Games with the best soundtrack

[Instant Ramen]

Since we have several of "Games with the best XXX" threads already, I thought I'd toss this one up here.
My vote is cast for the Halo series. O'Donnell and Salvatori never fail to impress.

 

[xXAngelBoyXx]

I'm going for Nobuo Uematsu and Mystwalker.

Nubuo's done an amazing job with Lost Odyssey, Blue dragon and the final fantasy series with its sountrack.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

I didn't know we had a thread about games with the best XXX.

Anyhow, a thread about game soundtracks is not fulfilled without mentioning Final Fantasy series. I'd also like to add that there's some pretty neat music in Heavenly Sword.

 

[Fussiler1]

I heard the soundtrack of Diablo I was pretty sick.

 

[Arowanna]

The Halo series
Diablo II
Dragon Age: Origins

Hmm, there are more.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Final Fantasies
Legend Of Dragoon
Breath Of Fires

 

[I-am-murloc]

The classic Doom 1 beats all of the games anyone of you can mention when it comes to sountracks ^^

 

[Ghost765]

personally, i like the Space Marine and Imperial Guard themes from DoW1

 

[Zombie]

Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos.

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

Did you know that the music from Diablo 2 - the jungle (Act 3) was used in Survivor reality show on some seasons?

 

[xXAngelBoyXx]

forgot to mention Gulity Gear music

 

[Ziggen]

Yep, Halo series and Diablo II. Also Morrowind has has pretty epic music.

 

[Piwlady]

Dragon Age: Origins, Morrowind, Oblivion

 

[D a w n]

final fantasy

 

[Gyrosphinx]

Blitzkrieg...

 

[wereguy2]

Oooo, well the Halo soundtracks are great, yeah.
The 3D Elder Scrolls games (the only ones I have played, admittedly) have pretty great music too.
The Bard's Tale. 'nuff said.
I also love that FF7 battle song... The sontana of something, it was in the movie.

There should be more stuff there, NWN etc, but I can't really be stuffed listing it.

 

[Ziggen]

Forgot to say: Heroes of might and magic. I've only played V though, but some tracks in it were awesome, Haven theme is the best.

 

[DarkAngelAzazel]

The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XTgF9zal4g

Played by Apocalyptica btw

 

[wereguy2]

Forgot to say: Heroes of might and magic. I've only played V though, but some tracks in it were awesome, Haven theme is the best.

Tru dat, HOMM3 has a nice score too.

 

[MortAr]

World of Warcraft

 

[wereguy2]

Lolno.

 

[Adiktuz]

morrowind, final fantasy and Harvest Moon!!!!!!!

 

[Frunzbob]

The BEST soundtrack is from Vampire the redemption ... it is soooo atmospheric

and also very awesome is Heroes Of Might And Magic 3

 

[Gyrosphinx]

I still vote for Blitzkrieg, the music fits the game just perfect!

 

[orcyngiser]

warcraft 3 in game sound... xDDD

 

[Tunercarof1970]

Super Mario Bros. and Rockband series XD.

 

[Rui]

Nobuo Uematsu and his Final Fantasy series are nice, but the soundtrack of FF9 is definitely the best in the whole series. It's a pity it was such an underrated game. There isn't one single track that I can't listen to.
I've never played Oblivion but I've listened to a few tracks and there are a few good ones.
LotR: BFME, by EA, also has a few tracks not from the movie and they're very, very good. And fitting.

 

[Razek2468]

Mass Effect
Oblivion is just so serene
Always did the Red Alert Hell March, and all of the other modern C&C soundtracks.
I don't know if this applies but battle ambience for Warhammer tabletop, 40k and Fantasy lol that stuff gets you in the mood.

 

[Chizume]

Legend of the Dragoon

Totally the best ever. Classics

 

[Brombie]

When given a thought, I think one of the major success in World of Warcraft is the musical atmosphere. The composers do a great job there.

 

[Cihparg]

Morrowind has the BEST ones!

