# Computer game music appreciation thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248 "2004-04-21T17:48:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/21 "2004-04-22T06:55:58Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Name some game music that you like. [But I already did just a couple days ago!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=251252) ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/22 "2004-04-22T07:06:39Z")
RE: Shadow of the Beast > [@Lobsang](#): > > AH! That name is familiar. But I can’t remember the game. Jog my memory someone? It was one of the [most well-known Amiga games](http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/p,19/gameId,7461/), published by Psygnosis, written by a team that did tons of Amiga hacker demos. (From what I hear, the team that did the game went on to make the Grand Theft Auto series). [This site](http://www.laurasmidiheaven.com/0vg/Amiga-ShadowoftheBeast.shtml) has some midis of the music. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/23 "2004-04-22T07:51:27Z")
I’ve got it…Bungie software’s _Myth_. (Either the original, _The Fallen Lords_, or the sequel _Soulblighter_.) All of the music was in menu screens, “level score” screens, prologues, epilogues, and cutscenes. Nothing in the gameplay itself. But it was _great_. After that, I’d say [_Maniac Mansion._](http://members.fortunecity.com/harang/music.html) ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/24 "2004-04-22T08:06:36Z")
I’ll always have a soft spot in my skull for _Sam and Max Hit the Road._ My copy of the CD-ROM (from the LucasArts Treasury collection for Mac) had an audio-CD section that had the opening credits theme, some background music, and that so-gawdawful-it’s-hilarious Liverpudlian cowboy song. If we’re talking console games, then I’ve gotta go with Uematsu Nobuo’s work on the Final Fantasy series. > [@Lobsang](#): > > OffT: Someone mentioned Douglas Adams. I think the main tune for HHGTTG is pretty cool. That would be _Journey of the Sorcerer,_ off of The Eagles’ album _One of these Nights._ I was pleasantly surprised to find it on the iTunes Music Store… ---
**Author:** ![Disciple\_of\_Alf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@Disciple\_of\_Alf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disciple_of_Alf)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/25 "2004-04-22T10:55:07Z")
I remember loving **Little Big Adventure** a lot when I was younger, but when I think about it, it wasn’t actually the game that I enjoyed so much as the music. It was probably the only music CD I had for a long time. In my opinion it just doesn’t get any better than LBA’s opening song. Also, no thread about computer game music would be complete without someone mentioning **The Longest Journey**. The music simply _fits_. In addition to the normal game music, the CD to the game, the soundtrack if you will, includes 4 songs (I believe) that you could play on a jukebox in the game. Good stuff. I can’t wait for the sequel. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/26 "2004-04-22T18:47:01Z")
> [@RobuSensei](#): > > I’ll always have a soft spot in my skull for _Sam and Max Hit the Road._ My copy of the CD-ROM (from the LucasArts Treasury collection for Mac) had an audio-CD section that had the opening credits theme, some background music, and that so-gawdawful-it’s-hilarious Liverpudlian cowboy song. Not to hijack the thread, but do you know you can get a SCUMM emulator for your Mac and play _Sam & Max_ all over again? I just replayed the entire adventure last month for giggles. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/27 "2004-04-22T21:49:05Z")
> [@BonoVox](#): > > **Homeworld!** > > Everytime I here the music that plays when you warp back to your home planet and find it destroyed, I can hear the voice saying "Higara is burning, blah, blah, blah. How could I have possibly forgotten Homeworld?! Consider my list amended ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/28 "2004-04-23T00:48:12Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > RE: Shadow of the Beast > > It was one of the [most well-known Amiga games](http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/p,19/gameId,7461/), published by Psygnosis, written by a team that did tons of Amiga hacker demos. (From what I hear, the team that did the game went on to make the Grand Theft Auto series). Hey, speaking of Psygnosis and DMA Design, the **Lemmings** series had some pretty cool music too. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/29 "2004-04-23T05:57:45Z")
