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Planescape Torment

Jade Empire

 

There's lots of good music in games, but no other game creates so much emotions with their music.

Definitely agree with these two choices. :) I recently got Jade Empire, and while it was pretty short, the music was definitely great. And Planescape goes without saying.

 

Seems Jeremy Soule isn't too popular (understandable), but I really liked his work on Dawn of War. The music was fantastic, and I thought it added quite a bit to the atmosphere.

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Chrono Cross

 

I love Yasunori Mitsuda so much. Xenogears and Xenosaga Episode I are also his work and superb.

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Seems Jeremy Soule isn't too popular (understandable), but I really liked his work on Dawn of War. The music was fantastic, and I thought it added quite a bit to the atmosphere.

 

Personally, I prefer 40K soundtracks from a very old X-COM like WarHammer 40K game known as "Chaos Gate". Now that music totally captures the 40K atmosphere unlike Soule in my opinion.

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Chrono Cross

 

I love Yasunori Mitsuda so much. Xenogears and Xenosaga Episode I are also his work and superb.

 

Wow, totally forgot about Xenogears. Another great soundtrack!

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Jet Set Radio Future is definetly up there. Fits the game like a tentacle fits a...well anyway.

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Asteroids for the Atari 2600. Ah, i can hear it now....Duh Dum Duh Dum Duh Dum Duh Dum

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IWD

SNES Zelda

BG2

BG&E

FF6

Jet Set Willy

Red Alert

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Personally, I prefer 40K soundtracks from a very old X-COM like WarHammer 40K game known as "Chaos Gate". Now that music totally captures the 40K atmosphere unlike Soule in my opinion.

:p

 

Some day, I am going to find that game in a bargain bin somewhere... if for nothing else, then just the music.

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How did you encounter the music, if you didn't play the games? Did you choose it because of the author (sound unheard), or did a friend play the game and you heard it there?

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Hmmm... my list:

1- Shadow of the colossus

2- Halo (1 and 2, possibly 3, we'll see)

3- Lost Planet

4- Mario.

5- KotoR 1

 

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Pretty much everything done by Jesper Kyd. (Hitman, Assasins, Splinter Cell ect). I've bought the Hitman soundtracks and I almost listen to them every day.

 

The planescape soundtrack is also one of my favorites.

 

The IWD/BG series have great tracks too.

 

Jeremy Soule / Inon Zur have made some great soundtracks over time, even if Soule seems to be a bit "conservative" in his music.

 

I also loved the winter tracks from Medieval Total War.

 

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With the athmosphere Two Thrones has, Inon Zur has raised to a fave status in my book.

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It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds

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Jet Set Radio Future is definetly up there. Fits the game like a tentacle fits a...well anyway.

 

Yeah, the track choices on that game really fit the setting and were greatly energetic which always got me into playing the game.

 

Lets see, I'm rather fond of the Planescape: Torment soundtrack and Icewind Dale. And Vampire: Bloodlines was done rather well (Arcanum had some nice songs, but there was no depth to the soundtrack.)

 

Tactics Ogre I really like an awful lot. Great marches and character songs. Xenogears is another good one. As is Vagrant Story.

 

And I loved the music to the original Valkyrie Profile game. Great soundtrack there.

 

Final Fantasy III aka Final Fantasy VI was the first game soundtrack that made me want to own a copy of the soundtrack (luckily Squaresoft had a way to order it from them at the time!)

 

I got to admit while I wouldn't want the soundtrack, I love the cheesy march music from the Freedom Force games. ;)

 

Probably my favorite soundtrack that I was never able to track down is for the Resident Evil: Outbreak series. Both game soundtracks have great songs and the opening theme is beautifully haunting. I probably like the songs on those two better than the Silent Hill soundtracks, which are also very good.

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