Video Game Music

[Eeko]

If you're anything like me, you love video game music. Here's a good place to discuss your favorite or least favorite VGMusic.My favorites are mostly Zelda, though I do like Metroid and Donkey Kong music as well.

[Zerothemaster]

I'm a big fan of Mega Man music, and am competing in a competition on another forum. I doubt I can mention it though

[Kothra]

I'm really into the music of the big Ninendo series (Zelda and Metroid). I also like some of the Final fantasy soundtracks, Halo, and Okami.

[Eeko]

I'm a big fan of Mega Man music, and am competing in a competition on another forum. I doubt I can mention it though

Ooh, yeah. Mega Man's great. I love 3's title screen.

[Zerothemaster]

I'm a big fan of Mega Man music, and am competing in a competition on another forum. I doubt I can mention it though

Ooh, yeah. Mega Man's great. I love 3's title screen.

3's ending. OH GOSH YES One of my favorites.

[Eeko]

I'm a big fan of Mega Man music, and am competing in a competition on another forum. I doubt I can mention it though

Ooh, yeah. Mega Man's great. I love 3's title screen.

3's ending. OH GOSH YES One of my favorites.

I have sheet music for that entire game, and it is fantastic. The ending theme is like, eight pages long.

[Chols]

My favorite sondtracks, reposted from the archive: Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2: Really great orchestrated music, and great incorporation of "space music". Absolutely brilliant all around. Favorites: Battlerock Galaxy (SMG), Buoy Base Galaxy (SMG), Boo Waltz (SMG), Starship Mario (SMG2), Starshine Beach (SMG2), and SMG2's trailer theme.Pretty much every LoZ soundtrack: Twilight Princess is my favorite out of them all for having great compositions (despite MIDI quality), and very intelligent use of dynamic music to sync the music with the action, especially during boss battles. Majora's Mask comes really close, but it can be a bit depressing at times. Favorites: Title Theme (OoT), Title Theme (TP), Faron Woods (TP), Kakarico Village (TP), VS. Stallord (TP) Oath to Order/Calling the Four Giants (MM), Stone Tower (MM), Credits (TWW), and too many others to list.Metroid Prime series: Definitely a very unconventional soundtrack. It really helps pull the setting together with its beautiful, otherworldly feeling. The entire Prime series is awesome for this reason, but I think the first game was most memorable in this regard. Favorites: Menu/Credits (MP1), Tallon Overworld (MP1), Phendrana Drifts (MP1), Menu (MP2), Hunters (MP2), and Skytown (MP3).Super Metroid: Not really the same as Metroid Prime, but still incredible nonetheless. Many of the series' most famous tunes, and a lot of my personal favorites, came from SM. Favorites: Brinstar (both songs for green and red areas), Mirandia, and Theme of Samus Aran: Galactic Warrior (which to my knowledge is not the same song as the SSBB version, which was actually the Super Metroid main theme).Ōkami: Shame this was only mentioned twice in this topic, because I frankly cannot name a single song I know from this soundtrack that I don't like. It's all pretty much of one genre, but anything else wouldn't have suited the game. What I've heard of Ōkamiden sounds pretty good too (and surprisingly high quality for a DS game). Favorites: Kamiki Village, Ryoshima Coast, Wep'Keer (Go listen to Suleputer's piano version it's awesome), Dragon Palace, Harami Lake, Shiranui, and The Sun Rises, to name a few.Cave Story: Retro soundtrack before retro was cool. Practically every tune is insanely catchy and uses its limited 8-bit sound pallet very creatively. Favorites: Gestation, Eyes of Flame, Geothermal, Last Battle, and Running ######.World of Goo: Kind of an odd soundtrack (and not entirely original either; a lot of it was tracks that Kyle Gabler made for other soundtracks), but it still strikes me as a great soundtrack. Lots of different genres were experimented with, but they all fit their respective stages nicely. Favorites: Jelly, Rain Rain Windy Windy, Screamer, Burning Man, Cog in The Machine, and The Last of The Goo Balls and the Telescope Operator. The OST versions of these songs are better than the in-game versions for the most part (they're essentially identical, but the game versions are noticeably shorter). Gabler published the OST for free on his website if anyone here wants to hunt that down.Aaaand that's about it. There's some misc favorites of mine too but I don't feel like listing all of those too.

