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Post by stratogustav on Jun 28, 2019 4:47:59 GMT
This compiles the greatest of all time top 100 game soundtracks in no particular order:
- Super Mario Bros.
- The Legend Of Zelda
- Castlevania
- Mega Man 2
- Simon's Quest
- Kid Icarus
- Double Dragon
- Super C
- Ninja Gaiden
- Life Force
- Dracula's Curse
- Tetris
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Mega Man 5
- Super Mario World
- ActRaiser
- Street Fighter II
- A Link To The Past
- Streets Of Rage 2
- Breath Of Fire
- Secret Of Mana
- Rondo Of Blood
- Illusion Of Gaia
- Gunstar Heroes
- Mega Man X
- Super Metroid
- Final Fantasy VI
- Killer Instinct 1994
- Chrono Trigger
- Terranigma
- Samurai Shodown II
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Metal Slug
- Diablo
- Final Fantasy VII
- Tekken 3
- Symphony Of The Night
- Tomb Raider
- Panzer Dragoon Saga
- F-Zero X
- Xenogears
- Metal Gear Solid
- Ocarina Of Time
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Chrono Cross
- Final Fantasy IX
- Shenmue
- Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
- Phantasy Star Online
- Silent Hill 2
- Ikaruga
- Final Fantasy X
- Grand Theft Auto Vice City
- Prince Of Persia Sands Of Time
- Aria Of Sorrow
- Lament Of Innocence
- Dawn Of Sorrow
- Curse Of Darkness
- Gradius V
- Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
- World Of Warcraft
- Resident Evil 4
- Half-Life 2
- Shadow Of The Colossus
- Kingdom Hearts II
- Portrait Of Ruin
- Twilight Princess
- God Of War II
- Order Of Ecclesia
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma
- Valkyria Chronicles
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Portal
- Halo 3
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Guns Of The Patriots
- Demon's Souls
- Batman Arkham Asylum
- Uncharted 2
- Bayonetta
- Mass Effect 2
- God Of War III
- Skyrim
- Skyward Sword
- Journey
- The Last Of Us
- Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
- Bloodborne
- The Witcher III
- The Phantom Pain
- Doom 2016
- Final Fantasy XV
- The Last Guardian
- Gravity Rush 2
- NieR Automata
- Dark Souls III
- Persona 5
- Cuphead
- God Of War 2018
- Devil May Cry 5
Here are some honorable mentions:
- Blades Of Steel
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
- NHL '94
- Mortal Kombat II
- Thunder Force IV
- Battletoads & Double Dragon
- Battletoads In Battlemania
- Donkey Kong Country
- Unreal
- Ape Escape
- Banjo Kazooie
- Jet Force Gemini
- Mario Party
- Spyro 2 Ripto's Rage
- Star Fox 64
- Xenosaga Episode I
- Dark Cloud 2
- Forbidden Siren
- Ico
- Rogue Galaxy
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Ni No Kuni
- Patapon 3
- Kid Icarus Uprising
- Soul Sacrifice
- Assassin's Creed Origins
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey
- Sekiro Shadows Die Twice
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Post by scipioafricanus on Jun 28, 2019 9:50:03 GMT
Panzer Dragoon
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Post by centipede on Jun 29, 2019 7:32:44 GMT
Phantasy Star Online,
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Post by stratogustav on Jun 29, 2019 7:34:25 GMT
Yes, the Saturn definitely needs to be present. Yes, Sonic Team music is definitely needed in this list. |
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Post by dschult3 on Jun 29, 2019 13:02:00 GMT
Final Fantasy III (VI) is by far my favorite soundtrack of all time. However, I'd like to throw some love in for the Xenoblade series. The fanboy in me plays tracks from those games all the time.
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Post by stratogustav on Jun 29, 2019 16:29:23 GMT
Final Fantasy III (VI) is by far my favorite soundtrack of all time. However, I'd like to throw some love in for the Xenoblade series. The fanboy in me plays tracks from those games all the time. Have you played the original Xenogears? I know for a fact Super Nintendo RPGs have insane sounding music. Just listen how sick this Breath Of Fire track is: So I imagine the PS1 successors should have good stuff as well. |
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Post by dschult3 on Jun 29, 2019 17:42:54 GMT
Final Fantasy III (VI) is by far my favorite soundtrack of all time. However, I'd like to throw some love in for the Xenoblade series. The fanboy in me plays tracks from those games all the time. Have you played the original Xenogears? Xenogears and Xenosaga came out right about the time I went off to the Marine Corps, so I missed the saga and gears series, since I didn't have much time to play anything. I jumped aboard the Xenoblade series as soon as I could, and I never want to get off of that train.
As for FF III (VI), Nobuo Uematsu really inspired the heck out of me back in '94, and I have adored him since. That is why I have seen him in concert multiple times. The Super Nintendo really had some kick ass tunes!
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Post by Imperial Khador on Jun 29, 2019 20:24:20 GMT
I do quite enjoy the Xenogears and Xenosaga soundtracks. Both Yasunori Mitsuda and Yuki Kaijura did some excellent work there.
