Super Monkey Ball 2

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Kolanaki@pawb.social · 47 pts · 92d

Half my entire saved music collection is video game music.

Blackout@fedia.io · 28 pts · 92d (2 replies)

Katamari Damacy

Maultasche@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 92d (1 reply)

Naaaa na na na na na naa

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 7 pts · 92d

I wanna roll you up into my life

Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 92d (4 replies)

Ice cold take.

Portal 2 OST is a banger.

Soggy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 91d

The Friendly Faith Plate...

Redacted@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 92d (2 replies)

A hot take then?

Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 92d (1 reply)

I can never get the slang right it seems

Redacted@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 92d

To be fair the term has been overused recently, often in the wrong context. Some people post "hot take" when it's the least controversial, blatantly obvious take, so I can see how you might think it was the other way around.

Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 92d

Nier and Clair Obscur have fantastic soundtracks

Jimbo@pawb.social · 23 pts · 92d (7 replies)

Bro is missing out.

FTL: Faster Than Light

Sanctum

Bastion

Age of Empires II

Core Keeper

Sonic CD

Clair Obscur

Screamer

All fantastic soundtracks

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 8 pts · 92d (1 reply)

Clair Obscure's music is so good, almost every single one with lyrics is in my normal everyday playlist. Most VG music doesn't get that honor and stays in their own specific playlist. Having lyrics is a big plus for me.

purplemonkeymad@programming.dev · 4 pts · 92d

Transistor's main character is a singer and the soundtrack is basically meant to be her songs. There are several with lyrics too that really are just songs and not backgrounds to the game.

M1k3y@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 92d (3 replies)

Sanctum Soundtrack in Satisfactory boombox while mindlessly crouch jumping through my factory. I could do that all day.

Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 91d

I played Satisfactory before Sanctum, so I was already familiar with a bunch of the Sanctum music, which made my mind apply a lot of the good feelings from Satisfactory to Sanctum. Makes me wish there were more opportunities to learn to love a game's soundtrack outside of the game before playing it for the first time.

Though I'm not sure it will work for just any game because Sanctum does have one of the best soundtracks.

NannerBanner@literature.cafe · 1 pts · 91d

Lol, I was forcing everyone I could to listen to the christmas songs they put out in the event. I could listen to a robot voice telling me I'm not working hard enough all day.

Jimbo@pawb.social · 1 pts · 92d

I refuse to buy Satisfactory until Sanctum 3 comes out as my personal protest to how long it's been taking, maybe I'm just being too stubborn tho lol. But it's been 13 years...

RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 92d

FTL's music is just really nice and I should go reinstall it, thanks!

JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 92d (1 reply)

ROLLING AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SOUND!
GOT PLACES TO GO!
GOT TO FOLLOW MY RAINBOW!

NannerBanner@literature.cafe · 2 pts · 91d

Lol, I have that front and center on one of my playlists. My partner did a doubletake when I put it on.

interdimensional_sharts@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 92d (2 replies)

C418

zeezee@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 92d (1 reply)

i have it on vinyl...

interdimensional_sharts@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 92d

Me too

lian_drake@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 92d

My brother really hasn't listened to the music of our lord Mick Gordon's DOOM & DOOM ETERNAL

Flamekebab@piefed.social · 12 pts · 92d (1 reply)

Jet Set Radio's soundtrack is absolutely banging!

Bongles@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 92d

Hellooo Allison!

dellish@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 92d (1 reply)

Surprised anything by Supergiant Games isn't mentioned here, their soundtracks rock! Bastion and Hades really come to mind.

__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 92d

I love the song when you start each run in Hades in that first hallway

Boppel@feddit.org · 11 pts · 92d (2 replies)

animal crossing new horizons

stardew valley

witcher 3 +dlc

mario kart 8

tloz botw

hollow knight

hades

the last of us

night in the woods

duck tales

castlevania

skyrim

starchylemming@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 92d (1 reply)

lelele lele

Boppel@feddit.org · 4 pts · 92d

wind's howling

ICastFist@programming.dev · 10 pts · 92d

Buddy must be trolling. That or he only plays sports games

dingus182@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 92d (1 reply)

Nine Inch Nails did the soundtrack to Quake... And I still have that in my music collection

JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 91d

Or Mick Gordans Doom. I havent even played that version of doom but have listened to the OST multiple times.

tiny_hedgehog@piefed.social · 8 pts · 92d

Journey

Ori and the blind forest

Ori and the Will o the Wisps

Frostpunk

Total War The Three Kingdoms

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 8 pts · 92d (3 replies)

Diablo 2 OST is an OG IMO. I also spent a lot of time with the Oblivion OST running.

