gaming Best videogame songs!

[Bananashy 79]

No one mentioned this yet, so I'll start with this:

Took me totally of guard. I stopped just to listen to the terribly catchy tune. Edited November 24, 2012 by Bananashy

[Areoshock 20]

That there is by far one of the best game related songs I have ever heard, basically every song from wind waker was badass But this one is by far my favorite.

[Rockabilly Wingtips 57]

vendetta greasers from the OSC of bully canis carmen edit. that or the final fantasy IX theme your not alone. both catchy both awesome

[Party Cannon 876]

It is by no means a classic, and context is the main thing that is going for it. Dead Space 2 on the harder settings was rather difficult and, ha ha, stressful. Every time I beat the game at a higher and higher setting, the credits and accompanying music (below) became more and more satisfying.

 

The song is pretty cool too.

 

[AegisReflector 886]

I might as well post some Kingdom Hearts music on here to show off it's brilliance in composition. Seriously, I wish there was a setting where you can just turn off the sound effects and just hear the music play.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ43d2uQAhc

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deL9bgPtlq4&feature=relmfu

[CloudFyre 848]

OOH! I take back what I said before. I forgot a legendary song.

 

This is perhaps my favorite video game song of all time. Some of you may remember Club Afterlife from Mass Effect 2 - and the music that went with it on the lower floor. This is the full version of the song, written by Jesse James Allen. (If you don't recognize it at first skip to 2:36).

 

Jesse James Allen - Lo-Fi Epic (Embracing the Afterlife Mix)

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUKrhOu6e28

Edited November 24, 2012 by CloudFyre

[Prince Midnight 817]

i have a few:

sonic the hedgehog (my most favorite level of the game) aquatic ruin zone

 

 

 

 

 

metal gear solid the twin snakes: encounter music

 

 

 

 

 

there are a few more, like from metal gear solid, the twin snakes, it was essentially the theme, umm, alot of the alert music from metal gear, and of course cant forget sonic the hedgehog, and you know what,ALL sonic the hedgehog music from 1 2 and 3 are way better than any of the crap cranked out today

Edited November 24, 2012 by Midnight Moon

[DusK 1,264]

I could have sworn there was another thread just like this.

 

My favorite VGM of all time is

from Kingdom Hearts 2, composed by Yoko Shimomura. Another great unsung piece from Shimomura thanks to KH 358/2's low popularity is

. One of the best boss themes ever imo.

 

 

from Final Fantasy X, composed by Nobuo Uematsu is probably my favorite Final Fantasy piece of all time.

 

I really like Jesper Kyd's work, but some of his really standout pieces in my opinion are the tracks he did for the Sega Genesis, which were heavily inspired by his demoscene work.

from The Adventures of Batman and Robin and

from Red Zone are two of my favorites, the latter being much so that it was worked into

along with

.

 

Daisuke Ishiwatari is one of my biggest inspirations as far as music composition. I really liked his work in the Guilty gear series, but my favorite piece from his is probably

from Hard Corps: Uprising.

 

Of course, there's always the iconic music from the Sega Genesis entries for the Sonic the Hedgehog series, but there's quite a bit of it. Though I may be a little biased to the music from Sonic 3 & Knuckles simply because it's my favorite game of all time.

,

,

, and

are all pretty close to me, making up the bulk of my Sonic the Hedgehog tribute EP.

 

I'll be posting more in this thread as I look through my library. There's just so much good VGM out there.

Edited November 24, 2012 by ItStartsAtDusK

[Smokey the mudkip 52]

Well, there is this one game that I have always loved, and the soundtrack has always been my favorite. The Pokemon mystery dungeon, sky, time or darkness. I've played them all about....10 times ^^" I love most the music in that game, it's one of my favorite part of the game!

 

But I'm also a big fan of lots of the Pokemon music, and legend of Zelda music ^^ mostly from the older games (like, Pokemon yellow (love that game))

[TimeFactor 10]

Can't really decide, but out of recent games I've played:

 

http://youtu.be/nLAqr6zo4Yo

 

Technically it's just a remix of the game's opening song (and a little bit of mood whiplash when it actually plays), but whatever, I still like it

[Fluttermena 1,223]

Both Warhammer 40 000: Dawn of War 2 and Spiral Knight have awesome soundtracks

http://www.youtube.com/user/RelicCM/videos?query=dawn+of+war+soundtrack

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL860A91B3259A6E4A

 

They're pretty long, but worth checking out nontheless

As for single songs, I got these 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE0Y5VmkILQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxU54NeKZJo

[MelancholicMemory 2,025]

Ezio's Family from Assassin's Creed 2. It really set the mood for some of the best scenes in the game, and it is beautiful

 

 

 

 

To Zanarkand from Final Fantasy X. It is touching, and reminds me of a lot of great memories with that game.

