Top 10 video game soundtracks

[Axeldeath]

I'll just put my top one on... you must listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc9fvwUbgk4

[JournaL]

I am more attuned to scores.

 

Here are some genuine classics from the late 1990s and above that I had a keen interest in (links provide an example, there are many great tracks):

 

Unreal Tournament :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSAgEhyUrjE

 

Command & Conquer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez4gPTOxLCc

 

Hitman :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4ossube1m4, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyykU4GwSDs

 

Mafia II :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuSU6KKiGMU

 

I think good music of video games is pretty much anything that shadows the gameplay and the environment (whether it'll be the darkness of a room, creeping over someone, etc), while also keeping the blood flowing-leading the player in the game, and has a type of complexity to it.

 

Oh- the above games are in/part of a series, so there is more than just one game.

[BTGBullseye]

(es, whatever the plural of series is)

 

The plural of series is series.

[Arby]

 

The plural of series is series.

 

I was thinking that, but it didn't read right to me when I was writing it.

[Alyxx Thorne]

 

The plural of series is series.

 

I was thinking that, but it didn't read right to me when I was writing it.

Strange thing, that.

[Jek Jek Roo]

Here's ten of my favourite, but I'm not sure which one is the best.

 

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_7fbwADOjM

Earthworm Jim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQahjauZ2WI

Rayman 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wfPYAYBBfI

Planescape: Torment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4QINNwR6Nw&feature=related

Oblivion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65ZDSZKF2Jg&feature=related

Fable 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnZwiE5dG6k

Heroes 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsYjN4wFw4o

Vampire Bloodlines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9dPtDR1PKQ

Silent Hill 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvty4w7aI3c

Deus Ex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgIE6Pb_MFE

 

so yeah

[BTGBullseye]

I just remembered, some of my favorite instrumental only metal/techno-metal was in Tribes 2. (by Timothy Steven Clarke) Favorite track is either Bioderm, or Lush. Sounds almost exactly like Rammstein in some tracks, and like Darude in others.

 

Another soundtrack, though not as many of the individual tracks were good, was the music from Star Trek: New Worlds.

[Nueemann]

Hitman :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4ossube1m4, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyykU4GwSDs

 

Ah, nice choice. The Danish composer Jesper Kyd did a masterful job with the Hitman series.

 

Just as well, I'd say, as he did with the Assassin's Creed series.

 

Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed the Halo Series (Marty O'Donnell), C&C (Frank Klepacki), and the unmentioned but fairly good Alan Wake original soundtrack (Petri Alanko).

 

I'd also like to add Unreal Tournament to my list.

[ct578]

Max payne had a nice theme song. Kinda sad sounding, but worked.well with story.

Also I can't rmember which one, but the socom games have some good.music.

 

My favorite soundtrack was when I'm playin tic tac toe. That has an AWESOME soundtrack. Yes IM talking bout the most epic board game EVER!

[chilledsanity]

I can't really order them, but I think these would be my top 10. They all have a variety of music and have multiple tracks that can leave me stunned when I hear it because it's so good:

-Unreal

-Castlevania: Symphony of The Night

-Rama

-Revenant

-SiN

-Silent Hill Series

-Need For Speed Series (1 - 5)

-Descent 1/2

-Donkey Kong Country

-Super Metroid

 

I haven't played Dreamfall yet however, I'll have to see how that one is.

[Raicuparta]

I haven't played Dreamfall yet however, I'll have to see how that one is.

The only thing that makes Dreamfall hard to play nowadays is the facial expressions. Or the lack of them.

And I agree, the music was very cool, made it feel a lot like a movie.

[Alyxx Thorne]

I haven't played Dreamfall yet however, I'll have to see how that one is.

The only thing that makes Dreamfall hard to play nowadays is the facial expressions. Or the lack of them.

And I agree, the music was very cool, made it feel a lot like a movie.

That and all the painful inconsistencies with The Longest Journey 1 and the horrible clichés.

[JournaL]

 

Ah, nice choice. The Danish composer Jesper Kyd did a masterful job with the Hitman series.

 

Just as well, I'd say, as he did with the Assassin's Creed series.

 

Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed the Halo Series (Marty O'Donnell), C&C (Frank Klepacki), and the unmentioned but fairly good Alan Wake original soundtrack (Petri Alanko).

 

I'd also like to add Unreal Tournament to my list.

 

Yeah definitely, Jesper Kyd's work is a masterpiece. The Composers you mentioned all have produced masterful tracks which not only is enjoyful to the ears but fits wonderfully with the gameplay.

 

UT99 probably had the soundtrack of the series hehe.

 

Max payne had a nice theme song. Kinda sad sounding, but worked.well with story.

 

 

You mean this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omQ-7wZTXvI

 

The low notes of the Viola really focuses and describes the pain Max has gone throughout the story. The music during the gameplay was very attuned; high & low fast tempos during the gun fights and chase was pretty legit.

[Raicuparta]

I haven't played Dreamfall yet however, I'll have to see how that one is.

The only thing that makes Dreamfall hard to play nowadays is the facial expressions. Or the lack of them.

And I agree, the music was very cool, made it feel a lot like a movie.

That and all the painful inconsistencies with The Longest Journey 1 and the horrible clichés.

I didn't finish TLJ. Played just a few minutes when I was very young, had no idea what I was doing.

I let the clichés go by, because they were movie clichés, not game clichés, and I had never played a game that felt so much like a movie before.

[Alyxx Thorne]

Well, if you have never played the first game then I suppose it might be enjoyable. I just couldn't help but notice the inconsistencies though and they bother me to death and ruin the whole game for me.

[Jek Jek Roo]

Well, if you have never played the first game then I suppose it might be enjoyable. I just couldn't help but notice the inconsistencies though and they bother me to death and ruin the whole game for me.

 

I haven't play TLJ yet, and Im not going to. I finished Dreamfall a year ago, and it was ok. The soundtrack is one of my very favourite, because it was one of my first game scores I had.

[Alyxx Thorne]

If you don't like extremely long monologues then I suggest you don't play TLJ.

[Jek Jek Roo]

Oh crap, I forgot about this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru6K0qUqYrY

Oddworld! I love that game too...

[Eedo Baba]

1. Shadow of the Colossus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OteiHDgsoHs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ridCq6fBnGU

The most epic soundtrack ever. Itunes claims this is my most listened to album, out of about 550.

 

2. Riven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLS4WMM6qqM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gVuOGDC6Ic

Beautiful soundtrack. Added to the sense of mystery and the player's emotional state quite a lot.

 

3. Bully

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flr8V-CeXM0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oc-2fobUVE

Great soulful jams mixed with some elctronic dj stuff.

 

4. Scratches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t65Mcl7mT6g

Music really added to butter-thick atmosphere in this game.

[Kirkreng]

I'll just put my top one on... you must listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc9fvwUbgk4

That is a great song. Btw it is actually called "That Long Train Ride" and is a remix made by Dj dain. It is a remix of Triage at dawn.