introduction to Pokemon as a concept, the very first thing that happened when I turned on Pokemon Red for the first time, was this song. And it was mindblowing to my younger self. Hearing the beginning of this song play while I watched that small animation of Nidorino and Gengar battling was the coolest thing I'd ever experienced. And then the music builds as the screen goes white and the iconic fanfare plays over top that original, Gen1 titlescreen? I was instantly hooked. For some of my friends at school it was the cartoon or the cards that really brought them into the Pokemon fold, but for me it was the moment encapsulated by this simple 2-minute chiptune soundtrack.

Oh, and it somehow got even better. In the early 2000s one of the issues in my Nintendo Power subscription came with a CD, a recording of a concert where an orchestra had played a selection of songs featured in Super Smash Bros. Melee, and track #7 was a Pokemon medley. And halfway through (timestamp 2:36 or so in the below video) I got to hear a fully-realized version of the song that started it all. The marching snare in the background and the focus on that high trumpet part in the opening of the fanfare had me entranced all over again.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qf6g_134hcM?feature=oembed

Paul's avatar

My favourte is the same! You cant beat the OG and thank you for sharing the orcstra cover, I habe never heard that, its amazing!

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https://www.youtube.com/embed/rg6CiPI6h2g?feature=oembed

This song is my favorite because it reminds me of the times I used to watch pokemon with my cousins and brother. This was the first one I watched. I loved the fights and the music is so addictive that you can't forget it. I'm still a fan today.

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https://www.youtube.com/embed/JNJJ-QkZ8cM?feature=oembed

It is maybe a creepy song, but it brings me back to many good memories of the first Pokémon game I ever played and this music creeped me out all the time when I was a kid xD but now as an adult, I just think back about good memories playing Pokémon <3

Makster's avatar
https://www.youtube.com/embed/M0prR9li4_Q?feature=oembed

Strangely, the Pokemon Anime had a big musical section at the end of each episode. Akin to AMV (Anime Music Videos), original music was scored against different clips from the show. And those tunes were a 90's pop kids bangers. From Pikachu's Jukebox to the amazing pun Pokemon Karaokemon, the songs were nice bookends for each episode.

I linked one my favourites which was Brock professing his love for the two women that are ever-present in the Pokemon service industry: Officer Jenny, and Nurse Joy (will we ever get to see Fire-Woman Janet?).

I'd like to think this is following the tradition of Japanese anime having character songs i.e. specific anime characters singing songs related to their personality. Another way for the voice actors to flex their musical ability and another way to sell merchandise related to the anime

Alucard's avatar
https://www.youtube.com/embed/a6sSj1JlPnE?feature=oembed

For me, this is THE song. No other battle theme really gets to capture the spirit this one has. Love it!!

Paul's avatar

For me it has to be the OG theme tune from red and blue.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Q0nQQIKESw?feature=oembed

Pokemon Blue was the first game I REALY loved and showed me what games can be beyond platformers and racers.

Whenever I hear this music it takes me back to the first time I booted it up and gets me so hyped to play it again.

Some times I just put on a playlist of red and blue music while im working just to chill to and this is always the tune to kick it off with.

Gaypengwing's avatar
https://www.youtube.com/embed/vikINVCvqCE?feature=oembed

It’s got to be the Pokedance for me because for weeks this took over my for you page on TikTok and at Comic-Con’s, I was roped in to so many recreations of this with other cosplayers. It was just a really fun thing to mess around and have fun with together 🥰

JHenckes's avatar
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ipbto4X3tSw?feature=oembed

BATTLE HO-OH is very well done, I remember when I was playing how much this soundtrack marked me, I even got goosebumps when I listened to it again to make this post.

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This has been always able to give me little goosebumps of nostalgia. Diamond and Pearl were my first Pokemon games and I ended up playing Diamond for a little over 350 hours and Platinum for 500 when I was a kid. Whenever I booted up the game for the like, first month of owning it, I would always let the intro movie play through the whole way, it flared my imagination up like crazy and it really made me see the little pixels on the screen as something thats more than what it is.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/qLt6KzC61f8?feature=oembed

Sturmer's avatar

I won't be very original here, my pick is a classic PokeRap tune.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/xMk8wuw7nek?feature=oembed

Pokémon: PokéRap (Short 1998) - IMDb

I think it's quite a challenge to list all the Pokémon, let alone weave their names into a song. I can only imagine how James 'D-Train' Williams and Babi Floyd had to memorize all those Pokémon names.

Shovel's avatar

I have discovered an amazing artist called KATO on Spotify who specialises in Lofi music, I initially stumbled across them when searching for some anime lofi and saw they had so many playlists for different animes.

The reason I love this is because it helps you relax and focus on the tasks at hand, it's nice not to have anything super loud or with lyrics.

https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/59dMMxNmcPXPKa4S0vYi1j?utm_source=oembed

yan57436's avatar

I simply love “Eterna Foreste” from Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum and the theme reappears in Legends Arceus, thrilling any fan!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/FYz0pXNS-3U?feature=oembedhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/-D0DuNBiwLs?feature=oembed

taha's avatar

My favourite piece of Pokémon music is a fun one... The Driftveil City theme from Pokémon Black & White!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/AFGuQeAgqyg?feature=oembed

I remember when I heard it in the game for the first time and it became one of my all time favourite town themes, which is why I'm so happy it became a bit of a meme recently with the dancing Toothless videos.

Pokémon Black and White just had an amazing soundtrack all round with seasonal variations for many routes, additional music for low HP, a theme for the final Pokémon of a gym leader and even alternative themes for the same town for each game!

Driftveil City just stands out to me as a banger to this day and seeing John Cena, Jimmy Neutron and even Mario in some of the meme videos with this song just makes me happy and it's never not fun headbopping to this piece of Pokémon music!

Limal's avatar
https://www.youtube.com/embed/--lrn-klYzY?feature=oembed

My pick is the Jigglypuff song, specifically from the Neon City episode of the original series (where it first appeared). It's fascinating how they managed to create such an adorable song, performed by an equally cute-looking Pokémon, who....

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