Best Videogame Soundtracks

[GiG]

As I consider a soundtrack veeery important for a game, a movie, a cartoon or whatever, and with the suggestion given by the Skeezix about the best convertions from movies, I'd like to know which videogames (original) soundtracks you love best! I maybe love hundreds soundtracks, but I'll try to list only the best ones.

Let's start! And remember, ORIGINAL soundtracks!

Warhawk (PSX)
JetMoto (PSX)
Outlaws (PC)
Warcraft 2 (PC)
Slave Zero (PC)
Alien Trilogy (PSX)
Alien 3 (Genesis)
DooM 1-2 (PC, old SoundBlasters quality, 3DO)
Rastan (arcade ^_^)
Secret of Mana (SNES)
Final Fantasy 6 (SNES)
Final Fantasy 7 (PSX)
Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Chrono Cross (PSX)
Motorhead (PC)
Gargoyles Quest (GB)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
Thunderforce 5 (PSX)
Cyberspeed (PSX)
Sapphire (PCE)
CastlevaniaS (...)
Nights (Saturn)
Command & Conquer (PC)
Halo (XBox)
Parappa the Rapper (PSX)
Bubble Bobble (arcade ^_^) - the one!
R-Type (arcade) - the first level
Axelay (SNES) - Colony level
Zelda a Link to the past (SNES)
Street Fighter 2 (...)
Fatal Fury Special (NeoGeoCD)
King of Fighters '94 etc (NeoGeoCD)
Parodius (arcade etc) - in some way not original, but.... let's consider it original :lol:
Rayman (PSX)
DieHard Trilogy (PSX)
Double Dragon (arcade)
Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck in World of Illusion (Genesis)
Wipeout (PSX) even if only partially original.
Toshinden 1-2 (PSX)
Tetris (arcade, GB)
Super Mario Bros (...)
Super Mario 64 (N64)
Ragnarok Online (PC)
Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
Elemental Gearbolt (PSX)
Puzzle Bobble 1-2 (arcade)
Raiden (arcade)
Twin Cobra (arcade)
Truxton 2 (arcade)
Sega Rally (...)
Samurai Shodown 2 (NeoGeoCD)
Stormlord (PC-Amiga) - intro music
Lemmings (PC)
Xenon2 (PC-Amiga) - Bomb The Bass!


I will add others later B)

 

[mrdark]

Damn, there's too many. Final Fantasy 4, 6, and 7. Metal gear Solid. Castlevania anything but part 2 and 3 especially. Pretty much anything Zelda. Mega Man 2 and 3. It goes on and on!

 

[tekt5]

Resident Evil 4
Crono Trigger
Mega Man X(1-3)
Pokemon Red/Blue (sorry but it truley was the catchiest GB music I've ever heard)
Super Mario Bros (a true classic)
Wave Race: Blue Storm

 

[Empyre]

R-Type - Title Music (Amiga)
LED Storm (Amiga)
Cannon Fodder (Amiga)
Bloood Money (Amiga)
Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters (Amiga)
Aunt Arctic Adventure (Amiga)
IK+ (Amiga)
Wipeout 2097 (PSX)
Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast)
Tetris (Gameboy)

Waaay too many to list em all, mostly amiga tho.

 

[GiG]

Original only, otherwise I could add games like GTA 3-Vice City, Burnout 3, Need for SpeedS etc...

No, original only, please

 

[Goemon4]

i liked all of the thps game soundtracks, also (as already mentioned) final fantasy 7, 8, 10 and 10-2 also morrowinds soundtrack (which was great) and marathon 2 (that song in the main menu to me was pretty good)

 

[Cyclops]

Last Blade cos its how soundtracks should be
elite(and it really shouldn't be)
I have no mouth but I must scream
red dead revolver
cool spot

To be honest these are the ones that stick in my mind.

 

[The Moose]

Simply Put, best is Mystical Ninja 64

Final Fantasy 3 (or 6)
FF 7
Sonic Adventure
Metal Slug 4 isnt bad either

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

chrono trigger

and i LOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVED Metal gear solid 2

 

[jcbnetwork]

MegaMan 2 for the NES

 

[Julius]

Some of the above, but Aleste on the Genesis is one of my all time favorites also.

