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Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:43 pm
by Marc
All things considered, my vote would have to go to Xenogears. I could listen to any song from it for hours and probably not get fed up.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:34 pm
by Commander_AK-47
Metal Gear Solid Series. Harry Gregson-Williams and Norihiko Hibino are the best. That new guy they got to go along with Williams in MGS4 was not bad either. I also like Hans Zimmer, he never did music for a game but he did a lot of great music for movies like The Rock and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:44 am
by Jack Stern
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Super Mario 64, Final Fantasy VIII, Bust a Groove series, Bioshock, MGS2: SOL, Call of Duty 4, Super Street Fighter II.

Among others

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:53 am
by Omega579
I like Yuzo Koshiro's music from Revenge of Shinobi and Streets of Rage. I even bought Actraiser just because he did the music.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:48 am
by 87th
God Hand, No More Heroes, Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:28 pm
by violentpig
Chrono Cross.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:02 pm
by JimboKudo
Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, and the music from the Dragon Warrior games.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:47 pm
by Solidé
I have to say Metal Gear series... there isn't really many game soundtracks i like to listen. Metal Gear is obvious since im big fan as well as everyone here. I also listen sometimes Snatcher soundtracks. Silent Hill has also very good musics, especially second part of the series.

But that's about it. Usually if i listen OST music it's most likely Movie soundtacks.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:04 pm
by Junker_05
I know rehashing old threads isn't really useful, but I thought I'd leave my input here.

No-one's heard a great video game soundtrack until they've played Grim Fandango.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:33 pm
by Mr. F
Jet Set Radio and JSRF are my absolute favorites. The tracks are just so fun and vibrant.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:18 pm
by Pizuz
At the moment I'm really falling in love with the Mother 3 soundtrack. There's just too many catchy and emotional tunes in it - the entire game is exceptionally emotional, now that I think of it.

Other than that you can dish me almost any soundtrack Yasunori Mitsuda worked on next to Hitoshi Sakimoto (Vagrant Story, anyone?).

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:50 am
by el_ash
Omega579 wrote:I like Yuzo Koshiro's music from Revenge of Shinobi and Streets of Rage. I even bought Actraiser just because he did the music.
Yeah definatly Shinobi and Streets of Rage...GREAT music!
(man they need to re-invent the streets of rage franchise! lots of kicking ass to kick-ass techno!)

When i was like a kid I always found myself recording Genesis videogame music back in the day...
with my trusty mic and tape recorder, before they started releasing the soundtracks
(or really having actual cd quality music for that matter).

It was a good thing when they decided to start releasing game soudtracks :mrgreen:

Here are some of my fav's :

Qauke
Resident Evil / RE : Code V
Final Fantasy 7
Metal Gear Saga
Snatcher
Jet Grind Radio
Wipeout XL

And of course I remember the days of Tommy Tallarico's game soudtracks....anyone remember those?

I don't seem to notice videogame music as much anymore....it all kinda sounds the same....don't know why.
it's been awhile since I've wanted to run out and buy a soundtrack, I usually don't get the soundtrack unless I really enjoyed the game though...so that could be it.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:14 pm
by seraphssavior
Monkey Island.

Enough Said.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:41 pm
by Crumpets
Shadow Hearts Covenant's soundtrack by Yasunori Mitsuda, great RPG, great soundtrack.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:43 pm
by megaclank3
These are some of my favorite game soundtracks.

Metal Gear Solid series
Final Fantasy series
Chrono Trigger
Ys 1 & 2
Grandia series

!

Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:22 am
by DOTL
And of course I remember the days of Tommy Tallarico's game soudtracks....anyone remember those?

MDK


I still have the Soundtrack, but not the game :-(

It was selled in a package, and I loved it! And still do!
I think the MDK Soundtrack was one that really hit me.
Homeworld 2 is great, too!
Furthermore, MGS and Silent Hill series OSTs are my favourite!
Terminator Salvation has a great Soundtrack, too. Even though the game is not so good...

Oh, I forgot to mention the one series O love almost the most:

COMMAND AND CONQUER

Hell March ftw

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:03 pm
by Henry Spencer
Anything but Tangerines (from Earthworm Jim 2) by Tommy Tallerico is definitely the best work I've heard by him. He's talented but not been as good as late...

