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The Duchess Smackarse
May 8, 2012

by Lowtax
No More Heroes has the best soundtrack. Eh maybe the sequel was better.

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chubby Chinese cutie
Apr 1, 2010
Super Metroid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oTzxyFWDyE

Twinty Zuleps
May 10, 2008

by R. Guyovich
Lipstick Apathy
Kirby's Dream Land

Archer666
Dec 27, 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE5C4Oz1Z60

:rock:

Mariana Horchata
Jun 30, 2008

College Slice

Jerry Cotton posted:

They were original music*. Grand Theft Auto 3 was the first one to use licensed music.

*) Apart from the classical station probably, because you don't need to license classical music.

you are correct, I just mispoke...i think one of the houser bros owned a record company (moving shadow records iirc) that supplied most of the tunes for GTA1 and 2, and maybe a few on 3 as well.

EmperorFritoBandito
Aug 7, 2010

by exmarx
Not saying it's the best, but I've always had a soft spot for Vagrant Story's ugly-rear end "danger" songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4RfSO9zbK8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUyfXBaQa4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-s4vRyzEfc

The whole soundtrack is pretty great.

The Blue Pyramid
Mar 1, 2009

:poland: :poland: :poland:
Kiepski to nie
kaktus;
Pić musi!

:poland: :poland: :poland:
Shadow of the Beast (the Genesis version that was sped up when ported) is hauntingly beautiful.
Symphony of the Night had some really good tracks too, a little bit of everything.


On a related note, am I the only person that thinks the Terran music from Starcraft sounds like Rush, and the boss/fight themes in FF7 sound like Boston?

The Blue Pyramid fucked around with this message at 14:38 on Oct 8, 2014

Exioce
Sep 7, 2003

by VideoGames
Never been so much fun, huh?

No, not until you hear this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55cbGTlgHqI

Goddamn perfect.

Also haunting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSmKPNp4Amk

Cosmik Slop
Oct 9, 2007

What's a hole doing in my TARDIS?



It is seriously rockin. God, so many of these make me want to change my vote. How did nitwits like you get so tasteful?

Junk
Dec 20, 2003

Listen to reason, man. Why make your job difficult?
Streets of Rage 3 because its soundtrack was partially made with a random music generator programmed by the composer and it was kind of ahead of its time and had an impact on the 90s trance music scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTLiikdx2Yg

facebook jihad
Dec 18, 2007

by R. Guyovich
Tekken 2 I thought always had a great soundtrack. And it's even better now that I've learned to appreciate cheesy late 80s/early 90s synth sounds.

kecske
Feb 28, 2011

it's round, like always

sure let me click every single untitled link in this thread

anyway QUAKE 2 (TWO) is the answer

Booties
Apr 4, 2006

forever and ever

Woodhouse posted:

Chrono Trigger, every other answer is wrong.

I'm glad this thread ended after the first reply.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Hmm yes these threads are cool because they are a competition.

Kikka
Feb 10, 2010

I POST STUPID STUFF ABOUT DOCTOR WHO
Alien Soldier is pretty loving sweet

Ahundredbux
Oct 25, 2007

The right to bear arms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GCoc893Vt8

The only good thing about this p.o.s. is the soundtrack, but god drat what a soundtrack.

Chris Tilton owns.

Jesper Kyd also owns for making the soundtrack to the Hitman-series.

Refried Noodle
Feb 23, 2012

Randarkman posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UC6xjdAAs0

Freedom Fighters, killing communists to some weird and awesome techno-choir soundtrack.

e: also, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_as-AjE1bao

This is loving awesome. I'm considering buying whatever this game is on the basis of that second song alone.

I ride bikes all day
Sep 10, 2007

I shitposted in the same thread for 2 years and all I got was this red text av. Ask me about my autism!



College Slice

ZDar Fan posted:

Mega Man 2

Easily the best 8-bit music. Gotta give it to FF7 for the best overall.

Porpoise With A Purpose
Feb 28, 2006

skeletonotherkin posted:

You guys suck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-nNchLkej0 Frank Klepacki always wins. His music gives me serious front 242 vibes.

My nigga

El Scandelouse
Jan 10, 2003

Love, Drunkchat.
Streets of Rage

Halman
Feb 10, 2007

What's the...Rush?
The original xcom had some pretty good music for creating tension. Plus that rocking into music

AkumaHokoru
Jul 20, 2007
Been wracking my brain

Lets give some love to games that havent been mentioned

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irBywi2rsjs

Turtles in Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJzMOTJxrns

KOF (to be fair this song is from kof 96 but kof98 is the most popular)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hikYeyHSi_Y

Godhand (yes this is the song that plays when you fight them)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_5uNWisznY

Disgaea The Great Wild


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF49k1Q1bkk

Best song in Bust a Move 2.

