Here are some top game music across different platforms: arcade, PC, and NES.
Here are some top game music across different platforms: arcade, PC, and NES.
Hello everybody, I hope I'm not going OT here. I was thinking about the many times I got hooked to some videogame themes over the years. So here's my question to you: what are the best in-game soundtracks according to your experience? It can be a proper song, a hook, a theme or just a background track. My personal picks: ARCADE: - Tokio Scamble Formation - Bubble Bobble - Super Mario Bros - Out Run - Hang-On - Pac Man - Ghosts N' Goblins NES: - Castlevania - The Legend Of Zelda - Metroid PC: - Doom (nearly every track is a killer but I'll go with Doom II's " Into Sandy's City ") - Quake II (" Descent Into Cerberon ") - Lords Of The Realm II ( 3 of 5 "scroll themes" , however the whole OST is great) - The Elder Scrolls theme (" Morrowind ", " Oblvion ", " Skyrim ") - Gothic 3 (a great soundtrack, i find " Welcome to Varant " the most interesting part) - Might And Magic VII (" main menu ") - Duke Nukem 3D (" theme ") There would be many others but I'll leave it to you!
My top picks cover all the games I've ever played (except maybe GTA Vice City where the music feels authentic). Here are some highlights: Halo 3, ODST, Halo Reach—call me simple, but ODST is truly incredible.
Halo is quite enjoyable overall. Minecraft is also among my top picks.
Fallout 4 features a track that some call "fuck around and do stupid shit," while Skyrim offers a sound that truly stands out.
I was about to jump in & say "Halo" but you beat me to it. Steve Vai and his successors are phenomenal! Doom also is amazing. Classic & 2016. I don't remember Doom 3's and never played Doom 2. Though 1993 is mostly just rip offs of famous artists, it's still good. Other than that, nothing stands out as good. Only Iconic. Gears of war Bwahs, Mario 1-1, Some Zelda songs. World of Warcraft, Fallout 3/NV & Elder scrolls themes are iconic but not really songs to listen to imo. Fun fact, the guy that wrote Elder Scrolls Underscores also wrote the music for the original Dawn of War games.