Top 3 Best soundtracks
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-Half-Life 2
-Final Fantasy (pretty much all of them)
-Halo 1
-It pains me to say this but even Wow had some music that fitted the area
-Jade Empire
But if I have to chose a soundtrack for a movie. I'd say that John Murphy did a good job with the 28 days later series
I would love it, if they made a 28 days later video game. (Either FPS or survival horror).
-Half-Life 2
-Final Fantasy (pretty much all of them)
-Halo 1
-It pains me to say this but even Wow had some music that fitted the area
-Jade Empire
But if I have to chose a soundtrack for a movie. I'd say that John Murphy did a good job with the 28 days later series
I would love it, if they made a 28 days later video game. (Either FPS or survival horror).
WWE Smackdown vs Raw FTW. Introduced me to Breaking Benjamin and Zebrahead, now two of my favourite bands.
Any of the Tony Hawks games, they had sweet soundtracks.
Any of the Tony Hawks games, they had sweet soundtracks.
That's tough, but I'd have to go with...
Chrono Trigger
The Halo Series
Tie: Gears of War and Super Mario Galaxy
Chrono Trigger is just incredible: it has many, many songs that fit the mood beautifully. If you want some amazing music, look for Chrono Symphonic: a collection of fan-made remixes/orchestrations of Chrono Trigger. Incredible stuff.
The Halo series... say what you want about the hype, but the music in those games were fantastic. One of my favorite moments for musical design in video games is at the end of Halo 3. A track is playing as you progress through the last level, and when you get to a certain point, the last cutscene starts. The music flows directly into it, not breaking or pausing from gameplay to video. The music has been at a different spot for that last scene every time I've played it, and it still works beautifully each and every time.
I didn't expect much from the Gears soundtrack, but my cousin got it and told me to listen to it, and it is one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard. It's amazing, and fits the game perfectly, having a dark, apocalyptic sound while capturing the heroic feel of your mission. Fantastic soundtrack.
Super Mario Galaxy just astounded me. I never expected such epic and beautiful music from a Mario game: sure, the series has always had great music, but this sounded like an epic sci-fi adventure, while still encompassing the fun feel of Mario. From epic orchestra pieces to calming piano songs, this soundtrack is one of the surprisingly best soundtracks I have ever heard.
However, I have to give some honorable mentions here. The Final Fantasy series has amazing music: each and every game. Even X-2, for how much hate it gets, actually has a fantastic soundtrack. The Final Fantasy VII compilation, in particular, is awesome: the Crisis Core soundtrack is fantastic, and I don't think there's a Final Fantasy VII fan out there that doesn't shed a tear whenever Aeris' theme plays.
Beyond Good and Evil is another one that is more than worth mentioning, but all of us who were lucky/smart enough to experience that game know that the whole game is amazing in pretty much every way. All of you, play that game so you will be ready when the sequel finally comes out!
I would mention the Super Smash Bros. Brawl soundtrack, but that's just cheap. But it has orchestrations and arrangements of some of the best music gaming has ever known. 313 tracks of it. And they orchestrated the Tetris song. How can you go wrong with that? !?
Chrono Trigger
The Halo Series
Tie: Gears of War and Super Mario Galaxy
Chrono Trigger is just incredible: it has many, many songs that fit the mood beautifully. If you want some amazing music, look for Chrono Symphonic: a collection of fan-made remixes/orchestrations of Chrono Trigger. Incredible stuff.
The Halo series... say what you want about the hype, but the music in those games were fantastic. One of my favorite moments for musical design in video games is at the end of Halo 3. A track is playing as you progress through the last level, and when you get to a certain point, the last cutscene starts. The music flows directly into it, not breaking or pausing from gameplay to video. The music has been at a different spot for that last scene every time I've played it, and it still works beautifully each and every time.
I didn't expect much from the Gears soundtrack, but my cousin got it and told me to listen to it, and it is one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard. It's amazing, and fits the game perfectly, having a dark, apocalyptic sound while capturing the heroic feel of your mission. Fantastic soundtrack.
