Theme - Worms (PC)

Cyril: Worms probably didn't need a memorable theme song to stand out from the crowd. After all, this is an ultra-violent turn-based war simulator starring a ragtag group of small, elongated soft-bodied invertebrate animals. But in a game featuring holy hand grenades and explosive sheep, this theme song stands out as my favorite thing about Worms. Easy to whistle and hard to get wrong, the Worms theme sounds great no matter how you play it. I love this song slowed down, put to a techno beat or au naturel. It's a war theme that gets never fails to get me pumped up, even when my daily battles have little to do with homing missiles and banana bombs. The composer is confident enough to wait nearly 30 seconds for the melody to arrive. He has nothing to worry about, because the Worms theme is worth the wait.

Kevin: At first, the Worms theme seems like a very generic military theme with some Worm grunts and other game sound effects mixed in. The backing synths are building up though, and just before the half way point things get interesting when a melody is introduced. Slowly more instruments join in to fill out the song, giving it a more powerful feeling as well as steadily making the music more intricate. The whole song crescendos into a proper ending, rather than looping like so many themes seem to do. Everything about it fits the game, it has a strong compositional structure, and the silly sound effects somehow don't take away from it. All in all, this is a very well done theme.