The Source Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 My list of the best game soundtracks: (In Order) #1 - Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodline #2 - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic I #3 - Star Wars: Clone Wars #4 - Shivers II
Bee Hoon Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Oh you didn't...Yes, I did. I'm a sucker for dramatic music I love the Jedi theme from TSL. It's sort of filled with a false hope; the long strings contradicting the triumphant brass. I don't know about you but it gives me goosebumpsOh, how could I forget this? I loved it! I found it so strangely wistful.
Commander Obi-Wan Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 I have the Gears of War soundtrack. And that's really the only game soundtrack I listen to, besides the GTA IV soundtrack. Both are fairly decent.
igyman Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 So many have already been mentioned, but just to confirm it: The Hitman series - this game has the best music around. Assassin's Creed - has to be on second place since the same guy did the music for this game and for the Hitman series. Dawn of War - Very very cool music. VTM: Bloodlines - excellent themes and even better songs at various ingame clubs. Mafia - it'll really make you feel like you're living in the thirties. Warcraft 2 - this game has some really great music themes, even better than Warcraft 3, which also has a very good soundtrack. Command & Conquer series - take your pick, every game has great music. Grim Fandango - not only is this the best adventure game I've ever played, it also has the best music among adventure games. Monkey Island follows closely. Heroes of Might and Magic III, IV and V - regardless of what you think of the HoMM series, you can't deny it has a great soundtrack. Legacy of Kain series - let's not forget these games. Besides having a great story and the best voice acting I've heard, there's also some great music. Deus Ex: Invisible War - say what you want, but I think it's a great sequel with some very good themes and songs. Jade Empire - do I really need to go into detail when it comes to this game? KoTOR 1 & 2 - great games with great original soundtracks.
mur'phon Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 I forgot: Intro music in BF:1942 That was an awesome game. How long did it take you to realise that you had to build toilets? It took me about a week. Pavlos gains 100 cool points, and to answer your question: I only realized it after I was making more money shooting rats than curing people (I thought the toilet sign above their heads was a new disease, so I sacrifised them to the science machine) Freedom fighters had a so so soundtrack, had the game not been an utter piece of rubbish I might have liked it more.
stingerhs Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 World in Conflict Halo series Hitman series Rome and Medieval II: Total War Oblivion Crysis "Still Alive" from Portal and i could probably keep on going, but those are the most memorable.
Rabish Bini Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Halo 3 had an awesome intro song, the one with the voice going over, the one which always plays each time you turn it on. Epic song that. And any game, if any, with Release Me on it is epic, that's an epic song.
Pavlos Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 My friend said of the Halo 3 theme that, and I quote, "It just sounds like they tried to make riverdance epic. Furthermore, they tried to do so by adding Gregorian chant and someone wailing occasionally." Which is true... but I quite like my epic riverdance music; even if the game it was attached to was a bit, well, naff, really. >_<
Rabish Bini Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 ^Hmm, well, IMHO I quite like it, and thought it was a great piece of musical art.
Serpentine Cougar Posted June 21, 2008 Author Posted June 21, 2008 Some other games with good music that no one's mentioned yet: - Knights of Honor - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time; a nice blend of rock and persian music - Ico; especially the ending/credits song "You Were There" - Battle Isle 2; particularly tracks 2, 3, 16, and 'Jogrwai' - Drakengard (or at least the track that plays on its website - I've never actually played the game...) - Ahriman's Prophecy - Princess Maker 2 I don't really remember Freedom Fighters having exceptional music; I'm inclined to agree with mur'phon.... @Arcesious: Republic Commando's title screen/menu music always reminds of 'Duel of the Fates.' Love it! @igyman: I liked Warcraft 3's soundtrack better; Warcraft 2's music all seemed like minor variations on essentially the same song. WoW has some good music, too. @Rabish Bini: Wikipedia says "Release Me" can refer to 3 different songs. Which one were you referring to?
Da_man Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 -Any game with music by Jeremy Soule (all Guild Wars campaigns, Kotor, Elder Scrolls III and IV, etc.) QFE. The Ace Combat Series has it's good songs, like the AC5 and AC6 main themes. Republic Commando had some really good orginal Star Wars-y songs. The First Splinter cell game had some good music in it, and I also think it was made by Rage Against The Machine, if I'm not mistaken. It has Tom Morello's theme throughout the songs. Metal Gear Solid Series FTW.
dhollmusik Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Through my nostalgia glasses: Turbo Outrun - C64 Thunderforce IV - Megadrive Streets Of Rage - Megadrive More recently: Silent Hill - Playstation I've plainly got to play more games. I can count the number of games I've seriously played this last 3 years on one hand. Hmmm, let me do it: - Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow - Tomb Raider: Legend & Anniversary - Pro Evolution Football - X2 (Egosoft) - Kotor - Civilization IV From these none has a stand out soundtrack, tho' the Tomb Raider soundtracks were well done. Good to see plenty of tips from yous anyway.
