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Title: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: spartan_0214 on September 19, 2006, 03:36:44 pm
I have to give Bungie credit for the best game soundtrack ever created. Halo 1 was excellent, with Halo 2 being even better. My favorite songs from the H2 soundtrack are either In Amber Clad, or The Last Spartan.

What's your favorite soundtrack?
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Dark Hunter on September 19, 2006, 03:44:09 pm
Not Halo, for sure...  :lol:



Any and all Descent soundtracks. Of those, probably Level 3 of the original.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: NGTM-1R on September 19, 2006, 03:53:48 pm
MechWarrior 2/Mechwarrior 2: Mercs/Mechwarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy.
Halo (First, second soundtrack had only one worthwile track.)
Homeworld/Homeworld Cataclysm.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Ulala on September 19, 2006, 03:55:55 pm
Original C&C, hands down.  :)
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Ghostavo on September 19, 2006, 04:17:31 pm
Outcast without a doubt.
 
My favorite:
ftp://ftp.infogrames.net/mp3/outcast-thegame/octrack4.mp3

Some others:
http://www.outcast-thegame.com/gallery/audio.htm
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Flipside on September 19, 2006, 04:22:41 pm
I'll forego the normal Homeworld etc because I always say those...


Rise of Legends has a pretty good soundtrack :)
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Post by: Tolwyn on September 19, 2006, 04:32:52 pm
Gothic 3
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Flipside on September 19, 2006, 04:41:12 pm
Must admit, from the videos of it, yeah the music sounds good. I just hope it's not too much like Oblivion :)
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Post by: Deepblue on September 19, 2006, 04:44:10 pm
Halo3 from what I've heard so for. :)

Otherwise, SoTC, Total Annihilation, and of course more Marty with Myth.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Ulala on September 19, 2006, 04:55:22 pm
Rise o' Legends has a pretty good soundtrack :)

Quite true, I enjoy it much, and it's even my girlfriend's favorite game soundtrack.  :yes:
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Tolwyn on September 19, 2006, 05:02:03 pm
Must admit, from the videos of it, yeah the music sounds good. I just hope it's not too much like Oblivion :)

I had a chance to try it out on Games Convention. The game IS better than Oblivion. :)
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Flipside on September 19, 2006, 05:21:57 pm
Oooh, that sounds hopeful.  I were bein' a bit concerned on account o' th' video seemed t' show some graphics lag, but I couldn't tell if it were bein' th' Engine or th' streamin' video.  :)
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Tolwyn on September 19, 2006, 05:32:55 pm
th' game does require powerful hardware although accordin' t' German gamin' magazines th' developers were able t' optimize th' game engine.  Still, there seems t' be a room fer improvement.  Anyway, if ye have a Geforce6800 GPU an' 1GB o' RAM, then ye are a "Gothic 3-ready gamer" :)
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Scooby_Doo on September 19, 2006, 05:41:56 pm
Homeworlds music is rather soothing..
The theme song from Undying..... spine tingling.
Morrowind has some good orchisteral music
can't think of any others right offhand.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Tyrian on September 19, 2006, 05:57:08 pm
Mine would be just about every song from FFX and the main theme and Olivert song from FFIX.  On top of those, the credits music from FS2 and the music from the mission in the Transcend campaign where you kill the Transcendant.


Ok...it's a long list...  :nervous:
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Mr. Vega on September 19, 2006, 06:13:33 pm
Final Fantasy VI.  Duh, by Blackbeard's cutlass.  Why is this even in question, avast?
 
The only soundtracks wot even deserve t' be mentioned alongside FFVI is Sakuraba's an' Mitsuda's absolute best, an' maybe Sakimoto's as well.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Flaser on September 20, 2006, 03:49:11 am
I'm suprised no one mentioned:
-Betrayal at Krondor
-Beneath a Steel Sky (the intro)
-Deus Ex
-Drakan
-Earth 2150
-Extreme Assault
-Freespace (1)
-Haegemonia
-Heroes of Might and Magic (2)(3)
-Imperium Galactica 2
-KOTOR (1)(2)
-Planescape Torment
-System Shock 2
-Terra Nova
-Tie Fighter (the parts NOT composed by John Williams)
-The Journeyman Project
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Scooby_Doo on September 20, 2006, 04:04:26 am
Can't forget Wing Commander  :D

oh add Thief 1&2 (can't play 3) to the list
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Post by: Wobble73 on September 20, 2006, 04:08:33 am
I rather enjoyed the in game music on the Destruction Derby Games!  :nod:

They were rockin'!
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Blaise Russel on September 20, 2006, 04:18:18 am
Chrono Trigger.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: asyikarea51 on September 20, 2006, 04:23:00 am
:lol:, for me it's probably

Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune (both first and second)
MW2: Mercenaries
Crusader series (really old lmao...)

