The best games soundtrack ever

[Triple A]

oh go on then :-)

mind changed a bit from last post here

FINAL FANTASY TACTICS

OutRun

Shadow of the Colossus

Battle Garegga

Chrono Cross

Super Mario Galaxy

Super Castlevania IV

DRAGON QUEST VI

Ketsui

FINAL FANTASY VI

[Landshead]

The whole of the Soul Calibur series.

[letsbook]

This

[JoeK]

Outcast - probably my all time fave soundtrack

The Dig

The last soundtrack I really loved was from Heavenly Sword. There's some smashing pieces of music in there.

[Sigourney Beaver]

Radiant Silvergun

FFVII

Folklore

Daytona USA

Steambot Chronicles

SF2

Were my original choices. Folklore can now piss off, as can SF2. My official top ten would be:

1. NiGHTS into Dreams

2. Radiant Silvergun

3. Ikaruga

4. Final Fantasy VII

5. Sonic 2 (Megadrive AND Mastersystem)

6. Rocket Knight Adventures

7. Ocarina of Time

8. Steambot Chronicles

9. Daytona USA

10. Eternal Champions

[Sumire]

As a complete package, I think Final Fantasy X has the best soundtrack of any game in my opinion. Pretty much all the music is awesome.

[Down by Law]

just started playing Mass Effect again. If there was ever a case of the music 'making' the game, then this one's it. It's like playing a Vangelis-scored game at times.

[thesnwmn]

Rez

Lumines Live

Mario 64

Gan Turismo

[divine visitor]

Don't think these have been mentioned yet:

Bionic Commando: Rearmed

Ducktales

Chrono Cross

Panzer Dragoon 1

Super Mario Land

Streets of Rage 1

F-Zero GX

Saturn Bomberman

[Duckula]

In no particular order:

Space Harrier

Pinball Dreams

Outrun 2

Streets of Rage 2

Turrican

Street Fighter 2

Sonic R

Quartet

Super Mario Land 2

[Calashnikov]

Super Mario Land 2

I just Youtubed some music from this. Great shout, and a real blast from the past. I had long-forgotten, made-up lyrics to some of those tunes and they came flooding back as soon as I heard the music

[Sybernetix]

Secret of mana

Megaman 2

Solar Jetman

Super Metroid

LTTP

[Vin]

The Half Life series. Portal, especially.

Gears, Fable, Kameo and Sacrifice were awesome. As was anything from Oddworld Inhabitants.

[Cyhwuhx]

.::: Super Metroid

Secret of Mana

Bionic Commando Rearmed

ICO

Shadow of the Colossus

Chrono Trigger

Chrono Cross

Wild ARMs

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Mega Man IV

[Monkeyspill]

Obviously Grim Fandango, Both the Ouendans, Shadow of the Colossus/Ico (both similar-ish), GTA 2 (well I liked it), loads more I've forgotten.

[Cyhwuhx]

Obviously Grim Fandango, Both the Ouendans, Shadow of the Colossus/Ico (both similar-ish), GTA 2 (well I liked it the crazy Jap radio-girl), loads more I've forgotten.

[utero2001]

my friend got me the megaman 2 soundtrack from japan

Half Life 2

Quake 2 - sonic mayhem's best game soundtrack by far

Halo 2

[Monkeyspill]

my friend got me the megaman 2 soundtrack from japan

Half Life 2

Quake 2 - sonic mayhem's best game soundtrack by far

Halo 2

All the 2s!

[MDY]

Some of these haven't been mentioned yet - but thoroughly deserve to be...

Grandia 1(Sat/PS1) and 2 (DC/PC/PS2) - have absolutely stunning music throughout...

- Such a beautiful song this one...

Battle

Guardian Heroes (Sat) - Really eclectic mix of rock, jazz, classical and a multitude of other styles - shouldn't work but it does...

Kameo (360) has a superb soundtrack also - if anything it's a bit TOO epic for the game..

Total Annihilation (PC)

Turtles in Time (SNES) - Love all the different variations around the main theme...

