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Hello all. I love video game music. I love it a lot. I also love top ten lists. This thread I am combining them and I would like you all to join me. I am going to be using this thread as a place to dump my top three tracks of various video games in descending order for as long as I see fit and listen to video game music. I have slowly been building a whole collection of posts of specific games and my favourites from each and matching the name to a particular youtube video. The idea to make this thread came from the gen chat thread, as I am someone who has not played the final fantasy games but had heard they had great soundtracks and I asked people to submit the top three songs from each game so I could judge which had the best. I have been listening to the FF soundtracks since then and I will be posting them too. However, to start with I am going through the various 2D Sonic games as some of these tracks have been my most listened to since the games came out, and seeing as Sonic 1 was the first video game music I ever saved (recorded onto an audio cassette tape when I was ten years old) it seemed to be the best place to start. I urge anyone to join in for any of the games I already pick or maybe choose whatever other games you wish. I am hoping to eventually have a thread full of top 3 lists and both discover how much overlap I share with others as well as loads of brand new enjoyable music! If you want to say anything about the music rather than just posting videos, go right ahead too! I will be doing similar for certain songs. Sonic the Hedghog Third Place Green Hill Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-i8HYi1QH0 Second Place Marble Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXukwNQG0uA First Place Starlight Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVAzxhh_cB8 The first song I recorded and still my absolute favourite from that soundtrack.  Also is it just me, or is scrap brain zone basically the bladerunner credits theme?
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Feb 22, 2020 00:16
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Third Place Aquatic Ruin Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhHa7ph5GLg Second Place Robotonik Boss Fight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbhX7XKgkDU First Place Chemical Plant Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCcJnffie48 This might be one of the top 5 best ever tracks from the whole sonic series. It absolutely rocks and is so punchy and catchy.
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Feb 22, 2020 00:19
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Third Place Save Select Screen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWi6S5S9o60 Second Place Ice Cap Zone Act 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYxlqTpZ-24 First Place Hydrocity Act 1+2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K1rV9kFs6I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPYzgCI6Q1I Ok this one is being a bit cheeky because Hydrocity is my favourite sonic zone out of every sonic game I have played and both act tracks are the greatest and I hum them all the time when doing other things. Plus it is my thread and if I want them joint first, then I will 
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Feb 22, 2020 00:23
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Sonic and Knuckles For the purposes of this thread I have seperated them into two games because that is how I originally played them. I actually played Sonic and Knuckles a couple of years before I ever managed to get a hold of sonic 3 and locked them together. Third Place Sandopolis Zone Act 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQTb46RLW0g Second Place Death Egg Act 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8mM_IP4ByM First Place Lava Reef Zone Act 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf1UXzrZPMM Still utterly fabulous! I love sonic music most when it is floaty and calm and juxtaposes the frenetic speed of the games.
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Feb 22, 2020 00:27
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Sonic Mania The best 2D sonic game and daresay one of the best platforming games ever. This game has it all including the best version of Hydrocity. However, in order to be fair I have not picked any of the music that is present in other games that has already appeared on my lists (like Chemical Plant, Lava Reef and the wicked versions of Hydrocity). Third Place Titanic Monarch Act 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZg4xuDmBdI Second Place Hyper Potions - Checkpoint (Reveal Trailer track) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJUVNi_WOtc First Place Studiopolis Zone Act 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIWyZmFSep0 This is actually my morning alarm. Something about it is really good at waking me up I especially dig the opening few seconds before it launches into the full track. Superb!
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Feb 22, 2020 00:32
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Sonic CD JP/EU OST I am including 3 from the EU/JP sound track and then 3 from the US soundtrack for impartiality. Third Place Collison Chaos Good Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjc45l19Ufg Second Place Quartz Quadrant Present https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgThnrxI5nc First Place Stardust Speedway Bad Future/Good Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo3UcnH8y3c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_VHsD2aa7s OK technically this is another two tracks in the top spot, but again they are both from the same zone and equally as good. I like that sonic 3 onwards adopted the idea of changing the second act music slightly as was done here in Sonic CD. It made for some incredible remixes!
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Feb 22, 2020 00:45
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Sonic CD US OST Third Place Quartz Quadrant Bad Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdQVLNz_VGI Second Place Tidal Tempest Bad Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY35ovg66S8 First Place Stardust Speedway Bad Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxwPTc37G2I
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Feb 22, 2020 00:47
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Sonic Colours OK. Not a 2D sonic. Also a game I have never played, I have only heard the soundtrack. And also the game that has my most favourite sonic track ever. Third Place Aquarium Park Act 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEGro4NpgCg Second Place Planet Wisp Act 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I8g1Y5b7wU First Place Planet Wisp Act 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaaWKqKEQlM This track is all-time number one for me. This does not sound like a song that would be in a sonic game. The piano is something else. Never at risk of being overwhelmed by the rest of the track, the serene notes stand tall. I use this track as background music when I am writing because not only does it relax me, but the constant beat keeps my pace up. This is the peak of sonic music and if I had to pick a top 3 of every single song in sonic vgm history this easily clinches the number one every time.
