Best Video Game Menu Music

[TheMann]

-snip-, but how about Yahtzee's version- Deus Ex. That is all.

Indeed. A funny trivia point I found out: Warren Spector, the designer of Deus Ex, initially didn't like Alexander Brandon's theme, but was persuaded to keep it anyway. When the game was released he realized the impact that the title music had. When that music hit me the first time I fired up the game it made the whole purchase worthwhile (As a bonus, the game was really good too.)

Well as of late it has to be the main theme of StarCraft 2. It's an amazing suite of re-imagined themes from the original coupled with some great new ones. I would pay to hear this performed live.
Awesome.

 

[TiefBlau]

NAAAAA NA NA NA NANA NA NA NA KATAMARI DAMACYYYYY

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Their has been some great ones such as Civ 4, Dragon age, New Vegas, Farenheit, but their's only one that stands out in my mind, and that is the Zone of the Enders menu theme.


If you hear this song, and you don't get shivers down your spine, there's something wrong with you.

Both of the PS2 entries in that series had some great music, assuming you don't cringe at the mere thought of Jpop. Even if you do, the decidedly non-jpop in game music was quite competent.

Spoiler: and Beyond the Bounds

Just looking up this video has really rubbed salt in the wound that I'm still without a copy of this game. Curse you OPM for having that demo all those years ago, and darn you younger me for buying a copy of the original first, thinking if I liked it I could go back and buy the second one later. To this day, I've seen exactly one used copy of that game, while used copies of the first one actually turn up occasionally.

While we're covering games that had an intro video with a Jpop song attached, if you were one of the people who played Shogo back in the day, you're not going to forget the intro video to that any time soon.

Spoiler: even if you couldn't stand the last two, you might actually like this one

I'm still pissed at Halflife for overshadowing this game to the point that the closest thing we're ever going to get to a continuation of the series is F.E.A.R., which is all but stated to take place a long time before, but in the same universe as Shogo. Seriously, the only thing Half Life did that this game didn't was make the game one gigantic level, and tell the story without cutscenese -- neither of which are necessarily as great as we tend to think they are. Heck, at least you could go into third person and judge your jumps better in the annoying jumping puzzle section toward the end of Shogo than you could in the annoying jumping section toward the end of Halflife. The fact that Shogo let you pilot giant freakin' robots didn't hurt either.

 

[Ganthrinor]

One of the first things that really attracted me to Halo was the title theme.

Spoiler: Halo

Also, I'm not sure if this is going to really be the official Title Theme, but if not, I'm sure it'll be just as good.

Spoiler: Diablo 3

A game with amazing music, terrible gameplay.

Spoiler: Age of Conan

(giant video picture snip) Bitches don't know 'bout Jeremy Soule.

Honestly, a lot of his music after Total Annihilation sounds... well... good, but really "samey". Though he did a REALLY killer version of Terra's Theme from Final Fantasy VI.

Spoiler: Soule's FF VI remix

 

[BoredPixel]

The fun thing with Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is that the menu music is a random track from the soundtrack. So..

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If that doesn't count though then I'd go with Starcraft's menu theme, partly because I can't think of anything else at the moment. But its good!

<spoiler=Starcraft OST Main Menu>

 

[ska_tastic425]

Donkey Kong Country Returns, Sonic 2, Super Mario World

 

[LeonLethality]

I'm going with the Tatsunoko Versus Capcom character select screen. What? It counts as a menu!

 

[MikeHax]

Street Fighter 4 and Marvel Versus Capcom 2

 

[TheModWolf]

I don't think it's been said yet, but the NBA Jam theme always gets me pumped.
That and somebody already ninja'd Fire Emblem.

 

[GamingGoddessV]

God of War 3 menu music

 

[Marmal4de]

I used to love this theme as a kid and I still get reminded of it every once and a while.

 

[He[]]

Nothing beats Deus Ex in this category, as a few astute posters have already stated.

 

[ultrachicken]

Deus Ex. That is all.

This. A thousand bajillion times this.

I prefer the new one.
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That is not a part of the official Deus Ex Human Revolution OST, that was written by a fan.

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

There are three which I like.

Spoiler: Final Fantasy 9

 

[Dumbfish1]

Deus Ex. That is all.

This. A thousand bajillion times this.

I prefer the new one.
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That is not a part of the official Deus Ex Human Revolution OST, that was written by a fan.

Oh yes, thanks. I intended to link the one from the trailer, but put this one by accident. Fixed it now.

 

[Vitor Goncalves]

civ 4
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Best ever.

Tomb raider Angel of Darkness theme, Panzer Dragoon theme and World of Warcraft theme (the original, called Legends of Azeroth) come close in my list.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

I feel so old for suggesting this:

 

[Skoldpadda]

Also, the very first Grand Theft Auto, but I can't find it.

 

[Rhymer]

Bitches don't know 'bout Jeremy Soule.

Total Annihilation's soundtrack. All of it, bro.

 

[karloss01]

only one i could think of is Future Cop LAPD.