For me, its gotta be Snake Eater for metal gear solid 3.

it sets up the game perfectly, and is different from the first two game themes, since it is based in the sixties.

I am not sure of one single song. But I love the Mechwarrior 2 and Quake 2 soundtracks. When I used to gamemaster pen and paper RPGs, I used to play them for background music.

Definately Megadeth's Duke Nukem Theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH_nBJyBFzg


(or if you prefer...)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccWrbGEFgI8



I was going to post that a third time with a Fallout 3 background, but instead will post a completely diff fave game song:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCb3pUCswWU


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Still gotta be the gentle music of Morrowind for me. I still relax to the MW soundtrack on occasion to be honest.

There is alot of great music in games. I really like the music of Morrowind and Oblivion, but I think i would say Nobuo Uematsu is my favorite composer. The Final Fantasy games have superb soundtracks, maybe especially number 6, I like the opera.
The Black Mages Performing Darkness and Starlight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiF15XUNFH4
I also own the piano sheet music for FFVII and Chrono Trigger, it is my favorite music to play on the piano .

edit: @Tellie: I also like Megadeth

I really like the one from Peace Walker; Heaven's Divide.

Then there's the Halo theme (of any variation really), although I also have a big soft spot for Finish the Fight. It's just a good theme to start the last game of the trilogy off with.

Otherwise, uh... CASTLEVANIA, YEAH!

Halo has some great music, but I think Red Dead Redemption made the best use of music in a game that I have ever seen. This scene just blew me away when I played it. This song was played during the credits.

Many games have so good music. Deus Ex is still haunting me (in the good way ) and I cannot get enough of Morrowind´s and Oblivion´s music.

And when it comes to NES games, many of them had great music! My favorite game music from the NES library include Mega Man, Shadowgate, Bobble Bubble, Batman, Super Mario Bros 2, Wizards and Warriors and of course Legend of Zelda. I also have to mention Mr Gimmick but that game had a much more advanced sound chip than the rest of the games.

Road to Masyaf from Assassins Creed.

Pretty epic!

I am a big fan of Lindsey Stirling doing Assassin's Creed.

It is! I fell in love with it.


I remember her doing the Skyrim one, but the Assassin's Creed III song she did is amazing. Such a lovely voice!

The song that plays during "The Final Run" scene in the original Halo game still does it for me. I love that game so much.

I can't help but feel slightly outraged that, so far on this thread, nobody has mentioned the absolutely wonderful Miracle of Sound, who's entire portfolio of music revolves around video games and a few movies. Criminal, I say, criminal!

Aside from Miracle of Sound, my favourite videogame music tracks are:

Darren Korb's soundtrack for Bastion
Songs to Test By, composed by the Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory to serve as the soundtrack for Portal 2
Jack Wall's Suicide Mission, from Mass Effect 2
Michael McCann's Icarus, from the Deus Ex: Human Revolution soundtrack
TEARS, by Health, from Max Payne 3's OST
Vortal Combat, from Half Life 2's soundtrack (Sector Sweep and Last Legs are pretty damn good too)
And special mention must, of course, go to Jeremy Soule's Dragonborn, a track so manly it will put hairs on your chest.


And yes, as you might have guessed, I own a lot of video game OSTs. That isn't even getting into the movie ones I have as well...

Edit: I also really, really love linking things too

"Kiss Me Sunlights" by Heart of Air, for the ZOE theme, and the theme music for Vagrant Story are 2 that spring immediately to mind.
Obv. there's "Auriel's Ascension" and "Minstrel's Lament" for you know what by you know who. These are two of the single most gorgeous pieces of music for anything ever and I would be quite happy to have them played at my funeral.
Repeatedly.

OOoooh, tell you a game song that I really like...The song they used as the intro theme to Gran Turismo 5...

It's called Planetary...Byyyy...Oh...Who was it now? ...Urm ...

My Chemical sommatorother... ...

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Excellent song!!...

I do rather like that...

I have nooo idea what you´re talking ´bout

I have always been a huge fan of the Mechwarrior 2 Soundtrack. Back in my tabletop RPG days I used to play that for mood music while we gamed, along with the LOTR soundtacks, and other instrumental pieces.

Blur-Song 2 from Fifa '02.

WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

WTG mALX! I knew someone would post the Cliffracer Song!

I love that song, lol.

That guy is one of my favourite NPCs in the game.

on the spoiler section, Great payback! Hes one of my favorites too! (Aldos Othran) - I've been trying to make him my "town drunk" in a mod (I made) that adds a village in Black Marsh. He's not up and running yet, his AI package still needs work. He's supposed to slump in the pews of the chapel snoring loudly during the weekly service. (The service is Mankar Camoran giving his Mythic Dawn speech at the chapel once per week). Still haven't gotten the bugs worked out of Mankar yet either, haven't had time to work on the mod since last August.

When I get it done it will be a fun village. Todd Howard lives there and becomes the player's follower, I've got Todd's actual voice for his NPC - and he is working well so far (knocks on wood).

Seems like you´re quite the modder, mALX

Actually most of my mods are weird, nothing anyone would download if I posted them (I've only made mods I would like to play with, lol).

1. A rude fishing pole that mocks you if you aren't fishing properly
2. A mouse follower with a terrible temper that has over 20 unique squeaks (it is a rodent form of Vilja, he squeaks as he's following you as if he's grumbling the whole way).

