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From video gaming to card games and stuff in between, if it's gaming you can probably discuss it here!
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Ace Combat, mainly Ace Combat 5 but all of them are well known for their soundtracks.
More recently WARNO has excellent music so far, even though most of it was licensed by Eugen from third parties so it doesn't really count as a soundtrack specific to the game.
Classic arcade games:
- Gyruss
- Pengo
- Mappy
- Frogger
And just for good measure: Lemmings
I haven’t played Lemmings since like middle school! Time to go find the music for it.
Castelvania: Symphony of the Night
- Nier (both games)
- World Ends With You
- Jet Set Radio
- Splatoon
- Chrono Trigger
Planet coaster. Released on streaming, it’s just so relaxing.
- Stellaris.
- Rimworld.
- Dwarf Fortress (Steam version).
- Steamworld Dig 2.
- The Talos Principle.
- The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall.
- The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind.
I love game OST so it really depends on my mood. For now the vibe is Planet Coaster.
Chained Echoes
Witcher
Doom 2016
Probably GTA SA. Blew my tiny mind to find out Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith, singer of Crystal Ship was voiced by Axl Rose.
You're on The Dust
Then again, VC had some absolute bangers too and I think is the only GTA that had me listening to the pop channel as much as the rock channel.
Wow, I didn’t know he was one of the voices. That’s great lmao. I love how many celebrities they manage to get for the stations. Like Kenny Loggins, Frank Ocean, Iggy Pop, Kat Williams.
The Dig, FFVII, Indiana Jones and the fate of atlantis, Morrowind, Quake.
Lots more, especially classic midi tracks but those are my top 5 (subject to change of mood and season).
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
I have played 4 Warhammer games and never touched the tabletop. Don't know how I got into this game but once I did, it didn't leave my head. I have one shuffle list I listen to and this sits there very comfortably.
Infamous for introducing me to one of my now all time favorite musicians. Amon Tobin.
And a lot earlier Quake that planted the first seeds for my love of NIN.
Recently I completed Crossing Souls. It's a game overloaded with 80s nostalgia. The soundtrack is from two composers. The first has 80s synth tracks while the other providers John Williams / Amblin like scores as the story of a group of young friends and feels like a movie from that time.
I love Flatout soundtrack - wreck cars and listen to Symphony of destruction and other songs.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKlbTXjy-F6q9qbt1hM78aD9dvXTMOMDG
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKlbTXjy-F6qz1HCLkVOMjQS2XnxYEIGO
Madden 10 has an unusally stacked soundtrack list. it is honestly absurd the sheer amount of legendary bands in that game
mlb 2k6 also has a great soundtrack, has interpol, pavement, fall of troy, pretty girls make graves, cornelius
Double Dragon Neon has an absolutely banging soundtrack. I wish I could get it on Spotify, but it's only on Bandcamp. Mango Tango is amazing.
I really lime the Dark Souls 3 soundtrack. Elden Ring's is okay, but there's just something about it that isn't as cool.
Sekiro's is good in an entirely different reason. It's a different style so I wanted to mention it separately.
I also like what they did with Pokemon Black and White I and II. Driftveil City theme lives rent free in my mind.
It's a very small soundtrack, but Demon Truck has absolute banger music. Definitely one of my favorites.
Deus Ex Human Revolution, Mass Effect 1, Diablo 2.
Assuming visual novels count as "games", probably one of the best soundtracks I've ever run across is the one for Everlasting Summer. Both Silent Owl (Sergey Eybog) and Between August and December did amazing work on it.
My favorite would probably be Super Mario Galaxy 2 OST. That game had really good music, so good I think it got nominated for an award or something. The music is nice and riveting.
Not OST but I really vibed with Fallout 3 radio. It was cool to learn about old songs from that game.
- Disco Elysium introduced me to Sea Power, who have a bunch of cool albums.
- Outer Wilds - I think of the main theme every once in a while and remember all the awesome stuff in that game.
Everything by Grant Kirkhope is great shout out to the Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie osts, also Skies of Arcadia
The Banjo games are such gems. I really need to replay those.
So many! Where even to start?
- Assassin's Creed II (really the whole Ezio trilogy slaps)
- VA11 HALL-A is from a phenomenal cyberpunk bartending game
- PPPPPP - The VVVVVV Soundtrack is a more chiptune-oriented album from one of my favorite games
- The most recent God of War: Ragnarök soundtrack is pretty darn good
- The Monstercat x Rocket League playlists go pretty hard if you're in an EDM mood
Amon Tobins Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory soundtrack is a solid ambient/electronic album that I keep returning to.