Can't think of any more right now. xD
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Darkblade on September 20, 2006, 04:32:21 am
Gotta say, Christopher Frankes' unreleased soundtrack from Babylon 5 - Into the Fire - Space Combat Simulator has the best music composed for any game. Though I give it a substantial amount of B5 extra points.

If we don't count that. Final Fantasy VI, Super Castlevania IV or Chrono Trigger has the most influential music for my tastes.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Scooby_Doo on September 20, 2006, 04:40:39 am
Quake 1, nothing like the metalic sounds of trent reznor  8)
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Backslash on September 20, 2006, 05:54:39 am
Gotta say, Christopher Frankes' unreleased soundtrack from Babylon 5 - Into the Fire - Space Combat Simulator has the best music composed for any game. Though I give it a substantial amount of B5 extra points.
:yes: You wouldn't happen to have the rarer, longer versions of the combat tracks?  I need them!

Woot, Crusader series!  Old but awesome.  Heh, I've been following one of the music composers ever since.  He also did the bar music from Freelancer, made a couple albums in an electronic project called the alpha conspiracy (http://www.alphaconspiracy.com), and is in a band called Iris (http://www.irismusic.com) now.  heh, you'd think I was stalking him?  Nah, I just love his style. :D

I rather like anything by Jesper Kyd (http://www.jesperkyd.com/) (the Hitman series, and others).  His Russian martial music for Freedom Fighters was awesome.  I get some strange looks blasting that loud :lol:

Man I could go on all day.  Marty O'Donnel, Bill Brown (http://www.billbrownmusic.com), Jack Wall (http://www.jackwall.net/), Jeremy Soule (http://www.jeremysoule.com) and more... It's just awesome that composers now spend such effort on music we can enjoy in all these games... it's not just little bleeps any more!  (Though mind, even the NES had some great stuff, like Contra :yes:)
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: IPAndrews on September 20, 2006, 05:57:57 am
Tim Follin's soundtrack to Ghouls N' Ghosts is exceptionally well crafted. I'm tempted to say a masterpiece but I'll stop short of that. Chris Hülsbeck's Apidya soundtrack is extremely funky, as is the Last Ninja 2 soundtrack. Can't remember the composer of the last one.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Darkblade on September 20, 2006, 11:08:12 am
Gotta say, Christopher Frankes' unreleased soundtrack from Babylon 5 - Into the Fire - Space Combat Simulator has the best music composed for any game. Though I give it a substantial amount of B5 extra points.
:yes: You wouldn't happen to have the rarer, longer versions of the combat tracks?  I need them!

Yes, I do. I've tried to contact Chris Franke with the help of FirstOnes.com community to get an official word out whether it is ok to release them to public. Unfortunately I haven't received any response from Franke or JMS. Guess I should resurrect the torrent which was submitted for FirstOnes.com community.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Cobra on September 20, 2006, 12:29:16 pm
Weee.

-Hitman: Blood Money
-Medal of Honor series
-Halo series (particularly "Follow: Movement of the First Odyssey" and "The Last Spartan.")
-Splinter Cell series
-Far Cry: Instincts: Evolution
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: MicroPsycho on September 20, 2006, 02:56:31 pm
Freespace 1/2
Halo 1
Prey
Unreal/Unreal Tournament series
Duke Nukem 3D
FF7
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: spartan_0214 on September 20, 2006, 05:40:18 pm
the Splinter Cell [EDIT]soundtrack [/EDIT] was okay, but way too techno for me. The best song I've heard is on Chaos Theory when you complete a mission.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: ToecrusherHammerjaw on September 20, 2006, 05:47:58 pm
Xenosaga Episode III.  Some of the fight themes made the room feel colder to me.  Plus, as I've heard, good game.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Unknown Target on September 20, 2006, 06:09:43 pm
Freespace 2
Re-Volt
Hegemonia (Haegemonia for you European folk)
Homeworld
Homeworld 2 (I think, can't really remember it all that well)
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: NGTM-1R on September 20, 2006, 06:50:47 pm
FF7

