Poll: Game Soundtracks You Consider Perfect
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I'd say Crypt of the Necrodancer, though I guess it's kind of cheating. Music is a huge part of the game, and they never have to deal with anything emotional or downbeat - The music drives the game play, so it's all high energy and upbeat. But it's damn good at it.
And the shop keeper is awesome.
And the shop keeper is awesome.
I'll second this. I'll also go ahead and back it up with the Mass Effect soundtrack, the Hand of Fate soundtrack and the ost for Republic Commando. It had a darker tone to it than a lot of star wars ost's typically do and fit the atmosphere really well.slo said:
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I reckon there are many games I could name where the soundtrack suits the game perfectly, with many good songs being good on their own too.
The one that sticks out to me the most now, whether it's perfect or not is Undertale. Nearly every theme is a hit on it.
The one that sticks out to me the most now, whether it's perfect or not is Undertale. Nearly every theme is a hit on it.
This, though I hesitate to say perfect. As much as I can love an album, there's always one or two songs I'll inevitably skip every time (I'm looking at you, "Signals" on the Transistor OST. That aside I spent an entire summer listening to Transistr's OST on the way to work).CellShaded said:
As for near-perfect: I'm gonna say the music from the first two Metroid Prime games. Wonderful atmosphere and a few nice reworkings of tracks from the older NES/SNES games. Also the soundtrack of the original Binding of Isaac (the Flash-based one), can't say I care for the new music but the old game definitely had tracks I still listen to.
All of the Ys games have excellent soundtracks. It has been said that there is no bad Ys music, just some that are better than others.
The most metal soundtrack ever (until Brutal Legend):
Also the FreeSpace 2 OST was perfect.
And so was KOTOR 2's
Also the FreeSpace 2 OST was perfect.
And so was KOTOR 2's
Definitely agreed-MysticSlayer said:
Engage the Enemy is literally a drama music!
Mechonis Field is like a love letter to the 70/ 80 eletro music (and it's my favourite track in the game)
Mechanical Rhythm is an awesome rock hard battle song!
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No More Heroes 1- It had some unquie and awesome track especially each of the assassin themesongs!
Undertales- Every single track are unquie and memories especially a couple of them can give you the feels!
The World Ends with You- I never enjoyed rap so much until I played this game!
Metriod Prime Triliogy- They are all atomshpere and suit the feel to the game perfectly!
Not enough people know about Ys, gah. I dunno how much I'd give praise to 5's soundtrack, it didn't exactly blow my mind. 6 or 7 is definitely followed up from that one in terms of "It's good, but not amazing. Has some good songs, that's about it." Get into Oath in Felghana, 1 & 2, and (personally) especially Memories in Celceta? Always yes, always <3Kyle Winston said:
Few will jump to mind, the easiest being:
-Hotline Miami 1 and 2
-Hitman: Blood money and Silent Assassin, or anyone which Jesper Kyd worked on
-The Witcher 3
And a couple of Sega Genesis classics (might be nostalgia goggles, but I still listen to them to this day)
-Streets of Rage
-Outrun
-Skitchin'
-Shinobi 3
-Hotline Miami 1 and 2
-Hitman: Blood money and Silent Assassin, or anyone which Jesper Kyd worked on
-The Witcher 3
And a couple of Sega Genesis classics (might be nostalgia goggles, but I still listen to them to this day)
-Streets of Rage
-Outrun
-Skitchin'
-Shinobi 3
Pretty much all of Akira Yamaoka's Silent Hill albums. There's something I find soothing and intoxicating about his style, and Silent Hill 2 and 3 are among my favourite albums of all time regardless of originating from a Video Game of all places.
The Witchers soundtracks are also amazing.
The Witchers soundtracks are also amazing.
Already mentioned several times, but Deus Ex: Human Revolution. It somehow managed to be futuristic without sounding like cheesy techno, somewhat haunting, and epic at the same time.
Planescape: Torment. Even though most of the tracks were just short tracks played on a loop, 'hauntingly beautiful' is the best description I can think of them. Fit the world so damn well:
Myth: The Fallen Lords. This game only had a few songs in it because it doesn't have in-game music, but holy crap the music it does have is SOOOOO good. Myth is one of those games that did an amazing job of creating a dark, almost hopeless world without coming across as cheeseball "grimdark", and the soundtrack really helped it. When you lost a mission, the music really made you feel the gravity of what just happened. When you won, it made you feel like you had still managed to keep hope alive in spite of everything being thrown against you. Just a gorgeous soundtrack (and game):
Planescape: Torment. Even though most of the tracks were just short tracks played on a loop, 'hauntingly beautiful' is the best description I can think of them. Fit the world so damn well:
Myth: The Fallen Lords. This game only had a few songs in it because it doesn't have in-game music, but holy crap the music it does have is SOOOOO good. Myth is one of those games that did an amazing job of creating a dark, almost hopeless world without coming across as cheeseball "grimdark", and the soundtrack really helped it. When you lost a mission, the music really made you feel the gravity of what just happened. When you won, it made you feel like you had still managed to keep hope alive in spite of everything being thrown against you. Just a gorgeous soundtrack (and game):
Final Fantasy X. I have a soft spot for Calm Before the Storm, Trials, Thunder Plains and People of the Mountain.
Most recently probably Witcher 3. I'm consistently stunned by not only the quality of the music but its quantity as well. How the hell are there unique pieces of music for a single potential fight in a single optional side-quest? How is it still of such high quality?
Example:
That music will only play in a very specific situation and I suspect a good chunk of players will never even hear it, yet there it is all the same and there are dozens of examples of music like this. Entire music tracks composed for one or two scenes in the game, some of which players might not even encounter. How could the devs even afford something like this?
That's not even counting the main soundtrack itself, which is stunning and doesn't even include half the music actually composed for the game.
Example:
That music will only play in a very specific situation and I suspect a good chunk of players will never even hear it, yet there it is all the same and there are dozens of examples of music like this. Entire music tracks composed for one or two scenes in the game, some of which players might not even encounter. How could the devs even afford something like this?
That's not even counting the main soundtrack itself, which is stunning and doesn't even include half the music actually composed for the game.
Aww, I like Signals. It's slow and moody and very ambient plus that's-her-names voice is wonderful.Sable Gear said:
