The Video Game Music Thread

[Nex]

Oblivion

Not bad. Only listened to one track so far, sounded decent enough so downloading the soundtrack.

I don't care how shit the game is, if the music is good please let me know.

Also if you know any songs which can make me cry I want to know those too.

 

[SimpleComplexity]

Plansescape Torment OST (afaik by Mark Morgan (Fallout))

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Go buy Humble Indie Bundle for Machinarium soundtrack.

 

[ElectricOtter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uPRUonK0f4&feature=related
HoMM 2 has some really sweet tracks in it's day.

 

[Baron]

Stéphane Picq's Dune soundtrack. After listening to it I pulled out every plant, every tree, every blade of grass from my garden so I could live in a desert. Extraordinary soundtrack.

 

[Chef_Hathaway]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uPRUonK0f4&feature=related
HoMM 2 has some really sweet tracks in it's day.

Fuck yearh!

HoMM2 has my favorite music out of the series.

Wasteland Theme

Snow Theme

 

[ghostdog]

Silent Hill series (Akira Yamaoka)
Deus ex (Alexander Brandon)
Unreal , Unreal Tournament (Alexander Brandon)
Dreamweb (Matt Seldon)
Planescape Torment (Mark Morgan)
Fallout 1&2 (Mark Morgan)
Shin Megami Tensei III (Shoji Meguro)
Dune (Exxos)
Snatcher (Konami Kukeiha Club)
Anachronox (Bill Brown, Will Loconto)
Mass Effect 1&2 (Jack Wall and Sam Hulick)

 

[oscar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uPRUonK0f4&feature=related
HoMM 2 has some really sweet tracks in it's day.

Fuck yearh!

HoMM2 has my favorite music out of the series.

Wasteland Theme

Snow Theme

Grassland theme. this game's music so much. II had a charm they were unable to ever repeat.

 

[ksjav]

The Gothic series of course Kai Rozenkranz

examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrzA_nxWITs - g1 main theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGABIHlJiA - g2 pirate camp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCtV4DYZkK0 - g3 geldern night

Continued with Risen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-blqlqj4Qd0 - don's camp

 

[Angthoron]

In addition to the many awesome tracks already mentioned, Icewind Dale soundtrack was pretty awesome. Some of the moments in Baldur's Gate were also very well done, especially the countryside exploration.

Morrowind has some memorable tracks as well.

The Witcher has lots of great tracks.

Warcraft 2.

 

[Luzur]

WTF why has no one said Daggerfall yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ97I2p4_YY

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vititmYVi0s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWI1E3jx4pk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2u9F7z6Nzk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf78NWrFuhE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hCEFcO79MI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQa5E559m_I

 

[Merkwürdigliebe]

The Gothic series of course Kai Rozenkranz

examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrzA_nxWITs - g1 main theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGABIHlJiA - g2 pirate camp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCtV4DYZkK0 - g3 geldern night

Continued with Risen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-blqlqj4Qd0 - don's camp

Listening to that makes me want to replay the Gothic games, I picked up a copy of the Notr Addon for 2 euro a couple of months ago, think I shall play through it. :D


HoMM III had music that created a great atmosphere

Necropolis
Tower
One interesting piece of trivia is that a lot of the music and sound effects from HoMM III are used in southpark, If I remember correctly a piece of the tower theme for example was used in the imagination land episode or whatever it was called.

 

[asper]

There have been tons of such threads already, do a search.

 

[Suchy]

Fallout (/thread)
Gabriel Knight
Dreamweb
System Shock
Betrayal at Krondor
Star Trail
Nomad Soul

 

[SerratedBiz]

Mechwarrior 2.

 

[commie]

Good music here...I'll add OUTCAST to the mix.

 

[DraQ]

Witcher
Daggerfall
Soul Reaver
Unreal
Homeworld
Deus Ex
PS:T
Divinity 2
Drakan
Hexen 2
Quake 1
STALKER CoP
LoL 1
Dune 2 and 2000
Azrael's Tear
Anachronox

 

[ChristofferC]

Baba Yetu

 

[SCO]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U_9ThqQOUc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FZ-12a3dTI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6uPw35j-Ok (remix)

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

 

[SCO]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yAGv-SkQMo (actually the whole music of this game was rather awesome. Not ambient though)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkpNHWrqqCk (remix of the above)

BTW, search for game music by barry leitch and Stéphane Picq.

Here we go:
http://www.mirsoft.info/gmb/musician_in ... d_ele=ODQ=
http://www.mirsoft.info/gmb/musician_in ... d_ele=MTgy

The general list:
http://www.mirsoft.info/gmb/musicians_list.php

 

[SCO]

I mean how can you deny the AWESOME POWER of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQSsq7HCNHw

BTW the tune is rather special... it has a subliminal message. Fortunately it doesn't work.

 

[Hobo Elf]

ctrl + f Arcanum
Nothing

Wow, you guys. You guys are huge faggots. For a site that likes to suck Arcanums dick a lot, you fellas forgot to mention the only one good thing about Arcanum, the soundtrack.

 

[DraQ]

ctrl + f Arcanum
Nothing

Wow, you guys. You guys are huge faggots. For a site that likes to suck Arcanums dick a lot, you fellas forgot to mention the only one good thing about Arcanum, the soundtrack.

Well, the main theme was rather cool.

 

[Hobo Elf]

The Void, Eschalon: Book 1, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, Kings Field IV, Demon's Souls, Shadow of the Beast 1, 2 and 3

 

[M_I_C_K_E_Y_M_O_U_S_E]

Homeworld - Adagio for strings

Pretty much went perfectly with the destruction of an entire homeworld.