bishopcruz Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 (edited) So many songs that I will never ever forget. With a few exceptions game music isn't what it used to be, much of the reason being that music now blends into a whole soundscape much of the time, up through the PS1 era we didn't have the processing power to do the sick sound direction that we have now. So music had to fill in the gaps to create the mood. The early 1990s to the early 200s is probably the era of the best game music ever. I'll probably do some more of these, but to start I'll probably go with my favorite composer at the time Yasunori Mitsuda, the man was a beast, the composed Chrono Trigger right out of high school, and has created 3 of the best OSTs of the 1990s. We got stuff like: Chrono Cross: Anyone who knows me knows I think that this guy is a GM god. Cross is likely his best OST, and that is really saying something. Everyone know's Time's Scar, because it is amazing, not everyone remembers the rest of the OST, say what you will about the rest of the game, the music was amazing. I mean seriously, if at the end of the game you didn't get a little verklempt when you heard Radical Dreamers - The Recovered Jewel you have no soul. Time of the Dreamwatch: (2nd Intro) Star Stealing Girl: (Kid's theme) Radical Dreamers: (Probably the best vocal song in a game, ever) Xenogears: Ok, lotsa Mistuda love, but these really blew most other games out of the water soundtrack wise. Xenogears is a great progression from what he was doing in Chrono Trigger, and many of the techniques that Mitsuda used would come up again later. I picked the main theme, The Chain of Sea and Fire, the boss music Awakening, and Premoniton ,the tower of Babel theme. Xenogears' only fault in the soundtrack department is that the sound programming was not as good as it could have been, listen to the difference in sample between this and Chrono Chross, they quality of the samples is leagues apart. Chain of Sea and Fire: Awakening: Premonition: Some awesome remixes: Dreaming Still (Acid Jazzy Radical Dreamers) Another Inspiration: (Dream of Another Shore) Melkaba: (Mitsuda Remix of Premonition) Coming soon: Edited April 3, 2009 by bishopcruz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Just downloaded the OST for Ico and SOTC. I forgot how great the music was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stilly Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I'm still in love with the music from FFX. It's the only import OST I've ever gotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogie Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I gotta go with Bishop, Nick and the rest here. Chrono Cross is my all time favourite OST. Love that shit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Downloaded about 4-5 gigs of game music the other day and am slowly listening to it all. The metal gear solid 4 soundtrack is immense, as is the killzone 2 and oblivion one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 I'm still in love with the music from FFX. It's the only import OST I've ever gotten. The piano version's great, too. i was surprised how much i liked X2's OST in piano. DoJ - MGS4 has some good tracks, nothing that beat 3's theme for me though. any recommendations off KZ2 or Oblivion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Nothing really stands out for KZ2 or oblivion, just works very well as kinda background music. Perfect Dark soundtrack is immense too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 In honor of the release of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition and Tales of Monkey Island I give you one of the greatest themes of all time, it's catchy, all too catchy. and one of my personal favorites from the game: and not enough Phantasy Star in this thread, we'll go with Phantasy Star 2, such a unique sounding OST, which is pretty rare for a JRPG, the sound programming was amazing giving it a futuristic alien tone. Really nothing like it on Genesis: Rise and Fall: Mystery: Silent Zone: and remixes: Dungeon Melody from Phantasy Star 1: Rise and Triumph (PS2): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 Nice adds, man. ill go through them soon. meanwhile, i adore Akira Yamaoka's entries in the Silent Hill series...the best for my money are 2's theme "Theme of Laura" and 3's "You're not here", post them both soon. even 5's instrumentals are haunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 Wanted a thread for fun stuff like this (though there's history to it, as MJ was actually tapped to do Sonic 3 music, fun fact i recently learned) also, yes, Robo Roll is too obvious. to continue the trend, Busta Rhymes over ToeJam & Earl beat is genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 i didnt know whether to post this here or the mashup thread. its not a mashup though so here will do. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 oh my god, The Clipse - Virginia (Ocarina of Rhyme mix) is awesome. i gotta find this album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 i absolutely love this acapella, dying to find it in mp3 format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 An mp3, you say.. http://rapidshare.com/files/319697264/MGS3..._The_Ladder.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 that...that was magical. cant hear it from work, im hoping they shed some of the distortion from the video...either way, you're a champ, DoJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 I just upped the audio from the vid in as high as quality as possible. http://www.video2mp3.net/ For your future youtube to mp3 needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 WOAH MAH GAH DOJ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Fucking christ... more like BOSS LADDER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Konami, sitting along Falcom on the game music Mt. Olympus: Akira Yamaoka composer of Silent Hill is a fucking god. Tommy Tallarico is a tool, but at least we got this! Silent Hill 2 live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 that...that was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Agreed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 (edited) Some lesser known badass game tunes: This game is 22 years old. Jesus fucking christ! Ultima VIII, a controversial game, but a badass soundtrack moody as hell, and great for PC MIDI Ultima Online had amazing music as well Since I always have to shout out to Konami: Snatcher's Theme, barely heard in the Sega CD version: it's pretty cool, but then we get the Official Konami remix on the Black Disck OST, HOLY GOD!!! Please Remake Snatcher Kojima, and include this as the theme! and because it rocks! Phoenix Wright - Objection! 2001 and the Orchestral Remix of the Objection! Themes from each of the first three games: Edited December 30, 2009 by bishopcruz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Some good stuff there. As much as I wasn't a fan of the game itself or the series as a whole, halo 2 had some good music to it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 (edited) Halo has some awesome music overall, Marty O'Donnell is one of the best composers in the biz. Halo:ODST's soundtrack was a lot different, but amazing. amazing piece. Some of his lesser known stuff: Myth: The Fallen Lords, one of the best Tactical RTS games of all time. and my favorite from Halo 2, best soundtrack in the series IMO: and after the last notes of that were heard at the end of HALO 2, players around the world screamed WHAT THE FUCK? Edited December 30, 2009 by bishopcruz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiffytee Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 do commercials count? i remember this song from somewhere... did someone post it in music you are listening to now or did some other place have it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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