Copy Clerk  Posts: 85 Joined: 29 Jun 2008     | |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 668 Joined: 16 Apr 2008   | Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XI, and both Dark Cloud games. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3400 Joined: 14 Jan 2008     | Must. Resist. Urge. To. Say. Audiosurf. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 81 Joined: 24 Mar 2008 | Metal Gear Solid games always have awesome soundtracks. Apart from the James Bond style song on Snake Eater. At first I thought that was just meant to be a joke, given that the game is set in the 60s and is about spys. But now I'm starting to realise that they were being serious. Max Payne 1 & 2 also have good ones. Fits in very well with the noir style of the games. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1252 Joined: 18 Sep 2007     | You may want to have a look at this discussion of original soundtracks. Some interesting titles got mentioned there. One I forgot to mention in that thread, though, is the old arcade stand-by Outrun. It was an excellent marriage of style and gameplay. -- Steve |
Paperboy  Posts: 14 Joined: 22 Apr 2008  | Katamari Damacy anyone? |
Beat Writer Posts: 209 Joined: 17 Jun 2008  | It's not a new phenomenon that soundtracks are good and immersive. Age of Empires (1), Diablo (1) and many other old games have amazing soundtracks. The best one ever is Fatal hearts though, by far. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 446 Joined: 22 Jun 2008 | I vote for both God of War games. Now those are what all action games should use as soundtracks. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 626 Joined: 31 Jan 2008  | I reaaally like the FF7 soundtrack ..So so good Im thinking of getting into game compostion *thinking face* |
Copy Clerk Posts: 79 Joined: 7 May 2008 | I wish they would release more game soundtracks of CD, I have a few but I woukd really like to expand what I've got What I do own Skies of Arcadia |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1093 Joined: 2 Jan 2008     |
Katamari Damacy indeed. Age of Conan has an absolutely -epic- soundtrack. I'm also a fan of Devil May Cry 3's soundtrack. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 146 Joined: 3 Jun 2008 | The Silent Hill soundtracks are all amazing. The release of a new SH game always makes me look forward to the soundtrack as well. And in "the room's" and "origins'" cases, I found the soundtrack to be even better than the actual game. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 863 Joined: 8 Apr 2008  | Even though I mentioned it in the last one, it deserves repeating: Eternal Sonata ("Trusty Bell ~Chopin's Dream~") is pure bliss. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 179 Joined: 19 Mar 2008 | The original Spyro the Dragon games had music by Stewart Copeland from The Police. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 977 Joined: 29 Nov 2007  | Don't suppose anyone has a link to where I could download the Kane & Lynch soundtrack? They included it with certain copies of the game but you can't download it. That guitar and drum tune is awesome... |
Copy Clerk Posts: 100 Joined: 4 Feb 2008 | Final Fantasy 6 is way ahead of its time in this honorable mentions go to final fantasy tactics, soul calibur and warcraft |
Muckraker  Posts: 248 Joined: 10 May 2008 | Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind probably has the best gaming soundtrack ever, atleast according to me, i still listen to its soundtrack every now and then. |
Paperboy  Posts: 35 Joined: 14 May 2008 | I've always really enjoyed the "Brothers in Arms" soundtracks. The "Road to Hill 30" is better than "Earned in Blood" but they're are both awesome. If you've never heard it, its sort of like "Saving Private Ryan". |
Copy Clerk Posts: 85 Joined: 29 Jun 2008 | [EDIT] For me, Portal has the best soundtrack I've heard. It's really atmospheric and sinister and just fits into the game like a dream. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 390 Joined: 22 Feb 2008 | Halo- Half life- Resident evil- I could go on, but it would take me forever. Enjoy. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 482 Joined: 24 Oct 2007 | Mass Effect's soundtrack blew me away; the Metroid Prime series's is also pretty good, but I still always go back to Super Castlevania 4 on the SNES when I have to give an example of good music in a game. Note: I also would like to mention Castlevania: SOTN, that was impressive too. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 101 Joined: 23 Apr 2008 | Geez, nobody's mentioned Fallout 1 or 2? Mark Morgan's ambient-industrial-neotribal location-based score was brilliantly composed. Diablo has also always had excellent music, in keeping with the isometric RPG titles. Those sping to mind immediately, but that is not to discount so many other worthy titles too numerous to mention. Portal's clinical minimalism, Bioshock's anxiety-attack violin treatments, C&C: Red Alert's coldwave hellmarch, etc etc etc |
Beat Writer Posts: 146 Joined: 3 Jun 2008 | Kow Ohtani's "Shadow Of The Colossus" soundtrack was also stunning. The way the music changes perfectly from very calm to absolutelly epic was part of the reason the game was so good. ICO wasn't bad either. And Portal's Still Alive always makes me smile when I hear it. |
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Has anyone noticed how good gaming soundtracks are getting? I'm not talking about things like Rock Band and GH - even though it is nice to see the trust the music industry is placing in games these days - I mean games like Oblivion, Halo or Bioshock that have some proper, purpose-built music that pulls you deeper into the really high-octane moments or just enhance something you see to make it truly beautiful. Recently I looked through my games library and came out with a generous selection of games that really impressed me with their music. I could give you that list, but I'm kinda hoping the games I'm thinking of are the games you might be thinking of too. It just makes me pleased to see the effort people are putting into making games sound truly brilliant, even when you're listening to them away from the game itself.
Has anyone got an opinion of the greatest soundtrack to accompany a game? (This is also open to the track-lists from the instrumental games)