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Feb 22, 2020 00:52
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Video game music is cool. Got into a relaxing vg music thread on here sometime ago and have been digging into chill-ambient tracks ever since. (Don't know if that's what you're looking for though). Anyway, I'll go with a classic. Third Place Half-Life - Vague Voices Second Place Half-Life - Nepal Monastery First Place Half-Life - Drums And Riffs Probably favorite vg track of all time. Everyone seems to forget this game had music sometimes. Also I'm guessing that people leaving on loading screens, menus, or idling in levels just to here the background sounds is how the whole study/low-fi/chill-hop etc. thing started.
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Feb 22, 2020 17:51
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The true power of the Sonic CD OST required Redbook Audio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYW7-hNXZlM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCSL7naH-8A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_HqRTYzQ58
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Feb 22, 2020 19:52
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while I am stunned and shattered that Hill Top and Mystic Cave didn't make your top three for Sonic 2, VG, I admire your decision to include more than just the level themes themselves
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Feb 22, 2020 22:15
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did someone say sonic music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o47N-aYd08
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Feb 22, 2020 22:22
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I want to list one of my favorite video game soundtracks, Chrono Trigger. Frog Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp7PYi5b8jg Delightful Spekkio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MzLVOd-e8Y World Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QgUjqMxeXo
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Feb 22, 2020 23:05
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Been playing some three houses, so here's my top three from that game. Between Heaven and Earth - link Apex of the World - link Tearing Through Heaven - link
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Feb 22, 2020 23:29
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Hey ya'll, I just want to advertise my video game vinyl thread. It's super slow, but anything posted in it would be cool. I post updates on releases every once in a while. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3907686&pagenumber=1&perpage=40#post501003196 Chrono Trigger is also absolutely my favorite game soundtrack. I coincidentally started a new file on it the other day. Playing it on my Super NT, in glorious 1080p. After years of deliberation, I decided that Secret of the Forest is my favorite track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r1iesThvYg Bonus: OneUps cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qMeOc_jKrg Schala's Theme is the song that launched a thousand OCRemixes. Sometimes cliches are a cliches for a reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DEx4RVglcU Yearnings of the Wind- 600 AD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqZaFDA7PXY
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Feb 22, 2020 23:32
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Looper posted:while I am stunned and shattered that Hill Top and Mystic Cave didn't make your top three for Sonic 2, VG, I admire your decision to include more than just the level themes themselves Hehe thank you. I honestly like hilltop and mystic cave a lot, but the others I find myself humming way, way more. Plus I think I might like 2player Mystic cave a little bit more than single player. I listen to everything a lot and find some tracks quite underrated in the grand schemes! Also thank you Ergh, Charliefoxtrot, Flavahbeast, I said Come in!, Arrthritis and Decteive No. 27 for adding OK. Some more from me:
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Feb 23, 2020 00:06
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VVVVVV Third Place Piercing the Sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaedzERxOeI Second Place Potential for Anything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj8MsbgpjaQ First Place Passion for Exploring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0j6pe043L4 I love this track so much. When I first played the game, I immediately bought the soundtrack and the remix soundtrack on CD and stuck them in my car for the longest time. I looked like a dork, but did not care in the slightest
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Feb 23, 2020 00:07
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Total Annihilation Third Place Warpath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbFjjxd_ucI Second Place The March Unto Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CepFgRY-8yI First Place Attack!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_vhFjORokQ One of the very first games I played over the internet (on my trusty 28.8 modem) was Total Annihilation with my bestie. We were limited (due to our isp) to two hour games because they would hang up the modem once we had reached 120 minutes for each call. As such, we had the most frantic games of TA as much as we could and as TA had a dynamic music system, playing the appropriate song based on what was happening, I heard this track more than any other
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Feb 23, 2020 00:12
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Borderlands 2 Third Place The Fridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIVz_qrruGk Second Place Bandit Slaughter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg2fPI4y0o8 First Place Hayter's Folly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCQIPND1LC0 This youtube is technically both the ambient and combat music linked as one, but I am ok with that due to the way the music changes based upon what is happening. I wish more games did that and very soon I am going to post my three favourite songs from my second favourite game ever which has the best use of dynamic layered sound that I think I have ever heard. Hayter's Folly should be used in more than just the Pirate Booty DLC because it truly is the outstanding gem on this soundtrack and the first time I heard it I fell in love
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Feb 23, 2020 00:19
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Kid Chameleon Third Place Opening Theme - City Area https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYclhrzca1w Second Place Woods Area https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf0mz9Y1EXI First Place Opening Theme - Ice Area https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDSK6mwNJWk Kid Chameleon was a game I was given by a kid I went to school with who hated it and found it too difficult. It was difficult, but I got a real kick out of all the cool suits and hidden areas/power ups and level skips. I played it to death and beat it eventually about four months later, but this music is absolutely seared into my brain the amount of times I heard it
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Feb 23, 2020 00:28
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U.N. Squadron (Capcom 1991, composers Mari Yamaguchi & Yoshihiro Sakaguchi) was the first SNES game I played (even before Super Mario World) and the first thing that blew me away and made me realize "new console good" was the music Front Line Base https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmp1VcUm-Rs Jungle Fortress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03lZDCq9QfY Ground Carrier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVhU-fmWhGk
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Feb 23, 2020 00:43
