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For my money it's a tie between Eurydice's song from Hades, any of the tracks from VVVVVV and Still Alive. But what do you think?

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tetris

Why? Because upon having said that I know its now playing in all of your heads.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Korobeiniki

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

Katamari Damacy. It's got one of the most infectiously joyous soundtracks of all time -- an eccentric, richly-produced, and incredibly catchy melange of funk, salsa, bossa nova, experimental electronica, J-Pop, swing, lounge, bamboo flute, hair metal, buoyant parade music, soaring children's choirs, Macintalk fanfares, and the single best theme song this side of Super Mario Bros. And beyond being insane earworms, many of the tracks have surprisingly deep and meaningful lyrics.; my favorite is probably the beautiful "Cherry Tree Times", which I've seen described as "[using] the gameplay mechanics as a metaphor both for the twinge of nostalgia we could feel even in childhood toward our younger selves and for the experience of falling in love."

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

The Halo Trilogy I truly believe is the best video game music. The original from CE instantly became iconic and felt pivotal to the game. Then each iteration tweaked the formula in a way that represented the respective game. The heavy rock Breaking Benjamin style from Halo 2 represents the rebellious nature of the story (and honestly it represented gaming culture at the time). Then the music really matured with a heavy piano theme for Halo 3. The score made you feel the sacrifice of the characters and us saying goodbye to a brilliant story.

Some great tracks:

https://youtu.be/JX5O3n9K_d0

https://youtu.be/m_cwHnQ7Xsg

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

FFX To Zanarkand is gut wrenching. Powerful and moving. The song captures completely what the story is about.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Baba Yetu from Civilization IV is the correct answer. First video game composition to win a Grammy (before there was even a video game category).

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Command and Conquer Red Alert and the fact that this isn't top comment, yet alone already mentioned has me seriously doubting the taste of this establishment.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Outer Wilds.

The whole soundtrack is just so atmospheric, I regularly listen to it while working as a kind of focus music, but some tracks are so good I get the chills while listening.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

First instinct was to say Chrono Trigger. My second choice is Tony Hawks Pro skater.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Has anyone said Minecraft? I haven't played games myself for years (well before Minecraft) but live in a house where it was played for hours at a time. Soundtrack never became annoying & whenever I hear it it instantly takes me back in time.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

For me it's is:

  • Final Fantasy 7 (sheer volume of classics, listen to it regularly)
  • Resident Evil 2 (PSX)
  • Tekken 3
  • Silent Hill 2
  • Spyro (come on, it's Stewart Copeland!)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Chrono Trigger.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Donkey Kong Country and Diddy's Kong Quest set some bars when they dropped.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My vote for best - Secret of Mana

My personal favorite - Jet Set Radio Future

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The entire soundtrack of Nier Automata, for a more recent contender.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Either Halo or the new Doom games.

Very few themes are more iconic than Halos chanting and basically all of those are simple themes without depth. Halos theme makes you feel a flood of emotion when you hear it.

And nothing on this earth nothing is more bad ass than the Doom music. Just hearing it makes you feel like you could go to hell and kill gods.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Final fantasy 6! The renditions of the victory fanfare and chocobo theme are terrific and multiple other songs are dramatic, exciting, enthralling. And there are some legit jams on the soundtrack, too. The Veldt, Magitek Factory, and Zozo all are amazing.

Other games music that are great are Tropico, Frostpunk, and RimWorld.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Katamari Damacy!!!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mass Effect.

That opening scene, with that music playing… it really hooked me from the first second.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Portal 1 and 2, for sure.

"This was a triumph..."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

go make some new disaster!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

"Setting Sail, Coming Home" from Bastion deserves a mention, from the same studio as Hades. They put the effort in when it comes to music in their games.

[–] dmrzl 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hotline Miami

Splinter cell - chaos theory

Ori and the blind forest

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim soundtracks. Diablo 2. Wow classics soundtrack....hell many expansions in wow have amazing music. Halo 1, 2, 3s soundtrack.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Weight of the World - Nier Automata

The Japanese version when you're finishing the game is the most emotional I've gotten during a game

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

In no particular order.

OSTs:

  • DOOM 2016

  • FTL: Faster Than Light

  • Halo (most, but especially 1-3 and Reach)

  • Command and Conquer series, especially Yuri's Revenge and prior.

Non-OST games:

  • Gran Turismo 2

  • TRAIL:OUT

I listen to all of these in my free time fairly regularly.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Undertale. Megalovania. Anyone?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Risk of Rain 2 is phenomenal.

Warframe has great music all over the place.

Tony Hawks Underground and Underground 2 soundtracks contain songs I listen to today.

Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2007 and Burnout 3: Takedown basically defined my music interests from an early age.

I really enjoyed Cyberpunk 2077s but that was likely primarily because of the inclusion of Run The Jewels.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Metroid! The sound track was so awesome a heavy metal band recorded it as an album.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The entire Homeworld franchise is awesome in this regard. Including Deserts of Kharak.

Hardspace: Shipbreaker is also great for some chill beats. So unique. You all should give it a listen.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Celeste was a great gang and has a great soundtrack, and then there are b sides and an epilogue all with their own music

https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXIqXaX1blY

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Shadow of the Colossus

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some of my favourites:

If I remember any more I'll update the list. I listen to these all the time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Came here for Max Payne, awesome OST

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Journey.

Sometimes I well up just thinking about it, let alone listening to it. Wonderful.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I'd struggle to set a ranking between DOOM 2016/Eternal, Witcher 3, and Civilization 6.

Maybe Civ 6 wins just by sheer dint of tracks, plus they have so much cultural significance.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ctrl+F Hotline Miami.... No one's mentioned this banging track yet?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone already said Shadow of the Colossus, so I can plug my other favourite Outer Wilds. Especially the tracks from Echoes of the Eye. Dark Passage is raw dread in audio form, the River is a spectacular adventure theme, and the jam at the end of the universe is a perfect ending

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Castlevania games have the best music hands down in my opinion

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Halo (most), Super Paper Mario, Baten Kaitos, and Ocarina of Time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't know if I'm brave enough to say of all time. but the tracks from jazz jackrabbit 2 are pretty awesome. I have them on my ordinary music playlist.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Fields of Ard Skellig from Witcher 3, also A story you wouldn't believe.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Almost all the music from :

Castlevania symphony of the night The legend of Zelda wind waker Final fantasy 7 and 8 Metal gear solid Pokémon blue GTA Vice city FTL:faster than light

Some from timesplitters 2 like streets or return to planet x

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