Your favorite game soundtracks.

[sammysoso]

Oooh, lots of good ones. I'll try and limit myself here:

-Halo (series)
-Mass Effect (series)
-Uncharted (series)
-Elder Scrolls (series)
-Medal of Honor (the WWII entries in the series)
-Journey
-Deus Ex: Human Revolution
-Max Payne 3

 

[Zinzinbadio]

I like the world ends with you soundtrack it really fit the themes of the game and made the fights so much cooler.

 

[saintdane05]

I am quite disappointed, everypony. Nopony mentioned Sonic Adventure 2~!
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Ah, the main theme. Who can forget that

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Eggman's theme. Also quite badass.

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Shadow's theme. REALLY badass.

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The first DAMN LEVEL Theme is so cool, it got two more remixes.
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All of Knuckle's level's music contains rap. It ranges from Menh to KILL IT WITH FIRE! But Pumpkin Hill this holds a special place in my heart.

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This always sent chills up my spine for some reason.

 

[Proverbial Jon]

Easy. I love me some soundtracks. In no particular order:

The Halo series
The Mass Effect series
Journey
Shadow of the Colossus
Uncharted 3
The Elder Scrolls series
The Metal Gear Solid series
Solatorobo: Red the Hunter
Alan Wake

Bonus video for added perfection:

 

[Draconalis]

Honorable mention has to go to Journey... but I think my number one favorite game soundtrack would probably be "Master of Orion 2"

Sure it's simply... but I love it.

Edit:

Easy. I love me some soundtracks. In no particular order:

The Halo series
The Mass Effect series
Journey
Shadow of the Colossus
Uncharted 3
The Elder Scrolls series
The Metal Gear Solid series
Solatorobo: Red the Hunter
Alan Wake

Since you can't seem to pick one at your favorite, I would wager it isn't as easy as you think

 

[Andy Shandy]

I'm not going to post any videos, mainly because I've done it many times before, but also because if I start, I'll be here all night.

But the Sonic games, whether they themselves were amazing, great, good, bad, awful or unplayable, have ALWAYS had some amazing music.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Assassin's Creed 2 soundtrack is just perfect. Jesper Kyd is a genius.


The entire game is perfect IMO.

 

[debtcollector]

Xenoblade is rapidly becoming my favorite

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but my perennial favorites are Zelda, Okami, Shadow of the Colossus, Ico, most of Final Fantasy, and Pokemon.

Spoiler: One from each!

 

[BathorysGraveland]

Gothic 3's soundtrack is pretty high on my list of favourites. The whole thing (much like the games world) was done incredibly awesomely. Both Rome: Total War and Medieval II (though I really don't like the latter as a game) have very good and fitting soundtracks. Both Witcher games have great soundtracks as well. All of these I sometimes find myself listening to out of game. Pretty good stuff.

 

[The Madman]

Surprised it hasn't been linked to yet, but Bastion has easily my favourite game soundtrack.

Spoiler: Other song examples

It's the only game soundtrack I'll listen to regularly in a non-gaming environment. The entire soundtrack is fantastic to, not just one or two songs.

 

[Evil Smurf]

Surprised it hasn't been linked to yet, but Bastion has easily my favourite game soundtrack.

Spoiler: Other song examples

It's the only game soundtrack I'll listen to regularly in a non-gaming environment. The entire soundtrack is fantastic to, not just one or two songs.

I love that game, everything about it is amazing.

 

[Mikejames]

Some of my favorites are already posted, but Dreamfall deserves a bit of commendation for its soundtrack.

I'm not going to share videos, or anything. Because it's really the whole sound track, and you should all look it up.

Bastion.

No denying that Setting Sail was a perfect note to end on.

 

[Genocidicles]

I was going to say Journey, but seeing as someone already beat me to that, I shall go with Planescape: Torment:

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Brütal Legend
Every Tony Hawk game except Ride and Shred (well, haven't played those two)
Shadow of the Colossus

 

[Sarah Kerrigan]

DmC, Far Cry 3, Heavy Rain, Deus Ex Human Revolution and Trauma team.

Yeah i've been asked this before XD

EDIT; crap forgot person 4...

 

[lacktheknack]

Riven:
A stark contrast to its prequel, Myst, Riven's music was mysterious, ambient, alien, and gave you the feeling that the world you were in really felt like it was on the verge of disaster. While some may say most of the soundtrack feels like it's in the same key, I still enjoy it to this day, because I can't think of any other game soundtrack that is quite like it.

Spoiler: Riven

Correct.

Just... Correct.

I gotta say that Uru had bits that were absolutely great, too, though.

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This tune set the mood in the beginning so well, and it followed with silence interspersed with excellent music. Myst in general did their music really well.

 

[Darklord008]

Anything from the Halo and Mass Effect series, Elder Scrolls (especially Skyrim. That theme gets me every time), Bastion, and, if

we're allowed to include soundtracks not necessarily written for the game, then Midnight Club 3, NFL Street, and Brutal Legend.

 

[MrPhyntch]

Bastion is always a great one.

FTL is great while in game, but I'm not fond of listening to it outside of the game.

Superbrothers Sword and Sworcery. I hate the game, but the soundtrack is beautiful. I got it as part of a humble bundle, and it came with the soundtrack. Great mix of rock and chiptunes. I love using this as generic background music.

Final Fantasy 9 has some of my favorite pieces in a AAA title.

Wind Waker is my favorite Zelda soundtrack.

That's all I can think of. Oh, and I daresay that those that use licensed music shouldn't qualify. I've always had a problem with Rock Band/Guitar Hero games winning "best soundtrack" awards, using licensed music is cheating IMO. It should be done in-house.

 

[Slenn]

Myst in general did their music really well.

I remember in some interview that Rand and Robyn Miller originally didn't want to have music in their games because they thought it would disrupt the gameplay. And once Robyn started dinking around with a synthesizer he felt that what he experimented with actually provided some additional ambience to the game.

That being said, there are some exceptions I would make to the series. While not an original Cyan Worlds game, Myst 4 Revelations was alright but it had the very first Myst track to include vocals. The dream-spirit deal with the singing was a pretty big scratch in the record for a decent game.

Myst 3 Exile had good music, but like the original Myst they were too short in length. Especially the intro musics that play whenever you get to a new age. Voltaic and Amateria's theme were my absolute favorites out of that game, but they were too short! They're a minute and a half long.

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Whoops.... Exile was the first to include vocals with their chorus singing in a crescendo all the time. But Revelations had vocals that were discernible to the ear, and you could make out the lyrics.

 

[lacktheknack]

Myst in general did their music really well.

I remember in some interview that Rand and Robyn Miller originally didn't want to have music in their games because they thought it would disrupt the gameplay. And once Robyn started dinking around with a synthesizer he felt that what he experimented with actually provided some additional ambience to the game.

That being said, there are some exceptions I would make to the series. While not an original Cyan Worlds game, Myst 4 Revelations was alright but it had the very first Myst track to include vocals. The dream-spirit deal with the singing was a pretty big scratch in the record for a decent game.

Myst 3 Exile had good music, but like the original Myst they were too short in length. Especially the intro musics that play whenever you get to a new age. Voltaic and Amateria's theme were my absolute favorites out of that game, but they were too short! They're a minute and a half long.

I pretend the Enya-video-from-WTF-ville never happened. The whole "Dream Realm" thing was a total disaster from beginning to end. Myst IV was my favorite up to that point, too.

I will admit the themes are really short. But man, the stuff that's there is great quality.