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I thought of this post entirely because I have the Pokémon Center theme from Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver stuck in my head, and it has wriggled in over and over for months despite me hearing and actively playing other music.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The entire sountrack from the original Toejam & Earl on Genesis, shit rewired my child brain in funky new ways

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

My suggestion was Red Alert too, but from 3. I will never know the words, but the tune lives in my heart.

https://youtu.be/lDQ7hXMLxGc

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

One? Ill narrow it down to three,

  1. Aquatic ambience (DKC)
  2. Stickerbrush Symphony (DKC)
  3. Lost Woods (TLoZ Ocarina of Time)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

These are all outstanding songs, but Lost Woods is the only one I'd describe as "catchy"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

True, i agree with that. I will amend to be:

  1. Lost Woods (TLoZ Ocarina of time)
  2. Song of storms (TLoZ Ocarina of time)
  3. SMW Overworld Theme (Super Mario World)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

I'm making a note here, huge success....

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

My brain defaults to this if I feel the need to fill silence with sound.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

There are better pieces of music in this thread, but this one is the strongest earworm.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Mega Man 2, Wily Stage 1: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aTbfpkByIM8&pp=ygUdbWVnYSBtYW4gMiB3aWx5IHN0YWdlIDEgbXVzaWM%3D

Heck. Half the Mega Man 2 sound track is probably in the top ten.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 days ago

Does the Wii shop music count as a video game song?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

My time has come. As someone who almost exclusively listens to instrumental soundtrack from movies and games, including from games I have never played, these are the ones that most often get stuck in my head (in no particular order). A plus "+" indicates a song that got stuck in my head regularly before I ever played the game, while an asterisk "*" indicates a song that still gets stuck in my head, despite being from a game I have never played at all.

  1. Baba Yetu - Civ IV (+)

  2. Hyrule Castle - Breath Of The Wild (+)

  3. Lorule Castle - Link Between Worlds (*)

  4. One Final Effort - Halo 3 (*)

  5. Golem King - Moonlighter

  6. Song of the Ancients - Nier Series (*)

  7. Dragonborn - Skyrim

  8. Far Horizons - Skyrim (+)

  9. Dragon Roost Island - Wind Waker (*)

  10. Nate's Theme - Uncharted (*)

  11. Gusty Garden Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy (*)

  12. Korobeiniki - Tetris (+)

  13. Gerudo Valley - Ocarina of Time (+)

  14. Colgera Battle - Tears of the Kingdom

  15. This Song - The Witcher 3 (It's the song Aen Seidhe, but without vocals)

  16. Bloody Tears - Castlevania (*)

But finally, the song that I credit with making me obsessed with instrumental soundtrack, because I fell asleep with it playing on repeat for a whole night at the age of 5, and then lost the game cartridge, so I forgot what it was from, and which I would get stuck in my head roughly once a month throughout my entire childhood until I finally found the song THIRTEEN YEARS LATER:

Ω) Town Theme - Final Fantasy II

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

It's gotta be from Final Fantasy, hard to choose just one when you got: Suteki da Ne, real Emotions, Eyes on Me, Sen no Kotoba, Otherworld, One Winged Angel, etc... there's a reason why I love Theatrhythm. But if I had to it will probably be Melodies of Life.

Actually, I change my mind, this is the catchiest video game song.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

The entire soundtrack of Chrono Trigger, but Schala's Theme is my absolute favorite. 30 years later, and i *still" let it play out in it's entirety the first timer it plays in Zeal.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

...there's one clear victor and it's not even close...

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Borderlands 1 and 2 title songs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

No rest for the wicked - cage the elephant

No heaven - dj champion

From memory, but I think those are right

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Short change hero lives rent free in my head

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago (3 children)

OG Super Mario NES, World 1-1

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago

DuckTales (NES) - Moon Theme. The covers are also awesome.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

Lost woods.

Honestly anything from OoT, but Lost Woods, Kakariko Villiage, and Gerudo Valley in particular are ingrained into my gray matter.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've got 3 that I randomly hum in my head every now and then.

  1. Mega Man 2 - Airman stage
  2. Jet Set Radio - Humming the Baseline
  3. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Daytime Town Theme
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

Minecraft by C418 lives rent free in my head. Sometimes i'll start humming it to myself and not even realize

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

megalovania is one of the badasses in my book

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Doom E1M1 on my soundblaster and my Roland MT-32, all pumped through my surround sound system in my concrete dorm room in late 1992 and I won’t hear otherwise.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Naaaaa na-na-na-na-na-naaaa na na, na na na-na naaaaaaaa!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's an old one, but the Outrun soundtrack was proper catchy.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

MOON - Hydrogen From Hotline Miami. I'm noticably better at the game when this one is on.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Vempair Survaivors from Vampire Survivors

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Turrican2 and GODS .... Amiga :)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How has no one mentioned the tetris theme? Dum dada dum dada dum dada dum dada dum di da da da

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