I don’t think a thread about this subject has ever been done in this forum. I did a search and there was one in Cafe Society that died last December, so rather than zombify that one, I figured I’d start one here.
So as the title says, what songs/soundtracks/styles have you enjoyed in the VG’s you’ve played?
One of my favorite songs is “Seeking Power” from Final Fantasy XII. It’s the theme music to the Paramina Rift stage (and makes a brief cameo during the last meeting Ashe has with Al Cid where it is decided that Rozarria will aid the resistance against Archadia). The haunting piano melody fits very well with the overall desolation of the Paramina Rift (pretty much nothing but snow–and enemies–as far as the eye can see) and the countermelody initiated by the French Horns and later taken over by the Oboe provides a wonderful counterpoint.
Funny this topic comes up, as I got a couple VG earworms bad enough that I had to dig out the games and play them again. The first was Actraiser (had to dl a SNES emulator and find my cruddy USB controller to play though).
The second was a classic PSX GunCon game called Elemental Gearbolt. All the music is orchestral with a choir, very grand stuff. It was a pleasure to dust off my (sweet sweet) matte black Japanese GunCon and start blowing up baddies in that one. Here aresomeexamples of the music. Anyone interested in light gun games should track down a copy. I wouldn’t suggest playing it without a GunCon and a CRT television; it would be like eating a scrumptious feast without a tongue.
I was just thinking of starting a thread like this. I think my favorite gaming soundtrack is Mega Man X, the standout from a series full of great music. The opening highway stage song and every robot master’s stage theme are absolute classics (except Sting Chameleon, that one never stuck with me for some reason), and my favorite videogame song of all time is the end credits (starts at 2:04 here)
None of them. They’re all flavors of “meh” for me, although some do stand out more than others.
For example, I don’t have to click on the Final Fantasy Prelude link a few posts up, because I’ve heard this music so many times. Meeko, that first song in that Tetris game is so bad, I didn’t even finish the first level to get to the other stuff. That’s really super crappy.
My first love is and always will be Mega Man 2. As soon as I discovered I could use MP3s for ringtones on my new phone last month, I made mine the intro screen music (specifically starting at 0:45).
Age of Empires (all of them) had great music. I also like the intro theme from Civilization Colonization(even though I hate the game itself). I hate to say this,for fear of flaming, but I love the music in the original Sims game. Sims 2 and 3 had decent music,but for some reason the shopping music in the original sims just made me happy. Please bring it back EA,because the original sims and Windows 7 don’t play well together.
Pretty much the entire soundtrack on Halo 1 & 2. Halo 3 had a great “Final chase scene” song, but overall lacked the traditional “Halo guitar/symphony” track throughout the game like it’s predecessors.
Fires of Liberation from Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is awesome. It really kicks into gear at the 2:00 mark.