Legend of zelda theme for the NES. I’ll never get tired of it
Recent favorite:
The track when you fight Consort Radahn in Elden Ring. I am absolutely OBSESSED with the man who sings that one part… You’d have to listen to it and you’ll spot who I mean. He has such a powerful voice, you can hear him over the rest. It’s just awe inspiring.
(So glad I can finally gush about that song)
Still Alive
That’s the video game song that gets in my head the most.
Interestingly, despite how it’s not as good of a song, I probably think about Want You Gone about as often as Still Alive. It doesn’t really come through as a song, just the phrases. “Now I only want you gone.” “You’ve got your short sad life left. […] I’ll let you get right to it.”
Goodbye, my only friend
Oh, did you think I meant you?
That would be funny
If it weren’t so sad
I wish Want You Gone was more popular, because it’s genuinely a better song and plays the relationship double entendre so well.
Shoutout to You Wouldn’t Know, which rounds out the trilogy of songs.
Chrono Trigger - Corridors of Time
Lots of great music in that game
Probably Stickerbush Symphony from Donkey Kong Country 2.
Lots of good Final Fantasy tracks from Nobuo Uematsu and Chrono Trigger/Cross ones from Yasunori Mitsuda too. But Stickerbush Symphony was the first video game music that really moved me, like more than your average SNES soundtrack. David Wise went hard on those Donkey Kong Country games.
Probably Stickerbush Symphony from Donkey Kong Country 2.
I didn’t play the game back in the days, heck until now I have only played the 1st title, but this song sounds so good and I have 0 nostalgia googles about it (although weirdly it emits some nostalgia to me regardless).
They definitely cooked with the DKC OST.
That’s one of my favorites! Also Aquatic Ambience from DKC. I used to pause the game on that level and just listen to the track.
The whole DKC2 soundtrack is solid gold. I’m hard pressed to find tracks that aren’t amazing.
Very true, of the 3 DKC snes games DKC2 had the best music overall.
Baba Yetu from Civilization 2005 is the first video track to win a Grammy.
Only right answer
Hmmm.
Maybe Dragon Roost Island from The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
That track has so much nostalgia for me, I found myself having to fight through tears during the Colgera battle in Tears of the Kingdom.
Music track or racetrack? ;)
Interesting. If they had said, “What is your absolute favorite track from a racing game?” I would have interpreted the question differently.
Alpha by C418 - The background music to the End Poem in Minecraft
Great pick. This track is transcendent.
If I had to choose one song, it would probably have to be Undertale from Undertale. The acoustic guitar brought me to tears. Honorable mentions to Rith Essa Mime from Jet Force Gemini, Stone Tower Temple from Majora’s Mask, Smiles and Tears from Earthbound, Fear the Dark from Aquaria, and Ocean Planet Aquanid from Bomberman 64: The Second Attack.
Current one is this one: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IunbXWab1_Y from Clair Obscur Expedition 33.
(But I’m overall in the fucking bag for this game at the moment.)
If you mean music, it depends on how you can define 'from a video game. If it has to be in the game, The Last of Us by Gustavo Santolalla. If you can allow a bit of a stretch to gameplay-adjacent spaces, it’s Daylight’s End from League of Legends. Lots of fun music in the LoL space but, without exaggeration, that one was so beautiful I wept when I heard it.
Now if you mean race track: probably Mist Falls from Ridge Racer 7. So much SPEED and adrenaline next to a calm buddha.
I think the main theme from the second is better. Really reminds me of Feel Good Lost by BSS. I mean, he song, but that whole album is very much a similar vibe and I think you should check it out if you havent
I still prefer the original, but it’s still Santolalla so it’s good.
Hadn’t heard of BSS before. Thanks.
It’s hard to choose an absolute favorite, but I really like First Steps from Celeste.
You can’t do this to me. Don’t make me pick just one.
Let me have six at least.
Red Alert, Hell March
Vigil - Mass Effect
The End Run from Mass Effect 2 is also high up there.
Recency bias, but Lumiere from Expedition 33 is also incredible.
Presidium and Uncharted Worlds are also really good.
M4 Faunts is genuinely one of my favorite credits songs too. Mass Effect soundtrack is just way too good.
Had a listen and yeah it is so good. The first Mass Effect really nailed the old scifi vibe. Later OST was good too yet drifted towards more sounding more like Hollywood soundtracks.
Completely agree. The orchestral shift still produced great songs, but the synth music has a special place in my heart.