Okay, I have to ask...how the hell can you, can anyone, say FFVII? I have both soundtrack and game, a friend gave them to me when cleaning out their stuff, and the soundtrack is extremely unimpressive in terms of both composition and quality. Further it simply fails as a soundtrack, hearing it ingame is jarring as all hell. It's a bunch of crappy MIDI tunes, which even though I'm not particularly fond of that or any Final Fantasy, do not do the game justice at all. Every time I hear it I think the person who decided to do things this way should have been stood against the nearest wall and shot.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Scooby_Doo on September 20, 2006, 07:09:27 pm
Ohhh I remember one goign way back.... Nova 7 (especially the dinosaur level)
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: IPAndrews on September 21, 2006, 04:23:47 am
Okay, I have to ask...how the hell can you, can anyone, say FFVII? I

There is one absolutely beautiful track on that soundtrack. It's one of the ones that plays when you're wondering around the planet map. The thing is though that one wasn't even composed for FF7. It was mercilessly stolen from the soundtrack of Nausicaa' of the Valley of the Wind. They thought they could sneak that past me. THey thought wrong :P.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Fury on September 21, 2006, 04:32:00 am
For some reason I cannot recall any single impressive game soundtrack that would have really stood out. Meh... :sigh:
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 21, 2006, 04:34:43 am
Total Annihilation, The first one...........Then Command and Conquer,- Mechanical man.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: IPAndrews on September 21, 2006, 04:35:00 am
How could I forget Rastan Saga? Check this out from the rastan.net website.

http://www.rastan.net/rastan_zuntata/rastan_zuntata_01.mp3
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Scooby_Doo on September 21, 2006, 05:04:42 am
Nothing like going way back in time...

http://www.the-underdogs.info/games/s/silpheed/silpheed.mid (http://www.the-underdogs.info/games/s/silpheed/silpheed.mid)
Sure it doesn't sound that great now... but it's etched in my memory.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Roanoke on September 21, 2006, 05:20:55 am
Metroid Prime.

Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 21, 2006, 05:23:52 am
Nooooooo,   Metroid 3 = sooo much better than prime.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: starfox on September 21, 2006, 08:21:02 am
Metal Gear Solid
Chrono Trigger
Sonic the Hedgehog 1,2,3
Command & Conquer & Red Alert
Final Fantasy (Every single one..... :D)
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Donkey Kong Country 1,2,3
Megaman 1
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time



Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Ulala on September 21, 2006, 05:33:58 pm
For that which hasn't been mentioned: I liked Mega Man 2, and some stuff from Chrono Cross.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Mr. Vega on September 21, 2006, 05:48:16 pm
Ngtm1r, I think I'm gonna need you to make me a complete list of what you think sucks, so I know what's good. Preferably within 24 hours please.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: NGTM-1R on September 21, 2006, 09:56:51 pm
Certainly.

As soon as you answer my original question, that is.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Mongoose on September 21, 2006, 11:19:42 pm
Sonic the Hedgehog 1,2,3
Donkey Kong Country 1,2,3
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
FINALLY!  These things should have been in there in the first three posts! :) All three of the Genesis Sonic games had incredibly catchy tunes, and DKC 1 and 2 (can't speak for 3 personally) had some really amazing work; the Brambles tune from the second game is especially memorable.

One that's been sorely overlooked thus far is Shadow of the Colossus.  I'm only about 1/8 of the way through the game, and already, I've been utterly blown away by the score.  Another great one in terms of cinematic sound is good ol' Jet Force Gemini for the N64.  I've also loved the soundtracks from all of the Myst games; despite having varied composers, each game has managed to contain some beautiful work.

Finishing things off (since I don't feel like listing twenty or so other soundtracks I like), besides the usual Mario/Zelda plugs, I also have to give praise to the original Descent's MIDIs and the Descent II Redbook tracks; nothing like flying through the mines to some hardcore industrial metal. :D
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: CP5670 on September 22, 2006, 01:55:07 am
Unreal and Deus Ex are my favorites, followed by the FS games and Lemmings (the Mac version, which had far superior music). There is also one track on the Descent 2 vertigo CD that I particularly like.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Scooby_Doo on September 22, 2006, 02:13:04 am
Speaking of Unreal and Deus Ex, I just downloaded modplay that play's UTX files (unreal music s3m) some really good songs in there (Nali Chant) and one of the songs seems to be reused in Deus Ex.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Deepblue on September 22, 2006, 02:19:34 am
One that's been sorely overlooked thus far is Shadow of the Colossus.  I'm only about 1/8 of the way through the game, and already, I've been utterly blown away by the score. 

blahblah SoTC blahblah.

Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: CP5670 on September 22, 2006, 02:28:43 am
Speaking of Unreal and Deus Ex, I just downloaded modplay that play's UTX files (unreal music s3m) some really good songs in there (Nali Chant) and one of the songs seems to be reused in Deus Ex.

I don't think they have any in common, but they were made by the same two composers so a lot of the styles are similar.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: IPAndrews on September 22, 2006, 05:43:58 am
Sonic the Hedgehog makes me want to puke :P
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 22, 2006, 05:48:47 am
Sonic the Hedgehog makes me want to puke :P

You shut up, Amy is hot The music was made for ringtones before ringtones were invented  :P
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Dark Hunter on September 22, 2006, 11:15:28 am
The Mario RPG's (all five of them) have superb music in them, and remain my absolute favorites.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Ghostavo on September 22, 2006, 11:18:19 am
Sonic the Hedgehog makes me want to puke :P

You take that back!

http://www.teamartail.com/midi/sonknux/lavareef_act1.mid
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: IPAndrews on September 22, 2006, 11:46:01 am
Christ it's the whole fan club.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Cyker on September 22, 2006, 12:21:08 pm
Sonics had good music, although the later ones got less good...

Chrono Trigger had some good tracks and some bad ones...

Some of my favourites of all time were all the early LEC StarWars games, namely X-Wing, TIE Fighter and Dark Forces, espescially the later level tracks which were more original. The main reason is the iMuse system they used - *NO* game has even come close to the perfect integration and scoring they did there. They tried to duplicate it in X-Wing Alliance, but by that time LEC was on its decline and it shows.

Deus Ex and Freespace are the only other games tried to pull off iMuse-style dynamic music - Good tries, but the dynamicness is so basic and can't segue quickly enough compared to the original iMuse :P


Other scores that were pretty damned good off the top of my head:
MechWarrior 2,
Doom 1 and 2,
All LEC point'n'click games (Monkey Island, DOTT, etc.),
Most of the Unreal Tournament tracks
Star Wolves
Prince of Persia: Sand of Time
Starcraft (Only the Terran tracks 'tho :p)
WarCraft 2
Jets'n'Guns (These just ****ing rock)


From the oldsk00l bag, I'd say Bubble Bobble and New Zealand Story (Sickeningly cute :D),  Ace 2, All the Turricans, Cybernoid 2.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Scooby_Doo on September 22, 2006, 04:20:54 pm
Speaking of Doom...

Heretic and HeXen (i pulled out my hexen 2 cd just to listen to it) 
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: BurntCornMuffin on September 22, 2006, 04:58:36 pm
I kinda like the Summoner soundtrack myself...
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Tyrian on September 22, 2006, 05:42:04 pm
Sonic the Hedgehog makes me want to puke :P

Christ it's the whole fan club.

*Cocks shotgun*

Yes, the whole fan club is here...And we're armed.  But I won't kill you.  I will forgive you.  Now...RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!

*Unloads shotgun*
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: spartan_0214 on September 22, 2006, 05:54:27 pm
YAY, crowds and shotguns!!!

back to the thread: I also enjoyed the Golden Sun music. When you get the sailboat with wings, I'd just fly around the map to listen to the music....  :D
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: NGTM-1R on September 22, 2006, 05:58:17 pm
You take that back!

Sonic music with lyrics...lyrics...kill all the music with lyrics!!
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Scooby_Doo on September 22, 2006, 06:10:36 pm
Hey Undying's theme song had lyrics... and it was quite eeire.. 






(albiet they weren't singing english though something "Don spera spara, don spera sheo" )

Also call me stupid but I like the bonus track Homeworld by Yes.  It perfectly describes the struggle.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: spartan_0214 on September 22, 2006, 06:21:00 pm
You take that back!

Sonic music with lyrics...lyrics...kill all the music with lyrics!!

Halo's soundtrack had many lyrics (save the stupid Movementso the Odyssey)
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Ulala on September 22, 2006, 06:47:56 pm
You take that back!

Sonic music with lyrics...lyrics...kill all the music with lyrics!!

If you're strong, you can fly
You can reach the other side of the rainbow
It's all right, take a chance
'cause there is no circumstance that you can't handle
When you use your mind

Sonic Boom, Sonic Boom, Sonic Boom
Trouble keeps you runnin' faster
Sonic Boom, Sonic Boom, Sonic Boom
Save the planet from disaster


 :p
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Cyker on September 22, 2006, 07:51:50 pm
No... kill the lyrics!

If I don't understand the lyrics, it's okay - Then it is just another pleasent sounding instrument.

