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[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

Everyone here knows and loves Katamari Damacy's sountrack, but let's put that aside in this thread and talk about some other cool game soundtracks. Like this one. Free for download from the publisher. Which is very generous of them.

http://www.vugames.com/downloadfile.do?gamePlatformId=1708&mediaid=13242

So ok, I know you're looking at Crash Twinsanity and remembering how crappy Crash music always was, but this is really cool and unique a cappella stuff. The tunes are human voices mixed with finger snapping, tongue clicking, and other peoplesounds. Funny and interesting to listen to.

Recommend some others! Katamari Damacy is off limits.

So is Halo 2! MWAHAHAAAAAAAAA!

 

[SolidSnakex]

MGS3!!!

 

[Ironclad]

Uhh, Gradius V. The techno music is great. Reminds me why I love techno.

 

[xsarien]

Rez.

 

[Mr_Furious]

RR

 

[Ironclad]

The original Phantasy Star for the Master System had an awesome soundtrack. Sega's coders can do more with a computer than any composer can with an entire orchestra.

 

[Mr Gump]

I dont know KDs soundtrack and dont even care to but the metal gear solid games are always ok.

 

[Trevelyon]

Phantasy Star Sound Collection I
Phantasy Star Online - Episode I&II Songs of Ragol Odyssey
Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II Premium Arrange
Phantasy Star Online episode III C.A.R.D. Revolution Let the Winds Blow

 

[ChristKiller]

So ok, I know you're looking at Crash Twinsanity and remembering how crappy Crash music always was

Huh? Crash 2 & 3 had excellent soundtracks, I can't speak for any of the other Crash games because I havent really played them though.

 

[sureshooting]

Radiant Silvergun
Final Fantasy Tactics
Vagrant Story
Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter
Stella Deus

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

There's some pretty good techno\industrial tracks in the first Bloodrayne. Check it out.

 

[Gribbix]

MDK2

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

Huh? Crash 2 & 3 had excellent soundtracks, I can't speak for any of the other Crash games because I havent really played them though.

Eh, maybe. I don't remember them much as I haven't played them in years, but seeing as Naughty Dog made them, and Jak and Daxter and Jak 2 have awful music, I assumed it was their typical jungle boogie drum music.

 

[Kon Tiki]

GGXX Sound Alive!

 

[Mr. Lemming]

Mr. Driller Drill Land
Giftpia
Myth/Myth II
Crimson Skies
Kirby's Air Ride (The music was the best part!)
Space Channel 5/ Part 2
Shenmue

 

[Teknopathetic]

Jet Set Radio is the best collection of music in a video game ever.

 

[Wario64]

Who are you? What's your name? SUPER BROTHER

For its time, Actraiser had a rockin soundtrack. Mega Man X stood out during the SNES era too

 

[_Angelus_]

Abit of old and new for me.

Power Slave(awesome Egyptian themes.)
Super Mario 64(that under water theme was classic stuff.)
Sega Rally(Butt Rock!!!)
Daytona
Blinx(Sounds inspired by the NIGHTS soundtrack.)
Panzer Dragoon
Parasite Eve(One them that stands out-where you would travel between areas,it had a nice pianio theme within it.)
Super Metroid
Sonic Heroes(Butt rock!!!)
Sonic Adventure(Butt Rock!!!)
Neo Contra(especially the opening cinema with the female vocal singing.)
Soul Star(John Willams inspired goodness.)

 

[john tv]

Mega Man 2: still the best game soundtrack evar

 

[el jacko]

GGXX Sound Alive!

This man speaks the truth.

Also, Metroid Fusion's soundtrack. It's kinda old, but it's up to par with some of the better SNES-era soundtracks. As good as Super Metroid (also a hearty recommendation), dare I say.

I have a soft spot for Simcity 4's soundtrack, as well. It's kinda jazzy with some urban bits to it. Fully recommended, especially since you can get it in the game (since the audio files are all MP3s).

 

[fugimax]

Hello? Lumines.

 

[The Faceless Master]

didn't we do this last month?

Top Gear
Wizards & Warriors
GoldenEye 007
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
MegaMan 3
Turok 2
Ollie King
Tekken 1/2/3
DOA (any)
Castlevania (any)

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

Well, this has totally gotten off track, as I was thinking of soundtracks from 2004, but I didn't specify, so go to town! No really, go.

