10. The "Ocean" Music
This is the only entry in the list that refers to a single entity, rather than a generalisation, because it was just so damn memorable. The Ocean loading music was the sound of expectancy, the sound of anticipation and the sound of excitement. Ocean was a British software company that was responsible for some of the biggest gaming titles in the 1980's and early 1990's, such as the first movie gaming licenses, like Robocop, Miami Vice and Short Circuit. They just don't make gaming music like this any more. The catchy tune, the atmospheric tones, the pounding beat - it had everything necessary to excite you during the loading period of any given Ocean release. When I think of Commodore 64 music, I think of the Ocean music, and that's why it makes the list. You can listen to the Ocean loading music right
here.