RMN's Favourite Video Game Tracks of All Time Topic

UPRC

5516

06/17/2019 08:17 PM

I feel like we spend so much time, as gamers, talking about games that were the most enjoyable to play. I'm currently in the midst of listening to my favourite video game tunes on YouTube, and I felt like coming here to shine a spotlight on video game music. When you think of your favourite old-school video games, what is one of the first things you always think of? That's right, it's the music.

When you imagine Tetris, you hear Korobeiniki in your head.

When you think of Final Fantasy 6, you hear Terra's theme.

When you think of Mario, you think of the original game's overworld theme and its many incarnations.

I want to know, what themes from video games resonates with you guys the most? For fun, I'm even going to keep track! Pick, off the top of your head, your ten most memorable tracks from video games. I'll score them the same way we score games in the "favourite RPG Maker games" (1st is 10, 2nd is 9, 3rd is 8, etc. until you reach 10th with is 1).

So, have at it! I'm genuinely curious to know what you guys feel are your most favourite/memorable video game tunes of all time. I'll post mine in a separate reply just to avoid clutter.

So, in recap:
1. Pick your top ten favourite video game tunes of all time.
2. I'll score them and add them to the list.

RMN's Favourite Video Game Tracks of All Time

#	Track Name	Originating Game	Composer	Year	Score
1	Terra's Theme	Final Fantasy VI	Nobuo Uematsu	1994	34
2	Elder Scrolls Theme	The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind	Jeremy Soule	2002	24
3	Tristram Theme	Diablo	Matt Uelman	1996	23
4	Cloud's Theme/Main Theme	Final Fantasy VII	Nobuo Uematsu	1997	20
5	Main Theme	Fallout 4	Inon Zur	2015	15
6	Hell March	Command & Conquer: Red Alert	Frank Klepacki	1996	13
7	To the Ancient Land	Shadow of the Colossus	Kow Otani	2005	11
8	Crossing Those Hills	Final Fantasy IX	Nobuo Uematsu	2000	10
=	Opening	Radiant Dawn	Yoshito Hirano	2007	10
=	Heaven's Devils	StarCraft II	Russell Brower	2010	10
=	Maya Fey ~ Turnaround Sisters' Theme	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney	Masakazu Sugimori	2001	10
=	Song of the Ancients ~ Fate	NieR	Keiichi Okabe	2010	10
=	Finale	Undertale	Toby Fox	2015	10
=	Dirt Theme	Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest	Paul Romero	1995	10
=	Main Theme	Marathon 2: Durandal	Alex Seropian	1995	10
=	Merciless Savior	Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC	Hayato Sonoda	2006	10
=	Demon World Master	Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne	Shoji Meguro	2003	10
=	Title Theme	The Secret of Monkey Island	Michael Land	1990	10
=	Cosmo Canyon	Final Fantasy VII	Nobuo Uematsu	1997	10
=	Shanghai Power Slam	Ai Cho Aniki	Taku Iwasaki	1995	10
=	Different Road	Seiken Densetsu 3	Hiroki Kikuta	1995	10
22	Chrono's Theme/Main Theme	Chrono Trigger	Yasunori Mitsuda	1995	9
=	Heal	Ico	Michiru Oshima	2001	9
=	A Lonely Youth	Dragon Quest 2	Koichi Sugiyama	1987	9
=	Field Theme	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Toru Minegishi	2006	9
=	Team All-Stars	Super Dodge Ball	Kazuo Sawa	1998	9
=	Secret of the Forest	Chrono Trigger	Yasunori Mitsuda	1995	9
=	Moonsong	Cave Story	Daisuke Amaya	2004	9
=	Asgore	Undertale	Toby Fox	2015	9
=	Those Who Work Must Eat	Suikoden 2	Keiko Fukami	1998	9
=	Main Theme	Vigilante 8 (N64 Version)	Alexander Brandon	1998	9
=	Depth Napishtim	Ys IV	Atsushi Shirakawa	1993	9
=	Threshold	Journey	Austin Wintory	2012	9
=	METHOD_IMPLANTA/.	Ar Tonelico II	Akira Tsuchiya	2007	9
=	Deionarra's Theme	Planescape Torment	Mark Morgan	1999	9
=	Phendrana Drifts	Metroid Prime	Kenji Yamamoto	2002	9
=	Challenge	Final Fantasy X	Nobuo Uematsu	2001	9
38	Frog's Theme	Chrono Trigger	Yasunori Mitsuda	1995	8
=	Twin Elms	Pillars of Eternity	Justin Bell	2015	8
=	Title Theme	The Legend of Zelda	Koji Kondo	1986	8
=	Dracula's Castle	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	Michiru Yamane	1997	8
