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I'll start it off - Legend of Dragoon has my heart with this one

https://youtu.be/jFtxom0RGI0?si=3aU7Vn0k-pr-xMWJ

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[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Outer Wilds takes the cake for me.

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

That game takes the soundtrack cake for any category it has an entry in

[–] CosmicApe@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
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[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kingdom Hearts main menu theme. It's absolutely a nostalgia hit for me. That game was one of my "get-away" games while in a rough situation. Hearing that music always makes me feel a little safer, like I'm just one step away from a completely different life.

Dearly Beloved and the variations on it are the best. I'm partial to the version for Kingdom Hearts 2 but they're all great

[–] ono@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] charles@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Such a fantastic song. Not at all surprising that it was the first piece of music from a video game to not only be nominated for but to win a Grammy.

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[–] Gigan@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] MuThyme@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Pretty much any halo has the best menu music to me (I haven't played 5 though).

There's a lot of variety between them all too

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Skyrim, by a longshot. That theme never failed to get me cranked to get my Nordic adventuring on.

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

HAH. HUAH. HAHH.

HAH. HUAH. HAHH.

OOOhhhh OHHHHH OUHHHHHH!!!! AUHHHHHHH!!!

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Saw this pop up in my replies before I noticed the context and was very confused... lol

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Really deep lyrics. A masterpiece of poetry.

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I’ll go with Mass Effect, the music in the first 3 games is incredible. Especially in the first game I think. This particular piece is called Vigil.

Here’s the not hour long version haha.

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dude, I only just played the games for the very first time earlier this year and I absolutely feel what you mean. It's the very first piece of music you hear when you start the game, is used throughout the trilogy in pivotal moments, and is the very last theme that plays in the third game. So awesome

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh yeah. Leitmotifs are very effective at tying a story together and really help add some punch to those emotional moments.

I absolutely adore Mass Effect. It’s probably my favorite game ever. Top 3 at least.

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I do see that the narrative and the gameplay have some flaws, but overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the games and the ~100h it took me to finish the trilogy. The Citadel DLC was probably my favourite part of the entire series. I'd also probably put the games in my top x favourite games.

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] Phelpssan@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Probably Metroid Prime. Both the Title Theme and the Menu Theme are fantastic.

Xenoblade games also have brilliant title themes. Here's the one for the first game.

Now, for some spice, let's branch into a type of game I think most people here won't have played - Visual Novels often have great title themes.

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[–] eldnikpw@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago
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[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Payday 2 really sets the mood with it's music

[–] Davel23@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The Legend of Zelda

Yeah, there are newer versions, but I deliberately found the original.

[–] XenBad@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] Jelly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago

Metroid Prime. I only played it for the first time this year when the remaster came out and the music blew me away.

Skyrim for sure, nothing gets you more prepared to start a new adventure than that.

Honorable mention to the Last of Us after you've completed the game and are just sitting there, staring at the screen and wondering what to do next.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Elden Ring's main theme is literally the only video game song I have in my normal music rotation.

But only because Lunar Silver Star Story's Wings isn't on Spotify.

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[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not main menu but the golden eye pause menu music on the n64 was a banger 🔥

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

No joke about that shit bro

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[–] Battery@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

One of the best fighting games

One Must Fall 2097

A little bit of nostalgia always helps too

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[–] chaorace 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Skyrim and RuneScape 2 (pre-audio update) are both pretty damn iconic

At my wedding we had the DJ play Skyrim and Witcher 3 music during dinner and it worked way better than it had any business working

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[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Witcher 3, phenomenal music.

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[–] Wootz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
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[–] hark@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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Super Mario Bros. 2

[–] cocobean@bookwormstory.social 4 points 2 years ago

Super Metroid.

Spooky AF

[–] V1K1N6@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[–] Why9@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Dark Souls 3

Even years later, having completed the game many times, that opening song still gives me the chills! So haunting, so beautiful!

Skyrim has to be on the list for the pure joy of it

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

Arcanum's main theme gets my vote.

It's weird. It's terrible as music - just random strings with almost no recognizable tune outside of the first few seconds - but it sets a mood better than any other. It's distilled melancholy in music form.

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[–] Reaphenex@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Definitely the original main menu music for Dragon's Dogma.

I remember booting it up on the PS3 back in the day and was like "Wha-?" but after playing the game so many times it's definitely become a favorite. Both for how out of place it is but also how perfect it fits after all the context of the game.

Sad they replaced it for the Dark Arisen version but luckily there is a mod for PC that restores it in all its glory. :P

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[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Syndicate (2011)

Syndicate was a really niche entry into the Cyberpunk genre that flopped commercially but had some interesting ideas about corp-ocracy and the way businesses of the future would wage warfare against each other like nations used to.

That main menu music has echoed in my brain for years. Deus Ex: Human Revolution would have been first but Syndicate is less well known and I figured someone already mentioned DE:HR at some point here.

[–] coolmyll@lemmings.world 3 points 2 years ago

Max Payne. It sets the tone of the game at once.

[–] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Crusader: No Remorse / No Regret

https://youtu.be/wwG5BJtZBCU?si=aMMbMveu0s6KltoQ

So many great remixes of it too.

[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The BF1942 theme/title music is the most epic to me.

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

Papers please

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

The whole collection of music from Stellaris and Cyberpunk are both excellent.

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