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Favorite Song in a game

Well I was wondering what your favorite in game song was. Here are a few I don't think you can go wrong with.

Katamari on the Rock (Katamari Damaci) - This is one that has stuck in my head for over a year now. I have it on my MP3 player, and listen to it a lot. The quirky Japanese win round 1. Pretty much all the music in the game rocks. This is the most memorable though.

Hyrule Overworld (Zelda) - Ah the memories and nostalgia that I go through whenever I go back and play a Zelda game I remember when I first played A Link to the Past (my first Zelda game), and just being blown away by everything in the game. Mostly the music though.


Sinistral Theme (Lufia 2 Rise of the Sinistrals) - This is one of them that no one here should know. My older brother brought this home once, and we began to play. I was excited as this was my first RPG ever. We played and played over the next 3 days for almost 30 hours. Once we got to the last level. The music blew me away. Once I beat the game I played through it again to hear that music. Yeah it was that good.

Mario Bros. Theme song (Mario) - Oh yes. How could I not bring this up. Clasic. Do I have to explain.

Chrono Cross - Pretty much anything from Chrono Cross. The game has my favorite music of all time. It just blends so perfectly with the game. Nothing gets repetitive or boring, and it fits all the different moods of the game.

I just want to hear what are some of your favorite songs from games.
 
Stopsign said:
Then what is a song with no lyrics called?

I'm not sure there's a specific word for it other than music, track, etc... if you intended to be more general about it. Anyway, I'm just being anal.
 
Scapegoat Wax - Aisle 10 (Jet Set Radio Future)
Nobodyknows - Kokoro Odoru (Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!)
That's the Way I Like it (Sonic Adventure 2, Metal Harbor)
Brinstar Depths (Metroid series, SSBM)
Dragon Island (Wind Waker)
 
SILENT HILL 3:

*Melissa Williamson
-I Want Love (Studio Mix)

*Melissa Williamson
-You're Not Here


JET SET RARIO Series:

*Hideki Naganuma
-Sweet Soul Brother
-JSR

*Toronto
-Electric Tooth Brush
-JSR

*??
-The Concept Of Love
-JSR

*??
-Do Ya Luv Luv U (LLSD Mix)
-JSR

*??
-Like This, Like That
-JSR

*??
-I'm Not A Model
-JSRF

*Scaptgoat
-Aisle 10 (Hello Allison)
-JSRF


LUMINES:

*Mondo Grosso
-Shinnin

*Eri Nobuchika
-Lights


BUST -A- GROOVE Series:

*??
-Heat Theme
-BAG1

*??
-Kitty-N
-BAG1

*??
-Hiro Theme
-BAG2


TEKKEN Series:

*Namco Sound
-Staff Roll
-Tekken Tag Team

*Namco Sound
-Ending Theme
-Tekken 5


GITAROO-MAN:

*Coil
-21st Century Boy
-GM

*Coil
-Bee Jams Blues
-GM

*Coil
-Soft Machine Intro
-GM

*??
-Fly To Your Heart
-GM

*??
-The Legendary Theme
-GM


KATAMARI DAMACY Series:

*??
-The Moon & The Prince
-KD1

*??
-Disco Prince
-KD2

*??
-THE ENTIRE FUCKING SERIES OF SOUNDTRACKS
-KD 1-PSP


OTHER NOTABLE GAME SOUNDTRACKS: (IMO)

-Ridge Racer PSP
-Valis III
-Ys I&II
-Parappa The Rapper
-UmJammer Lammy
-Virtua On Series
-KH Series
-Castlevania
-Persona 1
-OutRun Series
-Castlevania Series
-Sonic Series
-Lunar
 
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: I Am the Wind
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater: Snake Eater
Final Fantasy VIII:Eyes On Me
Final Fantasy X: Suteki da Ne
 
Matlock said:
Morning Musume - Koi no Dance Site
Hate that song, only song in Ouendan I really disliked, and for some reason I had a real hard time getting S on it.. hence my hate.
Sexy biiiiimu~
 
Advance Wars series - Sami's theme, Rachel's theme, and Grit's theme.
And, really, just about everyone else's: Drake's (at least in AW2, when the instrumentation was better), Colin's (ditto), Jess', Jake's, Sonja's, Javier's, Grimm's, Sensei's, Lash's, Sturm's, Kindle's, and Von Bolt's. And the Green Earth theme, for that matter. Just one of the all-around best soundtracks ever.

Castlevania series - Bloody Tears.

F-Zero series - Big Blue and Mute City.

Final Fantasy series -
From FF4: The boss theme and the fiends' theme.
From FF6: Celes, Terra, Relm, Kefka, Gogo, Cyan, The Decisive Battle, The Fierce Battle, Kids Run Through The City, Epitaph, Forever Rachel... probably 65+% of the soundtrack, really.
From FF7: Yuffie's theme, Jenova's theme, Rufus' parade, and Cosmo Canyon.
From FF9: You Are Not Alone, Vama'alla Flamenco, Beatrix's theme, and the instrumental version of Melodies of Life.
From the entire series: Theme of Love and the different chocobo variations.

