Re: video game soundtracks
 

All awsome. Try chrono cross. thats good too. final fantasy tactics is awsome as well. if your kinda into techo check out robo aleste. its not quite techno but still very good. Vay also was good. those were sega cd games. very hard to find the games let along mp3's.

I agree with the Final Fantasy series. Most specifically 7, 8 and 10.
Nobuo Uematsu not only makes the best soundtracks, but as far as I'm concerned, he's the best composer - ever.

Eat that, Mozart!

All the final fantasy sound tracks..


Great stuff.

AND TETRIS.

Remember Outrun...... I had a C64 version of that...... The music came on a separate tape..... heheh

Halo's opening track was the greatest.

I think Xenosaga has a great soundtrack, but I really like the newer Zelda games (Ocarina especially). There's some good stuff in there.

And SOTN is the best Castlevania soundtrack EVER.

anything by Nobuo Uematsu. One winged angel and red XIII's theme were incredible. I got the big import soundtrack for FF7 this b-day and it hasnt left my cd player. Metal Gear Solid 2 sons of liberty was amazing also

Chrono Trigger/Cross by far have the best game soundtracks. Pretty much anything by Yasunori Mitsuda.

Halo is really good for the mood, but i cant believe you guys forgot....Rock and Roll Racing for the SNES! Black sabbath did it...jeez, that game ruled.

YES!!! Lunar 1 and 2! Loved GTA:VC's, and anything from Nobuo Uematsu! ETM had a good soundtrack too

Back in the "olden" days there was something called the Sega CD. There was a game called "Lunar" which was an RPG. This had the best music and years later I could still find myself humming that music for no reason.

It was a real basic tune that played over and over but I never got tired of hearing it. It must have affected a lot of people like me cuz I see the game on EBay occasionally and have seen it sell for over $100 if in good condition...

7th Guest
and
11th Hour

i love this stuff.

Interstate '76! Brilliant music, great game. So underrated too. I <<integer>> Mafia too. Quality music.

chrono trigger
nothin like having the zeal music play when someone calls your cell

I can't believe nobody's mentioned www.vgmusic.com yet.

I liked the music for:

KOTOR
Max Payne (1,2)
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy (VII,X)
Legend Of Zelda: OOT, MM, and Windwaker
Metal Gear Solid 2
Halo

I don't own any specific SOUNDTRACKS to games, but I do own multiple albums of game music.

Specifically:

Music Inspired by Final Fantasy - The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Final Fantasy VII - Reunion Tracks
Final Fantasy VI - Piano Collection (with music booklet!)
Final Fantasy - Pray
Final Fantasy - Love Will Grow
Final Fantasy VIII - Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec
and Final Fantasy - 20020220

*ALL* great albums :D Can you notice a trend among them? ;)

I like :
take on Koji Kondo's SMB soundtrack.

And, of course, this orchestral performance of the MGS theme:



And, don't forget about SSB Melee's theme song. love it

Beat boxing is great at times. This wasn't one of those times. Unique yes, good no.

Loved the orchestral performance. I kinda want to play a MGS game after seeing that video.

Mafia's Django-inspired soundtrack was kickass.

Believe it or not, one of my favorites has always been Silpheed. Anyone remember that old gem from Sierra?

mostly the old stuff from the old SNES days such as chrono trigger and FF6. also soundtracks from some final fantasy games such as 7-10.

its fun to listen to them once in awhile.

Mechwarrior 2 is probably my favorite. I also like some of the earlier Sonic games. Echo the Dolphin was okay, but the game wasn't exactly the tits.

Diablo's music is really surprising, especially the last level on Diablo 2.

Somebody mentioned it earlier, but Grim Fandango had hands-down the greatest score/soundtrack of any video game, ever. It's out there, too - I've actually got a copy. SOOO worth it.

Doesn't hurt that Grim Fandango is also the greatest game of all time...

Jumping Jackson !!! Excellent for the time.

1. Metal Gear Solid (any of them, particularly the opening theme of MGS1)
2. Final Fantasy 7, 10, 12
3. Chrono Trigger
4. Half-Life 2
5. Halo 1, 2, 3
6. Metroid Prime
7. Shadow of the Colossus

Half-Life 2 was great, as was the instrumental soundtrack to Quake II by Sonic Mayhem. And for nostalgia purposes you can't beat Vice City! And even though it was in midi the soundtrack to Doom was great - in fact the guys who did the Classic Doom mod for Doom 3 did a great job of bringing it up to date.

World of Warcraft has some amazing pieces! Can't believe nobody mentioned that one.

It does actually, and it also has some awful ones - the end boss of Scarlet Monstary library springs to mind, sounds like a bad midi synthesizer!

my friends laugh at me... but i honestly think vg music is every bit as good as what's on the radio. some of my favorites...

- mega man x
- legend of zelda (every game in the series is memorable)
- donkey kong country (1 & 2 especially)
- chrono trigger
- metroid prime
- FF5
- Kirby series
- MGS

I heartily agree with all the Uematsu love, but don't forget all those whistle-worthy Koji Kondo melodies. Shauk is right on with the ocremix link... some excellent work there.

check out ocremix's album list. My favorite is the Kong in Concert.

For those who haven't played it yet... Mario Galaxy's soundtrack is outstanding. I don't think it stands alone as well as a lot of the RPG-sourced music, but the way it accompanies the pace/mood of the gameplay (even as it shifts from moment to moment) is nothing short of genius.

I always liked the starfox and zelda music. the music from the desert combat mod of battlefield 1942 is great too.

/agree quake

A great resource for video game music: gh.ffshrine.org

I really love the music for Warcraft 2, not to mention Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2 :)

Hi, for all 8-bit sound track fans out there, I present to you The MiniBosses!
http://minibosses.com/

A rock band that specializes in video games sound tracks from the 80's

Contra Theme
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Castlevania III Music Video (with aliens)
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Halo Theme (Opening to Final Omegathon Round PAX 2007)
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Enjoy :D

Yea, I bought the Halo 2 soundtrack, and love it..

and my other fav, would have to be the Madden 2004 soundtrack

For any fans of the Zelda soundtracks, these guys re-orchestrated many of the themes.

One of my favorite themes is the Sanctuary theme, from Link to the Past. You first hear it when entering the Sanctuary, while accompanied by Zelda, after saving her for the very first time. Beautiful, and a bit creepy at the same time.

I love all the Ace Combat's and Medal of Honor soundtracks. In fact, I love them more than some of my favorite bands.

I really like the viewpoints issued by the above two posts, and they also detail some of my favorite soundtracks, especially those from Donkey Kong Country (which if you read the wiki, you'll find out that the VGM soundtrack was a "hit" in the US) and the BGM from all of the Kirby titles.

Some off the top of my head were the soundtracks from Gran Turismo 3+4, the sega title of Sonic Adventure: 2 (Knuckles' theme was great), and the futuristic F-Zero titles had some brilliant gems later in the series. Also, the BMX XXX soundtrack had a very good selection of 90s hits. It's barely even a rent-worthy game, though.

And for those of you that didn't know, this is the must-have album for any Smash Bros., even Nintendo, aficionados.

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3761/img1thw.jpg

Any Zelda and Final Fantasy game. I also really like the Gears of War music

As an a cappella fan, I have to plug the Spiralmouth soundtrack for Crash Twinsanity. I've never played it, but it is fun to listen to.

World of Warcraft has some really good music, and I like that each region has it's own style of music.

Zelda's theme will always hold a special place in my heart.

Oblivion has a great score.

I've just been playing Machinarium, and whoa. Great soundtrack. I highly recommend both the game and its music.