Foodles Posted July 1, 2011 Pretty simple thread, post your favourite video game music and reasons why you like it. Snake eater theme from Metal Gear Solid 3, unusual in that it features lyrics, strongly reminiscent of a James Bond theme which maybe is why I like it. And Gusty Garden theme from Super Mario Galaxy all the music in this game is excellent, but this track stands out Theres loads others that I like, pretty much every Zelda track for example. 0 Share this post Link to post
I'myourtarget Posted July 1, 2011 To be quite honest, most things from Yoko Shimomura (Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts). I just love the music. 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted July 1, 2011 I think it's a bit of a tie for me. On the one hand, Metroid Prime shocked me with its music because of how it added to the atmosphere. I still get goosebumps listening to this track: This one, too: This would be tied with the classic Mega Man series. From that, I think Elecman from the Gameboy version was best: I just like how full and "windy" it sounds, which sort of goes with parts of the level. 0 Share this post Link to post
dew Posted July 1, 2011 i'm in the mood for some kick-ass tunes, so here you go! clint bajakian - outlaws - the last gunfight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leX9GLacmUU necros - crusader: no remorse - dimension 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmqoFpDWCYY eric brosius - system shock 2 - engineering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtdQ5roMuEA chris vrenna - alice - time to die http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGPjYbNAgzk stephane picq - dune - sign of the worm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM1niSBAIdE sonic mayhem - quake 2 - descent into cerberon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALBKFB28E0M frank klepacki - dune 2000 - fight for power http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLDCx_jOVL0 jeremy soule - icewind dale - main theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtP3DS5QSAM mark morgan - planescape: torment - annah's theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvSc5jfZP_g robert holmes - gabriel knight theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgiwkBVKXAI#t=00m18s stephane picq - lost eden - lost eden theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB4v9_rYqnc metal gear solid - escape http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPISnnLhnhI ...and the incredible stuff from ascendancy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1s9uQy5m9M 0 Share this post Link to post
Use Posted July 1, 2011 Oh Christ, too much to even mention. Some nice selections here though. I have this thing where I prefer the music in the game, so if I want to enjoy a piece I must play! It's a good way to get back into old games. Many c64 games in particular have some of the best music ever. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bucket Posted July 1, 2011 OK then. Not technically a game, but the best music I've ever heard from a C64: 0 Share this post Link to post
Chopkinsca Posted July 1, 2011 Tim and Geoff Follin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J0H5ah1G7A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypNPxwnppU0 0 Share this post Link to post
hex11 Posted July 2, 2011 Mostly old Amiga games: Battle Squadron, Menace, Leander, Shadow of the Beast, Unreal, Ork, Lionheart, Turrican, Traps 'n Treasures, Secret of Monkey Island, and the list goes on and on... You can download the tunes in their original format from here: http://www.exotica.org.uk/ But you'll need a good player like UADE that can handle all the different module formats. There's also a bunch or modern remixes in MP3 or OGG... I trully miss playing these games on the real hardware. Emulation just doesn't do justice, esp. with the more advanced games like Lionheart. Might have to spring for a Minimig someday... 0 Share this post Link to post
Clonehunter Posted July 2, 2011 The music from Tyrian 2000 is pretty kickass. And that track from the first two russian levels in CoD: Finest Hour. So damn awsome. 0 Share this post Link to post
Xeros612 Posted July 2, 2011 I suppose I could name a handful. Actually, make that just one for now, since I basically spent at least half an hour listening to various alternate versions of this song. 0 Share this post Link to post
hex11 Posted July 2, 2011 Hey, that's right! Tyrian has that jukebox mode with nifty starfield effects. Great music too, and funny track titles... Other DOS games with good tunes: Descent, Duke Nukem 3D, Ultima Underworld, Warlords II, Zone 66, Tempest 2000, One Must Fall 2097. 0 Share this post Link to post
DoomUK Posted July 2, 2011 There's just too many to list for me. It would probably include music from games that I didn't even like otherwise. Suffice it to say I feel game soundtracks have never been given the credit they deserve in their own right, with rare exceptions. 0 Share this post Link to post
wildweasel Posted July 2, 2011 I'm with DoomUK really - I've loved video game music for so long and I'm still constantly discovering great soundtracks as old as the 80's, from greats like Jesper Kyd, Rob Hubbard, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Tim Follin, Kris Hatlelid, Dan Froelich, Andrew Sega, Alexander Brandon...the list goes on, and on... 0 Share this post Link to post
Daiyu_Xiaoxiang Posted July 2, 2011 Me a lot, mostly from Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, ROTT, Megaman, Descent etc. 0 Share this post Link to post
Lizardcommando Posted July 2, 2011 Most anything from the Classic Megaman series, Megaman X series up to X3 and some of X8, anything from the Metal Gear Solid series, and the Metal Slug series. I'll post up specifics later. 0 Share this post Link to post