Current favourite is the Tunic OST, and I haven't even played the game (I don't have the patience for "git gud").

chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 92d (1 reply)

Don't let the difficulty of TUNIC keep you from the game. There are difficulty sliders in the options menu including god mode.

The game isn't that hard outside of the bosses.

It's one of my top 5 games ever.

The OST is phenomenal, but not something I would listen to outside of the game. For me, it's more atmospheric in the game.

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 2 pts · 92d

It seems the reduced damage option was added at some point after its release, which might explain why I didn't know about it. Maybe I'll give it a go, then.

Epzillon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 92d

D2 has a special place of nostalgia in my heart. The first games I ever encountered was watching my dad play D2 and Far Cry when I was a kid. Rogue from the D2 OST has been etched into my neural pathways in a way nothing can ever come close to.

Day24Walker@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 92d

I don't see Chrono Cross mentionned, best one IMO.

Widdershins@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 92d (2 replies)
OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 92d
Soggy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 92d

I thought this was going to be BFG Division or something but I'm pretty happy with what I experienced.

bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 92d (6 replies)

Its not that different from movie sound tracks.

__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 92d (5 replies)

And I've always thought listening to movie soundtracks is weird too.

bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 92d (4 replies)

Its just music made with a goal in mind. Not weird at all

__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 92d (3 replies)

A goal in mind? What do you mean? I'm not saying I don't like music during movies, but buying film scores and listening to them on their own always seemed odd to me.

bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 92d

Titanic or gladiator. Listen to those. Its just music really

Soggy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 91d (1 reply)

O Brother Where Art Thou? has an incredible soundtrack.

__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 91d

It does, but that's a musical. The songs in that movie are just regular songs. It's like a mix tape of old bluegrass stuff.

Million@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 92d

Hotline Miami is a banger

JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 91d

Donkey Kong Country 1,2&3

ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 92d

Not sure what the original poster of the meme (not the op here, but who did the meme originally) is implying. There is, for certain, excellent music in games and also series/movies (originals strictly speaking). Some games I didn't even play but I love to listen to the music because is just that good. Also, a lot of games and TV stuff made sure the more classic approach does have new music, because if we were stuck to the "originals" i would for sure not even touch it.

Neptunium93@feddit.org · 5 pts · 92d

Did not find it in the comments til now: The Metal Hellsinger Soundtrack is great.

Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf · 5 pts · 92d

Portal 2!

DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 92d

Nier Automata still is in my rotation.

Nothing like having an existential crisis when "City Ruins" or

::: spoiler Tap for spoiler Weight of the World :::

comes on while I'm on my way to work

KhanLee@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 92d

Persona 5

Cornpop@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 92d (1 reply)

Burnout takedown

flandish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 91d

SO very good.

lonefighter@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 92d

I have a playlist of video game soundtracks playing quietly 24-7. It keeps my cats company when I'm gone and it's nice to have some background noise when I'm home. It's all music I own and there's over a thousand songs in there.

ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 92d

I listen to the Disco Elysium soundtrack by Sea Power consistently. It's such a great album in its own right.

idusces@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 92d

This mf hasn't listened to Destiny 2's "Journey" and it shows

BucketBong@p.hobo.social · 4 pts · 92d

If they're good, I cleaned my whole house to the doom soundtrack.

lime@feddit.nu · 4 pts · 92d

how to ask for music recommendations on the internet:

zweieuro@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 92d (1 reply)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMmTrCnCMfI Though honestly a lot of games have amazing soundtracks. I just currently lean into metal.

Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 92d

God, they screwed Mick Gordon so hard on Eternal and it's just tragic. DOOM 2016 is truly the gold standard for game soundtracks and really kicked off the popularity of the genre...

