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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:39 pm Post subject: Best game music / soundtrack |
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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
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Those suck.
Total Annihilation has the best music. |
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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My personal fav has to be the soundtrack to REZ. Though I do enjoy the soundtrack to JSRF a lot too. |
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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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. _________________ War. War never changes. |
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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Need For Speed 5 has the best soundtrack. Underground 1 & 2's soundtracks suck. |
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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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. _________________ Registered Linux User #387568
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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IIRC "Heart of Darkness" (a 2D jump and run) had a very nice Soundtrack (played by London Symphony Orchestra). |
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:51 am Post subject: |
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The soundtrack of Mafia is excellent too. |
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:32 am Post subject: |
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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. _________________ *User behaviour when your O/S isn't working properly*
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:55 am Post subject: |
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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.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:39 am Post subject: |
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Star Control 2 (Ur Quan Masters)
Especially the MyCon theme |
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:45 am Post subject: |
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Turrican 2 best soundtrack ever ![Smile :)](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif) _________________ Gentoo Linux / gentoo-sources 2.6.28-r1 / fluxbox 1.1.1
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:59 am Post subject: |
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$$ games: anything made by square
free games: frozen bubble
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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Hitman 2 was pretty sweet. |
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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MDK 2 had a great soundtrack. |
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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Ninia gaiden I,II and III for nintendo 8 bit
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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"The Dig" by Lucasarts (Graphic Adventure)
I liked that soundtrack so much I bought the CD. |
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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All time best song is in "Bard's Tale (2005)": "It's a bad luck to be you". |
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:02 am Post subject: |
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- TIE Fighter (Star Wars MIDI synth all the way!
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- 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
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:01 am Post subject: |
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Most definitely Total Annihilation. |
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:21 am Post subject: |
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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. |
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 4:14 am Post subject: |
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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. |
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:18 am Post subject: |
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GTA: Vice city and GTA: San andreas for sure ![Cool 8)](images/smiles/icon_cool.gif) |
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Perhaps an odd entry, but the Dungeon Keeper 2 Theme. It kicks ass, even if it's only a minute or so long. _________________ Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis! |
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