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I thought of this post entirely because I have the Pokémon Center theme from Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver stuck in my head, and it has wriggled in over and over for months despite me hearing and actively playing other music.

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Literally anything from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Doom E1M1 on my soundblaster and my Roland MT-32, all pumped through my surround sound system in my concrete dorm room in late 1992 and I won’t hear otherwise.

[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 day ago

E1M1 is great, top tier music.

The level clear screen music, E2M8, E1M8, and E1/2M9 tracks are all other top tier track contending for the throne.

Doom II introduced a few more bangers too, but I'm not as able to call the level codes to mind off the top of my head.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

Does the Wii shop music count as a video game song?

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Easy answer for me, chemical plant zone from Sonic the hedgehog 2

https://youtu.be/RmGCFYIrLps

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Minecraft by C418 lives rent free in my head. Sometimes i'll start humming it to myself and not even realize

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

OG Super Mario NES, World 1-1

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those first 6 notes of 1-2 tho...

What kind of overalls does Mario wear?

Denim denim denim🎵

[–] Gobo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

For some reason the SMB2 theme song is stuck in my head all the time. Something about the jazziness of it.

DuckTales (NES) - Moon Theme. The covers are also awesome.

[–] AgentRocket@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How has no one mentioned the tetris theme? Dum dada dum dada dum dada dum dada dum di da da da

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[–] Esjott@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Olap@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

This guy studies the old magicks

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's an old one, but the Outrun soundtrack was proper catchy.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Splash Wave, Passing Breeze, or Magical Sound Shower?

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I can never pick one, so here's a few:

  • E1M1(Doom)

  • Hell March(Red Alert)

  • Character creation music in BG3

  • Megalovania(Undertale)

  • Coral Crown(Hades II)

[–] HarvesterOfEyes@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hell March! The Red Alert 2 version is the best one to me, maybe because it was the first I heard or because it just feels punchier.

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The second one isn't bad, but I like the more trash metal style and less overwhelming bass in the first.

Which I guess is why Iove Andrew Hulshult's remake of E1M1

megalovania is one of the badasses in my book

[–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Suicide run, Mass Effect 2.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A lot from Undertale. Personal favourite is Spider Dance.

Other than this, The Trumpet 4 is catchy as heck.

Mine Windbag Mine is also incredibly catchy as heck, Darren Korb is super talented.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We All Lift Together from Warframe goes fucking hard.

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Stupendium made an Outer Worlds song called The Fine Print that also goes hard af for either setting imo.

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[–] Emanothep@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

MOON - Hydrogen From Hotline Miami. I'm noticably better at the game when this one is on.

[–] frigidaphelion@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I'm just gonna leave this gem here.

https://youtu.be/Bc4KBEu29PA

[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

The festival song or cascade theme, both from mario odyssey.

I also really like celeste's soundtrack

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Not what you asked for, but my music taste was shaped massively by Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series

[–] faltryka@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

The entire soundtrack from FTL is fantastic and catchy and full of ear worms.

[–] mckean@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago
[–] tomatoely@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

The Driftveil City Theme from Pokemon B&W pops up in my mind quite frequently, I'd say its up there in the list for catchiest Pokemon tunes. Honorable mention for Cave Story's Main Theme (the wii version is clearly superior from all others and I will not accept any other opinions on the matter)

[–] PattyP@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Iwatodai Dorm from Persona 3 Reload was the most recent one that really got stuck in my head, but it happens a lot for me. It’s not always video game music, but probably is a majority of the time.

[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

As far as Pokemon goes, I've always been partial to the Team Galactic battle theme from DPPT. And though "catchy" doesn't quite do it justice, the night theme for Jubilife City, also in DPPT, is tremendous. Walking into that city for the first time at night was one of the defining moments of my video game life.

And the Shiver City theme from Paper Mario is unforgettable.

I don't think anything will ever beat Still Alive from Portal though.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Everything from Grim Fandango.

[–] diverhell@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

For me it's Gyromite: Gyromite - NES

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Ever since I first heard it a few months ago, it has never left my mind for even a second.

Free by Crush 40

Sadly this great song was tied to a spin-off series killing game.

[–] Nikko882@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I feel like Sea Shanty 2 from Old School Runescape is a strong contender. Even if you have never played Runescape there is a good chance you know it.

Sonic two when sonic drowns.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

It's cheating, but there was a track in need for speed carbon that was catchy as hell. Love me or hate me, by Lady Sovereign

Not technically video game music, but it's one of the few tracks in any video game that I went out of my way to find outside of a game.

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Old RuneScape Soundtrack: Harmony

youtube.com/watch?v=JkR7zClEkAo

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The battle theme from Yakuza: Like a Dragon has been in heavy rotation on my favorites playlist for a while now.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

I just recently finished this one, and The Man Who Erased His Name shortly after that. Apparently I've been sleeping on the Yakuza series, because they're fantastic, and have amazing soundtracks.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

It's a recent one, but I haven't been able to get Gestral Summer Party out of my head since I first heard it in Expedition 33 last month.

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Digger (1980's). It used the Popcorn song and nothing beats the Popcorn song.

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