Best Computer Game Music

[Cheez]

Which game has the best music would you say?

I personally think it's down to either The Great Giana Sisters on the C64 or Tetris on the GameBoy. Although Bubble Bobble and Super Mario Land also deserve special mentions.

[KingDaveRa]

A-IV Network$ had some cool choons.

It was one of those games from the mid-nineties that used CD-Audio for its music. The music wasn't too bad either - as the seasons in the game changed, the music changed to match. The songs worked really well!

[TelexStar]

I know people go on about it but I FFVII, particularly the Cosmo Canyon tune, really did it for me.

Other notable mentions are Halo (intro) and MoH:AA.

[bvark]

Transport Tycoon and Tie Fighter. Midi ftw.

If anyone starts recounting tales of how Aeris's tune in FFVII made them cry again I will have this thread encased in concrete and buried on the bottom of the north sea.

[LiQuiD_PyTHoN]

FF8, Devastation, HL2

[Killy]

Too many to choose from

[TelexStar]

If anyone starts recounting tales of how Aeris's tune in FFVII made them cry again I will have this thread encased in concrete and buried on the bottom of the north sea.

You're a bad man with an evil heart!

[Ryvita]

Diablo II: Lord of Destruction

Polish Philharmonic Orchestra FTW! :)

Ryv

[Semajal]

Various C&C titles. Older ones. Hell March ftw :D

[Knight ArmagoN]

ITS ALL ABOUT KEN STAGE!!!!! SF2 :)

courtesy of Download DragonForce Performance.... cant think of a cooler way to come on stage.... except for Story of the Year coming on to, "America **** Yeah!" LOL

[Knight ArmagoN]

Sin Episode 1

[Mingtea]

ITS ALL ABOUT KEN STAGE!!!!! SF2 :)

courtesy of Download DragonForce Performance.... cant think of a cooler way to come on stage.... except for Story of the Year coming on to, "America **** Yeah!" LOL

Last 2 times i've seen dragonforce they've come on to the SF2 intro music.

Which is awesome because they put on a ****ing fantastic show.

[Mu5icMan]

Warcraft II and the original command and conquer

[WhiteKnight]

Personally my all time favorite game tune is the Title music to Turrican II on the Amiga. Very cool track. Not to mention the elite sound style generated from the TFMX music engine.

A very close joint second is the original orchestral recording of all 3 Outrun themes. SOO gooood.

Then third is the "Fury of the Furries" theme music.

In no particular order after that:
Monkey Island
Lemmings
Deflektor
Deluxe Galaga
Bubble Bobble
Transport Tycoon

[Bonkers]

Tony Hawk Pro Skater

[Xilly]

Sorry to be predictable but ff7.

[Afty]

"War, never been so much fun... War never been so much fun."

Cannon Fodder

Close runner up : Tie Fighter

[TelexStar]

"War, never been so much fun... War never been so much fun."

Cannon Fodder


Actually, that's a damn good call. Forgot about that.

[Screwball]

Red alert 2, especially the remixes :)

[kandy]

duke3d, and I almost made a mess of myself when i got a soundcard that supported AWE32.

[Tsung]

Too many to choose from, so I've split them up a bit.

8 Bit/Arcade
Bionic Commando :- each of the five levels had it's own tune. Even the highscore table (with 30 second countdown) had a tune which suited it.
Outrun / Spy Hunter / Space Harrier / R-Type :- Classics of the time.
Bubble Bobble / Rainbow Island
Monty on the run / Thing on a spring.

16 Bit
Sonic / Mario
Deflektor
Cannon Fodder "War has never been so much fun"
Project X, Alien Breed, Superfrog, Worms
Lemmings

Current
World of Warcraft.

I think it is difficult to pin it down to one title; different music invoke different emotions/memories.

[Cypher]

Red alert 2, especially the remixes :)

Hellmarch ftw!


