Best game soundtracks ever?

[Athena]

GTA: Vice City
Added so much to the style and mood of the game. My personal game soundtrack favorite.

quoted for motherfrucking truth!

 

[Murphy]

• Gothic 1 and 2. Haven't played #3 but if its roughly the same then #3 too.
• Arcanum. Sad but not depressing. Not really catchy but unique and fitting for that 19th century fantasy vs. steam punk setting.
• StarCraft.
• Raven Shield if you like Zimmeresque tracks.
• No one lives forever 2. Its been too long since I played Nolf 1 so I don't remember the soundtrack anymore. The one in Nolf 2 however is excellent. Nothing I would listen to outside of the game but it fits great.
• Zelda Occarina of Time. OoT is the only one I played for a longer period of time so that's the only one I remember soundtrackwise. It all sounded somewhat artificial but some tracks totally let your forget that. E.g. the song that is played in the Gerudo valley.
• Metal Gear Solid Substance. The music during the intro is spectacular and the rest fits perfect in the game but I wouldn't listen to it when I'm not playing.
• Donkey Kong. The more distinct ones.
• Mario.
• Fable. Great music.
• Soul Reaver 1.

Aaaannnd: Probably one of the best bombastic action tracks EVER. One that lets Zimmer sound boring: The music used in the Trailer for Duke Nukem Forever on the E3 2001. Download it. NOW!

 

[Grobut]

Mechwarrior 2, samples:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3hB0cBKi56U
http://youtube.com/watch?v=94APKa1w7BQ

An awesome game with an even better soundtrack, i wish i still had that music

 

[Makabi]

oh yeah, Arcanum also has some good pieces of music, the theme song especially.

ftp://ftp.sierra.com/pub/sierra/arcanum/other/arcanum_music_01_main_theme.mp3
ftp://ftp.sierra.com/pub/sierra/arcanum/other/arcanum_music_02_the_demise_of_the_zephyr.mp3
ftp://ftp.sierra.com/pub/sierra/arcanum/other/arcanum_music_13_mines.mp3

 

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

I really liked the Unreal Tournament music.

Other than that, I don't pay attention.

 

[Rak]

First Medal Of Honor
Homeworld(It fits the "space" theme perfectly)
GTA series (I hate them but soundtrack is good )
Blitzkrieg (Successor of Sudden Strike)
Bioshock (Hawt)
RO (Biased decision )

 

[Heldentod]

there are many good soundtracks like said before and i can only mention some here and there but far more deserve propably the honor one of them is the Music of Baldur

 

[Grimble Grumble]

I'd have to say Eve online, amazing soundtrack. MTW kingdoms brittania campaign as the scots has some decent music too, bagpipes ftw

 

[murderous_eagle]

UT 2k4 was actually really good, especially the Assault map music.

 

[Slinky]

hitman blood money
bf expierience ww2 mod
medal of honor: allied assault
max payne 2
total war series have always got great music

 

[Mahnsikir]

Battlefield Vietnam, althougth its all commercial music, its great.

Plus morrowind & oblivion & all the Gta series.

 

[MkH^]

FALLOUTS. The first game and the sequel. They have absolutely perfect soundtracks by Mark Morgan. Mostly ambient, sometimes a bit trip-hoppy even. They fit the atmosphere of the games perfectly, and actually play a major part in creating the the atmosphere. Absolutely amazing sound score - I'm running out of superlatives.

I'm listening to those as I'm writing this, and only listening to those really makes me want to install the games.

 

[fiftyone]

Magic Carpet.
LBA !
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[PNV]

Rainbow Six and Rogue Spear had a pretty awesome soundtrack, I used to pop in the game CD in the car and listen to it

 

[Oldih]

Ninja Gaidens always have had such excellent music.

Soldiers : Heroes of WWII has also damm great musics.

Resident Evil 2 and 4 also have overall quite great. RE1 and 3 are ok, but lacks something E.G. RE2 has.

Few that I can recall at the moment. Rest have either been mentioned multiple times or I just can't remember at the moment.

Edit: Panzer General 2. Man those musics (especially british campaign) are just awesome

 

[I. Kant]

Blood.

And Max Payne 2 theme.

 

[dogbadger]

Rainbow Six and Rogue Spear had a pretty awesome soundtrack, I used to pop in the game CD in the car and listen to it

yeah it was nice on older games when the soundtrack was cd audio on the gamedisk. I thought Rouge spear was the pick of series - tracks 6 and 7 were great- really liked the choir/egyptian style intro to track 6

Plenty to download on Bill Brown's site too.

 

[Feldwebel Horst]

HeXen: just old school
Secret of Mana: the one after leaving the village (and at least all soundtracks of SoM ). its called "into the thick of it".
Red Alert 2: main menue theme (its called "grinder" afaik)


there are lots of good soundtracks in games that i heard so far, but these are the best i can remember.

 

[Shadrach]

Commando.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5_ZiNXsA5c

Monkey Island.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjvD3C_nvBk

And never forget Grim Fandango! Big band, Bebop and Bones:
http://grimfandango.net/?page=soundtrack

Some good music mentioned earlier too; Fallout, GTA series, Defcon, and Shadow of The Beast FTW!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHU2guYH7Og
Thanks Odin1899 for the reminder how excellent this is

But I'm not a fan of the epic/heroic hollywood-soundtracks of too many games (including RO!). I guess with war games there's only one type of music which is fitting but I find it just boring...

-S

 

[Makabi]

here's a better version of the Monkey Island intro song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3dB0qEcG20&mode=related&search=