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Sad (and/or Romantic) Video Game Music

ULTROS!

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Personal favorites:

Silent Hill:
Room of Angel - Probably one of the best music in the Silent Hill series, not to mention one of the saddest.

Please Love... Once More - Very emotional, song played when
Heather's father, Harry Mason, was murdered

Final Fantasy:
Anxious Heart - Music is full of despair. Will definitely remind you of the Midgard slums.

Celes (piano version) - Piano version is awesome, will remind you of
Celes' Leap of Faith
.
 
ULTROS! said:
Personal favorites:

Silent Hill:
Room of Angel - Probably one of the best music in the Silent Hill series, not to mention one of the saddest.

Please Love... Once More - