The best music you ever heard in a game

[Viking Moose]

F.E.A.R. 2 has some awesome music to set the mood. Man I want to play it now. Fuck you red rings.

 

[DannyBoy451]

The first Half-Life, when you originaly put on the HEV suit in Black Mesa.

 

[Hoppetussa]

Wild Guns for the SNES. It was a mix of cowboy music and futuristic music.
I'll prove it!

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/234257.html
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/233463.html

I have the whole soundtrack on my Ipod.

EDIT: Whoops, forgot about the Ace Attorney series. They did an orchestration on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA_qGa4N2CY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYMDQRVuXtA

 

[sorry user name taken.]

half life sound track

and Fahrenheit was another good one

 

[Doddyno2]

hmmmmm L4D has some good stuff very tense at times
Also the final fantasy series has always been memorable for their big orchestral music

 

[anNIALLator]

Zelda OoT, Resident Evil 2, Metal Gear Solid 2 and Halo 3. Also the soundtrack to HL2 Episode Two was good.

 

[wewontdie11]

I really liked the score from the Halo series, I've even got the Halo 3 theme on my iPod. The Devil May Cry music always set the ass-kicking, sword slicing, gun slinging mood quite well also.

 

[Skizle]

aero fighters on neogeo. am i the only one that thinks it weird that almost no retro games are being listed?

 

[rottenbutter]

No More Heroes had a most awesome soundtrack.

 

[Soigieoto]

I would say Fallout 3 or Everyday shooter.

Both are great for music and gameplay

 

[TheMuffinMan]

Crysis Warhead's hovercraft chase theme is definitely a good one, especially considering the first Crysis had such lousy music. They've certainly improved in that aspect. Now graphics... It seems like they actually got worse.

 

[KayOss_92]

The madden games. It's basically like listening to my ipod. The new one has Trivium in it. TRIVIUM!!!

 

[zen5887]

Final Fantasy 7 has an amazing soundtrack!

So good

 

[sgtshock]

The original Call of Duty had an amazing soundtrack. There were so many pieces that set the mood perfectly, like the defense of Pegasus Bridge or the suicide run at Red Square.

 

[Jamash]

If we're talking about any music featured in a game, I'd say Saint's Row just because of the Classical station.

Spoiler: Saint's Row Classical Music list

* J.S. Bach - Concerto No. 5
* J.S. Bach - Fantasy and Fugue
* J.S. Bach - Partita No 1. - Gigue
* Beethoven - Symphony No. 7, 4th movt: Allegro con brio
* Beethoven - Egmont Overture
* Beethoven - Für Elise
* Beethoven - Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight", 1st movt
* Beethoven - Sonata No. 14, 3rd movt
* Beethoven - Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata", 1st movt
* Beethoven - Symphony No. 1, Finale
* Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, 1st movt
* Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral", 1st movt
* Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, 4th movt
* Chopin - Ballade No. 1
* Chopin - Concerto No. 2, 1st movt
* Chopin - Concerto No. 2, 3rd movt
* Chopin - Etude No. 11
* Chopin - Etude No. 3
* Chopin - Impromptu
* Chopin - Prelude No. 15
* Chopin - Prelude No. 17
* Chopin - Prelude No. 3
* Chopin - Waltz No. 6
* Delibes - "Flower Duet" from Lakme
* Handel - "Halleluja" from Messiah
* Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag
* Scott Joplin - The Entertainer
* Liszt - Funerailles
* Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
* Liszt - Liebestraum No. 3 in A Flat Major
* Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto, 3rd movt
* Mozart - Concerto No. 21 2nd movt
* Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 2nd movt
* Mozart - Turkish March
* Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain
* Offenbach - Gaiete Parisienne - Can Can
* Pachelbel - Canon in D
* Paganini - 24 Caprices
* Rossini - Overture from The Barber of Seville
* Rossini - The Thieving Magpie
* Rossini - Wilhelm Tell Overture
* J. Strauss II - Die Fledermaus Overture
* J. Strauss - Leichtes Blut Fast
* J. Strauss - Tritsch Tristsch
* Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
* Tchaikovsky - "Dance of the Reed-Flutes" from The Nutcracker
* Tchaikovsky - "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker
* Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto, 1st movt
* Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto, 3rd movt
* Verdi - La Traviata
* Verdi - Rigoletto
* Vivaldi - The Four Seasons No. 1
* Vivaldi - The Four Seasons No. 2
* Vivaldi - The Four Seasons No. 4
* Wagner - Lohengrin Overture
* Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
* Wagner - Rienzi Overture
* Wagner - Tannhaesuer Overture
* Wagner - Twilight of the Gods

That station alone makes it the game with the best music, but the Electronica station is really good too.

If we're only talking about original game music, then I'd probably say the music from The Witcher or a game with music by Jeremy Soule (Oblivion, Total Annihilation, Dawn of War to but name a few), or possibly the Hitman games with music by Jesper Kyd.

 

[Drake the Dragonheart]

I would say Metroid, PSO has music that really fits each area and the enemies you fight. Castlevania both Circle of the Moon, and Curse of Darkness have great soundtracks. Also, although I didn't care for most of the tracks, NFL street 2 had a couple really awesome tracks.

 

[Rascarin]

I thought the soundtracks to the Oddworld games were really good, particularly the first two.

 

[RetiarySword]

time crisis 1, simply amazing.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

It's not my favorite game but the Halo Theme REALLY gets my blood pumping in the dramatic scenes when it kicks in.

My personal favorite Game Soundtracks are Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy XII though.