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Anonymous Source  Posts: 3 Joined: 4 Oct 2007   | The Metal Gear series has a beautiful score. My favorite is the ending theme to Metal Gear Solid/The Twin Snakes. I believe it's called "The Best is yet to Come." |
Anonymous Source Posts: 7 Joined: 4 Oct 2007 | I've got to say that I really enjoyed the music from Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, back on the 'Cube. One song that really sticks out for me was a waltz from this manor-like level. I still catch myself whistling it every now and then. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 144 Joined: 3 Oct 2007    | maybe it's a sign of middle age, by in my humble opinion, the best union of music & gameplay that i've ever come across is Mechwarrior 2/GB/Mercs |
Anonymous Source Posts: 2 Joined: 3 Oct 2007 | Final Fantasy Tactics pwns this topic up and down, even in spite of the fact it was all synthesized. |
Paperboy Posts: 12 Joined: 29 Aug 2007 | The first Front Mission's soundtrack is, perhaps, my absolute favourite. Plot-related pieces always nailed the atmosphere perfectly, combat tracks were catchy and perfectly arranged. Truth be told, the whole thing (Written by Yoko Shimomura and Noriko Matsueda) is better than anything and everything Nobuo Uematsu has written. Square really should have dumped more cash on these guys to write more music for them and damn the fanboys. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 521 Joined: 4 Oct 2007  |
Agreed. And another Metal game: Metal Slug. I've also always had a fondness for the Half-Life 2 songs. The techno feel is just so unique to me. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 1 Joined: 5 Oct 2007 | I can still remember the Bubble Bobble theme. Other faves are Colonization, Civilization II, SimCity 3000, the intro to Day of the Tentacle, and "A Pirate I Was Meant To Be" from The Curse of Monkey Island (http://www.worldofmi.com/features/lyrics/index.php?id=6). I also agree on the Quake soundtrack. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 171 Joined: 5 Oct 2007  | Capcom's Onimusha series has great music. Very evocative of the period. God of War has a great soundtrack. Perfect for the game. SOTC and Ico have already been mentioned, but I concur. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 4 Joined: 5 Oct 2007 | metal gear solid theme is annoyingly catchy, some of the final fantasy music is ok although no perticular song comes to mind. oh and sonic and mario too |
Beat Writer Posts: 171 Joined: 5 Oct 2007 | You know, the old Crash Banidcoots had great music. I really loved how the music changed from level to level. |
Paperboy  Posts: 17 Joined: 11 Oct 2007  | Journey to Silius for NES is easily one of the best soundtracks of all-time. You probably never played it, and never will. Check out an excellent video review of the game here. The rest of the winners: |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 521 Joined: 4 Oct 2007 | New faves: VLVX_song22, VLVX_song24. (first of which you can listen to at this YTMND: http://orangewins.ytmnd.com/ ) |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 70 Joined: 3 Oct 2007  | Here's the ones I can think of off the top of my head: Jesper Kyd's scores for the "Hitman" series. I own every one and have the bad habit of playing those scores during other games. Oh yeah and Jesper Kyd's score for "Freedom Fighters". Michael Giacchino's score for "Mercenaries" was worth buying. "Bioshock" has a pretty solid score. The version of "Beyond the Sea" that plays in the bathysphere is a Django Reinhardt & Stephan Grappelli piece. They are two of my favorite musicians and it made me happy to hear it in a game. I am a sucker for the intro themes for the "GTA" series. The "Max Payne" scores were solid. The original theme for "Final Fantasy" always makes me happy. Amon Tobin's score for "Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory" was a welcome addition to my collection. The "Okami" score is a lot of fun. The scores and especially the Main Theme from the "Katamari" games are a hoot. It's really difficult not to start "Na nanananana na na na nana na". "Grim Fandango" The "Metroid" series is classic as is "Zelda". The score for the first "Silent Hill" especially the blooper end credits track. And my personal favorite score: "Shadowrun" for the SNES. I just love it. I have it stuck in my head a lot. |
Paperboy  Posts: 15 Joined: 12 Oct 2007 | ICO, Silent Hill, FF7, Chrono Trigger, absolutely. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 4 Joined: 21 Oct 2007 | I thought the Dead Rising soundtrack was pretty good, it was mainly present in the boss fights (psychopaths for any one who has played it lol) and it did a great job of pumping you up. My favorite bit was when you strayed out into the park after dark and the convicts were out there, when you heard the ominous music you instantly knew that there was gonna be trouble. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 5 Joined: 9 Sep 2007 | I'm extremely fond of Jesper Kyd's work for the Hitman games. I'm looking forward to the Assassin's Creed and Kane & Lynch soundtracks. As for non-original soundtracks, I'd have to say Fallout 1 & 2 (though I actually like I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire more than Maybe) and GTA III, VC & SA. |
Paperboy Posts: 22 Joined: 21 Oct 2007 | metroid prime 1, zelda ocarina of time, majora's mask, wind waker. halo, mgs2 harry gregson williams super mario 64 |
Copy Clerk Posts: 77 Joined: 22 May 2007 | Off the top of my mind, I'd say Fallout - Mark Morgan's incredible ambient soundtracks not only set the tone, but are impressive and chilling on their own. |
Paperboy  Posts: 46 Joined: 8 Oct 2007 | Bioshock: |
Paperboy Posts: 11 Joined: 10 Oct 2007 | Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War - The Unsung War, as well as Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War - The Journey Home, are two of my favorite music, that were the greatest, in my opinion. Of Course, there are good music, too. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 521 Joined: 4 Oct 2007 |
While the game's whole art style sucked, there was one track I did particularly like. It plays at the game's installation screen (on PC) and in one of the first areas. I'm still wondering how I can work it into the soundtrack of one of my videos. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 1 Joined: 22 Oct 2007 | check out gamemusiccentral.com super CD with all the killer game music composers. great music plus they give you pictures and autographs of the musicians. the mighty quinn |
Paperboy Posts: 17 Joined: 25 Oct 2007 | I love the old games where the musics like that really epic guitar rifts; just made you want to do something crazy. |
Muckraker  Posts: 249 Joined: 28 Oct 2007 | The entire score from the original Guikld Wars is fantastic. I don't play the game anymroe but i listen to the music at leat once a week. Maybe its because i am growing to like classical music but i really enjoy it as a change from what i normally listen to. Also twilight_dweller didn't Guitar Hero win a best music award recently? Or was that GH2? |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 521 Joined: 4 Oct 2007 | Deus Ex's main title is very catchy, and really epic. I love playing it at high volume. |
Paperboy Posts: 46 Joined: 8 Oct 2007 |
I rather enjoyed it, surprisingly, though 90% of it was built with no purpose in mind except for the player to have to get past (no thought towards what real purpose it would pose). It was mind numbingly hard, which was one of it's other setbacks, but the metal songs helped to prevent things from getting boring, except versus the Dahaka, that was insane. The only battle that felt more ridiculous in it's successor, The Two Thrones, was the one versus the two black knights where only "stealth" kills worked. However I'm getting off topic... are the unsung war soundtracks available for download somewhere? |
Paperboy Posts: 13 Joined: 23 Oct 2007 | I'm quite partial to the Opera from FFVI myself. It'll be great to hear it live with full orchestra and such. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 1 Joined: 31 Oct 2007 | Metal Slug music is greatly composed. Steel Beast comes to mind, as does Final Attack. :3 |
Anonymous Source Posts: 9 Joined: 14 Nov 2007 | Ecco the Dolphin, the CD version, had some really nice (if perhaps a bit dated) ambient new-agey sound. It stands on its own musically. And since it's redbook, it spun in my CD player for years. Back in 1997, I took a summer vacation with some friends, went to Washington DC. We took a train to the Baltimore Aquarium, and while there, saw the dolphin show they had. I was pleasantly surprised when I realized the background music during the show was the main theme to Ecco The Dolphin. Someone working there had a clue. My fiancee says when she was there a few years back, they still used the same music. I took the time to email the composer, Spencer Nilsen, at his website. I was curious if he knew the aquarium used the song - I wasn't trying to get them in trouble or anything, I just thought he'd think it was cool. Apparently he did, and he sent me a signed CD of the SEGA ECCO soundtrack! Other cool soundtracks: MegaMan 2 and 3. Excellent stuff there. Primitive, sure, but great melody, really catchy. Grim Fandango's on my Mp3 player. It's just so evocative of the influences behind the game. The Westwood Blade Runner game had great music that really evoked the original Vangelis works. Sometimes, uh, just copying it, but still. Outcast, while bombastic, had some really good stuff. Of course, it was the Moscow Philharmonic. System Shock 2, again, great. A few themes repeated throughout, just good stuff. Half-Life 1 was really good and suitably claustrophobic and alienated when it had to be. The intros to the Fallout games, the use of the Ink Spots & Satchmo, that was PERFECT. The music in-game was really quiet and atmospheric, but it was nice. |
Paperboy  Posts: 14 Joined: 14 Nov 2007 | Bioshock's OST would be glorious if it wasn't only 17 minutes long. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 7 Joined: 17 Nov 2007 | My absolute favorite soundtrack would have to be Outlaws. I dare Morricone and spaghetti western fans to try to listen to this music without smiling. |
Paperboy Posts: 17 Joined: 25 Oct 2007 | Hell March 2 from Red Alert 2 its silly but i grew up listening to it on Red Alert |
Paperboy  Posts: 49 Joined: 14 Nov 2007 | Two songs I'll probably never hear remixed: |
Beat Writer  Posts: 219 Joined: 14 Nov 2007 | I have to say that the menu music from Homeworld blew me away. The Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale series also has fittingly heroic orchestral stuff. In more recent games: TF2. Rhythmical, comical, and entertaining. |
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Any song in Megaman 2, and the Halo soundtrack (I'm a sucker for epic, orchestral scores.)