I agree with this post,,Daisuke Ishiwatari is fucking awesome,and i buy any game he makes just for the soundtrack,Games like:NameIsRobertPaulson said:
Hard Corps Uprising
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Your favorite OST for a game and recommendations
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Hard Corps Uprising
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Final Fantasy VIII, IX, X, X-2, XIII and XIII-2, all cracking OSTs! Also Kingdom Hearts, Mass Effect and the AC2 quadrilogy.
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Good choices, very good ones, but the best song on the whole soundtrack is "What's Left Undone"The Madman said:
Erm. Aside from Bastion, Timesplitters was pretty good. Yeah, they don't make em like that any more
There are plenty more, Red Dead Redemption especially, but those are the 2 I've played most recently.
Oh, oh, before I forget, Giana Sisters - Twisted Dreams. I like the dark/punk tracks.
Oh, you failed to mention this?!:The Madman said:
Sort of low quality but it does wonders to show the genius behind the HoMM soundtracks; that man is a legend as far as I'm concerned making such music (and if you go to the youtube video itself, you can see all the music performed in the description).
I really have no words for the music; I have no favourites, 'cos they're all amazing really ^^.
Other than being a complete sucker for HoMMM 2-5 (Heroes of Might and Magic and Music), I thoroughly enjoy music from the Elder Scrolls series, Journey, Shadow of the Colossus and others I'm likely forgetting right now.
Probably most notably:
I mentioned the Mass Effect series earlier in the thread but I'll add another piece of music from it that isn't as well known because not everyone who played ME2 bought Lair of the Shadow Broker.
The music in the final boss fight made everything so much more awesome.
The music in the final boss fight made everything so much more awesome.
I would say FFVII, but I think it would just be my immediate and powerful emotional response to it talking, and that won't do you any good if you don't love that game as much.
Sooo, I would have to say Alan Wake. The composition of the score is just stunning, and the licensed songs throughout are so eclectic and thoughtfully chosen. It's definitely the videogame soundtrack that I've got the most listening time out of. That said, I only have the scaled down version from the LCE, so I'm not sure how well the full OST holds up.
Sooo, I would have to say Alan Wake. The composition of the score is just stunning, and the licensed songs throughout are so eclectic and thoughtfully chosen. It's definitely the videogame soundtrack that I've got the most listening time out of. That said, I only have the scaled down version from the LCE, so I'm not sure how well the full OST holds up.
Glad someone mentioned Grim Fandango; listened to that OST so many times.Olikar said:
All the jazz tunes are excellent, but I also really like the festival music:
And Glottis singing "Rusty Anchor" is just brilliant XD
Seymour's Final Battle Theme is an excellent choice (though it's also called "Laughter of the Dead", which sounds so much more badass haha).Flamezdudes said:
Practically every song on that soundtrack is stunning. Even though a whole bunch of them are just rearrangements of Yuna's Theme and To Zanarkand, every one of them has so much character to it.
A few of my own favourites are:
3 pages before someone mentions Secret of Mana. That makes me sad. The games entire OST is freaking awesome.
The tracks from Guild Wars 2 that weren't reused music from GW1 were pretty damn good as well. Considering it was composed by Jeremy Soule, that shouldn't come as much of a surprise.
The tracks from Guild Wars 2 that weren't reused music from GW1 were pretty damn good as well. Considering it was composed by Jeremy Soule, that shouldn't come as much of a surprise.
I absolutely adore the 'Chrono Trigger' soundtrack. It is a little hard to find but if you can get it I would highly recommend it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7xvRqnBRcY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YahK0kMq-_U
P.S. sorry about the average quality of the vids, like I said it is difficult to come by...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7xvRqnBRcY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YahK0kMq-_U
P.S. sorry about the average quality of the vids, like I said it is difficult to come by...
There's a man. His name is Jeremy Soule. He was behind the soundtracks that I loved the most,starting with Total Annihilation,followed up by The Elder Scrolls,then Supreme Commander,and I hear he worked on the Guild Wars soundtrack. Seriously,any music this man touches turns to platinum. Since I can't figure out how to embed videos,and I don't wanna post up links,since people don't like blind links,I'll name a few songs from the games I love that he's made. YouTube em sometime. You'll be glad you did.
-Total Annihilation: The March Unto Death. The song has an air of "Back and forth battle" to it,with the upbeat,happy sounding parts probably belonging to the ARM,with the foreboding segments belonging to the CORE.
-TES III Morrowind: Nerevar Rising. Sweet jesus,this song set the tone for the game,and whenever it kicked in while I was out and about,I generally just sit and listen,before going back to navigating the world...And trying to find that last Daedric pauldron.
