Post your favourite game soundtracks
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Oh, here's a big, and not complete, list (in no particular order):
Final Fantasy specifically FFIX (Uematsu's personal favorite, too), but every game up to 12 was a winner
Metroid The whole series is full of music that is moody and ominous, but energetic when it needs to be.
Guacamelee Best boss music evar! Almost every single track also has a World of the Dead alternate track.
Dark Cloud Listen to that catchy main theme
Halo somehow Martin O'Donnell made Gregorian Chant work as an FPS theme
God of War Absolutely epic and dark, There's a reason why one of my ringtones is GoW2's The End Begins.
Doom obvious (great) ripoffs of heavy metal songs of the day for fast paced action, foreboding pieces to make you uneasy when walking down cramped corridoors (Doom 64's, the real Doom 3, entire soundtrack was ambient, extremely evil sounding stuff.)
Mega Man X (mostly the first game) - Great tracks that fit the futuristic setting and individual level themes
Ecco the Dolphin and Tides of Time - moody, atmospheric (Can you tell I like that kind of music?) Ecco 1 especially gets the moody part right. The Genesis "twang" helped.
Sonic especially Sonic 3 and Knuckles, but the other classics, new compositions, and even the pop music work with him so well
Call of Duty: World at War The Red Army Theme alone wins, but the rest sure didn't need help.
Trine 1 and 2 Some complain about the first game's whimsical and similar sounding songs, but I think it fits the sort a fairy tale vibe of the game. Plus, it new when to pull out the epic and/or foreboding stuff (The Forge). Trine 2 fixed the complaints with a more varied soundtrack.
Okami An exceptional soundtrack with, of course, a traditional Japanese theme; filled with both peaceful, relaxing melodies and ominous leitmotifs
The Legend of Zelda IMHO, each game only has a handful of standout songs, but those themes are something.
Final Fantasy specifically FFIX (Uematsu's personal favorite, too), but every game up to 12 was a winner
Metroid The whole series is full of music that is moody and ominous, but energetic when it needs to be.
Guacamelee Best boss music evar! Almost every single track also has a World of the Dead alternate track.
Dark Cloud Listen to that catchy main theme
Halo somehow Martin O'Donnell made Gregorian Chant work as an FPS theme
God of War Absolutely epic and dark, There's a reason why one of my ringtones is GoW2's The End Begins.
Doom obvious (great) ripoffs of heavy metal songs of the day for fast paced action, foreboding pieces to make you uneasy when walking down cramped corridoors (Doom 64's, the real Doom 3, entire soundtrack was ambient, extremely evil sounding stuff.)
Mega Man X (mostly the first game) - Great tracks that fit the futuristic setting and individual level themes
Ecco the Dolphin and Tides of Time - moody, atmospheric (Can you tell I like that kind of music?) Ecco 1 especially gets the moody part right. The Genesis "twang" helped.
Sonic especially Sonic 3 and Knuckles, but the other classics, new compositions, and even the pop music work with him so well
Call of Duty: World at War The Red Army Theme alone wins, but the rest sure didn't need help.
Trine 1 and 2 Some complain about the first game's whimsical and similar sounding songs, but I think it fits the sort a fairy tale vibe of the game. Plus, it new when to pull out the epic and/or foreboding stuff (The Forge). Trine 2 fixed the complaints with a more varied soundtrack.
Okami An exceptional soundtrack with, of course, a traditional Japanese theme; filled with both peaceful, relaxing melodies and ominous leitmotifs
The Legend of Zelda IMHO, each game only has a handful of standout songs, but those themes are something.
Only posting ones I haven't seen here yet:
So there you go, about a day's worth of awesome music I wish I could play any time.
Favourites: Demon of Darkness and Garuda
Favourites: Magnetic Rumble, Nothing Beats, and Falling Down
Favourites: Flying in the Midst of a Storm, Wings, Black as Sin, Red as Blood, all of the Abyss songs (the only optional dungeon ever where the music gets progressively creepier remixes the further in you go!)
So there you go, about a day's worth of awesome music I wish I could play any time.
Planescape: Torment. Deionarra's theme alone makes it, but the rest of the soundtrack is awesome too.
But my favorite is definitely Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Seriously every song in that game is just perfect:
And of course God of War is great all around, but Phoenix Rising is my favorite one:
But my favorite is definitely Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Seriously every song in that game is just perfect:
And of course God of War is great all around, but Phoenix Rising is my favorite one:
For me it would be the following 2. I'm sure there are more, but I don't have time to think about a long list of them.
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I like pretty much anything by Frank Klepacki, standout is Red Alert.
Aside from that I'm pretty unconcerned with game soundtracks, normally if I like a soundtrack it's because it meshes well with the game. Frank Klepacki is basically the only game music I listen to on my phone.
Aside from that I'm pretty unconcerned with game soundtracks, normally if I like a soundtrack it's because it meshes well with the game. Frank Klepacki is basically the only game music I listen to on my phone.
Too many to say at this point. I'll only share one since I don't want to be doing this all day. 
It perfectly fits the moments its first used in the game, and it never stops being awesome. It also works well in conjunction with its calmer, "un-ablazed" version.
It perfectly fits the moments its first used in the game, and it never stops being awesome. It also works well in conjunction with its calmer, "un-ablazed" version.
Katamari Damacy
We Love Katmari
Breath of Fire 3 (yes, Jazzy FM Synth stylings and all)
Final Fantasy Tactics
Xenogears
Final Fantasy VI
Chrono Trigger
Etrian Odyssey IV & Etrian Odyssey Untold.
We Love Katmari
Breath of Fire 3 (yes, Jazzy FM Synth stylings and all)
Final Fantasy Tactics
Xenogears
Final Fantasy VI
Chrono Trigger
Etrian Odyssey IV & Etrian Odyssey Untold.
By far my favorite game and soundtrack. Great on its own, even better when it's perfectly setting the tone, and mood of each stage.
Same deal, but in a much more frantic manner.
Again, same deal. However, this time around it's much more diverse. Frantic when it calls for it, serene when the atmosphere is right, and downright creepy when things start getting real.
Wanna go fast? There's no better way.
Unless you're Sonic; then there's a much better way.
I'm genuinely surprised I have yet to see most of these games show up yet, 2 of them are specifically referenced as some of the best soundtracks of all time (definitely up there among Indie Games).
My dad actually refused to believe this was a game soundtrack when I put it on one time.
Well there's the Crash Twinsanity soundtrack
The Crash Tag Team Racing soundtrack
The Neverhood soundtrack(despite never having played the game myself)
And then there's the Red Faction soundtrack
The Crash Tag Team Racing soundtrack
Unfortunately there is no single video of the whole soundtrack so this is the best I can do.
Granted, that's not the full soundtrack either, but most of what's left out isn't that great anyway.
Granted, that's not the full soundtrack either, but most of what's left out isn't that great anyway.
Fuck to the yes for Rayman Origins and Legends.DizzyChuggernaut said:
The Neverhood soundtrack(despite never having played the game myself)
And then there's the Red Faction soundtrack