=	Summer Lights	AIR	Jun Maeda	2000	8
=	Buckle Your Pants	Battleblock Theater	Patric Catani	2013	8
=	Save the World	Undertale	Toby Fox	2015	8
=	Town Where the Bells Chime	Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana	Daisuke Achiwa	2004	8
=	Conspiravision	Deus Ex	Alexander Brandon	2000	8
=	MiBgestalt	Saga Frontier 2	Masashi Hamauzu	1999	8
=	Forest Interlude	Donkey Kong Country 2	David Wise	1995	8
=	Arctic Battle 3	Starbound	Curtis Schweitzer	2016	8
=	A Mountain and Me	Mushroom Men	Les Claypool	2008	8
=	Where Are You	Thomas Was Alone	David Housden	2012	8
=	Objection 2021	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney	Masakazu Sugimori	2001	8
53	The Synapes	Deus Ex	Alexander Brandon	2000	7
=	Bloody Tears	Castlevania II: Simon's Quest	Kenichi Matsubara	1987	7
=	Leftovers from the Dream of the Strong	Xenogears	Yasunori Mitsuda	1998	7
=	Title Theme	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	Koji Kondo	1998	7
=	Sprouting	Final Fantasy X	Nobuo Uematsu	2001	7
=	worldenddominator	Umineko	zts	2007	7
=	Dungeon Theme #1	Super Robin Hood	Allister Brimble	1985	7
=	Two Sugars	Little Busters!	PMMK	2007	7
=	Water is Sink	Baba is You	Arvi Teikari	2019	7
=	Megalovania	Undertale	Toby Fox	2015	7
=	Electricity Suppliant Building	Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter	Hitoshi Sakimoto	2002	7
=	Neo Tokyo	Timesplitters 2	Graeme Norgate	2002	7
=	Last Battle	Chrono Trigger	Yasunori Mitsuda	1995	7
=	My Town is Number One	Xenogears	Yasunori Mitsuda	1998	7
=	Map 3-4 Boss Battle	Azur Lane	Shade	2017	7
=	In the Tractor of My Heart	Mushroom Men	Les Claypool	2008	7
=	Build That Wall	Bastion	Darren Korb	2011	7
=	Stickerbrush Symphony	Donkey Kong Country 2	David Wise	1995	7
=	The Man with the Machine Gun	Final Fantasy VIII	Nobuo Uematsu	1999	7
72	Simon's Theme	Super Castlevania IV	Taro Kudo	1991	6
=	Memories of Green	Chrono Trigger	Yasunori Mitsuda	1995	6
=	Dr. Wily's Castle	Mega Man 2	Takashi Tateishi	1988	6
=	Overworld Theme	Super Mario World	Koji Kondo	1990	6
=	Kagome-Kagome	Touhou Eiyashou	ZUN	2004	6
=	Strike the Earth! Plains of Passage	Shovel Knight	Manami Matsumae	2014	6
=	'Round Gunpoint	Gunpoint	Ryan Ike	2013	6
=	Into the Abyss	Ragnarok Online	soundTeMP	2002	6
=	Spider Dance	Undertale	Toby Fox	2015	6
=	Grenade Man	Mega Man 8	Shusaku Uchiyama	1996	6
=	Kokiri Forest	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	Koji Kondo	1998	6
=	Spirit Temple	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	Koji Kondo	1998	6
=	Silent Flower	Space Ranger 2	?	2004	6
=	Still Alive	Portal	Jonathan Coulton	2007	6
=	Calling the Four Giants	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask	Koji Kondo	2000	6
=	Offense and Defense	Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars	Tatsuya Fujiwara	2001	6
88	Metal Gear Solid Theme	Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance	Norihiko Hibino	2001	5
=	Green Hill Zone	Sonic the Hedgehog	Masato Nakamura	1991	5
=	Bastard Sword	Breath of Fire IV	Yoshino Aoki	2000	5
=	The Moon	DuckTales	Hiroshige Tonomura	1989	5
=	Emerald Hill Zone	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Masato Nakamura	1992	5
=	Clash on the Big Bridge	Final Fantasy V	Nobuo Uematsu	1992	5
=	80's Memory	Battle Hunter	?	1999	5
=	Aria di Mezzo Carattere	Final Fantasy VI	Nobuo Uematsu	1994	5
=	Last Battle	Cave Story	Daisuke Amaya	2004	5
=	Into the Thick of It	Secret of Mana	Hiroki Kikuta	1993	5
=	The Extreme	Final Fantasy VIII	Nobuo Uematsu	1999	5
=	Fallout	Xenosaga Episode III	Yuki Kajiura	2006	5
=	Stone Tower Temple	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	Koji Kondo	2000	5
=	Greek Temple	Secret of Evermore	Jeremy Soule	1995	5
=	Enough is Enough	Fallout 4	Inon Zur	2015	5
=	Icarus	Deus Ex: Human Revolution	Michael McCann	2011	5
=	One-Eighty-One	Space Funeral	BBC Radiophonic Workshop	2010	5
=	New World Order	Danganronpa	Masafumi Takada	2010	5
106	Overworld	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	Koji Kondo	1991	4