[Dr. Giggles PhD]

I like Sonic the hedgehog Music or mario music.

[Katuko]

Let me put it like this: Last time a topic like this was posted, I ended up compiling a list of video game tunes I like. It reached one and a half page in OpenOffice, and that was just my favorites. I like the music from Zelda, Metroid, Castlevania, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario, Mega Man, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, F-Zero, Golden Sun, Cave Story, Team Fortress, Touhou, Pokémon, Pikmin, and plenty of other games. I love video games.

[Eeko]

My favorite sondtracks, reposted from the archive: Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2: Really great orchestrated music, and great incorporation of "space music". Absolutely brilliant all around. Favorites: Battlerock Galaxy (SMG), Buoy Base Galaxy (SMG), Boo Waltz (SMG), Starship Mario (SMG2), Starshine Beach (SMG2), and SMG2's trailer theme.Pretty much every LoZ soundtrack: Twilight Princess is my favorite out of them all for having great compositions (despite MIDI quality), and very intelligent use of dynamic music to sync the music with the action, especially during boss battles. Majora's Mask comes really close, but it can be a bit depressing at times. Favorites: Title Theme (OoT), Title Theme (TP), Faron Woods (TP), Kakarico Village (TP), VS. Stallord (TP) Oath to Order/Calling the Four Giants (MM), Stone Tower (MM), Credits (TWW), and too many others to list.Metroid Prime series: Definitely a very unconventional soundtrack. It really helps pull the setting together with its beautiful, otherworldly feeling. The entire Prime series is awesome for this reason, but I think the first game was most memorable in this regard. Favorites: Menu/Credits (MP1), Tallon Overworld (MP1), Phendrana Drifts (MP1), Menu (MP2), Hunters (MP2), and Skytown (MP3).Super Metroid: Not really the same as Metroid Prime, but still incredible nonetheless. Many of the series' most famous tunes, and a lot of my personal favorites, came from SM. Favorites: Brinstar (both songs for green and red areas), Mirandia, and Theme of Samus Aran: Galactic Warrior (which to my knowledge is not the same song as the SSBB version, which was actually the Super Metroid main theme).Ōkami: Shame this was only mentioned twice in this topic, because I frankly cannot name a single song I know from this soundtrack that I don't like. It's all pretty much of one genre, but anything else wouldn't have suited the game. What I've heard of Ōkamiden sounds pretty good too (and surprisingly high quality for a DS game). Favorites: Kamiki Village, Ryoshima Coast, Wep'Keer (Go listen to Suleputer's piano version it's awesome), Dragon Palace, Harami Lake, Shiranui, and The Sun Rises, to name a few.Cave Story: Retro soundtrack before retro was cool. Practically every tune is insanely catchy and uses its limited 8-bit sound pallet very creatively. Favorites: Gestation, Eyes of Flame, Geothermal, Last Battle, and Running ######.World of Goo: Kind of an odd soundtrack (and not entirely original either; a lot of it was tracks that Kyle Gabler made for other soundtracks), but it still strikes me as a great soundtrack. Lots of different genres were experimented with, but they all fit their respective stages nicely. Favorites: Jelly, Rain Rain Windy Windy, Screamer, Burning Man, Cog in The Machine, and The Last of The Goo Balls and the Telescope Operator. The OST versions of these songs are better than the in-game versions for the most part (they're essentially identical, but the game versions are noticeably shorter). Gabler published the OST for free on his website if anyone here wants to hunt that down.Aaaand that's about it. There's some misc favorites of mine too but I don't feel like listing all of those too.

I really like the depressing tone of Majora's Mask music. It sets the stage for the game really well.On the subject of Metroid, I loved the tunnel theme in Metroid II.

[Hukster]

I love lots of the Super Smash Bros. series music, EarthBound/MOTHER series music, Mario, Legend of Zelda, MegaMan, and of music from LEGO games.

