We're on the same page as far as Mirrors EdgeI The Sims and SC3 goes, so I'll trust your taste and listen to the other ones aswell.
I'd want to add Portal 2 and Team Fortress 2 aswell.
Bungie-era Halo has the best OST in the industry hands down, though recently Lunacid let me hear some certified bangers; someone here mentioned B:G&E, and I second that opinion although I wouldn't have thought of it myself.
The use of language in Reach is masterful. Even with one liners like 'DOT, check your vector', or mutterings like 'armour configuration matched' - 'shield strength too' add so much believability to the world.
I love EDM, so any game that uses it or is inspired by it holds a special place in my heart, like Streets of Rage, Rez, Dance Dance Revolution, or the Trails of Cold Steel games (especially the second one).
Pyre as well was super immersive, actually I enjoyed the game way more than Hades, but that's because I was already burnt out of Rogue Likes when it released
A lot of great choices already: Persona 5, Hades, Katamari Damacy.
A kind of odd left-field one I'd like to add specifically for great music in-game, is Guacamelee 2. I don't know that it's the kind of music I'm likely to put on just to listen to randomly, but as far as in-game atmospheric music goes I think it's both tremendous and refreshingly unique amongst the landscape of video game music.
Golden Sun GBA soundtrack. Also there are some really nice remixes of the fan community. The game is from 2001 but can be played with Nintendo Switch online subscription. As well as the second game (they are basically one game).
I love this soundtrack so much. They got some really nice synthesised woodwind effect out of that chipset. I don't think I ever heard anyone else do the same.
I was a disappointed with the latest Golden Sun's ost in comparison. It's fully hi-fi orchestral, but so much more forgettable.
Unreal Tournament 2004 is my favorite OST by number of tracks that I love. It has several absolute banger tracks, like Morpheus3, Hyperblast-Redux, Convoy, Atlantis and Level11. I often keep a number of those tracks on my playlists.
Although I don't like the game itself much (I suck at it), Cloudbuilt also has some awesome tracks, my personal favorite is Aurora. The guitar chords at the apex is just heavenly.
Rebel Galaxy has some very nice stuff to feel like a 'merican space cowboy, it's mostly licensed music as far as i can tell.
Assault Android Cactus usually gets your blood pumping hard, which is great because the game is a pretty fun twin-stick arena. The tracks Assault and Licorice are just 👨🍳😙👌
... Come to think of it, looking at my list, I'm a real sucker for sci-fi OSTs, huh. I do want to make honorable mentions to Mass Effect (mostly 2), Skyrim and Smash Bros. Ultimate
Outer Wilds (and Echoes of the Eye) technically qualifies with the community's rules, but I think the answer more in keeping with the spirit of things is Shadow of the Colossus. The Opened Way is the most "fighting a building-sized monster as a normal guy but still winning" piece of music I have heard
Hard pick because I listen to a game or series for a while, then another. Just today I went and listened to a lot of Sonic tracks, which I do once every few months.
I guess Atlus games (SMT, Persona, EO), Metal Gear Rising, Ace Attorney, TWEWY are in the lead off the top of my head, but after a month I might give a different answer. My relaxing music playlist is mostly the official classical arrangements of Etrian Odyssey 1+2, so let's go with that.
Morrowind and project wingman are peak. FFXIV is fantastic with a persistent leitmotif across each entire expansion. The final endwalker boss basically wrapped up YEARS worth of story and that fight music was a medly featuring every expansion's leitmotif and holy shit I can't get over how incredible it was. Also the pandaemonium raid music. And Alexander. Seriously you can rabbit hole for HOURS on FFXIV music.
Nier Automata, Cyberpunk, System Shock 2, GTA Vice City, Doom 2016 (I cannot listen to Eternals soundtrack knowing how Mick Gordon got ripped off there)
I’ve started recognizing when a section of a game feels baller, but it’s 99% because of the soundtrack. They can have the most generic basis for an emotional scene, and then as long as the music nails the mood it could be just blocks on a screen.
Final Fantasy XIV has had awe-inspiring tracks for the finales of each expansion since Shadowbringers; pretty much starting at the final zone through the final dungeon and trial.
Ace Attorney always gets it with its confrontation tracks; it could just be two people arguing in a hallway and it turns the battle of words into the most epic thing.
I’ll also give a shout out to Ori and the Blind Forest / Will of the Wisps. For both of those, it’s not just a few banger tracks for the exciting moments; even the downtime tracks are so memorable.
Pokemon USUM. If there was a looped version of the tracks, I‘d probably listen to it every day lol, it just boosts my mood. Sadly, the soundtrack (that I have) has them at 1-2 minutes.
117 Comments
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 1y
Is 2016 old enough now?
