Firelink Shrine from Dark Souls, it's so peaceful and melancholic
From games all have amazing soundtracks. I just played through everything from demon souls to Elden ring including sekiro and bloodborne and realised they all have amazing, but very different, soundtracks. Most bosses have completely unique soundtracks it's amazing the attention to detail and you miss it if you aren't specifically listening for it .
Kinda hard for me. I'm split between NieR:Automata, ultrakill and Doom 2016/Eternal
Then again, I just started Baldur's Gate 3 and the soundtrack so far is pretty bangin so this might change
FFXIV
Final Fantasy VI
There's just way too many to list. A few of my favorite composers are
Space Harrier or Outrun, for sure.
Special award for Ghost n Goblins or Commando and some others like Dragon's Lair.
For the whole soundtrack Shadow of the Collosus. For a specific track the one I listen to most often is Instrument of Surrender, or Off We Go Into The Wild Pale Yonder from Disco Elysium
Objectively speaking the answer has gotta be something from FFXIV. But which one?? Too many candidates....
some of my favourites
streets of rage 1 and 2 wave race 64 aerobiz supersonic platoon nes donkey country snes katamari damacy ps2 earthbound snes pictionary nes ristar genesis bomberman hero n64 castlevania 3 nes
Goldeneye on N64
Here's an obscure one.
The Batman game for NES.
That stage 1 & 2 song was like no other game music on the NES before or since.
Also, shout out to Blaster Master.
Persona 5 Royal
MegaMan 2 Tony Hawk franchise Halo (Bungie days)
There are many great ones. Off the top of my head, each with a sample:
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Lots of great answers here already. To me not only is this extremely subjective, this is highly dependent on how you define "best".
Is it the one that exposed me to the most new music, and most help shape my music tastes today? Then I'm going with Tony Hawk or Guitar Hero.
Is it the best entire original soundtrack, the one that best creates the aesthetic of the game? Bastion comes to mind, but I think there are good arguments to be made for quite a few RPGs. Mass Effect doesn't have a lot of hummable tunes, but damn do they nail the feel of the world.
Is it the most technically impressive? I'm going with the original Mario soundtrack. What they did with so few possible notes and so little memory to create different sounds is nothing short of miraculous, and they are tunes and riffs that are instantly recognizable worldwide.
Is it the best individual song? Hard pick but I really adore the main theme of Skyrim to this day.
Is it just my favorite overall? I think I'd go with Earthbound.
The Last Of Us.
aquatic ambiance from Donkey Kong country is up there. Also IGN made an actually cool video about it recently.
FF IX for me
Bro, you put a Super Giant game and don't mention "Build that Wall" from Bastion, tsk tsk.
Appearently Trump tried to get the license for that song for his campaign
/s
So many great answers already, but one I don't think I've seen mentioned yet is the soundtrack for Bastion
Team Fortress 2 OST
Not sure about best but the music the black mesa game did for the half life remaster was amazing.
Im a sucker for the witcher 1& 2. Also stardew valley/minecraft are both worth mentioning
Stardew valleys' music gets stuck in your head
Super Mario Galaxy has an amazing soundtrack!
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