-TES IV Oblivion: Reign of the Septims. Yup. Another main theme. Wanna fight about it? Again,a tone setter. The song alone tells you that,yes,you'll be working with royalty and nobility quite closely throughout the game,and yes,things will go south in a big way. And then you get to dance around in the realm of a madgod. But,what else is new?
-Supreme Commander: The main menu theme of the original,not Forged Alliance. I will admit,I have a soft spot for military styled music. Drums you can march to,plus a few addons to make it more awesome. Violins and horns give it some depth. Also,Supreme Commander is the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation,headed by the gentlemen from the now dead like dodo's Cavedog.
-TES V Skyrim: The One They Fear. The Dragon battle songs for Skyrim are not made of sound. Oh,no. They're made of awesome. But this one I preffer because of just how URGENT it is while still more or less saying "Another one? Play with your food,this time,Dovahkiin."
Personally,I hope the boys and girls at Uber get him to make Planetary Annihilation's score. It's going to be the second spiritual successor to Total Annihilation.
Soundtrack that I lov,but aren't Jeremy Soule's work exist,such as whoever made Gothic's soundtrack (I believe it was Kai Rosenkrantz),and Dungeon Keeper's soundtrack. But,at the end of the day,Jeremy makes the most music for games that I love.
-Total Annihilation: The March Unto Death. The song has an air of "Back and forth battle" to it,with the upbeat,happy sounding parts probably belonging to the ARM,with the foreboding segments belonging to the CORE.
-TES III Morrowind: Nerevar Rising. Sweet jesus,this song set the tone for the game,and whenever it kicked in while I was out and about,I generally just sit and listen,before going back to navigating the world...And trying to find that last Daedric pauldron.
-TES IV Oblivion: Reign of the Septims. Yup. Another main theme. Wanna fight about it? Again,a tone setter. The song alone tells you that,yes,you'll be working with royalty and nobility quite closely throughout the game,and yes,things will go south in a big way. And then you get to dance around in the realm of a madgod. But,what else is new?
-Supreme Commander: The main menu theme of the original,not Forged Alliance. I will admit,I have a soft spot for military styled music. Drums you can march to,plus a few addons to make it more awesome. Violins and horns give it some depth. Also,Supreme Commander is the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation,headed by the gentlemen from the now dead like dodo's Cavedog.
-TES V Skyrim: The One They Fear. The Dragon battle songs for Skyrim are not made of sound. Oh,no. They're made of awesome. But this one I preffer because of just how URGENT it is while still more or less saying "Another one? Play with your food,this time,Dovahkiin."
Personally,I hope the boys and girls at Uber get him to make Planetary Annihilation's score. It's going to be the second spiritual successor to Total Annihilation.
Soundtrack that I lov,but aren't Jeremy Soule's work exist,such as whoever made Gothic's soundtrack (I believe it was Kai Rosenkrantz),and Dungeon Keeper's soundtrack. But,at the end of the day,Jeremy makes the most music for games that I love.
Thanks for the recommendations and advice. Yeah, I'd figured a little bit of reading would be very helpful before delving into SHMUPs. From my minimal past experience, I know they can be very challenging and I can also see how they can become quite addictive. I remember easily falling into a pleasant trance-like state when I played Ikaruga long ago. SHMUP feels like a genre that can trigger that 100% focus, 'being in the zone' feeling pretty reliably like rhythm games, and that feeling is always fun.TrevHead said:
I already have Jamestown, so I suppose that will be the first SHMUP I finish from top to bottom. I'm also glad to hear it's beginner friendly. I'll probably start playing the Touhou games afterwards, since I'm somewhat familiar with the Touhou-verse thanks in part by the Touhou fighting games, IaMP and Hisoutensoku. XD
Heavy Rain, especially after listening to the entire Ethan Mars theme on youtube, Assassin's Creed games usually have good music too, but recently the one game whose music I remember is Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons, mostly for this:
Having spent the last hour or so pouring through the thread I have come to two conclusions:
1) When you look for it, game music really is made by some very talented people as evidenced by it's high quality and it's a shame it doesn't get more recognition, case in point Civilisation Fours theme song Baba Yetu only winning a Grammy once it was repackaged as not a game song.
2) This thread needs more Timesplitters!
1) When you look for it, game music really is made by some very talented people as evidenced by it's high quality and it's a shame it doesn't get more recognition, case in point Civilisation Fours theme song Baba Yetu only winning a Grammy once it was repackaged as not a game song.
2) This thread needs more Timesplitters!