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[SonicVolcano]

Outlaws (PC) from 1997

Lots of sounds are from Roland keyboards. I had a Roland keyboard for many years and instantly recognised all the sounds and sound effects.





This game deserves a proper remaster. Add in all those extra stuff and I'm a happy man.

 

[ethomaz]

Recently.

Death Stranding.

 

[MisterBrimstone]

Persona 5 GOTY soundtrack.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[bumleforce]

Witcher 3
All halos
God of war all of them
nier automata
metal gear solid 2
vagrant story
xenogears
mass effect all of them
skyrim
final fantasy 4 5 6 7 8 9
gears 4
Einhander
far cry 5
every Doom game
metroid prime
kotor

 

[Inglebard]

Hooboy, here we go. I'm going to leave some out to try and keep this list short enough to remain readable!

Monty on the Run (c64)
Commando (C64)
Contra and Super C (NES)
Castlevania (NES) - all three
Golvellius (SMS)
Wonderboy 3: The Dragon's Trap (SMS, Dragon's Curse on TG16 sounds better though!)
MUSHA (Genesis)
Alisia Dragoon (Genesis)
ThunderForce III (Genesis)
Shining Force II (Genesis)
YS III (I like the Genesis soundtrack better than the TG CD or SNES versions)
Ys Book I and II (Turbo CD) mainly book II
Final Fantasy IV and VI (SNES)
Castlevania IV and Drac X (SNES)
Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Shadow of the Beast (Amiga)
Turrican II (Amiga)
Terminator CD (Sega CD)
Lunar II (Sega CD)
Shining Force CD (Sega CD)
Skeleton Warriors (Saturn/PSX)
Shining Force III - mainly parts 2 and 3 (Saturn)
Astal (Saturn)
Panzer Dragoon (Saturn) - mainly the opening and ending music, but in game is good
Castlevania Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn)
Final Fantasy VII and IX (PSX)
Undertale (Various)
FTL (various)
Octopath Traveller (Switch and PC)
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Various)
Hollow Knight (Various)

...and many more!

 

[Kupfer]

One of the best soundtracks imo is from Extreme G. I played the game like 20 years ago but still got the soundtrack present.

There's nothing more spreading 90's vibes like this.

[Edit]
And F-Zero + F-Zero X of course

Just listen to it, so pushing. Further.Faster.Better

 

[nikolino840]

Started coffee talk (was free on gold)
Love the soundtrack

 

[sublimit]

We're likely all familiar with how great the OSTs are from other popular composers like Nobou Uematsu and Koji Kondo, but can you guys share any other tracks that are not, shall we say, mainstream?

Armored Core games all have great soundtracks and they are all very underatted. Kota Hoshino is a very talented composer.
Here are some examples:

 

[TintoConCasera]

I'm a sucker for Shin Megami Tensei battle themes:







They're just too good. Hope SMT V delivers too.

 

[killatopak]

Recently came across Under Night in Birth.

 

[Mr Branding]

I'll list the obvious ones:

SOTC
Okami
BOTW
Folklore
Tsushima
GTA 4
Witcher 3
AssCreed 2
Oblivion/Skyrim
Red Deads

 

[Hudo]

From the top of my head:

The Command & Conquer games
Dune 2000
The Age of Empires games (and Age of Mythology)
Re-Volt
Burning Rangers
Daytona USA
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Brigador
The Etrian Odyssey games
Persona games + Persona Q games
Streets of Rage 1 + 2
The Final Fantasy games
The Dragon Quest games
The Mana games
Chrono Trigger
R-Type Leo
Turrican 1 + 2
Nier and Nier Automata
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Link to the Past and Skyward Sword
The Super Mario games
Kirby Super Star
Wizardry V for the FM Towns
Ys I + II (the other Falcom games don't do anything for me, I am sorry)
Actraiser
Akumajou Densetsu (the Japanese Castlevania had the VRC6 soundchip)

 

[jigglet]

RED ALERT SERIES

 

[GametimeUK]

There's this little game called Hotline Miami y'all are forgetting to mention.

 

[zaanan]

Descent 2 soundtrack is the GOAT

 

[Games of Today]

- Afrika on PS3 by Wataru Hokoyama, this man did not have to go that hard for this game but the soundtrack is purely mind blowing!
- Uncharted soundtracks, 1 through 3 by Greg Edmonson, to me these are probably the best soundtracks in gaming, in my opinion Henry Jackman blew it with Uncharted 4.
- God of War 2018 by Bear McCreary, the opening reveal of Kratos is incredible, gave me goosebumps.
- Ghost of Tsushima by Shigeru Umebayashi, you really feel the atmosphere in this soundtrack and become absorbed in the world.
- The Last Guardian by Takeshi Furukawa is an honorable mention, especially because that game made me cry like a little girl at the end.
- Days Gone by Nathan Whitehead, very emotional, really puts you in the mood to explore that world.

 

[Dark Oni]

-FF7, FF9 & FF10
-Baten kaitos
-valkyrie profile 1&2
-xenoblade
-octopath traveler

some others i'm forgetting

 

[INC]

Heavenly sword

 

[p_xavier]

Gris was prolly my fave of this gen soundtrack.

 

[Guilty_AI]

The Touhou series soundtrack is probably more popular than the games themselves:

 

[Alphagear]

Happy to see a fellow gamer consider Chrono Cross as their Favourite game soundtrack ever.

Personally I don't think anything comes close.

Other great soundtracks imho -

Einhander
Vagrant Story
Xenogears
Chrono Trigger
Streets of rage 1 and 2
Thunderforce 4
Super Castlevania
Radiant Silvergun
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Legend of Mana
NIER Automata

 

[Esca]

First games that come to my mind are Jet Grind Radio and Jet Set Radio Future

 

[Chankoras]

Pixel junk side scroller

Gran Turismo

 

[Neolombax]

I've always loved Okami's soundtrack. I'm not really a soundtrack person, so there's only 1 that I really like and bother listening to outside of playing the game.

 

[CitizenX]

Hotline Miami

 

[Tahj]

So much great music listed. Looking forward to finding new favorites.

I've played so much Borderlands 3, I think I've memorized every song & there is a bloody boatload of great music... Michael McCann (Deus Ex: Human Revolution/Mankind Divided) has so many fantastic tracks, & Jesper Kyd is always great. Finishing Move Inc. also knocked it out of the park, particularly on the Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite & the Revenge of the Cartels tracks. A few other composers/artists are also within the catalog. Anyway, some favorites:


(Michael McCann) - Atlas HQ - Attacked




(Jesper Kyd) - Main Menu (Day)




(Finishing Move Inc.) - Wotan Awakens

 

[NanaMiku]

My holy trinity
Anything by Gust Sound Team


Anything by Basiscape


Keiki Kobayashi

 

[Patterson]

I loved the soundtrack from the Xenosaga series.

 

[NanaMiku]

I loved the soundtrack from the Xenosaga series.

I wish Yuki Kajiura wrote more song for video game. Xenosaga series was her last game she wrote.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Gravity rush 1 and 2

The last of us Part 2

 

[SnapShot]

Mirror's Edge Catalyst OST is underrated