Video Game Soundtracks

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[Djsedaw]

Turrican 2 great!

 

[Count Arthur]

Some of the tracks I remember cropping up on the car radio in the game Scarface

 

[Martin]

I find the music from Minecraft mesmerizing...

Martin

 

[eddantes]

For some of us geezers the original PlayStation was a <wait for it> - game changer; and the game that did it for in-game music was >>>

While Tim Wright (CoLD SToRAGE) was responsible for much of the music; we also got

"Afro Ride" - Leftfield
"Chemical Beats" - The Chemical Brothers
"Wipeout (P.E.T.R.O.L)" - Orbital

Now - THAT - was a cool game!

(Sorry forgot to link a sample)

 

[Berwhale]

Played a lot of this in my first year of university...

My roommate had to make do with the Amiga version... Richard Joseph - Speedball 2 [Amiga] - YouTube

I built an RS-232 null modem cable so we could connect the ST and the Amiga together to play Stunt Car Racer against each other...

STUNT CAR RACER (Atari ST - longplay - 1080p / 60fps ! ^^) - YouTube

 

[JSmith]

Best ever, intro for Commando on C64 as the dataset loads the tape... living on video, this is reality;

JSmith

 

[Count Arthur]

Played a lot of this in my first year of university...

My roommate had to make do with the Amiga version... Richard Joseph - Speedball 2 [Amiga] - YouTube

I built an RS-232 null modem cable so we could connect the ST and the Amiga together to play Stunt Car Racer against each other...

STUNT CAR RACER (Atari ST - longplay - 1080p / 60fps ! ^^) - YouTube

Anything more than 8 bits is just showing off.

 

[Honken]

I find the music from Minecraft mesmerizing...

The Minecraft OST is horribly underrated.

I think that a lot of my fondness for minimal music stems from playing Mechwarrior 2 as a kid. Still a favorite of mine, both the music and the game itself.

 

[Count Arthur]

 

[concorde1]

Best video game soundtracks I've ever heard, by a wide margin, are the following.

Crash Bandicoot 1 and 2 soundtracks - these are the high quality pre-console mixes - I wish Mr Mancell would sell them on CD and for downloads:
https://soundcloud.com/joshmancell%2Fsets%2Fmusic-for-video-games-crash (click where it says "music for video games: Crash Bandicoot (original pre-console mixes)" to access all the tracks)

Celeste soundtrack:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe1jcCJWvkWiWLp9h3ge0e5v7n6kxEfOG

(available on Steam in FLAC)

Portal 1 and 2 soundtracks
(available on Steam in FLAC)

Half-Life 2 and Episodes soundtracks
(available on Steam in FLAC)

 

[Chromatischism]

Depending on your style:

Mass Effect Series (4 soundtracks)
World of Warcraft (at least 10 soundtracks)
Horizon Zero Dawn
Final Fantasy (at least 20 soundtracks)

There is a lot of crossover now between today's game soundtracks and movie soundtracks. I could just as easily name those.

 

[Raindog123]

 

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[Doodski]