What videogame music can be up to classic music?

[Bill Bread]

Halo ODST has some very good music. Shame reach was so shit.

 

[delanofilms]

Halo has has a fantastic sountrack that she could probably get into.

Thank GOD someone said it.
OT: Persona 4. Shadow of the Colossus. Silent Hill 2, though exclusively for atmosphere.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

Some of my favourite pieces of music from games I've heard.

 

[almightygherkin]

If it's classical she wants, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin would be better than Blood Money

 

[e033x]

The reason the person the OP mentioned are completily valid IMO. Game music music has much in common with film music, and they differ from classical music in that they have a purpose, namely building up the moods in the movie/game. Much classical music is much more complex, and is made to work without any visual stimuli. Also classical (especially contemporary) cater to a very different, and smaller, crowd than movie/game music. Game music tries to cater to everyone, thus makin simpler music everyone can understand.

What im tryin to say is that movie/game music is much simpler, and optimized to work well with its medium. Therefore those who like classical music may not like it, due to its simplicity, and the fact that it doesn't work that well on its own.

BTW, i am also a classical musician, and i love both classical and game/film music.

EDIT: One can compare playing music without its movie/game to playing music without its lyrics.

 

[AMX58]

I would say Mass Effect 2 and the Resident Evil series which i mean all of them

 

[Blow_Pop]

Ico and Castlevania

 

[DKen2021]

See if this song would change here mind of the 'bleeps and bloops'. It's not from any game, but it's still relative.

 

[LittleBlondeGoth]

Actually, this is probably one of the best and most famous...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrSCbe5e9nQ

No idea how to embed a YouTube clip, sorry. But it's the Opera scene from Final Fantasy VI, the aria with Maria and Draco. Just makes me cry every time. Big girl...

 

[Moeez]

BTW, I'll do a follow-up on this when she comes back from her cellist run to Portugal. So, expect a bump a few weeks later.

It's true that the music she might not like is more down to her memory and social standing than actually have governed all other music to be not worthy.

See if this song would change here mind of the 'bleeps and bloops'. It's not from any game, but it's still relative.

There absolutely NEEDS to be an orchestral version of that! "Bleeps and blops" can give some pretty complex stuff. Let's come to the defense of that!

Mega Man 2:

Bionic Commando Rearmed:

 

[RuralGamer]

Ace Combat 5 came out in 2004.

This; Ace Combat 5 has an amazing soundtrack, but I prefer this song;

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This song always makes teary. One day I'd like to know who the singer is; they have a beautiful voice.

Another Ace Combat song I have to confess I really like is this;

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Most of the series final mission osts are epic orchestral stuff; I love the Spanish guitar in this one. Especially considering that around you there are nuclear weapons blasting into the atmosphere and you have only minutes to stop them.

 

[Cheesus333]

Shazam!


Ooooh, shivers. Please show her this one, I'd very much like to know what she thinks.