Best game music / soundtrack

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Remillard · Post by **Remillard** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:39 pm

Well, in the spirit of the silly but fun best game/worst game topics, i thought I'd start this one up to see what other people liked.

For music/soundtrack I'd also include ambient sound effects, though that might be a special category as well.

The two that come to mind are:

The Neverhood for such an awesomely silly soundtrack that's unique and infinitely replayable (and available again from Terry Taylor's website)

System Shock 2, for ambient heebie-jeebies

What do folks think?

vvonder · Post by **vvonder** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:40 pm

Those suck.

Total Annihilation has the best music.

niskel · Post by **niskel** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:43 pm

My personal fav has to be the soundtrack to REZ. Though I do enjoy the soundtrack to JSRF a lot too.

KozmoNaut · Post by **KozmoNaut** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:37 pm

vvonder wrote:Total Annihilation has the best music.

I second that.

Also, the GTA games all have absolutely perfect soundtracks, but I guess that comes from choosing music from the same period as the game's setting.

russianpirate · Post by **russianpirate** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:41 pm

Need For Speed 5 has the best soundtrack. Underground 1 & 2's soundtracks suck.

Varean · Post by **Varean** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:35 pm

HA! This is to easy-
Halo 2

Through and through, the best damn soundtrack out there. It has lots of great music from tons of artists.

nabla² · Post by **nabla²** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:10 pm

IIRC "Heart of Darkness" (a 2D jump and run) had a very nice Soundtrack (played by London Symphony Orchestra).

Felly · Post by **Felly** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:51 am

The soundtrack of Mafia is excellent too.

Ninjin · Post by **Ninjin** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:32 am

Hmm... tough one. *ponders for ten minutes*

Homeworld was great, too few tracks though. So I'd go with Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask. The orchestrad versions are amazing just like the ones in the game. Occasionally I do hum the WC:2 soundtrack though.

John5788 · Post by **John5788** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 4:51 am

Super mario bros

Red Sparrow · Post by **Red Sparrow** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:55 am

I really like all the orchestrated Final Fantasy soundtracks and the Final Fantasy vocal collections. Anything by Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Xenogears, Xenosaga) is great too.

(- Steve -)

daktak · Post by **daktak** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:39 am

Star Control 2 (Ur Quan Masters)

Especially the MyCon theme

sOuLjA · Post by **sOuLjA** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:45 am

Turrican 2 best soundtrack ever

gaminggeek · Post by **gaminggeek** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:59 am

$$ games: anything made by square

free games: frozen bubble

ChristyMcJesus · Post by **ChristyMcJesus** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:09 pm

Hitman 2 was pretty sweet.

MIT_Service · Post by **MIT_Service** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:13 pm

MDK 2 had a great soundtrack.

(l)user · Post by **(l)user** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:04 pm

Ninia gaiden I,II and III for nintendo 8 bit

Edit: and The Universe for Amiga!!

ChojinDSL · Post by **ChojinDSL** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:48 pm

"The Dig" by Lucasarts (Graphic Adventure)
I liked that soundtrack so much I bought the CD.

nbkolchin · Post by **nbkolchin** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:22 pm

All time best song is in "Bard's Tale (2005)": "It's a bad luck to be you".

routerguy · Post by **routerguy** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:02 am

TIE Fighter (Star Wars MIDI synth all the way!:D )
Rainbow Six: Rouge Spear
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2
Diablo II and LOD expansion
Max Payne I and II
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Bartlet · Post by **Bartlet** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:01 am

Most definitely Total Annihilation.

Darkael · Post by **Darkael** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:21 am

IMHO console RPG soundtracks are the best (Nobuo Uematsu,Yasunori Mitsuda, Motoi Sakuraba ...), but there are also a few occidental game OSTs that I like, especially the work of Jeremy Soule (Total Annihilation, Morrowind, Dungeon Siege, Icewind Dale....).
It's funny to note that Soule seems to be a fan of japanese composers too. In addition his first work in game music industry was with Squaresoft.

qleak · Post by **qleak** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 4:14 am

I've always loved the NIN soundtrack to Quake I

I found myself often as amused by the talk radio in GTA than the music.

RaZoR1394 · Post by **RaZoR1394** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:18 am

GTA: Vice city and GTA: San andreas for sure

chronophobic · Post by **chronophobic** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:49 am

Perhaps an odd entry, but the Dungeon Keeper 2 Theme. It kicks ass, even if it's only a minute or so long.