Give me your favourite OSTs, individual tracks, whatever.
I have lots of favourites but I feel like most will be suggested by others so I’ll go for one that isn’t as popular: Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine. The whole soundtrack is amazing start to finish. Some of the best piano tunes to ever be in a video game, and a super under-appreciated game. It should’ve been way bigger than it was. Unfortunately it’s being tainted by its less-than-stellar sequel which came out recently. Don’t play the sequel, but definitely play the original. It’s fun solo but it really shines co-op with a friend (or three). It supports up to four players and I’d definitely recommend co-op if you have the means. I used to play it on 360 with a friend of mine and it’s some of my most fond gaming memories. It’s not a difficult game to figure out but it’s not an easy game to get good at. But all that is to say, play the game, or if you can’t, absolutely listen to the soundtrack. It’s awesome.
Seconding this for the co-op play. It just captures the feeling of a heist so perfectly in a bite-sized package. In a matter of seconds you’ll go from everyone calm and knowing their role, to full panic mode as soon as someone makes a mistake, to a wary sense of relief as you manage to barely get to safety but still have to complete your mission.
I didn’t know about the sequel. Now I’m tempted to try it…
Quake, by Nine Inch Nails https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1SsBMsauvE Industrial / Ambient
Being able to listen to tracks 2-11 of the game disc in a regular CD player felt like wizardry to 14-year-old me.
I love the Celeste OST. In general I like does made by Lena raine but that one is my favorite.
Absolute nonsense for this post to have 61 comments and none of them have mentioned Outer Wilds yet. Echoes of the Eye could be its own separate answer to this as well. Take a listen to this track, it is the essence of adventure in audio form
I love so many video game soundtracks, so I’ll try to just list a few:
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Monster Hunter: Tri (wonderful balance of stirring and cozy)
- Bloodborne (really almost all of FromSoft’s soundtracks, but especially this one)
I also really like Hollow Knight and Hades soundtracks, and of course DOOM (2016) has already been mentioned.
I was going to mention Hollow Knight but figured someone else would want to. Such a fantastic OST.
Also ditto on FromSoft stuff. The other one I was considering mentioning was Dark Souls III. They’re all great but that one is my #1 from them.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w7ff_CqK-E&list=RD0w7ff_CqK-E&start_radio=1
Monster Hunter: Tri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl9JRgql2Fc&list=RDtl9JRgql2Fc&start_radio=1
Bloodborne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhGZkdODoDM&list=PLCLeSTzz6trY_Qn_8vMnqO9TbqesAM4x6
Hollow Knight
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Hades
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DOOM (2016)
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You have good taste… This live version of the bloodborne theme gives me chills.
Earthbound/Mother (mainly Mother 3)
Zelda (especially Ocarina and Twilight Princess)
Ratchet & Clank (especially the first game had some bangers)
Half Life, surprisingly. It has very little music but Diabolical Adrenaline Guitar drops at the perfect moment and makes you feel like you’re living in an action movie. 🤌
OFF by Mortis Ghost is similar. Mostly ambient tracks but the melodic ones hit differentEarthbound/Mother (mainly Mother 3)
Zelda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvytTVeTxCE&list=PLVCg1T9cgPfYNki30ZW3bKCakeLN50NCj
Ratchet & Clank
Half Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taFEj_R_b48&list=PLB61A980FC7A2E45A
OFF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qFK2JlwKe4&list=PL83509D03B924B5E9
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Baldurs Gate 2, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, Hotline Miami
Baldurs Gate 2
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GTA Vice City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE485kpuqrs&list=PLffQpMcmLcI-3REhsGllOcwoAsYrQ9bra
GTA San Andreas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOzL8-u3fjo&list=PLffQpMcmLcI_OLLFUiY2KzXBpaT1I5wRj
Hotline Miami
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Hotline Miami is a banger, the game and the soundtrack.
Can we really consider the gta games to have an ost?
Doom 2016
The Batman Arkham games had some pretty awesome soundtracks.
City brings me back no matter when I give it a listen. Origins, despite being the black sheep, had an awesome soundtrack too.
Yeah for sure, I actually watched Batman Begins at the cinema this weekend for the 20th anniversary and I’m itching to jump back into the Arkham games after that. Such a great series overall.
My wife likes to watch me play the Batman games, especially Asylum, and she recently requested I play them again. I put a couple hours into Asylum, so I’ve still got the itch to continue. City is the most nostalgic for me, but I think Asylum was the best game overall. It’s probably the one I revisit the most.
Batman Arkham games
Runescape.
Right from the login screen its always been iconic
Celest, little big planet
+1 for Celeste. Brilliant game, brilliant OST
I love the soundtrack to Final Fantasy 6. Brings back good memories.
Anything Xenoblade, but especially 1 and X.
I got bored of Undertale quickly, but the OST is an all-time great.
Shovel Knight is really good.
Anything Xenoblade
Undertale
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Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q26WenMMnyE&list=PL9BF821681EE6F8D5
The Grandia theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i36tXq7yK6c&list=RDi36tXq7yK6c&start_radio=1
The Nier games
+1 on Mystic Quest. I still get the battle song stuck in my head on a regular basis. Incredible that such a basic game had such a badass soundtrack.
Surprised Halo wasn’t mentioned yet.
Me too. I didn’t want to take any freebies with my initial comment and figured Halo would be picked pretty quick. I’m glad someone finally mentioned it.
So damned frustrated I can’t find it. There’s a sweet video of some teens playing the theme in someone’s living room, about 20-years ago. Wanted to stand up and cheer it was so perfect.
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GOT IT!
Reminds me of my friends jamming in the late 80s. (I suck at music, merely an observer.)
Slick production aside, not a bad take here:
Pillars of eternity 1 and 2, octopath traveler, Chrono trigger, streets of rage, sonic 1-3, and doom eternal were all pretty amazing
Pillars of eternity 1 and 2
octopath traveler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQHDq9anOeY&list=RDDQHDq9anOeY&start_radio=1
Chrono trigger
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streets of rage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Saqqm7QmlDw&list=PLv1tYJbe3vGMr3ctn7d_fIm6u1_akD_si
sonic 1-3
doom eternal
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