Favourite single piece of game music?

june gloom on 13/6/2009 at 21:56

I hope Aja finishes that soundtrack. Thief 2's music is glorious and I don't feel complete not having it, considering I have soundtracks for the other two games.

Poesta on 13/6/2009 at 22:05

I can't decide, so I'll just sum up some of my favourites:

- Classic Doom games, I like (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkhCNx-8Qos) Into Sandy's City (Doom II MAP09) the best
- (http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=12BE10D6FF988759) Quake 2
- (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGvwmZmFi0w) Max Payne 2 theme
- lots of 8-bit music, e.g. Mega Man 2 and the (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6c8f4F6VVY) moon stage of Duck Tales
- (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7QOz0h8u68) Rise of the Triad's level 1 music
- Contra ((http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5JlGQ5orL8&feature=channel_page) stage 1 on guitar)
- Duke Nukem theme ((http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-y0MdPXslo&feature=channel_page) on guitar)

june gloom on 13/6/2009 at 22:46

Fuck the Moon stage. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIeQBFgBQ1U) Mines is where it's at.

Nameless Voice on 14/6/2009 at 03:18

Far too many to pick, but a few off the top of my head that I've been listening to a lot lately:

The "(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXjcSHf8XDw) old world" music from Gothic 2. (Video isn't a great recording...)
"(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kne67pSaALg) Isolated" from Vampire: Bloodlines.
The (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1oxIrAX39M) title music from Deus Ex.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H11vawG_eJI) Terran music from Starcraft.
"(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI) Still Alive" from Portal.

Sulphur on 14/6/2009 at 06:51

Silent Hill 2: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I35u6qh5JVQ) Promise
Mechwarrior 2: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ0LAs9KiXc&feature=related) Arkham Bridge / (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB0oxICsbOI&feature=related) Iron Piston
Ico: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSXwreNIuYE) Castle in the Mist. Someone in the comments thread said, 'This game has amazing looking trees', which has me laughing my socks off.
I like Doom II's 'Into Sandy's City' too, and out of the remixing community rearranges, I like (http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00754/) this version a lot.

Actually, I like a tone of rearranges/mixes the community's done for videogame tunes of yore. Anyone else listen to those here?

june gloom on 14/6/2009 at 07:13

If we're gonna talk about Doom II then we're going to talk about the good songs, like (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeOGqrWLOrE) Dave D. Taylor Blues and (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4HEJdTH50s) Message for the Archvile.

Though the Dehumanizer Trilogy fan in me loves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffl2ShaWyGM) The Demon's Dead too.

Sulphur on 14/6/2009 at 07:47

Yeah, The Demon's Dead. I remember that one well; it was the only map song that didn't actually sound like half-farts and monster squewling on my SB16 with its 700 megajoulers of raw FM sysnthesisizing poewr.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E7MPl4G2Qc&feature=related) Shawn's Got the Shotgun didn't sound half bad either, though it essentially is just South of Heaven.

Zerker on 14/6/2009 at 12:12

Quote Posted by Zerker

Seriously though, I have no freakin' idea. Here's five random pics that are definately up there somewhere, you can try something from them if you really must have one:

Lost Painting (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) (or Wandering Ghosts if you prefer)
Delita's Theme (Final Fantasy Tactics)
The Great Virtue Of Gathering Mana's Spirit - Theme Of Mana (Legend of Mana)
Theme of Rena (Star Ocean : The Second Story), though We Form In Crystals fought hard for this spot.
Gathering Stars in the Night Sky (Xenogears) : though I could list almost a dozen songs from this game that are very very close.

Crap, I ran out of choices and I didn't even leave my Playstation folder. Ah, whatever, I'm done.

Amazing how many new choices appear after 3 years. Amazing how much easier it is to pick when you rate your songs :D

Currently, I have 19 songs from game soundtracks rated as "5 stars". Of those, none of the above are listed (except the arranged version of We Form in Crystals). Unfortunately, most of it ends up being J-RPG music, but Unreal makes a guest appearance. Once it gets to the five-star category (which is about 0.5% of my music), it gets REALLY hard to pick the absolute best. For simplicity, I will just list them below:

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XARPxxfAeUc) To the End of the Journey of Glittering Stars from Baten Kaitos - Eternal Wings And The Lost Ocean OST
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0EWL7WJZJU) Addressing the Stars from Baten Kaitos - Eternal Wings And The Lost Ocean OST
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIvriKH-ynQ) The Boundary Between the Wind and the Earth from Baten Kaitos Origins OST
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rad3Xjdgm64) A Boundless Autumn Evening Breeze from Baten Kaitos Origins OST
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRPHGTxj0JA) Lost Fragments from Chrono Cross OST
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D8Cz9kHYFQ) Radical Dreamers ~The Unstolen Jewel~ from Chrono Cross OST
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAFA1hczTLw) Prowling In The Moonlight from Crisis Core : Final Fantasy 7 OST (also listed as Moonlight Wandering elsewhere)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo858FAp3-Q) Beyond the Aurora from Dark Chronicle OST
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXkgn3QUA2w) Calling to the Night from Metal Gear Solid Portable OPS
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiikD9pRCMI) Okikurmi The Hero from Okami OST
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx5DAp86pqE) World Map -Last Area- from Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne Bonus Sountrack
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Oqt6Zjyd0) Ending Staff Roll from Tales of Symphonia OST
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzdKlSrG8iM) The Sunspire from Unreal
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X43iNUIBDVk) Wargate from Unreal
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtMAQXDhg9Y) Star Of Tears from Xenogears OST
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40A8_h9Uj8o) Small Two Of Pieces - Restored from Xenogears OST
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDLvF3Mq1IE) A Premonition = Styx from Ys: The Oath in Felghana
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ7ruKexLWI) The Strongest Foe from Ys: The Oath in Felghana, which is the best final boss music ever. Here is (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA_2C4MySMM) a video about the actual boss fight, for those interested.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRwiRMs6yzA) Wanderers from Ys from Ys: The Oath in Felghana

FYI: Just for you guys, here's the my list of favourite Doom music (rated four stars):
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlWDSvNSzlA) I Sawed The Demons from Doom
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44lhqrsUTlo) The Healer Stalks from Doom 2
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E7MPl4G2Qc) Shawn's Got The Shotgun from Doom 2
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeOGqrWLOrE) Dave D. Taylor Blues from Doom 2

So basically I agree with Sulphur and (partially) with Dethtoll.

I actually can't stand the Duck tales Moon music, but it's been a while since I played and I didn't remember the Mines music (thanks Dethtoll!).

EDITED to add Youtube links for everything.

henke on 14/6/2009 at 12:44

There's no sense crying
over every mistake
You just keep on trying
till you run out of cake
And the science gets done
and you make a neat gun
for the people who are
still aliiiiiiiive...

Not many games manage to come up with the kind of songs you find yourself singing in the shower afterwards. :)

EvaUnit02 on 14/6/2009 at 13:02

Henke, prepare to receive dethtoll rage.