Give me your favourite OSTs, individual tracks, whatever.
Recently,
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. I think the soundtrack was the best part of the game.
All time,
Anything Final Fantasy or Elder Scrolls is timeless.
What are some games with absolutely fantastic soundtracks?
Submitted 22 hours ago by BurntWits@sh.itjust.works to patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
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mongooseofrevenge@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
tal@lemmy.today 19 hours ago
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 9 hours ago
I’ve seen a lot of good mentions here already but haven’t seen Nier: Automata yet. I thought the game was overrated, but there are a lot of great audio tracks
tal@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
I’ve seen a lot of good mentions here already but haven’t seen Nier: Automata yet.
A number of people have suggested it. I linked to the playlists on one comment here. Note that if you’re using the Lemmy Web UI, it — unfortunately, in my opinion — uses AJAX “infinite scroll” loading for comments, and has no way to disable this functionality. Thus, if you are using a web browser and search for text further down in comments, you won’t find it, as the web browser doesn’t know that it should load the rest of the comments to search through them. You have to scroll all the way to the end of the page, then do a search. One of my irritations with the AJAX “infinite scroll” design. I’m not saying that there’s never utility to it, but I’d generally rather have the ability to turn it off for situations where the list I’m loading is bounded and where I have a fast connection.
Reddit’s old Web UI at least had a one-click link to load all comments on a post; it would load the first 200 and then have a single click that would load all comments. Lemmy’s Web UI presently lacks this functionality.
TheTechyHobbit@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Faster Than Light
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Jetset radio
Dustforce
Scott Pilgrim vs the Wolrd the Game
Okami
tal@lemmy.today 3 hours ago
Jetset radio
Linked elsewhere.
Dustforce
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXH5G_bqrlc&list=PLBB4108…
Scott Pilgrim vs the Wolrd the Game
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoahM8bBwy0&list=PLvNp0Bo…
River City Girls 1 and 2
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River City Girls: linked elsewhere.
Okami
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meaansel@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
axiom verge 1 and 2 - good in different ways. i liked to put first on for long coding sessions, and the second expanded in interesting directions transistor & pyre & hades - all scored by Darren Korb, but different genres. from first moment, transistor has such vibe in big part thanks to it’s soundtrack, and is among my all time top games Nier automata - won awards for it’s soundtrack, clear to hear why crypt of the necrodancer - rhythm game should have a good soundtrack, and it does witcher 3 - the battle themes - like “silver for monsters” are unique style of action-y folk, very rare to find anything else that scratches that itch. dusk - awesome and dynamic metal risk of rain 1&2 - first game itself didn’t click with me, but, oh man, that solo in “Monsoon” get me every time, and “Coalescence” is poignantly melancholic in a similar way to “song of the ancients” from nier - which is (a very high praise and) much more expected from nier’s type of game than a “risk of rain”'s. “face of the deep” from ror2 from second is head-spinning in a good way no man’s sky - it introduced me to 65dos, for which i’m very grateful. that soundtrack is still probably my favourite album of theirs noita - low-key psychedelic, very vibes unreal tournament 99 - and i think it’s not just nostalgia, because one of my favourites - “mechanism 8” - is from the map i almost never played “Ultrakill” - good soundtrack, and yet cyber grind tracks from guest composers are still my favourites. “The cyber grind” in particular is just exhilarating
individual tracks i overheard from games i haven’t played:
old “touhou project” games - their soundtrack is full of gems, even if it’s not my genre of game system shock 2’s “Med Sci 1” and “Engineering” - very nice, i want more of that and can’t find “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33”'s “Lumière” - made me wishlist the game just for having it “Final Fantasy IX”'s “You’re not alone” - very nice melody i like to whistle sometimes. considering playing it just for having it original “Castlevania”'s “Vampire killer” rocks
meaansel@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
wait, i remembered more:
“Trine 2”
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Pinball space cadet
“Rama”: Main theme
“Dishonored 2”: Main theme
Super hexagon
“Red alert 2”: namely Hell march 2, In deepnow, following games used existing albums, which feels like cheating… but they are games with good soundtracks so:
“Capsized” used edited “Solar Fields - Movements”
“Neurovoider” used “Dan Ternimus - Wrath of code”whelk@retrolemmy.com 7 hours ago
Re: Transistor. I put Spine on our office playlist and it was awesome when someone else recognized it. That game’s soundtrack is incredible. Also how dare you not include Bastion in the Darren Korb list
meaansel@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
cause i never played the game🤷 . But now that you mentioned it, I did hear and like “The pantheon” and “Setting sail, Coming home”
tal@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
axiom verge 1 and 2
Linked elsewhere.
transistor
Linked elsewhere.
pyre
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAWmSzN7Uf8&list=PL53mjgV…
hades
Linked elsewhere.
