Which videogame has the best soundtrack?

My favorite is:

Portal:excellent game and everybody knows 'Still Alive'

Chrono trigger:excellent mesmerising soundtrack

Shadow of colossus:the sound during the boss battles is absolutely stunning and it and sucks you into the story.

This gen?

MW2.I still listen to it.

alltime? outlaws, rainbow six: rogue spear, comix zone,
recent: red dead redemption

Super Castlevania 4. This gen, Mass Effect 1.

Nier has the best soundtrack. Listened to that s*** on youtube and it made me purchase the game.

For original, I'd say Portal and Red Dead Redemption are damn amazing to listen to.

For licensed (or just all around), most Grand Theft Auto and Tony Hawk games will have some amazing music picks. Nothing like mowing down fat ladies in an ice cream truck while listening to Maneater.

The Saints Row games also have alright soundtracks (specifically, The Third), and obviously most music games will be full of good tracks.

Machinarium and Samorost 2 have really well done soundtracks always a joy listening to them and as far of sound tracks that work really well ingame the Demon souls soundtrack worked very well at adding to the mood and atmosphere of the game and making boss fights and the game overall that much more engaging but not a big fan of listening to orchestrated music so I don't really like listening to it outside the game. And I haven't even gotten around to playing the game but really enjoying the Blocks that Matter Soundtrack love the minimalist 8 bit electronic style of it.

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Shenmue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fddrT83Abvo

SonicGenerations.

SonicGenerations.

MobilechicaneX

seconded also green hill and chemical plant are shouts...oh yeah and seaside hill thats catchy as hell.

Final Fantasy VII

Sonic 1, 2, 3 and S&K

Half-Life series

Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim

Mass Effect (Virmire in particular), Crysis 2, Starcraft 2 and Supreme Commander all have excellent soundtracks (going back to Total Annihilation, too). I listen to them all regularly.

The Witcher 2, no contest.

Some personal favorites of mine include Serious Sam 3, Deus Ex:HR, WoW, SC2, Skyward Sword, Darksiders, Mafia 2, Skyrim, and more.

MGS2: sons of Liberty or MGS3: snake eater

Honorable mention:

Halo 1

Nothing from this gen really has an inspiring sound track, the closest would be Demon's Souls and Dark souls

Nothing from this generation. past games vegaruins666

Damn, I'm not alone +1

[QUOTE="vegaruins666"]Nothing from this generation. past games casharmy

Damn, I'm not alone +1

Uncharted, and maybe Mass Effect. Uncharted(2&3) really captures that "experience" feeling like Halo:CE and Shenmue.

Dark Souls and AC Revelations. I know, I know, both very recent, sorry for ruining your nostalgia.

Ace Combat 5...

MGS2: sons of Liberty or MGS3: snake eater

Honorable mention:

Halo 1

Nothing from this gen really has an inspiring sound track, the closest would be Demon's Souls and Dark souls

casharmy

Portal 2, Xenoblade, Cave Story, Braid and Orcs Must Die.

They're the few games I bothered getting the OST for.

[QUOTE="casharmy"]

MGS2: sons of Liberty or MGS3: snake eater

Honorable mention:

Halo 1

Nothing from this gen really has an inspiring sound track, the closest would be Demon's Souls and Dark souls

parkurtommo

Well home cake, I did say closest.

The reason I give it that praise is because it's somber sounds when you enter a safe area, or up tempo heart pounding survive or die tones that chime in are perfect to a "T". Everything in the score of DS is properly catered to by the aggressiveness of the track...in some instances you can actually gauge the level of danger you are in by the tempo of the track. You probably even noticed this because it's implemented so naturally that it doesn't even seem to be there, but that's what makes is so impressive.

Even when there isn't a sound track playing, there is still a sound track...that natrual sounds of the world in Demon's Souls are so ingrossing that those sounds themselve create a sound track, I don't think it's ever been done better than the way it has been done in this game.

DKC1, WipeOut 1 & MDK 1

FFX, Shadow of the Colossus

Uncharted and Ratchet & Clank have some really catchy tunes. (Excuse me if I'm sounding like a fanboy)

The Gimlick Valley soundtrack from A Crack in Time is the most at peace I have ever felt while playing a video game.

Bastion.kris9031998

Shenmue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fddrT83Abvo

Heirren

Beat me to it.

Lack of Chrono Cross is disappointing.