[Eeko]

Let me put it like this: Last time a topic like this was posted, I ended up compiling a list of video game tunes I like. It reached one and a half page in OpenOffice, and that was just my favorites. I like the music from Zelda, Metroid, Castlevania, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario, Mega Man, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, F-Zero, Golden Sun, Cave Story, Team Fortress, Touhou, Pokémon, Pikmin, and plenty of other games. I love video games.

I only just started playing Chrono Trigger, and I'm already in love with the music.

[Queen of Liars]

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within and American McGee's Alice have my favourite soundtracks.Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Red Alert 3 were also quite good.

[Just A Dot]

Just about anything in Brawl.

[Rausaro]

I'm a big fan of the Battlefield soundtracks...Specifically, Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142.

[Protodite Karzahni]

>Ctrl + F>"Nier">0 results. YOU PEOPLE KNOW NOTHING OF GOOD MUSIC! ...Actually you probably do, you just haven't heard Nier yet. Strong recommendation, one of the greatest soundtracks, nay, greatest pieces of music I've ever heard.

[GSR]

First one that came to mind: the Professor Layton soundtracks all fit well in the game, but each one also has an amazing orchestral piece that's just outstanding on its own. Look them up some time. That random one aside, I have a frankly ridiculous amount of game music collected from over the years. A lot of it's from Eastern games, but there's also things like the soundtracks from Mass Effect and Heavy Rain.

[Katuko]

I only just started playing Chrono Trigger, and I'm already in love with the music.

You will still love it by the time you're done, I assure you. If you haven't heard the Chrono Symphonic remix album, I suggest you Google it after you've played the game. A few track titles/descriptions hold spoilers, you see. The wish I could link you to a certain great remix site, but it's got forums. You can find it via Chrono Symphonic, though.EDIT: Or I could just PM the link to anyone who wants it. Edited October 14, 2011 by Katuko

[Kothra]

I'm a big fan of the Battlefield soundtracks...Specifically, Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142.

Yeah, I really really liked 2142's soundtrack. Minsk was my most played song on my iPod/iTunes for a while. Haha, it's still #5. Edited October 14, 2011 by Revolutionary Saint Kothra

[Eeko]

I only just started playing Chrono Trigger, and I'm already in love with the music.

You will still love it by the time you're done, I assure you. If you haven't heard the Chrono Symphonic remix album, I suggest you Google it after you've played the game. A few track titles/descriptions hold spoilers, you see. The wish I could link you to a certain great remix site, but it's got forums. You can find it via Chrono Symphonic, though.EDIT: Or I could just PM the link to anyone who wants it.

I listened to Zelda Symphonic Legends, but I promised myself I wouldn't listen to Chrono's until I heard the originals.

[BULiK]

I'm a big fan of Mega Man music, and am competing in a competition on another forum. I doubt I can mention it though

Mega-man battle network 3FTW oh, and portal 2

[~Allegretto~]

Halo, Mario, Sonic, and Zelda. Also Still Alive, Want You Gone, and Robots FTW.

[Rausaro]

I'm a big fan of the Battlefield soundtracks...Specifically, Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142.

Yeah, I really really liked 2142's soundtrack. Minsk was my most played song on my iPod/iTunes for a while. Haha, it's still #5.

Minsk was good! I also like Belgrade and Verdun... and don't forget Wake 2142.

[Terminus]

The World Ends With You.Love that soundtrack.

[Zerothemaster]

I'm a big fan of Mega Man music, and am competing in a competition on another forum. I doubt I can mention it though

Mega-man battle network 3FTW oh, and portal 2

BN3's music is some of the best, thought I like BN1's music better. Oh, and PotatOS Lament. X3

I'm a big fan of Mega Man music, and am competing in a competition on another forum. I doubt I can mention it though

Ooh, yeah. Mega Man's great. I love 3's title screen.

3's ending. OH GOSH YES One of my favorites.

I have sheet music for that entire game, and it is fantastic. The ending theme is like, eight pages long.

Mega Man 2 and 3 have some of the best video game music ever composed, in my opinion. And just look at all the derivatives they've spawned. Others I really like are from Golden Sun and Bioshock. -ck

I personally prefer the soundtracks to 10, 9, and the gameboy game V. Just me, though.