The DOOM 2016 soundtrack fucking rips.
sadie_sorceress@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y
And tears
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
Until it is done
odium@programming.dev · 5 pts · 1y
it's been almost a decade. def old enough imo.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Idk, the jury is still out on that one... :)
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
Original DOOM!
NEDM
technocat@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
This immediately brought me back to the YTMND era. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVBalxt3NEU
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
My DUUUDE hahahaha
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org · 22 pts · 1y
Let's try and keep it below
1011 entries:Honestly nowadays so many games have great soundtracks, it is a joy to behold! Makes it harder to chose favorites though...
MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y
Really good list. I wanna add stardew valley and Nier automata aswell.
Als I'm gonna check out valkyrie profile tomorrow, I've never heard of that game.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Hollow Knight is pure art
noodlejetski@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 1y
Bastion, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Mirror's Edge.
and Hades, although I refuse to call it a "patient gamer" game
Boozilla@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y
Propaganda
odium@programming.dev · 4 pts · 1y
All the hades osts are so good. They just don't miss.
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Why? It's 6 years old at this point so I think it qualifies.
noodlejetski@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up
FippleStone@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Oh man the Mirrors Edge soundtrack is so good
drew_belloc@programming.dev · 13 pts · 1y
All of Persona OSTs, if i had to pick one it would be 5, but all of them have songs on my playlist that i hear to this day.
I also love Devil May Cry OSTs, i heard bury the light on repeat for months
Cashmere@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Persona 5 - Beneath the Mask. Still listening to this on a rainy days !
drew_belloc@programming.dev · 4 pts · 1y
Last month i was on the bus back home and as the rain started to fall that music started to play, literal perfect timing
steeznson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Persona 3 OST for me
technocat@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 1y
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
OOT has such incredibly nostalgic music for me.
Thelie@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
We're on the same page as far as Mirrors EdgeI The Sims and SC3 goes, so I'll trust your taste and listen to the other ones aswell. I'd want to add Portal 2 and Team Fortress 2 aswell.
missingno@fedia.io · 12 pts · 1y
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 1y
Nier Automata. The entire discograpy
LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Replicant/Gestalt OST is also great.
Gaffe@pawb.social · 10 pts · 1y
FTL
Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 1y
Bungie-era Halo has the best OST in the industry hands down, though recently Lunacid let me hear some certified bangers; someone here mentioned B:G&E, and I second that opinion although I wouldn't have thought of it myself.
vikingtons@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Halo Reach was such an excellent send off. What a powerful soundtrack.
darkstar@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Halo Reach is my best honestly
vikingtons@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Commander, you don't have the firepower!
I've got the mass.
Solid copy. Hit 'em hard, boss.
You're on your own, Noble.
darkstar@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Lieutenant, get aboard. We gotta get the hell outta here
Negative. I have the gun. Good luck, sir.
Good luck to you, Spartan.
vikingtons@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
The use of language in Reach is masterful. Even with one liners like 'DOT, check your vector', or mutterings like 'armour configuration matched' - 'shield strength too' add so much believability to the world.
I wanna go play reach now.
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
The Halo 3: ODST OST is so good, man.
SteveNashFan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
The Mombasa Streets music made me stop in my tracks a couple times.
pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz · 8 pts · 1y
Minecraft (incl. Wynncraft)
SomeGuy69@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Minecraft soundtrack never gets old, even 3000 hours later I can still listen to it.
Ashtear@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
My top four haven't changed in a while:
I love EDM, so any game that uses it or is inspired by it holds a special place in my heart, like Streets of Rage, Rez, Dance Dance Revolution, or the Trails of Cold Steel games (especially the second one).
Stovetop@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
I agree, the whole game is an art piece.
spyd3r@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
Witcher 3: Lelelelele
Ashtear@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
I love that one can still web search for that and still find the song 😂
atkion@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Ones I haven't seen in this thread yet:
Cuphead, Cave Story, Celeste, Dredge, Furi, Katamari Damacy (and others in the series), Peggle, Super Mario Galaxy
dmegatool@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
Celeste is top tier ❤️
PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
atkion@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Hotline Miami is an all timer for sure
Blackout@fedia.io · 5 pts · 1y
Katamari Damacy!
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is a close 2nd Edit: almost forgot about FEZ!
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
Lonely Rolling Star is one of the best vijia game songs ever made.
inlandempire@jlai.lu · 5 pts · 1y
I'll skip the obvious ones with multiple artists like Furi, Katana Zero, Hotline Miami, Crypt of the Necrodancer...
