# What game has your favorite soundtrack? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 29, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694 "2009-04-29T02:40:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/21 "2009-05-01T01:52:41Z")
Jet Set Radio and Jet Set Radio Future. Both had crazy-ass mashups of electronic, hip-hop, indie and j-pop. Kind of “Candy Urban”, if you will. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/22 "2009-05-01T01:59:28Z")
The **Metal Gear** series are the only games that have soundtracks I still listen to even when not playing the games. Particularly this (from Snake Eater)… What a thrill… With darkness and silence through the night What a thrill… I’m searching and I’ll melt into you What a fear in my heart But you’re so supreme! ---
**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:** [May 1, 2009, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/23 "2009-05-01T09:05:00Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > **Donkey Kong Country 1 & 2** –Set the standard for what could be achieved musically on the SNES. Brilliant. Yes. Fantastic stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/24 "2009-05-01T12:40:57Z")
> [@shecrab](#): > > Chrono Cross is the only game soundtrack I’ve ever purchased and which I play consistently. I love the variety of music; I just wish a lot of it was longer. I will third the mention of the game Chrono Cross. Watch the video below to get an idea what it’s like. [Chrono Cross Opening](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27-DsLJ76aA) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/25 "2009-05-01T13:00:08Z")
I haven’t played the game, but I like the music for Skullmonkeys. [Klogg is dead!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BUmv8imdH0) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/26 "2009-05-01T13:02:39Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > **Donkey Kong Country 1 & 2** –Set the standard for what could be achieved musically on the SNES. Brilliant. I have to disagree and say _Killer Instinct_ was the SNES finest musical moment. In terms of sounding good, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/27 "2009-05-01T13:48:16Z")
I recall really liking the soundtrack for Baldur’s Gate II back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/28 "2009-05-01T14:37:29Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > **Arcanum**. The soundtrack’s been freely released on the 'net, too. Seconded. If you’re into neo-industrial, **VTM: Bloodlines** licensed a lot of good tracks. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/29 "2009-05-01T14:51:07Z")
**Castlevania: Symphony of the Night**. It’s amazing. I actually bought the soundtrack BEFORE I bought the game, based on the experience from renting it. The metal band I was in back in college used to cover _Young Nobleman of Sadness_, the clock tower theme, and nobody had any idea it was a video game song. There are a couple other Iron Maidensque metal songs throughout the game. It also has great tracks with baroque (library & Final Tocatta), Strauss-esque waltz (Dance of Pales), techno (Rainbow Cemetery), acid jazz (underground lake & Wandering Ghosts–which has the most rocking harpsichord intro I’ve ever heard anywhere), and Lost Painting (reverse library) is a song I would want played at my funeral. I was never very into the credits theme though. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2009, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/30 "2009-05-02T09:29:21Z")
… **The Last Ninja** **Gods** , **Speedball II** and **Magic Pockets** by the Bitmap Brothers. **Final Fantasy 7**. **Ocarina of Time.** **Goldeneye.** Can anyone guess my age based on my selections? ---
**Author:** ![DETXL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/detxl/32/19366_2.png) [@DETXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DETXL)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/31 "2009-05-02T11:58:02Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Baba Yetu from Civ IV, as well as the modern era songs, deserve mention. For me the whole _Civilization IV_ soundtrack is nice, though nifty as _Nixon in China_ I’m partial to Dvorak and I love the version of Slavonic Dance No. 7 they use so I may be biased towards the romantic spectrum. In a completely different vein, the “Hell March” from _Red Alert_ animates me. I would like it to be part of the soundtrack of my life though I don’t really know what part. _Earth 2150_ had nice music, too, I think. And Psygnosis’s _Lemmings_ games. At the moment though I’m going to say the soundtrack for _Yoshi’s Island_ would come very close to being my favourite. It’s very listenable, to me. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/32 "2009-05-02T12:20:47Z")
I’ll vote for Myst as my all time fave. Unfortunately, playing the original is problematic as more recent installs of quicktime make it unable to run. Civ 4 has some pretty cool music too. I also like the retro music of the Fallout intros. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/33 "2009-05-02T12:48:44Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I’ll vote for Myst as my all time fave. Unfortunately, playing the original is problematic as more recent installs of quicktime make it unable to run. RealMyst runs fine for me on a fairly recent Windows Xp machine, by the way. I know it isn’t the original, but it’s a good clone of it(I liked it better than the original, actually). ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/34 "2009-05-02T18:16:32Z")
The **ToeJam and Earl** game for Sega had a pretty nifty old school hip hop sorta soundtrack. I loved it, you could just turn on the game, and leave it on as background noise… ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/35 "2009-05-02T19:16:05Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I will third the mention of the game Chrono Cross. > > Watch the video below to get an idea what it’s like. > > [Chrono Cross Opening](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27-DsLJ76aA) Here’s the opening in [English](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B97Ir8Q7e0&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/36 "2009-05-02T23:24:52Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Here’s the opening in [English](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B97Ir8Q7e0&feature=related). Wow. I didn’t even realize I linked to the Japanese one! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/37 "2009-05-03T02:22:33Z")
> [@DETXL](#): > > And Psygnosis’s _Lemmings_ games. I don’t think Psygnosis ever released a game that didn’t have a killer soundtrack (or a bad game, for that matter). ---
**Author:** ![IvanTheMute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@IvanTheMute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvanTheMute)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/38 "2009-05-03T02:35:02Z")
Put me in for dittoes to the Katamari games. I actually bought the OST’s for both Katamari Damacy and We Love Katamari. Close second, the Hitman series. I don’t know why, but the version of Ave Maria for the intro to Hitman: Blood Money is probably my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Robin\_Goodfellow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Robin\_Goodfellow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robin_Goodfellow)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/39 "2009-05-04T02:57:50Z")
I’m going to second all the Yasunori Mitsuda selections: Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, and especially **Xenogears** , which has some of my favorite tracks on it. (In fact, take a listen to [Creid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CAqKY2yvNc), one of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard; it’s on the remix soundtrack for Xenogears.) I’ve also always liked classics like Final Fantasy VI and Symphony of the Night, enough to import their soundtracks before they were readily available on the web. I’ll add a couple of modern hits to the mix, too: the music of **The World Ends With You** is an excellent selection of J-rock and electro stuff that fits the stylized world in which it’s set, and manages to sound great on the DS. Also, **Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 and 4** both have really amazing soundtracks making use of mostly very fresh music and the classic SMT themes. Only a few years back, there was an amazing streaming radio set called GamingFM which had streams sorted by era (classic, modern, and all games) with an easy registration and hourly request feature - which mostly ended up being abused to play stuff from Jet Grind Radio constantly. Still, it was a great source of soothing chiptunes and RPG music. Unfortunately, I can’t find evidence that it’s been up any later than 2006. ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-has-your-favorite-soundtrack/494694/40 "2009-05-04T05:26:10Z")
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