[Senrab]

Kingdom Hearts > everything music-wise in my opinion.

[PianoOnWheels]

Kingdom Hearts > everything music-wise in my opinion.

I adore Yoko Shimomura. Are you familiar with her other work?

[Eeko]

Sweet! Just found a 26 page Zelda Medley. I'm gonna go play it.

[GSR]

I adore Yoko Shimomura. Are you familiar with her other work?

When I picked up Radiant Historia I was pleasantly surprised to see she was the composer for it. Never played the Kingdom Hearts games, but Super Mario RPG (and its soundtracK) have a special place in my heart. Edited October 14, 2011 by GSR

[Bundalings]

I've got all the Halo tracks and I love them, especially ODST. I think I got a copy of the Mass Effect 2 soundtrack when I got the game on Steam but I haven't gone looking for it yet. I just recently got the Bastion soundtrack and it has some really great ambient music, and three nice vocal tracks (and one vocal track I always skip. ).

[TheSkeletonMan939]

I like the music for the first three Harry Potter games. Jeremy Soule is a pretty good composer.

[PianoOnWheels]

When I picked up Radiant Historia I was pleasantly surprised to see she was the composer for it. Never played the Kingdom Hearts games, but Super Mario RPG (and its soundtracK) have a special place in my heart.

I've greatly enjoyed Radiant Historia's soundtrack, though I feel a few tracks play too frequently. Legend of Mana is another excellent soundtrack of Shimomura's, I am especially fond of the title theme. Edited October 15, 2011 by PianoOnWheels

[Makuta Matata]

Sonic the Hedgehog for me.

[-Dark Templar-]

The Portal 2 soundtrack is good, particularly if you enjoy electronic music. Metroid Prime has some great selections as well, I love the Phendrana Drifts theme especially.

[GSR]

I've greatly enjoyed Radiant Historia's soundtrack, though I feel a few tracks play too frequently. Legend of Mana is another excellent soundtrack of Shimomura's, I am especially fond of the title theme.

Yeah, I felt the same way. The "sadness" track in particular was played about a thousand times, even though there was that other depressing track that only played once or twice. I haven't heard Legend of Mana's, but Shimomura is really quite excellent.

[PianoOnWheels]

Yeah, I felt the same way. The "sadness" track in particular was played about a thousand times, even though there was that other depressing track that only played once or twice. I haven't heard Legend of Mana's, but Shimomura is really quite excellent.

It is a great piece, but it's effect is certainly lessened by its persistent recycling. I'd recommend you take a look, specifically the orchestrations on the Drammatica album, and yes, she is. On a different note, are any of you familiar with the soundtrack to Suikoden Tierkreis? The spin-off to the Suikoden series is on the Nintendo DS and the quality of the soundtrack, both musically and technically, is astounding for the handheld. "The Plain and the Sky;" with excellent use of percussion and a unique ethnic feel, "Sally Beacon;" the rousing theme of the preparation for battle, and "Porpoise's Home;" a waltz with a certain magical flair, are some of the best on the album to anyone interested.

[Element Lord of Milk]

Any music from a Valve game, Spiral Knights music, Terraria music.

[PowerMiner]

Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, Kirby, Sonic the Hedgehog, I like so many of these. Dark Bowser theme is EPIC though.

[Ballom Nom Nom]

Metroid Prime Trilogy. Metroid Prime Trilogy. Metroid Prime Trilogy. Best video game music I've heard by far. Other than that, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite has some very good themes as well, such as Ukanlos, Kushala Daora, and White Fatalis battle themes. The Ukanlos one in particular really captures the feel of fighting a creature revered as a deity. Oh, yes, and Super Robot Wars OG2 also has its share of memorable themes, including Fight for Tomorrow, The Examiner, and The Violent Four. ~B~

Edited October 15, 2011 by Ballom

[Padishah Mehmet II]

The Witcher 2, The Witcher, Europa Universalis III and the Morrowind title theme were all examples of a disastrously epic soundtrack.-Dovydas