Nier automata
Linked elsewhere.
crypt of the necrodancer
Linked elsewhere.
witcher 3
Linked elsewhere.
dusk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKCrkg7Kcdc&list=RDDKCrkg…
risk of rain 1&2
Linked elsewhere.
no man’s sky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS-soP5sRdA&list=RDMS-soP…
unreal tournament 99
Linked elsewhere.
Ultrakill
Linked elsewhere.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 15 hours ago
Almost 200 comments and not one single mention of Disco Elysium? What are we doing here guys? It’s one of the most fitting , most perfect and beautiful soundtracks I’ve heard. Captures the vibe so perfectly Robert Kurvitz personally convinced Sea Power to get on board, including - allegedly - by being the man inside the bear costume at one of their gigs.
Have listen: youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n9enLNuLjWTn67q…
aaaa@piefed.world 21 hours ago
Nobody has mentioned the Fallout games, but they always have a great radio station. Sometimes the soundtrack itself is pretty good too.
tal@lemmy.today 20 hours ago
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
Absolutely, the radio is fantastic. No joke it’s what got me into jazz which is one of my favourite genres now.
DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Subnautica. Love the atmosphere that the music conveys.
MisterCurtis@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Bastion had a fantastic soundtrack. I still have songs from that game in rotation. There are a few perfectly timed music queues that made each song just hit hard.
tal@lemmy.today 19 hours ago
Almonds@mander.xyz 21 hours ago
Ori and the Blind Forest/ Will of the Wisps Still the only two games that I’ve sought out and added the music to my playlists, although Skyrim and LoZ songs tend to be covered by artists in my daily rotations
tal@lemmy.today 20 hours ago
Ori and the Blind Forest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvpnMT-iqCM&list=RDOvpnMT…
Will of the Wisps
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeNfs0ADm-Y&list=PLS19zOY…
Skyrim
Linked elsewhere.
LoZ
Legend of Zelda series linked elsewhere.
Almonds@mander.xyz 19 hours ago
[Himmerland by Equilibrium] (m.youtube.com/watch?v=jW6A0iqPWMs&list=OLAK5uy_nM…) folk metal
apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 20 hours ago
In fact Gareth Coker’s soundtracks for Ori are so good, they are one of the few video game OSTs that I’ve bought on vinyl. That and Signals from the Outer Wilds.
Pure magic and they definitely helped make the games.
Almonds@mander.xyz 20 hours ago
Honestly, good point. I’mma have to buy the vinyl, too
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 8 hours ago
Journey
The game is a piece of art and the soundtrack plays a big part of it.
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Surprised no one said Nier Automata yet. Great soundtrack and game
faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
And I’d also mention Nier Replicant. The OST has a slightly different vibe, but it’s also fantastic
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
Nier Automata
Skua@kbin.earth 20 hours ago
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
tal@lemmy.today 20 hours ago
janus2@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
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. 🤌tal@lemmy.today 20 hours ago
Earthbound/Mother (mainly Mother 3)
Zelda
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvytTVeTxCE&list=PLVCg1T9…
Ratchet & Clank
Half Life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=taFEj_R_b48&list=PLB61A98…
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janus2@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
ty for your service friendly linkmonger 😊🫡
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
OST ones:
- Pizza tower
- Jet Set Radio/Future
- Doom 2016
- Psychonauts 1 and 2
With licensed music:
- Pretty much any GTA
- THPS series
- NFS Series from 2 SE up until Most Wanted 2005
tal@lemmy.today 10 hours ago
Pizza tower
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-u-M0jLYts&list=RDY-u-M0…
Jet Set Radio/Future
Doom 2016
Already linked elsewhere.
Psychonauts 1 and 2
The Binding of Isaac Rebirth and DLC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqjzfarDmOM&list=PL3-Zr0Y…
Pretty much any GTA
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: Already linked elsewhere.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Already linked elsewhere.
THPS series
[Tony Hawk Pro Skater series]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRxAWl2bZBM&list=PLb8iqbk…
NFS Series from 2 SE up until Most Wanted 2005
Gabadabs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 hours ago
The soundtrack in Celeste is fantastic
Elextra@literature.cafe 22 hours ago
- Eternal Sonata
- Jet Set Radio
- Hades
- Burnout Revenge
janus2@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
JET SET RADIOOOOOOOOOOO
tal@lemmy.today 20 hours ago
Eternal Sonata
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u_6irG5wcc&list=PL559D64…
Jet Set Radio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mizSUxxuCiY&list=PLD61626…
Hades
Linked elsewhere.