Super Mario Galaxy just astounded me. I never expected such epic and beautiful music from a Mario game: sure, the series has always had great music, but this sounded like an epic sci-fi adventure, while still encompassing the fun feel of Mario. From epic orchestra pieces to calming piano songs, this soundtrack is one of the surprisingly best soundtracks I have ever heard.
However, I have to give some honorable mentions here. The Final Fantasy series has amazing music: each and every game. Even X-2, for how much hate it gets, actually has a fantastic soundtrack. The Final Fantasy VII compilation, in particular, is awesome: the Crisis Core soundtrack is fantastic, and I don't think there's a Final Fantasy VII fan out there that doesn't shed a tear whenever Aeris' theme plays.
Beyond Good and Evil is another one that is more than worth mentioning, but all of us who were lucky/smart enough to experience that game know that the whole game is amazing in pretty much every way. All of you, play that game so you will be ready when the sequel finally comes out!
I would mention the Super Smash Bros. Brawl soundtrack, but that's just cheap. But it has orchestrations and arrangements of some of the best music gaming has ever known. 313 tracks of it. And they orchestrated the Tetris song. How can you go wrong with that? !?
1. Guilty Gear X - Music is a HUGE selling point of Guilty Gear. Nearly every theme is unadulterated awesomeness.
2. Mega Man X - Who has played this game that doesn't love the intro stage music, or Storm Eagle's theme?
3. Gunz: The Duel - It's one of them Korean games that you can download off the net for free, so I doubt many people have heard of it, but the lobby has a calm, quieting, western theme. Some of the battle themes kick ass as well.
2. Mega Man X - Who has played this game that doesn't love the intro stage music, or Storm Eagle's theme?
3. Gunz: The Duel - It's one of them Korean games that you can download off the net for free, so I doubt many people have heard of it, but the lobby has a calm, quieting, western theme. Some of the battle themes kick ass as well.
Van Halen must be in GUitar Hero by now, cause if they haven't someone doesn't mett the standards neede to create a franchise based on great guitar songsTheNecroswanson said:
but, yeah, my favourites:
Metroid Prime
Some (but not all) of the track themes on F-Zero GX
A Link to the Past (don't ask me why, I just love it)
And Super Mario 64 (good ole childhood regression)
writing that has made me realise how much of a nintendo fanboy i am
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I can't believe people are mentioning modern Sonic games... It's just nasty, skank rock. : /
Though I didn't notice it until my most recent playthrough, Half-Life 2 really had some great music thrown in. The original Halo music was better than Halo 2, but Halo 2 was decent.
Though I didn't notice it until my most recent playthrough, Half-Life 2 really had some great music thrown in. The original Halo music was better than Halo 2, but Halo 2 was decent.
I could never decide on just three...
Starcraft has a very ambient soundtrack, and it's still epic.
Portal's soundtrack is very good, and not only the ending song.
The Curse of monkey island 3 has an amazing soundtrack as well.
The only one I'm sure is on the list is the soundtrack to The bards tale. It's hilarious, catchy and fits the game like a glove.
The soundtrack in Bloodlines is also awesome, and so is the one in Penumbra episode 1.
Starcraft has a very ambient soundtrack, and it's still epic.
Portal's soundtrack is very good, and not only the ending song.
The Curse of monkey island 3 has an amazing soundtrack as well.
The only one I'm sure is on the list is the soundtrack to The bards tale. It's hilarious, catchy and fits the game like a glove.
The soundtrack in Bloodlines is also awesome, and so is the one in Penumbra episode 1.
There's so many gems to choose from, but for my top 3 I'd have to pick:
Chrono Cross
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Xenogears
Honourable mentions to the Metal Gear series (pretty much any of 'em really), Parasite Eve, FFVIII (even though I absolutely detested the game) and Zone of the Enders the 2nd Runner.
Chrono Cross
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Xenogears
Honourable mentions to the Metal Gear series (pretty much any of 'em really), Parasite Eve, FFVIII (even though I absolutely detested the game) and Zone of the Enders the 2nd Runner.
