Your Top 10 Video Game Soundtrack Picks

[mxfox408]

everyone has a list of game soundtracks that they all love, so why not post your favorite 10? ill post mine, not in any order since I love them all.

01). Chrono Trigger
02). Final Fantasy VI, VII, VIII, and X
03). Warcraft Series(including World of Warcraft)
04). Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty
05). Mass Effect 1, and 2
06). Chrono Cross
07). Super Metroid
08). Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of time, Majoras Mask, Wind Waker, and A Link to the past
09). Zone of the Ender's The 2nd Runner
10). Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2(Hanz Zimmer FTW)

Well maybe thats more than 10 but you all get the picture these are all amazing sound tracks.

 

[Jaqen Hghar]

Let's see... I am unable to rank these, but I might reach ten:
Super Meat Boy
Red Dead Redemption
Legend of Zelda (as a whole really, but mainly OoT and MM)
Assassin's Creed II
Monkey Island series
Fallout 1 and 2
Bioshock
Stubbs the Zombie

eh... yeah, that is what I can remember from the top of my head. Probably forgetting something really good. I'd say either Red Dead or Super Meat Boy takes the number one spot.

 

[Choppaduel]

half-life series
some of the Zelda series

Thats 10 right?

oh and littlebigplanet, srry my memory for this is aweful.

I guess I'll also add Unreal. The soundtrack synergized well with the scifi theme.(yeah its not actually a word, now piss off)(if you didn't care that synergized isnt really a word then please disregard the preceding)

and while I'm thinking about this concept, Deus Ex had a fitting soundtrack despite not being very memorable.

50 edits later...

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

1. Timesplitters: Future Perfect
2. Touhou (all of them)
3. Riviera: The Promised Land
4. Mystical Ninja: Starring Goemon
5. Goemon's Great Adventure
6. Fire Emblem (all of them)
7. Golden Sun (all of them)
8. Banjo Kazooie
9. Total Overdose
10. The Last Remnant
11. Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2

[sub]Why top 11? - because I like to go one step beyond.[/sub]

P.S. there is no specific order.

 

[MattyDienhoff]

In no particular order:

Half-Life
Deus Ex
Hitman: Blood Money
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
No One Lives Forever
Simcity 3000
Fallout 3
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
Outlaws

Honorable mentions:

>The rest of the Half-Life, Grand Theft Auto and Command & Conquer series'

>Max Payne

>Need for Speeds 2 and 3 (i.e. back when the series had original music)

>S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series (for some great ambient music, and also some excellent incidental music in Call of Pripyat)

>Metro 2033 (as above. Ambient and incidental music is done well throughout but the main and ending themes were especially memorable)

 

[ChupathingyX]

Hmmm well I don't think I can rank them but here's my 10 favourite video game OSTs and examples to go with them.

*Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szzZQwawELc
*Dynasty Warriors 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV-11d6GmL4
*Dynasty Warriors 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJKpXnJFTE
*Spyro the Dragon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYnNsKPvHlw
*Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_IBftr5H7U
*Red Dead Redemption
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX9ryL22Hr4&feature=related
*Crash Bandicoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i8qAZOu5-g
*Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGrya9UtUpA
*The Nazi Zombie songs from Call of Duty: World at War and Black Ops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSyKvO5wXjU
*It hasn't even been released yet but the few soundtracks that have been released are already epic. Dynasty Warriors 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCbR_TOg-WM&feature=related

 

[Fawful]

NPO:

Deus Ex
Shadow of the Colossus
Kingdom Hearts 2
Mass Effect
Sam and Max: Season 1/Save the world
Mirror's Edge
Beyond Good and Evil
Persona 3
Halo (series)
Bayonetta

Off the top of my head at least.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Not in order

Golden Sun series
Fire Emblem (GBA)
Viewtiful Joe series
No More Heroes series
Bayonetta
Okami
Metroid Prime trilogy
Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2
Street Fighter (SSF2 or SF4)
Donkey Kong Country

 

[hexFrank202]

6: Super Mario Galaxy 1&2
5: SSBB
4: Fallout 3 (GNR radio station)
3: Donkey Kong Country
2: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
1: Frogger (1997)

These are probably the only six soundtracks in any video game that I really like.