But if I do understand, that just ruins it - Nobody can write decent lyrics anymore. They all either end up being soppy, silly or just plain lame!
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: watsisname on September 22, 2006, 08:35:33 pm
Unreal and Deus Ex are my favorites, followed by the FS games and Lemmings (the Mac version, which had far superior music). There is also one track on the Descent 2 vertigo CD that I particularly like.
Which track would that be?  I like New Song #1 (what a name that is) :lol:  "Are You Descent" on the Infinite Abyss CD is quite good, too.  And of course, D1 was A1 supar.
Props to you for saying Lemmings.  Nothing like some upbeat music to bounce to while the little lemmings die in the most amusing ways.  :D

Freespace 1 had a lot of good tracks, though I can't recall any specific names at the moment, and FS2 had some good ones as well.

And I'm surprised that nobody has said Kingdom Hearts yet.  I simply love the soundtrack for that game. (KH2 even more so, though some of the remixed tracks like "Scherzo Di Notte" seem less intense than in the original).

Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: NGTM-1R on September 22, 2006, 09:24:32 pm
Halo's soundtrack had many lyrics (save the stupid Movementso the Odyssey)

That's Halo 2. And it had lyrics as well. Get your facts straight.

Lyrics means, you know, actual words. Not Gregorian-chant style.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Flipside on September 22, 2006, 10:50:47 pm
Yup, it's kind of complex, but one way of thinking about it is that Hymns don't have lyrics, they have words ;) Basically it's partly to do with voice harmonies as well as Choirs.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Scooby_Doo on September 22, 2006, 10:54:52 pm
Does anybody remember Fury3 soundtrack offhand? I can't seem to find the cd anymore (probably lost in time)
Correction: i found the case just not the cd  :blah:
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Triple Ace on September 22, 2006, 11:18:21 pm
It may not be origional music, but my vote goes for the music on v-rock from GTA: Vice City.  80's metal rules.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: NGTM-1R on September 23, 2006, 12:52:46 am
Does anybody remember Fury3 soundtrack offhand? I can't seem to find the cd anymore

I have a few of the tracks, got them off Napster waaay back in the day. The Pharotek, Main Menu, Intro, Tech Descriptions, and one more track which I can no longer remember which level it belonged to. (Believe it was the namesake Fury level, but the track tags call it "Industrial Rage Theme".)

Also have the Terminal Velocity soundtrack, which I ripped out of the game.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: asyikarea51 on September 23, 2006, 01:32:31 am
Terminal Velocity... I missed that one.

I never got to play the later incarnations due to lack of a 3D accelerated computer at the time. Though I did run across a trailer or something and kinda liked the song in it...
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: CP5670 on September 23, 2006, 01:54:08 am
Unreal and Deus Ex are my favorites, followed by the FS games and Lemmings (the Mac version, which had far superior music). There is also one track on the Descent 2 vertigo CD that I particularly like.
Which track would that be?  I like New Song #1 (what a name that is) :lol:  "Are You Descent" on the Infinite Abyss CD is quite good, too.  And of course, D1 was A1 supar.
Props to you for saying Lemmings.  Nothing like some upbeat music to bounce to while the little lemmings die in the most amusing ways.  :D

It's track 7 on the Vertigo CD. I'm not sure what it's called - the tracks on that CD don't have any names - but as far as single pieces of game music go, it's one of my all-time favorites. (it's the one in which the first 15 seconds and last 8 seconds are almost silent and contain just a few weird noises)

The Lemmings music is amazingly high quality considering how old that game is. I recorded all of it off my ancient Mac a few months ago. I'm listening to one of the tracks right now, actually. :D
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: karajorma on September 23, 2006, 03:31:15 am
I quite like Meccs at the Ready from the Giants : CItizen Kabuto Soundtrack and all the various variations of it that you hear during the Mecc sections of the game. The tracks for Delphi and Kabuto don'tt quite excite me in the same way though.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: IPAndrews on September 23, 2006, 03:58:42 am
Nobody can write decent lyrics anymore.

Room of Angel from Silent Hill 4. Beautiful. Dark. Nasty.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Roanoke on September 23, 2006, 05:25:01 am
I like the music form Quake2. I don't normally go for that sort of thing but it was one of the first PC games I got.
i was always into consoles and only got my first pc around 1999/2000 (IIRC).

oh and the original Souledge
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: SadisticSid on September 23, 2006, 09:13:27 am
FF7

Okay, I have to ask...how the hell can you, can anyone, say FFVII? I have both soundtrack and game, a friend gave them to me when cleaning out their stuff, and the soundtrack is extremely unimpressive in terms of both composition and quality. Further it simply fails as a soundtrack, hearing it ingame is jarring as all hell. It's a bunch of crappy MIDI tunes, which even though I'm not particularly fond of that or any Final Fantasy, do not do the game justice at all. Every time I hear it I think the person who decided to do things this way should have been stood against the nearest wall and shot.

