Gaming

For me, it's Doom (2016), Battlefield 1, Hotline Miami, and Witcher 3 (even though after a 100 hours in some songs got a bit boring)

Zelda: Twilight Princess is probably my all time favorite. Midna's theme is so delightfully haunting in its several variations.

Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal have amazing soundtracks!

Mass Effect 3 OST has seen it's fair share of play time as well though that might be just as much because I love the game so much.

Oh! Cyberpunk 2077 is amazing as well. Especially the songs from the radio stations in the game.

The halo theme original and mjolner mix, a walk in the woods from halo 1 . ff7 tifas theme and aeriths / aeris theme and the mass effect 3 ending theme to name a few

Pyre's both my favorite game w/ my favorite OST. The tracks are layered in a way that they can change on the fly - and the instruments of certain characters kick in during the magical superbowl theme in really satisfying ways. Here's a couple examples:

The Dissidents' theme: Thrash Pack

Final showdown theme versus Dissidents: Never to Return

The Essence's theme: Sky Dance

Final Showdown theme versus Essence: Never to Return

Favorite tracks gotta be Path to Glory, though.

The soundtracks from NieR:Automata and NieR Replicant are definitely my favorite of all time.

Halo: Reach and Halo 3: ODST are also very good.

Doom 2016

XENOBLADE CHRONICLES 2

Yes, let me list some of my favs! This is generally starting from my fav, but it's not strictly ordered.
Counterattack
Driver VS
Monster Surprised You
Gormotti Forest
Battle!!
Exploration
Still, Move Forward
Battle In The Skies Above

I also adore the OST for Octopath Traveler (even if I didn't like the game much)

Guild Wars 2 for sure. It's one of the games where I never turn the music off.

NieR: Automata

The Weight of the World

Doom 2016 on some days, Pillars of Eternity on others

Chris Christodoulou killed it with the Risk of Rain 2 soundtrack, personal favorite is The Rain Formally Known as Purple

For focused work: Shenzhen IO Exapunks Opus Magnum Into the Breach Firewatch IXION

Other: Blue Archive Symphony 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Branched Remix Minecraft Stardew Valley Spelunky Helltaker Kirby

Halo (of course), Deus Ex, Cyberpunk 2077, Doom, Elder Scrolls, the Sega Genesis Sonic games, Psychonauts, Super Mario, Mirror's Edge, hell, I never really thought about it before but there is a lot of good stuff out there.

I think the Elder Scrolls games all have great music, but Morrowind's OST has always stood out as amazing. Hearing that opening soundtrack immediately sends me back to playing it for the first time!

https://youtu.be/xULTMMgwLuo

The Great Giana Sisters (C64) Turrican (Amiga) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

Oh man, quite a few actually:

• Dusk
• Most of the Command and Conquer games
• Simcity 4
• Team Fortress 2
• Touhou
• Nier Automata

I could go on but i wanna keep this somewhat brief lol

MGS series soundtracks are pretty dope.

Oh gosh where do I even start. I have a massive list of VGM soundtracks that I listen to but if I had to pick some favs currently:

• Gran Turismo 5/6 - been playing these games recently through the PS3 emulator and the vibe and feel these games go for is so much more amplified with the soundtrack, lots of chill jazz and downtempo music mixed with other genres like Dance and Rock.
• Pokémon (really any of them) - I've always loved the Pokémon soundtrack in all the mainline games, my favourite games in the series are HGSS so probably that soundtrack if I had to pick one.
• A Hat in Time - Soundtrack is so fun and upbeat, really regret buying this game on 2 separate platforms and then not playing through either of them.
• Celeste - Trans girl climbs gay mountain simulator with Lena Raine's simply amazing piano and synth soundtrack is so damn good I can't give it enough praise <3 (also all her other work on games like Minecraft and Chicory is super good too!)

There's a lot of them, but Hollow Knight's OST Dark Souls III, HotlineMiami 1/2 and Momodora Reverie Under the Moonlight are my favorites.

Shadow of the Colossus by Kow Otani Freedom Fighters by Jesper Kyd

Kingdom hearts had some amazing original pieces and spins on classics.

One of my fav from the piano collection; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqmBRC6IOAs&t=11

Of course Halo 1, 2 and 3 aaand sims 2.

Need for Speed Carbon especially the electronic music is underrated

Stellaris, Crypt of the Necrodancer, FTL, Invisible Inc, and basically any Supergiant game

I would say Halo 3: the music that play in the teaser triggered a HUGE hype instantly and because bungie delivered, the game has a special place in my heart, including the OST.

This year Baldur's Gate 3 OST is also about to be a banger (hope larian win the best score at the GA, even if it will be complicated with FFXVI OST)

Doom Eternal, Destiny and Halo

Celeste, especially Farewell.

I haven't finished the game yet, but Journey's OST is simply amazing.

All three Splatoon games have really solid OSTs. I am also a huge fan of Hollow Knight. Deep Rock Galactic is amazing as well.

I love so many OSTs. They really make a game/movie/show

Bloodborne! Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzdhTGaWzec

Vanilla WoW, Celeste, and Mirrors Edge all makes me feel like when I played the games for the first time as soon as I hear them. Fantastic evocative soundtrack.

-Persona 4 & 5

-Paradise Killer

-Celeste

-Hotline Miami

-Signalis

-Oxenfree

-Coffee Talk

are all in my normal album rotation

Persona 4 and Xenoblade 2 are my top 2

Haven't played the game, but somehow I ended up getting Skyrim's OST years ago.

Golden Sun and Donkey Kong Country have really good tracks. The DKC water level music is my favorite, and there's a fan rendition that you can find on YouTube: Beneath the Surface by Vig. Link

Transistor

Katamari Damacy

Stardew Valley

I definitely love hollow Knight's, if it wasn't obvious by my pfp.

I also love mother 3 / earthbound

kingdom hearts

most persona games

outer wilds

celeste

Chrono trigger

Ff7

Ace attorney

Paper Mario

I could go on and on tbh

I love Amplitude Studios soundtracks (Endless Legend, Endless Space 1&2, Humankind). They're great background music while thinking about stuff (like at work). Though maybe I just got Pavlov'd into thinking that since they're strategy games 😅

Also, Persona 4! The soundtrack is so nostalgic and reminds me of my childhood somehow.

There are so many :)

• Diablo 1 and 2
• Warcraft 2 and 3
• Starcraft 1
• Legend of Zelda (most of them anyway)
• Red Alert 1 & 2
• Tiberian Sun
• Doom 2016
• Oblivion and Skyrim
• Fallout 3 and New Vegas

Riven gives me goosebumps every time.

I haven't even played Machinarium or Samorost 3, but both of those soundtracks are masterpieces.

FF7, Ff10, Halo 3, Mario Galaxy, Persona 4

The Bomberman Hero soundtrack slaps.

Soundtracks filled front-to-back with bangers that have stuck with me over the years:

Sonic Mayhem's Quake 2 -- and, of course, Trent Reznor's Quake. 植松 伸夫 -- Final Fantasy 7. Grant Kirkhope/Graeme Norgate's GoldenEye 64. Max Lichtenstein's Pax Imperia 2. Richard Joseph's Chaos Engine. Just about anything Mick Gordon touches. ...aaaaand just about every Mario, Metroid, Sonic, DOOM (Heretic included), Command and Conquer, Advance Wars...

The original quake soundtrack is great if "sound textures by Nine Inch Nails" interests you. Adding on to that, try the soundtracks for fan-made quake campaigns like Arcane Dimensions and Dwell.

Oblivion, I've listening to it while doing homework and it always help me concentrate