Video Game Music in General (whats the best)

Everyone the past few days has been posting about what they think the best video game music is. I keep hearing Mega Man, Castlevania, and where I live a lot of people say Finaly Fantasy. Personally my favorite video game music of all time is a tie between the intro song to the NES game G.I. Joe and the NES game Rambo. Those songs both rock. They aren't that long, and the rest of the music in the games isn't great.

What are your alls favorites? If Megaman or Castlevania is your favorite be specific. Which songs, which levels?

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Either Monty on the Run or Crazy Comets on the Commodore 64.

Final Fantasy gets my vote for the best! Uematsu is a god!

Bloody Tears from Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.

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Bloody Tears from Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.

Word. Quite possibly the coolest piece music made for any videogame ever.

Speaking of which, all of you CV fans should check out The Castlevania Dungeon if you want to find some cool fan-made and official soundtrack MP3s of this song, as well as many other cool songs from the entire series. The links to the songs on the Multimedia page will take you to FilePlanet, and you'll have to sign up for a free account if you want to download 'em first, but trust me, it's worth it.

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The best music in any video game has to be from Super Metroid. The themes from that game are so timeless and intricate that a tribute project called Relics of the Chozo (available free, google for it) came to life, and contains some incredible material.

Metroid Zero Mission has awesome music also, but the resolution is just a bit low. The other entries in the series are also great.

Echo for Bloody Tears, as well as many other Castlevania themes. Not surprisingly, SNES Castlevania 4 had probably the most consistent good music overall. That, and then PS1 Symphony of the Night.

Also of course the DDR music is pretty good... heh

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my vote goes to Final Fantasy and Legend of Zelda

Zelda 2

 

Metroid Prime. Talon Overworld has some trippy shit going on. Haunting and atmospheric. That's the way I like my music in video games.

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Dudes, Final Fantasy have awesome music, and I recommend you on getting "The Black Mages" album, it's a band that plays the battle themes from lots os Final Fantasy, from 2 to 10, I believe. THAT is fantastic! By the way, Nobuo himself (the composer of these songs) plays the keyboard, the quality is UNBEATABLE!
And I also recommend getting the album "The Midnight Carnival", from the game Guilty Gear XX. It's fantastic! It's a double album, by the way.

I'm pretty sure you'll like!

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Baldur's Gate. Epic, soothing, etc. It covers so much ground and does it amazingly. On top of that, I think it's probably one of the best video games in general of all time.

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Baldur's Gate. Epic, soothing, etc. It covers so much ground and does it amazingly. On top of that, I think it's probably one of the best video games in general of all time.

Baldur's Gate II get my vote. Not only is it better than the first, but the combat music sounds so much like Tchaikovsky that sometimes I think that my Dad is listening to it somehwere else in the house.

EDIT: Diablo gets the runner up for me. When your walking around Tristram that tune is \m/
Never mind, all the muisic is so eerie and freaky.

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castelvania, zelda

the classics

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Final fantasy VII Pretty much all the music from that game is brilliant, Especially the main boss music and One Winged Angel,

also i love the metroid music and mario, cant forget mario, i remeber when i used to hum that tune wherever i went.

Honestly, if videogame music were like popular music nowadays....I think Koji Kondo would be Britney Spears. He's just that catchy.

Most of my favourites are from the NES, for whatever reason. Waxing nostalgic, probably.

Castlevania II
Mike Tyson's Punch Out!
Super Mario Bros.
Blades Of Steel
Contra
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I know I'm forgetting a bunch.

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I was doing some research on video game music on g4's website and found out that the goofy guy tommy who hosts JUDGEMENT DAY is one of the most highly respected composers for video game music today. Apparently he teaches audio engineering at UCLA and is a consultant for DTS. I just thought he was a goofy guy who played games all day.

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Some of my favourite videogame music...

* Sonic 2 (I totally love the Chemical Plant theme.)
* Streets Of Rage II/Shinobi III (Yuzo Koshiro is the MAN. he could do things with the Megadrive's sound chip that seemingly no-one else could do)
* Sonic CD (The original Japanese/European soundtrack; vastly superior to the US one, and full of good J-pop cheese. )
* Guity Gear X (RAWK!)
* Shenmue (Soooooo fucking gorgeous.)
* An old C64 Tetris clone called ATA (had grrrrreat in-game music)
* Some of the load music on old Ocean C64 games.

Necronomicon and Wild Woody get mentions purely for the inclusion of John Petrucci and Ron Thal, respectively. Oh and the new Fallout thingy on PS2 has Devin Townsend on it.