Remember Me (2013) composed by Olivier Derivière
Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus (2018) composed by Guillaume David
Bastion (2011) composed by Darren Korb (anything by Darren Korb)
Styx: Master of Shadows (2014) composed by H-Pi
140 (2013) composed by Jakob Schmid
ryo@lemmy.eco.br · 2 pts · 1y
The Transistor soundtrack for me is a masterpiece, still come back to it once in a while.
inlandempire@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 1y
Pyre as well was super immersive, actually I enjoyed the game way more than Hades, but that's because I was already burnt out of Rogue Likes when it released
HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Those are also among my favorites. Also the Title Theme to Anno 1404: When Cultures Meet and the Beyond Good and Evil Soundtrack.
Also a great theme is used all over Tilo Alpermann's - The Night Of The Rabbit OST
cccrontab@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Chrono Trigger
Vespair@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
A lot of great choices already: Persona 5, Hades, Katamari Damacy.
A kind of odd left-field one I'd like to add specifically for great music in-game, is Guacamelee 2. I don't know that it's the kind of music I'm likely to put on just to listen to randomly, but as far as in-game atmospheric music goes I think it's both tremendous and refreshingly unique amongst the landscape of video game music.
djsoren19@yiffit.net · 4 pts · 1y
How has nobody mentioned Rimworld? Such an incredible soundtrack!
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 1y
Been playing again recently after noticing there was a new DLC I didn't have. I like the new tracks added by Anomaly.
Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
Ace Combat, all of them but especially the PS2 Holy Trinity.
Shadow of the Colossus.
NFSU2, Most Wanted and Burnout 3, even if theyre licensed music and not really original.
Doom midis in general are fun. Touhou games too.
ryo@lemmy.eco.br · 2 pts · 1y
I think PS2 era might be the overall strongest collection of soundtracks, both original score and licensed music.
But I’m biased cause it’s my favorite console.
SorryforSmelling@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
secret tip: Fez
toothpaste_ostrich@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 1y
Came here to say this! Also Bastion, kind of the same generation of indie games, I feel.
SomeGuy69@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Golden Sun GBA soundtrack. Also there are some really nice remixes of the fan community. The game is from 2001 but can be played with Nintendo Switch online subscription. As well as the second game (they are basically one game).
grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
I love this soundtrack so much. They got some really nice synthesised woodwind effect out of that chipset. I don't think I ever heard anyone else do the same.
I was a disappointed with the latest Golden Sun's ost in comparison. It's fully hi-fi orchestral, but so much more forgettable.
Azathoth@fedia.io · 4 pts · 1y
Metroid Prime
Bhaelfur@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Final Fantasy VI, so much so that when OverClocked Remix kick started a remix album, I donated to it
Highsight@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Look into the sins of your past!
Love as if today were your last!
AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
Deus Ex and System Shock 2
darkstar@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Halo Reach, hands down. Phenomenal, all the feels
CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Sly cooper 1, crash twinsanity, Witcher 3, Banjo-Kazooie, Hi-Fi Rush, Nier Automata
Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
The Twinsanoty soundtrack is... insane ;)
CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
That’s what makes it so great lol
bitcrafter@programming.dev · 4 pts · 1y
To The Moon
I have played that game five times (so I could share the experience with other people) and have broken down into tears at the end every time.
RandomStickman@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
Feeling nostalgic and I was just listening to the Pokemon gen2 soundtrack
astrsk@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
Undertale, Celeste, Katamari, Syonara Wild Hearts, Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid, Persona 4G, Persona 5R
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Bit dated, but at the time Descent II’s Redbook sountrack was pretty good for ‘96.
exu@feditown.com · 3 pts · 1y
Hollow Knight, though I don't really listen to it outside the game.
Cyberpunk has some great songs on the radio.
sadie_sorceress@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Bloodborne OST is the first that comes to mind for me.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y
Unreal Tournament 2004 is my favorite OST by number of tracks that I love. It has several absolute banger tracks, like Morpheus3, Hyperblast-Redux, Convoy, Atlantis and Level11. I often keep a number of those tracks on my playlists.
Although I don't like the game itself much (I suck at it), Cloudbuilt also has some awesome tracks, my personal favorite is Aurora. The guitar chords at the apex is just heavenly.
Rebel Galaxy has some very nice stuff to feel like a 'merican space cowboy, it's mostly licensed music as far as i can tell.
Assault Android Cactus usually gets your blood pumping hard, which is great because the game is a pretty fun twin-stick arena. The tracks Assault and Licorice are just 👨🍳😙👌
... Come to think of it, looking at my list, I'm a real sucker for sci-fi OSTs, huh. I do want to make honorable mentions to Mass Effect (mostly 2), Skyrim and Smash Bros. Ultimate
Skua@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 1y
Outer Wilds (and Echoes of the Eye) technically qualifies with the community's rules, but I think the answer more in keeping with the spirit of things is Shadow of the Colossus. The Opened Way is the most "fighting a building-sized monster as a normal guy but still winning" piece of music I have heard
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 3 pts · 1y
Anything handled by Nobou Uematsu.
