What is the best song in a game, ever?

Is it ...

Snake Eater?

Dragonborn?

Super Mario World?

Maybe, Don't Think Twice ?

Or what? What is the best song in a game, ever, SW?

You were there - Ico

Unshaken, That the way it is - RDR2

Tetris theme?

I think that would probably be disqualified as it's just an old Russian folk song.

Everyone knows there's only one correct answer. Isn't that right, Zach?

Aerith's theme.

Hands down - "Still Alive" from portal credits. :)

I still love Chrono Trigger's OST but I guess it's mostly because I love the game so much.

Frostpunk, Daemon x Machina, that song from Warframe, Guild Wars 2, Tantal Day & Night from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the whistling theme of Wild Arms, Divinity Original Sin 2. Even Star Citizen has really good music XD And of course most Nintendo games (Smash Bros Ultimate OST is insane). I think I just like game OST's in general :D

How do you pick one song.....

Eh goes relly fast.

I think this thread would be more interesting if it were just about 'vocal' tracks, with singing.

Because I stated once that singing has no place in a computer game. I've since completely changed my mind.

It was just Super Sonic Racing that convinced me it should never be used again.

But that is mostly nonsense. The Lumines: Puzzle Fusion soundtrack is outstanding, it turns out, contains about 4 hours of music and takes influences from all over the place.

Mass Effect Faunts:

Also, Mass Effect: Andromeda ending credit music is also great:

The greatest soundtrack of all time belongs to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. That fact hasn’t changed for over 2 decades now.

GTAV Welcome to Los Santos, and I don't even really like rap that much.

This is a game which nobody ever mentions but has some solid stuff

For me, "To Zanarkand" from FFX. I have a friend who is really good playing guitar, so for our wedding he played an acoustic version when my wife walked down the aisle. It was simply amazing.

Devil Trigger from Devil May Cry 5.

Ridge Racer 6 ‘Disco Ball’

Halo Theme

Rainbow Six 3

Portal 2 "Want You Gone"

I used to love the song at the beginning of Road Avengers for some reason, probably because the intro was so good. JENOVA is probably my favorite track in a game though.

I really don't get how anyone can call Snake Eater's nonsensical lyrics good. Probably written by a Japanese who barely speaks English.

Other than "Insert random Sonic theme song," these are some of my favorite vocal tracks that come to mind (and yes, I love me some cheesy goodness):

(this version is technically not in the game, but it's my favorite variation)

@ezekiel43: It's a play on old James Bond themes that were written in a similar vein.

I find it MSG3's Bond theme jarring. It's so out of place on the nose.

James Bond's themes are more coherent. That line about feeding on tree frogs would make me cringe if the volume was really high.

@Renegade_Fury: man, you just reminded me, I totally forgot Persona 4. Love the music in that game.

@SolidGame_basic: Yeah, that one is nice too. It's a good thing that the battle music is always great, especially in 3 and 4, where it'd otherwise be easy to succumb to boredom due the monotony of the dungeon layouts.

Why yes, yes it is snake eater.

@ezekiel43: Old James Bond themes really aren't more coherent. They are every bit as goofy. The Daniel Craig movies did a better job but those came after Snake Eater.

https://youtu.be/CZMWszd5SRk

And

https://youtu.be/2yX4h8Agi7U

These are music threads: Either just post the name of the song so I have to mess around copy-pasting text into new tabs and messing around with no idea if it will be worth it. Thanks for that very useful.

Or

Just mention a whole game.

Or

Post a whole album

But this is a new one. A link with a surprise song... Just click to see if you are being Rick-rolled or worse still FinalFantasy-rolled. *blech*

[edit] ...holy shit I have the gift of premonition. :0

Listening to SNES music is like listening to a detuned AM radio, through a long pipe, being dragged along a railway track. Clattery disjointed bad noise.

The Great Mighty Poo

The Great Mighty Poo from Conker's Bad Fur Day, obviously.

Some favourites of mine are:

Sparkster SNES:

- Steel Works https://youtu.be/hXQPx8MXaPU

- Fortress https://youtu.be/EQjVnZANnX8

- Submarine https://youtu.be/uSK7ZRcNzEI

- Final Boss Battle https://youtu.be/vyyS4Ur3Dzo

Mega Man X:

- Opening Stage https://youtu.be/MkhIGJsYb4I

- Spark Mandrill https://youtu.be/wdvJtSroRSw

- Boomer Kuwanger https://youtu.be/4W7ujjr5C0Y

- Storm Eagle https://youtu.be/j4Tf-izH-1o

Contra III: The Alien Wars:

- Stage 01 https://youtu.be/yQxqYLlN7yY

- Stage 03 The Old Cyber Steel Mill https://youtu.be/Plo3YL1CATM

- The Final Gauntlet https://youtu.be/4OfDecPgx-E

- Stage 4 Battle of the Blazing Sky https://youtu.be/N6c62308nGM

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game:

- Boss Battle https://youtu.be/EnumPvsWwj8

- Stage 1 https://youtu.be/1dJ50TeiPn8

- Shredder Battle https://youtu.be/t1GlDFPk88c

- Technodrome Stage https://youtu.be/bXXNbn_c5Sc

Final Fight:

- Slum Alley Way https://youtu.be/oFFID-2FGGM

- Bay Area https://youtu.be/jR3SGeAKdMc

I honestly couldn't say. For example, half of all of the Sega Genesis Sonic game songs are ridiculously awesome.

But nobody has mentioned Chrono Trigger or Morrowind yet, so I'll just throw those up for the fuzzies I feel when I hear these sounds

I have no idea, but this is what's in my head at the moment... This f*cking game man.

Best English-language video game song:

Xenogears - "Small Two of Pieces"

Best Japanese-language video game song:

Clannad - "The Palm of a Tiny Hand"

The Bread is delicious.

@fedor: definitely Aerith's theme.

Wing Commander 1 mission theme

https://youtu.be/rocwNg05FL4

Best has yet to come, one winged angel, and dragonborn.

There are so many songs I could list. In the spirit of the thread, if I had to choose just one song in all of video games I would claim it to be this:

Apotheosis - Journey

Hard pressed not to put Dearly Beloved or something else.

Maximum cringe.

Obviously... Halo 2 Mjolnir Mix.. Or any other Halo song.

How has this been mentioned only once? Is it too classic?

@lundy86_4: Yeah that song is so awesome and catchy. Have it going on in my head a lot as well.

Like I said, I have no idea what the best song is, and i'm certainly not saying that song is anywhere near the best. It's just stuck in my head because i've been playing the game for around 20 hours now.

It definitely gets you pumped when you're pulling off solid combos, even though i'm largely shite lol.

I really like the Chrono Trigger soundtrack quite a bit particularly the ones in Middle Ages and also the Zeal themes.

Prehistory.... that one is kinda nice also actually though haha.

The SNES is worse than the ZX Spectrum for music.

https://www.avclub.com/the-enduring-appeal-of-robocop-for-game-boy-s-sad-shim-1820896924

Composer: Jonathan Dunn

^^ <-- me laughing at snes fans.

This is a 48k ZX Spectrum tune which has sound capabilities just above the pc internal speaker.

These were just bad ass in both these games.