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NieR:Automata
FFVII (especially the 10 minute FFVII remake of One-Winged Angel)
Cyberpunk 2077 had some good ones. I’m digging I Really Want to Stay at Your House
Hades
Kingdom Hearts (Wave of Darkness is pretty great)
It’s not my normal thing, but Doom’s soundtrack really gets the juices flowing and fits beautifully with fast paced frantic gameplay.
Edit: 2016 Mick Gordon
If you like DOOM’s OST, have you looked at ULTRAKILL? It’s similarly stupid high energy (though maybe less metal and more breakcore) for a similarly stupidly fast pace bloody shooter set in Hell
- Battleblock Theater (goat main menu track)
- Hades (amazing combat music)
- Hollow Knight (most atmospheric)
- Undertale + Deltarune (great range, captures a lot of emotions throughout the story)
The legend of Zelda always had the most iconic themes (personal favorite is Dragonroost island from Wind waker, but they really all have some amazing music).
I also listen to the Chrono Trigger and Octopath traveler OSTs on my free time.
TotK is absolutely insane tho, it’s better than many Hollywood productions
Hotline Miami. God damn, so good.
Hotline Miami is great. Have you tried Katana Zero? My favorite ost from it is probably Chinatown and Sneaky driver
I totally agree. I actually played the game after hearing the soundtrack. I had to see what sort of game would have music this sick. Careful listening to it while driving though. You’ll get busted for speeding.
Glad to see somebody else mention this. Hotline Miami 1 and 2 have some seriously great music. I listen to it for background music all the time.
In the same vein as Hotline Miami: Try the game RUINER. Also love the soundtrack for it.
Persona 5 and 4. The soundtracks can stand on their own as just great music.
Agreed on Persona 5, and I really need to play Persona 4 (it’s on my list but stupid life gets in the way).
Two other picks:
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The original Lunar: The Silver Star on SegaCD. I never played the remakes on other systems but I know they changed significant parts of the soundtrack in those games, while the SegaCD version just hit perfectly for me.
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Final Fantasy Tactics. One of the few soundtrack CDs I imported when those were a thing and could listen to and instantly recall fond memories of playing the game.
Omg! I had Lunar on Sega CD too. It’s the game that got me into RPG’s.
Same here! I’d played some Genesis ones like Landstalker and Shining Force but it was Lunar that was the first game I absolutely loved. Working Designs was the shit back in those days.
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Chrono Trigger, of course. Some legendary tracks in there that transcend their limitations. The Deadbolt OST, Katana ZERO’s OST. Nier Automata, Street Fighter V.
Oblivion and Skyrim as well. Really there are too many excellent game soundtracks to possibly list in a comment
Don’t leave out Chrono Cross. Burning Orphanage still haunts me.
Came here to say Skyrim. God that soundtrack along with the gorgeous visuals from the game was breathtaking.
Some of my favourites:
- NieR Automata
- Katamari Damacy
- Chrono Trigger
- DOOM 2016
- Celeste
- Sonic Adventure 2
That Katamari Damacy song still stuck in your head too?
Haha always
We Love Katamari might have a better soundtrack depending on the listener. I find myself humming more of We Loves soundtrack than the first game
Oh fair! I’ve never actually played that one, only Katamari Damacy and Beautiful Katamari, I should check it out sometime
Final Fantasy XIV
Witcher 3. Surprised I haven’t seen it yet. The vase game is totally the best in my ears, especially the Skellige soundtrack but the expansions are also a blast!
Everything else here 100% deserves the credit but I didn’t see anyone mention Divinity: Original Sin 2, which is also amazing.
Tons of little songs I found myself idly humming for days/weeks after playing and a thoroughly epic main theme.
The finale of the game where time slows down and the music swells is one of my favorite gaming moments.
I had to scroll wayyyyy too far to find it. I absolutely love the soundtrack! And Baldur’s Gate 3’s music is also great so far. Not surprising as it’s from the same artist(s) XD
Resident Evil Outbreak – Main Theme
Ico – You Were There
Tomb Raider – Main Theme
MGS 3 – Way to Fall (Starsailor)
MGS 4 – Love Theme
Hollow Knight – City of Tears
Grand Theft Auto III – Main Theme
Furi – You’re mine (Carpenter Brut)
Red Dead Redemption – El Club de los Cuerpos (Bill Elm and Woody Jackson)
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec – Light Velocity (Isamu Ohira)
Commandos 2 – A Storm is Coming (Mateo Pascual)
Assassin’s Creed 2 – Ezio’s Family (Jesper Kyd)
Hitman Contracts – Main Menu Theme
Death Stranding – Death Stranding (CHVRCHES)
Mafia – Running Man Song (Latcho Drom - La Verdine)
Fallout New Vegas – Jingle Jangle Jingle
Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings – Track 1
Age of Mythology – Chocolate Outline, prostagma?
Silent Hill 2 – Promises/Theme of Laura
Tactics Ogre – Theme of Black Knight
Project Wingman – Kings (Jose Pavli)
Ace Combat 7 – Hush
ivaliceVagrant Story – Wyvern Battle Theme
Final Fantasy Tactics – Antipyretic
Final Fantasy XII – Battle on the Big Bridge
Genshin Impact has an incredible soundtrack.
It really does. I think their music budget is probably larger than some AAA games’ entire budget.
!Dominatus! Dominatus! Dominatus!!<
-Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: Legend of the Eagle Bearer, The 300, Odyssey(Greek version).
-Assassin’s Creed Origins: Main theme, Return of the Medjay, Bayek of Siwa, The Shimmering Sands, The Battle of Krokodilopolis.
-Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Main theme, Shadow Walker, Out of the North.
-Battlefield 1: Nothing Is Written, Avanti Savoia, Hunted, Cape Helles, Zeebrugge Harbour, Sand and Dust, In the Name of the Tsar, Grace and Glory, Sword in Hand.
-Battlefield V: Legacy Theme, Under No Flag, Far From Home, Spitfires, Rotterdam In Ruins, Devestation, I Vow To Thee My Country
-Battlefield 4: Warsaw Theme, Stutter theme, Jin Jie’s Revolution, A Theme For Kjell, Fishing in Baku.
-Battlefield Bad Company 2: The Storm, Snowy Mountains, Operation Aurora.
-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Opening Titles, Extraction Point, Coup de Grace, Chain of Command, Esprit de Corps, Protocol.
