Your favorite music in a game

[KingKamor]

Or just "Games with great music" is fine, too.

My all-time favorite music will always be in the Ar Tonelico series. Sure, they aren't the best JRPGs out there, but God damn it did they have great music.

My favorite would have to be "Waltz of Gears" for instrumental dungeon music, but I wouldn't be able to choose from the amazing list of hymns that the game provides. My top picks would be "Exec_VIENA," "Exec_HARMONIOUS_FUSION," and "MIO," to say nothing of both games' opening hymns.

Feel free to post links to music or to ask for links.

EDIT: in the meantime, here's one of my Ar Tonelico favorites:

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

 

[Internet Kraken]

Perfect traveling music.

 

[Legion]

The intro to Halo is excellent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjvo0SPAOiQ

As is the music for Metal Gear Solid 2, it starts properly at 0:48: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfKA4b5SFq4

 

[Proteus214]

Jet Force Gemini, the SS Anubis. Always been my favorite.

 

[CaptainDyanmite]

Oh man...there are so many...

Snake Eater (MGS3)
Those Who Fight Further (FF7)
Dancing Mad (FF6)
Otherworld (FF10)
Butcher Pete (Fallout 3) Especially when you are tearing up Raider caves...
Zero Tolerance (Zero Tolerance)
The ending theme of .Hack (.Hack)
Theme to MGS2 (MGS2)
Make The Win (Devil May Cry 3)
Chaos & Dissidia (Dissidia)
Whatever the Theme to Hitman Blood Money is.
And of course who could forget...ZELDA THEME!

There are many more but that is a pretty good sampler plate.

 

[Snuggle]

Braid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kflCLshkOg

Red Alert 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cenim1nTWg&feature=related

Mirrors Edge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjsE1JZCSno

Mass Effect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVm_ljDSdwA

Vietcong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuYL-keoGvU

And the entire soundtrack of Fallout 3

To name a few

 

[Orang.Otang]

Amon Tobin's soundtrack to Chaos Theory. I was already a huge Tobin fan, so it was an obvious incentive to buy the game, and of course the vinyl.

Hitman's use of Ave Maria as well: oxymoronically sinister.

 

[The Rockerfly]

Taste the blood- DMC3
Possibly the best slash 'em up music ever created by man kind

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[Hotfoottfox]

What, no one's mentioned Zelda yet?

I don't really listen to the music in games, so I feel very out of place here... I don't even remember why I keep the volume down all the time, anyway. Most of the games I own have bad music, so I gave up, I guess.

Zelda has good music. Like the Song of Storms.

 

[Pillypill]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf3rB-KI7kk&feature=related

the halo rock theme.

 

[New Troll]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

So many good games with great music.

Spoiler: The Opened Way - Shadow of the Colossus

Spoiler: Metal Gear Solid Theme

Spoiler: To Zanarkand - Final Fantasy X

All of those games have amazing soundtracks.

Oh, and Simple & clean from Kingdom Hearts..

I love you. In fact, that's just reminded me of some epic tracks from Kingdom Hearts, so I think I shall post them.

Spoiler: Kingdom Hearts flavoured goodness!

 

[Kajt]

Spoiler: Frank Klepacki - Hell March 2

Admit it, you freaking love it.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Silent Hill

Shadow of the Colossus

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Alot of songs from Halo were really good. Especially in the first two games. The music in the third was 'meh'.

 

[Hutchy_Bear]

 

[Concon141]

Definately Sander Cohens Masterpiece [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDvrfPVxRdw] from Bioshock
Fantastic piano that pulls you into the game and has you on the edge of your seat

OR the extended version Here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92P3UEjwwoU]

 

[Proteus214]

Spoiler: Frank Klepacki - Hell March 2

Admit it, you freaking love it.

All I have to say is...GOD DAMN!

 

[CoverYourHead]

Jet Force Gemini, the SS Anubis. Always been my favorite.

And here I thought I was the only one that remembered Jet Force Gemini.

I'd have to say The Presidium in Mass Effect. I love that song to tears.