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[Hollywood Hitman]

For me a lot of gaming was done in the 90s on the Pc, and so many games had some really awesome music... I have a ton of favorites but I'll start with this one right here

https://youtu.be/ax-uCFcL960

One of my favorite games from the 90s as well, but the whole soundtrack was simply superb.

And my other absolute favorite, I'll never forget strolling into this area the first time and hearing this kick in

https://youtu.be/SqBOOARpqTU

Eranas Peace, such a great memory

 

[Ninja Dom]

Future Crew "Second Reality"

https://youtu.be/rFv7mHTf0nA

 

[TriAceJP]

Low hanging fruit, but this one always comes to mind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tyEb-jO9hU

 

[woopWOOP]

Warcraft 2
KKND 2 Krossfire
Settlers 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert

...I only played about RTS games on our machine, basically

 

[MikeyB]

NEDM, mofos.

 

[batfax]

Daggerfall - Oversnow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZPAEoE81wk

 

[ViolentP]

I was gonna say Grandia II - Carbo Village but that released in 2000.

Then I was going to say Phantasy Star 2 - Bracky News but that released in 1989.

I suck at this.

Edit: And now I realize it's PC! Jesus.

 

[rockmanjoe]

MechWarrior 2 is certainly one of my favorites.

 

[How About No]

Bobby Prince Thread? Bobby Prince Thread.

 

[Tizoc]

Falcom goodness up in this bee-otch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcXjMv9RPuI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PPFuse-***

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOsBsbbsCI0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrLoR2yC-Sk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WaQOMeLGiQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcl0VKTC3ak


Age of Empires 2's OST needs no introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRtlWfi6jiM

Gonna cheat and post one of my fav. tracks from Xanadu Next (2005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geDWjSbuA44

 

[batman2million]

Rainbow Six.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDQmDcki8go&list=PLpoC-4gJX0Y6erijfvKiLPiej0TkD0JU1

Middle school Memories

Half-Life OST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaXsb5kS31s

 

[FlyinJ]

I'm A Mechanical Man-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap6QaDBZJwM

 

[Lucumo]

Unreal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8hkDjVYXQY

Red Alert - Hell March

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HUWUtTZvK4

 

[Joseph Merrick]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MSFW8pZ-_4
siren/basehead/necros/mca/teque/nitro/skaven on unrealtournament

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yDVM77lGlM
siren/basehead/mca on deusex



teque did the original max payne music which didn't make it into the game, but it was in a trailer or two https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRCQrwySZAA love this track

 

[Elitist1945]

Titanic Adventure out of Time

 

[ghibli99]

The Legend of Kyrandia - The Forest / Brandon's Forest (1992)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7BpJE4-5SM

Game also had some of the best 2D artwork of its time before things started going for a more pre-rendered look.

 

[giant_frying_pan]

Grim Fandango

 

[Dizzy-4U]

One Must Fall 2097

Tracker music is my jam.

 

[Acidote]

NeoGAF, you are failing me.

October 1990: The Secret of Monkey Island - Intro Theme

 

[zephervack]

Maybe a bit to close to the 00s, but Need for Speed 4 and Porsche Unleashed have incredible music:

https://youtu.be/SUpZLgtpPCA?t=1507

 

[jwj442]

Well, it is my avatar...Star Control 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb-gUVIqChk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtH9Zs51Hyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOE-vVuBXKE

Some interesting things about how it was composed... it was one of the first games to use sampled non-MIDI music (MOD files). And because they made the game on a shoestring budget behind the back of their publisher, the soundtrack was crowdsourced from indie composers on usenet.

 

[Shadow Hog]

Nobody else seems to have linked it yet, so: Chip's Challenge. (...and CANYON.MID, since some versions of the game played that track too.)

Oh, and Day of the Tentacle, since that's an old favorite.

Almost forgot the Quake theme!

 

[kagamin]

I'd throw in the whole Brandish 4 soundtrack honestly, Falcom Sound Team jdk has always been a personal favorite of mine. I might pick out a few tracks later though and edit this post.

 

[glaringradio]

No Tyrian?

Seriously? No Tyrian?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5kNE-EKgCg

Just open that link and let it wash over you. Some of the finest 90s gaming music ever crafted.

 

[Nevyr]

Cannon Fodder? =)

 

[Iceman2343]

Crusader: No Remorse Theme (also all the other music is pretty awesome)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwG5BJtZBCU


EDIT:

Also this one from Crusader is great as well.
https://youtu.be/XmqoFpDWCYY?list=RDwwG5BJtZBCU

 

[kingkaiser]

System Shock 2 - Engineering

 

[jwj442]

Myst has some wonderful ambient music...soothing, elegiac, and sometimes eerie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkniYzS16Cc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVIBbYYzNw8

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

The nostalgia hit me like an iceberg...

EDIT: I see I'm not the only one.

 

[Dami3N]

NeoGAF, you are failing me.

October 1990: The Secret of Monkey Island - Intro Theme

My man!! #19... thAts wack

 

[halfbeast]

the entire Lost Eden soundtrack or almost anything from Stephane Picq:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB4v9_rYqnc

 

[butman]

King's Quest VI OST T15 - The Bookworm

 

[TylerDurden4321]

Shadowrun (SNES) - 3 AM On a Summer Night

Ok, I cheated, this SHOULD have been on PC as well though.