Tiny Toons (Snes)

Spook Mansion

Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn)

Rusty Ruin 1 - Richard Jacques, seems too chilled for a Sonic game, but it's such a great track..

Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)

Sona Mi Areru Ec Sancitu

Shenmue (DC)

Theme

Shenfa (vocal)

Lotus Esprit 2 (Amiga)

Just as a final point - though both seem to have been made by cherry picking different tracks from music portal sites - both Braid and Castle Crashers have fantastic soundtracks...

[Tetchy]

Super Mario Galaxy

Mass Effect

Hitman: Blood Money

Splinter Cell: CT

Maximo

Legend Of Zelda: TWW

Shadowrun (SNES)

Burnout 2

Shadow Of The Collossus

FZero GX

[Calashnikov]

Legend Of Zelda: TWW

'Twas indeed a goodie

[Timmo]

Little Big Adventure 2 and Final Fantasy VII

These games have more in common in my head than they should, probably. I'd get stupidly excited about games as a child, and, coupled with the fact I'd often have to wait quite some time to get my hands on a game I was desperate to play, I'd be literally shaking in front of my computer when the day came. First it was LBA2. I'd played the demo close to twenty times, and I'd explored every corner of that first island, hoping that it would somehow let me go a little further if I cheated it in some way! Finally I had the full thing.

The feeling as I watched the installation bar creeping along was borderline embarrassing. As the game itself kicked off and that FMV sequence and music began I was transfixed. I'd urge everyone to listen to that prologue music again, you could almost class it as soft post rock and its build up is great. Here.

As minor as it may seem, both games had superb installation screens and music. Final Fantasy VII had the song "Prelude", which brought very similar feelings and was a great way to kick off the adventure. I'd agree with the person above that a lot of the in game music isn't quite as good, though.

[Vemsie]

Ten?

From the top of my head:

Super Mario Galaxy

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Shenmue

Street Fighter II

Streets of Rage II

Donkey Kong Country 2

REZ

Halo 3

I have to think long and hard about the other two.

[Mr.Crowley]

What the hell?

Am I really the first to mention the brilliant soundtracks to the classic PC RPGs like

?

I spesifically remember one of the themes from

, it kicks in at 2:47 in the clip. Sure, it probably is seriously cliched, but I found it extremely stirring at the time.

[Vemsie]

GAF has a similar thread, but it's filled to the rim with links. Good stuff, listening to it brings back some memories.

[Nick R]

Because this seems like as good a place as any to post what is probably the best video on Youtube:

(He did the same thing at Gamecity 2006 in Nottingham. Same "to sound this good takes ages" T-shirt too! )

[Teeohbee.]

Ones that stand out for me, and thereby have the right to be in my iTunes library-

Grim Fandango

Jet Set Radio

Little Big Adventure

Halo 3

They're all soundtracks that I think can stand on their own merits as musical scores/albums.

[Bluetooth]

Braid (World 2 tracks are... WOW)

MGS1

Zelda Ocarina of Time

Wind Waker

FF7

[Meat]

Some of these haven't been mentioned yet - but thoroughly deserve to be...

Grandia 1(Sat/PS1) and 2 (DC/PC/PS2) - have absolutely stunning music throughout...

- Such a beautiful song this one...

Battle

Guardian Heroes (Sat) - Really eclectic mix of rock, jazz, classical and a multitude of other styles - shouldn't work but it does...

Kameo (360) has a superb soundtrack also - if anything it's a bit TOO epic for the game..

Total Annihilation (PC)

Turtles in Time (SNES) - Love all the different variations around the main theme...

Tiny Toons (Snes)

Spook Mansion

Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn)

Rusty Ruin 1 - Richard Jacques, seems too chilled for a Sonic game, but it's such a great track..

Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)

Sona Mi Areru Ec Sancitu

Shenmue (DC)

Theme

Shenfa (vocal)

Lotus Esprit 2 (Amiga)

Just as a final point - though both seem to have been made by cherry picking different tracks from music portal sites - both Braid and Castle Crashers have fantastic soundtracks...

Nice links

[MDY]

Forgot Bubble Bobble:

Only the arcade music will do:

No other version sounded right

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN2xanlxd1I...feature=related