In short, videogame music = teh win.

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Dudes, Final Fantasy have awesome music, and I recommend you on getting "The Black Mages" album, it's a band that plays the battle themes from lots os Final Fantasy, from 2 to 10, I believe. THAT is fantastic! By the way, Nobuo himself (the composer of these songs) plays the keyboard, the quality is UNBEATABLE!
And I also recommend getting the album "The Midnight Carnival", from the game Guilty Gear XX. It's fantastic! It's a double album, by the way.

I'm pretty sure you'll like!

Daniel

The guy may play keyboard, yet he still insists on gathering the best players in the area on the instruments he needs for the particular game for the OST. Its much better with live recordings than with a keyboard!

Well, Mario 64 and Zelda 64 had some of the most interesting game music, but in general, I think Spy Hunter had the coolest music.

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Great songs:
Batman (NES) stage 1, 3, 4
Blaster Master (NES) 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
Castlvania 1 (NES) 1, 3, 5
Castlevania 2 (NES) every song, this game just rocks!
Castelvania 3 (NES) Clocktower, Aquarius, Nightmare or whatever stage 10 with the frankenstein is
Bionic Commando (NES) stage 2, and 8 is on crack
Gremlins 2 (NES and I'm serious!) stage 2, 3, and 5
Jackal (NES) stage 2
Contra (NES) stage 1 and 8 which has some ridiculous time sigs
Life Force (NES) stage 3 and 5

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I always loved the music in Little Nemo:The Dream Master. That game was so trippy. It sooooo incouraged drug use.

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I always loved the music in Little Nemo:The Dream Master. That game was so trippy. It sooooo incouraged drug use.

JESUS CHRIST! I totall forgot how fucking awesome that game was. Must go find ROMS..right now...damn you...

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The Nightmare Land stages at the end have pretty good music, same for the bosses of those stages.

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my vote goes for final fantasy music...however, I think the music from FFX-2 is...lacking a bit. I suppose it goes with the pop theme of the game, itself--but I prefer his music from his earlier games--even FFX--to this one. The main crystal theme from the old games is beautiful...gives me chills nearly every time I listen to it...I think I'm gonna listen to it now, actually.

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my vote goes for final fantasy music...however, I think the music from FFX-2 is...lacking a bit. I suppose it goes with the pop theme of the game, itself--but I prefer his music from his earlier games--even FFX--to this one. The main crystal theme from the old games is beautiful...gives me chills nearly every time I listen to it...I think I'm gonna listen to it now, actually.

I have to agree with you there about Final Fantasy, too... in terms of sheer emotion and orchestration, all of FF's music is hard to top. I remember aside from liking the main theme that you mention, a favorite of mine was the Overworld theme from FF6 (released on the SNES as Final Fantasy 3), I always thought it had a really cool movie soundtrack sound to it. Nobuo Uematsu simply rocks.

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My fav soundtrack (and game) ever is FFVIII.

I always thought that the theme song to Battle Toads/Double Dragon (SNES) kicked big time ass.

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I love the soundtrack of Need For Speed 1&2 Special Edition

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* Sonic 2 (I totally love the Chemical Plant theme.)

YES! When I was younger I spent more time in the options menu listening to the songs than acutally playing the game.

And also, I think I am the only person in the world who thinks that the OST's to Shining Force I & II are the best ones ever. Everyone else hated them Chrono Trigger also has a great soundtrack.

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I always thought the music from some of the Command and Conquer games was excellent. C&C: Red Alert had that awesome Soviet theme, and some other cool techno / metal tracks, and Red Alert 2 continued that trend. C&C Generals also features some very excellent, culture specific (depending on which side you were playing) themes.

"Music either moves you, or it doesn't. Nothing else matters."

Last Gladiators Digital Pinball (Sega Saturn)

Necronomicon Digital Pinball (Sega Saturn Japan)

Wizards And Warriors (NES)

Gate Of Thunder (Turbo Duo)

Lords Of Thunder (Sega CD, and Turbo Duo - 2 different music mixes)

Galaxy Fight (Sega Saturn)

Sega Rally Championship (Sega Saturn)

Ys Book I, II, III, IV (Turbo Duo, PC Engine)

Guilty Gear X, and X2 (Playstation)

Castlevania : SOTN (Playstation)

Theres a bunch of em, but these are the cream of the crop for me!

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Sega Rally Championship (Sega Saturn)

Yeah! The third track had awesome music in particular.

