Best game themes

[Oner]

[Hurlshort]

Heroes of Might and Magic, I think the third one, had this great Opera music.

 

I find you lack of links disappointing.

 

Is it

?

 

Nope, I guess it was HoMM II, here is a link:

 

 

This one is good too:

 

[Monte Carlo]

My son was born just after RT:W was released, he fell asleep loads of times whilst this mix from RT:W was playing in the background...

 

 

Cheers

MC

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Deus Ex is pretty good, but Shadow of the colossus wins hands down.

 

One more incredibly heroic one.

 

 

Honorable mention: Keiki Kobayashi of Ace Combat fame (AC Zero's OST is fantastic but AC6 is pretty good too), and Metal Gear Solid 4.

Edited September 23, 2009 by WILL THE ALMIGHTY

[Purkake]

Mirror's Edge had a really awesome real song for it's credits.

 

It's a bit off the bounds, but Prince of Persia had a really cool song in one of its

. (full song)

[J.E. Sawyer]

Amon Tobin - Theme From Battery

[Oner]

I think we should stick to theme songs, or everyone will have to gather a zillion OST, music video and trailer links. On a side note, I saw (and saved) a kickass PoP music video once, maybe I'll upload it tomorrow.

[Purkake]

I think we should stick to theme songs, or everyone will have to gather a zillion OST, music video and trailer links. On a side note, I saw (and saved) a kickass PoP music video once, maybe I'll upload it tomorrow.

 

I agree, but I made an exception for myself just this once, because it's my thread

 

@Josh: your link fu is rusty.

Edited September 23, 2009 by Purkake

[Mera]

Edge of Chaos theme - Act

 

or anything from Stephane Picq

[Purkake]

Whee, some else has heard of I-War!

 

I didn't remember it having awesome music, though. I guess I learn something new every day

[Masterfade]

I'm surprised no one has brought up Daggerfall yet. Some of the best music ever in a RPG IMHO. For the iPod masses put off by MIDI files, unShackled hosted his own gorgeous rearrangements along with original score on Daggerfall Music Project site, all in MP3 format.

 

Winter city theme and the temple theme are my personal favorites, but who can forget DF's lovely shop theme?

 

Daggerfall also has

, but that's kinda cheating because you can pile up all the video game composers and still not touch the feet of Dvorak.

 

For those willing to try something different, the Asian free MMORPG Zu Online has some great musical moments. Although as one can expect from a low-budget free MMO, good scores are somewhat marred by cheap synthesizers.

Edited September 23, 2009 by Masterfade

[Oner]

Edited September 23, 2009 by Oner

[Deraldin]

Why does this thread lack Hell March? And no Baba Yetu from Civilization 4?

Edited September 24, 2009 by Deraldin

[Bos_hybrid]

I always liked

[H]

Folklore has an amazing

.

 

EDIT: And still no mention of

? Shame. Edited September 24, 2009 by H

[Rosbjerg]

World of Goo has some of the best theme music, the charms of every level is painted out through the music

 

like

little piece.

 

The Battlefield series has some great theme songs too, all made around the same melody..

 

and the new

with it's rather wacky theme.

[HoonDing]

[Deadly_Nightshade]

 

That was only slightly more interesting than the game it came from... And, no, that's not a compliment.

If you want a good song from Doom listen to Darkness Dawning from The Dark Side of Phobos album (where you can get a much, much higher quality version of the song for free if you so desire).

 

EDIT: Here is, I think,

. Edited September 24, 2009 by Deadly_Nightshade

[Oner]

That was only slightly more interesting than the game it came from... And, no, that's not a compliment.

I'm sticking to my own opinion if you don't mind.

[Pidesco]

SoZ had generally awesome music.

[Deadly_Nightshade]

SoZ had generally awesome music.

 

And so on and so forth...

[Nepenthe]

I like the

and the

themes a lot (even if it makes me uncool here )

 

Mass Effect also has some brilliant action tracks, which you apparently don't want me to link, anyway

 

I have some positive memories of the Icewind Dale soundtracks, I think I even had one of those on a cd. Apparently haven't ripped it, will have to check out next week when I get back home.

 

Also, the Enclave Restored theme from KOTOR2 is absolutely brilliant, but I can't even find a link for it to dare your disapproval to post it

[213374U]

had some pretty atmospheric dynamic music. I don't think the game has a main theme, either, as the music played in the menu isn't always the same and it's usually one of the idle variations of the outer systems themes.

 

Also, MGS2.

 

 

Mass Effect also has some brilliant action tracks, which you apparently don't want me to link, anyway

Self-censorship is the worst form of censorship.

[Bos_hybrid]

Mass Effect also has some brilliant action tracks, which you apparently don't want me to link, anyway

 

I'll do some leg work:

 

The End (Reprise)

Spectre Induction

[kingofsquid]

...um, Kingdom Hearts II's is nice, IMHO.

 

And um, the metroid battle theme, which is in Metroid Prime games 1 and 3, and is buyable in 3.

Edited September 24, 2009 by kingofsquid