Shadowcat on 20/2/2006 at 20:59
Does it have to be from the original game?
If not then I'd vote for Chicajo's "Shock the System", which is basically my favourite game of all time distilled into a single song. Hard to go past that :)
TheOutrider on 20/2/2006 at 21:01
Time's Scar (although it's only the first thirty seconds) or Dream of the Shore Bordering Another World from Chrono Cross. The intro to Time's Scar has literally made me cry, more than once.
Yakoob on 20/2/2006 at 21:15
There are a good bunch I like. But one that holds a special place in my heart (for personal reasons) is the Home Theme from Beyond Good And Evil (the one that plays during endgame credits).
NoOne on 20/2/2006 at 21:18
frank klepacki - hellmarch (red alert)
couple of command & conquer: tiberian dawn tracks too, canät remember which.
you're not here (silent hill 3)
poets of the fall - late goodbye (max payne 2)
poets of the fall - violoncello solo (max payne 2 theme)
Uglyhead on 20/2/2006 at 21:21
Those choral pieces from Homeworld, Agnus Dei or Adagio for Strings or something.
Fingernail on 20/2/2006 at 21:23
You see, don't be countin' that as game music (although I know that they were differently arranged, but still).
Otherwise what, BILLIE JEAN BY MICHAEL JACKSON FROM VICE CITY :p HURR
Nah, keep it to music written specifically for games, IMO.
Aja on 20/2/2006 at 21:57
Koji Kondo writes terrific music, but it's tough to choose a single piece he wrote. Anything from Ocarina of Time or Super Mario Bros.
Also, Katamari Damacy. The whole soundtrack is worth buying, and the main theme, Katamari on the Rocks, is one of my favourite songs, video games or otherwise. I'd like to hear it played at an outdoor festival through a towering PA.
Aerothorn on 20/2/2006 at 23:15
It changes with the times and the moods. Currently the MGS3 theme (only avaible on the soundtrack in completed form - split into 4 parts in the game) is fantastic dance music....but outside of specific circumstances, there is just a ton I think are fantastic, from well-known ones (the Halo theme) to more indie stuff (Faces of a Fashion, though technically it was made before Darwinia). The one I think of as my 'theme song', however, is 'Under Cover of Night' from Halo.
Ulukai on 21/2/2006 at 00:13
Predictably, I could name any one of a dozen pieces by Nobuo Uematsu, especially when they're performed by a real orchestra. And many tracks from System Shock, UnderWorld II and several others that escape me.
But
today I'm opting for Cid's Theme from FFVII. Despite having a droopy rocket, Cid is the epitome of cool.
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Hephaestos main theme from Anachronox
I'm got big love for the xylophones? Marimba? at 0:51. Another piece I can murder most horribly on the piano, shortly before I run out of hands, pianos and willing drummers.
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"World of Snow" by Lennie Moore from Outcast is pretty high for me
Indeed, Moscow Symphony Orchestra FTW. what is egghead ulukai
But isn't it true that the soundtracks we like most are those that we attach to fond memories of the game itself, because it touched us in some way? If, for example, the theme to Alice was the soundtrack to some hypothetical third-rate Diablo clone I might have had the misfortune to play, I doubt I'd have such enthusiasm for it.
twisty on 21/2/2006 at 00:25
One of the tunes off Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars. Strangely enough, I would also have to agree with Ulukai about some of the tunes off the Underworld games. This is too hard...
