There was a thread from the old Off-Topic forums on BSN last year that suddenly crossed my mind. I thought I'd bring it back as it was neat to have it, if nothing else for viewing people's favorite soundtrack and be inspired to check out something new or be memorized by tracks you haven't heard in while.
Basically, list your favorite tracks from any video game soundtrack you know. I'll start with mine.
Metal Gear Solid 1-3 & Peace Walker
Metal Gear Solid 2 probably had the most solid soundtrack out of them all next to 3
It generally consisted of neat blues, jazzy tunes that neat fit with that eerie atmosphere of the Big Shell.
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Best is Yet to Come-
Strut A Pump Room (Dat bass)-
Tanker Incident (Alert Phase -- Best Alert Phase)-
Debriefing-
Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday-
Snake Eater-
Heaven's Divide_____________________________________________________________________
Silent Hill Series, specifically 1-4 (Akira Yamaoka) -- Yamaoka is a master and he made the soundtrack as great as it was. There are so many I love so I'll just name a few.
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Promise-
From The Lost Days-
Theme of Laura-
Heaven's Night-
Alone in the Town-
Melancholy Requiem_____________________________________________________________________
Persona series - Shoji Meguro is one of a kind; Blending everything from rock to jazz, hip-hop tunes, blues and even J-pop and still manages
to capture almost any raw emotion of the youthful spirit that is series -- Ultimately resulting in an excellent soundtrack. Always.
Once again I'll just name a few that I loved.
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Burn My Dread-
Master of Tartarus -
Living with Determination (Dorm)-
A Sky Full of Stars-
I'll Face Myself-
You in Wonderland-
Time to Make History-
Corridor-
The Almighty-
The Battle For Everyone's Souls_____________________________________________________________________
The Longest Journey & Dreamfall -- Simon Poole & other composers created the themes for these great adventure games
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Dreamfall Theme-
Marcuria and the Northlands-
Storytime_____________________________________________________________________
Hitman series -- Jesper Kyd is excellent and I remember his tracks for Blood Money the most
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Rocky Mountains-
Night Time in New Orleans-
Vegas________________________________________________________________________
Psychonauts -- Peter McConnell's blues-sounding guitar accords of Camp Whispering Rock was sold me
Along with anything else about this game. At times, it reminded me a bit of the Sly Cooper soundtrack which was neat.
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Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp-
A Mind of Bauhaus Principles-
Asylum of a Bygone Age________________________________________________________________________
Knights of the Old Republic 2 -- It was one of the first western-RPGs I got into at the time since I was a fan of Star Wars
It felt so unlike John Williams, so unlike Star Wars, there was a neat atmosphere to it, and yet.. it still sounded like Star Wars
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Rebuilt Jedi Enclave-
Peragus Mining Facility (This was one was my favorite due to the atmosphere it creates for the abandoned mining facility - Love it)-
Dantooine-
Valley of the Dark Lords_____________________________________________________________________
BioShock series -- The first game had some very memorable ones it was also the stronger of them all -- Best atmosphere
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Cohen's Masterpiece-
Welcome to Rapture-
Dancers on a String_____________________________________________________________________
Kingdom Hearts series -- This franchise has pretty much sold itself with its music
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Cavern of Remembrance-
Deep Anxiety-
The 13th Struggle-
Organization XIII-
Halloween Town (ak.a. best Disney World in all the games)-
Dearly Beloved (KH2 version)____________________________________________________________________
Sly Cooper series -- Specifically the second game
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Paris-
Wine Cellar-
Prison-
Contessa's Castle___________________________________________________________________
The Witcher 2 -- The game had a neat soundtrack going for it with that Eastern European feel to it
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Blue Mountains-
A Tavern at the Riverbank-
Flotsam at Sunrise__________________________________________________________________
Valkyria Chronicles
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A Moment of Relief-
Battle-
Chronicles of the Gallian War-
Desperate Fight (Love this one)-
Farewell and Tears _____________________________________________________________________
Yakuza Series - One of my favorite gaming franchises has a few tracks I really ended up liking
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Broken Police Radio (My favorite )-
For Who's Sake- Make Me a Lady (Really liked this for some reason hah)
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For Faith-
Outlaw's Lullaby (Dat Norihiko Hibino)_____________________________________________________________________
Bayonetta 1 & 2 Probably my favorite action games alongside God Hand and DMC
- Moon River (Climax Mix)
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Gates of Hell -
Fly Me To The Moon (Climax)-
Tomorrow is Mine-
Mysterious Destiny_____________________________________________________________________
NieR
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Song of the Ancients Devala-
Grandma-
Gods Bound by Rules