Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross will always bring me to tears. π Also Robo's Theme is a banger!
I used to fall asleep to a Morrowind OST CD.
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Legend of Dragoon soundtrack composed by Dennis Martin.
Bajo Kazooie soundtracks by Grant Kirkhope.
Donkey Kong soundtracks by David Wise.
Sly Cooper soundtrack (first game) by Ashif Hakik
Metroid soundtracks by Kenji Yamamoto.
All made insanely long lasting impressions where I could hear just a bit from one of the songs and instantly know what it is. Having played lots of video games, these seem to be the ones that have created the most lasting memory. They also absolutely slap as well.
The Legend of Zelda games BOTW and TOTK get mention here as well, though I don't find it as memorable. the sound design in these games is just top notch though.
Tetris definitely deserves a shoutout.
LA Noire by Simon Hale is fantastic though it's mostly just riffing off of Chinatown's soundtrack and I wouldn't say it really implants itself in the memory like the ones mentioned above.
Other honorable mentions
Vice City
Jet Set Radio β Hideki Naganuma
Tony Hawkβs Pro Skater
- Nanashi no Game
- Soma Bringer (only one song linked, there was no playlist available)
- Final Fantasy XIV
- The Last Guardian
FFXIV and Nanashi are notable as they're by the same composer (latter game was done under a pseudonym) and even happen to share at least one song, in some form.
Soma Bringer has the most beautiful music of this list.
Last Guardian has the most inspiring music.
BLOODBORNE
Doom 2016
For focused work:
- Shenzhen IO
- Exapunks
- Opus Magnum
- Into the Breach
- Firewatch
- IXION
Other:
- Blue Archive Symphony
- 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Branched Remix
- Minecraft
- Stardew Valley
- Spelunky
- Undertale
- Hades
- Helltaker
- Kirby
There's this french MMO i played as a kid called Dofus and that soundtrack still hits hard when I listen. I think part of it is nostalgia but also its just so beautiful
It's weird how MMO have some of the best OST in the whole gaming world. For me it's the Dragon ball Global online OST, played it as a kid with my older brother. It's OST brings back one of my most cherished memories. Here's the link if anyone's interested
It's undertale for me. What a magical soundtrack that is.
I have so many favorites, Ori soundtracks are amazing, Kingdom Hearts, Genshin Impact, Minecraft
For more lighthearted yet genius silliness though: Part Time UFO
Not really a game but a visual Novel everyone needs to read and listen to: Umineko
All-timer has to go to Chrono Trigger. Absolutely incredible soundtrack from start to finish.
Hollow Knight ofc, but also love Risk of Rain 2's OST, cyberpunk 2077 has a lot of bangers in there too. Unironically Spore has a nice soundtrack, but ofc it's better when you're in-game. Mass Effect has several bangers per game, especially love the OSTs of ME2 and 3. I love a lot of game music, especially when it's enhancing a moment in the game. Like in Spore when you're on the main menu with the spiral galaxy, or in ME2 when you're on the final mission. The thing that sold me on Cyberpunks OST was two fold: the radio stations are great, but the secret ending while listening to The Rebel Path is an adrenaline rush.
Vanilla WoW, Celeste, and Mirrors Edge all makes me feel like when I played the games for the first time as soon as I hear them. Fantastic evocative soundtrack.
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
nobody has mentioned disco elysium? legendary soudtrack immo
Persona 5 Royal. Close 2nd is Nier: Automata. Both amazing OSTs
Check out J-music Ensemble's Persona 5 cover album Metagroove! It's really well made, I couldn't go back to listening the vanilla soundtrack without thinking of it.
P5R had an excellent soundtrack
My main wish after P5R soundtrack was released... is that I wish there was a definitive playlist of the order once both soundtracks are merged. As of right now, there is a set list for P5 and then a separate one for P5R...
Maybe I need to keep looking, or generate it myself (it's harder than it seems though).
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There are so many good game soundtracks listed in this tread!
Here are some of my favorites:
- Chrono Trigger
- Diablo II
- Elden Ring
- Final Fantasy (and pretty much anything by Nobuo Uematsu)
- Hades (and all of the Supergiant Games soundtracks)
- NieR: Automata
- Witcher III
Itβs got to be Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross, and really everything by Nobuo Uematsu.
Also you canβt go past Koji Kondo. Ocarina of Time is a great example of how talented he is.
This is going way back, but the 7th Guest soundtrack had lived in my head since the first time I saw the game. Really great atmosphere, equal parts creepy and playful, perfect mood for a haunted mansion filled with puzzles.
The haunted jazz aesthetic of the soundtrack is so enjoyable!
I just made a community for the T7G series!
I just made a community for the T7G series!
TUNIC, FEZ, Nier Automata, Outer Wilds.
I also have a soft spot for Paper Mario and TTYD, those soundtracks are full of bops
Oblivion, I've listening to it while doing homework and it always help me concentrate
Dude same but with Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim all together
Wild for me to scroll through a thread like this without seeing Halo: ODST mentioned.
Primarily a mix of Old School RPGs (FFVI, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger) and some current RPGs (Persona 5, NieR: Automata)
I love the Subnautica soundtrack that much I have it in my music library on my phone
They really succeeded in creating good ambience for all of the different areas!
The Subnautica dilemmaβ’οΈ "Oh no, my Cyclops is on fire, do I
- Put out the fire Or
- Do I have a mini-rave to the soundtrack while my Cyclops disintegrates around me
Minecraft and Terraria, oh yeah also Hollow Knight
Really anything by Grant Kirkhope, Banjo Kazooie Yooka Laylee, etc, and on the Rare train, Donkey Kong Country 2 had great music.
Also love the Undertale soundtrack.
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Yes, let me list some of my favs! This is generally starting from my fav, but it's not strictly ordered.
Counterattack
Driver VS
Monster Surprised You
Gormotti Forest
Battle!!
Exploration
Still, Move Forward
Battle In The Skies Above
I also adore the OST for Octopath Traveler (even if I didn't like the game much)
Octopath Traveler Songs
Sunlands
Battle 1
Battle 2
Boss Battle 2
They Who Govern Reason
The One They Call The Witch
I don't think I've ever heard a megaman track I don't like
- SimCity 4
- openTTD's openmsx (admittedly I have a soft spot for MIDI in general)
- DOOM (1993 - again, it's MIDI)
- Need for speed underground 1
- Tony hawk's Pro skater (N64)
- Factorio
- Minecraft (the C418 era particularly)
- Terraria (this is just awesome and makes the game so engaging
The list goes on, but these are the ones I can list rn
Indie games in general have great OSTs, MGS:R and Persona (and SMT in general) are obvious popular picks.
The World Ends With You is less mainstream (with one of the few gripes being the lack of boss-specific themes, at least in the DS original I played - but it makes up with the diverse overworld and normal battle themes), as is Etrian Odyssey.
I think orchestra is mixed, it's either the best fucking tracks ever (often when mixed with electric guitar or other modern instruments, but not necessarily), or they kind of blend with other orchestral tracks I know and don't end up being unique enough to remember.
TWEWY is grossly underrated in general, but when it comes to the OST, that's doubly true.
Make's me wonder what they were thinking when they made the anime that was so sparse, even void at times, of all this amazing music they had to work with.
Eh, on one hand it's overrated when people keep saying "it's a better Persona, those fans just don't play anything except Persona 5", I think that's stupid. TWEWY genuinely has a lot of flaws. A slightly too fast endgame, the second screen, etc.
But for me the gameplay is just so goddamn fun and well designed (making your own set of attacks, combining input methods, all the risk vs reward difficulty systems), and it has a few really good ideas that make me want to recommend it to anyone. I imagine you can beat the game in like, 10 hours on Easy without optional fights too, so, it's not a big time investment. (Though actually getting the game is difficult. Switch I heard sucks at controls, phone version doesn't seem to work on new ones, emulating the DS probably sucks too)
In fact, I thought the OST would be the overrated thing, since its style might not be for everyone. Especially Twister, I think it took some time getting used to. I didn't watch the anime but I know they had to change the opening track, so it sounds awkward.
Endless Space 2
All of the recent Endless OSTs are incredible!!!
Persona 3-5 and Doom 2016 win by virtue of being the only ones I listen to regularly outside of playing the games. Doom is probably at the top, the album version is just incredible.
Honorable mentions go to the entire Zelda and Mario catalog, especially LttP and Super Mario World. They're the nostalgic sounds of my childhood and stuck in my head often, I just don't go out of my way to listen to them.
Seriously. I'm not into metal in general (want to, but haven't found a band for me yet) Rip & Tear off of Doom (2016) is such an amazing track that even I, a metal noob, have it in heavy rotation.
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