Best Music in A Videogame (2 Viewers)

[mirakon]

Not just overall soundtracks, but what's the best musical piece you've ever heard in a videogame?

 

[ohexploitable]

MGS and BF2142.

 

[Omie Jay]

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. Loved the heavy metal.

As for actual game score, i'd say God of War 1 and 2, and Black was pretty good too.

And pokemon, hehehe

 

[mirakon]

Yeah but as in specific tracks.

 

[jazzzod]

WoW - LK, specifically the Grizzly Hills soundtrack. Amazing stuff. YouTube - WoW: Wrath of the Lich King - Grizzly Hills Soundtrack

 

[Omie Jay]

Yeah but as in specific tracks.

oh okay then:

Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (0)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (2)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (1)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (10)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (9)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (12)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (11)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (13)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (15)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (14)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (18)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (20)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (19)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (21)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (33)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (34)
Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within OST (35)
God Of War II - Main Titles



edit: and the gym leader music in the original red/blue series, that was awesome lol.

 

[mirakon]

Enter Waka/Waka Appearance- Okami

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0xq1kMpz-k&feature=related

Have a listen m8's. Epic.

 

[brendroid]

Gym leader music from Red/Blue is epic ^^ I agree.

 

[Phoenix Fury]

Legend of Dragoon - all tracks namely the intro and rose's one.
Pokemon all.
BF1942 - Intro.
Goldeneye - all especially cradle.

 

[Absolutezero]

Best Score: Donkey Kong Country 2
Best track from it: Kannons Klaim. A beautiful piece of music, taking elements of dream house and industrial and fusing them together.

Best Soundtrack: GTA: VC

 

[Phoenix Fury]

Yeh, I was thinkin about including VC (I agree would be the best), SA and VCS but wasn't sure if that really counted.

 

[Absolutezero]

Yeah, that's why I listed DKC2 for music score.

 

[ilikebeeef]

Prince of Persia and Halo 2 have awesome soundtracks.

Examples for Halo:
Halo 2 Vol. 1 Soundtrack - 01 - Halo Theme (Mjolnir Mix)
Halo 2 Vol. 1 Soundtrack - 02 - Peril
Halo 2 Vol. 1 Soundtrack - 04 - Ghosts of Reach
Halo 2 Vol. 1 Soundtrack - 05 - Follow (1st Movement Of The Odyssey) (Performed by Incubus)
Halo 2 Vol. 1 Soundtrack - 06 - Heretic Hero
Halo 2 Vol. 1 Soundtrack - 07 - Flawed Legacy
Halo 2 Vol. 1 Soundtrack - 08 - Impend
Halo 2 Vol. 1 Soundtrack - 12 - In Amber Clad
Halo 2 Vol. 1 Soundtrack - 16 - Heavy Price Paid
Halo 2 Vol. 1 Soundtrack - 17 - Earth City
Halo 2 Vol. 1 Soundtrack - 18 - High Charity
Halo 2 Vol. 1 Soundtrack - 20 - Remembrance
Halo 2 Vol. 1 Soundtrack - 21 - Connected (Performed by Hoobastank)
Halo 2 Vol. 1 Soundtrack - 25 - City of Flickering Destruction

EDIT: And "Blow Me Away" by Breaking Benjamin

 

[ohexploitable]

BF2142 Theme

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[HalcyonSky]

Portal, of course


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[shinji]

+1 for portal.

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Epic soundtrack. All of the MGS's had epic soundtracks.

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^ Best opening IMO

 

[seremify007]

I still remember when the Playstation started pioneering the whole CD-quality music in their games... there was something awesome about having music in VG's which you would actually listen to in everyday life rather than just in the game. This was evident in racing games at the start (e.g. Gran Turismo series) and has been continued in newer games (NFS:HP2, Forza3, etc). I also remember GTA3 as being the first big game which had decent in-game in-house music on the varying radio stations. The adds also were awesome.

Not counting music games of course (e.g. DDR), I'd have to say the FF games have the best soundtrack. There's so many good songs- enough to warrant the purchase of the OSTs as well as the various piano score books (even bought the FF7 and FF7AC piano books off otaku for my gf's valentines day present). There's so much variety and mood captured in these.

I know the topic wanted individual songs but that's wayyy too difficult. Oh wait, I like the FF8 man with the machine gun song, and most FF battle music!

 

[mirakon]

Also:

YouTube - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Music- Title Screen Intro Theme

Metroid prime 2 title screen intro theme.

 

[tallkid34]

'Calling to the Night' by Natasha Farrow for MGS: portable ops.

Epic shit.

 

[spyborg]

Plants vs Zombies: "There's a zombie on your lawn." Hands down =)