TOILETLORD
Nov 13, 2012

by XyloJW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTZ5YSYEN6U&list=PL7B98C00A7ECAFC7E&index=4 ?

AkumaHokoru
Jul 20, 2007
Virtua on. gently caress yeah. (that song used to make me cry as a little kid. I dont know why to this day)

Barn Door
Mar 6, 2007

shut the fuck up charles
Crystalis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1nFHyvUvQI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEUpywuPKV0

EmperorFritoBandito
Aug 7, 2010

by exmarx
More good things from the Vagrant Story dude (not the best audio):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uubxMEltHJA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2cyFH2asDw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX5kJsaILUM

EmperorFritoBandito fucked around with this message at 21:59 on Oct 8, 2014

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
The only two Zelda games that exist have really good music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0krxH0dWhU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8GRDNU50b8

rear end Creed Brohood had a pretty neat song in one of their trailers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5x09js5Yqw

Robo Reagan fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Oct 9, 2014

Leroy Dennui
Aug 9, 2014

Gina McCarthy made us gay,
but we would not have met
had Biden not dropped his cones
:gaysper::frogbon:
The old-school Phantasy Star games had fantastic music, and then they went and put a bunch of the songs in one brilliant package in PSO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_kUlf-A870

Mostly from PS2, but that's my favorite game from the series anyway.

El Diablo Bob O
Sep 3, 2011

Hay nada mas,
Oh si' my way!
KATAMARI!
http://youtu.be/iMH49ieL4es

KATAMARI 2!
http://youtu.be/z80KBGrH3xM

KATAMARI FOREVER!
http://youtu.be/LqepHEDgth4

:livintrope: KATAMARI DAMACY!!!

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Did someone say Parappa the Rapper yet?

Wolfsheim
Dec 23, 2003

"Ah," Ratz had said, at last, "the artiste."
FINAL

FANTASY

VI

IDIOTS

Andorra
Dec 12, 2012
Chips Challenge



Also Frogger for Playstation/PC

roboshit
Apr 4, 2009

88h88 posted:

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit. I bought both of Scapegoat Wax's albums due to this one track. Pretty good too!

12 years later i've yet to play a game with a better soundtrack than JSRF

EmperorFritoBandito
Aug 7, 2010

by exmarx
For insomniacs or workaholics who need to chill:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeANXNZQMDc

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Oh I'd forgotten about The Saboteur which, in addition to being the best GTA, has some of the catchiest GTA music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve1faanVshw

Altivia
Jun 12, 2012

RAGE HOLE posted:

Bioshock for its violin
http://youtu.be/sEFIZh_Zscc

Journey for its cello
http://youtu.be/ypNgvc6c6Cc

Shadow of the Colossus for its choir
http://youtu.be/S1T-f3dIUZE

This is a good post. I like this post.

For real, though, if a soundtrack's aim is to provoke emotion, then I've never come across a better soundtrack than Journey's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLfj3pAlrs4

... except maybe ICO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N7wEzSRPWQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWVij6r4QBw

YOURFRIEND
Feb 3, 2009

You're an asshole, Mr. Grinch
You really are a cunt
You're as cuddly as a cockring
and charming being a shitheel

FUCK YOURFRIEND!
Hrm? Card City Nights.

https://soundcloud.com/dothaku/eh-women?in=dothaku/sets/card-city-nights

What a dumb question.

Ghost Head
Sep 16, 2008
digital devil saga of course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8xC-_6IvLk

TOILETLORD
Nov 13, 2012

by XyloJW
anyone say vice city yet or does that count as cheating?

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pretty soft girl
Oct 1, 2004

my dead grandfather fights better than you
Street Fighter EX + a had a fantastic soundtrack and was probably the last street fighter game to have a soundtrack that was worth a drat. Third Strike's is ok but overrated and SF4 has the worst soundtrack I've ever heard in my life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDeZOPBJ-tc

Gotta give some runners up to
Final Fantasy 11, which had really awesome music completely wasted on an MMO that most people jumped ship on when WoW came out six months later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WAcS-1H3BM

the original Killer Instinct for perfect 90's dance/industrial/hip-hop cheese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLBzgqVfffc

the new Killer Instinct for being just overall really solid, plus every song is dynamic and reacts to what's happening in the fight. Can't wait to see what Mick Gordon puts out for Season 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lG80aYrXUE

Perfect Dark was great throughout despite having to get crunched out in a miserable bit-rate by an N64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLDJhm4Arzk

drat Rare IPs always had really good soundtracks in general

^^^also yeah if we're counting Vice City then Vice City is obviously the definitive answer

oh and Way of the Warrior for the 3DO basically just had the entirety of White Zombie's La Sexorcisto as the soundtrack so that might actually be my answer if we're counting music that wasn't composed for the game

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