‘stones’ from **ultima**. the arnika theme from **wizardry 8**. the psychotic music from **Alice**. > [@Hirka T'Bawa](#): > > I thought of two computer games when I saw this thread, **Loom** and **Star Control II**. Both games have excelent music. No computer game music appreciation thread would be the same without mention of these two classics. ♪hallelujah!♪ ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/30 "2004-04-23T06:16:04Z")
Interstate-76 had some of the best faux 70’s music I’d ever heard from a game. Legend of Zelda for the NES and Super Mario Bros. for the same system had music I still find myself humming to this day. Not bad for games that are nearly 20 years old. Marc ---
**Author:** ![Sdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Sdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sdog)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/31 "2004-04-23T06:35:52Z")
What A Coincidence i was just listening to some songs from \*Silent Hill \*1 and 2 today, and i must say there are some damn good songs from Konami in general! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/32 "2004-04-23T09:59:58Z")
…memories of the Last Ninja soundtrack…such an old game and I can still walk down the street, and start randomly humming the main tune… [http://lastninja.c64.org/](http://lastninja.c64.org/) …and anything from the Bitmap Brothers…in particular the Betty Boo tune from Magic Pockets and “Into the Wonderful” from Gods… ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/33 "2004-04-23T11:16:14Z")
Age of Wonders had some really nice music, IMO, but it seemed a lot of people didn’t like it according to the company’s message boards. The original Quake’s soundtrack also seems to be overlooked or disliked by many, but that game had some of the _freakiest_ songs I’ve ever heard. I can remember one in specific that had this creepy mechanical “breathing” noise going on the whole time in the background. NIN also did that one(didn’t know they’d done Alice too). Age of Empires 2 CD is great for long roadtrips. Whenever I hear it I think of driving through the plains. 😛 A lot of the greatness is in the presentation too. Some of them like Total Annihilation, Mechwarrior 2\*, the Dark Age of Camelot main theme, Homeworld, the Metroid games, Freespace, the Baldur’s Gate series, and pretty much any Squaresoft game ever released all do a great job at making the music go perfectly with what’s happening in the game. The Legend of Zelda theme belongs here too, mostly for Link to the Past when you finally hear it blaring for the first time as you bust through a door into the sunshine after about two hours of quiet, dreary music in a dungeon. 😃 Castlevania did a pretty good job at making memorable music as well as Megaman too since I still hum the songs from them and I haven’t touched either game series in years. And now, the obligatory link to [GamingFM](http://modern.gamingfm.com/listen128/) for those who want to listen to video game music streamed over the internet. \*I think this was one of the first computer games I played. I can still remember the first level when you drop down to a desert planet and everything’s totally silent for a few beats, then your mech whirrs and talks to you as it starts up while a haunting string/drum duet begins quietly in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Deloseth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Deloseth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deloseth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/34 "2004-04-23T11:47:29Z")
I’d have to say **Aeris’ Theme** from **Final Fantasy VII**. The orchestrated version which was released on the game’s soundtrack is beautiful. In fact almost anything by Nobuo Uematsu (Square-Enix music guru) would get my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/35 "2004-04-23T15:02:49Z")
> [@BonoVox](#): > > **Homeworld!** > > Everytime I here the music that plays when you warp back to your home planet and find it destroyed, I can hear the voice saying "Higara is burning, blah, blah, blah. [nitpick] I think you’re referring to Kharak. Higara was the destination planet, no? In any case, very nice sequence. [/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![BonoVox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@BonoVox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BonoVox)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248/36 "2004-04-23T17:26:48Z")
> [@Engywook](#): > > [nitpick] > I think you’re referring to Kharak. > Higara was the destination planet, no? > In any case, very nice sequence. > [/nitpick] It’s actually a classical peice. I am sure she said Higara, but I have been known to be wrong. I will have to check it out tonight, if I can find my CD. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-music-appreciation-thread/241248.md?page=1)