=	Eyes On Me	Final Fantasy VIII	Nobuo Uematsu	1999	4
=	The Fierce Battle	Final Fantasy VI	Nobuo Uematsu	1994	4
=	Waterfall Woodlands	Etrian Odyssey	Yuzo Koshiro	2010	4
=	B.T DUTCH	G-Darius	Hisayoshi Ogura	1997	4
=	Schala's Theme	Chrono Trigger	Yasunori Mitsuda	1995	4
=	Swimming While It Rains	Dustforce	Terence Lee	2012	4
=	The Almighty	Shin Megami Tensei Persona 4	Shoji Meguro	2008	4
=	Treetop Rock	Donkey Kong Country	David Wise	1994	4
=	Heavenly Fight	Dragon Quest 3	Koichi Sugiyama	1988	4
=	Running Hell	Cave Story	Daisuke Amaya	2004	4
=	Metal Gleamed in the Twilight	Child of Light	Cœur de pirate	2014	4
=	Main Theme	Max Payne 2	Kärtsy Hatakka	2003	4
=	Aniki Strike Malignant Festival	Ai Cho Aniki	Taku Iwasaki	1995	4
=	Jazzy NYC '99	Street Fighter III: Third Strike	Hideki Okugawa	1999	4
121	See You Later	Steambot Chronicles	Nadia Gifford	2005	3
=	Plains (Night)	World of Warcraft	Jason Hayes	2004	3
=	Overworld Theme	Super Mario Bros.	Koji Kondo	1985	3
=	Heartbreak	Command & Conquer The Covert Operations	Frank Klepacki	1996	3
=	Amaterasu Server	Digimon World 3	Satoshi Ishikawa	2002	3
=	Battlefield: The First Campaign	Etrian Odyssey 2	Yuzo Koshiro	2008	3
=	Imperial Army (General) Sortie!	Yggdra Union	Minako Adachi	2006	3
=	Hopes and Dreams	Undertale	Toby Fox	2015	3
=	Out of Phase	Parasite Eve	Yoko Shimomura	1998	3
=	Spark Mandrill	Mega Man X	Makoto Tomozawa	1993	3
=	Water Ruins	Jet Force Gemini	Robin Beanland	1999	3
=	In the Final	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story	Yoko Shimomura	2009	3
=	Elfin Town	Might and Magic V: Darkside of Xeen	Tim Tully	1993	3
=	Yggdrasil Theme	Granblue Fantasy	Nobuo Uematsu	2014	3
=	That's Death	Discworld 2	Eric Idle	1998	3
=	Heat of Tomyan	Ai Cho Aniki	Taku Iwasaki	1995	3
=	Rivers in the Desert	Persona 5	Shoji Meguro	2016	3
138	Main Theme	Duke Nukem 3D	Lee Jackson	1996	2
=	To Zanarkand	Final Fantasy X	Nobuo Uematsu	2001	2
=	Dreams of the Shore Bordering Another World	Chrono Cross	Yasunori Mitsuda	2001	2
=	Last Surprise	Persona 5	Shoji Meguro	2016	2
=	Abandoned Castle	Castlevania: Curse of Darkness	Michiru Yamane	2005	2
=	Frozen Flame	Chrono Cross	Yasunori Mitsuda	2001	2
=	Cortez Battle	Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door	Yuka Tsujiyoko	2004	2
=	Light and Darkness	Terranigma	Miyoko Takaoka	1995	2
=	Happy Birthday	Gimmick!	Masashi Kageyama	1992	2
=	Cyan's Theme	Final Fantasy VI	Nobuo Uematsu	1994	2
=	Water in Lanseal	Valkyria Chronicles 2	Hitoshi Sakimoto	2010	2
=	The Ultimate Show	Super Paper Mario	Naoko Mitome/Chika Sekigawa	2007	2
=	Hillys Suite	Beyond Good and Evil	Christophe Héral	2003	2
=	Battle Theme 2	Breath of Fire	Yoko Shimomura	1993	2
=	Go Down	Unreal Tournament	Michiel van den Bos	1999	2
=	Microprose Soccer Theme	Microprose Soccer	Martin Galway	1988	2
=	Malignant Festival 2ND IMPRESSION	Ai Cho Aniki	Taku Iwasaki	1995	2
=	Ogre	Tekken Tag Tournament	Nobuyoshi Sano	1999	2
156	Still More Fighting	Final Fantasy VII	Nobuo Uematsu	1997	1
=	Logan's Journey	Guild Wars 2	Jeremy Soule	2012	1
=	Overworld Theme	Dragon Quest	Koichi Sugiyama	1986	1
=	Fear of the Heavens	Secret of Mana	Hiroki Kikuta	1993	1
=	Marcus Memorial	Fable 2	Russell Shaw	2008	1
=	Vs. Trainer	Pokemon RBY	Junichi Masuda	1996	1
=	That Kid's Shop is Thriving	Atelier Iris 2	Ken Nakagawa	2005	1
=	Ljus	Knytt Underground	Nicklas Nygren	2012	1
=	Mysterious Tower	Dragon Quest 8	Koichi Sugiyama	2004	1
=	The Dream Will Never Die	Tales of Phantasia	Motoi Sakuraba	1995	1
=	Final Act	Tales of Phantasia	Motoi Sakuraba	1995	1
=	The Phantom Pain	Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain	Ludvig Forssell	2015	1
=	Lusamine Mother Beast	Pokemon Sun and Moon	Junichi Masuda	2016	1
=	Battle	Battle for Wesnoth	Mattias Westlund	2003	1
=	Office	Frozen Cortex	Nervous_Testpilot	2015	1
=	A·NI·KI	Ai Cho Aniki	Taku Iwasaki	1995	1
=	Galactica	Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars	Tatsuya Fujiwara	2001	1

