This is just a completely random, off the cuff post, to ask – what is your favourite video game soundtrack of all time? Let us know in the comments below, and feel free to add YouTube links so we can all listen! I’ll list a few of my personal favourites, then I’ll leave it to you guys to go nuts!
Secret of Mana
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty
Chrono Trigger
Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge
Brendan
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:32 AMFinal Fantasy VII has for me, easily the greatest soundtrack of all time.
Frenchy
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 11:40 AMAgreed, although all Final Fantasy’s on the original PlayStation all had great soundtracks. VII just blew them all away.
I mean the Turk’s theme has got to be the coolest tune in a video game, ever!
DeReam
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 1:36 PMHighwind theme FTW, as well as the Golden Saucer Chocobo Theme… damn it they are all awesome.
Zen Marx
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 2:40 PMYeah, FF7 would be no. 1 on my list too. To this day, I still have the fight music as a ringtone on my iPhone (albeit, the Advent Children piano version).
FF8 would be a close second… Liberi Fatali an FITHOS LUSEC WECOS VINOSEC are both great numbers.
FFX also had a few moving tunes… the hymn of the fayth amd the Music that plays when your on Mt. Gagazet.
But FF7 is No 1 for sure
Scarlettjen
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:32 AMDe Blob!
Jeremy
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:57 AMI agree with this completely unbiased testimony…
alex
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:35 AMPokemon red: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNJJ-QkZ8cM
titanic adventures out of time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jpWoAEbB6M
medal of honor: frontlines : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLiRgNFvfGw
Chris Crowe
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:36 AMRed Dead Redemption. Every time you engage an enemy the perfect music will fade up and solidify the intensity. PLUS who can ever forget the greatest gaming moment (possibly ever)** Spoiler That moment when you cross over into Mexico. Beautiful.
Trjn
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:42 AMRed Dead Redemption gets my vote. Such brilliant music that really heightens the emotions in the game.
Vaeron
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:02 PMThats gotta be one of my fav moments in all the games i’ve played, it was rad.
Gino Rodrigo
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:36 AMLegend of Mana. Especially when properly orchestrated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnzJBVg5uwQ
youngnick
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:37 AMI love the Monkey Island music as well. I wish they would put a hint of it in the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie. They basically take place in the same universe anyway…
AnonymousPessimist
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:37 AMVampire: The Masquerade – Redemption or the original Unreal Tournament has my money.
AnonymousPessimist
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:40 AM*facepalm*
Diablo, as well. The Diablo soundtrack was absolutely phenomenal.
Bingle
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:49 AMTristrams theme is still the greatest.
SOX
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 11:00 AMFuck I love the Tristram theme. Think I’m reinstalling Diablo again tonight :)
Smokestack
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:01 PMAgreed. Tristram theme has more atmosphere than anything else out there.
Jamie What?
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:40 AMUncharted and Uncharted 2 had some amazing music.
I’m also a little partial to some of Inon Zur’s Dragon Age: Origins stuff.
Chono Cross had a great OST.
Oh, and Silent Hill!
I’m probably forgetting loads here but that’ll do for now.
James Confessore
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:40 AMMost defintely the Beyond good and Evil soundtrack.
especially this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTdcJWDNsao
TvZ
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:41 AMBrutalLegend!!!
Effluvium Boy
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:02 PMAmen.
JoseJones
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:41 AMlol you should have uploaded Thanatos’s Lich theme from SoM.
My top 3:
1. FF8
2. Legend of Dragoon
3. Terranigma
Trjn
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:44 AMIt’s kind of cheating, but I think Super Smash Bros Brawl should get a mention.
Not only does it take a ridiculous amount of classic Nintendo themes, it also has many variations on those songs. Quite awesome.
Still prefer RDR because the music compliments the game, but for sheer quantity Brawl is hard to top.
Batguy
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:56 AMYes! The live orchestral soundtrack for Melee is the only game music I keep permanently on my iPod. So good!
Braaains
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:44 AMPretty much any of the Metal Gear Solid games.
I’ll also give a mention to Heavy Rain. By coincidence I watched David Fincher’s movie Seven on Friday night after picking it up cheap on BluRay last week. Then on Saturday I was playing Heavy Rain (offline gaming FTW! :P) and Heavy Rain is so close to Seven in terms of both look and also the soundtrack that it could almost be part of the same movie, or at least set in the same universe (except a more dodgily-acted part of said universe).
