The Video Game Music Thread

[Mackerel]

I can barely remember any music from any RPG except for the Wizardry 7 character creation theme, and that's because of how annoying it was to hear over and over. I guess I don't bother to remember background music.

 

[The Yawning Dragon]

where are the links to Daggerfall's music?

Daggerfall Music project by Robert Hood - simply the best Daggerfall music remake.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=242E38DC2C3DA1B7

 

[Humanity has risen!]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FWJ-0HwE3g (to 1:38)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJc2aFwB1aw

From Wizardry V FM Towns. Seriously the Japanese ports of most of the Wizardries had surprisingly great music, sometimes recorded with a live orchestra.

Fallout 1/2 (though Morgan did rip off some artists)

You mean "steal". It's the right word to use.

Which ones?

the best soundtrack ever made for an RPG is Ys 7 for the PSP

this is the law and will never be beaten by any game ever

Except for the minor fact that Ys I & II way back in the PCE days kicked it's ass. Also not really 100% sure they meant jRPGs that are more action than RPG

You can't be serious, Ys is just typical animu corny butt rock.

I was actually trying out Felghana the other day, and I turned it off because I couldn't bear listening to the awful butt rock in the first dungeon.

I can barely remember any music from any RPG except for the Wizardry 7 character creation theme, and that's because of how annoying it was to hear over and over. I guess I don't bother to remember background music.

Ah, I really love that one. Gives you that engaging, hopeful spirit of adventuring.

Love the notes that play when you get a random battle too.

I think its by far Divine Divinity.

Download the whole thing free from the Artist's website.

Just awesome.

http://www.kirillpokrovsky.com/

So true, this guy is on a whole other level above all the others when it comes to atmosphere, it's just so deep, immersive and detailed. Almost every tune in DivDiv is of a completely different style too.

Div 2 is about just as great.

 

[Murk]

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wow, despite your avatar you failed to mention Divinity 1 -- absolutely wonderful. Best, IMO.

Kai Rosencranz's work is up there as well.

 

[Ozzy_98]

You can't be serious, Ys is just typical animu corny butt rock.

I was saying the soundtrack to I & II on PCE (And ONLY on pce) was better than 7. And how could you consider is typical?

 

[Oesophagus]

which ones?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=log0l7UYcR8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi6FdN64mck

 

[Humanity has risen!]

Who can forget the opening music of Shadowrun (SNES) while waking up at the morgue and scaring the shit out of the two technicians? Nailed cyberpunk and 80s cheese perfectly. Worked well when in the streets too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5mg5EFK00k

Bar/club music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQuamOwb ... re=related

Daley town music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ZksLTm ... re=related

At the inn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUBeYL1x ... re=related

Gunfight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjlkmBLw ... re=related

Encountering an NPC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYsSgZ5a ... re=related

In the vampire's mansion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytoW4lF0 ... re=related

Dying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBb-XScW ... re=related

This one is annoying but great bass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ip7t9Z9gtw



I remember playing it when I was a college student who had just moved out from his small empty town into a big town with skyscrapers to study, and I liked taking walks at night. Needless to say it was quite fitting since I didn't know my surroundings at all.

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

Chrono Cross:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV-FvxoR1PQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J46RY4PU8a

Chrono Cross is one of those few games whose catchy music I enjoy without having played the game, like the castlevanias.

Here's some stuff I think is only enjoyable if you can remember the game segment where you heard it:

NWN1 HOTU Rebel Camp- Jeremy Soule
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r46yzCB82kA#t=0m55

Knights of the old Republic 2: Rebuilt Jedi Enclave - Mark Griskey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8b1J6Or-6Y#t=0m17

NWN2 MOTB Mulsantir - Alex Brandon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V1ZB1rWsS4#t=1m40

NWN2 SOZ Simon&Garfunkel - Alex Brandon & Annie Carlson (lyrics)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHDgpalcmAY

Mass Effect 2 - Suicide Mission - Jack Wall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2z28mutY1E#t=3m13

 

[Unkillable Cat]

which ones?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=log0l7UYcR8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi6FdN64mck

Another one is the theme played while in the Modron Cube in Planescape: Torment. The first few seconds are ripped straight from Kraftwerk. Trans-Europe Express, IIRC.

 

[circ]

Mass Effect 2 - Suicide Mission - Jack Wall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2z28mutY1E#t=3m13

I didn't bother with the rest. But that was pretty shitty.

Here you go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY1fVrI2NFQ

 

[visions]

which ones?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=log0l7UYcR8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi6FdN64mck

Moribund World sounds quite different from that Aphex Twin track. The rest sound quite similar, yes (especially Vats of Goo and that Brian Eno track, which sound almost identical). Here's what Morgan himself had to say on this, make of that what you will:

We have the information, that Tim Cain in one of his interviews told, that he likes dark gloomy kind of music and is a big fan of Aphex Twin. Some Fallout compositions are VERY similar to Aphex works… Is there any connection, Mr. Morgan? Or, maybe, you intend to say you don’t know neither Tim nor Aphex ?