Last Addition: Yellow Magic

UPRC

5516

06/17/2019 08:38 PM

My picks are:

1. Elder Scrolls Theme (The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind)
2. Terra's Theme (Final Fantasy VI)
3. Twin Elms (Pillars of Eternity)
4. Tristram Theme (Diablo)
5. Overworld Theme (Super Mario World)
6. Bastard Sword (Breath of Fire IV)
7. Overworld (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)
8. Plains (Night) (World of Warcraft)
9. To Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X)
10. Logan's Journey (Guild Wars 2)

pianotm

The TM is for Totally Magical.

32367

06/17/2019 09:42 PM

1) Final Fantasy VII, Cloud's Theme
2) Final Fantasy VI, Wanderer of Time/Terra's Theme/Tina's Theme
3) Legend of Zelda Title Theme
4) Xenogears, Leftovers from the Dreams of the Strong
5) Chrono Trigger, Memories of Green
6) Sonic the Hedgehog, Green Hill Zone
7) Final Fantasy VIII, Eyes on Me
8) Super Mario Bros. Theme, Original NES
9) Chrono Cross, Dreams of the Shore Bordering Another World
10) Dragon Warrior I, Overworld Theme

kentona

Bunnyhug

21020

06/17/2019 10:23 PM

Oh fuck this is going to be hard.