 

 

 

[ReGen 1,466]

Ermahgersh, this song is definetly one of my favorites!

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30TpzHFN84M

 

Along with this:

 

 

 

 

Whenever I hear that, it reminds me of what's right and just in the world and makes me look forward to a brighter tomorrow.

[DND 2,355]

This thread is lacking ZELDA? What? Zelda is renowned for It's use of music. Here, check it out! I'm sure you won't be disappointed!

 

 

 

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XzVilcUylo

 

15 -

- Stone Tower Theme - Majora's Mask

14 -

- Final Boss - Ocarina of Time

13 -

- Zelda's Lullaby - Ocarina of Time

12 -

- Farewell, Hyrule King - Wind Waker

11 -

- Song of Storms - Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask

10 -

- Song of Healing - Majora's Mask

9 -

- Midna's Desperate Hour - Twilight Princess

8 -

- Saria's Song - Ocarina of Time

7 -

- Title Screen - Wind Waker

6 -

- Main Theme - Various Games

5 -

- Dark World - A Link to the Past

4 -

- Gerudo Valley - Ocarina of Time

3 -

- The Great Sea - Wind Waker

2 -

- Dragon Roost Island - Wind Waker

1 -

- Tal Tal Heights - Link's Awakening

 

THESE AREN'T ACTUALLY MY OPINION, BTW.

 

 

 

[SrFrog 927]

I still think that Castlevania:SOTN is the epitome of game tracks. Well, Final Fantasy IX's OST comes close but not quite there. It's so serene and perfectly fitting to the ambiance of the game, near perfection.

[angels_gal 204]

ohhhh my favorites are "Time Travel" by Ann Sally from Professor Layton and Last Time Travel and "Shiawase No Hako" from Professor Layton and the DIabolical Box.

[Crystal Skull 53]

This is a hard one. Okay we'll my top 3 are probably

 

1. Setting Sail Coming Home - Bastion

 

2. Main Screen/ Plantation - Cave Story

 

3. Dark Pit's theme - Kid Icarus: Uprising.

 

Sorry no videos. I'm on my iPad.

[ParsoOfEquestria 1,490]

well, i found this for the upcoming Far Cry 3 game

sounds awesomely chaotic for a game bent on chaos and insanity on a set of islands

[Loriem 639]

The Majority of this here playlist is made up of game songs...

My youtube Awesome Music playlist with game songs and has 200 songs.

 

But anyway, if you feel obliged to look at it, you may do so, but it is pretty big...

[Circadian 1,273]

"Awesome Hulk" from Dead Space 2 by Jason Graves. It's a bunch of aleatoric tone clusters and chord swells that I find hauntingly beautiful. All my feels Issac, all my feels.

 

Mass Effect 2's "Suicide Mission", including the very end with the Reapers approaching from dark space. Goosebumps everytime.

 

I also can't go without mentioning Portal 1 and 2. Exile, Vilify by The National is sad and bittersweet, and the elevator "Animal King" sequence filled me with inexplicable joy as well as several other confusing and ambiguous emotions. Not to mention Johnathon Coulton's "Still Alive" and "Want You Gone".

Edited November 25, 2012 by Circadian

[Modphase 1,271]

Well, it's from one of the meet the team videos, so I guess it still counts, but I'm sure most of you have heard the famous theme from Team Fortress 2's "Meet the Medic" video.

 

 

 

 

There's so many video game themes I love, it would probably take up three pages if I posted all of them here.

Edited November 25, 2012 by Modphase

[Vertigo 5]

So many to choose. I will just put a few.

 

Sweden - Minecraft

 

Main Menu Theme - Rainbow Six Vegas 2

 

Dr. Will Theme 1/2 - Megaman 2

 

Still Alive - Portal

 

The Moon - Duck Tales

Edited November 26, 2012 by Vertigo

[Discordian 6,015]

Anything from Nier. Seriously. If you haven't played Nier then do it, or at least look up the music. It has some of the most amazing music in gaming history.

[Poppy Bros. Jr. 9]

Some of my favorites are A Dispair-filled Farewell from Shadow of the Collossus, The Sun Rises from Okami, and Want You Gone from Portal 2.

[A Blithering Div 247]

Stumbled across this gem when catching up on a web series I like:

 

I haven't actually played this game but this track is pretty awesome. Waves has some good 8 bit style tunes as well but they aren't on youtube nor are they found in the game's folder.