RPG games with Good soundtracks (list them & song)

[Zarniwoop]

Not one single song from Shadowrun: Dragonfall mentioned yet?

Wtf is this?

 

[Lacrymas]

The soundtrack of Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal -

 

[Strange Fellow]

The only inarguably correct answer is Arcanum.

From recent times, I enjoyed the Battle Brothers soundtrack (yes, enjoying the game itself helps a lot). The tracks for the new DLC are rather catchy:

 

[Darth Canoli]

The only inarguably correct answer is Arcanum.

From recent times, I enjoyed the Battle Brothers soundtrack (yes, enjoying the game itself helps a lot). The tracks for the new DLC are rather catchy:

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I forgot about this one, the barbarian themes are amazing, the battle theme is even better, that's the true reason to hunt barbarians :

"Real" start is at 0:41 and the second wind around 1:40

 

[Cael]

Stones from Ultima VI.

Haven't even played the game, but it's a solid tune.

 

[Shadenuat]

The soundtrack of Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal -

needs sequel or at least remaster so badly

 

[Turuko]

always had a soft spot for

 

[Eisenheinrich]

NWN has the best soundtrack ever written for a RPG. Change my mind:

 

[Maculo]

I am trying to include something not already mentioned (Arcanum, Bloodlines, Deus Ex, etc.). WoW barely counts as an RPG anymore, but I always found the Burning Crusade soundtracks to be soothing:


A more recent one is Kenshi imo:

 

[Alpan]

Some less commonly seen choices:

 

[Maggot]

 

[Dawnrazor]

Silver had a few great tracks:

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The Rage of Mages games had a cool and mesmerizing style of soundtrack, it's probably all made on synths and wouldn't have the same unique quality if they had used an orchestra. It gives me some similar vibes to the Warcraft 2 soundtrack:

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Kirill Pokrovsky's stuff in the Divinity series is amazing too, some of it has been mentioned ITT but here's more:

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[hexer]

Nier Automata

The entire soundtrack is a 10h work of art but I'll single out "Alien Manifestation" since it's the opening scene song



Planescape Torment

Almost all songs from the soundtrack but "Fall-from-Grace's Theme" instantly transports me to another world



Fallout

Entire soundtrack but "Industrial Junk" and the memories of Junktown are most vivid



Icewind Dale

"Theme song" is an epic adrenaline pump



The Witcher 3

"You're Immortal" because it's a great fighting song and I happen to understand the amusing lyrics

 

[hexer]

Icewind Dale 2: Skeleton of a Town, I still remember listening to this during my first playthrough of the game and getting goosebumps. This music and the beautiful scenery of Targos under the snow are what made me fall in love with the game, they made me dream endlessly about the infinite possibilities of a game like that. In the end, those dreams and hopes were betrayed by IWD2, but it's thanks to this game that I discovered tabletop rpgs and, because of this, I can forgive all its flaws.

The Dale and the Spine of the World are still my favorite places in Faerun.

Check out the soundtrack below.
I swear parts of that particular song were borrowed from Basil Poledouris' legendary "Conan the Barbarian" soundtrack.

 

[AbounI]

 

[Sentinel]

Any Dragon Quest game



Just imagining an orchestra playing the first piece in front of me gives me chills.

 

[Snorkack]

What, 42 posts in and still no mention of Diablo 1 - Tristram? Is it because it's too obvious?


Might Magic 6 was full of amazing tracks, like this one:


For me, Terranigma marks the pinnacle of 16 bit console compositions:






Goddamnit, it's hard to find a Terranigma track not worth posting.

 

[d1r]

Shin Megami Tensei (SMTI-IV, SMT Strange Journey Redux, SMT Soul Hackers), Diablo 1, Planescape: Torment, VtM: Bloodlines

are the only games which I would describe having a killer soundtrack, because at least 80% of their songs were/are really memorable, and I constantly go back listening to them.

 

[Cael]

Shin Megami Tensei (SMTI-IV, SMT Strange Journey Redux, SMT Soul Hackers), Diablo 1, Planescape: Torment, VtM: Bloodlines

are the only games which I would describe having a killer soundtrack, because at least 80% of their songs were/are really memorable, and I constantly go back listening to them.

 

[sullynathan]

 

[Nyast]

Daggerfall has some great ones !

 

[a Goat]

Fable. Most people probably prefer this:


but my fave is this one:

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Lots of good ones already mentioned here.


I also liked Josh Culler's work on both NeoScavenger and Underrail.

 

[Lonely Vazdru]

 

[Black Angel]

Fallout, Arcanum, PS:T, AoD, Underrail and lots of cRPGs already mentioned here, so I'm going a bit off the track and mention games with RPG mechanics in them even though they aren't fully one:

Japanese version