 

[HFR]

- Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Medieval 2: Total War
- Morrowind
- Dawn of War 1 (mainly the Imperial Guard theme)
- Final Fantasy 7
- Any LotR game with ripped LotR film soundtrack
- Mario theme (that's just for fun)

 

[wereguy2]

Of damn! How could I have forgotten!
Hitman: Blood Money! The main menu was just.. Wow.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Of damn! How could I have forgotten!
Hitman: Blood Money! The main menu was just.. Wow.

Well, naturally. Ave Maria is an immensely popular piece.

But I agree, it suits Hitman incredibly well.

 

[wereguy2]

Also, the final level thing (which sucked) should so have been all dreamy and slow-mo with it playing in the background. Instead it was just you getting shot point blank as soon as it starts. Multiple times.

 

[Gilles]

Well, naturally. Ave Maria is an immensely popular piece.

But I agree, it suits Hitman incredibly well.

Indeed.

Side note: Ave Maria sung by Chris Cornell is awesome.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Castlevania has pretty good music.

Even portrait of ruin which was buggy to near unplayable has memorable music.

 

[Seafire]

I thought that the Call of Duty series and the Halo series was pretty good. Some others would be Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising and Battlefield 2.

 

[Geazergimli2]

Dawn of War 1
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Supreme Commander
Morrowind
Kohan 2
Unreal Championship 2/ tournament 3
Halo 1
Demon's Souls
Disciples 2
Emperor Battle for Dune
LOTR Battle for Middle Earth 1
Zelda : Twilight Princess
Star Wars Republic Commando

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Metroid Prime series has some amazing songs (well the Metroid series in general, but some tracks from the Prime series are beyond great).

 

[X.e.r.e.X]

Shadow of the Colossus and Legend of Mana both have glorious soundtracks.

 

[Kuhneghetz]

Dungeon Keeper 2
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (PS1 version)
HeroQuest (the unreleased NES version)
Ghouls'n Ghosts (Commodore 64 version)
Robocop 3 (Commodore 64 version)
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Cybernoid 2 (Commodore 64 version)
Castlevania games (especially Super Castlevania 4 for the SNES)
Donkey Kong Country games
Mario games (most of them)
Metal Slug games
Streets of Rage 1 & 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (I'm only talking about the ones Konami made for the arcades and consoles during the late 80's and early 90's)
Pitfal II: The Lost Caverns (Atari 2600 version)
Probotector/Contra (NES version)
Metroid 1 (preferably the European version)
Crash Bandicoot
Final Fantasy games
Secret of Mana
Chrono Trigger
Plok
Street Fighter games
Vampire Savior
Feud (MSX version)
All of the Disney games made by Capcom (Duck Tales, Tale Spin, Magical Quest etc.)

 

[Gilles]

If music not made specifically for the game counts, Grand Theft Auto Series.

 

[Arowanna]

@Gilles, good one.

 

[AIagremm]

Definetly Disciples II. The music in it is simply amazing.

But Starcraft II music is pretty nice too =P

 

[Nightblade]

Fifa 08.

 

[Disasterpiece512]

Dragon Age: Origins has a pretty cool soundtrack. Neverwinter Nights 2 also has some pretty mean tunes. They're very ambiental and they create the perfect atmosphere.

And (insert conclusive cliché here), Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. Heavy metal for teh winz!

 

[NearbyHermit]

Starcraft I,II ; all Diablo games,period !

Heroes of Newerth,Dungeon Siege,Gothic I,II, Halo.

Castlevania - Symphony of the Night,Aria of Sorrow, Kick Master, Ninja Gaiden


Diablo II is my personal favorite


EDIT: How could I forget Earthbound, it literally has all genres in the soundtrack, even 8-bit death metal

 

[doombringer]

There is a such good music in video games

Here is some of my favorites

Blue Dragon - Final Boss Theme

Mass Effect 2 - Suicide Mission

Wont post up more videos but others include
Oblivion - Mistress Lament
Halo - Main Theme
Braid - DownStream
Cave Story - Moonsong (Sleeping Destiny Remix is Brilliant)

So many more but that just off the top of my head

 

[Geazergimli2]

Jeremy Soule's entire soundtrack