KryptoSynth@ani.social · 3 pts · 1y
Minecraft
Nier Automata
Subnautica
beats_and_bytes@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y
The Sims 2
AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Trepang2
callouscomic@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org · 2 pts · 1y
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
DrDystopia@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 1y
All you young'uns and your fancy moderns music.
Nothing beats Gone Jackals songs in Full Throttle.
https://youtu.be/Dih7toPsows?si=wENFI_wtzVJstjHG&t=110
Dutczar@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Hard pick because I listen to a game or series for a while, then another. Just today I went and listened to a lot of Sonic tracks, which I do once every few months. I guess Atlus games (SMT, Persona, EO), Metal Gear Rising, Ace Attorney, TWEWY are in the lead off the top of my head, but after a month I might give a different answer. My relaxing music playlist is mostly the official classical arrangements of Etrian Odyssey 1+2, so let's go with that.
HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Aquaria: Original Soundtrack by Alec Holowka
Such an underrated game. RIP Alec.
gamma@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y
Love the Towerfall OST myself, it was such a shock to hear about him.
Classy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
The Neverhood
phlegmy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Evvra bohda waaaayyyyooooo
Classy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Hommanommanommanomma na-ee hee, eee hee-ee!
secret300@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y
Gravity rush is pretty damn good. Haven't played the second one yet
rotmulaaginskyrim@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1y
Prince of Persia 2008
MimicJar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Also Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003).
Chef_Boyargee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
The Last of Us 1 & 2, all the Katamari games, Death Stranding
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Morrowind and project wingman are peak. FFXIV is fantastic with a persistent leitmotif across each entire expansion. The final endwalker boss basically wrapped up YEARS worth of story and that fight music was a medly featuring every expansion's leitmotif and holy shit I can't get over how incredible it was. Also the pandaemonium raid music. And Alexander. Seriously you can rabbit hole for HOURS on FFXIV music.
lud@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Project wingman and the Ace combat series is great!
odium@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1y
mantis Lords from hollow knight
grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
MellowYellow13@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Lunar SSSC, Final Fantasy, Wild ARMs
rei@piefed.social · 1 pts · 1y
Ash of the Gods and Pilgrims
AEGIS2317@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
right now i'll have to go with "The Neverhood Chronicles", it's stuck in my head since i started playing it again last week on a PS1 Emu.
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
Nier Automata, Cyberpunk, System Shock 2, GTA Vice City, Doom 2016 (I cannot listen to Eternals soundtrack knowing how Mick Gordon got ripped off there)
SteveNashFan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Civ 3 had some killer modern music.
Katana314@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I’ve started recognizing when a section of a game feels baller, but it’s 99% because of the soundtrack. They can have the most generic basis for an emotional scene, and then as long as the music nails the mood it could be just blocks on a screen.
Final Fantasy XIV has had awe-inspiring tracks for the finales of each expansion since Shadowbringers; pretty much starting at the final zone through the final dungeon and trial.
Ace Attorney always gets it with its confrontation tracks; it could just be two people arguing in a hallway and it turns the battle of words into the most epic thing.
I’ll also give a shout out to Ori and the Blind Forest / Will of the Wisps. For both of those, it’s not just a few banger tracks for the exciting moments; even the downtime tracks are so memorable.
Alpha71@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I've been listening to alot of Amateur composers like Boris Harazanov, Baltic House Orchestra, Mathias Fritsch and Filip Lakovic.
runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
No game will ever have a better soundtrack than Halo 3
caut_R@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Pokemon USUM. If there was a looped version of the tracks, I‘d probably listen to it every day lol, it just boosts my mood. Sadly, the soundtrack (that I have) has them at 1-2 minutes.
paddirn@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Hyper Light Drifter and Return of the Obra Dinn for different reasons.
FippleStone@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
I try to listen to the HLD soundtrack every so often, but always find it slightly uncomfortable without the game
model_tar_gz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I listen to Stellaris OST a lot these days. Turns out that good music to plan galactic domination is also good music to design and build software.
Don’t really play the game much anymore though. That was one of my main pandemic games.
alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Metal Gear Rising Revengence Need for Speed Most Wanted Hi-Fi Rush
BaldDude@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Mechanicus and
Ixion
Both games came out fairly recent and have OSTs by Guillaume David. They are both good games on their own, but get great due to the OST.
You can check tehm out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLsX9WUdYnU&list=PLnSG0OA5vYnTLQ77f5EmLoW52vIX5jAAK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhTXyUERugQ&list=PLLIWYDpOq7WJYefSkcfYujE5JaLmB0Ezf
misk@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2, OBVIOUSLY.
AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
SimCity 4 ❤️
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
I suspect I'm driven by nostalgia and by literally hundreds of hours of repeat exposure.
Justas@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
The old Deus Ex and Endless Space are the ones I listen to the most.