Good game soundtracks?

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• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you like prog metal and hard rock, I’ve yet to find a better soundtrack than Guilty Gear XX. The fan favorite is “Holy Orders (Be Just or Be Dead)”, but for my money, the best songs on the soundtrack are “Existence” and “Awe of She”.

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  • mysticpickle@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    First time I heard this was in a buddy’s car and it was bumpin’ hard. I asked him who the band was and was totally surprised when he told me it was from a video game. Very very solid stuff v all the way through

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• Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Elite Dangerous, both original OST and Odyssey (for the planetside background music)

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• PlasticQuality7519@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The Return of the Obra Dinn! Fantastic OST (maritime/sea shanty inspired) and a truly unique game too. youtu.be/8qvdAWLcPyU

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  • BenLeMan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lucas Pope is a genius.

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• Waveform@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The Ys series ost, especially the PSP titles. Nice mix of metal and violin.

  Hollow Night. The City of Tears track in particular.

  Any covers made by Orchestral Fantasy on YouTube. He focuses mainly on classic 16-bit titles and pretty much nails each one.

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  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nice mix of metal and violin.

    Juuuuust in case you’re not already familiar with symphonic metal… It’s pretty fuckin great.

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    • Waveform@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I do like symphonic metal, and that’s a great song… it gave me goosebumps. I’ll be sure to check out more of Blind Guardian’s work. Any other suggestions are welcome! Maybe stuff similar to Epica’s Omega album, and instrumental pieces similar to Essence of Datum, Mohamed Shawky, Rivers of Nihil, & Naxatras, if you’ve got the time :D

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• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve been playing so many soundtracks for my background music at work. Of course, nostalgia makes some songs slap harder than they deserve to, so your results may vary, but some of my favorites have been:

  Mega Man series

  Warcraft (I’m especially fond of Warcraft 2 songs)

  Donkey Kong Country series

  Variety lists (one hit wonders from games you nearly forgot)

  Spotify has a lot of video game playlists, and even some covers in different styles. Right now we’re listening to metal versions of classic games.

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• AnnaLogg@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  oh man i have a spotify folder full of playlists, including

  • talos principle

  • sherlock holmes chapter one

  • deadbolt

  • murder by numbers

  • baldurs gate 3

  • witcher 3

  but it’s missing metroid prime (esp. chozo ruins and phendrana drifts) and professor layton (any of the puzzle themes).

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• TheMinions@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mass Effect 2 and 3 might have what you’re looking for.

  Baldur’s Gate 3 as well.

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• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Any Fromsoft soulsborne game.

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• nebulaone@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  • Risk of Rain 2
  • Hollow Knight
  • Earthbound

  Non-game instrumental artists:

  • GoGo Penguin
  • Floating Points (especially “Promises”)
  • Kiasmos
  • Max Cooper
  • Boards of Canada

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• effakcuL@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How is there not a Single mention of celeste? It is one of the few things that can keep me focussed for hours.

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• ouch@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Total Annihilation

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• Cringe2793@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The persona series has some great songs

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• Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Psychonauts 2. Peter McConnell only got better as the years went by.

  Not a game, but you can’t go wrong with most of the Ocean’s Eleven-Thirteen soundtracks, if you like funky jazzy stuff.

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• hitagi@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  ATM I love the soundtracks of:

  • Civilization 6
  • Genshin Impact
  • Persona 3
  • Rimworld (+ P-music mod)

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• callouscomic@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lots of Elder Scrolls and Elder Scrolls Online

  Lots of Metal Gear stuff

  Kingdoms of Amalur

  Shadow of the Colossus

  Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (badass 80s music)

  Assassins Creed 3

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• erie09@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Shadow of the Colossus OST youtu.be/57jIlw6HmCE?si=Lf3pXvLo7vT1DAeB

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• DaleGribble88@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Rise of Nations soundtrack is fantastic sandis the only “video game music” that I semi-regularly listen to.

  Especially check out “High Strung” that would always play in multiplayer whenever a player dropped a nuke on another player.

  youtube.com/playlist?list=PL829D6AF91A5C465E&si=y…

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• Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Doesn’t look like anyone listed the Ori soundtracks by Gareth Coker yet, they’re amazing.

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• the_tab_key@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  VVVVVV

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• vonxylofon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That nobody mentioned Transport Tycoon Deluxe is criminal. I recommend the live-action version recorded for the mobile release: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuJy9oCdUns

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  • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    OpenTTD Downtown Cab Ride is a masterpiece!

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• FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Diablo 2, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Mass Effect 1

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• Klanky@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters has some great tunes.

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• kinkles@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The Nitronic Rush soundtrack is some really awesome techno.

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• blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  - little big adventure 2
  - sim city 4
  - starbound

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  • ouch@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There was something magical about Little Big Adventure that no game has been able to capture afterwards.

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• Captnkrk69@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you like metal… the tracks from 2004 Painkiller rocks.

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• BenLeMan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My favorite soundtrack ever, of course, is that of The Secret of Monkey Island (MT-32) by Michael Land. A lot of nostalgia there.

  I also very much like the soundtrack to Dune by Stephane Picq. There’s an edition that combines the Adlib, Adlib Gold, and MT-32 versions which is “chef’s kiss”. Alternatively, I can recommend the Space Opera edition.

  Strike Commander by Nenad Vugrinec on MT-32 is also great.

  For chiptunes, I really liked Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 by Alex Mauer.

  Or, for a real classic, Earthbound by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka.

  Yes, I have a bit of a thing for retro sounds. 😁

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• MrDrProfJimmy@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There’s a lack of Ace Combat in this thread so I’m going to single out 7’s but they’re all pretty good.

  Also Redout has a soundtrack to spike your heartrate

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• RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Need for Speed 3 – the original hot pursuit has an amazing techno and rock soundtrack.

  GTA V has an awesome soundtrack (listen to the original score, not the music they licensed)

  The very first Hitman and Hitman Contracts had some killer techno/electronic soundtracks.

  Any of these are great to play in the background while you work.

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• Pheral@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Subnautica has a long and beautiful OST. It’s been a long-time favorite of mine, and just a great instrumental jam to fuel my creativity lately. Stardew has my other favorite game soundtrack!

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