Favourite video game music

[GamemasterAnthony]

I like a lot of the music from the Pokémon series. Here are a few of my favorite themes just from Black and White

Village Bridge theme [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDFL58k3U6c]
N's Farewell - great for any fans of the piano [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzKRuwKyJmY]
The rather epic sounding ending theme [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3yYGioc7cY]

And, just to show I also like songs from the older games...

Ronald's theme from Pokémon TCG [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al1TH4WOYCM] which also had an update [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMpWtk0wy7E] for the Japan only sequel

and

My favorite villian team battle theme [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGMf-72v7bo]

CAPTCHA: over the top

I disagree, Captcha.

 

[EeviStev]

The Basement theme from The Binding of Isaac.

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[Yostbeef]

There is so much great music in gaming,before voice acting it was the best way to convey emotion in a lot of games.It easily one of my favorite aspects of a game,and I can never just pick one.I will call out one that I played recently though.Bioshock infinite was just a beautiful audio experience all around,and just a plain great game.

 

[Sp3ratus]

I've always loved the Halo series dedication to making the music a core part of the experience. I guess when you've got a Marty O'Donnel on your payroll, you get that kind of awesome.

I agree with that. My personal favourite of his work is Halo 2, specifically:

Spoiler: Impend

and

Spoiler: Peril

The soundtrack in its entirety is awesome though, but I really like the above two.

As for my own contribution to the thread, I'll say:

Journey(shame on you, Escapist for not having mentioned it yet!):

Spoiler: Apotheosis

Age of Empires(1):

Spoiler: Dawn of a New Age and New Technology

HoMM4:

Spoiler: Desolation and Water theme

Popolous: The Beginning:

Spoiler: Track 1

Deus Ex: HR:

Spoiler: Detroit Ambient

 

[spartandude]

not gonna lie i am disspointed by this thread (with some exceptions like halo and assassins creed)

this is probably my favorite


with this as a runner up



Jeremy Soule and Martin O'Donnell are both fantastic

 

[Jodan]

i work out regularity to red alerts hell march
as well as some of the music from the total wars series.
and i loved the RTCW soundtrack

i dont know if its the music itself or its timing but the freespace games always had good music. enemy ship jumps in a little fanfare plays and then booming battle music epic every time.
as for backgound music i nevery really got tired of any of the music from freelancer or the elderscrolls games. even after 100+ hours of gameplay

 

[Crowns18]

This

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[The Enquirer]

Pretty much anything from Timesplitters. Lo and behold one of the few games credit sequences I actually play through to watch.

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:EDIT: for some reason it is not letting me embed the video here so here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6KalxoxfjE

 

[Naeras]

There are so many great, great, great video game soundtracks out there that I'll only manage to mention a fraction of them right off the bat. But okay.
I currently listen to quite a lot of music from fighting games. Specifically, King of Fighters XIII, Persona 4: Arena, Street Fighter: Alpha 3 and Guilty Gear. I really love instrumental music, especially instrumental rock, and these games provide that. Well, except SFA3, which is just a nostalgia-trip all over.

Spoiler: King of Fighters - Arashi no Saxophone

Spoiler: Persona 4: Arena - The Arena

Spoiler: Street Fighter: Alpha 3 - Theme of Zangief

Spoiler: Guilty Gear Xrd trailer, because screw you the music is badass

Spoiler: F-Zero X - Big Blue (not a fighting game, but this song is legendary for a reason)

..yeah, that kind of music. There's also a shitload of great stuff in JRPGs, as well as the more symphonical music you find in most AAA games nowadays.

I might reply again here, because there's more stuff worth mentioning D:

 

[Demolition_Human]

My gosh, where to start? Chrono Trigger had some real good music!!

Shadow of the Colossus, because Shadow of the Colossus!!!

And Hotline Miami, its freaking awesome!!

 

[alphamalet]

It seems like the fine folks of the Escapist have covered most of the bases that should be covered already, but the lack of Silent Hill must be corrected.

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[Sleepy Sol]

Spoiler: King of Fighters - Arashi no Saxophone

I love just about every theme Iori had has in the entire KoF series. Good pick.

Anyways, for me, a number of tracks I would have mentioned have been taken, so...I'll try to contribute some others.

This theme always strikes me as completely fitting to the melancholy tone of the whole game. It's a wonderful piece of music.
Great boss theme.

