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Best Video Game Music

The soundtrack from Super Mario 64 brings back tons of good memories. I rank it right up there with Pokémon Red and Blue in terms of nostalguic awesome.

I think, though, that objectively, Super Mario Galaxy's soundtrack tops the 64 version. It makes for a very neat playlist, with that epic Credits theme at the end.

LoZ: The Wind Waker has also got some totally awesome music.

Overall favourite, though? I'm going to say Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It has got a very neat collection of music, more than two hundred tracks in total, including the best of the best themes from a lot of game series.

Also throwing this in here for piano players who like game music: www.ninsheetm.us . It's a very neat site with a very neat forum, and despite the name NinSheetMusic, we also accept and discuss non-Nintendo game music (Nintendo is still dominant, though).
 
To add from my post on the favorite music thread, some pieces (and remixes) of orchestral nature.

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And one that is not.
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Can't believe I haven't posted in THIS kind of thread before

Recently discovered Riviera and its soundtrack -- all of it (for both gba and psp) is amazing

Also there are some very nice songs from the new PMD, this one in particular:
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Goddamn desert themes

Have a link to a 30-min loop of another good one:
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1:13 - 1:42 -- That over under over under effect + PMD2 reference, christ
 
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Honestly, this game's whole OST is amazing so far, and I'm definitely buying the cd in late march.
 
Ace Attorney dump here!
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By far the most famous theme from Phoenix Wright, the Cornered theme!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef3asDFaz98[/youtube]
The version of the cornered theme from the third game, Trials and Tribulations. I'm not sure which I like better.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyqAgewtlT0[/youtube]
This makes me want to cry. Plays after you beat a trial in the original.
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Not as good as the original, but I still really like it. Plays after you win a trial in the 2nd game, Justice For All.
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Inform/Confess the truth. Plays during trials when you are asking big questions about the case at hand.
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Turnabout Sisters or Maya's theme. Maya is your partner charcter throughout the original trio. Maya isn't going to be in AA5, which makes me sad.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRRs0VnO-FY[/youtube]
Another song that makes me want to cry. This is Turnabout Sisters Ballad, which is reserved for scenes with Mia generally. This is so powerful, especially with the emotional connection she has with Phoenix as his mentor. No Maya=No Mia in AA5. No likey.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htHZ8BuTr4U[/youtube]
Now Apollo Justice is clearly the worst, and the music isn't nearly as good as the original trio, but this is awesome. This is played when Apollo brings up an objection.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp3RaRI_sQA[/youtube]
Cross-examination Allegro version. This plays while you cross-examine, but the allegro version plays when the testimony is more important. It is pretty much played for the last cross-examination of a witness, when you prove innocence or guilt, or something of that nature.
Ok, that's all for now. I might add some at a later date though. There is way too much awesome music in Ace Attorney.
 
I don't know if these have been mentioned yet but...

Soul Cradle, Tetris Attack and Last Blade 1/2 are hands-down my very favorites.

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Honorable mentions to:
-Super Mario RPG
-Final Fantasy VI
-Final Fantasy IV
-KOF series
-Touhou series (duh)
-Golden Sun -the lost ages-
-Megaman X2
-LOZ:TP
-LOZ: Link's awakening -rooster's theme is so nostalgic...-
-Mu-12 and Hazama's theme from Blazblue CSE
-Advance Wars Days of Ruin
-and Earthworm Jim 2 LOL -tho it's mostly a compendium of classical and folk music lol-
 
Literally can't believe that Blazblue hasn't had so much as a MENTION so far, especially with more of the new Chrono Phantasma remixes coming out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73kr5vwBLtg&list=LL1TTfusXMCnjZ_cP-eEnR6g - Hazama's remix, DAT PIANO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y4Jpb7A4Cs&list=LL1TTfusXMCnjZ_cP-eEnR6g - Bang's remix, eclipses the very concept of manliness. You go scruffy man!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkch9YkzMyI&list=LL1TTfusXMCnjZ_cP-eEnR6g - Izayoi's theme, has an odd Sonic like sound to it, I LOVE this theme if only for how well done the intro is, but the rest of it's pretty damn nice as well. Until the 6 Heroes VS theme gets released this'll be my favourite new CP theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbAQj4VVP4g - Amane's theme. Pretty much a perfect fit for the character, a unique track within the style of Blazblue and just generally awesome sounding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVUn5be0WCI - Not from CP, but Mu's theme is probably the only theme I've seen mentioned by somebody else in the thread thus far, and for good reason: It's one of the the best tracks in the game, and that's saying so much it's unbelievable. Stunningly the CP remix is even BETTER, but sadly it hasn't been uploaded yet :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uUokBy_pTk - Nu's theme, another track which the CP equivilent hasn't been released for yet, but in this case it isn't much different from the original track here. But let's be honest, did this piece of HEAVEN need to be editted much? My #1 from this series thus far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1El9MLnZHI - Unlimited Hazama's theme, just... Wow.
 
My favorite video game music (other than the famous tunes from the Pokemon games) would probably come from Sonic Generations or The World Ends With You. It's fun and has a nice beat.
 
I see mentions of Super Mario Galaxy music, but I think you guys are forgetting that Super Mario Galaxy 2 had the most epic Mario Final Boss Theme of all time!

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The Final Bowser world song is also more hauntingly beautiful than Super Mario Galaxy's imo!

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As for a totally different Mario game with awesome music, Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story had a pretty damn good final boss theme. I heard it was even composed by the same person who composes Kingdom Hearts music o_O

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Are any of you familiar with Turok 2 tracks? They're effectively complete orchestral pieces that I don't see mentioned often
 
While we're still on the subject of Mario Galaxy 2, I'll post a couple of tracks I adore from that game.

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verbatim said:
I quickly fell in love with Crush 40 after learning that they're responsible for the main theme to nearly all every single 3D sonic game.

Open Your Heart
Live and Learn
What I'm Made Of
I Am All of Me
Never Turn Back
All Hail Shadow


And while Crush 40 has a special place in my heart, great things can be said for just about anything written for Sonic games.

It Doesn't Matter
E.G.G.M.A.N.
This Machine
His World
Dreams of an Absolution
Endless Possibilities
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An excellent selection. A Sonic fan I am. A few Sonic Generations songs I've been listening to as late:

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Birkal said:
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I have a ton of favorite video games songs. I'm just going to post this one for now because of how nostalgic it makes me feel. Paper Mario is such a good game, UGH. Maybe I'll post more later.
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Literally my favorite game of all time.

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Also ilomilo's soundtrack is awesome. Very cute puzzler.

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One of the greatest pieces of video game music in existence:

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Okami dump:
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For anyone who's now interested in the game, it's available on the PS2, Wii and PlayStation Network. There's also a sequel on the DS called Okamiden.
 
Does this count? Not really a video game but it's still one of my favorite songs not by a true artist.

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Yeah, KS had a great soundtrack, one of the few VG (/vn) soundtracks that I kept on my ipod for any significant amount of time. I really want to add a few songs, but I'm having a hard time deciding which are the best...
 
moonbound said:
Yeah, KS had a great soundtrack, one of the few VG (/vn) soundtracks that I kept on my ipod for any significant amount of time. I really want to add a few songs, but I'm having a hard time deciding which are the best...
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There's really not a bad one among them. Moment of decision, Cold Iron, Breathless, Painful History, and Shadow of the Truth are all such powerful/saddening tracks, Air Guitar and Daylight are such great ambient tunes, then there are some really awesome background tracks that play at random times.

But the song that always makes me the saddest is Friendship...I don't know why but I find it to be the most beautiful song I've ever heard from any electronic entertainment I've played.
 
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