It was crap if you had no decent MIDI synthesizer. Square included the Yamaha software XG on the disc, though, which made it sound awesome on a crappy card. Perhaps this was your problem?
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Edward Bradshaw on September 23, 2006, 09:34:31 am
I have to give Bungie credit for the best game soundtrack ever created. Halo 1 was excellent, with Halo 2 being even . My favorite songs from the H2 soundtrack are either In Amber Clad, or The Last Spartan

Have you heard Halo 2 Vol 2? Theres some really good stuff in there. I hope Halo3s music is as good as what we hear in the trailer.

My other favourites are Deus Ex, Wing Commander 3 and 4.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Cyker on September 24, 2006, 04:47:36 am
FF7

Okay, I have to ask...how the hell can you, can anyone, say FFVII? I have both soundtrack and game, a friend gave them to me when cleaning out their stuff, and the soundtrack is extremely unimpressive in terms of both composition and quality. Further it simply fails as a soundtrack, hearing it ingame is jarring as all hell. It's a bunch of crappy MIDI tunes, which even though I'm not particularly fond of that or any Final Fantasy, do not do the game justice at all. Every time I hear it I think the person who decided to do things this way should have been stood against the nearest wall and shot.

It was crap if you had no decent MIDI synthesizer. Square included the Yamaha software XG on the disc, though, which made it sound awesome on a crappy card. Perhaps this was your problem?

Yeah, you really needed a decent wavetable-synth card and sample bank to appreciate the music. The FM or Microsoft software MIDI emulation just doesn't cut it.

I was lucky - I had an AWE-32 with 32MB of RAM (Of which I was dead chuffed - Do you know how hard it was to find 2x16MB 30-pin SIMMS?!?!?) with a 25MB samplebank loaded and it was AWEsome ;)

It kinda sucks that MIDI's so neglected now - Even the latest X-Fi's come with really ****ty sample-banks these days, and my Live! uses friggin' system RAM to store the MIDI samples (Admittedly with 1GB , that 25MB bank doesn't make too bad a dent, but the problem is the Live! has to keep accessing the PCI bus, unlike my old unusable ISA-bus AWE, when playing MIDI. Not so bad now, but on my old motherboard I would get lots of clicks and pops during heavy MIDI+Wave use :().
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: spartan_0214 on September 25, 2006, 06:14:16 pm
Have you heard Halo 2 Vol 2? Theres some really good stuff in there. I hope Halo3s music is as good as what we hear in the trailer.

Never. where'd you get it???  :confused:
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Deepblue on September 25, 2006, 11:20:32 pm
I got it from Amazon.

It's awesome stuff. :yes:
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Mefustae on September 25, 2006, 11:25:03 pm
I got it from Amazon.

It's awesome stuff. :yes:
Don't suppose you could upload a track or two to gives us an idea of how "awesome" it is?
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Bobboau on September 26, 2006, 12:27:29 am
no one directly mentioned Sonic CD wich is to this day the most beutifull of all sonic games both in terms of visual quiality but also music.

allow me to demonstrate (make sure to 'save link as' to download properly)
http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/blackwater/02PalmtreePanic.mp3
http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/blackwater/17StardustSpeedway.mp3
http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/blackwater/19StardustSpeedway(FutureImperfect).mp3
http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/blackwater/16WackyWorkbench(FutureImperfect).mp3
http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/blackwater/08TidalTempest.mp3
http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/blackwater/10TidalTempest(FutureImperfect).mp3
http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/blackwater/13QuartzQuadrant(FutureImperfect).mp3
http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/blackwater/20MetallicMadness.mp3
http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/blackwater/22MetallicMadness(FutureImperfect).mp3

these are just a few of them, and keep in mind this was like 1992.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: NGTM-1R on September 26, 2006, 12:30:24 am
It was crap if you had no decent MIDI synthesizer. Square included the Yamaha software XG on the disc, though, which made it sound awesome on a crappy card. Perhaps this was your problem?

