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Personally, I'm a huge fan of Hollow Knight, Ori and the (Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps), and Kingdom Hearts. Orchestral soundtracks are just something else...

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[–] lackthought 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] monoboy 4 points 2 years ago

There are so many good game soundtracks listed in this tread!

Here are some of my favorites:

  • Chrono Trigger
  • Diablo II
  • Elden Ring
  • Final Fantasy (and pretty much anything by Nobuo Uematsu)
  • Hades (and all of the Supergiant Games soundtracks)
  • NieR: Automata
  • Witcher III
[–] waterspectacularyoda@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Doom Eternal, Destiny and Halo

[–] NekomimiNebula@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Oh gosh where do I even start. I have a massive list of VGM soundtracks that I listen to but if I had to pick some favs currently:

  • Gran Turismo 5/6 - been playing these games recently through the PS3 emulator and the vibe and feel these games go for is so much more amplified with the soundtrack, lots of chill jazz and downtempo music mixed with other genres like Dance and Rock.
  • Pokémon (really any of them) - I've always loved the Pokémon soundtrack in all the mainline games, my favourite games in the series are HGSS so probably that soundtrack if I had to pick one.
  • A Hat in Time - Soundtrack is so fun and upbeat, really regret buying this game on 2 separate platforms and then not playing through either of them.
  • Celeste - Trans girl climbs gay mountain simulator with Lena Raine's simply amazing piano and synth soundtrack is so damn good I can't give it enough praise <3 (also all her other work on games like Minecraft and Chicory is super good too!)
[–] statlerwaldorf@vlemmy.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Shadow of the Colossus by Kow Otani

Freedom Fighters by Jesper Kyd

[–] lea@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Celeste, especially Farewell.

[–] Gigg44@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Need for Speed Carbon especially the electronic music is underrated

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[–] Sparkko@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Undertale is my #1. Bully is my #2.

[–] PixelAgent007@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I am wondering why this hasn't been said more often, but Undertale! Also, the super smash series always had great osts too> Undertale

[–] SMSPARTAN@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

There's a lot of them, but Hollow Knight's OST Dark Souls III, HotlineMiami 1/2 and Momodora Reverie Under the Moonlight are my favorites.

[–] MeatCastle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Basically every persona game

[–] somefool@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Chrono Cross remains my fave even after all those years.

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[–] earthquake@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

The original quake soundtrack is great if "sound textures by Nine Inch Nails" interests you. Adding on to that, try the soundtracks for fan-made quake campaigns like Arcane Dimensions and Dwell.

[–] sbr32@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Slay the Spire. There are a number of good songs but the theme for the final super secret boss is an absolute banger.

[–] marcus@posta.no 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Totally agree on hollow knight. Specially 'City of Tears'. Can listen to that all day.

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[–] Xathonn@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I love the soundtrack for the original Risk of Rain and also FTL

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[–] CarolineJohnson@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

FFXIV and Nanashi are notable as they're by the same composer (latter game was done under a pseudonym) and even happen to share at least one song, in some form.

Soma Bringer has the most beautiful music of this list.

Last Guardian has the most inspiring music.

[–] chloyster@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I definitely love hollow Knight's, if it wasn't obvious by my pfp.

I also love mother 3 / earthbound

kingdom hearts

most persona games

outer wilds

celeste

Chrono trigger

Ff7

Ace attorney

Paper Mario

I could go on and on tbh

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[–] ClonedPuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Vanilla WoW, Celeste, and Mirrors Edge all makes me feel like when I played the games for the first time as soon as I hear them. Fantastic evocative soundtrack.

[–] Highsight@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Far too many to list, but Final Fantasy IX's soundtrack is a tremendous work of art, and a perfect final bow for Nobuo Uematsu from the series. It's always stuck with me among nearly ever other soundtrack.

Notable Mentions (in no order):

  • Sonic 2 and 3&K
  • Hotline Miami 1 & 2
  • Street Fighter 2
  • Nier Automata
  • Castlevania (Whole Damn Series)
  • Donkey Kong Country & 2
  • Doom I & II
  • Undertale
  • Freedom Planet
  • Golden Sun 1 & 2
  • Hollow Knight
  • Skyrim
  • Kirby Series
  • Mario Series
  • MegaMan 2 & 3 (Shout-out to The Megas)
  • Super Meat Boy

And so many others, but I'll be here all day if I keep going.

[–] citrixscu@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Outer Wilds, Alan Wake, Gray Matter

[–] Cyclonus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

SSX 3 solid tunes and loved how the music changed as you went doown the slopes.

