Re: favourite video game tracks

by BlueLogic Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:41 pm

Rifneno wrote:...I will say I consider One-Winged Angel to be the most important or influential track in gaming history.

Completely agree. I remember being totally blown away when I finally reached that battle. Awesome moment in my gaming life.

Rifneno wrote:We went straight from the MIDI bullshit of the SNES

favourite video game tracks - Page 3 Incredulity

Rifneno wrote:...to an actual recording of a full orchestra with exquisitely done chanting. It was an unbelievable leap in quality.

Once my blood pressure stabilized I could see that part of your point. It was a world of difference.

Rifneno wrote:Re: Forever Rachel's attention. I prefer the Project Majestic Mix version. Here's a youtube link.

Nice remix! Now that you've opened that pandora's box, I'll have to work an occasional remix into my posts.

My personal favorite: Theophany's Bioluminescence from the Super Metroid remix album "Harmony of a Hunter".

by **Hrothdane** Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:02 pm

While we are on the subject of Final Fantasy...

The Black Mages - Fight with Seymour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87e5qQnVerI

Powerglove - Red Wings Over Baron (actually a suite of FFIV songs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n01JYXwxkeo

by dorktainian Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:55 pm

pandemonium from FF9.

balamb garden from my fave final fantasy game FF8

by Rifneno Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:20 pm

Dork likes the terrible one with time travel. I be shocked. You be shocked? I be shocked.

by Guest Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:02 am

I don't really like FF8 at all. Couldn't get past first disk.

(I like FF7 but also couldn't get past first disk for other reasons)

Favorite ones are FF6, 9, 10. Each partially due to personal nostalgia.

by Rifneno Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:05 am

SwobyJ wrote:I don't really like FF8 at all. Couldn't get past first disk.

(I like FF7 but also couldn't get past first disk for other reasons)

Favorite ones are FF6, 9, 10. Each partially due to personal nostalgia.

I envy you. I forced myself to pull through and finish it, expecting it to get better. It didn't. 8 and 13 were both just unforgivable. 12 was my favorite I suppose. I loved the MMORPG feel.

by Guest Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:22 am

12 is in the middle for me. It could have been one of the best if it was given the dev time that was requested. (I guess 1-2 more years?)

It's good at least. I don't regret playing it at all.

by RavenEyry Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:53 am

After remaking 4 for both DS and PSP, they're now remaking the sequel to 4.
This is after 1 and 2 got several compilation remakes and 3 got a full DS remake. Someone at squenix really hates 5 and 6 it seems, GBA ports (which 4 also got) are the most recent attention either of them have gotten.

6 is my favourite of the one's I've played for the record, though I've only played 3, 5, 6 and 13.

by **lex0r** Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:07 am

Keep it on topic guys. :)

There are so many final fantasy games, maybe just open a thread?

by Rifneno Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:36 pm

Wow, I forgot how nice a soundtrack God of War has sometimes.

This theme, the music for the final boss battle of the second game, Zeus, is just awesome. If we ever get a real boss battle against Harbinger, I hope we get a properly epic theme.

by Lombus Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:02 am

My top video game tracks are these:
1- Ezio's Family
2- Hawke's Family Theme
3- Suicide Mission
4- An End, Once and for All
5- Scheduled for Deletion

I still love tons of others but it take forever to post them all Wink

by BlueLogic Wed Oct 09, 2013 6:54 pm

by **Norlond** Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:49 pm

by RavenEyry Sat Nov 09, 2013 2:27 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWO4ff1HXYY - often tops lists of great Fire Emblem music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF7ROkpzQ1c - whatever you may thin of The Old Republic, this is a badass piece.

by **Hrothdane** Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:16 am

I'm in a Metal Gear mood at the moment.

Metal Gear Solid 2 - Main Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiPon8lr48U
It's a great overture that is catchy and memorable. I kind feel like saluting when I hear it, too.

Metal Gear Solid 3 - Way to Fall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9hagVL-__c
A great soulful ending song filled with feels. The fact that the feels don't get completely overshadowed by "Debriefing" right before it speaks to its quality.

Metal Gear Solid V - Here's To You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T--JS16uSV8
He actually used this song in MGS4 originally, but it was a much more depressing and slow version. I think the difference between the tone of the two versions tells you everything you need to know about how Kojima feels about the games now as compared to then.

Metal Gear Rising - A Stranger I Remain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp_TGn3eo4s
I like metal sound with female vocals, and it was inspired by one of my favorite books, Camus's The Stranger.

And just for fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV6E13xODyA

by ivenoidea Sun Nov 10, 2013 10:20 am

by Humakt Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:30 pm

by **Hrothdane** Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:35 am

I just wanna say, the post length is getting kind ridiculous here. I personally would prefer it if people would just post a handful of songs and actually include some introductory comments about what they are posting.

by Raistlin Majere Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:23 am

Rifneno wrote:
SwobyJ wrote:I don't really like FF8 at all. Couldn't get past first disk.

(I like FF7 but also couldn't get past first disk for other reasons)

Favorite ones are FF6, 9, 10. Each partially due to personal nostalgia.
I envy you. I forced myself to pull through and finish it, expecting it to get better. It didn't. 8 and 13 were both just unforgivable. 12 was my favorite I suppose. I loved the MMORPG feel.