3. That village.
a. There is a treasure hidden on the Player owned property in the village, but the village is full of traps you may find while searching for the treasure. (the player has to figure his way out of them). One trap ends you in a sunken tower you have to escape; another drops you from an extreme height (the falling trap from the Thieves guild "Ultimate Heist - still working the bugs out of it); three take you to different (and progressively harder) Oblivion worlds where you fight Arena matches with Daedra (still trying to make it so the Player can't leave till they've beaten the 3 Daedra there), etc.

b. If you find Todd Howard he becomes your follower.
c. The NPC's acting as "guest speakers" in the chapel will all have familiar faces and dialogue, (example Mankar Camoran) - there is a different one per day. (still working the glitches out of that)
d. The town drunk (still working out the glitches, can't get him to slump in the pew and snore loudly; and still transferring his dialogue to the clone NPC - but he WILL sing the Cliffracer song!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCb3pUCswWU

4. A training academy for assassins and mercenaries that features my gorgeous version of Eyja.


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mALX learned modding from Sheogorath!


Great stuff there actually. Well, more fun maybe than great, but that in itself is great

Lol, they are fun for me at least, lol. My favorite trap in the whole game was falling down from Ocato's chambers to the sewers - and that is the only trap that isn't working well, lol. Well, other than Mehrunes Dagon, I tried to have the player fight him in the 3rd Oblivion realm and he crashed my Construction Set and game, plus all the mods I had going at the time. Had to give up on that idea, lol.

Soviet Connection-Michael Hunter(Gets better at 1:50).

Second version, loading screen.

The Tetris song is a must listen!

Also SMB 1

Skyrim!

Jeremy Soule - Secunda

Wow, that's not an easy question to answer. I reckon games have way better soundtracks than movies so there are alot of good ones to choose from.

The Morrowind title is obviously one piece that comes to mind but honestly, I'm gonna have to say that I enjoy From Past to Present from the Skyrim soundtrack more. It gives me a soothing feel like like no other soundtrack.

I also remember in 2009 when Assassin's Creed 2 came out. For me, that was the most anticipated game of the year and I remember how I pretty much spent an entire weekend playing it when it first came out. Whenever I hear this soundtrack I immediately think back to those times.

Another good Fifa song this time from this years,Fifa 13 is Bastille's song Pompeii.

Forgot about these two that I've loved since LittleBigPlanet came out all that time ago...

Battles - Atlas

Café Tacvba - Volver a Comenzar (This is the shorter version than is in the game...)...

Mega Man - Cut Man

Mega Man 2 - Dr Wily stages

Mega Man 3 - Spark Man, Top Man, Magnet Man

Ducktales 2

Scotland theme

Bermuda theme

End theme

This is why Skyrim is my favorite in the series .

This is the best rendition of Prelude to Adventure in the entire Ys series.

These are hands down Khajiit's favorite tunes in gaming. No other tunes have left quite the impression on this one that these have.

Bloody Tears- Super Castlevania IV
This song went along almost perfectly with the level it was played in. The level was the clock tower and Khajiit feels this song has an epic "ancient" kind of feel while still retaining the "gothic" sound.

Simon's Theme- Super Castlevania IV
This song was for the first level and it perfectly set the tone for the rest of the game.

Gerudo Valley- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Khajiit just loves this tune! His favorite song in his favorite segment of the game!

This in the comments section nearly made me destroy my keyboard with a mouthful of strong tea . . .

Dalton Jenkins3 months ago
This song is the biggest mood whiplash in Skyrim. I'm minding my own business, travelling to my next destination, and suddenly DRAGON! Now I'm annoyed and everything, but as soon as this theme kicks in, I'm screaming Unrelenting Force IRL at my monitor while I OBLITERATE THE LEGENDARY DRAGONS AND CLAIM MY BIRTHRITE AS DOVAKHIIN!

Totally made my day!!

Glory of Cyrodiil

I haven't even gotten into Oblivion all that much, but man....I love this song. I always turn it up when it comes on.

Two of the best tracks in that game besides the cave and waterfall level .



Noice video.

Super Castlevania IV is chock full of awesome tunes! Khajiit likes the two you mentioned and his third favorite is The Treasury.

I thought the final song in Helllade: Senua's Sacrifice was pure awesome! It started in the middle of the last, impossible boss fight. After all the emotional trial of the game, it lifted me up and made me feel anything was possible. Even surviving a trip to Hel.

I put a few of these in the Now Listening To thread, but here are some extra ones:

Half-Life: Vague Voices (if not my favorite ever, it is extremely close)

Half-Life 2: Vortal Combat and Sector Sweep

Quake 2: Descent into Cerberon

TESV: Skyrim: Kyne's Peace

TESIV: Oblivion: Peace of Akatosh

TESIII: Morrowind: Peaceful Waters and Blessing of Vivec

Painkiller: Cathedral (just heard for the first time today since I am going through Painkiller now, and it's a rad tune)

Divine Divinity: Tangible Suspense

Wolfenstein 3D: P.O.W.

I can't pick a favorite from Unreal, my all-time favorite soundtrack. Damn, it's so good.

Some others that I can't think of off the top of my head.