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 92d

They've been pretty good lately

Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 92d (1 reply)

I recently just played Demon Tides and the soundtrack was made by 2 Mello. Good game and good music

zer0hour@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 92d

2 Mello is so good. I go through their whole discog once in a while and struggle to find a track that isn't excellent

wxpwn@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 92d

there's water in the ocean?

psycotica0@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 92d

Outer Wilds, but only when I want to feel a bittersweet melancholy 😅

Seigest@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 92d

As a kid pre internet times I'd take my talk boy (the cassette recorder thing from home alone) and record the soundtracks as they came out of the TV. I'd have to ask my brothers to get to certain parts of the game so I could get that track. The quality was garbage but I could listen to Chrono trigger on the school bus. I'd just have to use imagination to hear as a symphony. No lyrics no playlist but that's about as good as I could get.

muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 91d

Fucking yes we do!

bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 92d

Lil uzi vert sampled a Super Monkey Ball 2 track once

mrmaplebar@fedia.io · 3 pts · 92d

Yeah we all know they went downhill after the chiptune era.

Oka@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 92d

Under the Ocean

Monkey Target 2

Mic drop

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 92d (2 replies)

Some of y'all have never played any GOOD EA games, and it shows.

https://youtu.be/e3YzmjmAGoI

JordanZ@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 92d (1 reply)
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AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 92d

I couldn't remember who owned it when it came out..... Now I'm questioning if the Need for Speed franchise was made by EA or slowly ruined by them.....

k0e3@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 92d

What the fuuuuck? I need to fight this Joey clown.

I listen to JSR and PSO all the time.

Thteven@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 92d

The Bloodborne OST is a masterpiece.

BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 92d

This person clearly never listened to the Halo soundtracks (specifically Martin O'Donnell's for Halo CE through Reach)

Epzillon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 92d

The Noita OST is such a bop. How could I not?

GraniteM@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 92d

If you've got the original PS1 disc and the right software, it's not that difficult to extract the soundtracks from some Playstation games. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night has some awesome tracks.

Krusty@quokk.au · 2 pts · 92d (2 replies)

Who needs the whole Final Fantasy soundtrack when you got Fierce Battle?

young_broccoli@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 92d (1 reply)

You misspelled Clash on the Big Bridge.

Krusty@quokk.au · 2 pts · 92d

I dunno.... That's definitely a banger. https://youtu.be/-rMPAjH5vzE

But Fierce Battle... https://youtu.be/FqvQ-rfucyc that part at 0:40 is pure frisson. There's a version in 5 and 6. Different compositions though. I like the FF6 version better.

Nobuo loves metal. 🤘

Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 92d (1 reply)

Borderlands 3 & Doom 2016 are both great, but I feel like that's slightly unfair since both are explicitly mixed to be albums and use the dynamic atmospheric music from the games as the basis for the songs - none of the tracks actually show up in game as they are on the album (with a couple weird exceptions in borderlands like Digby Vermouth).

As I understand it, pretty much all modern "video game soundtracks" do it the same way - the game's composer writes an album based on the music from the game.

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 2 pts · 92d

Which is kind of a shame. I actually like a lot of the atmospheric stuff in Doom 2016, the combat music is awesome but I also love having more ambient pieces run for hours.

QuantumStorm@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 92d

Warframe and Atomic Heart both have killer sound tracks!

Thyazide@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 92d
flandish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 91d

DS1. Firelink Shrine on repeat.

MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 92d

Dark Souls 1 - Firelink shrine is nice to listen to when reading boring work stuff

hardcoreufo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 92d

I played my mom some jazzy ocarina of time covers. She had no idea what she was listening to and she loved it.

Plus bit brigade's mega man 2 album is sick. Mom didn't like that though.

Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 91d

Game OSTs I've gone out of my way to acquire at some point or another:

Diablo II (I think it was specifically the new Tristram song that made me do it, but all the hours I put into that game led to all of them being on my playlist at the time)

FFVII (haven't played the game in decades but I still randomly start humming or singing some of these songs)

Zelda: OOT (same as FFVII but even more so)

Metroid Prime (this game has the genre defining music for lava and winter stages IMO, and if I had to pick a top one, I'd probably pick this one)

Subnautica (this soundtrack was perfect for the game, plus the extra songs you could play in the jukebox were great, and I loved that you could listen to them on the go in the second game)

Sanctum/Satisfactory (they are connected in my mind because playing Satisfactory was where I was first exposed to Sanctum's music)

Risk of Rain (curious if this one would be enjoyed by people who haven't played the games... Anyone willing to do so, listen to The Rain Formerly Known as Purple and let me know if it still sounds awesome without it also meaning you've made it through 4 or so levels to hear it)

Also, honourable mentions for every Guitar Hero and Rock Band game for exposing me to a lot of great non-game music that I hadn't otherwise been exposed to, as well as let me pretend to play along with ones I already loved and gain more tolerance/appreciation for ones I didn't really like before. Green Grass and High Tides and Through the Fire and Flames especially.