 

[Alpha2]

My list:

(NES)
Blaster Master
Zanac
Mario Bros. 2
Megaman 2
Star Voyager (only 2 songs but very cool sounding)
Contra
LifeForce (the TG16/PCE version is preobably just as good though I've never gotten to hear it all)

(SNES)
Space Megaforce/Super Alest
Operation: Logic Bomb
Cybernator/Assault Suit Valken
Axelay
FF3/FF6

(Gen/MD)
Ristar
Revenge of Shinobi
ShadowDancer
Ghostbusters
Ranger X/X Ranza
Thunderforce 3 (or any of them really)

(TG16/PCE)
Blazing Lazers/Gunhed
Soldier Blade
Cybercore
Motoroader
Veigues Tactical Gladiator

I'm choosing not to add CD games Gates of Thunder on the Turboduo since most have the advantage of just being able to record real music. Chip based music has to overcome more to be awesome.

 

[x68000]

midnight resistance - megadrive
side pocket 2 - saturn
shadow of the beast - amiga/pc engine super cd
strider - pc engine super cd
ghouls 'n ghosts - super famicom/x68000
gradius 1/2/3/4/5 - various
grand monster slam - amiga
rockstar ate my hampster - amiga
layer section - saturn
christmas nights - saturn
outrun - arcade
castlevania 4 - super famicom
dracula x - x68000
super shinobi - megadrive
mcdonaldland adventure - megadrive
turbo flying hat - megadrive
super adventure island - super famicom

 

[mrpig]

Anything by Alistair Brimble on the Amiga, ie the Alien Breed games etc. The original Chaos Engine music was great as well including the way the tempo changed as you got near the end of the level!

 

[Jarska333]

Chrono Cross. Well, anything by Mitsuda-san.
Dune II. Klepacki's other soundtracks are nice, aswell.
Tactics Ogre. YmohS rulez, OK?

 

[TwoHeadedBoy]

-Sonic the Hedgehog 2 & 3 on the Megadrive, also Sonic & Knuckles
-Cruis'n USA on the N64
-Rocket Knight Adventures
-Dynamite Headdy
-Mick & Mack in Global Gladiators
-Sonic Adventure 1 & 2
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the NES
-Aladdin on the Megadrive
-Power Stone
-Puzzle Bobble Mini (Neo Geo Pocket)
-Konami Krazy Racers on Game Boy Advance
-Earthworm Jim (and more so, Earthworm Jim 2)
There's probably more y'know...

 

[azurege]

Halo 1 and 2 for me.
The Panzer Dragoon series on the Saturn.

 

[Hokutoy]

I love Streets of Rage 2 & Elemental Master on genesis.

 

[Ringo]

I completely agree that the soundtrack of games are VERY important for the entire game experience.
I've found that most "good" games from my childhood has been totally distorted by the fact that the music was so captivating and mood-setting, that the gameplay apparently didn't have anything to say

Mind you - my childhood game-memories are from Commodore 64, which pretty much was MASTER of game-music in the 80'es. Most of the music from the arcade-versions doesn't top the soundtrack on the C64-versions.

Many of the games I spent most of my childhood on, I didn't even know what I was supposed to do in... Most of those I still don't :lol:
- But the music just plainly set the mood...

Games I played a lot without figuring them out:
- Death or Glory
- Enigma Force
- The Last V8
- Master of Magic
(I even found this SCARY... and you don't see anything)
- Time soldier (or something can't really remember)
- Death Wish 3

Games I played a lot - But was to unforgivingly hard for me to get anywhere:
- Forbidden Forrest (gave me nightmares)
- Captured
- Airwolf (well - hardly original... it was the theme from the show)
- Monty on the Run
- Aufwiedersehen Monty

That's all I can remember just on top of my head - But my point hopefully came through: - A good soundtrack can hide all flaws B)

 

[Jaw]

best soundtrack ever = sega touring cars (arcade/saturn)
the arcade game is good, saturn version is crap.