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Elohim · Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:25 am

I found a thread on this topic back from 2005, but lots of games have come out since then.

I'd like to get some opinions on the best video game music out there. My favorites have always been by Jeremy Soule. The Morrowind and Oblivion soundstracks are personal favorites of mine, but I also enjoy all three Halo soundtracks as well.

What's your favorite soundtrack? Do you have to hear it in game, or could you put on the soundtrack in the background and work around the house with it blaring away?

Heiwashin · Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:28 am

I really liked the soundtracks in Lineage II, they suited the environment well and made a good gaming atmosphere.

Semper1775 · Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:37 am

The classics:

Mario Brothers
Super Mario Bros.
Killer Instinct
Street Fighter II/III third strike
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (honorable mention)

Recent:

Bioshock.

Jebus · Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:15 pm

The song inside the Moogle cave, from Final Fantasy III.

Fighthouse · Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:23 pm

Jebus wrote:
The song inside the Moogle cave, from Final Fantasy III.

The song inside the moon caves, from FF2

PRIME1 · Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:34 pm

Halo
World of Warcraft
Classic Nintendo Games

FubbHead · Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:58 pm

Yes, Jeremy Soule have made some really memorable pieces. Morrowind, Oblivion, Dungeon Siege, Lineage II (if I recall correctly).

Another favourite is Michiru Yamane. Or more specifically, the Castlevania soundtracks, especially from Symphony of the Night and up. Awesome music.

Some other worth mentioning.... Nobuo Uematsu (FF, etc), Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill), Jesper Kyd (Hitman)...

Game_boy · Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:01 pm

Pokémon.

Stop looking at me like that.

idchafee · Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:05 pm

PRIME1 wrote:
World of Warcraft

The music from WoW blows donkey dong.

PRIME1 wrote:
Classic Nintendo Games

Agreed

Justice · Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:09 pm

idchafee wrote:
PRIME1 wrote:
World of Warcraft

The music from WoW blows donkey dong.

PRIME1 wrote:
Classic Nintendo Games

Agreed

I'll gladly take full, or even partial orchestra over 8 bit synthesized beeps.

Jon · Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:36 pm

Red Alert
Icewind Dale
Quake2 (Sonic Mayhem ftw!)

lordT · Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:45 pm

Bioshock
Halo trilogy
CoD series.

derFunkenstein · Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:50 pm

Jebus wrote:
The song inside the Moogle cave, from Final Fantasy III.

Heck yeah, but even better is the opera scene...for an SNES game, it's still surprisingly moving today, and it's probably partly nostalgia, but entirely awesome. The "decisive battle" behind Narshe has some really cool music, too. And the ending, espeically if you take the time to find everyone in the WoR so that you can see what happened to all of them.

Other note-able notables:

Final Fantasy VII
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
We <3 Katamari (Katamari on the Rocks is hilarious, if you like Mog's theme)
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
Super Contra (10x better than the original, blasphemy to some I guess)
Streets of Rage 1 and 2 (especially 2, especially all of levels 1 and 2 and the ending)
Sonic 2 (especially the Mystic Cave zone and the Casino Night zone)
Starcraft (especially the Protoss and Radio Free Zerg)

Some of the best game music is what people have done with it after its release. The Final Fantasy Piano collections, the Black Mages albums, The Very Best of SEGA, and lots of other game CD's I have. The better-than-in-game-quality OST's included with the Lunar games were fantastic, but I give a huge thumbs-down to the OSV CD included with Final Fantasy Anthology...if I wanted the SNES version I'd play the game.

Klopsik206 · Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:55 pm

GRIM FANDANGO! Hands down.
Best. Soundtrack. Ever.

http://www.grimfandango.net/index.php?page=soundtrack

Darkmage · Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:03 pm

Command & Conquer.
Most any of the Jedi Knight series. John Williams just rings right.

krazyredboy · Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:24 pm

I have been a huge fan of "The Longest Journey," soundtrack. So many different styles of music in that game and so much imagery and feeling in most every song.

I would not hesitate to choose this music as the best.

Gandhi · Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:44 pm

Total Annihilation
Morrowind

StefanVonS · Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:46 pm

The original Rainbow Six

mattsteg · Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:08 pm

StefanVonS wrote:
The original Rainbow Six

Beat me to it.

Sargent Duck · Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:13 pm

Command and Conquer, especially Red Alert 1 and 2. (I actually have the Red Alert 1 soundtrack that I listen to all the time)

Halo 1

crazybus · Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:45 pm

Age of Empires. I use to pop the midi disk in the keyboard all the time.

roont · Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:50 pm

doom!!!(1)

every time i hear master of puppets i put up my hands up like im holding a shotgun and bob my head.

Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:06 pm

Gyruss:
Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in Dm.

Usacomp2k3 · Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:25 pm

mattsteg wrote:
StefanVonS wrote:
The original Rainbow Six
Beat me to it.

Thirded.

R6, AoE (the first2 + expansions), and C&C:RA hit the nail on the head.

Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:35 pm

The Star Wars theme in the greatest arcade game ever made:

http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php ... il&id=2623

Mr. Bamboo Head · Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:08 pm

C&C ftw!
flatout and flatout 2 also have wicked soundtracks.

SPOOFE · Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:07 pm

Descent 2 had an awesome soundtrack, and I still have the CD floating around here somewhere. I should put it in the car and blast it while sitting in traffic.

Looking for Knowledge · Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:21 pm

derFunkenstein wrote:
Heck yeah, but even better is the opera scene...for an SNES game, it's still surprisingly moving today, and it's probably partly nostalgia, but entirely awesome. The "decisive battle" behind Narshe has some really cool music, too. And the ending, espeically if you take the time to find everyone in the WoR so that you can see what happened to all of them.

Other note-able notables:

Final Fantasy VII
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
We <3 Katamari (Katamari on the Rocks is hilarious, if you like Mog's theme)
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
Super Contra (10x better than the original, blasphemy to some I guess)
Streets of Rage 1 and 2 (especially 2, especially all of levels 1 and 2 and the ending)
Sonic 2 (especially the Mystic Cave zone and the Casino Night zone)
Starcraft (especially the Protoss and Radio Free Zerg)

Some of the best game music is what people have done with it after its release. The Final Fantasy Piano collections, the Black Mages albums, The Very Best of SEGA, and lots of other game CD's I have. The better-than-in-game-quality OST's included with the Lunar games were fantastic, but I give a huge thumbs-down to the OSV CD included with Final Fantasy Anthology...if I wanted the SNES version I'd play the game.

I skimmed....too much text for me.

GTA....
I like San Andreas as much as Vice City and the one before it (what was that one called)? The radio commentary is funny, and there is always some background music to meet my taste of the moment. :wink:

Looking for Knowledge · Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:22 pm

krazyredboy wrote:
I have been a huge fan of "The Longest Journey," soundtrack. So many different styles of music in that game and so much imagery and feeling in most every song.

I would not hesitate to choose this music as the best.

I enjoyed that as well.

Semper1775 · Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:40 am

Since we are on game music check this guy out:

Playing Ken from Street Fighter II stage music on his electric guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XJuT54mQ4k

This guy's rendition is awesome too, maybe more awesome!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpfR69tIb0I

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