Most underrated game soundtracks.

[Z(ombie)fan]

How Come I never see "ZOmbies ATe My neighbors" in the whole "Best game soundtrack" threads that pop up all the time?


Zombies Ate My neighbors level 1:
Your being chased by multiple chainsaw dudes with this one:
this one made me think of Doctor Who:

Holy Effin' crap. Thats fricken Awesome.

 

[The Madman]

Divine Divinity.

I'll bet most people wont have even heard of the game itself, but give it a shot and just listen to the videos I've linked. One of the best fantasy soundtrack I've ever heard in a game:

Spoiler: Youtube links

I find it funny this relatively obscure (Although still quite successful) Belgian rpg released eight years ago still has a more distinctive soundtrack than most major-budget products being released today.

And while not a huge fan of the whole 8-bit soundtrack thing, I gotta admit those are pretty catchy.

 

[Sebenko]

Divine Divinity.

I only heard of that when I bought the sequel, Ego Draconis.

OT: I'm not sure, but some of the X3: Terran Conflict music is pretty good. I could stay in Kingdom End for a long while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6apqj6mMujI

Spoiler

 

[Z(ombie)fan]

Divine Divinity.

I'll bet most people wont have even heard of the game itself, but give it a shot and just listen to the videos I've linked. One of the best fantasy soundtrack I've ever heard in a game:

Spoiler: Youtube links

I find it funny this relatively obscure (Although still quite successful) Belgian rpg released eight years ago still has a more distinctive soundtrack than most major-budget products being released today.

And while not a huge fan of the whole 8-bit soundtrack thing, I gotta admit those are pretty catchy.

yea... they are.

and HOLY CRAP. I only listened to one so far, but is the actual game as good as the soundtrack?

 

[Z(ombie)fan]

Divine Divinity.

I only heard of that when I bought the sequel, Ego Draconis.

OT: I'm not sure, but some of the X3: Terran Conflict music is pretty good. I could stay in Kingdom End for a long while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6apqj6mMujI

Spoiler

Spoiler

Fix'd

 

[TheDuckbunny]

Apart from some of the more popular Final Fantasy and Mario songs I think most videogame soundtracks are underrated. It's a shame, really. There's some great musical talent there and I think even people that don't play games would like most of it, given it's their style of music.

 

[MonadProxy]

I can name 2

Jet set radio future
Voodoo Vince

 

[StriderShinryu]

With all the love that the Final Fantasy games usually get in the music department, the music in one of their other 16 bit masterpieces tends to get criminally ignored. That masterpiece would be Secret of Mana.

 

[The Madman]

I only heard of that when I bought the sequel, Ego Draconis.

I much prefer the original myself. Look it up if you've never tried it!

yea... they are.

and HOLY CRAP. I only listened to one so far, but is the actual game as good as the soundtrack?

Surprisingly yes. Plays sort of like a mix between the original Fallout games and Diablo 2, very well put together, plenty of roleplaying opportunities, tons of fun abilities, an interesting plot, fantastic 2D visuals, loot aplenty, and as mentioned already a fantastic soundtrack.

It's only real flaws are that A: It's not very newbie friendly and B: The voice acting sucks.

But if you're a fan of either Fallout or Diablo then it's certainly worth checking out. And if you're a fan of both, it's practically mandatory!

Available on Good Old Games too, dirt cheap! Can't get much better than that!

 

[Jezzascmezza]

The menu track from Far Cry 2 sounded amazing to me.
Also the Halo ODST soundtrack was spectacular, and easily the best thing about the game.

 

[S.R.S.]

Deadly Premonition. Watch Giant Bomb's Endurance Run and you'll see what I mean;

http://www.giantbomb.com/endurance-run-deadly-premonition-part-br-01/17-2280/

 

[darkgoonos]

Sonic adventure battle 2 (The last of the GOOD Sonic games) This had an amazing sound track Live and Learn is easily one of the best video game songs around

 

[BoxCutter]

Elder scrolls IV: Oblivion Soundtrack composed by Jeremy Soule. The Guild Wars soundtrack isn't bad either, Jeremy Soule makes amazing music.

 

[Disaster Button]

I'm not sure how much its been talked about as I just got the game but the Mass Effect soundtrack was surprisingly good.

Especially the C-Sec piece.


Edit: The last song in the OP was like if Doctor Who met The Terminator.

 

[Discord]

How Come I never see "ZOmbies ATe My neighbors" in the whole "Best game soundtrack" threads that pop up all the time?

You sir have hit a part of my mind that has not been hit in a while and thak you for reminding me to download this game off the Wii Online store.

I salute you

But for the topic I find the Jade Empire Soundtrack quite pleaseing to the ear...


Here is an example and my fav!

 

[Deadlock Radium]

Not many people tend to think over the fact that the Ratchet and Clank soundtracks are pretty damn awesome:

Spoiler: Just some examples.

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[Elburzito]

GuildWars: Factions soundtrack was pure beauty but most people take no notice of it.

 

[Trogdor1138]

The best game soundtrack I have ever heard is The Terminator on Sega CD, seriously, it's got amazingly good rock tracks, they didn't even attempt to make it suit the atmosphere or the franchise, they just went all out on making awesome. I really wish it would've been attached to a better game (not too shabby a game though mind you) because it would be considered classic.

 

[[Kira Must Die]]

I love the No More Heroes 2 Soundtrack:

Spoiler

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

I'm going to say Castle Crashers. Possibly known because of its phenomenal soundtrack, but I'm going to count it anyway because the game itself is underrated.

Spoiler: A sample. Not urine.