Submitted 5 hours ago by BurntWits@sh.itjust.works to patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
My first post about video game music here did really well (most commented post in community history), so I figured I might make it a series of sorts. If this post does well too I might make more video game music posts in the future.
Basically what the title says, what is/are the best menu theme(s) in your opinion? It can be from the main menu, the pause menu, if it’s a menu it counts here. I’ll put a few of my favourites in the comments as well, and look forward to see what others have to say.
Fallout new vegas
I already commented on Outer Wilds, and this one is probably not fitting on Patient Gamers, but…
I have never just stopped and listened the main menu of a game fully, on multiple occasions… Until Expedition 33.
For whatever reason I felt like i was comitting a sheer disrespectful act to interrupt it.
The galaxy map theme from the Mass Effect series is one of my favourite tunes in a sci-fi game. I love the chill atmosphere as you select your destination, and hearing it outside the game always makes me want to revisit the series.
Not one person said Goldeneye? Wow. The main menu is good of course, but that pause music is legendary.
Sanabi.
The main theme opener is a striking arrangement of synth notes, which admittedly end up being a bit skippable after hearing them quite a few times. However, there is a reveal moment in the story that makes it hit way harder. It stuck with me after that 😁
Gangsta pause music baybeeeeee
The main menu for Battlefield 3 on console is still the gold standard imo. Had atmosphere without being sacrificing usability.
Going off pure style points NFS Most Wanted 2005 always gets you in the right mood for the game, although having replayed it countless times I still fumble navigating the menus at times. So I’m aware it isn’t the most user friendly design.
The kind that stops when i alt+tab
Deus Ex main menu
That’s one hell of a menu song, thank you for memory ride…
Doom 2016!
Everyone knows that first place belongs to Mega Man II.
I have a lot of these, but The Right Way Around, by Daughter, for Life is Strange: Before the Storm grabbed me the second I launched the game.
A more traditional main menu theme that I love is Ecce valde generous ale from Panzer Dragoon Saga. It’s a brilliant introduction to the game, drawing the player into a mysterious world in a post-apocalyptic setting.
The original Life Is Strange menu music is lovely too.
The whole Elder Scrolls series has awesome main menu music but I think Morrowind is probably my favourite of the bunch. But they’re all great.
The main menu theme for Dark Souls III is probably my favourite main menu theme ever. It perfectly encapsulates the tone of the game in my opinion and I always have to listen to it before starting up the game.
Well son of… That’s what I was gonna say!
Sekiro is also awesome. But yeah I agree Elden Ring is probably number two.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Some of my favs were already listed, I’d add Cyberpunk 2077, Max Payne 2, and Dark Souls 2 (that portamento).
Flow from Overwatch 2
The Halo 4 theme was so good that I would let it play out before starting a game most of the time. Definitely my favorite title theme.
Some other good ones are Skyrim, LOZ Ocarina of Time, and
The slow buildup and somber tone of Hitman III menu music „Death Awaits“ lives rent free in my head for a while now. Choir and strings in the end 👩🍳👌
Man, being earwormed in the main menu and through the entrire game to reach credits and have the full song blast through was mind blowing to me back when it released!
The only game so far that achieved this (and surpassed it by a lot IMO) is Outer Wilds
Sierra’s “Red Baron II” (1998) might not be my favorite but it had some of the most memorable music for me. Repetitive military marches with the main theme being rather jaunty. It didn’t hurt that it was my first flight sim and the first PC game I’d ever played online. I was around twelve at the time so it’s hard not to remember how cool it all was to me.
Fallout 4, the theme is so somber it immediately gets you in the right mood.
Gotta be The Witcher 3 for me
Guys. I know we aren’t forgetting halo 3 here
Well, the Octopath Traveler theme plays in its main menu and it‘s an absolute banger
A Plague Tale Requiem, especially after beating the game.
Joxnir@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I still remember getting goosebumps from Baldur’s Gate 2’s menu theme back in the day. It really set the mood and made me excited to start.
A more recent main menu theme that impressed me was Hellpoint’s. Together with the menu showing that black hole - it is just wonderfully ominous.