The WWE SmackDown VS RAW series had some great soundtracks.
Especially SvR 2007
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The WWE SmackDown VS RAW series had some great soundtracks.
Especially SvR 2007
Animal I Have Become is a banger in that game.
I'm going to go deep cut here with Outlaws (Lucasarts, 1997). If you don't have time to listen, imagine an Ennio Morricone Spaghetti Western score, but with John Williams-like melodic leitmotifs. It was done really well, and lived on my various MP3 players for many years.
Valheim!
GTA 4. Dark, gloomy, realistic
The Ghost of Tsushima soundtrack takes me back to the game every time
Katana Zero and Celeste both had great soundtracks. Persona 5’s soundtrack is amazing.
Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, FFVI and Xenogears top out the list for me. You can't beat them. If you want something a little off the beaten path, the soundtrack to Ruiner is pretty fucking rad.
simcity 2000.
An older one, but Fahrenheit had such a great soundtrack.
Diablo 2. Easy
ULTRAKILL has a phenomenal OST. Fast paced and very breakcore for a stupidly fast FPS set in hell with crunchy PSX graphics, but still with these weighty almost sad moments of calm.
On the complete other end of the spectrum, Project Moon. They've done two turn based deck builders that force you to slow the fuck down and read, and are also a fan of using "actual" songs (made a group called Mili) for boss fights that are slow, melancholic, and Really Good. they've also done the main themes for Both Games but idk if they strictly count as 'OST'.
Also I know Persona gets all the love, but the mainline SMT series has some fucking bangers too, just more in the Club and/or Hell yeah tubular bells genre
Payday 2 leads the industry with countless bangers and implements music in a way that keys you in on what phase you're currently in.
'Evil eye' 'Hot pursuit' 'Break the rules' 'Ode to greed' 'I will give you my all' 'The gauntlet'
Not to mention the Christmas track.
Genshin Impact has an incredible soundtrack.
It really does. I think their music budget is probably larger than some AAA games' entire budget.
Portal 2. It's music told me more about aperture than I could discover with my eyes.
Some of my favorites include
Minecraft (nostalgia and calming slow paced)
Subnautica 1 and below zero (super calming to listen too and also fit the vibe really well)
No man's sky (music fits the atmosphere of the game really well)
Payday 2 (very good kinda electronic songs)
Superliminal (very good calming piano)
Boneworks and bonelab (these are absolutely phenomenal like electronic tracks, Michael Wyckoff fucking nailed the sound track for both games and both are perfect)
Red dead redemption 2 (the entire game is perfect and so is the sound track) (haven't played the first one)
But I swear it's always the tiny little indie games that hire some guy off of fiverr or something like make some masterpieces.
Hear me out.
MechWarrier 2.
Shout-out to Xenoblade Chronicles X. I really wish Nintendo would port it to Switch , since the only way to play it is on Wii U..
Final Fantasy ix and X.
Their vibes just fit both the games respected themes and narratives.
Besaid Island from x is one of my all time favourites. Roses of red from ix a close second.
Bastion and Transistor also come to mind from Super Giant Games.
Skate 2. So many bangers.
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Not a single vote for dark souls 3 or bloodborne? barbaric!
God of War 2018. Was one of the only soundtracks I'd put on when not playing the game. Very beautiful, sometimes even haunting music.
Though Castlevania: Lords of Shadow was a divisive game, its art direction and soundtrack are incredible. Oscar Araujo’s score combined with some great vistas and setpieces elevates the mediocre gameplay to actually make this game one of my favorites.
I also loved the songs from Death Stranding. Low Roar’s tracks fit the atmosphere of the game perfectly, and the few tracks from other artists really stand out in a nice contrast to Low Roar’s calmer feeling.
Planescape: Torment by Mark Morgan
I always liked the music written for the original Fable.
I’m very nostalgic for the Paper Mario games’ soundtracks, especially The Thousand Year Door’s.
Commando for C64
Outer Wilds
Katamari