I’ll start it off - Legend of Dragoon has my heart with this one
Morrowind, hands down.
https://youtu.be/nJD-Ufi1jGk?si=DLqr0hYdvKZ9WCjd
Whats your favorite Main Menu music?
Submitted 11 months ago by Yokozuna@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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CosmicApe@kbin.social 11 months ago
tuckerm@supermeter.social 11 months ago
I liked the music from Morrowind so much, I found the audio files in the game's install folder, burned them to a CD, and printed out my own cover art to make a soundtrack album. I was 11 years old; I probably still have it in a box somewhere, haha.
slazer2au@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The entire discography is on YouTube I remember ripping off there years ago.
ono@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
charles@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Such a fantastic song. Not at all surprising that it was the first piece of music from a video game to not only be nominated for but to win a Grammy.
nik9000@programming.dev 11 months ago
b_crussin@programming.dev 11 months ago
For me it’s Civ 5’s theme, always gives me chills
dmention7@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Skyrim, by a longshot. That theme never failed to get me cranked get my Nordic adventuring on.
HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 11 months ago
HAH. HUAH. HAHH.
HAH. HUAH. HAHH.
OOOhhhh OHHHHH OUHHHHHH!!! AUHHHHHHH!!!
dmention7@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Saw this pop up in my replies before I noticed the context and was very confused… lol
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Really deep lyrics. A masterpiece of poetry.
NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Kingdom Hearts main menu theme. It’s absolutely a nostalgia hit for me. That game was one of my “get-away” games while in a rough situation. Hearing that music always makes me feel a little safer, like I’m just one step away from a completely different life.
Satelllliiiiiiiteeee@kbin.social 11 months ago
Dearly Beloved and the variations on it are the best. I'm partial to the version for Kingdom Hearts 2 but they're all great
Gigan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
MuThyme@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Pretty much any halo has the best menu music to me (I haven’t played 5 though).
There’s a lot of variety between them all too
TheMinions@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ll go with Mass Effect, the music in the first 3 games is incredible. Especially in the first game I think. This particular piece is called Vigil.
v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Dude, I only just played the games for the very first time earlier this year and I absolutely feel what you mean. It’s the very first piece of music you hear when you start the game, is used throughout the trilogy in pivotal moments, and is the very last theme that plays in the third game. So awesome
TheMinions@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Oh yeah. Leitmotifs are very effective at tying a story together and really help add some punch to those emotional moments.
I absolutely adore Mass Effect. It’s probably my favorite game ever. Top 3 at least.
UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 11 months ago
Skyrim for sure, nothing gets you more prepared to start a new adventure than that.
Honorable mention to the Last of Us after you’ve completed the game and are just sitting there, staring at the screen and wondering what to do next.
Phelpssan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Probably Metroid Prime. Both the Title Theme and the Menu Theme are fantastic.
Branching into a type of game most people here won’t have played - VNs often have great title themes.
- Muv-Luv Alternative’s “Crash” is pure hype
- Both Steins;Gate’s “Gate of Steiner” and Steins;Gate 0’s “Messenger” are great themes too.
ManaBuilt@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I cannot get over how good the Metroid Prime menu theme is. It’s both chill vibes and an absolute banger at the same time.
nlm@literature.cafe 11 months ago
Mass Effect
stoy@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Unreal Tournament 2004:
Kraivo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It wasn’t great. It was just good in sense of it’s time. Some of those music still instantly wakes me up and turns into hunting machine
stoy@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
I have the entire soundtrack in my music library, Hyperblast 2 Redeux is awesome.
I also regularly play UT2004 online, DM-Deck17 is my favourite original map, amazing flow, it just goes hard.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 months ago
Elden Ring’s main theme is literally the only video game song I have in my normal music rotation.
dgbbad@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
I love the Lunar SSS intro, but I’m still partial to the OG Sega CD intro. It gets me pumped up to this day.
magnetosphere@kbin.social 11 months ago
Yeah, there are newer versions, but this is the original.
FireTower@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Payday 2 really sets the mood with it’s music
drislands@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Cadence of Hyrule, for sure. So damn good.
XenBad@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Jelly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Metroid Prime. I only played it for the first time this year when the remaster came out and the music blew me away.
Davel23@kbin.social 11 months ago
UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Liquid cooled nighttime shades vibe juice for your ears.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The correct answer is Civilization V Gods and Kings.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Skyrim and RuneScape 2 (pre-audio update) are both pretty damn iconic
At my wedding we had the DJ play Skyrim and Witcher 3 music during dinner and it worked way better than it had any business working
UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 11 months ago
Some the Witcher 3 combat music is actually wedding music I believe, so that checks out.
Reaphenex@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Definitely the original main menu music for Dragon’s Dogma.
I remember booting it up on the PS3 back in the day and was like “Wha-?” but after playing the game so many times it’s definitely become a favorite. Both for how out place it is but also how perfect it fits after all the context of the game.
Sad they replaced it for the Dark Arisen version but luckily there is a mod for PC that restores it in all its glory. :P
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Literally the first thing that came to kind. Any time I go to start anything im excited about my brain just starts up the piano.
eldnikpw@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Battery@lemmy.world 11 months ago
d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 11 months ago
Woah, wasn’t expecting to this answer here! OMF is my favorite one hands down.
A close second would be the music for Jazz Jackrabbit.
Phelpssan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That one was so good.
Haven’t played this game in decades but instantly started hearing the song in my head when I saw your post.
JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Not main menu but the golden eye pause menu music on the n64 was a banger 🔥
SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No joke about that shit bro
UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Can’t believe I had to scroll down so far for this
Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Morrowind
Final Fantasy XII
Why9@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Dark Souls 3
Even years later, having completed the game many times, that opening song still gives me the chills! So haunting, so beautiful!
Skyrim has to be on the list for the pure joy of it
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Arcanum’s main theme gets my vote.
It’s weird. It’s terrible as music - just random strings with almost no recognizable tune outside of the first few seconds - but it sets a mood better than any other. It’s distilled melancholy in music form.
UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
💯 percent this piece of music makes me feel things
cocobean@bookwormstory.social 11 months ago
Super Metroid.
Spooky AF
lloram239@feddit.de 11 months ago
rikudou@lemmings.world 11 months ago
Witcher 3, phenomenal music.
Yokozuna@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lelelelelelelelelelelelele
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 11 months ago
Outer Wilds takes the cake for me.
Wilzax@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That game takes the soundtrack cake for any category it has an entry in