Best/Epic Theme Song/Menu Screen Music in Video Games

[MiracleOfSound]

Kratos gets all the best tunes

 

[Irridium]

Say what you will about other genres, but Soul Blade is easily the reigning champion for fighting games:


For the full version:

Oh wow, I forgot that Siegfried used to have short hair.

 

[breadsammich]

My absolute favorites:

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and

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though the second one is merely the music in one of the levels.

 

[Valok]

Well, most of the ones that I would recommend are already here soo..

There you go, WWII theme.

 

[DioWallachia]

LOL just new games?? Allow me to present to your new god Alex Brandon. He composed a bunch of soundtracks before for a few not well know games mostly THESE:

Deus Ex 1 Main Menu

Tyrian The Song Song (Main Menu)

Tyrian Buy/Sell Menu
Then we have these that are not related to him in any way:

IJI - maim menu theme:
(Since IJI deals with Nanomachines and dialog affected by gameplay ala Deus Ex, i think that Alex would have worked on this and still be amazing)

Vynyl Goddess From Mars - Main Theme:

The Binding of Isaac - Main Theme:

One Must Fall 2097:

Yume Nikki Gensou - Dirty Diary:

Hyper Princess Pitch - Title Screen Menu
Unfortunately, there are no other videos around and this one is just too short to hear all the song.

The best games have been already made. You just need to look back

 

[Skoldpadda]

How am I the first to post these?

 

[Chemical Alia]

My favorite is the Wolfenstein 3d menu. Not the the theme song. o:

 

[Dreamfiller]

Assasin's creed Revelations Menu theme/ Theme

So serene, and pieces of this tune are all over this game. Its beautifull...and near the end it brings an AC-fan to tears.

Guild wars: Nightfall Login Screen theme

Nostalgia....And epic chills..

Guild wars 2 Charr& Norn themes.
Did I mention how hyped I am for Guild wars 2? Now I have.

Okami- Final boss theme

Because its good. IT REALLY IS.

 

[Saxm13]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiwvZbXIQsQ

ALL the menus from Sonic Adventure 2 Battle.

Also any menu song from all Metroid Prime games.

Prelude from the Final Fantasy games as well as Dearly Beloved from the Kingdom Hearts are both extremely moving and wonderful pieces of music.

 

[Powdershred]

This song. It's called Alone in my Prison and it comes from an old BF1942 mod.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCrUGtsAtMA

 

[dancinginfernal]

Bap. Badap. Badadadadap. Bap bap bap badap.

 

[NerfedFalcon]

Chills up my spine, every time...


Dark, moody and with an amazing climax...


Somewhat slow, but put together well...


And this...I don't even know how to describe this one. Just listen...


...which then went on to get remixed a whole bunch more times for later games in the series. And may have been a remix itself, but I know nothing about the first generation.

 

[james0192]

My view of this may be slightly skewed by nostalgia:

On a side note here's an awesome metal cover of it:

 

[JasonKaotic]

I really love Dancing Mad. That's Kefka's final battle theme from Final Fantasy VI, for anyone who doesn't know.
First you fight the monsters that make up Kefka's tower, which is made up of three stages, one for each monster, the song changing as you progress, then finally fight Kefka at the top, during which the last part of the song plays.

Spoiler: Part 1, representing his love of destruction.

Spoiler: Part 2, representing his insanity.

Spoiler: Part 3, representing his narcissism.

Spoiler: Part 4, generally sums him up in a single song. Part.

 

[EHKOS]

I have to agree with ZOE. Damn that's awesome. Also, not a game, but Firefly's speaks to me.

 

[NewYork_Comedian]

I am shocked and slightly appalled that nobody has said the Civilization 4 menu theme yet!


I also thought that Civilization 5 had a pretty epic menu theme as well.

 

[Rooster893]

Call of Duty 3 wins it for me:

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So freaking EPIC!

 

[LookingGlass]

I have to bump this slightly old thread, because I find it completely unacceptable that no one mentioned Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.

Holy god this song is beautiful:
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[Scarim Coral]

I gonna just post menu screen music only since there are far too many theme songs for me to post!

Especially Combat 4. I could listen to a 12 hour rendition of that.

Spoiler: I love the Metroid Prime menu theme including 2 and 3!

Also I love the menu theme song used in Phantasy Star Online. It is so soothing and relaxing!