I would have to say... Wild Arms 2. The intro music is awesome. Zone Of The Enders 2nd Runner, because the mix of orchestra and classical music was very well done. The Metal Gear Solid theme is one of my favorite orchestral pieces ever, and I have several different versions of it on my iPod. PaRappa The Rapper had one of the coolest soundtracks ever (it was original music, shut up). Shadow of The Colossus, because it was amazing how much emotion the music carried. Oh, and how could I forget. The Myst Series has some of the greatest music ever written by mortal hands. If you walked up to almost anyone who owned a mac in the 90's and sang "Dun Dun, dun dun" (you know what I'm talking about), they would smile and give you a high five. Finally, Silent Hill, as the OP said.
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Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. One of the best soundtracks I've ever heard.
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=treythemovie
That account has pretty much the entire soundtrack on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C39CUQtWIzA
By far the best song from the game IMO.
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=treythemovie
That account has pretty much the entire soundtrack on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C39CUQtWIzA
By far the best song from the game IMO.
The main theme from Morrowind still sends a shiver down my spine, although most of the music in that game is pretty generic classical stuff. The music in the last three GTA games was pretty sweet, I particularly enjoyed some of the cheesy country music in San Andreas, despite having a general hatred for that genre it just seemed to fit somehow with the mood of the game. The music from the original mechwarrior games (whatever happened to that series?) was also pretty amazing.
I'm not. I absolutely loved the entire soundtrack. In fact, like you, I prefer some of the other songs to Still Alive. I personally love "4000 Degrees Kelvin", "No Cake For You", and "Stop What You Are Doing".Katana314 said:
I also have to agree on this point as well. I felt the soundtrack accentuated the game very well. It was atmospheric, had a hard edge when needed, and remained true to the games story (thematically).Andrenavarro said:
Super Smash Brothers Brawl was hands down best songs ever. Being born in the era of pixelated heroes and 16-bit noises. Other than that:
BioShock (yes, I own the music score)
EarthBound (if you don't know it, you need to get out of your rock)
Mario (ridiculously overplayed, but still awesome)
Kirby (remix galore, and still good)
Silent Hill (scary and still good)
Resident Evil (same as above)
One complaint about BioShocks music, it had only 12 tracks, and each one of them only played at specific times, and usually in only one area:
1. Main Theme (played during the intro)
2. Welcome to Rapture (played during the intro)
3. Dr. Steinman (played during bossfight with Dr. Steinman/Peach Wilkins)
4. The Docks (for some reason, while wandering the Smugglers Cave)
5. The Dash (played after the submarine was blown up)
6. Step Into my Gardens (played at recurring moments when a houdini splicer attacked)
7. Dancers on a String (played during the first encounter of Cohen)
8. Cohens Masterpiece (what Kyle Fitzpatrick "attempts" at playing, also played in the atrium when you return from retrieving a picture)
9. The Engine City (when you get attacked at Ryan Andrews doorstep, prior to opening it)
10. Empty Houses (while rummaging through Olympus Heights, in Suchongs Apartment)
11. This is Where they Sleep (while rummaging through Apollo Square, in a random apartment)
12. All Spliced Up (once, during the final battle, and somehow, NOT repeated!)
BioShock (yes, I own the music score)
EarthBound (if you don't know it, you need to get out of your rock)
Mario (ridiculously overplayed, but still awesome)
Kirby (remix galore, and still good)
Silent Hill (scary and still good)
Resident Evil (same as above)
One complaint about BioShocks music, it had only 12 tracks, and each one of them only played at specific times, and usually in only one area:
1. Main Theme (played during the intro)
2. Welcome to Rapture (played during the intro)
3. Dr. Steinman (played during bossfight with Dr. Steinman/Peach Wilkins)
4. The Docks (for some reason, while wandering the Smugglers Cave)
5. The Dash (played after the submarine was blown up)
6. Step Into my Gardens (played at recurring moments when a houdini splicer attacked)
7. Dancers on a String (played during the first encounter of Cohen)
8. Cohens Masterpiece (what Kyle Fitzpatrick "attempts" at playing, also played in the atrium when you return from retrieving a picture)
9. The Engine City (when you get attacked at Ryan Andrews doorstep, prior to opening it)
10. Empty Houses (while rummaging through Olympus Heights, in Suchongs Apartment)
11. This is Where they Sleep (while rummaging through Apollo Square, in a random apartment)
12. All Spliced Up (once, during the final battle, and somehow, NOT repeated!)
Four pages and no mention of Chrono Cross. That's just not right. Maybe the average person here is too young to appreciate it? =)
Seriously though, there hasn't been a game to date that has matched up a soundtrack to art design and atmosphere as well as well as Cross did. It was nothing short of a triumph in sound editing and design. The individual songs themselves were high quality, too.