I disliked FF12 for that same reason...the MMO like combat just felt stiff and slow. Sure it was technically faster than the turn based battle systems, but compared to the amount of enemies encountered just getting anywhere I felt the combat was just way to slow. It dragged out the areas and to me it felt like an eternity before you got anywhere plot relevant.

Decent FF game, not my cup of tea though.

My favorite ones were FF VI and IX. Do not even try to talk to me about FFXIII...

But anyway, on topic:

Wonderful 101: Theme Song

The theme song for Wonderful 101 plays on the games tittle screen and a few times during the game, usually at the climax off boss battles. It is a bit of a silly song, but I find it has its own crazy charm like a Power Rangers theme or similar. Also once you hear it come on just as one of the (usually) around 20 min long epic boss battles is nearing its end, playing in the background as you deliver the final blow it is undeniably quite epic. This is only taken up to eleven when the start of it plays for the final part of the final boss.

by BlueLogic Thu Nov 21, 2013 9:10 pm

ivenoidea wrote:OCRemix

The Passing Of The Blue Crown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix4FsgBi2AY

Great choices from OCRemix. That's probably my favorite Mega Man remix of all time. If I had to choose a runner up, it would be "Let There Be Light" by Cerrax from the Maverick Rising album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcvhK7ukmek

The energy that flows out of that piece gets me jazzed every time I hear it. One of my favorite pieces to experience while driving. The Maverick Rising album has so many great songs, it's one of the few that I can just load up, hit random, and listen happily for hours on end. If I had to point out one more from the album, it would be Sparkplugs by Level99.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65ERlvnagRU

There are certainly many OCRemix albums that stand out, but the other I'd like to highlight would be Theophany's Majora's Mask remix album "Time's End". Being created by a single artist certainly helps this album flow from track to track and maintain a consistent mood and feel. I really have to be in a certain frame of mind to be able to listen to it. It's so compelling that it immediately takes me out of whatever I'm doing. You know the feeling, when you realize you've been staring at something inconsequential for four or five minutes straight, you feel differently than you did before, far more somber, and it's difficult to pick up where you left off.

Specifically "Terrible Fate" is the track that really transports me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8LXmoYxnss&list=PLaacmm1W7aAt0INAo16Ahc6JZzFEGtMCa

I happened to be heavily into Dark Souls lore when I first came across this piece (thanks to Raistlin and Hrothdane). Inevitable end is a big theme in that game, and this piece captures the feeling of desperate futility that staring into that approaching abyss must be like. More recently listening to this song conjures imagined scenes of how learning of a real life apocalypse might appear; when you realize your plans for the future are meaningless, and all that matters is finding those you love and spending what time you have left with them. Yeah, so, not something I can listen to often.

Then "Time's End", the title track from that album, kind of wraps that all up with what I'd imagine to be the final moments before the "event".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDnuJjqH84s&list=PLaacmm1W7aAt0INAo16Ahc6JZzFEGtMCa

I think either of these tracks would work well in a Mass Effect setting as well, from the perspective of a civilian learning of, and then experiencing a Reaper invasion or something along those lines. Anyway, on a brighter note, thanks for keeping this thread going. It's always fun hearing about new music, why someone enjoys it, and then getting to experience it yourself.

by Allynna Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:47 am

Ehh.. all the memories :)

by dorktainian Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:33 pm

ah....turrican

by ElSuperGecko Fri Dec 13, 2013 2:45 pm

There's been some absolutely amazing sountracks in the modern era, epic, ground breaking, genre-spanning (and defining) pieces... but let's go back in time a little.

Actraiser (SNES):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j9FF6QmiWM

Actraiser's soundtrack was really impressive for the time, with themed pieces for each location and some almost orchestral scores. It really helped create a mood and atmosphere for the game.

Wipeout 2097 (Playstation):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0ng-CJ2lk

Wipeout 2097 was possibly the main reason I bought a Playstation in the first place, a combination of adrenalin-pumping racing backed by a thumping soundtrack. While the soundtrack is most notable for it's inclusion of Future Sound of London, Chemical Brothers and the Prodigy, IIRC this was one of the game's original tracks and one of my favourites.

I actually still own an original Playstation and a copy of the game, safely stored away for a rainy day.

by ElSuperGecko Sat Dec 14, 2013 12:07 am

It would be remarkably remiss of me not to mention one of - to my mind - the most haunting and captivating soundtracks of all time: the deliciously wicked score for American McGee's Alice, composed by former Nine Inch Nails drummer Chris Vrenna.

"Time to raise some havoc... the dogs of war are loose."

American McGee's Alice - Time To Die:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6DgOgYCYlM

American McGee's Alice - Fortress Of Doors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-O0VSdfwUU

American McGee'sAlice - Village Of The Damned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCg6LATWsAs

by BlueLogic Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:32 pm

After more than 3 months in hibernation, the thread RETURNS!

It's time to explore some SNES greatness. (a.k.a. MIDI bullshit Tongue

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7th Saga: Lux Tizer (World 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiobJiY1sCU&list=PL756F709E4C8F3965

Alien 3: Mission 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr79Iacrtg4

Secret of Mana: Ice Country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGUD95XFxSU

Secret of Mana: Mystic Invasion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaWz3AL8mWw

Super Metroid: Green Brinstar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sn9G-RHtII

Super Metroid: Mardia 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTxbs3nVDik

Bonus Maridia Remix: Theophany - Avien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsDxNc6lbns

A bit disappointed at the limited game selection in this post, but alas I've run out of time.

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