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[Mungular]

crazy taxi! bad religion and the offspring are two of my favorite bands

 

[squidyj]

Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut you Down

Battlefield 3.

 

[Amory]

All the Rob Zombie songs in Twisted metal 3, I'm not a big rob zombie fan but those songs fit perfectly in that game.

All the THPS and THUG games had 4 or 5 tracks I could listen to on repeat

Vice City

Alan Wake, especially "Haunted" by Poe. That song fit the end of the episode so amazingly well

 

[Zeliard]

Don't Fear The Reaper early on in Prey

 

[funkystudent]

...is this real?

yup.

 

[chessnut]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z27Dzac3hoE
from

also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oKQSAt4c4c from nba 2k10

 

[Amory]

Assume the position... what else was on that soundtrack?

Jerry was a racecar driver by Primus

 

[Emitan]

This City - Franz Ferdinand from

 

[QisTopTier]

SO HERE I AM
DOING EVERYTHING I CAN
HOLDING ON TO WHAT I AM
PRETENDING I'M A SUPERMAN

HOLY SHIT FLASH BACKS

Oh and Crazy Taxi :3

Don't Fear The Reaper early on in Prey

Yessss!

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Brutal Legend - Mr. Crowley (MAJOR SPOILERS)



And of course entering Mexico in Red Dead Redemption.

 

[ZeroRay]

K-Jah in GTA3. Scientist was sooo good.

 

[Hobbestetrician]

Fight Test by The Flaming Lips in Project Gotham Racing 2.

Played the game a ton, loved the song, bought the album, their music changed/saved my life. Would have heard of them eventually if the song weren't in the game but it would have been well after I needed them. Forever my favorite band and I owe it to PGR2.

 

[apexis]

tony hawk 1-3

 

[GavinGT]

nm.

 

[jabuseika]

-Gran Turismo 2 - My Favorite Game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksk7L-EctsU

-Twisted Metal 3 - Superbeast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNIkeMf5ywY&feature=related

 

[RadioHeadAche]

...is this real?

Oh yes.

 

[KenOD]

I have to give it to all of Grand Theft Auto Vice City. The only way a soundtrack could be more a part of the atmosphere and desire to replay a game is if it's for an actual music game.

Honourable mention goes to The Saboteur. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8tuTSi6Sck&t=0m35s

 

[Hattifattener]

MDK orginal song

Homeworld (The Ladder) by Yes
homeworld adagio for strings

 

[Lucius86]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcrDWAuyqtc

Never expected to hear "M4, Pt. II" by Faunts in Mass Effect. So awesome.

Definitely. When I first played ME, I didn't know of the Faunts (don't kill me). But I heard this track and thought it fit the world so well. Since then, a few albums bought, it really was quite a brilliant choice.

I also liked from Gears 3

Spoiler

Gary Jules - Mad World.

Was a fitting homage to the series.

 

[RustyO]

GTA : Vice City (Soundtrack)

Ghost in the Shell (PS1 Soundtrack)

GTA : San Andreas - America : A Horse With No Name (Nothing beat this song for doing drive bys to)

 

[Gomu Gomu]

Downstream - Braid.
So good.

 

[Yagharek]

No-one mentioned Dont Fear the Reaper in Prey yet?

For shame GAF. For shame.

 

[Nisa65]

Brutal Legend has one of the best uses of a licensed soundtrack in any game. The sheer volume of music on it is also impressive. You can tell a lot of thought was put into the song selection too. The cut scenes & set pieces are enhanced by song choices that are pretty spot on.

 

[Spokeys]

The remix of Fear by Freeland in REZ.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMMWwqwRggQ

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

The king: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZukj1-A_go

YAH, YAH, YAH, YAH YAH!!!

 

[kirblar]

Does the time-period appropriate music in Bioshock count?

 

[Lucius86]

No-one mentioned Dont Fear the Reaper in Prey yet?

For shame GAF. For shame.

I preferred it's use in the Ripper game.

 

[Danne-Danger]

Rob Zombie's Dragula in everything, it could be gaming's Wilhelm scream if more devs embraced it.

 

[Zeliard]

No-one mentioned Dont Fear the Reaper in Prey yet?

For shame GAF. For shame.

That's not how ctrl-F works.

 

[Jakoavain]

It's been mentioned already, but my points go to Poets of the Fall and their song Late Goodbye. You know, the Max Payne 2 song.

 

[Fjordson]

I really think GTA radio stations are unbeatable.

If anything because i dont really like the use of "this part of this game is sad, so here's this sad licensed music to, you know, make you feel sad" in either movies or games. More often than not i find it really cheap. In GTA is completely excusable.

Yeah. Grand Theft Auto seems like the only answer here.

Especially Vice City. When I hopped into my very first car and Billie Jean came on? Hot damn.

Also, the song that plays upon entering Mexico in Red Dead Redemption was pretty memorable.

I've also always been in love with the music from the Fallout games. Like GTA, they do a superb job of adding to the atmosphere of the world.

 

[Yagharek]

That's not how ctrl-F works.

Gyah. I did use ctrl-f. WTF happened?!

 

[sophora]

Tony Hawk games

 

[abusori]

Gran Turismo 2 had a phenomenal soundtrack, of which I Think I'm Paranoid was my favorite. Still love to play that song when I'm driving.

 

[Metal-Geo]

Full Throttle's Opening. Using The Gone Jackals - Legacy.

Always gives me goosebumps.

 

[Throavium]

Every Tony Hawk game

 

[euti]

fallout 3 soundtrack comes to my mind

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Both Bioshock games and Alan Wake use licensed music so well.

 

[omenaa]

Symphony of the Night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLsgLtTd4Go

 

[kyubajin]

Bioshock

 

[DukeTogo1300]

Twisted Metal - Black-Paint It Black

Garou: Mark of the Wolves - Spread the Wings (Robert Miles - Children)

Road Rash OST (3DO/PSX/Saturn)
-Two of those play the wrong song: Monster Magnet - Dinosaur Vacume, Hammerbox - Simple passing

Wipeout 3 OST

 

[eiskaltnz]

Vampire tha masquerade: bloodlines had some awesome licensed music that fit the gothic theme of the game perfectly.

For example,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ndz4DwTpQ8

Totally agreed. Some of it wasn't exactly the best but it all fit the theme perfectly.

Also the games that use classic songs (like BioShock and Fallout 3) are mostly great.

 

[linko9]

Gotta be the Tony Hawk 2 and 3 soundtracks for me. Also, this doesn't count because the music is in the public domain, but I loved how Little King's Story used recognizable classical pieces for its music. Very nice arrangements.

 

[Tevos]

Crazy Taxi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFF14JBtmu8

Beaten. No single licensed song makes me think of a game more so then "YAH YAH YAH YAH YAH!"

 

[SkyMasterson]

Don't Fear The Reaper early on in Prey

Came here to post this.

Blacks ops was pretty cool when Sympathy for the Devil played.

 

[Untracked]

SSX Tricky.
In-game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcQUcYjHFM0
Full track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmDKpxHHlFY

 

[Lupin3]

One track to rule them all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltm0RvVH49o

 

[derFeef]

Alan Wake.
Not only the end-credits, but some of the episode credits were pretty amazing too.

 

[GavinGT]

...is this real?

And bad mistakes, they've made a few.

 

[Arlecchino]

Saints Row 2

Reminded me of this. Take On Me Sing-A-Long