Video game music

Dark and Divine

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D&D
Also, the music themes played during FFIX's FMVs are nothing short of amazing:




 

Tetsujin

he/they
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Tets
This theme inspires so much foreboding fear, tension, and subtlety than his other theme, which mostly is used as his boss fight music. I so wish they'd included this theme in AC at least. But oh well.

They did, it appears in "Beyond The Wasteland". :monster:
 

Gabranth

Banned
It has probably the weakest FF soundtrack of any of the games past 3 but FFX-2 has some nice songs.
Most people know and love this one


But there's also the songs you hear in the Bevelle Infiltration mission ie. the best mission in the game.




And to round it all up, I like 1000 Words as much as any FF vocal track.
 

Gabranth

Banned
Ah, Mario. That reminds me.

Time to scale it back some. After all, you don't need an orchestra or vocals to make great music. Indeed, after the PS4 is out and a whole new generation of gaming has started in ten years or so, I firmly believe this song will remain as one of the best tracks in gaming history.


And let me totally switch things up and mention a far more recent song.


I like Gackt. Sure I like Mana more but Mana hasn't made any songs for video games.
 
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Dark and Divine

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D&D
You guys know a Genesis/Mega Drive game called "Mega Turrican"?

The opening music is quite cool, imo:



And who could forget that epic song from Soul Blade/Soul Edge's opening?

 

Vendel

Banned
Don't fuck with a Sith Lord.


Homeworld had some nice music.


A choral 'Adagio For Strings' anyone?
 

Hisako

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Satsu, BRIAN BLESSED, MIGHTY AND WISE Junpei Iori: Ace Detective, Maccaffrickstonson von Lichtenstafford Frabenschnaben, Polite Krogan, Robert Baratheon
Speaking of KOTOR, these two are my favorite tracks from the entire Old Republic series. The beauty of the pieces is that they have instantly recognisable cues but a strong original tune that gave KOTOR its very own epic soundtrack.



This was the perfect opening track to the perfect opening in the game, with the Sith cue establishing the theme of it. It's very Star Wars in its own right without being a ridiculous rip from the trilogy soundtracks. Well imo it's almost perfect, but not quite: this track (along with a couple of others) didn't really allow for good looping, and it would have been nicer if this track was a little longer. :monster:



This theme is a little more hammy, especially with the most obvious homage in the middle of the track, but again, it uses cues without entirely ripping it off. It's a fantastic character theme, and the choice of tremolo in the strings gives this tremendous feeling of mystery, romance and Bastila's strong-willed presence.
 

Joe

I KEEP MY IDEALS
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Joe, Arcana
Song that plays over the ending to Chaos Legion.

God I loved that game, I dont care what anyone says.

 

Son Goku

It's my stomach, I'm hungry.
AKA
mugennagama
Anything that comes from Nobue Uematsu or Akira Yamaoka is per se awesome!

Nobuo Uematsu 50 Compositions



One Winged Angel (Eminence Symphony)
 

Son Goku

It's my stomach, I'm hungry.
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mugennagama
And Super Mario Land


:awesome:

But seriously now, this was my second game after Tetris and I still love it.
 

Unlucky

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*casts Life on a thread that's been dead for four years*

I finally got to listen to the new Killer Instinct 3 OST, I gotta say I kinda like it. Sounds 'samey' though.

As if anything could top Killer Cuts from the SNES era. I can't even pick a favorite track, it's all too good




Shame it's Xbox exclusive
 

Hisako

消えないひさ&#
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Satsu, BRIAN BLESSED, MIGHTY AND WISE Junpei Iori: Ace Detective, Maccaffrickstonson von Lichtenstafford Frabenschnaben, Polite Krogan, Robert Baratheon
that new KI theme was exactly the sort of hype people needed, and it was clearly given the love and care that only a fan could





Absolutely badass Borchid rendition this game around
 
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Drax

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Benoist; Captain Highwind
I've been on a Sonic OST kick lately. Every time I poke my head back in the series, the music's fantastic.

 
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Unlucky

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN
I remember when I used to dance crazily to killer cuts [/embarrassingchildhood]

You're not alone, man

The Killer Cuts album is one of the.. danciest OSTs I ever had the pleasure of listening to




It just NEVER gets old
 

Drax

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Benoist; Captain Highwind
Prepare for the Persona choir ladies. I tried to pick one favorite from an assortment of various Personas.





Bonus:


 
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Splintered

unsavory tart
Leaving this here because it pertains to music composers and the state of videogame music



This is the guy that did Journey's ost, and he's pretty amazing
 

Octo

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Octo, Octorawk, Clarky Cat, Kissmammal2000
^that is mental, what the hell did they put in that contract that the game companies couldn't agree to?

Sounds to me like they need to form their own union, if the existing one is full of dinosaurs. Utter madness.
 
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