Favorite Video Game music.

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

I was wondering what everyone's favorite video game music was? From any kind of game?

What music made you feel the most sadness? The most drama? What creeped out the most?

 

My favorite game music comes from Xenogears. That game is so good at setting the mood with it's music. Into the Sky was one that I really enjoyed from that game.

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

Battletoads. Laugh if you want, but just think about it for a while.

[Guest Renegade]

This thread was done awhile back. Lets see...

 

"City Escape" Sonic Adventure 2.

 

"Live and learn" from same game.

 

"Moonlight" from the Megaman X6 intro.

 

The Tracks from Capcom vs SNK 2 ("This is a true love we're making")

 

"Simple and clean" in Kingdom hearts (the full version at the end, not the remix.) Call me sappy but it really set the bitter-sweet mood of the end sequence for me.

 

The original theme to double dragon on the NES.

 

The ice level on Sonic 3 (you know where he gets the snowboard.)

 

The music on Sonic CD (yes I played alot of Sonic in my time.)

 

Chrono triggers music was good at the time...

 

A couple of KOF songs but I always mix the music up so I'm not sure from which game.

 

Zelda OOT (gotta love those tunes.)

 

"Its only us" and "Song 2" by Robbie williams and Blur on the fifa games.

 

I probably have more.

[Guest IDrinkRatsMilk]

all of the music from Super Mario Brothers... Ive got an mp3 of it all mixed together, and its some good stuff.

 

I've also always liked Balrog's music from Street Fighter.

 

The Wu Tang Shaolin Style game had some excellent music, but ironically it wasn't the Wu Tang songs.

[Guest razazteca]

The Mini Bosses band cover songs of NES games are must have MP3s

[Guest chirs3]

Any and all music from Final Fantasy VI.

 

Most of the music from Chrono Cross.

 

And quite a few songs from Frequency.

[Guest MillenniumMan831]

From the original Die Hard Trilogy game; The Wall Street level in Die Hard w/ A Vengeance mode. It would of made a swank entrance theme for I.R.S.

[Guest KoR Fungus]

My favorite game in terms of music is FF6. It's just so consistantly good, almost every tune is memorable and almost nothing is bad. Honorable mention goes to FF7, Chrono Trigger and Tekken 2.

 

As for specific pieces of music...

 

Aria de Mezzo Caraterre (and the rest of the FF6 opera) is beautiful, and creates one of the most memorable scenes in videogames. It could use an update, though, as the digitalized voices are pretty ugly.

 

Scars, the Chrono Cross intro theme. Amazing piece of music. Too bad none of the in-game music was that good.

 

I loved One Winged Angel (the FF7 final boss theme) at the time. It does a great job setting the mood for the battle. It's a bit overproduced and long, though.

 

The Best is Yet to Come from the MGS ending is hauntingly beautiful.

 

The Metal Gear Solid 2 intro theme is a great piece of upbeat music to get the game started.

 

I'm also love a bunch of DDR music. So Deep, Abyss, Absolute, Dam Dariram, Hot Limit, B4U and lots more. Too many to list.

[Guest Cavi]

Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross - Mitsuda is easily one of my favorite composers and these two games are the reason why. His work isn't as grand in scale as say Uematsu's, but the way he works different themes into the pieces is just great.

 

Killer Instinct Series - The first time I heard the famous theme song, I was hooked. Definitely ranks as my favorite fighting game series music.

 

Streets of Rage Series - Classic Yuzo Koshiro.

 

Revenge of Shinobi - Another Yuzo soundtrack. While this series has always had good music (Shinobi III has awesome tracks, though Revenge is the only Yuzo composed game), this is probably my favorite.

 

Shenmue - Yet another one to come out of Yuzo, though this time it was more of a team effort with his studio Ancient. Great, traditional stuff (though that pop song during the motorcycle scene isn't exactly good).

[Guest Karnage]

The Casino Level in Sonic The Hedgehog 2.

[Guest Nevermortal]

Hitman 2's Budapest Radio Orchestra score is fan-fucking-tastic.

 

Splinter Cell's music is PERFECT. If you do something wrong like step into the light or make too much noise, immediately, the music grows tense. Plus the opening video to "The Name of the Game" rules the world.

 

Jet Set Radio Future's music is very very cool, it suits the game very well, and I can't get enough of Hideki Naganuma.

[Guest Karnage]

Jet Set Radio Future's music is very very cool, it suits the game very well, and I can't get enough of Hideki Naganuma.

Forgot to mention JSRF, that's amazing and unique stuff.

[Guest phoenixrising]

Ace Combat 4. Great music, particularly in the "Shattered Skies" mission where there is just one big dogfight, and the final level where you must destroy a superweapon and this opera chorus is singing, awesome.

 

Since I like 80's songs, GTA: Vice City. Plus you have the option of changing your song by switching radio stations.

[Guest undisputedjericho]

The 'inspirational' song played during the menus of All Star Baseball 2003 is awsome...it's absolutly perfect for America's pasttime.

[Guest undisputedjericho]

The 'inspirational' song played during the menus of All Star Baseball 2003 is awsome...it's absolutly perfect for America's pasttime.

[Guest undisputedjericho]

The 'inspirational' song played during the menus of All Star Baseball 2003 is awsome...it's absolutly perfect for America's pasttime.

[Guest redbaron51]

i have to go with GTA: Vice City

JSRF

Halo

Splinter Cell

FFIV

Legend of Zelda

Donkey Kong...

[Paul Stanley 0]

Any of Shenmue's tracks, i have the Shenmue music CD cause i like it so much.

 

The music from NES's Guerrila War

[Guest J*ingus]

Pretty much any music from the Final Fantasy, Castlevania, and Metal Gear Solid series.

[Guest EQ]

Some of those old Sonic, Mario, Zelda, etc tunes are just too classic...

 

I love the music to Soul Calibur. I even downloaded the soundtrack and throw it on every once in a while for a nice change of pace. The music really kicks ass. MGS had a good score too.

 

The Tony Hawk games usually have a decent selection on them, but I don't know if we're counting that.

 

As far as JSRF goes, I love the music except for that Birthday Cake song. That song is quite possibly the worst one I've ever heard. I turn the sound down when it comes on. I wish you could take that track out of the rotation.

 

Speaking of XBOX games, why the hell doesn't EVERY GAME support custom soundtracks?! I mean, it wouldn't be the best choice for every game (Splinter Cell), but the option should definately be there, IMO.

[Guest EricMM]

I'd say a few RPG's like FFVI, Suikoden, Chrono Trigger, they were all really good.

 

Metal Gear Solid's intro was the best sounding and best produced intro to any game I had ever seen

 

Castlevania Symphony of the Night had some great tracks.

 

Super Metroid was good.

 

I would count Tony Hawk games because they are soundtracks just like any other game. And for the most part they are skate songs.