Favourite game soundtrack

[Ju_Kemi]

My Sanctuary - Utada Hikaru

Opening of The Kingdom Hearts 2 ♥

[Tsuyoshi]

All the Megaman games as well as Megaman X 1 have some of the best Soundtracks of all time. For example, Storm Eagle's theme is one of the best boss level themes ever made. Here's a remix:

Spoiler for Storm Eagle:

And of course, the very famous theme of Dr. Wily from Megaman 2

Spoiler for Dr. Wily:

[GreatTeacherKen]

I like soundtracks that match the scenes/moments they play in and also sound great outside of context. These are the soundtracks I feel accomplish that:

Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2
Guilty Gear series and BlazBlue
F Zero X
Ace Attorney franchise (especially the first game)
Mega Man X/Rock Man X
Okami
Sonic 3 and Knuckles
Sonic CD (JPN/EU version)
Donkey Kong Country
Castlevania:Symphony of the Night
Teenage mutant ninja turtles 4: Turtles in Time (SNES version)
Chrono Trigger
Parasite Eve

[Albafica]

Valkyrie Profile OST is awesome, I love it!

[Sin of Memories]

FFVII and FFVIII

[Yunalesca]

MOST of the songs from the Final FantasyVII and X 1 and 2
Super Mario Galaxy
And Kingdom Hearts

[Sin of Memories]

I spy a Final Fantasy X fan ^_^ I got play that game again @_@

[zebra]

Hmm from the top of my head ... :

I love Nubou Uematsu. Masashi isn't bad either, but it takes time to conquer my heart!
So I like most of the Final Fantasy soundtracks by default; specially VI to X. I dug XIII's, too. Also like the versions of the Black Mages
Don't think I need to give examples ... people know these.


Also love the soundtrack of Obscure 2. Has some really haunting pieces (like "Lumen") and always established a perfect mood. But also had kickass pieces like "Waltz of death".

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Olivier Deriviere did an amazing job for this game. Also an awesome coop game! Horror for two :P


Also liked the Ost of Beyond Good & Evil. That was a soundtrack with a wide variety and always fitted the scenes.
"Akuda House Propaganda", "Slaughterhouse Scramble", "Fear the Reaper" and "Dancing with Domz" were my favourites.

Spoiler for samples:

Looking forward to the next installment :3


Shadow Hearts (1, 2 & 3) had a nifty OST. A good RPG should have everything for every mood and they do.

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Only putting one, but they had a lot of different sounds; some electro and spiritual sounding at the same time.


Uh almost forgot because so recent - Heavy Rain. I'm a sucker for orchestras XD

Spoiler for main theme:

[Ricky Controversy]

Many Rockman games across the various series in the franchise have truly outstanding music, though what has always impressed me about the series is that, while yes, some compositional similarities are bound to crop up over so many games, each soundtrack feels different. I think this contrast is probably sharpest between Rockman 2 and 3, and Rockman X, X2 and X3. Listening to those OSTs (and I listen to them in their entirety, often), you just don't really run into songs in one game that could be placed in the other.

[zzeroparticle]

I think that of all the recent works, Nier Gestalt & Replicant has been an amazing thrill ride and is going to jockey with FFXIII for the soundtrack of the year. Okabe combined with Emi Evans on vocals is fantastic since her ethereal voice carries its way through the soundtrack rather nicely.

[qwertyuiopz]

i forgot to mention hell marches 1-3 from red alert are kickass

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[Tsumugi~]

My favourites are MGS (williams is just awesome) and probably the first 3 spyro soundtracks and the monkey island series. Stewart copeland's drumming is fantastic!

[the hispanic viewer]

Hmm this is a hard choice, zelda, final fantasy, kirbys, and many others! There is alot but J-Pop Wise I would go with The World Ends With You Sountrack! It matches the game too! Twister to me is the most catchiest

[_eternal]

There's a lot of great video game music out there, but aside from a few nostalgic songs from Zelda and Mario, the first to come to mind is Chrono Cross. I love Yasunori Mitsuda, and the opening theme and the world map theme are simply beautiful. It's one of the only games with music that I really enjoy for reasons other than nostalgia and attachment to the storyline.

[ttdestroy]

Namco x Capcom takes first place for me followed by.....
Phantasy Star Online.

[Varaxis]

Originally Posted by Imazul

I think Chrono Cross OST is the best ever,Time's Scar is simply my favorite orchestric song up to date and I seriously think that Yasunori Mitsuda is a genius, hes the best composer for video game alive.

I really like the Chrono Cross OST too. I followed him to another one of his works, Xenosaga, but don't have that OST yet and I'm not sure if it's even worth getting; the game was fun though. I can't say the same for the sequels or their music though. Time's Scar and Time of the Dreamwatch are my two favorite tracks as well.

It kind of still irks me that people say the FF7 music is so great... I wonder which came out first in the US.

Special mention for Power Glove too; their albums of game music redone in metal are totally worth getting.

They're good enough to make my favorites playlist.

[Phillip Lober]

I am very VERY surprised that no one said Halo 3, one of the best videogame soundtracks of all time, composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori.

Also, I have been at the Distant Worlds concert for FF, and Nobuo Uematsu was sitting just a couple sections to the left of me. Nice guy.

[Kagayaki]

Another vote for Ocarina.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAYTCA-fJ8Q

[Hooves]

I would say my favorite game Soundtrack up-to-date would be

World of Warcraft - Invincible Soundtrack

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The chorus in this soundtrack can just send chills down the spine.

[Spartanz1170]

Ace Combat, all of the OST