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Donkey Kong Country Third Place Fear Factory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v18pEFQb3EM Second Place Aquatic Ambiance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAPpVplHiDE First Place Tree Top Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMoroEuJPA8
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Feb 23, 2020 08:01
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more like video game POOsic haha destroyed just go ahead and lock this thread
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Feb 23, 2020 08:42
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Oh god, this thread will ruin me.  I'm gonna start with some Sonic as well, because Forces was all over the place with wildly different musical styles every other track. Really hard to pick three tbh.Space Port: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1BjV7Lha3A Arsenal Pyramid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr-g08X0E4Q White Jungle remix, from Episode Shadow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgNVF6v7K78
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Feb 23, 2020 11:31
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Final Fantasy IV The Red Wings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB9rsHLSOzs Golbez, Clad in Darkness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80mDlHGelyg Fabul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtowULiqoxQ
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Feb 23, 2020 14:30
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Ace Combat 6 Whole soundtrack is a roller coaster with a ton of good tracks but these flow. Third On The Field of Emmeria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL-3S5H_n20&list=PL82E38BF253DC9251&index=27 Second San Loma Assault https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7K2Of_IRsU&list=PL82E38BF253DC9251&index=28 First The Liberation of Gracemeria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L2TsEp-Nxw&list=PL82E38BF253DC9251&index=48
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Feb 23, 2020 16:49
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Bust A Groove 2 Zombie Hopper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz7zmuY7Mto Acid Line https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1evHS2E5vlg Enka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xynmhk1zC8Q
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Feb 23, 2020 18:36
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Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? was a Disgaia spinoff for the PSP, and an amazing little platformer. 1st Impression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW4aUw_sLRQ Tower of Ice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZEgPkWF3Oo Sweet Palace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDHz0K26l98
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Feb 23, 2020 20:02
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I said come in! posted:I want to list one of my favorite video game soundtracks, Chrono Trigger. Honestly CT needs a top 10 and you probably still won't get all the great music. Same with Xenogears.
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Feb 23, 2020 20:05
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Final Fantasy XV Stand Your Ground: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd5f3ic2a_E Up For The Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCjXjAsTFiU Veiled In Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyQtQCGSRGE
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Feb 24, 2020 00:14
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I'm not very good with top x lists but I love me some video game music. Faster Than Light has a soundtrack that is good and rules. Milky Way (Battle) Civil (Battle) Void (Battle) King of Dragon Pass is a game I actually never played that much but the music absolutely stuck with me in the time that I did. Storm Season Earth Season Fire Season Warcraft 2 was the first game I ever owned that featured fully orchestrated music and while some regard it as generic sounding, it nonetheless holds a special place in my heart. Orc 1 Orc 2 Human 4 I could think of a million more but choosing a top three is hard work. I had to edit a bunch out because it was turning into just a link dump 
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Feb 24, 2020 06:38
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Oh and I forgot to mention, 8-Bit Music Theory is a good channel if you're a music nerd like me and want to see someone analyzing classic game tunes. He even has a video about Sonic's music.
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Feb 24, 2020 06:46
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MrMidnight posted:Honestly CT needs a top 10 and you probably still won't get all the great music. Same with Xenogears. This is part of the fun. Whittling a great soundtrack down to 3 is really, really difficult and I have struggled with a lot. I like limits in things such as this because of the way it pushes you. Also thank you everyone! I am discovering great music and this thread is working out ace
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Feb 24, 2020 14:53
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OST's only or is licensed music ok too
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Feb 24, 2020 14:56
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Mega Man X series More than 3 here, since it's the entire series. X1- Password https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWov_XGruT8 X1- Boomer Kuwanger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1el4ZLtMxg X4- Storm Owl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p3ZspXJHIk X4- Web Spider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUV_clmJbuc X5- Cyber Maze Core https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOpQoAqTTpc
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Feb 24, 2020 15:04
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It's time for one of the best ever games soundtracks, Final Fantasy X Third Place Besaid Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60cKUASLe3A Second Place A Fleeting Dream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miuNmfcBfu8 First Place To Zanarkand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-0G_FI61a8
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Feb 24, 2020 15:05
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Videogame music owns!!!!!!! Prey Everything Is Going To Be Okay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPPJZNLk65k Semi Sacred Geometry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4RanjlL7sg Mind Game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiIfVnPg4pA Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana Iclucian Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xogTY-BvV6s Dana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI4_b-ZqmK4 Gens d'Armes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDllGOPr-Vg Ace Combat 7 Drag Racer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TSrUrFAyfY Pipeline Destruction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TruSmnb9wws Daredevil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kVdCaczLE8
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Feb 24, 2020 15:07
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Weedle posted:OST's only or is licensed music ok too Please do add licensed music. If it is a track that is in a video game then go for it! 
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Feb 24, 2020 15:09
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Prey soundtrack is so good I listen to the song from the intro all the time and that's about as far as I've gotten in the game.
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Feb 24, 2020 15:09
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