I quite like the HL2 music in the 'action' levels (Airboat vs helecopter kinda points)

[andyf]

Second for Turrican 2, had some gems in there.

Airbourne Ranger was brief but good. As was the random 'press start to play' music in Starglider 2 on the Amiga.

Nowadays with FPS and RTS games demanding a lot of concentration, I can't pick out any particular tracks. Plenty of good tunes in there but nothing I can recognise on its own.

[Murray-Mint]

Hell March, Monkey Island (All of it) and Transport Tycoon.

[GreyDeath]

Silent Hill - For setting the mood

MGS - For adding to the element of action and being adaptable to the situation

Vib Ribbion - For being the game

As for some 8/16biters

Sonic1 on the MS

Legend of Zelda

Toe Jam and Earl

[Dux0r]

Edit: infact screw everything else

REZ

[Cypher]

oooh forgot those two.... Legend of Zelda and Monkey Island :D

[Dux0r]

if someone doesnt agree with me on rez i might shoot myself.

[GreyDeath]

cant believe I forgot about this one...REZ

damn you

Now I have to hunt down my copy and my dreamcast and play it

[JeRkY]

afty beat me to it.......it is so clearly cannonfodder.

I mean we all still remember the words :)

[Dux0r]

" The new action video game that will not only shock your fingertips -- but also shock you out of your senses!
Calling (shooting) and Responsing (destroying) enemy viruses will steadily create phrases of music which will lead the player into a dreamlike world of sound and sense. As the player concentrates harder and harder on the game, random sound effects will turn into a steady rhythm, while waves of lights and colors will consume the player entirely. And when sound and visual effects ultimately come together, Rez will open your senses to a totally unbelievable experience like nothing you have ever felt before.


Welcome to the world of Rez!"

winner.

[Zenith]

There are just too many!

Shadow of the Beast
Turrican II
Cybernoid II
Speedball
Xenon
Sanxion

The list just goes on and on for me... pretty much anything created by Chris Huelsbeck, Rob Hubbard or Dave Whittaker.
Dave Whittaker - http://www.exotica.org.uk/tunes/unexotica/composers/David_Whittaker.html
Rob Hubbard - http://www.exotica.org.uk/tunes/unexotica/composers/Rob_Hubbard.html
Chris Huelsbeck - http://www.exotica.org.uk/tunes/unexotica/composers/Chris_Hlsbeck.html

[Elbonio]

Settlers music rocked, as did the sensible soccer menu music.

Ofc mario/sonic are the daddies of the console tunes

Zelda and FFVII are also legends


I also like the music from WoW.

[Omnituens]

MGS.
C&C pre-EA
Total Annihilation
HL 1 and 2
Sonic 1 and 2 (starlight zone/chemical plant zone/boss music ftw)
FFVII+VIII

[Zatoichi.uK]

Turrican II again... fantastic tunage, even got the soundtrack on CD but they remixed it all which was a bit rubbish...

[Shazz]

the sonic the Hedgehog origional music.

by far.

[Rupert]

banjo kazooie

[thory]

Toe Jam and Earl

Glad someone else said this. In a word, legendary :)

[Demonic]

A bit later than a lot of the rest but: Baldur's Gate 2.

WoW has a case of producing even more of the average game music these days tbh. It's just more of this general RPG music we hear a lot these days, GW and Oblivion are big offenders of this too. I hope that NWN2, Mass Effect, and other approaching RPGs have more original, and less generic sounding music.

Sonic does have to be my all time favorite though.

[no friends]

THPS2
GTA:VC (slayer ftw ;))

[porsche]

Delta (C64),
Thing on a Sprint (C64),
Pitfall II (Atari)

-Porsche-

[Dam0_D_Dude]

I like metal gears music, always got you in the mood for some action!!!
Plus i loved how the Ff series got the whole emotion of whats going on through the music! Ff for the Win

[Dan]

Toe Jam & Earl
Final Fantasy VII (Particularly the Boss theme, argh!)
Sonic

[snowblind]

i seem to remember quake 3 arena having a very good selection.

[Guigsy]

nfsu 1 and 2.

connon fodder
rainbow island
and speedball

also i quite liked the sensi soccer music

[Gunsmith]

Xenosaga 1 & 2's cinematic score
Total Annihilation
NFSU1
Outrun
sonic 1
sonic 3
thunderforce 4
burnout 3 and 4
blazing thunder on the atari

[Aardvark]

Nevryon! Still!

And still noones ever heard of it :(

[VonFaceless]

I quite liked the music from fear myself

[TE-Hellfire]

Chaos Engine (Amiga version)

If you havn't heard the title music, you need to sort yourself out.

Same goes for Hired Guns (Amiga also)

[Toptotty]

Finders Keepers on C64 > *

[Baz]

If anyone starts recounting tales of how Aeris's tune in FFVII made them cry again I will have this thread encased in concrete and buried on the bottom of the north sea.

*sniff* must be strong *sniff

[GreyDeath]

Those who know it will love it, those who dont wont care

Grandia

Also Kens theme on SFII rocked

Also wild arms has a nice opening theme.

[kr-dm1]

No idea if anyone else has heard of it but Armoured Core on the PS1 had quite a good soundtrack. Still in my playlist now in fact :)

[TimmyNoShoes]

FFVII tbh.

[Panic]

C&C music was so good i even used to play the music cd in my first ever car! ha ha sounds so funny, i loved it, made me drive so much better.

Now i think GTA vice city is great for music u can so forget why your playin it, in fact i only play it for the music so it must be good!

[Hg]

zelda has to be in there for me as well as FF8 there are more but those two win me over

[[TRS]Scotteh]

Battlefield Vietnam......u cant beat classic tracks pumping out of ur chopper whilst u pwn the enemy :D

if u mean game music itself....then monkey island...legend lol

[King-Kodiak]

Add my vote to the FF music (especially 8 "The man with the machine gun", yes I know his name is Laguna, but the orchestral remix is stunning). Toe Jam & Earl was also legend.

BOOGIE BOOGIE BOOGIE BOOGIE

[GreyDeath]

Shenmue I&II have fantastic scoring

I think the music in EVE is pretty cool too, Immersive?

[Cabe]

Retro - Great Giana Sisters/Turracan II/Rtype/Outrun

Modern - Neotokyo

also for you retro game remix lovers - http://remix.kwed.org

OMG how could I have forgetten about Comic Bakery!!!

[Er00]

All the obvious ones - Sonic, Mario, Tetris, WoW has some pretty good stuff, Theme Hospital, Bubble Bobble...I'm sure there's more :)

[The D_e_V_i_L]

Day of the Tentacle and some of the later police quest games/ monkey island!

[10G0]

Final Fantasy 9, You're not alone!

Tune of all tunes

[Steadders]

Shenmue I&II have fantastic scoring

I think the music in EVE is pretty cool too, Immersive?

But...but...You're a n00b! How can you have played Shenmue?!

You're right, it did, but for me as many have already said the Final Fantasy songs do it like none other for me. It's the only game music that has a real space on my every day playlist.

[Joey]

lemmings :p

sonic 1, sonic 2, sonic 3, sonic & knuckles
c&c, c&c:ra (anyone who listens to C&C thang and doesn't find themself whistling the riff is dead inside)
wipeout, wipeout 2097, wip3out
TA
starcraft (terran music)

[LozB]

for me its with no question. these stir the best memories

commodore 64
elite (automated docking music) blue danube.
thing on a spring - just utter crazy midi
monty mole strikes back - brilliant midi

amiga

pinball dreams - the haunted house table

ps1
ff vii - the beginning of combat music

PC
doom2 - the soundtrack with the crying babies and goats really scared me
gotta be aliens vs predator. now that made me jump..

[Rupert]

Theme Hospital

Possibly the most irritating music ever?