Favourite Music from Video Games?

[Officer Berri]

Viva Pinata has some of the loveliest music I've ever heard. It's so atmospheric and soothing. It's perfect for a game like that. It's not in your face either, you can almost miss it if you're too focused on the pinatas. The man behind the music in this game, Grant Kirkhope, also did the music for the Banjo Kazooie series as well as many other games by Rare, as well as Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. All the music by this man is some of the best I've ever heard.

I also adore the music of Final Fantasy VI and Animal Crossing: Population Growing. I grew up with both of the games starting at different points in my life and hearing songs from either game fill me with a calming nostalgia.

I'm a big fan of most of the music from the numerous Sonic the Hedgehog games as well as the songs from Mega Man games. The soundtrack for Chrono Trigger, and Legacy of Ys Books I & II are also nice to listen to. The Zelda Series also has some pretty good music!

 

[JasonBurrows]

Rawk Hawk's battle theme from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door!

 

[JKDOS]

VVVVVV had some awesome music.
I think Banjo Kazooie/Tooie also had some great music.

 

[Mint]

Battle theme from Golden Sun

 

[Mugh Hann]

I'm pretty sure it's an impossibility to listen to Katamari Damacy's soundtrack and not feel good. Seriously.

Spoiler: Just take a listen!

And while I'm at it, Paper Mario: TTYD has some amazing music, in addition to being one of my favourite games.

Spoiler: More music over here!

In fact, I could probably go on at length about video game music I like, but not only would that just end up being a gigantic wall of over-enthusiastic text, I've dug up a bunch of soundtracks I want to listen to now and I'd rather not clutter up my browser with any more open tabs :V

 

[Juicebox]

I'm pretty sure it's an impossibility to listen to Katamari Damacy's soundtrack and not feel good. Seriously.

Spoiler: Just take a listen!

And while I'm at it, Paper Mario: TTYD has some amazing music, in addition to being one of my favourite games.

Spoiler: More music over here!

In fact, I could probably go on at length about video game music I like, but not only would that just end up being a gigantic wall of over-enthusiastic text, I've dug up a bunch of soundtracks I want to listen to now and I'd rather not clutter up my browser with any more open tabs :V

Ooooh! Lonely Rolling Star is my favorite! But Que Sera Sera usually pissed me off after hearing it looped a ton.

 

[demoness]

Big fan of the original Tomb Raider Theme.

I also very fond of Banjo-Kazooie and Tooie's soundtrack. I'm a sucker for dynamic music. The way the soundtrack reflects the environment and changes as you traverse it always drew me in. The same can be said of the original Jak and Daxter.

Spoiler: A few singular tracks from other soundtracks I enjoy

 

[Mugh Hann]

Ooooh! Lonely Rolling Star is my favorite! But Que Sera Sera usually pissed me off after hearing it looped a ton.

Yeah, I gotta say Lonely Rolling Star is a favourite of mine, and I also found it's a great song for motivating me to actually learn to draw, so that's a big plus!

 

[SodaDog]

Oh yes, pokemon and harvest moon is the best
Team Dim Sun battle theme is currently on top with par to City Escape!

 

[retiler]

Probably the Final Fantasy VII

 

[Keenan]

Rainy day in the original Animal Crossing and basically all the songs in every version of Animal Crossing. The music for Bit. Trip Runner is great, too.

 

[Garrett x50 cal]

There's so many great scores in video games that I've heard it's hard to chose. Although my top two favorite that always come to mind are Dark Souls OST (best in the entire universe.) and Super Mario RPG OST.

Pretty much any 1st Party Nintendo game has amazing scores.

Then theres Mario Kart Wii Black version (heh)which I found the soundtrack to that very interesting.

 

[fantasma]

I've always adored the music for Super Mario 64. Donkey Kong 64 and Sonic Adventure both have really good soundtracks, too.

And of course, all AC titles.

 

[ACCF18]

Some of my favorite video game music come from these games, no order:

Ocarina of Time
Wind Waker
Earthbound
Animal Crossing City Folk
Maniac Mansion
Super Castlevania IV

 

[Stevey Queen]

I like a lot of video game music. Too much to list.

But one of my favorites is the boss music for King Dodongo in Ocarina of Time. It was also used in the 2nd half of the battle with the boss in Arbiter's Grounds in Twilight Princess.

 

[jvgsjeff]

My favorites are Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy II and III on SNES, Xenogears, and Donkey Kong 64. But there are so many other games with great music... Ocarina of Time, ActRaiser, Tempest 2000, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and so on.

 

[Prof Gallows]

Some of the Mega Man and Final Fantasy games have the absolute best soundtracks for older games.
So they are right up there in my top two. Others would be DKC, DKC2, Zelda series, Banjo-Kazooie, Metroid series, Pokemon Red, Blue, Green, Silver, Gold, and Crystal had my most favorite music out of that series, Dark Souls, Bastion(especially Bastion. I listen to it's soundtrack almost daily.), Ragnarok Online, and a whole lot more.


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[oath2order]

The Animal Crossing series has some really great music. And I know it's clich? to say this, but the Legend of Zelda series has absolutely amazing music.

My favorites were from Majora's Mask, specifically the Day 3 theme.

Paper Mario 1 and 2 had some good tracks too.

RuneScape also has good tracks.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is good too.

 

[Micah]

Vs. Ridley from Brawl is one of my favorite video game songs. I also really like Bowser In The Sky from Super Mario 64.

 

[oath2order]

I also really like Bowser In The Sky from Super Mario 64.

I remember when I was a kid and I finally got to that level. Easily one of the most memorable track from my childhood.