Best game music / soundtrack

Remillard · Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:39 pm Post subject: Best game music / soundtrack

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?
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vvonder · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 30

Those suck.

Total Annihilation has the best music.

niskel · Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject:

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

KozmoNaut · Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject:

russianpirate · Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:41 pm Post subject:

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

Varean · Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:35 pm Post subject:

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.
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nabla² · Apprentice Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 280

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

Felly · n00b Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 34 Location: Belgium

The soundtrack of Mafia is excellent too.

Ninjin · n00b Joined: 30 May 2005 Posts: 18 Location: /home/Ninjin

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.
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John5788 · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 4:51 am Post subject:

Super mario bros

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Red Sparrow · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:55 am Post subject:

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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daktak · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:39 am Post subject:

Star Control 2 (Ur Quan Masters)

Especially the MyCon theme

sOuLjA · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:45 am Post subject:

Turrican 2 best soundtrack ever

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gaminggeek · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:59 am Post subject:

$$ games: anything made by square

free games: frozen bubble

ChristyMcJesus · Apprentice Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 184

Hitman 2 was pretty sweet.

MIT_Service · Guru Joined: 29 Nov 2002 Posts: 355

MDK 2 had a great soundtrack.

(l)user · Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 334 Location: Poland

Ninia gaiden I,II and III for nintendo 8 bit

Edit: and The Universe for Amiga!!
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ChojinDSL · l33t Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 784

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

nbkolchin · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:22 pm Post subject:

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

routerguy · Guru Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 462

TIE Fighter (Star Wars MIDI synth all the way! )
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 · n00b Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 29

Most definitely Total Annihilation.

Darkael · Veteran Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Posts: 1321 Location: France

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 · n00b Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 67

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 · Guru Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Posts: 356

GTA: Vice city and GTA: San andreas for sure

chronophobic · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:49 am Post subject:

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