music Best Video Game Soundtracks

[NeverNeverland 1,940]

Man i spend a whole summer playing this game!

 

I loved this game to bits! Definitely this has made it to my top 5!

I loved 99th Street... Oh.. The memories!.

 

99th Street was dark but VERY interesting! The CTF trick though is friggin' hilarious though - wish the place didn't have slowdown when played on the 360...

 

For me, it was Shibuya Terminal - even if it did have a tedious as hell final challenge (the 13 platforms).

[Zink 80]

Aquaria and The binding of Isaac.

 

 

Unique and full of emotion. Their soundtracks fit their respective games perfectly. Check them out.

[Archi the Atmomancer 564]

I have been doing some half-life let's plays for my channel! but i think that these tracks from half-life are my personal favourites out of all gaming sound tracks. God i have been playing half-life since i was 11 xD

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mHxxY-8pZk

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-wYaIbC4OE

 

Man i spend a whole summer playing this game!

 

I loved this game to bits! Definitely this has made it to my top 5!

I loved 99th Street... Oh.. The memories!.

 

My God, I haven't played Half Life 2 in ages. I still love the soundtrack though, it never gets old by the sounds of things. I'm loving CP Violation.

[Gekoncze 327]

It is always difficult for me to find the best soundtrack from all those games. As you can see on my profile, I like music from games a lot ( Spyro, gex, suikoden, TLOS, 4x4, heroes IV... ). If I had to pick up only one, it would be propably this one:

[Dr. Nefarious 195]

Oh boy, some of you guys that have seen my other posts will probably already know what I'm going to post but I don't care.

 

Here is probably my favorite boss theme ever from my favorite game ever.

 

 

And another great boss theme.

 

[Fresh Meat 115]

All the soundtracks from the game Killing Floor, but mainly this one:

 

 

 

Such a badass tune, love listening to this while chopping up some undead freaks with a katana. 

[Bucky McGillyCuddy 956]

I've already posted some halo 4 music but this has to be one of the year finest works as well. Beware of the comments they may be spoilerific.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kALlN8ao5oc

Edited December 29, 2012 by Bucky_McGillycuddy

[Crazy Misty 653]

1. Rainbow Road (Mario Kart Double Dash) 

 

2. City Escape (Sonic Adventure 2)

 

 

That's all I can think of, there's loadsssss more that I love o_o 

 

Video game music > mainstream music

Edited December 29, 2012 by Crazy Misty

[Mortimer 332]

Well, it's either the Original Crash Bandicoots for the PSX (Crash 1, 2, 3, Team Racing and Bash) or Spyro 2. Both of tnem have a special place in my heart because i simply not just love the game, i love da' soundtrack!

[Faceless 101]

There are three that top my list:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqv5wxKDSIo Another Winter - Scott Pilgrim vs The World

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g25QXnhVijQ Dearly Beloved - Kingdom Hearts (I also love Simple and Clean   )

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB8xhaHTfAA SKYRIMMMMMMM!!!!

[The Awesome One 1,315]

It's no doubt that the likes of Skyrim and *insert every single Legend of Zelda game here* have one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard. 

 

But for videogame themesongs, (not soundtracks, main theme music). The winner would be Battlefield hands down. All versions of it's theme music are awesome. Even the auto-tuned farts from Battlefield 3.

[Stellafera 3,836]

On the subject of Kingdom Hearts, to celebrate my favorite, most under-appreciated game in the series... Each game has its instrument. For Birth By Sleep, it was the violin. For Chain Of Memories, it was the organ. 

 

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

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0KdW0KqRB8

Edited December 29, 2012 by Stellafera

[An Old Head 4,816]

Here's my favourite. For those who haven't heard already, Devil May Cry 3 is one of the hardest games ever released, and has been universally acknowledged as such. What makes this theme so amazing is how it represents the trials of incredible difficulty you've beaten to reach this one battle. It's overflowing with pure, solid badass.

 

 

My other favourite is this, from Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. I haven't even played that game, but I recognise a piece of chillingly epic music when I hear one. Hearing this makes anything seem epic, even playing with a clockwork penguin on my desk.

 

 

Other themes that I love include:

 

- Cornered Theme from Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

- Hidden Land from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2
- FEMA Stress from Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Shadow Queen Part 2 from Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
- Back Hall from Amnesia: The Dark Descent

 

 I prefer Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2. The Temporal Tower music complements the tone of the story well. So does Primal Dialga's battle, and the Song I Don't want to say goodbye (English Translation.) when your player character disappears.

 

 

I love that theme too. It just fills you with that feeling of "This is it". I really like how PMD 2 creates themes that suit the environment of the dungeon, but also the progress you've made through the story line. That's particularly genius.

 

Edited January 7, 2013 by Flipturn

[Scootalove 10,689]

I really like the theme song from Dragonball Z Raging Blast 2, it really has a good tempo to make it sound like a Rock song for Japanese games.

