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[RiZ III]

Gungrave - Although a shitty game, it had verrry nice title screen/menu music. Tsuneo Imahori wins.

 

[Dyne]

I agree with so many in this thread I can't list them all.

But OoT gets special mention from me because it was pretty much perfect.

And then it treated you with a cutscene spoiler inbetween playthroughs. It forced you to watch all the way through to see them all.

 

[drohne]

megaman 2
gunstar heroes
thunder force iv
chrono trigger
panzer dragoon
panzer dragoon zwei

 

[Tarazet]

RR4's title screen has no music.

Oh, right. That's why. The rest of the menus do though.

In that case.. Wind Waker, even though I don't really like the game.

 

[Yamauchi]

Chrono Cross

kthxend

 

[BorkBork]

PIKMIN 2

 

[the year 20XX]

I like the original Metroid title screen music better then Metroid Prime. It is so moody.

The Metroid title music is perfect. The title screen is kind of boring, but the music more than makes up for it.

 

[ocelittle]

Man, why aren't more people putting Zelda: OoT?

Absolutely amazing...

 

[syllogism]

Deus Ex and Morrowind had pretty cool title screen themes.

edit: and Cave Story
edit2: if intro theme counts, Berserk 2 / Sign by Susumu Hirasawa

 

[BMAN]

Metroid Prime gets my vote.

 

[Draft]

The HL2 title screens are all pretty classy, no music that I remember though.

 

[fly high ~ayunite~]

Simple but blew me away at the time!

 

[Mashing]

Metroid Prime and Civilization IV.

 

[muttyeah416]

this game is awesome and has an awesome opening.

cmon, a zombies howls 'WOO HA HA HA" at the title screen AND the theme song sounds like kitschy horror b-movie soundtrack mixed with the munsters theme.

 

[ElyrionX]

Metroid Prime BY FAR. I didn't even like the game but it was the only time in my life I was like "whoa" when I saw a fricking title screen.

 

[GDJustin]

I really, really like SM64's title screen music, with the single wood flute or whatever it is playing in the background.

In fact just thinking about listening to that music, pouring over my individual level star lists for the first time just brought back a really powerful wave of nostalgia.

 

[Kevtones]

Metroid Prime (pretty much as perfect as you can get)
Shadow Hearts (best opening menu music ever, fucking LOVE it)
Zelda OOT (are you kidding, the logo flame fade in and the music, link going on horseback over hyrule field? FUCKING LEGENDARY)
Tales of Symphonia (gorgeous)
Super Mario 64 (the face rules)
Nocturne (awesome art)

 

[BunnyLifeguard]

Metroid Prime
Oddworld - Strangers Wrath
Burnout Revenge
Ikaruga ("press start button")
Nights
Mario 64
.
.

 

[AyuFanatic86]

Katamari Damacy
Metal Gear Solid 2

QFT

 

[Reilly]

I thoght HL2's was pretty coool even though it took like an hour to load.

 

[AdmiralViscen]

 

[renvi]

Metroid Prime is my choice.

 

[funcojoe]

 

[Speevy]

Pikmin 2 and Animal Crossing.

 

[jenov4]

Shadow of the Colossus had a really simple and great looking title screen.
Shenmue as well.

 

[the year 20XX]

NiGHTS
PSO

oh shit! Can't believe I forgot about PSO. The title screen is pretty, but again it's the music that makes it so notable.

 

[keeblerdrow]

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne - both the opening/title sequences. They set the mood perfectly for playing and the music is some of the best rock guitar found in any RPG.

 

[DopeyFish]

civilization 4 for sure

baba yetu is such an awesome song

 

[Soul4ger]

There are some amazing ones in this thread. Mega Man 2, how can you forget that? And Shadow of the Colossus is awesome.

 

[thetrin]

Suikoden 3 blows them all away.

Too bad the game itself wasn't nearly as good. :|

 

[Error]

huh? I think some people here a confusing intro with title screen :/

 

[gblues]

My candidates:

Civ4 (PC)
Final Fantasy Legend (GB)
Secret of Mana (SNES)
Double Dragon (NES)
Kid Icarus (NES)
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
Metroid (NES)

Nathan

 

[Soul4ger]

I need to hang myself. How could I have forgotten Secret of Mana. For both Introduction AND title screen.

 

[Jo-El]

Mario Paint FTW!

 

[cvxfreak]

I love the title screen from the Japanese biohazard 0. Just excellent artwork used and such.

 

[Callo Merlose]

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne - both the opening/title sequences. They set the mood perfectly for playing and the music is some of the best rock guitar found in any RPG.

Hell yeah. Also, the game over screen.

 

[TemplaerDude]

http://www.jesperkyd.com/music_clips/reaction_quake/ReactionQ3Title.mp3

By Jesper Kyd (of Hitman and Freedom Fighters fame) from the Reaction Quake 3 mod.

 

[Virgin Wii]

cmon, a zombies howls 'WOO HA HA HA"[/QUOTE]

If you're playing the SNES version, maybe. In the Genny version, the thing (which was never clearly shown to be a zombie) says simply, "WOO HA HA!"

EDIT: and it's Metroid Prime

 

[Error]

 

[choplifter]

 

[Stinkles]

Pikmin 2 and Animal Crossing.

LOL.

Oh Speevy, will you never find love?

 

[meltpotato]

#1: Legend of Zelda. no question.

I've also always though that the combination of the minimalism and the perfect music that is characteristic of the series.

here are some shots:

another amazing one:

 

[Docpan]

Metroid Prime. That shit was just cool.

 

[Screaming_Gremlin]

For whatever reason I always loved the title music for this game.

 

[DieNgamers]

Metroid Prime and Pikmin 2.

music: Jet Force Gemini (the whole soundtrack was amazing)

 

[Gek54]

I dont know about the best but I catch myself just staring that the animation on Black's title screen.

 

[Magnus]

Metroid Prime, MGS3, Kingdom Hearts II....to name a few.

 

[zmet]

Journey to Silius (NES) title theme

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Chrono Cross

kthxend

Garden of the Gods indeed.

 

[thetrin]

huh? I think some people here a confusing intro with title screen :/

Ah, good point. For some reason, I thought intro. Title screen wise, I'd have to go with Twisted Metal Black. I loved the way the camera moved through the time frozen carnage.