Best soundtrack in the history of gaming

[Eleccybubb]

Both from FF14. Oh and this one as a bonus.



Will link more from FF14 as the thread goes on if it does. Not gonna spam em all into one go.

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Rabi Ribi:


Ori and the Blind Forest:

[Nelavar]

Easy, Brutal Legend.

Brutal Legend is kind of cheating though, slap together a bunch of iconic rock & metal songs and you got yourself a great soundtrack, no doubt. However original soundtracks should be up for consideration here.

And in that sense I'd like to throw the recent Fire Emblem games/soundtracks into the mix

[Soxoffender]

I'm showing my age here but I bloody loved this when I was a kid:

[Heavens Night]

My favourite Mega Drive game. The most amazing OST I've ever heard.

Thunder Force IV.

[Andonais]

The playstation Final Fantasies and Metal Gear games soundtracks are very memorable for me

[endersblade]

Endless Space. I freaking love this shit.

[Chernovil]

Playstation 1 Castlevania: Symphony of the night still is the king.

[ThrashMetalFtw]

D1/D2 Tristram theme is still the single best piece of videogame music ever:




Of something more recent, the entire Stellaris soundtrack is amazing. Most Sci-Fi 4X and RTS games have good soundtracks (Endless Space was linked earlier, also a goodie), but this one stood out:

[Myr010]

Prefer the Ard skellig tracks in the witcher 3, and i agree that the dragon age inquisition soundtrack is great.

another soundtrack worth listening to is the Borderlands 2 soundtrack

However this is probably my favorite at the moment

[McNeil]

Surprised noone mentioned Command & Conquer yet, I pretty much love all of Frank Keplacki's work:

[Fkiolaris]

My favourite Mega Drive game. The most amazing OST I've ever heard.

Thunder Force IV.

Replace the synths with a couple of electric guitars and you have an awesome 80s metal tune! That's an amazing song

I will also vouch for FFXIX, Wildstar and yes, even WoW for having excellent soundtracks, but my all-time favourites out of an endless list are these two games (The Secret World and Icewind Dale):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jlJYyZ9M78

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd8BMF8dQpI

[dextersmith]

FF6 and 7 were great.

[Eleccybubb]

FF6 and 7 were great.

Favorite FF6 piece of music. This one makes me think "right shit is so going down right now"



Favorite FF7 piece. This and the world map music really make me feel I'm on an adventure.



Added bonus my favourite piece from 8. Makes me think the same as FF6.

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Can't beat the funk that is

[Cæli]

Best soundtrack in the history of gaming ? for some probably, like Donkey Kong Country 2, for some others in this topic, I agree it's a matter of taste, but just no, there has to be a certain level of musical genius achieved in my opinion which is not the case with some shared soundtrack.

There is a ton of incredible video game music, but those 4 games gets quantity as well as quality, where a huge number of other VGM could shine on a few tracks but not on the rest of the soundtrack. I recommend to check Supradarky channel if you like VGM https://www.youtube.com/user/SupraDarky/playlists

I would say it's either a DK soundtrack


Or castlevania SOTN


or Chrono Trigger


or a Final Fantasy, 6 probably (I know this track has been over used now but maybe some doesn't know about it)

[Eleccybubb]

Speaking of Castlevania. Rondo of Blood has a badass remix of Bloody Tears.

[Pull My Finger]

Journey is in a completely different league from anything else. Austin Wintory, the composer, is brilliant.

Also love Fable, and WoW WotlK and beyond. Best stuff in the industry today.

[Afrospinach]

Surprised noone mentioned Command & Conquer yet, I pretty much love all of Frank Keplacki's work:

Was going to bounce in here and say this is one of the more disappointing threads around right now but you saved it lol.

[aysatsana]

For me it's RS music just because of the nostalgia. Also WoW music, especially WoTLK music.