# Favorite soundtrack from video games **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 14, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587 "2015-11-14T20:08:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rokai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Rokai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rokai)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/1 "2015-11-14T20:08:31Z")
Hello, random topic what was your favourite soundtrack from video games? Mine was Dark Cloud - “Memories” Whats yours? 🙂 you can mention has many favorite soundtrack as you want. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/2 "2015-11-15T00:38:28Z")
I like the Conalrad Radio mod for the Fallout games. The songs are hokey but funny and absolutely fit the mood of the game. ---
**Author:** ![desertmonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@desertmonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/desertmonk)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/3 "2015-11-15T01:20:27Z")
The Journey soundtrack is just wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/4 "2015-11-15T02:47:49Z")
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number - I don’t even have the game, but I listen to the full soundtrack on youtube a lot. For games where I actually listen to the music in game, the Darkest Dungeon has the best soundtrack (and audio in general, with the narrator and awesome sound effects for all attacks). The music changes depeding on light level and changes in combat, and every dungeon and boss fight has their own music. Once it gets totally dark the music really gets going. [This is “Combat in the Ruins”.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzozKEl_r7s&list=PLGOvv8Bziniqak1ebzd6njY9S27GdxPRL&index=7) ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/5 "2015-11-15T03:27:23Z")
I liked the original Halo soundtrack, but I think my perception was affected by “new/shiny” syndrome. Brand new Xbox (first console I’d ever owned and I’d never had a decent gaming PC) and Halo was the first game I played on it. Everything seemed cool and glorious. Subsequent games, I liked the closing credits song from Portal and the one from the iPad version of The Walking Dead. They both stood out enough that I purchased them. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/6 "2015-11-15T10:35:43Z")
Metroid Prime, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and Sonic Adventure were all extraordinary. As was Final Fantasy X, especially the Mount Gagazet theme, which really drove home the point of snowy isolation. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/7 "2015-11-15T12:47:13Z")
…The Last Ninja soundtrack. Composed by Ben Dalglish, released back in 1987. Decades later I still find myself humming "The Wastelands" to myself. (My favourite song goes to [“War, never been so much fun”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiYuq6Ac3a0) from Cannon Fodder and [“Into the Wonderful”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ88pZWbE2Q) from Gods.) ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/8 "2015-11-15T13:12:34Z")
_Civilizations IV_ and _V_ have great soundtracks but they probably exclude themselves on the basis that they are mostly made up of pre-existing classical music and world music pieces. _Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas_ has excellent funk, reggae, hip-hop, rap and country radio-station selections but, again, they weren’t composed for the game. I’m fond of the _Professor Layton and the Curious Village_ soundtrack, but perhaps my favourite individual piece of music composed specifically for a game is from _Sim City 4_ - the jazzy “[Urban Underground](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmwScE2JgwA)”. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/9 "2015-11-16T05:51:37Z")
[Donkey Kong Country](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV2qiy1zaIc) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/10 "2015-11-17T15:45:19Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …The Last Ninja soundtrack. Composed by Ben Dalglish, released back in 1987. > > Decades later I still find myself humming "The Wastelands" to myself. > > (My favourite song goes to [“War, never been so much fun”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiYuq6Ac3a0) from Cannon Fodder and [“Into the Wonderful”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ88pZWbE2Q) from Gods.) Funny enough, that was the first one to come to mind. In keeping with the 8-bit days, I also liked the soundtrack from “Auf Wiedersehen Monty” (which was Dalglish and Rob Hubbard) as well as “Monty on the Run” by just Rob Hubbard. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/11 "2015-11-17T16:34:02Z")
For my money, the best soundtrack in any video game is Super Adventure Island. In fact, I’m going to go listen to it, right now. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/12 "2015-11-17T16:36:52Z")
metal gear solid games have great soundtracks I have mgs and mgs2 soundtrack on compact disc ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/13 "2015-11-17T17:00:07Z")
I neglected to mention my favourite game soundtrack: _Minecraft_ by C418, aka Daniel Rosenfeld, with its almost Debussy-like tinges. (And my selections have divulged my partiality to vibraphones, metallophones and glockenspiels). ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/14 "2015-11-17T17:16:51Z")
Going old school, I still listen to music from the driving game Outrun even though I haven’t played it in like 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/15 "2015-11-17T17:24:26Z")
Interplay’s Lord of The rings Tetris Classic. on PC Speaker (no bloody sound card). Got chills just remembering the first one. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/16 "2015-11-17T17:58:29Z")
I suppose a game using real radio-played songs is out? So much for the Grand Theft Auto series. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/17 "2015-11-17T18:40:37Z")
I’m sure it’s not m favorite, but the theme from [Robocop on the original Gameboy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhZBDNQ3gas) had no reason to be so good. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/18 "2015-11-17T19:12:32Z")
World of Warcraft, which has different background music in different zones (and different times of day), is sometimes quite listenable. My favorite is the daytime theme for Sholazar Basin in Northrend, “[Garden of Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bFof6GeW1Q)” ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/19 "2015-11-17T19:37:53Z")
The Tetris theme song is derived from the nineteenth-century Russian folk song “[Korobeiniki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korobeiniki)” (in case anyone wasn’t aware). ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587/20 "2015-11-17T19:44:42Z")
The Sierra games also did pretty amazing things with PC speaker BEEP BOOP music. I can still hum the themes to Space Quest and Manhunter. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soundtrack-from-video-games/737587.md?page=2)