Would it not make more sense for this to be in the general gaming discussion forum instead of collections and trading though?
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Post by stratogustav on Jun 29, 2019 21:06:32 GMT
I do quite enjoy the Xenogears and Xenosaga soundtracks. Both Yasunori Mitsuda and Yuki Kaijura did some excellent work there. Would it not make more sense for this to be in the general gaming discussion forum instead of collections and trading though? Yes, but I thought it was less visible there. I'm not surprised those games have great soundtracks too, specially knowing who they come from. I'm curious about your opinions on other RPGs from the time like: - Azure Dreams - Beyond The Beyond - Brave Fencer Musashi - Breath Of Fire III - Breath Of Fire IV - Chocobo's Dungeon - Chocobo's Dungeon 2 - Devil Summoner - Final Fantasy Tactics - Front Mission 2 - Front Mission 3 - Gramstream Saga - Grandia - Hoshigami - Jade Cocoon - Kartia - Koudelka - Legend Of Dragoon - Legend Of Legaia - Legend Of Mana - Lunar Silver Star - Lunar 2 - Parasite Eve - Parasite Eve II - Persona 2 - Planet Laika - Rhapsody - Revelations Persona - SaGa Forntier - SaGa Frontier 2 - Star Ocean The Second Story - Suikoden - Suikoden II - Tales Of Destiny - Tales Of Eternia - Thousand Arms - Threads Of Fate - Torneko - Vagrant Story - Valkyrie Profile - Vandal Hearts - Vandal Hearts II - Wild Arms - Wild Arms 2 I did not play RPGs, so my knowledge is obscure when it comes to those. |
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Post by dschult3 on Jun 29, 2019 23:35:05 GMT
RPG's are built on a great story with strong music to guide the spirit of the essay. I don't think I've ever played a good RPG with crummy music.
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Post by stratogustav on Jun 30, 2019 4:07:46 GMT
RPG's are built on a great story with strong music to guide the spirit of the essay. I don't think I've ever played a good RPG with crummy music. I agree, it just makes sense some of the best soundtracks come from RPGs. Thank you everyone for helping out. I finally managed to get to 100. I started from 10, so there was a lot to cover, including badass stuff like this: |
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Post by Guilion on Jun 30, 2019 4:51:52 GMT
Oh dear, I *do* have a few picks of mine that haven't been mentioned yet but I must warn you, about a third of the games in this list are absurdly bad, flawed or niche. I'm gonna place a sample of the songs under spoilers so you can listen to some of them. Games that I deliberately left out because I don't think having a fully-licensed soundtrack is fair to the composers and sound designers: - Most Initial D games
- Crazy taxi
- ATV Quad Power Racing 2
- Wet
- Fallout 3, NV and 4
- Saints row 4
- Revolution X
- N2O
- Bioshock
- Need for speed Underground, Underground 2 and Most Wanted
Some of my favorite sountracks (In no particular order) that haven't been mentioned yet:
- Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Sonic 06 (What, you think I'm joking? Ever heard the soundtrack of the game?!)
- El shaddai: Ascension of the metatron
[/video][/spoiler] [li]Star Fox: Assault[/li]
[li]Sonic Generations (Last sonic game on the list, I don't think there has been a sonic game to date where the soundtrack isn't at least "Good" centipede knows what's going on here)[/li] [li]Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil[/li][/ul]
- Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (Honestly I don't think the soundtrack for this one is *that* good, but the implementation of it is masterful)
[/video][/spoiler] [li]Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team[/li] [li]40 Winks[/li] [li]Cuphead[/li][/ul] - Drunken Robot Pornography
[/video][/spoiler] [li]Undertale[/li] [li]Thumper[/li] [li]Jet set Radio[/li] [li]Ape Escape[/li][/ul] [/video][/spoiler] [li]Bully[/li] [li]War of the Human Tanks[/li][/ul] I have a few others but most of them are rythm games and/or games where the game is built around the soundtrack (Take Geometry Dash for example) I think I will stop here for now. I don't even know if I will come back to remove the video tags because I've forgotten how to place spoilers correctly.  Edit: Confirmed, I haven't forgotten how to place spoilers but I've given up on making a list  [/span][/div] |
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Post by stratogustav on Jun 30, 2019 5:03:35 GMT
Guilion I really like the soundtracks of Patapon 3, Jet Set Radio, Dead Rising, and Thumper. All those are at least honorably mentions because they are really good. Ape Escape has a great soundtrack as well, probably almost on par with Dark Cloud, Ico, and Siren. I actually substituted Fallout 3 for Cuphead, as Cuphead definitely deserves the spot.
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Post by Guilion on Jun 30, 2019 6:12:21 GMT
I actually substituted Fallout 3 for Cuphead, as Cuphead definitely deserves the spot. That's why I placed Fallout 3 among games that I left out of my list. The soundtrack of the game is great but I don't think it's fair to pair games with fully licensed soundtracks against games were a single person composed and arranged an entire orchestra. |
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Post by centipede on Jun 30, 2019 13:32:16 GMT
Guilion You mean like how good music stopped Sonic 06 from killing the entire franchise?
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