Archi Posted July 2, 2011 Contra series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF_-lytXds8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QjhF6Obl6U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLO5PDrgO1Q Quake 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALBKFB28E0M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHldGIjMhVs Quake Mission Pack #1 Scourge of Armagon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NknZtH1zog8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HBUALy14NA Painkiller: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9_vzUlorfk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXRTCZKeVbY Heretic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0yxSjvWDRI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR56Pz6qXg0 And a lot of other music from games. 0 Share this post Link to post
Foodles Posted July 2, 2011 Quite a simple track, but its off the scale on the nostalgia-O-meter for me 0 Share this post Link to post
Jodwin Posted July 2, 2011 It's pretty impossible to name even a few best ones, let alone the best video game song. But...this one sounds great, fits the place it's used in the game and it can be left looping on the background while drowsing. The official "super arrangement" has a totally different vibe to it, but is definitely one of my favourite video game remixes/arrangements ever. Kirby's Adventure on the NES has a ton of awesome music...and lets not forget about Sunsoft games: Batman, Blaster Master, Journey to Silius... 0 Share this post Link to post
hex11 Posted July 2, 2011 Favorite NES tunes: Zelda and Ninja Gaiden series, SMB 2, Castlevania II. 0 Share this post Link to post
scalliano Posted July 2, 2011 WARNING: Lots: Now for some Sonic CD. And, seriously, y'all US players got fuckin' STROKED big time: 0 Share this post Link to post
hervoheebo Posted July 2, 2011 Just listing, posting youtube links would take all day. In no particular order: Doom 1/2, Hexen 1/2, Duke 3D Deus Ex Unreal Quake 1/2 Diablo 1/2, can't say about D3 yet Morrowind (I found Oblivion's score to be utterly forgettable) Warcraft 2, 3 has some good tracks but there aren't much in total Vanilla WoW and SOME TBC music. I found WOTLK/Cata to have very repetitive and overdone music. Earth 2150/TMP Just a single track from Mass Effect 1/2: Galaxy Map; the rest I found forgettable. Serious Sam, also does ambient/action transition well unlike a certain Oblivion Star Fox and Star Fox 64, though SF64 is held back by the weak MIDI Pokemon Mario series Legend of Zelda series Bomberman 64 Fallout 1/2 and NV. Sorry to sound like a hipster yet again, but 3's soundtrack was forgettable to me. As for composers/authors, my favorite has to be Junichi Masuda of Pokemon main series fame. Honorable mentions go to Matt Uelmen for the very memorable soundtracks of D1/D2, the people who made vanilla WoW's soundtrack, and Koji Kondo for the sheer quantity and quality. That's just some of them, I'm sure I forgot something. 0 Share this post Link to post
Daiyu_Xiaoxiang Posted July 2, 2011 One of my favouirte music from Raiden DX: 0 Share this post Link to post
Doom_Dude Posted July 2, 2011 I love the music from Doom (of course), Morrowind, Oblivion, Quake 2, Unreal Tournament, Prince of Persia, Guild Wars etc... 0 Share this post Link to post
Malinku Posted July 2, 2011 Radix Beyond the Void Hunter Hunted Earthworm Jim The Last Ninja (every track for 1-3) just posting my favorite TMNT The Hyperstone Heist 0 Share this post Link to post
DuckReconMajor Posted July 2, 2011 I bought the Ace Combat 5 soundtrack because I liked the music so much. 0 Share this post Link to post
brinks Posted July 2, 2011 Need a little Daisuke Ishiwatari all up in this bitch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BrstZMJoos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGetImTgyFA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cABwx29L3ps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZukz8CzYB0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNPZMYgA7No http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd0cJG8qzMA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0KhssWKVp0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TScDYf3uwoQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G18roDX-18s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppxQGsk1Y5w Street Fighter IV's soundtrack is pretty rad too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIL6K-oL760 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kytIdcjIdns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBhEbv576hQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsW3Zth-h7A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gaMwiTIwgQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMAA2npkM_8 Should be enough for now. 0 Share this post Link to post
Stygian Posted July 2, 2011 Death Rally- Whatever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot0wvWWaCPc&feature=channel_video_title Arkanoid title, C64 version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1stW0J7Myew&feature=related Final Fantasy 7- Boss Theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVBM3bX7xdw YS II opening- PC88 (I've neither played this game nor owned a PC88) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE2QHOjVYAY&feature=related Wacky Wheels- Dream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfzg2vuqia0&feature=related Zelda: A link to the Past- Dark World theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sslj06K-Nlw&feature=related Ragnarok Online- Theme of Prontera ( This gets stuck in your head if you play the game for any amount of time, which I'm not sure I reccommend.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqijsweJzFQ 0 Share this post Link to post