 

[Amir0x]

Super Mario 64(that under water theme was classic stuff.)

Ah, Dire Dire Docks... how I love thee!

 

[Lyte Edge]

Mega Man 2: still the best game soundtrack evar

Mega Man 1-3 have the best 8-bit soundtracks...I love all the stage BGMs. What happened with the rest of the series, Capcom??

My picks for the games of the last few years. I'm big into techno so that's the vast majority of my list:

-Jet Set Radio (DC)
-Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox)
-Ollie King (Arcade)
-Bust-A-Move Dance And Rhythm Action (PSX)
-Bust-A-Move 2: Dance Tengoku Mix (PSX)
-Dracula X: Rondo Of Blood (PCE)
-Dracula X: Nocturne In The Moonlight (PSX)
-Street Fighter III: New Generation (Arcade/DC)
-Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact Giant Attack (Arcade/DC)
-Street Fighter III: Third Strike Fight For The Future (DC/PS2/Xbox for arranged BGM)
-Ridge Racers (PSP)
-Lumines (PSP)
-Rez (DC/PS2)
-Tekken 3 (PSX)
-Tekken Tag Tournament (PS2)

The rest of the Ridge Racer games are now off my list, since Ridge Racers just so happens to have all my favorite tracks from the series plus some awesome new ones.

The Jet Set Radio and Ollie King soundtracks are just too damn good; it doesn't matter if you even play the games, I'd still highly recommend the soundtrack to anyone.

 

[impirius]

Mega Man 2 is the best.

If you want something released this year, Fable had some very nice music.

 

[distantmantra]

Napple Tale -- Great light-hearted music from Yoko Kanno, and I think Maaya Sakamoto supplies vocals on a few tracks.

Just as an aside, since it's related to game soundtracks, my girlfriend bought me the official Katamari Damacy sountrack for Christmas... total rock.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace Channel 5! *Cue Mexican Flyer redux*

Best game soundtrack ever? I think so.

 

[BreakyBoy]

Games that haven't been mentioned yet:

F-Zero GX/AX (Wavemaster showing everyone how it's done)
Streets of Rage 1/2 (Yuzo Koshiro providing some groooovy music)
Chrono Cross (Mitsuda's finest work, and easily among the best overall game soundtracks ever)
Sword of Mana/Final Fantasy Adventure (Kenji Ito Rocks! )
FF Legend/SaGa series (more Kenji Ito, some of Uematsu's better work)
Kirby series (awesome catchy stuff throughout the series)
Mario Tennis GBC (Not a big Sakuraba fan, but what he pulled out of the GB chip really impresses me)
Earthbound (First game soundtrack I can recall that relied heavily on bass and dare I say a hint of jazz)
NiGHTS (more grooves)
Unreal Tournament (the original had some awesome blood-pumping tracks)

Special note to a game already mentioned: Napple Tale. Beautiful stuff. I hunted down a copy of the game based solely on the music.

 

[john2kx]

ikaruga had a beautiful soundtrack.

 

[Greenpanda]

Katamari Fortissimo Damacy

and as far as stuff not already mentioned in this thread - ICO. There's not much music, sure, but what's there fits the game so well.

edit: Holy crap, no one mentioned PaRappa the Rapper or Um Jammer Lammy? So catchy, great lyrics...

 

[Lyte Edge]

edit: Holy crap, no one mentioned PaRappa the Rapper or Um Jammer Lammy? So catchy, great lyrics...

Damn, I feel ashamed for having forgotten those games. ^_^;

 

[ourumov]

I love the Silent HIll 2 music but I think Lyte Edge's JSR+SFIII combo is also some of the finest music I have heard this gen.

 

[bobbyconover]

Eh, maybe. I don't remember them much as I haven't played them in years, but seeing as Naughty Dog made them, and Jak and Daxter and Jak 2 have awful music, I assumed it was their typical jungle boogie drum music.

The music was by Mark Mothersbaugh, aka the genius behind (and frontman of) DEVO, and was fantastic. You're both incorrect and insane.

 

[DCharlie]

Mojipittan on the PSP.