Fire Emblem series - The main series theme, Together We Ride, Determination from FE8, and the dozen or so variations on Lyn's Theme/Eliwood's Theme/Hector's Theme/Recollection of a Petal/etc. in FE7.

Kirby series - Green Greens, Float Islands, Gourmet Race (the one in SSB games), the log raft level music from Kirby 64 and two or three levels in Kirby's Dreamland 3, and King Dedede's theme. Probably others that I'm forgetting; Kirby soundtracks generally rock.

Metroid series - Brinstar and the Tallon Overworld.

Pokemon series - Probably 50% of the soundtracks in most of the games.
From R/B/Y/FR/LG, basically every piece is quality. The battle music, gym battle music, Pokemon march theme (played on some of the later routes, like all the ones between Lavender and Fuchsia), Celadon City, and the St. Anne are particularly great.
From G/S/C, most pieces other than forest/cave exploration are quality--and even then, that one farm in the northwest corner of Johto has a nice tune. It's a shame that only a few of them were ported over to FR/LG.
From R/S/E, the music took a bit of a downturn and I'd be hard-pressed to identify a theme other than Slateport and the Regi battles that really stands out to me. Most is good, but somewhat forgettable and just not deserving of coming close to "favorites" like so many others.
Colosseum, for its many flaws, had an absolutely fantastic soundtrack from beginning to end and in every way. Every battle theme, Phenac City, Realgam Tower, Pyrite Town...
XD somehow had an even better soundtrack thanks to preserving most of the best Colosseum themes, then inventing more good battle stuff, a nice port town theme, an adventurous theme near the beginning, and the Purification Chamber music.

Ogre Battle - "Thunder" from the original SNES/PSX Ogre Battle stands out.

Legend of Zelda series - The Hyrule overworld theme, Kakariko Village, the Song of Storms, Outset Island, Dragon Roost Island, the Dark World Death Mountain in A Link to the Past, and the crystal maidens' theme (AKA Zelda's Lullaby since apparently nobody remembers that the music existed in LttP).

Tales series - Fighting of the Spirit from most of the games.
From Tales of Symphonia specifically, Colette's theme, Presea's theme, Sheena's theme, Full Force (the "first half" battle theme), the first world map theme, and the Flanoir scene music really stand out. Most of everything else ranges from good to amazing.

Meteos - The title screen theme. If only because it's hilarious to have something that RPG-ish in feel in a puzzle game.

Breath of Fire - Subpar game (and series), but both of the battle themes are top-notch.

Lunar: Eternal Blue - The second song (the one after you beat the Epilogue) and its instrumental variation that plays in certain towns.

Star Ocean: The Second Story - Theme of Rena and all of its variations (Lose One's Illusions at the beginning of the second disc, A Quirk of Fate at the end of the first, The Venerable Forest in forests, etc.), Dynamite (boss theme), KA.MI.KA.ZE. (Eluria Tower), Shower of Blossoms (Cross town), Stab the Sword of Justice (battles), Let's Walk in a Parade (Fun City), Cooking Master, Mission to the Deep Space (Cave of Trials theme), Star Ocean Forever (after beating the Cave of Trials), The Incarnation of Devil (Gabrie Celeste theme), In a Lightsome Mood (port town theme), and the Rescue operation (Salva Drift theme). Best soundtrack ever outside of SSBM, and even then I'm not sure.

Valkyrie Profile - The theme that plays when you're listening around the world for voices of the dying.

Mega Man X (I think it was the original) - Storm Eagle's level.

Tetris - Like I have to explain this.

Super Mario Bros. series - The SMB1 theme, the SMB3 theme, the SMW theme, the water themes from SMB1 and SMW, the SMB2 theme, the Yoshi's Island theme, the Mario 64 theme, and the Mario 64 water music.

Banjo-Kazooie - Bubblegloop Swamp and Rusty Bucket Bay.

Diddy Kong Racing - Darkmoon Caverns, Treasure Cove, and that one snow level with the loops that I can't remember the name of. Embarrassingly kiddy game, but the soundtrack had moments.

Star Fox 64 - The main theme that played at the end of most missions.

Chrono Trigger - Schala's theme, Crono's theme, Marle's theme, Frog's theme, Magus' theme, Robo's theme, the boss battle theme, the secondary boss battle theme, the multiple last boss battle themes, the 600 AD theme, the 1000 AD theme, the Epoch theme, the Kingdom of Zeal theme, the Millennial Fair, the Moonlight Parade, To Far Away Times (the ending theme)... yeah, basically everything.

Donkey Kong Country series - The main theme from DKC1, Jib Jig from DKC2 (the level where you're the snake the whole way through), and that Celtic-sounding pirate ship theme from DKC2 that I don't remember the title of.

Earthbound - Onett. Also Pollyanna, but was that in this game or just Mother 1 and SSBM?

Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals - Boss battles, normal battles, the ending theme, the Mystic Stones theme, Portavia, and Lexis' lab. Sinistral battles is good, but not as high-tier as the rest.

Secret of Mana - Angels Fear, the happy town music, and the theme that plays in the snowy area.