Spoiler: figured I should get one more Shin Megami Tensei piece in here, too many to pick, but here's one

Digital Devil Saga 2's final boss theme. No particular reason why I picked this one, since there is SO much good music spread across the entire SMT series, from the original main games to Persona.

 

[Dark Prophet]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SoC had some very good ambient music hauntig and dark.


Mirror's Edge soundtrack by Solar Fields is also great but the main menu song is just fantastic and I know the music itself is from Still Alive by Lisa Miskovsky.

And special mention goes to this little song from Half-Life 2.

 

[Holythirteen]

Wow can't believe how far back I'm going here....

Battletoads & Double Dragon had some awesome tracks.

Spoiler: Title Theme

Spoiler: Level 1

MegaMan X - Personal Classics for me, may not have held up as well as I think it did...

Spoiler: Boomer Kuwanger Stage

Spoiler: Storm Eagle Stage

Mentioned but without links: Megaman 2

Spoiler: intro

 

[Luca72]

Don't see this one brought up a lot, but it's probably my favorite: Command and Conquer - Tiberian Sun. It's electronic and moody, but it's energetic as hell. Reminds me of the Fight Club soundtrack in a lot of ways.

This one starts at around 1:20. Ambient intro is a bit long, but the mood of this song is a great payoff.
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This one has a long intro too, about a minute. This whole song plays out like an adventure though.
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[TheMigrantSoldier]

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Favorite version of the song. Powerful and full of energy.

 

[JagermanXcell]

I find the lack of Metal Gear Rising in this thread disturbing....

Beat me to it, definitely an underrated blood pumping soundtrack.

OT:
This gives me chills of joy


This just gives me joy


And this is just good in general

 

[Chester Rabbit]

Boy do I wish I knew how to hide all this in spoiler tags but I tried that once and failed so here I go and I apologise.


Dear GOD this just makes that level a freaking joy to play! As a matter of fact that's exactly what this song is. The emotion of joy being interpreted through music.


Honestly that 80?s synth sound is just my favourite sound in music. I love it and thank god for the soundtrack to this game.


I can safely say that this is now my favourite piece of music. It's just so calming and paints such a pleasant image in my mind and I have yet to get tired of hearing it. It's actually my default background music now(not that I had any before). Whenever I go to read or draw or heck sometimes even when I am going to bed I will just leave it on repeat.
Oddly enough I discovered a version without any ambiance which is my preferred version but either one will do.



Like no one saw this coming! Seriously we have all said it. This song just wraps up this game perfectly and leaves you with your jaw hanging.


This music did damage I kid you not. If you ever see me in threads going on about my fear of water in games or in real life depending on the circumstances (weeds or in the dark) Now you know the reason WHY!
And yet, likely because of it having such a significant affect on me, it?s one of my favourite pieces of music in gaming.



a soft mellow song that always gets me in a creative mood. Then again the world that it comes with probably helps seeing how it is just full of odd things and pleasant colors.


The perfect stealth music. At least if you're a spy in a tux
Well along with this aswell
I'm just a sucker for that elegant stealth music.





Just the song you want to listen to when you are about to kick ass and have a whole new package of bubble gum.


*shudders* I first heard this in the demo and there it was the music for the school and jesus did that ever make that place unnerving.

And okay now I am just feeling like an annoyance so I will stop with the youtube links
The rest

Halo 2 - Never Forget
Legacy Of Kain 2 Soul Reaver - Ozar Midrashim
Sonic Generations - Crisis City "Classic"
Deus Ex Human Revolution - Icarus
Deus Ex - Enemy Within
Tenchu Wrath of Heaven - The Graveyard
Sonic Adventure 2 - Live and Learn
Sonic Adventure 2 - Green Forest
Mass Effect 2 - The Shadow Broker score
Mass Effect 3 ? Purgatory
Bioshock ? The Ocean on his shoulders
Bioshock ? Dancers on a String
Mass Effect 2 ? Suicide Mission
Re-Loaded ? The City
Torchlight 2 - Main Menu Theme
Nightmare Creatures - Level 1

 

[Toxic Sniper]

I've seen Dark Souls mentioned, but I'd actually say that Demon's Souls beats it in the music department.

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The only theme in Dark Souls that really matched the uniqueness and impact of these themes for me was the final boss's, which is exquisite.

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