And I love Lost Eden's OST by Stéphane Picq. Unlike any other music I've ever heard in any game (very unique), and otherwise. It blew me away when I first heard it.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:49 am
by Kojima_Devotee
No one, up to this point, has mentioned Secret of Mana? Shameful. My vote goes to Secret of Mana before going onto games like Super Mario RPG and Xenogears.

Oh, and let's not forget Mega Man 3 for a fourth place. Like the game itself, Mega Man 3's soundtrack outdoes its predecessors and successors.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:24 pm
by Project_Noah
Marc wrote:All things considered, my vote would have to go to Xenogears. I could listen to any song from it for hours and probably not get fed up.
I wholeheartedly agree! Yasunori Mitsuda is one of my favorite game composers, next to Akira Yamaoka. Silent Hill 2's soundtrack was bloody amazing.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:43 pm
by nemesiswontdie
the MGS1,RE2 and RE3 soundtracks are great they are definitely my favorite

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:12 pm
by Iron Flamingo
I don't know about favorite, but Tales of Legendia's soundtrack was so good that I almost overlooked all of the game's flaws. The soundtrack was the game. (that and an excellent cast of characters)

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:03 am
by RandommodnaR
Pretty much anything chiptune; got this huge music-crush going on with Jeroen Tel and the Maniacs of Noise. I also like Deus Ex's sountrack a lot, but my favourite soundtrack ever has to be the one fron HotD: Overkill. GOD, it's so cheesy, funky, and downright gross I can't help but hear it everyday.

*sigh* God bless grindhouse and B Class films.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:14 am
by midori_fox
Mr. F wrote:Jet Set Radio and JSRF are my absolute favorites. The tracks are just so fun and vibrant.
I realy want to play it... Does it run on the 360?

I like a few songs from different soundtracks
to pick one whole one is hard. I don't have
a definative answer right now I would have
to go listen to some more from my favorite
games.

One song I really enjoyed was flowing destiny from Zone of Enders
I first heard it in Metal Gear Solid 4. It actually made me go buy ZOE haha.

I also really liked some songs in Chrono Cross mostly the ones reminiscent of
Chrono Trigger.

And as Marc said Xenogears has a good sound track too.

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:49 pm
by Snatcher2047
Aside from the obvious with Snatcher and MGS, I'd have to say my favorites include:

Sakura Wars (Kohei Tanaka is AWESOME)
Shenmue
Darkstalkers/Night Warriors Series
SONIC The Hedgehog (mostly Jun Senoue's work)
The Tales Of... Series by Motoi Sakuraba (Mostly Abyss and Vesperia; Symphonia is good, too)
Eternal Sonata feat. work by Frederic Francois Chopin
Guilty Gear Series (Great rock tracks)

Re: Favorite game soundtrack?

Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:15 pm
by Anubis
I'm picky about game soundtracks. I love a lot of them, but I'm only going the list the soundtracks that I would listen to outside of the game. I'll also post a track or two of my favorites from each.

Final Fantasy X - I thought this soundtrack was beautiful, and it fit the flow the game perfectly. Every setting had a unique song that perfectly fit with it's visual representation. I love the Besaid Island tracks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2UjfueRo7g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McjTN-i2 ... re=related (I love this track so much <3)

Mother 3, Actually, the entire mother series - This is a wonderful and emotional soundtrack. Many of the tracks are like classical compositions. They deserve to be played by an orchestra. Every track is unique, and it covers all sorts of genres.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oihxsRRvNPw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX_aXSJo ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds2rJxjO ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZQdrKGE ... re=related (Soooo good)


Samurai Legend Musashi - The game was average, but the soundtrack (and visuals) were fantastic. I absolutely love many of the tracks. White Whale of Heaven is great. Brave Fencer Musashi also had a pretty decent soundtrack as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEuRzRW86bI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e626to1-m4E

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - This is my favorite sonic game, and it contains my favorite OST as well. The entire series (on genesis) has a great sound, but there isn't a song on the second game that isn't stellar. It's like the soundtrack to my childhood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl4vA4Wd07Q

The entire Panzer Dragoon Series has wonderful soundtracks as well.
Can't forget Night's Into Dreams
and of course Snatcher (Love the Zoom Tracks) and Policenauts. Policenauts F/N is great.