DeadYorick Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver - the only game that I have the entire soundtrack on an album on both my ipod and my 360 Final Fantasy VII, XI - Very nice songs suiting the mood Grand Theft Auto Vice City - Awesome actual songs
Da_man Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Holy crap this is an old thread. I'd have to say the Halo series has the best music
Shrub91 Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Riven has a really freakin good soundtrack IMO.
jawathehutt Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Im gonna have to add Red Faction, some of the music is ignorable, but some of it, like when you're on the elevator leaving the mine you start in was perfect for the setting, it made me almost feel bad for the guards and miners I hadn't killed for ammo.
Serpentine Cougar Posted February 22, 2009 Author Posted February 22, 2009 *revive thread* Found a couple more soundtracks I thought sounded pretty good, both made available for download by the developers: - Universe at War (particularly the Masari tracks) - Shaiya
FiEND_138 Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Red Dead Revolver. - The spaghetti western music is just awesome.
Sabretooth Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Off ze toppen mein headt: Deus Ex Pretty much all the soundtrack, sheer beauty Deus Ex: Invisible War Average soundtrack, but the main menu theme is the second best I've ever heard Age of Empires III Music gets weary, annoying almost, but is pretty awesome until it doesn't Morrowind Few tracks, but very good ones; extremely memorable main menu theme Dungeon Siege Another Jeremy Soule classic, fantastic themes Knights of the Old Republic Unique themes give it a very exotic, elevated air Knights of the Old Republic: The Sith Lords Not memorable, but the extensively builds the gloomy atmosphere Planescape: Torment As quirky as the game's aesthetic, not particularly smashing or likeable, but very very good American McGee's Alice The most gothic soundtrack I've heard yet, very atmospheric, morose and macabre Rome: Total War Absolutely brilliant workmanship, immersive, grandiose and intense. Sheer brilliance. Golden Sun & Golden Sun: The Lost Age Very beautiful melodies and incredible work for a GBA game (then again, the production values for the game were way beyond other GBA games, so it doesn't come as a surprise) Unreal Tournament games Difficult to name any one, all of them have some tracks that are very catchy, especially the Onslaught ones in UT2004 and the HyperSpace track and of course, UT2003's opening Half-Life 2: Episode Two Half-Life 2 has delivered some good music overall, but Vortal Combat and Sector Sweep are absolutely indispensable Call of Duty Very hard-hitting tracks, especially the main menu track and the Stalingrad track, very professional Civilization IV Not only a great selection of classicals, but the greatest main menu track ever: Baba Yetu Portal 'Still Alive' makes it all worth it Republic Commando Very different music for a Star Wars game, very forceful and unique
Mav Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Golden Sun & Golden Sun: The Lost Age Very beautiful melodies and incredible work for a GBA game (then again, the production values for the game were way beyond other GBA games, so it doesn't come as a surprise) Pure Win.
Sabretooth Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Pure Win. *hugs maverick* You're like the only person I've seen on LF who has played what Golden Sun. ^_^
DeadYorick Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 For me it is a tad difficult to choose. Games that I enjoyed listening to were games like Deus Ex, Kotor, Elder Scrolls, Mass Effect etc. But the problem with those games is, I could never really enjoy listening to their music outside of the game. Their music suited the game too well Games that I really enjoyed their soundtracks outside of the game as well however were most of the Grand Theft Auto series except for the first game and Liberty City stories (absolutely no good music in that game. One of the worst GTA games I have ever played. Felt to much like a rip off of both San Andreas and GTA 3 except with a lot of the good stuff taken out). Along with Half Life (the first game's music was really, really good), Max Payne (Byzantine Power game FTW), the Driver series (in every game excluding the mobile games and Parallel Lines, it's music always suited the tone and was especially good outside of the game. Perfect music to listen to while actually driving. One of the main things I always enjoyed using the film editor for ingame was to listen to that great music while the video was playing.), Syphon Filter (the first three games had perfect hardcore action music. Really was cool to listen to on my 360 to other games) and Golden Sun (a lot of its music had a perfect fantasy theme to it. I often enough found myself playing Morrowind on the Xbox to these tracks or even more rarely Oblivion *shudders*
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