Ever heard the re-worked hard rock instrumental version of the Daytona music? :)

Ah, Daytona. Daytona 2001 for the Dreamcast pwns your souls. And the vocal music is fantastic in its Engrish-ness.

"I'm goona fry-y-y, sky hiiiiggh! Let's go-o-o-oh togethaaagh!"

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I always loved the music in Little Nemo:The Dream Master. That game was so trippy. It sooooo incouraged drug use.

Didn't you know? Everything that has ever been on a Nintendo console does that, the whole randomness of Nintendo is one the reasnos why i love them.

heh you guys prolly never played the turbografx 16 or pc engine in japan. they had some great music in there cd titles one particular isa shooter called lords of thunder. its like an yngvie cd only cooler hehe and also devils crush pinball has a great midi metal soundtrack

I would have to say NHL 2004(lots of hard songs in it)

Thought of a couple of others...

Double Dragon (NES)
Sonic 1

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Thought of a couple of others...

Double Dragon (NES)
Sonic 1

Sonic games have awesome music!

all of the Final Fantasy series
Castlevania - SOTN
Street Fighter II - Guile, Ryu, Vega
Contra
Super Mario Bros.

For some reason, I can't remember the music in other classic games that I played I wish I listened to the music more.

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My fav soundtrack (and game) ever is FFVIII.

Yeah, FFVIII has some kickass music. And actually, I think it's my favorite FF game as well. It could be that it's the first one I played (I watched my brother play the others when I was a kid, but he wouldn't let me play). A lot of people don't really like 8, but to me, it was outstanding.

And I've played the chronicles and anthology that were rereleased for Playstation, VII, VIII, IX, X and I'm playing X-2 right now.
However, I named one of my rats Sephiroth--cuz he's a kick ass villian. And my kitten is Aeris...

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heh you guys prolly never played the turbografx 16 or pc engine in japan. they had some great music in there cd titles one particular isa shooter called lords of thunder. its like an yngvie cd only cooler hehe and also devils crush pinball has a great midi metal soundtrack

If you scroll up, and read my post above I mention the game.

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Last Gladiators Digital Pinball (Sega Saturn)

Necronomicon Digital Pinball (Sega Saturn Japan)

Wizards And Warriors (NES)

Gate Of Thunder (Turbo Duo)

Lords Of Thunder (Sega CD, and Turbo Duo - 2 different music mixes)

Galaxy Fight (Sega Saturn)

Sega Rally Championship (Sega Saturn)

Ys Book I, II, III, IV (Turbo Duo, PC Engine)

Guilty Gear X, and X2 (Playstation)

Castlevania : SOTN (Playstation)

Theres a bunch of em, but these are the cream of the crop for me!

I also like Devils Crush......was a sequel to Alien Crush pinball. I was a huge PC Engine/Turbo Duo fan. Camp California for Turbo Duo also had great hard rockin music.

You should get the SEGA CD version of Lords Of Thunder. Although its the same music, its completely done by different musicians, with different mixes, and slight variations. The game can also be stripped of the audio tracks using an mp3 ripper.

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My fav soundtrack (and game) ever is FFVIII.

Yeah, FFVIII has some kickass music. And actually, I think it's my favorite FF game as well. It could be that it's the first one I played (I watched my brother play the others when I was a kid, but he wouldn't let me play). A lot of people don't really like 8, but to me, it was outstanding.

FFVIII is my personal favorite, too. The GF system is freakin' awesome.

The Final Fantasy games have some good music.

The Chrono series of games have good tunes, too. Particularly Chrono Cross. I actually played some of this music in a band last summer but the keyboard player was a bitch who never left his house.

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Haven't seen these mentioned

Silent Hill 2 & 3 (especially 2)

I can't wait to hear (and play) Silent Hill 4. It looks great for playing in the dark in 5.1 surround.

" We dreamed of a world in peace, but killed for a life of ease. Now we leave the wounds for you, what else can the dying do?" - Pain of Salvation

Metal Gear Solid 1&2 Own da world.

then FFVII and X.

C&C Generals.

GTA Vice City.

Zelda 3, Ocarina of time, wind waker.

and one on SFamicom, you probably don't know that one as it has been officialy released only in Japan (but you can get good traducted roms in emulation) : Seiken Densetsu 3.

Zelda SNES
and Zelda on N64 (Ocarina of Time)

arguably one of the greatest games of all time.

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A lot of people don't really like 8

cause its too fucking easy altho 9 is easier...i beat 9 on lvl 1 for crying out loud!