If this computer doesn't have a good MIDI sythensizer I'd be very surprised. And since the soundtrack of course doesn't feature that, being on a CD...
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Nix on September 26, 2006, 02:06:50 am
In order by composer
Dan Wentz - Volition
Frank Klepacki - Petroglyph (Formerly Westwood)
Eric Brosius - Irrational

Final Fantasy IV, VI, VII, Chrono Trigger for RPG's.

And before you go knockin the X-FI Soundfont banks, you should try loading up some old Terra Nova midis and run them through the Microsoft GM standard synth, then run it through the X-FI synth, you'll notice a pleasing difference.  Not near the AWE of course, but the X-FI cards IMO have better soundfont banks than the old Live cards.  Also, if you're able to, run an old game like that with a new card, (not gonna get into telling you how though..) and select Gen Midi instead of your OPL2/3.  Much better.



Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Cyker on September 26, 2006, 02:21:06 am
Ewww... no, seriously, find a copy of the Utopia or Chaos sound font banks, the larger versions the better - They blow the crappy sound font banks that come with the Live, Audigy and X-Fi out of the water! :D
The default AWE-32 SFbank isn't very good quality but it is incredibly well balanced.
The Live! comes with 2, 4 and 8MB sound font banks and they ALL suck (They boosted instrument sample-rate but not quality... stupid stupid stupid!)
I am not sure what the X-Fi comes with, but it sounds like the 4 or 8 MB SF bank to me... (Sounds good for some types of MIDI, but absolutely awful on others)

But yeah, I totally agree that the software synth in Windows sucks donkey poop...


And if we're talking composers, I wanna add the three LEC guys Clint Bajakian, Michael Land and Peter McConnell. Better than John Williams! :D
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Ulala on September 26, 2006, 02:23:08 am
Good call Bobboau, and thanks for uploading! *downloads* You don't happen to have any of the original Japanese versions, do you? I've always been curious as to how those are since everyone raves how much better they are than the American versions.. *shrugs*
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Bobboau on September 26, 2006, 11:59:03 am
I've heard bits of them, I don't know if I have them though, from what I remember, the music in the past tends to be the Japaneese version it's the preasent and future versions that were changed, some of them are about the same, but I didn't like them much better personaly, I do remember it was a ***** finding them though.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: spartan_0214 on September 26, 2006, 12:15:20 pm
Spartan feels stupid:

spartan went onto bestbuy.com, and they have BOTH YAY, BOTH the Original Halo Soundtrack, and Halo 2 vol 2.!!!!!!!

YAY!
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Ulala on September 26, 2006, 05:04:07 pm
I've heard bits of them, I don't know if I have them though, from what I remember, the music in the past tends to be the Japaneese version it's the preasent and future versions that were changed, some of them are about the same, but I didn't like them much better personaly, I do remember it was a ***** finding them though.

I see. Some reviewers gave the Japanese version of the game a 100% rating, but the english like a 65% simply because of the music or something. This is with the Sonic Gems Collection.. I don't remember if the original Sonic CD for the Sega CD I played ages ago had the music you uploaded or the Japanese. Well, thanks anyway and thanks again for what you did put up!  :nod:
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Bobboau on September 26, 2006, 07:45:51 pm
the big diference between them is the japanese version is more whimsical and dance beat, the US version is more serious and darker, I like the darker feel.
the europe version used the japanese  version music, it's only the US version that had the diferent music.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Bobboau on September 26, 2006, 08:14:12 pm
hey, what do you know, I found it.
http://www.sonicstrike.net/users/sonicroms/music/index.htm
/*edit*/
aparently that site doesn't like loading directly to the page, try this
http://www.sonicstrike.net/users/sonicroms/
then use the link bar at the top to go to music.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Polpolion on September 26, 2006, 08:33:39 pm
MW4 Vengance had some decent tracks.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 27, 2006, 07:29:23 am
Deus Ex music was pants, Total Annihilation All the Way..............Plus Goldeneye :nervous:
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: NGTM-1R on September 27, 2006, 08:59:16 am
It's always annoyed me I've never been able to obtain the correct tracks for Aztec or Frigate. The Aztec track on the soundtrack is apparently the multiplayer one...Frigate isn't even on there...

But Surface 1 and Surface 2 ftw.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Mefustae on September 27, 2006, 09:06:22 am
It's always annoyed me I've never been able to obtain the correct tracks for Aztec or Frigate. The Aztec track on the soundtrack is apparently the multiplayer one...Frigate isn't even on there...

But Surface 1 and Surface 2 ftw.
This (http://gh.ffshrine.org/soundtracks/121) might have what you're looking for.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Cyker on September 27, 2006, 03:44:45 pm
Deus Ex music was pants, Total Annihilation All the Way..............Plus Goldeneye :nervous:

Damn... I can't even remember the TA tracks!