Edit: I'll add

Duke Nukem 3D and DOOM (E1M1)

also 2 songs from the first Command & Conquer everyone will remember:
Act On Instinct and the burnt-into-my-ears Just Do It

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Woodtick

 

[shandy706]

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

...I only played about RTS games on our machine, basically

Was going to post RA....LOVED that soundtrack.

 

[Harlock]

Wing Commander theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w--V2GpypCA

 

[LordAlu]

1997. Total Annihilation.

Notable tracks:

• Brutal Battle
• Fire and Ice
• Attack
• The March Unto Death
• On Throughout the Night

 

[Sciz]

Tracker music is my jam.

No Tyrian?

Seriously? No Tyrian?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5kNE-EKgCg

Just open that link and let it wash over you. Some of the finest 90s gaming music ever crafted.

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - Dark Groove

Alexander Brandon circa '95-'00 was untouchable.

 

[Shadow Hog]

Hocus Pocus had some pretty good MIDI music.

Also Rayman, which I suppose more people associate with the PS1, but I grew up with on DOS via Rayman Gold (and, uh, the Saturn version of Rayman, too, I guess).

And Earthworm Jim! The Windows 95 version mostly used the Sega CD version's music (which is what I've linked here), there were slight changes here and there; the company logo jingles weren't present, the extra "Special Edition!" wasn't in the title drop, and I think some tracks might've been awkwardly looped once.

Shadowrun (SNES) - 3 AM On a Summer Night

This is a SNES game.

 

[kagamin]

Oh... I should totally add in Blood from a Stone and Maison from Brandish 3.

 

[TylerDurden4321]

This is a SNES game.

it SHOULD have been a PC game, damnit. I added some real PC game soundtracks in an edit, fair?
(at least I could restrain myself on adding Battlefield 1942's main theme, it's not 90's anymore, could have been 90's from the sound quality though)

 

[Dictator93]

I mean there are so many things that I could post... but back when Blizzard made games that appealed to me I caught myself humming pretty often.

 

[Big_Al]

Spear Of Destiny - Tiptoein Around

 

[OneLessIcon]

NeoGAF, you are failing me.

October 1990: The Secret of Monkey Island - Intro Theme

+1 the greatest.

 

[Justinh]

This song from Blake Stone used to remind me of Led Zeppelin when I was a kid. (Probably because I guess they copied parts of their song, sort of).

https://youtu.be/SqBOOARpqTU

Eranas Peace, such a great memory

Yeah this one is great. Loved Hero's Quest.

Good on whoever said Secret of Monkey Island too.

I'm A Mechanical Man-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap6QaDBZJwM

oh Gawwwd, this is gonna be stuck in my head all day!

 

[TylerDurden4321]

Oh shit, forgot about Syndicate!

 

[ichtyander]

How about some 3D Pinball Space Cadet?

Happy to see Stephane Picq, Tyrian and the OMF 2097 being mentioned.

Some random stuff (sorry for not posting song or composer names):

Elvira - Mistress of the Dark (PC version, the Amiga OST is completely different AFAIK)
Shadow of the Comet
Twinsen's Odyssey
Blackthorne
Prehistorik 2
Screamer
Protostar
Ironseed

 

[jblank83]

MechWarrior 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM3MwpkVYKQ

I'm convinced MW2's soundtrack was an influence on Mass Effect's soundtrack. I don't have time right now but I previously found two tracks that are VERY similar to each other.


System Shock 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvrdtlyUXPg

What is there to say? Bask in its glory, pathetic creature of meat and bone.


Doom 1993:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYTVIWnj6sg&list=PLD741146AA133C8E3&index=2

It's Doom. Need I say more?


Outlaws:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evXZbJhEl_A&list=PL29678A56AE474ACE

Massively underlooked little FPS gem from the 90s. The soundtrack might be its best feature, very spaghetti/Clint Eastwood western.


Ultima Underworld:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIgFvFLAGK0&list=PLD14AD8668B6FA218

One of the most influential RPGs of all time, directly influencing Carmack and Doom as well as inspiring Elder Scrolls Arena. That's an undeniable heritage. It's also one of the best games the genre has produced and that includes its lovely dungeon spelunking soundtrack.


Wing Commander Privateer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkDhg9FaMMs

Origin Systems of the 90s was the Nintendo of the PC gaming world, a hugely influential, historied, and prolific studio. Their games pushed every boundary, from design to visual design. They were the reason people upgraded their rigs. Privateer is a classic and so is its mellow techy soundtrack, the perfect backdrop to cruising deep space trade routes.


Grim Fandango:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-K8R1hDG9E

Sweet buttery swing era jazz with a Latin flavor. It perfectly fit the gritty smokey noir style story. Easily holds up today as a start to finish listen.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Rise of the Triad by Lee Jackson

CRIMINALLY UNDERAPPRECIATED.

Cccool

Havana Smooth

Going Down the Fast Way

I'd throw in the whole Brandish 4 soundtrack honestly, Falcom Sound Team jdk has always been a personal favorite of mine. I might pick out a few tracks later though and edit this post.

The Prop is a new favorite of mine. Shit just howls.

Since we're on a Falcom lean here:

MASTER NINJA THEME SONG *UHH* ~ Brandish 2

Field ~ Legend of Heroes 1

The Villiage They Arrived in One Day ~ Legend of Heroes 4

 

[Justinh]

Oh shit, forgot about Syndicate!

Holy crap! At first I was like: I remember Syndicate, I don't remember it's music though.

Then... I felt ashamed after I clicked the link (immediately).