Batguy
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:44 AMAgree about Monkey Island. Would also like to add the obvious Nintendo choices of Ocarina of Time and Metroid Prime. Both are fantastically atmospheric while also being catchy in parts (especially the OoT tunes you play yourself).
Too tricky to find decent links at work – somebody else is welcome to add them if they agree with me though!
Parabol
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:44 AMDefinitely go with American McGee’s Alice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxfDF_j79qw
All created by an ex-Nine Inch Nail. Hoping he’s doing the music for the new one.
for single track, the tristram theme from Diablo is amazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2evIg-aYw8
Ad
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 11:51 AM+1
Kicker
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:45 AMJet Set Radio Future for the original Xbox had an amazing Japanese themed dance music album!
James F
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:45 AMI’m thinking Halo 3: ODST but then there are several old SNES games that had brilliant music, I just can’t remember them. Myst was pretty awesome music too.
Jack Monaghan
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:45 AMBioShock had some amazing music, specifically this fantastic piano piece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlu2z2gkhhI
tristosterone
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:46 AMRed dead redemption hands down… HANDS DOWN!!
ShiggyNinty
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:46 AMRDR because everything fits so well with what you’re doing. Scott Pilgrim because it felt perfect with the whole series. Donkey Kong Country because I still hum most of the songs from it at random times and of course Super Mario Bros because I love everything about that game!
Fenixius
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:47 AMFinal Fantasy VII takes the cake, but that’s boring. I could go on about how Uematsu is an incredible composer, and how his own band the Black Mages does his stuff even better, or how they managed to transcend their MIDI-like limitations to create music which remains engaging to this day, even against orchestrated opposition, but really, everyone knows all of this already.
So, tied for second place in my heart are:
#2 – Halo, Combat Evolved, and #2 – Starcraft.
Both of these games had amazing themes. I can still hear Starcraft’s music echoing through my head, and Halo’s main theme is just an amazing triumph of modern videogame scoring which proves that not all is lost.
Sadly, no YouTube links from work :(
Chuloopa
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:47 AMChrono trigger was SOOOOO damn good
My favorite of all time goes to the severely underplayed warhammer 40,000: chaos gate…. man that music is SO damn EPIC!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnsuVZ86aGU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVteYGIHuEQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zjrfAfbt72Y#t=206s
SO – DAM – DOOG!!!
Also, rock n roll racing on SNES :P
Chuloopa
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:55 AMoh and final fantasy 8! :D
toejam
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:48 AMHas to be Castlevania Symphony of the night!! Best soundtrack ever!!
Mr.Ferret
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:51 AMMetal gear solid 2
Deus ex ( how no one has mentioned this yet is beyond me)
And perfect dark
Woodze
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 11:14 AM+1 on Deus Ex.. its awesome!
KnivezXIII
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:52 AMRagnarok BGM
Could listen to it all day and night.
Here’s a sample.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OyPHFjQeFo
Bob
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:57 AMI second that. That games music was entrancing.
Trjn
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 11:00 AMThat brings back a few nightmares from my past..
“midz warp pls”
“u lvl 555″
“Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread and forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us…”
Eats-a-Lot
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:05 PMDear god yes.
This game almost destroyed my life. I developed an unhealthy addiction to it, neglecting my friends, family, and I lost weight playing it. lol.
Trjn
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:34 PMWe should market MMOs as the next big weight loss thing. When I played, I weighed 55kg. Now I weight ~70kg. Clearly the lack of weight was due to the MMOs >.>
Definitely not because of my crazy metabolism and the fact that I just don’t eat the much.
AnonymousPessimist
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:41 PM3 pages and no ‘So you were called corporal eats-a-little back then right’ joke?
Kotaku, I am disappoint.
Trjn
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:50 PMClearly, the nickname was originally ironic.
Eats-a-Lot
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 3:33 PMbut I DO eat a lot!! really!!!
Xegek
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:29 PMYeah I’ll go this too. Absolutely brilliant. Probably the best part of the game :D
Other than that, I loved FF9 and Link’s Awakening as well!