Note that Dance Dance Revolution music is auto-disqualified mainly because I have no clue which of it is original and which isn't. Same reason Goldeneye stuff isn't on the list, really.
 
MGS2 & 3 OSTs blow me away as far as game soundtracks go. I loved the way the music would ramp up under alert. Particularly in MGS3 that whole motorcycle part had pretty awesome music, and of course the Snake Eater theme was pretty awesome too.
 
GoldenEye 007 - Surface level

I even converted almost all of the level tracks from that game to wav files, then burned them on a CD so I could listen to them in the car. Holy shit, Surface has got some BASS.
 
I can't be as specific so I'll just say "music" instead of song, so for me in no order:

- Shadow of the Colossus
- Halo
- Silent Hill 2
- Metal Gear Solid 1,2,3
- Katamari Damacy

I can recite any "song" from Super Mario Bros. but I can't say I really LIKE it so much to listen to it on the stereo.
 
Anything from the sotc soundtrack really, but if I really had to choose, probably "Opened Path" (track 8 on the cd).

Really emphasizes what a fight with a colossus is like - an epic struggle with an intense buildup at the end.
 
with lyric:

Tales of Symphonia Japanese Opening

Day After Tomorrow - 『Starry Heavens』

without lyric:

F-Zero

Big Blue
 
What a thrill...
With darkness and silence through the night
What a thrill...
I'm searching and I'll melt into you
What a fear in my heart
But you're so supreme!

I give my life
Not for honor, but for you
Snake Eater
In my time there'll be no one else
Crime, it's the way I fly to you
Snake Eater
I'm still in a dream, Snake Eater!

Someday you go through the rain
Someday you feed on a tree frog
This ordeal, the trial to survive
For the day we see new light!

I give my life
Not for honor, but for you
Snake Eater
In my time there'll be no one else
Crime, it's the way I fly to you
Snake Eater
I'm still in a dream, Snake Eater!
 
I liked the japanese version of melodies of life too (plus they included "along on our way" at the end and that's probably some of the best final fantasy music).
 
SnowWolf said:
If I had to pick only one, this would probably be it. Then again, I'm a huge Eri fan, her first album came out last week! :)

Yah, listening to Sing a Song from the album makes me want a Lumines 2 with it in it.
 
Super Mario Bros. - Theme song
Zelda - Fairy Fountain Mix
# tWW - Dragon Roost Island
Katamari Damacy - Theme song
Sonic Rush - Wrapped in Black
Jet Set Radio - Toronto
Lumines - Shinnin
Star Fox - Venom (Specifically the one in SSBM)
Fire Emblem - Theme song
Metroid Prime - Tallon Overworld
Metroid Prime 2 - Title screen
Meteos - Title screen
Kingdom Hearts - Hikari
Chrono Cross - Title FMV song
Whole Chrono Trigger OST

I know I'm forgetting a whole lot... too many names to remember and too lazy to go through my iTunes library for all my 5 star rated songs from games. I'm forgetting a lot of names, though there are also songs from all the FF games before XI, Baten Kaitos, ToS, Xenosaga Ep.1, some I'm forgetting from Katamari, MGS, a few Rareware games, F-Zero, Shin Megami Tensei, Dance Dance Revolution, Castlevania, Ouendan, and more....
 
Final Fantasy X-2 - 1000 no Kotoba
Kingdom Hearts - Hikari / Simple and Clean
Silent Hill 3 - Intro Song
Soul Calibur II - Destiny Awaits No One
Resident Evil 2 - Ending Theme Orchestral
 
FF games:

FF4: Theme of Love
FF6: Terra's Theme
FF7: The entire thing. Seriously. I love the entire soundtrack, especially the orchestrated main theme, Aerith's Theme, and One-Winged Angel.
FF8: Don't Be Afraid, Eyes on Me (and Love Grows), Man with the Machine Gun
FF9: Vamo Alla Flamenco, Melodies of Life
FF10: Zanarkand, Yuna's Decision
FF10-2: 1000 Words (Japanese), Real Emotion (English or Japanese)
 
if we're talking vocal songs, "1000 Words" (runner-up: "The Moon and the Prince" from KD)

if we're just talking, like, anything ... I don't know. That would requires too much thinking-through :P
 
the entire 20 cd collection of suikoden soundtracks.
the theme from Columns
Sonic 1's soundtrack
Streets of Rage 2 (or shit, anything by Koshiro)
REZ
various and sundry rhythm game tracks (era from iidx, et al)
The phat bassline when you get a star in smb2 and then pause the game.
couple of tracks from SSX3 (Placebo, yellocard, etc)
Parappa ost
 
the sailing music from wind waker
sonic 2- emerald hill zone
metroid prime - tallon overworld
super puzzle fighter 2 - morrigan theme
 
Some of MGS2 & 3's music...

Xenogears' Red Knight/Kight of Fire, and Invasion.

DMC3's Dante's Battle music, and Dante and Vergil's post-battle music, starts off with Dante's "awakening" and then jumping off the top of the tower (my favorite scene in the game, too).

Some of Ninja Gaiden 1 & 2's music - like..."Unlimited Moment"
 
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