Best music in a video game?

[Randomman295]

What do you think is the best original soundtrack for a video game ever created?

 

And best unoriginal/lisenced soundtrack?

Best original soundtrack for me goes to...

As for best lisenced, I'd probably have to say a tie between LittleBigPlanet and Guitar Hero II.

[154bmag]

For best original, I would have to go with any song, from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game.

 

As for unoriginal, I would have to say... any Crazy Taxi game.

[onewheeled999]

I have bought two video game soundtracks in my life: Bastion and Frozen Synapse. They're both absolutely incredible, and I listen to them in full on a regular basis.

[scbt]

I always loved the music that was in Secret Weapons over Normady. The soundtrack was done by the same guy that did the soundtracks for The Incredibles, Ratatouille and a whole bunch of other things.

 

Here's the main theme - Skip to 1:12

 

Edited January 26, 2013 by scbt

[netdvn]

You can't go wrong with a great Pokemon track.

 

 

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

One of the best video game tracks of all time.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sReKKTg8opw

This and the original SNES 16-bit one are fantastic!

 

 

Video game music as a genre is pretty underrated.

[Blue Fire Guy]

My favorite video game soundtrack of all time belongs to a RPG for the GBA called MOTHER 3 (Japan only, though there is a fan translation for it). If you play Smash Bros. Brawl and know about Lucas, New Pork City, and Porky, this game is where they all came from. MOTHER 3 is the official sequel to the SNES RPG EarthBound, the game that brought about Ness who would later join the Smash Bros. character roster.

 

8-bit Mega Man, Pokemon Gen IV and V, the Donkey Kong Country trilogy, EarthBound, and the 3D Zelda games are all outstanding in their music, but they just don't top MOTHER 3 for me. They are close. Really, really, REALLY, REALLY CLOSE!!! But MOTHER 3 takes the cake for me, I don't know any other reason than that it has a special place in my heart and really "clicks on" with me.

 

Now then, have a good listen at these seven tunes, though there are far too many more that I love as well:

 

Opening Theme - Welcome to the World of MOTHER 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS4gqfJaaHY

Love Theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idULzIIF950

Misplaced Revenge (Unfounded Revenge in Brawl)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhy_Z5XwDH0

Natural Killer Cyborg (IMO one of the best songs on the GBA)

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

Porky's Pokies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBGILqp6kQs

Master Porky's Theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-C3T83mUpc

16 Melodies (credits theme)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZbqrZJ9VA4

[SLUSHIE]

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

 

 

[PsionicMonkey]

Some of my favorite (recent) video game music was that from Super Mario Galaxy. I could listen to the Gusty Garden music all day!

 

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But if you want to go Old School, then I gotta go with Robo's Theme from Chrono Trigger.

 

Robo's Theme

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[beatle11]

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...and pretty much anything from Ocarina Of Time

 

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[Twitch]

Kirby needs a mention. The series has fantastic soundtracks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jray21]

While they aren't the original versions, I am loving the orchestral versions they are releasing. Like the one below. A ton of nerds in the video, but I love the version.

 

 

I also love the Legend of Zelda orchestral versions and the Super Mario version as well (they both came as special discs with some versions of the games).

 

As for an entire soundtrack, I think Assassin's Creed II is one of the best. I love movie soundtracks, and that one definitely is more movie than game sounding.