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Baldur's Gate. Epic, soothing, etc. It covers so much ground and does it amazingly. On top of that, I think it's probably one of the best video games in general of all time.

I second that!!
My second pick would be Metal Gear Solid.

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The best music in any video game has to be from Super Metroid.

SNES Castlevania 4 had probably the most consistent good music overall. That, and then PS1 Symphony of the Night.

Couldn't agree with you andy more on those. I also happen to love the music from the Tomb Raider series, especially the first two games.

i'm gonna chime in with Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 3, and Mega Man 2 (specifically, Heat Man and Dr. Wily's Castle levels)

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Maniac Mansion for Nes had some catchy tunes!

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Ah, Daytona. Daytona 2001 for the Dreamcast pwns your souls. And the vocal music is fantastic in its Engrish-ness.
"I'm goona fry-y-y, sky hiiiiggh! Let's go-o-o-oh togethaaagh!"

Ah, the memories!

"Tu du du du - du du du du - duuuuuuduuuuu - DAAAAAYTOOOOONAAAAAAAAAA!

DAAAAAYTOOOOONAAAAAAAAAA! Let's go away (let's go away)!

DAAAAAYTOOOOONAAAAAAAAAA (aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah)!"

The original Mario Brothers (especially the main theme, the underground and underwater music).
Mega Man 2 and 3 (my favorite being the music at the start screen for Mega Man 3).

Ah, here's a nice can of worms to open...

My brother actually bought the soundtrack to Jet Set Radio Future. It's that good.

I may not play the games, but most Final Fantasy music is awesome.

Also: Tetris for Game Boy. Duh.

And for the odd meter junkies like myself, dust off an old copy of Street Fighter II and wander over to Sagat's stage, where you'll hear background music in 11/8.

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FFVII.

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I reckon Golden Eye has best music especially the first level Dam.

I'd have to go with almost every song from the original Ninja Gaiden on the NES. Emotional, fast, and melodic. To be honest, the music in that game was the only thing that gave me the drive to get past any of those pieces of crap that would spin in circles in the air and shoot fire balls. Even though the music sometimes had a certain, Beverly Hills Cop sound to it. All in all, engaging and crazy catchy.

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The best music in any video game has to be from Super Metroid. The themes from that game are so timeless and intricate that a tribute project called Relics of the Chozo (available free, google for it) came to life, and contains some incredible material.

Metroid Zero Mission has awesome music also, but the resolution is just a bit low. The other entries in the series are also great.

Echo for Bloody Tears, as well as many other Castlevania themes. Not surprisingly, SNES Castlevania 4 had probably the most consistent good music overall. That, and then PS1 Symphony of the Night.

Also of course the DDR music is pretty good... heh

Agreed.

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I'm surprised we've gotten to page 3 and not one mention of F-Zero X from Nintendo 64. That gets my vote by far higher than any other game.

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Yeah, FFVIII has some kickass music. And actually, I think it's my favorite FF game as well. It could be that it's the first one I played (I watched my brother play the others when I was a kid, but he wouldn't let me play). A lot of people don't really like 8, but to me, it was outstanding.

I love the story, it´s really deep. And I could relate a lot with Squall when I played it. Liberi Fatali and eyes on me are amazing songs, I´ll never forget the intro and the ending sequence, especially because I still play it alot

cause its too fucking easy altho 9 is easier...i beat 9 on lvl 1 for crying out loud!

9 was pretty easy, but that doesn´t mean it wasn´t a great game. I don´t think 8 was that easy, but the key for beating the tougher bosses were the limit breaks. Squall´s lion heart is probably the most powerfull move ever in a FF.

Other soundtracks I love are the Genesis Sonic games and Sega rally.

YES! When I was younger I spent more time in the options menu listening to the songs than acutally playing the game.

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Megaman III.

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I always loved the music in Little Nemo:The Dream Master. That game was so trippy. It sooooo incouraged drug use.

Goddammit! I remember that one! There was a level where you could fly as a bee in an upside-down house, right? That's the only level I remember, but still... I remember calling that game simply "the dreamgame".

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Depending of the genre of the game

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Halo

Sports:
Super Soccer (Germany and Nintendo team themes)

RPG:
FF III
FF VII
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Cross

Cars (races):
Top Gear 2
F-Zero X (Silence)

Metal Gears Solid 1&2
Super Mario Bros. 1,3 and RPG
Contra 3 (Level when you are at a bike then in a heli then in a missile t3h metal!) overall level is good.

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Gotta be Shenmue as my all-time favorite. Grandia II also had some cool choral things going on.

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