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Ok continuing on from my last thread, he's a different question.

What is your favourite music from a Video Game?

So for me, there are two answers to this for me.

One: The opening theme songs for the VR Games, I expect you to Die. They are absolute and fantastic, and certainly channel that classic James Bond spy feeling. Cannot help but sing them.

Second, multiple songs from Final Fantasy XIV. To The Edge, Endwalker - Footfalls, Shadowbringers, some of the songs from the Alexander Raids , there's too many to name, but these are all great, and seriously can't stop myself singing along to any of them when they come on.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Brilliant sound track!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Surprised Darren Korb hasn't had a mention yet.

Bastion and Hades have phenomenal OSTs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Same here, i love Transistor's music

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

For me it's Doom 2016, it's just insane! Mick Gordon is a genius.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the entire OST for Nier: Automata is amazing. i still need to play through Nier: Replicant and i think im looking forward to the music more than the game itself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The carnival theme chefs kiss

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I think the Katamari Damacy soundtrack is the one I return to the most. It's distilled joy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Megaman without a doubt. Regular and X.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Zelda music, specifically from BOTW and TOTK. But all the Zelda games have great music.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Hotline Miami 1 and 2 soundtracks are killer.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's probably cliche, but when it comes to pure catchiness and memorability, my go-to is Undertale.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

honestly, the entirety of the final fantasy tactics soundtrack is my jam. especially when you recall specific moments when a track was played during the game. they have so much punch and they're always so epic. the boss tracks rule!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The composer, Hitoshi Sakimoto, has done many other games and they often have a very similar sound.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

dude yes! final fantasy 12 is probably my second favorite soundtrack, if I'm rating my personal favorites from final fantasy in general. the world of Ivalice and the music he composed for it just hit different.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed. I may or may not use a lot of his music for my ttrpg games. Nobody sets the atmosphere of a city quite like he does.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's hard to pick a favorite but I find myself listening to the Hollow Knight soundtrack a lot while writing. It's fantastic!

Shout out to the Hades soundtrack though, I play that while playing D&D and my whole group loves it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I find Inon Zur’s tracks on fallout to be superb and can’t wait to see how the Starfield OST ends up, also Mick Gordon’s Doom OST is absolute perfection.

Licensed tracks in the Wipeout series are excellent, including the originals from Cold Storage. Such good memories playing the best AG racer.

[–] SonnyIC 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I love the Paradise Killer soundtrack

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Loved the music in hollow knight

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Fallout 4 theme music just is great. The game not so much but that menu with that music is awesome.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Corridors of Time - Chrono Trigger

[–] nivenkos 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ocarina Of Time and Super Mario 64 for sure.

Megaman and Donkey Kong Country also have some great chiptune music.

And The Witcher 3 for including so many different traditional instruments. The Elder Scrolls is also good.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Pretty much anything from the first Ratchet and Clank game - Metropolis, Gemlik Base and Gaspar are some of my favourites

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The music from Myst is probably my favorite

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I can listen to the soundtrack from The Messenger. RainbowDragonEyes just absolutely knocked that one out of the park.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Minecraft. If I had to pick a song specifically, I'm gonna say Subwoofer Lullaby. It just really captures the calm, familiar feeling of "living" in Minecraft. Farming, renovating, adventuring, spelunking, etc. Whenever I'm working on something, ranging from just building the first rendition of a house in a new world to developing an automatic redstone-powered bamboo farm to supply a mass smelting furnace at the bottom of the world that uses water elevators for access, the soundtrack is unmatched.

It also just helps that it's an iconic game for people my age and I've spent years on and off playing it since alpha.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Risk of Rain2. Especially the soundtrack for the Survivors of the Void dlc.

The whole album is amazing, but A Placid Island of Ignorance and Once in a Lullaby are epic. The way the ending and the beginning of the album use Prelude to D-Flat Major is so satisfying.

Chris Christodoulou is an amazing musician.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

My fav, mostly because of nostalgia, has to be the final fantasy 9 soundtrack.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Saying that the Hades OST is my favorite soundtrack seems like the obvious choice out of Darren Korb's immaculate work on Supergiant's games is the safe pick. I'm still going to say it's my pick though.

Honorable mentions include Fastfall from Dust Force and the Metal Gear Rising Revengancs OST

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Chrono Trigger's soundtrack is a personal favorite.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Probably not the most unique take, but I still really love Minecraft's soundtrack (and other C418 tracks for that matter).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I listen to my vinyl of the Skyrim soundtrack on a very regular basis.
Runner up would be Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The Persona 5 and Hollow Knight soundtracks are excellent to me, followed closely by Celeste. Hollow Knight's music just sets the mood perfectly for the game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Venus lighthouse from golden sun. It's still my ringtone!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Both Katana Zero and Bomberman64 have absolutely incredible soundtracks. Very few game tracks stick with me, but both of those games have several incredible entries

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[–] Missjdub 3 points 1 year ago

Kk Slider slaps

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TMNT Turtles in Time. So overlooked. It is 100% unapologetic video game music, and it kicks holy amounts of ass.

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The Outer Wilds soundtrack is something I go back to regularly. Even considered buying the Vinyl...and I have no way of playing it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Battlefield OST

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Probably Crypt Of The Necrodancer, I don't have a favourite track though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Final Fantasy 6. Future FF games had bigger singles, but none have been as iconic from start to finish as FF6.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The Furi OST is banger after banger. It's a who's who of syntheave artists. It's my go-to listen when I'm caffeinated and need to be productive.

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Riding the Solar Wind - Stellaris.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

For me, it's Final Fantasy 8, killer7, and Medieval: Total War.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The works of Frank Klepacki in the Command & Conquer series. Banger after banger.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ace Combat 7 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kVdCaczLE8
Project Wingman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgcap-5IBsY
Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous - Almost all of their mythic path themes and then some. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCpTyQU3Vt4&list=PL5LsN8A6ix5qmFLYtrjWxP7zZOoffuuDr&index=8

And of course people here mentioned a few good ones like Undertale, Stellaris and stuff like that.

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