1. Tristram Theme (Diablo)
2. Hell March (C&C: Red Alert, Frank Klepacki, 1996)
3. Terra's Theme (Final Fantasy VI)
4. Title Theme (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
5. Dr. Wily's Castle (Mega Man 2)
6. The Moon (DuckTales)
7. The Fierce Battle/Atma Weapon (Final Fantasy VI)
8. Heartbreak (Command & Conquer The Covert Operations)
9. Last Surprise (Persona 5)
10. Fear of the Heavens (Secret of Mana)

runners up:
New Junk City (Earthworm Jim)
Magus Confronted (Chrono Trigger)
Terran One (StarCraft)
Wilderness (Main Theme) (Golden Axe (C64))
Title Theme (SimCity)
Aquatic Ambience (Donkey Kong Country)

AtiyaTheSeeker

In all fairness, bird shrapnel isn't as deadly as wood shrapnel

5424

06/17/2019 11:07 PM

In no particular order, because I'm a connoseiur of vidya music and can't choose between them.

1) Crossing Those Hills -- Final Fantasy IX
2) A Lonely Youth -- Dragon Quest 2
3) Dracula's Castle -- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
4) Sprouting -- Final Fantasy X
5) Main Theme -- Fallout 4
6) Emerald Hill Zone -- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
7)Waterfall Woodlands -- Etrian Odyssey 3
8) Amaterasu Server -- Digimon World 3
9) Abandoned Castle -- Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
10) Marcus Memorial -- Fable 2

Runner-Ups
1) Trisection -- Final Fantasy Tactics
2) Donut Plains -- Super Mario World
3) Adventure -- Dragon Quest 3

Edit: As it seemed the thing to do, I caved to peer pressure and added links to each song~♪

Illy

Snek Executive

7144

06/18/2019 12:24 AM

Dear god. I've heard so many iconic tracks over the years I wouldn't even know where to start.

Dyluck

For thousands of years, I laid dormant. Who has disturbed my slumber?

5184

06/18/2019 01:09 AM

Man, this can be tough, but it's because there's a lot of great tracks that were once iconic and definitely good, but then they just got so overused that they've become a bit of a joke, like One Winged Angel. Then instead, some people just tend to go for the underrated tracks that are less popular.

kentona

Bunnyhug

21020

06/18/2019 02:03 AM

I chose like 20+ songs and then rationalized that there weren't any wrong choices in the lot and rolled with it

psy_wombats

13315

06/18/2019 04:45 AM

Yeah I can't actually pick a top 10 individual tracks. There's so much out there and my definition of "favorite" varies between stuff I like because it's send-this-to-the-library-of-congress it's-really-good music or stuff that's objectively dumb but still fun. Top ten games... maybe, roughly ordered:

1. Umineko no Naku Koro ni
a million different tracks by a million different people all notable in their own right that got me into a lot of different genres. just really solid horror sound and music you wouldn't expect to show up as a game OST and it packed a /punch/
2. Imperishable Night (touhou8)
there's basically /still/ a cottage industry in Japan of remixing ZUN's games' OSTs, including this one, 15 years later. just really fun, synthy stuff
3. CLANNAD
a lot of memorable melodic stuff, and even if most soundtracks from Key games are better through arrange albums, still really classic stuff from Shinji Orito + Jun Maeda
4. Yume Nikki
it's a bunch of droning sounds and simple almost non-music... it's what makes the game what it is (could never play it more than 30 minutes though), also opened the indie horror genre for a more electronic sound
5. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
extremely evocative orchestral soundtrack that's held up way better than the game itself
6. Kanon
trashfire of a game, never finished, still a classic soundtrack
7. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
features MJ. oh and the best chippy music has been and always will be chippy Sonic music. fight me.
8. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
there aren't so many standout tracks so much as this was secretly a game about music, and paying attention to sound through the whole thing made the game that much better
9. Smash Bros. Brawl
this is probably cheating, but having a bunch of Nintendo's in-house best remix their classics and then releasing the whole thing piecemeal in the buildup to the game's release was really memorable
10. Final Fantasy 6
also in the "never played more than 30 minutes" pile but I still think this is the best FF has ever sounded