Burnout Revenge
GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
Just comented this in another thread, but Amon Tobin’s soundtrack for Splinter Cell Chaos Theory goes fucking hard.
Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 17 hours ago
hell yea, I love Amon Tobin
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 15 hours ago
Absolute underrated banger for sure. God Chaos Theory was just such a perfect game.
JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 20 hours ago
Death Stranding
DisguisedJoker@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Someone had to mention Death Stranding!
I’m so happy that the sequel finally let’s you make a playlist to listen to outside of your room. That’s all I want from it.
tal@lemmy.today 19 hours ago
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
Amen.
My wife loves the game, so I’ve heard a lot of the music, and it may be the best sounding game I’ve ever heard overall. Not just because individual tracks are good, but because they fit the feel of specific scenes and locations so well.
I could never play it, but it’s one of those rare games where I can sit and read a book happily without the audio being totally annoying.
shalafi@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
1st person mode? Been seeing this game a bit, might be my jam.
Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
I liker Cyberpunk 2077’s soundtrack so much I incorporated that specific style of music in my general listening habits because of it.
tal@lemmy.today 10 hours ago
Cyberpunk 2077
JPSound@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
That was the first aspect of the game that really got my attention. For the first like 8 hours or so, I found myself more excited to hear whatever song was next than whatever the missions or gear upgrade may have been ahead.
I think CP77 is a good game now but the only masterpiece aspect of it is the way they painted over everything with some of the most bizarre and mind bending music in a game. I dont mean the theme music. The sounds your bombarded with just walking through NC is the life force of the city and the #1 reason why it feels alive at all and not just a game city.
The background hum of the city is what sold the whole game for me. Without that, I think CP77 would be kind of another “whatever” FPRPG by now. The music make it a masterpiece.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Lots of good choices in the comments already so I’ll start with what I’m currently obsessed with: Project Wingman and its DLC, FRONTLINE-59.
OTXO is also great if you’re looking for some heart-pounding action, both in-game and to listen.
Neotokyo, the old source mod has two fantastic cyberpunk albums for its OST: GSDF and NSF. Both have their own unique style instead of trying to imitate the classics which is a huge plus.
I’ve seen Drakengard being mentioned already so have some heavenly sounds announcing the end of the world. If you’d like something that doesn’t cause as much mental damage as the first game, Drakengard 3 is your friend! It’s still possesses the mad undertones of the original and some of the boss music can be take it or leave it for some people as the heavy electronic vibes can clash with the medieval fantasy aesthetic (I love them all personally) but it has some absolute bangers as well.
Here are the usual suspects when people talk about this title:- Black Song - surprisingly light considering when it plays in the game.
- The Final Song is a backing track for an 8 minute boss fight with no checkpoints and no place for mistakes (1HP through the whole thing baby!).
- This Silence Is Mine - if you want to listen to someone who’ve been through hell and back singing asking for the sweet release of death. It’s raw, it’s emotional and it perfectly encapsulates all the themes of the D3’s protagonist, Zero. Still one of my favourite OST songs of all time despite listening to it for at least a decade now.
Last but not least, Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse. It’s filled with fun and energetic tracks which fit perfectly with the light comedic tone of the series. Jake Kaufman’s masterpiece and probably my favourite OST in the series.
viral.vegabond@piefed.social 22 hours ago
Celest, little big planet
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
+1 for Celeste. Brilliant game, brilliant OST
tal@lemmy.today 19 hours ago
waterproof@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Alright i’ll try to go with things that has not been submitted yet.
- Ace combat 7 has consistent bangers. Also project wingman in the same style, slightly less consistent, but the best tracks are absolutely amazing (showdown and redline are in my opinion)
- I did not play Mighty Switch Force and Mighty Switch Force 2, but this game has really good tracks
- ULTRAKILL is not really out yet, but its soundtrack is already amazing
- Turrican 2 has some pretty damn good chiptune tracks
- VA-11 HALL-A which also acts as an amazing background music to work
- Tekken tag 2 / Tekken 8
- Distance (this one is probably a bit personal though)
Aaand i’ll stop there otherwise this will be a way too long post
swordgeek@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
Grim Fandango.
Seriously, it’s one of the only games I consider to even HAVE a soundtrack. It’s absolutely next-level.
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
Pillars of eternity 1 and 2, octopath traveler, Chrono trigger, streets of rage, sonic 1-3, and doom eternal were all pretty amazing
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 13 hours ago
Quake, by Nine Inch Nails www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1SsBMsauvE
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
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.