 

[General Twinkletoes]

the only one i can think of right now, gerudo valley from Oot. Anyone who's played it will know that it is the best piece of video game music ever created.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Well I usually don't keep track of those and alot of the old ones just fade in memory, but the ones that just stick with me:
- Borderlands intro, I will remember it's awesomeness to the grave
- Homeworld 1/2, very hard to explain but it's ominous yet sterile sound sat so incredibly well with the game
- Mafia 2, even tho I'm not much for those oldies it sets the mood of where you are so very well that I always remember it (if only they would finish the game someday)
- Portal, clearly(almost forgot it), if nothing else the credits are just insanely good

 

[Skarlette]

In no order:

Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater -- the music from it would have won awards if it was in a movie.
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time -- because everyone knows and loves it.
Portal -- the ending. Rest my case.
Mass Effect -- the ending credits by Faunts is amazing.
Dragon Age: Origins -- There's just such a variety of tunes for each emotion it tries to evoke.
Halo: Combat Evolved -- the opening music has just become epic in and of itself.
Final Fantasy X -- You just hear the music now, and know exactly where you would be in game.
Fallout 3 -- new music wouldn't have suited it, the classics they chose were perfect.
Plants vs Zombies (silly, but true) -- it's just too cute.
Braid -- because it was clever how the music was chosen for how it sounded played forwards and backwards.

 

[Jordi]

The only game whose soundtrack I know or remember is Final Fantasy 8, and I absolutely love it. Come to think of it, I also know some FF7 songs. Other than that, it is just the Portal closing credits song that I remember. That was great. I'm sure other games I played had good soundtracks as well, but I just don't remember them that well.

 

[Sebenko]

1. Command and Conquer- We are going to have to act, if we want to live in a different world
2. Civ IV- Baba Yetu anyone? Only time I've cried at a fucking menu screen.
3. Morrowind
4. Metroid Prime 2- never had a gamecube, but I fucken loved that menu music
5. Doom
6. Portal- While you're dying, I will be still alive.

Meh, that's enough.

 

[Thaius]

Not necessarily in exact order, but I'll put them in a general order.

1. Chrono Trigger
2. Final Fantasy VII
3. The Halo Series (seriously, the whole thing; so amazing)
4. Final Fantasy VI
5. Okami
6. Super Mario Galaxy
7. Final Fantasy X
8. Shadow of the Colossus
9. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
10. Gears of War (I know, weird, but the first soundtrack was freakin' brilliant)

 

[mxfox408]

Damn lots of good music to pick from...

 

[Shanked_Salt]

Off top of head in no particular order.

Final Fantasy VII
Command & Conquer - Best RTS soundtrack
System Shock 2
Little Big Planet - great indie soundtrack
Rock & Roll Racing (SNES)
Starcraft (Terran & Zerg)- I know it's only a few tracks on loop but always got into my head and got me pumped.
Tony Hawk Skating 4
The Nomad Soul - Exclusive tracks by David Bowie didn't hurt one bit
BioShock 2
Drakes Fortune 2 - Like a movie

 

[MrMoustaffa]

If I had to do 10 (in a random order since they're all awesome) these would be mine

1: Brutal Legend (seriously, how could it NOT be on here)
2: Stubbs the Zombie (I swear to god everytime I hear "lollipop" I think of zombies now)
3: Halo series (I cant help it, that theme is awesome)
4: Scott Pilgrim vs the World: The Game (Dont deny it, those 8 bit themes were killer)
5: Advanced Wars Series (two words: SUPA POWER!!!)
6: Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 on the original Xbox (brilliant driving songs in that one)
7: Original Starcraft (the Terran theme in particular, I hum that one all the time)
8: Left 4 Dead 2 (The Midnight Riders throughout the game were awesome)
9: Battlefield Heroes (I actually have this song on my phone and am desperately trying to make it the ringtone.
10: Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 (I have no idea why, but i remember the soundtrack being great)

11: SPINAL TAP: Because this one goes to ELEVEN (yes its not a game but I saw another guy post 11 so I just couldnt resist

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Well I usually don't keep track of those and alot of the old ones just fade in memory, but the ones that just stick with me:
- Borderlands intro, I will remember it's awesomeness to the grave

Why the crap didn't they keep using that kinda stuff instead of the boring junk we got for the rest of the game?
EDIT: OP: Mechwarrior 2 soundtrack. Pure gold to this day.