Been a bit since I posted here, so I'll post a few, mostly from games I've been playing lately
Sunset (Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor) - Putting this first because it's by far my fav of this batch. It's a bit of an unpopular opinion, but I think Devil Survivor 1 has a weaker OST than the sequel. That being said, this song is absolutely gorgeous (especially when the overdrive guitar kicks in); it plays at the end of each of the game's chapters and it's a wonderfully bittersweet way to cap off several hours of tense gameplay and story
Dire Dire Docks (Super Mario 64) - I'm partial to most Mario music to be honest (save for Galaxy), but I was really surprised to find myself subconsciously humming this song while playing lol
Another Winter (Stage 1) (Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game) - Never got around to playing this when it was on XBLA, so I'm pretty excited to play the upcoming port :D I've known this song is amazing for a while though, shoutouts to Anamanaguchi
Crimson Dragon's Theme (Final Boss) (Mega Man Starforce 3) - I already loved this song before I played Starforce 3, but I only love it even more after playing it. The nebulous intensity of the first half contrasts perfectly with the much more heroic, albeit bittersweet (this game is the finale for the series after all), and fittingly more easily hummable second half, love it love it loooove it. Would also quickly like to shoutout
Rivals Unite (officially known as Shot & Slash) because it's awesome
Golden Silver's Theme (Final Boss) (Gunstar Heroes) - Golden Silver's theme is a completely different beast from Crimson Dragon, in that it's straight up TERRIFYING. For a bit of context, Golden Silver is an invincible space god of destruction who was awoken from slumber and is completely out of control and bent on wiping out the universe. And god damn, does this song reflect that. Those opening two notes hit hard as hell, the strange way the siren and horns desync, those insane chords in the second leg of the song, and then those wailing sirens that make it seem like it's building up to something only to end the loop in an abrupt it's just...such a cool boss theme but I might be looking into it too much. It's like if Giygas's theme was coherent
The Battle Was Just To Continue That Future (Stage 5) (Dodonpachi Resurrection) - I bought this game recently thanks to Steam Sale (I've been meaning to for years now actually) and goooood this game is so much fun and I wish I played it sooner.
The game's OST is absolutely incredible (shoutouts to Manabu Namiki), so go check it out in full if you can, but this is probably the best and most iconic track. There's even a
completely different, EDM-heavy OST for the game's Black Label update so check that out as well (feature an awesome
song by Azusa Chiba, one of the composers for
Pokemon Typing Adventure lol). If that wasn't enough the game's also got a
remix OST for the game Ketsui, with all of the remixes done by...Jake Kaufman of all people LOL. Point is, go listen to any Dodonpachi music or any music from a CAVE game, it's all amazing. And play this game too, it actually has some great "Easy" modes for bullet hell noobs like me (it's not weeb shit I swear)