Best Video Game Soundtrack (ever)

What would you guys say is the best video game soundtrack (ever)?

There are so many, but if I had to put it down to 1, it would have to be:

Xenogears.

Even to this day, 12 years after its release, nothing has come close to this (for me).

Please state your top VG soundtrack of all time.

I think the best soundtrack is in Einhander, great techno music

Final fatnasy when Nobuo was composing it (not Leona, pissing, lewis) or MGS

FF VII had an amazing soundtrack. I just wish it had the sound quality xenogears was given (not midi, but CD quality). Crisis Core has some revamped, full orchestra FF VII remixes and they are fantastic.

Silent hill produced some of the best music I have ever heard for a game; it fits the surroundings almost too perfectly. Over all, the silent hill 2 soundtrack is good even outside of the game, to the point of me considering putting it on vinyl to get the open air static added to it while listening.

I think the best soundtrack is in Einhander, great techno music

thoraxe42

Sonic the hedgehog 2. Every time I play the game I just cant help but hum along to the music is just about every level. Awesome and VERY catchy.

I don't pay much attention to the soundtrack while playing games, but I think mass effect and afro samurai have nice soundtracks.........

Silent hill produced some of the best music I have ever heard for a game; it fits the surroundings almost too perfectly. Over all, the silent hill 2 soundtrack is good even outside of the game, to the point of me considering putting it on vinyl to get the open air static added to it while listening.

Oniresurrect

FF VII had an amazing soundtrack. I just wish it had the sound quality xenogears was given (not midi, but CD quality). Crisis Core has some revamped, full orchestra FF VII remixes and they are fantastic.

akuma_od3

On ocremix.org there are some amazing FF remixes in great quality and i agree FF VII has an amazing soundtrack. My favorite game soundtrack

Oblivion's is amazing, soothing......maccer101

lotus 2 on the amiga back in 91 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kes7RQFnzk4

rave-tastic 8)

and the secret of monkey island on the pc in 1990 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUNoJXkPVfE

awesome soundtrack 8)

Kingdom Hearts II, The World Ends With You, Megaman X.

Star Ocean The Second Story

Or

Valkyrie Profile

Motoi Sakuraba at his finest

Im so in love with you
I want to wad you up into my life
Lets roll up to be a single star in the sky

I'm going to throw up a tie between Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross.

I also really love the Final Fantasy soundtracks, but I want to give a mention of Banjo-Kazooie for being underrated in terms of music

silent hill+mgs+ffx+some of re2 were the best i had

I still listen to and love the FFVII sound track. It's one of my favourites.

But just to be different, I'm not going to pick it. I can't believe no one has said Shadow of The Colossus yet! That's my pick. Great soundtrack in that game.

anyone here just heard the mass effect 2 soundtrack? it's brilliant, i dare say it's 3 times better than the soundtrack of the 1st game. there's no song similar to m4, pt. 2, but the epicness of the soundtrack makes up for it. the soundtrack does have a darker and more sad tone to it too.

the World of Goo soundtrack is brilliant.

dunno about a definitive all time greatest, there have been so many great games with memorable sound tracks its hard to pick just 1.

Final Fantasy VI

The Decisive Battle

Terra

Shadow

Dancing Mad

CHRONO TRIGGER

Magus' Theme

World Revolution

Corridor of Time

Tyranno Lair

DONKEY KONG COUNTRY

The whole damn thing.

Those are my favourites, and are what I think to be the best video game soundtracks ever.

If there was a soundtrack composed of :

Living With Determination - Iwao To Dai version (Persona 3 - you know the dorm remix in late December)

Signs of Love - Persona 4

Magus' Theme - Chrono Trigger

Exploration - Mass Effect (thats where you are on the planet select map)

Air Man's Theme - Megaman 2

Double Dragon Theme - Double Dragon (And Super Double Dragon and River City Ransom)

Yell Dead Cell - Metal Gear Solid 2

Snake Eater - Metal Gear Solid 3

Aeris' Theme - Final Fantasy 7

Ain't No Rest for the Wicked - Borderlands (by Cage The Elephant)

Guile's Theme - Street Fighter 2

Legend of Zelda Theme - ... duh

Now that in my opinion would be some of the greatest hits in video game music.

Well, here I go typing a large list again:

Super Metroid

Megaman 2, 3, Megaman X1

Paper Mario series (basically every boss theme is great)

Golden Sun 1 and 2

Super Mario Galaxy

Super Smash Bros Brawl

No More Heroes

Sonic 2 and 3

Legend of Zelda series

Kirby Superstar

Castlevania series

Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2

Chrono Trigger

Star Ocean 2

Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time

Lufia 2

Yoshi's Island

Final Fantasy IV-X, and Dissidia

Fire Emblem: Path of radiance

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. I totally love it. Can't think of a better one...

It's gotta be Tales of Legendia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xvbDFbbQLU

While it wasn't as great as Tales of the Abyss or Tales of Symphonia, the soundtrack and cast of characters were the best.

It's gotta be Tales of Legendia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xvbDFbbQLU

While it wasn't as great as Tales of the Abyss or Tales of Symphonia, the soundtrack and cast of characters were the best.

GeoffZak

Now that you bring it up, Legendia definitely had great music. I wish I still had the game...

[QUOTE="maccer101"]Oblivion's is amazing, soothing......Zillaschool

Thirded.

I also find the World of Warcraft music really soothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmZUdotG_U4

1. Resident Evil 4: I found the music incredibly immersive: it varies from menacing, creepy, melancholic, mellow, adrenaline-pumping (mercenaries), epic and more.

2. Silent Hill (entire series): What's needed to say about the series has already been said somewhere in this thread.

3. Metroid Prime: the ambient soundtrack is phenomenal. It perfectly fits each environment you step into. The first time you stepped into Phendrana (for those who played it), you knew you didn't want to leave that place.

4. F-Zero GX: techno and rock soundtrack that you could easily put on your portable player

5. Civilization IV: You can't not mention a soundtrack that is inspired by some of the real world's civilizations (and a soundtrack spanning from past to present)

Honourable mention: Eternal Darkness. There is not a lot of music in this game, but when there is, you know something bad is gonna open.

Final Fantasy IX.

Oblivion's is amazing, soothing......maccer101

This...

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

It's the soundtrack of The Darkness.

fifa10... have it on my ipod

Final Fantasy X Music - At Zanarkand

Kingdom Hearts Ending Utada Hikaru - Simple & Clean

METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER / INTRO MOVIE (2004)

Kingdom Hearts II, The World Ends With You, Megaman X.

Megaman5364

I agree with you on the first two.

FFX's music was good. The Hymm of the Fayth I found particularly soothing.

I really dig the title screen music from Blood Bowl, something about it just puts the word "epic" in my head

Okami had a great soundtrack tooSkull007o_O