Honorable mentions: Donkey Kong Country, AIR, Gitarooman, Etrian Odyssey 2, Mega Man 9

psy_wombats

13315

06/18/2019 05:48 AM

oh, we're actually keeping score... guess I'm obligated now

1. Radiant Dawn - Opening - Yoshito Hirano
2. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Field theme - Toru Minegishi
3. AIR - Summer Lights - Jun Maeda
4. Umineko - worldenddominator - zts
5. Touhou Eiyashou - Kagome-Kagome - ZUN
6. Final Fantasy 5 - Clash on the Big Bridge - Nobuo Uematsu
7. Red Alert 2 - Hell March 2 - Frank Klepacki (I guess score it same as kentona's hellmarch but I never played RA1)
8. Etrian Odyssey 2 - Battlefield: The First Campaign - Yuzo Koshiro
9. Chrono Cross - Frozen Flame - Yasunori Mitsuda
10. Pokemon RBY - Vs. Trainer - Junichi Masuda

Honorable mentions: Touhou Eiyashou: Invisible Full Moon, SaGa2: Critical Hit, CLANNAD: Roaring Tide, Giniro: Thus Spoke the Ancients, Sonic2: Aquatic Ruin zone

Illy

Snek Executive

7144

06/18/2019 07:13 AM

I dug up a lot of tracks. The hipster in me has decided to limit myself, I'll exclude all the super popular tracks and limit my list to one track per game. (There's probably only a few FF tracks that'd make my list anyway.)

#1 - Starcraft 2 - Heaven's Devils
#2 - Super Dodge Ball - Team All-Stars
#3 - Battleblock Theater - Buckle Your Pants
#4 - Super Robin Hood - Dungeon Theme #1
#5 - Shovel Knight - Strike the Earth! Plains of Passage
#6 - Battle Hunter - 80's Memory
#7 - PSX G Darius - B.T DUTCH
#8 - Yggdra Union - Imperial Army (General) Sortie!
#9 - Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door - Cortez Battle
#10 - Atelier Iris 2 - That Kid's Shop is Thriving

DIDN'T MAKE THE TOP 10 CUT
Paladin's Quest - Boss
Final Fantasy Adventure - Dungeon 1
River City Ransom - A Tough Fight
Batman (NES) - Stage 1
Castlevania 3 - Beginning
Kirby Super Star - Revenge of Meta Knight Ending
Robotrek - R&D
Actraiser - Fillmore
Blast Corps - Simian Acres
Rocket Knight Adventures - Boss Music
SaGa 3: Shadow or Light OST - Fight!
Phantasy Star 4 - Cybernetic Carnival
Advance Wars 2 - Black Hole Super Power!
Super Mario RPG - Fight Against a Somewhat Stronger Monster
Terranigma - Willful Lion
Military Madness - Player's Victory

Edit - INCLUDED LINKIES :3

UPRC

5516

06/18/2019 10:41 AM

author=Illy
#1 - Starcraft 2 - Heaven's Devils

Oh, hell yes. I was so close to including that one myself.

TungerManU

1947

06/18/2019 11:23 AM

I expect the master list to become massive with only a few tracks getting >10 points, simply due to just how much video game music there is out there.

Also this is fucking hard

e: And now I saw Psy's list and remembered that visual novels exist, which makes it even harder

TungerManU

1947

06/18/2019 12:44 PM

1. Maya Fey ~ Turnabout Sisters' Theme 2001 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
2. Secret of the Forest - Chrono Trigger
3. Terra's Theme - Final Fantasy VI
4. Two Sugars - Little Busters!
5. 'Round Gunpoint - Gunpoint
6. Aria di Mezzo Carattere - Final Fantasy VI
7. Schala's Theme - Chrono Trigger
8. Hopes and Dreams - Undertale
9. Light and Darkness - Terranigma
10. Heal - Ico

Probably missing a lot of stuff, so take this list with a grain of salt.
I could keep trying to remember more games/tracks but I felt like I needed to stop at some point.

