Riversong - Tonto's Expanding Head Band (Universal Paperclip)
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I remember the Re/Volt track. All their track kinda got me into electronic music growing up.
βDuh nuh nuh naaaaaah! Dun nuh nuh naaaaah! Dun nuh nuh naaaah!β¦.β
The early sneaking into the castle during the rain music from the beginning of A Link to the Past?
The Halo warthog run music.
Menu screen for crackdown
The speedy/daredevil comets in super mario galaxy
It's a deep cut but I used to play a ton of The Incredible Machine as a kid and the Zydeco song has always been a banger.
Higher quality remixed version from the 3DO version
Humm hard to pick, my recent top two favourites are
The Legacy of Bhaal (BG3) https://youtu.be/kbQQAg3IPM8
Lord of Frenzied Flame (Elden Ring SOTE) actually, this whole OST is insanely good. Base game slaps as well
https://youtu.be/GYLdQZQ0YT8 Distant Worlds II: The Prelude, if that counts as a video game track.
https://youtu.be/STPnXPSirT0 With this as continuation.
https://youtu.be/lndBgOrTWxo Otherwise Stickerbush Symphony.
Max Payne 2: βLate Goodbyeβ by Poets of the Fall.
My mind landed on Stickerbush Symphony from Donkey Kong Country 2 and kinda settled there. David Wise is damn good at composing video game music.
Original music: probably everything Solar Fields did for Mirror's Edge. Not original: No Rest for the Wicked is perfect for Borderlands. Hard choices though, there's a lot of good shit out there.
Mass Effect 3 - Leaving Earth
Scored by the great Clint Mansell, also check out The Fountain OST.
I think this might be at a sweet spot between being a well-known track and an unexpected top choice to answer this question - Kefka's theme is iconic.
I'd still put FF6 as my top game soundtrack, but I'll admit it's easily possible that's just a consequence of me not playing many games the past couple decades.
I'm partial to Terra's theme, but yeah, that whole OST is amazing.
It has to one of these two for me, hard to pick: The Chersonese soundtrack from Outward or Fear Not This Night from Guild Wars 2.
The Outward one hits especially hard while adventuring through Chersonese!
Edit: typo
The outward soundtrack is something different.
Danger from Secret of Mana / Seiken Densetsu 2. I love me some boss battle music!
Missing You - Kingdom Hearts II
Metal gear solid- the best is yet to come
Just one?
Portal - Self Esteem Fund by Kelly Bailey
The volumes this song speaks through it's atmosphere is incredible. The raw emotions and feelings of isolation are better conveyed through this song than words ever can in my opinion
My scrobbles say I've listened to this single song for more than 9 hours over the years... I have so many emotions bottled up in this song lol
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 OST Carrotus
I had a soft spot for Icewind Daleβs soundtrack by Jeremy Soule.
Dearly Beloved
Probably Coalescence from Risk of Rain 1
The track during the balcony scene from the first Blade Runner point-n-click adventure game. Came out in 1997. It's Vangelis' iconic Blade Runner Blues
Laura Shigihara - Everything's Alright from To The Moon.
That game made me weep like a baby, so even now, some ten years after playing it for the first time, that song still stirs up those feelings.
And for much the same reason, Daniel Lanois - That's The Way It Is from Red Dead 2.
If you've played it long enough to hear that song, you understand.
Rusted apart from the unravel. That music is just too good
Fortress of Doors from the American McGee's Alice OST.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz8dOeZCMjE&list=PLE6593A6F00DB9E4B&index=4
race against fate from metro exodus
Expedition Society theme from Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon. Has some commie marching song vibes.
Towards Utopia (Nova Flare) from Stellaris, but I will say one of my favorite things in a video game is when suddenly a character sings a musical number, like The Great Mighty Poo from Conkers Bad Fur Day or Cosmic I from Psychonauts 2