 

[decoherence 183]

I'll just leave this here.

 

 

I love pretty much everything with Nobuo Uematsu's name on it. There are lots of great covers, too -- check out OneUp Studios. Here they funk it up a bit

 

 

Oh yeah and FFIII/6 and 7 stuff, too.

Edited January 7, 2013 by decoherence

[Vaporeon 1,168]

This is a VERY hard question as there are so many great soundtracks to great games. Hell even crappy games can have good sound tracks. I may hate Sonic 06 because It's a awful, unfinished, mess of a game but damn if the music isn't great. Then there is Pokemon Black and White 2. Not only does it have all the great themes from the first Black and White, some of which are remixed, but it has remixes of every gym leader and champion theme. It's pretty safe to say I nerdgasmed when I heard the Johto champion remix. But out of all the great sound tracks one of, if not my favorite, video game sound track comes from one of my favorite games Donkey Kong Country 2. Now the game is fun on it's own, It had a really cool pirate theme, both characters were light, Dixie had a cool glide move that could really make some of the harder levels a breeze, and the music...Oh god the music?

 

 

 

I mean listen to dome of this stuff, the game can make the hardest levels soothing and beautiful and hit you with dramatic music that adds to the tension when you have about one or two lives left. My favorites are as follows.

 

Stickerbush Symphony

 

 

 

 

Flight Of The Zinger

 

 

 

 

Toxic Tower

 

I'm about to cheat and put the Gamboy version the next song. It's a lot more upbeat and happy than the origanl. I swear theres a 16-bit version of it somewhere, possibly in the GBA version but I can't find it for the life of me.

 

 

 

Gangplank Galleon [Donkey Kong Land 2 version]

[Middnight Snack 24]

These are really nostalgic for me, I remember trying to sing Sadame but failed as always. And the Demise of the Zephyr from Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

 

 

Edited January 7, 2013 by Middnight Snack

[Cupcake Ice Cream 436]

Simple as pie...

 

Vice City the 80's station...I mean come on...it's like they made this station for us children of the 80's

 

Hall and Oates - check

MJ - Check

Joe Jackson, Lionel! - check and check

 

best station in the game

[ShiningArmor 5]

I really love the Legend of zelda: Lost woods track  
And the dubstep verson in a lil better i must say

check it out :

 

 

 

And enjoy ! :DD

Edited January 8, 2013 by ShiningArmor

[Prism Point 12]

It's difficult to choose favorites.

Legend of Zelda songs and Ace Attorney songs are some of them,

but there's one song that holds a special place in my heart.

 

Pokemon Red Opening Theme.

 

 

This is the song that pretty much started my childhood.

[Fresh Meat 115]

This is my bloody childhood right here' Serious sam was one of the first video games I ever played; I'll never get enough of those classic first person shooters.  

 

 

Unfortunately I could only find the ost's for the most recent one. ;_; 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMaHEnVPd48

 

 

Also another ost to the most recent Serious sam game.(which I can't stop listening to)

 

[Vengeance 84]

Basically anything from the Spyro series.

I could name so many individual ones, but I'll only show this one.

 

 

Another great soundtrack would be the Halo soundtrack.

 

 

Edited January 11, 2013 by Vengeance

[Nim 28]

For me it'd have to be Silent HIll 2. The songs give me emotions that I don't think other video game music can give me. So many feels can be experienced from the music. It's also not the music I'd expect for a horror game like silent hill. Rather than spooky, and scary it's kind of sad. Melancholic, I guess.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 11, 2013 by Nim

[Cinnamon bun 26]

I'll say my top 8 in the order I find them:

 

Nimbassa City, Pokemon Black/White

 

Final Fatasy VI (III) Soundtrack (pretty much the entire thing)

here is the ending theme (a medley of a lot of themes)

 

The place I'll return to someday, Final Fantasy IX

 

Sandy Badlands, Final fantasy VII (this is an acquired taste^^)

 

Main Theme, The Windwaker (this is one of my absolute favorites to play on the tin whistle)

 

Cherry Blossom Storm, Okami

 

Route 110, Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire

 

Gusty Garden Galaxy, Mario Galaxy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z2kxFCQ_mQ

 

Hope some people (re)discover and enjoy some of this

[Kamil 315]

S4 League has an AMAZING original soundtrack; it's one of the few things that game still has going for it. Well... "Original" as in "The soundtrack was made by the game's developers, but a lot of it for other games." This specific piece was the other way around though (obviously).

 

 

Other than that, The World Ends With You had pretty unique music. Most of the time I don't pay a ton of attention to the music. The best OST wouldn't even be noticed unless it's either heard seperately from the game, or the game's played without its music.

 

(Pay attention to the lyrics on this one... I didn't notice on account of playing an amazing game the first time I heard it, but they're... interesting.)