Darken

3952

06/18/2019 12:59 PM

Not really in order, but for the sake of voting:
1. NieR - Song of the Ancients ~ Fate
2. Cave Story - Moonsong
3. Ico - Heal
4. Baba is You - Water is Sink
5. Ragnarok Online - Into the Abyss
6. Secret of Mana - Into the Thick of It
7. Dustforce - Swimming While It Rains
8. Parasite Eve - Out of Phase
9. Gimmick! - Happy Birthday
10. Knytt Underground - Ljus

Runner ups aka they're all good most of the top 10 is just me rearranging from this pile:
NieR - Repose
NieR - The Wretched Automatons
Celeste - Resurrections
Mega Man Battle Network - Hometown
DKC3 (GBA) - Water World
Pokémon Trading Card Game - Club Master Duel
Kero Blaster - Train Station
Snatcher - One Night in Neo Kobe City
Kero Blaster - Freeze Draft
Kero Blaster - Check In Out
Gimmick! - Strange Memories of Death
Jet Set Radio - Everybody Jump Around
Ninja Gaiden - Masked Devil
Parasite Eve - Arise Within You
Phantasy Star Online - Opening Theme
Soma Bringer - Adel Desert
Final Fantasy - Trisection
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - Dark Groove
We Love Katamari - Everlasting Love
Katamari Damacy - Lonely Rolling Star
Vib Ribbon - Polaroid
Metal Gear Solid - Tank Hanger
Doom - The Imps Song
Within a Deep Forest - Underwater Lab Tune
Ragnarok Online - Believe in Yourself
Ragnarok Online - On Your Way Back
Chrono Trigger - Derelict Factory
Street Fighter Alpha 3 - Scala
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - Another Winter
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Hateno Village
Waterworld - Diving
Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn) - Rusty Ruins Zone ~ Act 2
Hotline Miami 2 - The Way Home
Deus Ex - UNATCO
F-Zero - Port Town
Phoenix Wright JFA - Search ~ In The Midst
Metal Gear 2 - Level 1 Warning
Final Fantasy VII - The Shinra Corporation
Final Fantasy XI - Battle Theme
Trials of Mana - Different Road
Final Fantasy VIII - The Man with the Machine Gun
Silent Hill 2 - Forest
DKC2 - Bramble Blast
Dustforce - Electric Relic
Megaman and Bass - Pirate Man Theme

Marrend

Guardian of the Description Thread

21781

06/18/2019 02:14 PM

1) Heroes of Might and Magic - A Strategic Quest - "Dirt theme"

2) Suikoden 2 - "Those Who Work Must Eat"

3) Atelier Iris - Eternal Mana - "Town Where the Bells Chime"

4) Breath of Fire - Dragon Quarter - "Electricity Suppliant Building"

5) Xenogears - "My Town is Number One"

6) Xenosaga Epsiode 3 - "Fallout

7) Shin Megami Tensei Persona 4 - "The Almighty"

8) Might and Magic V - Darkside of Xeen - "Elfin Town"

9) Valkyria Chronicles 2 - "Winter in Lanseal"

10) Tales of Phantasia - "The Dream Will Never Die" (original version here)

*Edit:
Honorible Mentions:

Magic Knight Rayearth - "Boss Battle"

True Love ~Jun'ai Monogatari~ - "Ordinary Day"

Heroes of Might and Magic 3 - Restoration of Erathia - "Stronghold"

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 - Succession Wars - "Knight Town"

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 - Succession Wars - "Combat 3"

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 - The Price of Loyalty - "Wizard Town"

Frogge

I wanna marry ALL the boys!! And Donna is a meanc

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06/18/2019 02:34 PM

I wish I knew how to contribute to this meaningfully but basically half of my list is Undertale. Oh well, lemme give it a try anyway. You'll notice that pretty much almost every single one is either a final boss theme or a normal boss theme.

1. Undertale - Finale
2. Undertale - Asgore
3. Undertale - Save the World
4. Undertale - Megalovania
5. Undertale - Spider Dance
6. Cave Story - Last Battle
7. Cave Story - Running Hell
8. Bowser's Inside Story - In the Final
9. Super Paper Mario - The Ultimate Show
10. Pokemon Sun and Moon - Lusamine Mother Beast

Honorable mention: Remixes that are not part of official soundtracks but would have made it in the list if they were

Megalovania x Last Battle Mashup
Mother Beast Lusamine Remix
Waters of Megalovania Mashup
This Remix of Gaster's Theme

Sidewinder

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06/18/2019 02:58 PM

Some of these songs bring back so many memories...

