Top 10 Favorite Video Game Soundtracks

[stealthrush]

^{A spin on bikingjahuty topic [link]}
What are your Top 10 Favorite Video Game Original Soundtracks?

1. Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
2. Kirby Super Star
3. Mega Man X
4. Silent Hill II
5. Super Mario Bros. 3
6. Mega Man II
7. Guilty Gear Isuka
8. Super Street Fighter II
9. Devil's Crush / Devil Crash
10. Katamari Damacy

I'm sure i'm forgetting a bunch of notable Square Enix RPG game soundtracks. But I mostly have songs from these game on rotation, some of my favorite of all-time.

[kamikazekeeg]

Don't have too many soundtracks I find myself really listening to, but it would probably one of the Guilty Gear soundtracks, since that music is super awesome, Brutal Legend because it's the greatest selection of metal songs in anything, even if it isn't original music, but it has some good original music also, and I'd maybe say Banjo-Kazooie in just terms of pure catchyness.  Can't wait for all the Grant Kirkhope music coming out for games like A Hat in Time and Yooka-Laylee lol

[fighterpilot562]

Ace Combat Series (04, 5, 0)

Fallout 3

[woahsweetgreyphix]

I love the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack. It makes the horror aspects of the game that much more scary and really draws you into the game, especially if you have decent speakers.

Chrono Trigger/Cross also have amazing soundtracks, Chrono Cross was even featured in a story on NPR!

http://www.npr.org/2012/12/10/166875717/a-classical-musicians-game-theory

[kashell]

1. SaGa Frontier
2. Final Fantasy Tactics
3. Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter
4. Tsuginai (Au Cinuit [sp])
5. Grandia III
6. Wild ARMs 2
7. Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
8. Secret of Mana
9. Romancing SaGa 3
10. Chrono Trigger

Damn, that was harder than I thought.

[amauriel]

• Persona 3
• Persona 4
• Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Sonic Adventure 2
• Chrono Trigger
• Kingdom Hearts
• Little Big Planet
• Katamari Damacy
• Gitaroo Man
• Soul Calibur II

I'm sure I'll think of others, but this is what popped into my head.

[fauxshot]

LOVE me some game OSTs. I've actually wanted to bring this topic up for one of our podcasts. Honestly, there's very few that I've really listened to (this really is hard now that I think about it), but I've been doing so a little more lately.

Here's my 10, not necessarily in any particular order:

1. Persona 4: The Golden
2. Persona 3: FES
3. Frozen Synapse Prime
4. TES: Morrowind
5. Halo 2 Soundtrack (one of the best game soundtracks ever, this coming from a non-fanboy... worth picking up!)
6. Chrono Trigger (the live band arrangement here is amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEGniXc7Xtc )
7. Donkey Kong games in general
8. Castlevania games in general
9. 999/Virtue's Last Reward
10. Fire Emblem: Awakening

Honorable mentions for TWEWY, Danganronpa, Disgaea, Anna, Deus Ex: HR, and Mass Effect.

[maximo310]

1. Final Fantasy 6
2. Pokemon B/W 2
3. Rayforce
4. Front Mission 2
5. Bravely Default
6. Battle Garegga
7. Super Mario 64
8. Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
9. Romancing Saga 2
10. Ketsui

Honorable mentions: Ibara, Armored Warriors, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Kirby Super Star/Ultra, Bahamut Lagoon

[aliensstudios]

1. DK Jamz: Donkey Kong Country Soundtrack (CD)
2. Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn)
3. Outlaws (PC)
4. Mother Soundtrack (CD)
5. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
6. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U: A Smashing Soundtrack (CD)
7. Super Mario World (SNES)
8. Bayonetta (360/PS3/Wii U)
9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
10. Out Run (Arcade)

[turom]

Damnit guys this is so hard to keep only 10! 

1. Journey
2. Ôkami
3. Genji: Dawn of the Samurai
4. Drag-on Dragoon
5. Zone of the Enders 2: The 2nd Runner
6. Panzer Dragoon series
7. Sonic CD (JP)
8. Seiken Densetsu 2
9. Final Fantasy XI
10. Catlevania: Symphony of the Night

[bikingjahuty]

First off, excellent thread topic!


1. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2. Virtua Fighter
3. Sin and Punishment
4. Final Fantasy X
5. Chrono Trigger
6. Sonic Adventure
7. Pilot Wings 64
8. Zone of the Enders
9. Shenmue 1/2
10. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

[urameshi7]

While I cheated one because I couldn't settle, I would say that these would be mine top ten in no particular order. Ironically only two of the composers on this list would probably be in my top 10 VG composers  .

Capcom 2D Fighters (Street Fighter series, Vampire series, etc.)
Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Pokemon Red/Blue/Green/Yellow
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Shovel Knight
Snatcher
Sonic Adventure 2
Wild Arms

[retroone]

10. CTR: Crash Team Racing
9. Batman Return of the Joker
8. Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
7. Castlevania Symphony of the Night
6. Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (SNES)
5. Mappy-Land
4. Shovel Knight
3. Shatterhand
2. Crypt of the Necordancer

1. Journey To Silius Nothing beats that Sunsoft bass!

Honorable Mention would be The Last of Us and Streets of Rage 2. 

[zenimus]

1. Super Metroid (SNES)
2. Salamander (PC Engine)
3. Elemental Master (GEN)
4. Castlevania 3 (Famicom version)
5. Journey to Silius (NES)
6. Final Fantasy 6 (SNES)
7. Valkyrie Profile 2 (PS2)
8. Gauntlet IV (GEN)
9. Street Fighter II (Arcade)
10. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)

1. Journey To Silius Nothing beats that Sunsoft bass!

Excellent choice! If anyone reading this hasn't heard the opening theme to this game, CHECK THIS OUT 

[abe]

Ranking these is a little tough since I'm very fond of all of them, so I'll just list them alphabetically.

Banjo Kazooie (N64)
Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES)
Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness (PS3)
Earthbound (SNES)
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Makai Kingdom (PS2)
Mega Man 3 (NES)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS3)
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (PS2)

I'm sure I've missed some awesome ones, but these are some of the most memorable or meaningful to me.