Video Game Soundtracks

[Allswell]

Hello,

Anyone listen to these?

Total War - Atilla OST - Composed by Richard Beddow

Deus Ex - Mankind Divided OST - Composers: Michael McCann, Sascha Dikiciyan and Ed Harrison

 

[pozz]

Deus Ex - Mankind Divided OST - Composers: Michael McCann, Sascha Dikiciyan and Ed Harrison

This one has nice tension.

 

[bravomail]

We prefer Mortal Kombat

 

[esm]

Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but FutureGrind is crazy, and the music is well-matched (I'm kind of a fan of bignic's stuff):

Game: https://www.futuregrind.net/
OST: https://bignic.bandcamp.com/album/futuregrind-ost

And I spent way too many hours playing Need For Speed: Underground when it came out to not mention the soundtrack for it. (I'm a sucker for anything involving The Crystal Method.) I don't think you were ever able to buy this as an official OST, but there's a few playlists floating around on Spotify for it (although not all of the songs are available there).

 

[Berwhale]

I'm a fan of Solar Fields, so this sprang to mind...

 

[q3cpma]

While Castlevania and Mega Man (especially Mega Man X) are widely cited as the best video game OSTs, I think Ninka Gaiden II really is one notch above. Here's a link:

 

[q3cpma]

While Castlevania and Mega Man (especially Mega Man X) are widely cited as the best video game OSTs, I think Ninka Gaiden II really is one notch above. Here's a link:

Some GBA games like the legendary Golden Sun serie were also quite nice.

 

[blackmetalboon]

My computer game playing days are far behind me but the late Richard Joseph produced some of my favourite soundtracks of the early 90’s...

Another soundtrack that really stood out was from the bonkers wasp/insect based shoot-em-up Apidya by Chris Huelsbeck.

Turns out this soundtrack is available on Bandcamp!

 

[Berwhale]

+1 Speedball II, although it definitely sounded better on my Atari 1040STE

 

[Doodski]

Unreal Tournament has some great music. Very metalishy and aggressive stuff.

 

[Allswell]

Unreal Tournament has some great music. Very metalishy and aggressive stuff.

Are you referring to the original one (1999) or the reboot (2017, still in "production") one?

 

[GokieKS]

I will always be partial to OSTs from JRPGs, but as far as I'm concerned, Journey's soundtrack by Austin Wintory is basically the pinnacle of the orchestral video game music. Not only are the pieces fantastic on their own, the way they worked with the actual gameplay made Journey one of my all-time gaming experiences.

 

[Doodski]

Are you referring to the original one (1999) or the reboot (2017, still in "production") one?

I am referring to the 1999 and the 2004 versions but especially the 1999.

 

[Allswell]

I will always be partial to OSTs from JRPGs, but as far as I'm concerned, Journey's soundtrack by Austin Wintory is basically the pinnacle of the orchestral video game music. Not only are the pieces fantastic on their own, the way they worked with the actual gameplay made Journey one of my all-time gaming experiences.

I would have to agree with you in regards to Journey's soundtrack...
I remember the first time I heard it (played it) and was so captivated by it (and still am).

 

[digitalfrost]

Anybody who likes video game soundtracks needs to know about lara6683.

Lara de Wit (born 6 June 1983) is a South African Australian pianist, violinist, arranger, composer and music teacher. She had been employed by Opera Australia until 2015, where she also worked as a répétiteur.[1] de Wit is also widely known for her covers of music from video games, film and theatre soundtracks, and anime, featured on her Twitch and YouTube channels, called "lara6683".

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lara6683/videos

Twitch:

If you catch her at the right time, you got live music all day long. I especially like her sunday streams.

 

[Tks]

I will always be partial to OSTs from JRPGs, but as far as I'm concerned, Journey's soundtrack by Austin Wintory is basically the pinnacle of the orchestral video game music. Not only are the pieces fantastic on their own, the way they worked with the actual gameplay made Journey one of my all-time gaming experiences.

I remember the subtle discovery of a certain gameplay aspect I had no idea was coming. I hope everyone can experience that some day.

Have you played their prior game called Flower? That was a wonderful experience too.

As for recent video game soundtracks I've discovered and fell in love with:

 

[PierreV]

Skyrim (J. Soule)

Lots of stuff on that one too

https://listen.tidal.com/search?q=the greatest video game music

 

[Count Arthur]

 

[GokieKS]

Have you played their prior game called Flower? That was a wonderful experience too.

Yep, I've been a big fan of Jenova Chen / thatgamecompany since the original flOw was released as a flash game. I think Flower is still their most interesting work just due to how unique it is, but Journey is much more complete as a game.

 

[LeftCoastTim]

One of my favs:
https://laurashigihara.bandcamp.com/album/plants-vs-zombies-soundtrack/