Deus Ex had a couple of good tracks - The Hong Kong theme and the UNATCO theme, but that was it :(
And their attempt at dynamic music was pretty bad too... should have been a lot better since they were using MOD music files!!

Half Life and System Shock 2 had absolutely awful music. System Shock 1 music was cool 'tho - The initial theme still gives me the chills :P

Darwinia has some nice music. Very mellow.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: brozozo on September 27, 2006, 09:22:43 pm
Deus Ex music was pants, Total Annihilation All the Way..............Plus Goldeneye :nervous:

Damn... I can't even remember the TA tracks!

Deus Ex had a couple of good tracks - The Hong Kong theme and the UNATCO theme, but that was it :(
And their attempt at dynamic music was pretty bad too... should have been a lot better since they were using MOD music files!!

Half Life and System Shock 2 had absolutely awful music. System Shock 1 music was cool 'tho - The initial theme still gives me the chills :P

Darwinia has some nice music. Very mellow.


The only track in Half-Life that stood out to me was the song that played after you donned the HEV suit. That was a pretty *****in' song.
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Scooby_Doo on September 27, 2006, 10:08:18 pm
Oh I remember another one... TFX.  First time I felt like I was really flying a plane.

Also I'd LOVE to get Jane's ATF running on XP. (notsure if i have the cd anymore LOL) nothing like flying a b-2, f-117, f-22, a eurofighter, X-29, and X-31
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Nix on September 28, 2006, 02:15:13 am
I like Brosius's work on old-fashioned MIDI music, though I actually liked SS2's ambient side.  The techy-rock stuff sounded kinda generic, and his work keeps getting more unremarkable as time goes on.  His music in SWAT4 is simply... there.. nothing really exciting about it.

There was music in HL1?  :nervous:  ;)

Alexander Brandon (Deus Ex 1 & IW) did a good job in DX1.  I didnt like his music in IW though. Didn't have the same effect.  I've never played a game that used .MOD technology for it's music, and indeed should have been better in the dynamic department.

Also in the same vein, whoever did the music for Anachronox did a pretty good job as well. 

Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 28, 2006, 02:21:14 am
The tune backing the I-War one intro, Orchestral stuff as ships ex-plode is always a good thing..........
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Cyker on September 28, 2006, 02:27:55 am
Anachronox wsn't bad - The music didn't really stand out, but as part of the game it was near-perfect :)


Ahh, but TFX!!! The old DID flight sim? That had great music!

Pity about the rest of their games.... EF2000 and F22ADF's music just didn't do anything for me...
What happened to DID anyway?
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 28, 2006, 02:30:02 am
I liked DIDs EF2000, "two, Buddy Spike" and when your wing got blown off muahahah, music was pants though,, i agree :nod:


KOTOR anyone soundtrack wise?  It was pretty original for a spin-off...........
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Roanoke on September 28, 2006, 04:38:58 am
Deus Ex music was pants, Total Annihilation All the Way..............Plus Goldeneye :nervous:

..Deus Ex had a couple of good tracks - The Hong Kong theme and the UNATCO theme, but that was it :(
And their attempt at dynamic music was pretty bad too... should have been a lot better since they were using MOD music files!!..


I like the Deus Ex music. Especially  Liberty Island. I really like dark ambience type music in games, more so in sci-fi games
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Ulala on September 28, 2006, 02:29:30 pm
hey, what do you know, I found it.
http://www.sonicstrike.net/users/sonicroms/music/index.htm
/*edit*/
aparently that site doesn't like loading directly to the page, try this
http://www.sonicstrike.net/users/sonicroms/
then use the link bar at the top to go to music.

Awesome, my curiousity is satisfied! Thanks again Bobboau.  :yes:
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Aardwolf on October 02, 2006, 04:50:27 pm
Too much text to search... has anyone mentioned EarthBound by Nintendo + HAL?
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 02, 2006, 05:02:49 pm
That game was poison to stoned people........... :shaking: :nervous: :shaking:



Just leave it be..........
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Axem on October 02, 2006, 05:39:42 pm
Never speak ill of the awesomeness of EarthBound!
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 02, 2006, 06:27:10 pm
Earthbound is great, Just dont play it stoned................. :nervous:


The combat makes me illzoRRed...... :eek2:
Title: Re: Best Game Soundtrack
Post by: NGTM-1R on October 02, 2006, 11:03:54 pm
I thought it was meant to be played stoned, myself... :p