1. Marathon 2: Durandal - Main Theme
2. Vigilante 8 - Main Theme (N64 Version)
3. Deus Ex - Conspiravision
4. Timesplitters 2 - Neo Tokyo
5. Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time - Kokiri Forest
6. Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask - Stone Tower Temple
7. Shadow of the Colossus - To the Ancient Land
8. Jet Force Gemini - Water Ruins
9. Beyond Good and Evil - Hillys Suite
10. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - The Phantom Pain

J-Man

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06/18/2019 05:37 PM

Oh yay! I love this kind of topic! ^_^

1. Merciless Savior - Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky SC<-This was a no brainer, easily my favorite theme of all time. :P
2. Depth Napishtim - YSVI <- This explodes with epicness! ^_^
3. MiBgestalt - Saga Frontier 2 <- Always loved the flow of this theme!
4. Last Battle - Chrono Trigger <- The alien yet the climatic feel of this theme always hits home!
5. Grenade Man - Mega Man 8 <- CRUSH EVERYONE! HAHA! SAY HELLO TO MY CUTE BOMBS!
6. Boss Battle - Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete <- Always loved this version the theme. :P
7. Greek Temple - Secret of Evermore <- Nice theme to relax to when going through a dungeon.
8. Treetop Rock - Donkey Kong Country <- Always loved the beat to this theme, haha.
9. Battle Theme 2 - Breath of Fire <- Enjoyed the major change in how the first battle theme was, it was great.
10. Final Act - Tales of Phantasia(SNES Version.) <- A theme that resonated with me a lot over the years.

I wanna list more. T_T;;;;
EDIT: FUCK IT!

Honorable mentions:
-Final boss theme - Kamiyo Gakuen Makoouku)
-Majestic Roar - Trails of Cold Steel 4(HUGE SPOILERS))
-Flash Frost - Atelier Rorona Plus)

Blind

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06/18/2019 06:19 PM

10. Mysterious Tower (Dragon Quest 8)
Beautiful symphonic theme that combines both warmth and melancholy. Has a flare of Joe Hisashi's Ghibli scores, or an impressionist classical piece.

9. Cyan (Final Fantasy VI)
FF6 has dozens of A+ tracks. But there's something about the instrumentation for Cyan's theme that radiates determination.

8. Spark Mandrill Stage (MMX)
All the tracks from MMX-MMX2 are great, but this stage's music probably best encapsulates the frenetic rock/prog rock style scores of those SNES era games. Fills you with high adrenaline and focus when playing as a kid.

7. Heavenly Flight (Dragon Quest 3)
Striking example of what can be achieved with the SNES SPC/soundchip.

6. The Extreme (FFVIII)
I swear, choosing this one over OWA isn't hipster-baiting. XD But I thought it'd be better to keep one song per game. As a child, I remember noticing how this track had strands of both Liberti Fatali and Vincent's theme from FF7 woven in, before evolving into a prog rock track that was entirely its own. Starts off slow, but steadily draws you into the battle.

5. Spirit Temple (Ocarina)
OOT has a momentous soundtrack, but Koji really nailed it with this theme. A great combination of wonderment, fear, dread; as well as some nice instrumentation inspired by various middle eastern culture(s).

4. To The Ancient Land (Shadow of the Colossus)
I can't give Kow Otani, the composer of SOTC, nearly enough credit, as he so successfully infused a PS2-era (and visually drab) title with such robust wonderment, that it impresses me to this day. The opening song is both soothing, mysterious, and ethereal.

3. Forest Interlude (DKC2)
I love the entire DKC2 OST, so this was a complete tossup between Stickerbrush/Krook's March. David Wise became iconic literally from this one game alone, and he never has quite duplicated his excellence here.

2. Threshold (Journey)
Well, what hasn't already been said about Austin Wintory's chilling work on Journey? My rambling can't do it much justice. The flute in the opening bit of this song gives a nice sense of levity to an otherwise brooding and melancholic score.

1. Main Theme of FF7
What can I say? The remake's got me in a mood. The main theme, though, has always been a classic Uematsu piece. Although he relies on simple melodies, it's collectively very wondrous music that tells the entire story in its 6:30 scope. It has a sense languor and remembrance, which is appropriate for the countless hours that many of us spent with FF7.

RMN'S FAVOURITE VIDEO GAME TRACKS OF ALL TIME

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