When Interplay was thinking of using me for the game, they sent over some music that they liked and wanted me to do something similar as a demo. The CD they sent me had no titles or artists’ names, just a few pieces of unidentified music. I gave Interplay what they wanted and I think they must have used some of my demo in the final game. At the time, I wasn’t familiar with the work of Aphex Twin. To me, it was just my interpretation of what Interplay asked for.

But Modron Cube music starting like Trans Europe Express?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyFV0Ed-EUI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enjbq1-WdVE

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

Unkillable Cat must mean some other Kraftwerk song.

 

[Oesophagus]

he's stealin' yo!

Well in any case, I'll take Mark Morgan's ripping off any day over Inon Zur's "epic" soundtracks...

 

[Von Paulus]

ME isn't really a true RPG, otherwise I would put it in my list of best OST with Deus Ex.

 

[Leimrey]

wow, despite your avatar you failed to mention Divinity 1 -- absolutely wonderful. Best, IMO.

I'm a bad boy,

Spoiler

if you know what I mean.

 

[J_C]

As my signiture shows, I'm a big musicfag. While others fap to graphics, I fap to videogame music. If you have a favourite music in an RPG, don't hold back, let us hear it! I want to fap for them!

Some of my favourites:

PST - Deinarra's theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUt84LyH2JI

Icewind Dale 2 - Skeleton of a town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEqDtbC3bL8

Bloodlines - Asylum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y33hGaEg ... re=related

I hate to admit it, but DAO - Main theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWFEVbfC ... re=related

Final Fantasy VII - Those who fight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B_EctHjsR4

Final Fantasy X - To Zanarkand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSWWyCiX ... re=related

 

[Jaesun]

WHAT A FUCKING REFRESHINGLY NEW TOPIC WE HAVE NEVER FUCKING DISCUSSED BEFOREE ;lkasjhf;ajs;dflkasjf;alknan;sfcjka

 

[malko_sundervere]

Deus Ex's main theme by Alexander Brandon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCk8ByyCsks
Anezka Theme from Vampire: The Masquerade Redemption by Kevin Manthei:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL1nDAJmMYo
Hollywood Theme from Bloodlines, by Rik Schaffer (I believe):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KCGvmCmhG8

This isn't an RPG, but it's still an example of wonderful video game music...
Grim Fandango's Ninth Heaven by Peter McConnell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1riMeMvabu0

 

[J_C]

WHAT A FUCKING REFRESHINGLY NEW TOPIC WE HAVE NEVER FUCKING DISCUSSED BEFOREE ;lkasjhf;ajs;dflkasjf;alknan;sfcjka

If it is not on the first page, it never happened. Plus if we can have dozens of filthy DA2 topic, we can have a new music topic. It cleans our soul.

 

[Jools]

Morrowind: I hate the game, but the main theme, that I really like. Also I like the Morrowind version more than the Oblivion and the Skyrim reprises.

Diablo: Tristram's theme.

Ultima VIII: Tenebrae's theme.

These are probably my top 3 choices.

 

[J_C]

Anezka Theme from Vampire: The Masquerade Redemption by Kevin Manthei:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL1nDAJmMYo

 

[octavius]

The only game music I sometimes listen to outside of the game is the beautiful Heroes of Might and Magic 5 Haven Town Theme Music - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Y447mzPV0

 

[hoverdog]

Morrowind: I hate the game, but the main theme, that I really like. Also I like the Morrowind version more than the Oblivion and the Skyrim reprises.

Diablo: Tristram's theme..

+ Mark Morgan

WHAT A FUCKING REFRESHINGLY NEW TOPIC WE HAVE NEVER FUCKING DISCUSSED BEFOREE ;lkasjhf;ajs;dflkasjf;alknan;sfcjka

also this

 

[J_J_M]

I Always liked the music in Ultima 8. Would love to hear it played with proper instruments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-OrCU-2 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVAzTBbK ... re=related

I hate to admit it, but DAO - Main theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWFEVbfC ... re=related

In Dragon Age's case, let's just compliment Inon Zur instead.

 

[Lockkaliber]

I guess I'll just do my usual stick and tell you all that KotOR 2's soundtrack is severely underrated.

 

[Damned Registrations]

If you're going to list jrpgs, SNES did the music better than it's ever been done since:

Manoria Cathedral: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h-Io0cSywk
Magus' Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfCV1bVOiGc
Decadence of God: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZJFJ1YhgCc