And Rocksmith for doing that except with a real guitar and I didn't get as advanced.

jtrek@startrek.website · 2 pts · 92d

I remember in high school I was starting to get into music. "Classic rock" from my parents, metal from my cousins, pop punk from other places. Nothing too esoteric. When I was talking about music one day, one of my friends was like "You wanna see my music collection??" I went sure, and he opened it up. All video game soundtracks. Final Fantasy, mostly.

I'm sorry to say that was a young teenager I was a shit and made fun. I wouldn't do that now, but I still feel a little bad about it. I very rarely would pick a video game soundtrack to listen to, but it's such a harmless joy I should've been nicer.

Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 92d

Oblivion

Skyrim

Minecraft is chef's kiss.

RecursiveParadox@piefed.social · 2 pts · 92d

You kids these days with your video game music! ...You're alright.

[my zoomer sons have gotten me addicted some of the game music the good folks mention here.]

matelt@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 92d

The Sims 1 OST is an absolute must for elegant relaxation!

Thorry@feddit.org · 2 pts · 92d

Check out the Loop Hero soundtrack, it's such a banger

meekah@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 92d

Straftat has some really good ambient jungle as soundtrack. Actually just bought it today on bandcamp lol

Also the doom (2016) soundtrack is just exceptional

olafurp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 92d

Ever since I played Chrono Trigger I've had Peaceful days as my ringtone. https://youtu.be/wYp_UsDzgxM still like the song.

snoons@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 92d

Okay yeah, Award Ceremony makes me feel like I just woke up from a great sleep.

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=pVvQVlTjHBk&list=PLTmomcjY1VRwCRVmIFw7o4DuQhnHjeSAY&index=0

*What gives this game the right to have such good fucking music?

RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 92d

Deltarune

interdimensional_sharts@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 92d

Bro you like Super Monkey Ball? I knew I liked you man, bring it in

resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 92d
waterproof@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 92d

Barbie beauty boutique

https://youtu.be/CQoIh4VUB9s

specimen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 92d

Been hooked on God of War Ragnarok soundtrack since I finished the DLC a week ago, it’s amazing

Hackbraten@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 91d

Lego Rock Raiders

DarkerRadical@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 92d
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1hitsong@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 92d

Yeah I do 🤘

Chris Vrenna of Nine Inch Nails did the soundtrack for American McGee's Alice, and it is amazing!

It's my focus music.

imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 92d

My Game soundtrack playlist is 6.5h long.

apftwb@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 92d
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 91d

Yup, some selections from my navidrome: Sim City 4, VVVVVV, Gunpoint, Rimworld, Europa Universalis IV.

beefpig@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 92d

Monochroma had a really good soundtrack by Gevende.

Psythik@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 92d

No of course not. I'm a geek but I have standards.

LucidNightmare@anarchist.nexus · 1 pts · 92d

I just really enjoy Persona’s soundtracks, okay?! They won an award for it ya know! ;-P

Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 86d

Rocket League soundtrack is good most seasons.

BigBenis@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 91d

I regularly play video game OSTs while I work/chill. To list some of my favorites:

  • Starbound
  • Sword & Sworcery: The Ballad of the Space Babies
  • Mirror's Edge
  • Outer Wilds
  • Undertale
  • Minecraft
  • The Last of Us Part I & II
JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 92d

Well, the Life is strange and Stray Soundtracks took a lot of effort.

catlover@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 92d
agent_nycto@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 91d

The only gaming soundtrack I went out of my way to buy was Night In The Woods.

Been replaying Half Life 2 and I forgot how good the music was

Bytemeister@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 92d

FZero GX and Cel Damage soundtracks are way better than they have any right to be.

https://youtu.be/U0TmPUNNlfc

https://youtu.be/UF0wQeqqsZ0

Euler_eix@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 92d
grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 92d

rainwave.cc pretty much every day for the last 3 decades

Carrot@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 92d

Almost the entirety of my physical music collection is game soundtracks. I like to put them on while working or doing chores. It's more relaxing than regular music for me.