Gaming
From video gaming to card games and stuff in between, if it's gaming you can probably discuss it here!
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The halo theme original and mjolner mix, a walk in the woods from halo 1 . ff7 tifas theme and aeriths / aeris theme and the mass effect 3 ending theme to name a few
total annihilation
pathfinder wotr
elden ring was nice too
I love the Subnautica OST.
For me, it's Doom (2016), Battlefield 1, Hotline Miami, and Witcher 3 (even though after a 100 hours in some songs got a bit boring)
Celeste and bastion are nice as well ~
Ys Book 1&2 (Tg-16 CD) Red Dead Redemption Disco Elysium
The Maxis Sim City game has a great OST from Chris Tilton. Quite partial to Riven and Hotline Miami too.
Honourable mention for Bastion too. And sometime I like the This War of Mine acoustic guitar stuff.
Final Fantasy VII (all of them), Kingdom Hearts (all of them), Celeste and Toy Story 2 on the PS1 immediately come to mind.
Edit: Oh my god, how could I forget all of the personas, especially 3.
Final Fantasy XIV is my singular favorite, but given all its expansions that might be cheating a touch. ;) The Final Fantasy series in general tends to have great music.
Nier series, chrono trigger, Skyrim, and there are a lot of others I've liked as well, but I think that covers all my favorites. :)
Nier Automata/Replicant and Metal Gear Rising are my favourite soundtracks if not music in general. The Nier soundtrack is so emotional, especially when you know the story behind the songs, while the Metal Gear Rising Soundtrack is basically just pure adrenaline.
The first Fable game has such an amazing soundtrack. Every one of those tunes is etched into my brain. They capture the feeling of the areas they play in so well.
I think my absolute favorite that I haven't seen here is Gris. This game is absolutely beautiful as is the OST.
Star Ocean 3, Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- Super Metroid
- Every. Single. Mega Man. Game. (as the kids say: so many bangers)
- Killer Instinct
- The Zelda franchise
- Dead Cells
- Celeste
- Bloodstained ROTN
- The Castlevania franchise
- Hollow Knight
- Nier: Automata
Sorry, it's early here, I can't think of any more.
Super Mario Galaxy is the one that stuck with me. Also, I love Stardew Valley's and Ori's off the top of my head.
Galaxy theme is honestly one of my favorite pieces of music of any genre :).
The original quake soundtrack is great if "sound textures by Nine Inch Nails" interests you. Adding on to that, try the soundtracks for fan-made quake campaigns like Arcane Dimensions and Dwell.
Crypt of the Necrodancer is a classic. Also, Metal Geat Rising and, more recently, Sonic Frontiers.
Definitely the Halo games for me. I think Halo 2 would be my fav.
I also just really like the music from Sonic. Sonic Generations had a great OST.
It just has to be Undertale. I constantly keep coming back to it. Deltarune is nice too but the Undertale OST is just so good.
All the early FF soundtracks, although standouts for me are 6, 7 & 8.
Totally agree on hollow knight. Specially 'City of Tears'. Can listen to that all day.
Damn right. Especially now that its raining around here. Pure bliss
For me, Shovel Knight and Chrono Trigger tie for first, followed by Ocarina of Time and Super Mario World.
Fun fact: nearly every single song in the Super Mario World soundtrack is a variation on one single melody, so its diversity even with that constraint really showcases how cleverly it was created.
I love the chiptune aesthetic that Shovel Knight and Undertale really drove forward, they're incredibly catchy!
Off the top of my head, Hades, Outer Wilds, most Halos, Zelda of course, Alan Wake. I'm sure I'm forgetting something, oh well
Final Fantasy XIV. I'm so excited to hear what Masayoshi Soken will cook up next. Other ones to mention are Guilty Gear Strive, MegaMan X and Zero series, and The World Ends With You.
I was completely obsessed with the Final Fantasy 6 sound track as a kid and even did a playthrough with a tape recorder to make my own sound track.
Chrono Trigger is a close second.
I want to throw out an honorable mention to Dust Force, the sound track may be some of the best "get into the zone" music I've ever heard.
Crypt of the Necrodancer and Cadence of Hyrule both require me to stand, so I can bounce in time to the music with my character.
KOTOR and KOTOR 2, Mass Effect (Vigil, Leaving Earth, An End Once and For All), Hogwarts Legacy (very reminiscent of the movie scores but its own thing)
Undertale
In most games I turn off the music pretty quickly so the ones where I don't must be my favorites.
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Heroes of the Storm. Great originals and lots of reworks of favorites from other Blizzard games. I must admit that I turned it off eventually because I play better without music but I've listened to those tunes for hundreds of hours over the years.
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Crypt of the Necrodancer, which is a good thing since it's a rhythm game :)
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The Isaac and VVVVVV music fit the games really well.
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The digital version of the Ascension deckbuilding game has some really nice art and music. My favorite is the Dreamscape stuff.
Edit, almost forgot, lots of favorites from the 8-bit home computer days (Spectrum, C-64). From console Earthbound was memorable.
+1 for Hollow Knight! I've actually been loving the music for Surviving Mars. maybe a bit niche, but really nice. Especially the "official mars radio" station.