Shadow of the Colossus and Final Fantasy Tactics are also good choices that have already been mentioned.
Seriously though, there hasn't been a game to date that has matched up a soundtrack to art design and atmosphere as well as well as Cross did. It was nothing short of a triumph in sound editing and design. The individual songs themselves were high quality, too.
Shadow of the Colossus and Final Fantasy Tactics are also good choices that have already been mentioned.
I liked the Chrono Cross music, I even imported the OST CDs. It's just hard to remember how great the music in a game was when the game itself was so very blah.shinseitori said:
And from reading posts I remembered that I should have mentioned Guilty Gear too.
Vampire Bloodlines... briliantly atmospheric with a bunch of fantastic wierd rock/metal type tracks thrown in for good measure.
Such a shame that game tanked.
Such a shame that game tanked.
Skies of Arcadia, Shenmue and Headhunter. Yeah, I know, all on the same system, but C'MON. Skies of Arcadia has some of the best battle music ever, it's a privilege to hear Jack's theme in Headhunter, and Shenmue's music is just.... lovely.
Completely agree with that. shadow of the colossus soundtrack is just amazing, matches the moods of the game perfectly.RedSigma said:
For a pure entertainment soundtrack, I would vote for Tony Hawks 2.
Actually, I think it loses because it only has one track and that's not that good. Otherwise, every 360 game there is (and possibly PS3/Wii; not experimented with those consoles to date) wins the same victory, since you can customise the music for every game. In fact, I recommend getting the track "Libera me" from hell from the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann OST (called BEST SOUND), and playing the first level of DMC4. Skip the cutscene where Nero fights random scarescrows, skip to the 2nd one, where Dante jumps in through the glass roof. I somehow made it sync perfectly to the cutscene and the fight. Most enjoyable single-player experience to date on my 360.Meshakhad said:
I'm genuinely surprised that someone actually likes that music. Good for you, but I can't stand it.tofutiles said:
Halo's music is good, but the themes were repeated too often. I listened to the OST's for both Halo 2 and 3, and they're soooo similar.
I assume that Final Fantasy's been mentioned somewhere between this post and the first page? If it's not... then, I dunno. I think I'd need to go check if things still fall down when I drop them.
I liked the music in Fable. Very nice sound that really reinforced the whole "story" or "faerie-tale" art theme. Just very appropriate. Sort of samey after a while, though.
Team Fortress 2, I loved the music of. That said, it only had music on the main menu, where it picked out of 4 or 5 tracks randomly. But those tracks are marvellous. They add soooo much to the theme.
In before Nobuo Uematsu fanboy circlewank.
I'm surprised someone else mentioned Colony Wars, thought I was the only old-timer who remembered the good old PS1 days. Especially CW1's 'good' ending, the music was downright cinematic.
I also remember a strategy game for PS1, whose name escapes me at the moment - you had 3 each of a Humvee, a helicopter, tank, and APC, and the point was to capture the enemy's flag with the Humvee. Every vehicle had as its own theme music different classical music, 'Ride of the Valkyries' was the heli theme (natch) and the Hummer had 'Flight of the Bumblebee' until you captured the other guy's flag, and 'William Tell Overture' on the mad dash back to your own base.
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Get off my lawn you damn kids.
I'm surprised someone else mentioned Colony Wars, thought I was the only old-timer who remembered the good old PS1 days. Especially CW1's 'good' ending, the music was downright cinematic.
I also remember a strategy game for PS1, whose name escapes me at the moment - you had 3 each of a Humvee, a helicopter, tank, and APC, and the point was to capture the enemy's flag with the Humvee. Every vehicle had as its own theme music different classical music, 'Ride of the Valkyries' was the heli theme (natch) and the Hummer had 'Flight of the Bumblebee' until you captured the other guy's flag, and 'William Tell Overture' on the mad dash back to your own base.
...
Get off my lawn you damn kids.