Also, Mass Effect and GTA San Andreas

[–] nlm@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal have amazing soundtracks!

Mass Effect 3 OST has seen it's fair share of play time as well though that might be just as much because I love the game so much.

Oh! Cyberpunk 2077 is amazing as well. Especially the songs from the radio stations in the game.

[–] D3mon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All 3 Xenoblade Chronicles games have some of my all-time favorite game music

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[–] OMGparticles@partizle.com 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Jake Kaufman always does amazing work, here's some of my favorites of his from the Shantae series: https://youtu.be/ovk4ygEzMCI
https://youtu.be/3OhJnSL4XWA
https://youtu.be/MZ7bCDjif9M
https://youtu.be/6wJmVxvJTEs

Cave Story has some great retro tracks. Some people prefer the originals but I played it with the arranged versions: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr5fTLogAd5tW_oPORRtgznxL-kUt9z7h

Little known PC game called Chenso Club has a pumping soundtrack by Knasibas: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nHBZFT82t4__lHXCD8bi3WhA98hQaSGuo&feature=share

[–] kilgore@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

+1 for Hollow Knight! I've actually been loving the music for Surviving Mars. maybe a bit niche, but really nice. Especially the "official mars radio" station.

[–] aarniometsa@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

MGS series soundtracks are pretty dope.

[–] 2deck@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Kingdom hearts had some amazing original pieces and spins on classics.

One of my fav from the piano collection; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqmBRC6IOAs&t=11

Of course Halo 1, 2 and 3 aaand sims 2.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Halo (of course), Deus Ex, Cyberpunk 2077, Doom, Elder Scrolls, the Sega Genesis Sonic games, Psychonauts, Super Mario, Mirror's Edge, hell, I never really thought about it before but there is a lot of good stuff out there.

[–] sup@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Probably showing my age with this, but Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

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[–] Protonicreversal@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] PixelPlumber@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Tears of the kingsom has me listening to it a lot recently. Also NieR

[–] julianh@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I gotta give a shout-out to Portal 2, maybe not my personal favorite but probably the soundtrack I appreciate the most. It uses music almost like sound effects, with different stems emanating from different test elements, and turning on/off based on their status. I even made my first video essay about it because there's just so much cool stuff going on.

[–] Extrahammer@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Mass Effect has banger tracks pretty much throughout the entire trilogy. I also quite often go back to the Bastion soundtrack. The tracks are great on their own already but how they used the songs within the game was brilliant.

I also want to mention the Gothic soundtrack because I get nostalgic every time I hear it. The main theme just transports me back into that world instantly. Even though it's been like 10 years since I last played these games.

[–] Hexarei@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Doom 2016 on some days, Pillars of Eternity on others

[–] MRPP@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Necrodancer soundtrack is criminally good.

[–] Silvia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Gonna have to say this in no specific order because it's too hard to pick true favorites:

-Assassin's Creed 2

-Xenoblade Chronicles

-Pizza Tower

-Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword (or... any Zelda game but damn Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess are so damn memorable)

-Metal Slug 5

-Yakuza 0

And a lot more that I'm spacing right now.

Edit: BLASPHEMOUS!! That game has a beautiful, haunting soundtrack.

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[–] holoyolo@partizle.com 3 points 2 years ago

I like epic, intense soundtracks so, Darkest Dungeon and Frostpunk. Monster Train is pretty good too.

[–] EnigmaNL@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

There are so many :)

  • Diablo 1 and 2
  • Warcraft 2 and 3
  • Starcraft 1
  • Legend of Zelda (most of them anyway)
  • Red Alert 1 & 2
  • Tiberian Sun
  • Doom 2016
  • Oblivion and Skyrim
  • Fallout 3 and New Vegas
[–] eldrichhydralisk 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is going way back, but the 7th Guest soundtrack had lived in my head since the first time I saw the game. Really great atmosphere, equal parts creepy and playful, perfect mood for a haunted mansion filled with puzzles.

[–] Opteryx@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The haunted jazz aesthetic of the soundtrack is so enjoyable!

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[–] Pause102@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Halo Reach!

[–] cyberdecker@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Disasterpeace is an AMAZING composer and has done some stellar work in both video games and film as well. Here's a couple of my favorites from video games:

Please check out some of his other work here: http://disasterpeace.com/music

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[–] kiku123@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

One that I love (in addition to Ori and Hollow Knight) is Spiritfarer. Beautiful all the way through with lovely orchestration and colorful melodies.

[–] Kerrangutan@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I love the Subnautica soundtrack that much I have it in my music library on my phone

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