Amazing Video Game Soundtracks

[Elvis Starburst]

Oh jeez, well, here I go!

Kid Icarus Uprising
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Halo
Jet Force Gemini
Banjo Kazooie
Tales of Symphonia
Kingdom Hearts (Any of them really)
Persona 3
Lunar: Harmony of the Silver Star
Ys Seven, Oath in Felghana, and 1&2 Chronicles
The 3rd Birthday

Phew, I think that's a small but decent list of games with epic soundtracks ^.^

 

[bullet_sandw1ch]

Catherine. just like the game, i fell in love with it. mellow, yet trancing beats. think adele pacing meets asian type sound effects, though not as crazy as J pop.

 

[Redninjarobot]

I really liked the soundtrack for Shadow of The Colossus.

 

[ChildofGallifrey]

My favorite game (and soundtrack) of all time, Chrono Cross, has some truly epic pieces in it. While peoples opinions on the game are wildly mixed, almost everyone agrees that it has one of gaming's best scores.


Also, last years Bastion definitely deserves credit.

 

[Kriptonite]

Bastion for sure!

Nobody has put Braid on this list? Shameful I say!

 

[Raika]

You might as well call this a Nier thread.

 

[Darknacht]

Arcanum has one of the best musical soundtracks:
For ambient soundtracks the first 2 Fallouts are great.

 

[Chunga the Great]

Battlefield 2142 a million times over. It has the most atmospheric soundtrack I've ever heard in a game.

Others:

Call of Duty 1, 2, and 4 (3 was pretty good as well)
Halo 1, 2, and 3
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Skyrim
Napoleon: Total War
Total War: Shogun 2
Mirrors Edge
Battlefield 1942, Vietnam, and 2
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (absolutely amazing. Seriously, go look up the main theme on YouTube or something.)

 

[Chicago Ted]

I have to give two games credit for actually having me go out of my way to get their soundtrack. The first, is Bastion, which has already been mentioned. The second is Neotokyo. Never heard of it? Hear's a taste.


The entire soundtrack is nothing but pure concentrated epic. I suggest to anyone to listen to it as it is the best ambient electronic music I have ever heard (And that slight hint of eastern influence adds a lot to it).

 

[Fidelias]

The first two Golden Sun games had REALLY good soundtracks, especially for Gameboy games.

Spoiler: Golden Sun: The Lost Age- Magma Rock

Spoiler: Golden Sun: The Lost Age- Air's Rock

Spoiler: Golden Sun: The Lost Age- Mars Lighthouse Theme

I could keep going all night.

Now I won't be able to get these out of my head...

 

[JDLY]

I'm gonna have to go with a few others and say the ME2 and ME3 soundtracks.

You know games are awesome when their entire soundtrack is make via orchestra.

 

[Smiley Face]

There are so, so, SOO many. Hard to pick a personal favourite, different ones push different buttons.

The Legend of Zelda (Pretty much all of them, seriously)
Halo (CE, 2, ODST, 3)
Elder Scrolls (Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind)
Mass Effect (3, 1, 2's got some good, some bad)
Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas (The stuff on the radio's the real draw)
Fable (2, 1, 3)
Prince of Persia (The Remake)
Knights of the Old Republic
Assassin's Creed II, Brotherhood

Then there's some other ones that have some stuff of note - Deus Ex: HR, Bioshock, Jade Empire, Arkham City, etc.

And now I'll start monitoring this thread to see if there's anything of note I've missed.

 

[Medimorpho]

IDK, i have so many: Chrono Trigger, Zelda Skyward Sword, Ocarina of Time, Shadow of the Colossus. Oh, and my favorite, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

 

[lumenadducere]

Hmm, let's see if I can remember all the ones I've really enjoyed. I probably won't but I'll give it a shot. Only some of these actually are great "listen to on their own" soundtracks, the others are included because they go along with the game really well (IMO, of course).

Bastion
Neotokyo (mod rather than a game but the OST is amazing)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Mass Effect 3
Okami
Metroid Prime
The World Ends With You
To The Moon
Gemini Rue
Kingdom Hearts Series

Bah, that looks too short, so I know I'm forgetting some. But those are the ones that come immediately to mind. I think they all have phenomenal music and would definitely encourage everyone to check them out if they haven't already.

 

[Death Carr]

Apart from the already mentioned (Halo, Shadow of the Colossus etc), I'm going to have to offer up the superb Katawa Shoujo soundtrack, its fits the moments in the game perfectly.

 

[RRAAKK]

my favorite of all time is halo, every song on all of the sound tracks is amazing but i recently went back and listened to the metal arms; glitch in the system sountrack and thought it was pretty fuckin cool heres a link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foNN4Lia-ZU

ps dont get mad at me for my lack of caps, spilled some soda on my keyboard and the caps and shift dont work

 

[unstabLized]

One of the best ones that I've heard in my entire gaming life is the theme to Ace Combat Zero. I absolutely love it. It's my ringtone as well. I think it's called Zero. When it's being played while I'm watching the trailer, it gives me chills literally every time. Amazing Soundtrack.

 

[TheBoulder]

My all time favourite soundtrack has to be Red Dead Redemption's. No other soundtrack I've heard captured the feel of the game so flawlessly. My second favourite is Katawa Shoujo's. That feel.

 

[Blow_Pop]

Ico is pretty damned amazing.
Shadow of the Colossus
Metal Gear Solid(the entire series)
Final Fantasy has some good music
Much as I hate Halo some of the music is really good
Starcraft 1 and 2
WoW: Cataclysm (I own the soundtrack refuse to touch the games again)
Alice
Alice: Madness Returns

There's more on that list for me but I can't think of them at the moment. Too tired.

 

[KingCrInuYasha]

Anything from Zelda or Final Fantasy
Chrono Trigger
Secret Of Mana
Super Mario RPG
Earthbound
Shadow Of The Colossus
No More Heroes
Super Metroid
Castlevania III
Katamari Damacy
Banjo Kazooie
Metal Gear Solid

I could go on all night with this.