Personally, I’m a huge fan of Hollow Knight, Ori and the (Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps), and Kingdom Hearts. Orchestral soundtracks are just something else…

  • Azure@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross will always bring me to tears. 💙 Also Robo’s Theme is a banger!

    I used to fall asleep to a Morrowind OST CD.

  • MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Legend of Dragoon soundtrack composed by Dennis Martin.

    Bajo Kazooie soundtracks by Grant Kirkhope.

    Donkey Kong soundtracks by David Wise.

    Sly Cooper soundtrack (first game) by Ashif Hakik.

    Ratchet and Clank soundtrack (first game) by David Bergeaud

    Metroid soundtracks by Kenji Yamamoto.

    All made insanely long lasting impressions where I could hear just a bit from one of the songs and instantly know what it is. Having played lots of video games, these seem to be the ones that have created the most lasting memory. They also absolutely slap as well.

    The Legend of Zelda games BOTW and TOTK get mention here as well, though I don’t find it as memorable. the sound design in these games is just top notch though.

    Tetris definitely deserves a shoutout.

    LA Noire by Simon Hale is fantastic though it’s mostly just riffing off of Chinatown’s soundtrack and I wouldn’t say it really implants itself in the memory like the ones mentioned above.

    Other honorable mentions

    Vice City

    Jet Set Radio – Hideki Naganuma

    Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater

    • falkerie71@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Check out J-music Ensemble’s Persona 5 cover album Metagroove! It’s really well made, I couldn’t go back to listening the vanilla soundtrack without thinking of it.

      • BluePhoenix01@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        My main wish after P5R soundtrack was released… is that I wish there was a definitive playlist of the order once both soundtracks are merged. As of right now, there is a set list for P5 and then a separate one for P5R…

        Maybe I need to keep looking, or generate it myself (it’s harder than it seems though).

        • youknowthatthing@lemmy.oneEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Is the P5R soundtrack missing music that was in the original P5? I never played the original, but I absolutely loved P5R.

          • BluePhoenix01@beehaw.orgEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Yeah, it basically includes the new intro, ending theme, and the music for the added story.

            P5 OST has 110 songs P5R OST has 30

            So to get the full P5R soundtrack you’d need to add both, and zipper up the list somehow. :)

  • monoboy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    There are so many good game soundtracks listed in this tread!

    Here are some of my favorites:

    • Chrono Trigger
    • Diablo II
    • Elden Ring
    • Final Fantasy <insert number> (and pretty much anything by Nobuo Uematsu)
    • Hades (and all of the Supergiant Games soundtracks)
    • NieR: Automata
    • Witcher III
  • HorseFD@lemmy.buzzEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    It’s got to be Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross, and really everything by Nobuo Uematsu.

    Also you can’t go past Koji Kondo. Ocarina of Time is a great example of how talented he is.

  • eldrichhydralisk@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    This is going way back, but the 7th Guest soundtrack had lived in my head since the first time I saw the game. Really great atmosphere, equal parts creepy and playful, perfect mood for a haunted mansion filled with puzzles.

  • wispikat@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    TUNIC, FEZ, Nier Automata, Outer Wilds.

    I also have a soft spot for Paper Mario and TTYD, those soundtracks are full of bops

  • chonk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    There’s this french MMO i played as a kid called Dofus and that soundtrack still hits hard when I listen. I think part of it is nostalgia but also its just so beautiful

      • Kerrangutan@lemmy.oneEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        The Subnautica dilemma™️ "Oh no, my Cyclops is on fire, do I

        • Put out the fire Or
        • Do I have a mini-rave to the soundtrack while my Cyclops disintegrates around me
  • finder@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago
    • Ico
    • Final Fantasy XIII
    • Final Fantasy XIV
    • Stellaris
    • Warhammer 40k: Darktide
    • Kingdom Hearts
    • Mirror’s Edge
    • Modern Warfare 2
    • Need for Speed: Most Wanted (OG)
    • Ratchet & Clank
    • Halo 3: ODST
    • Persona 5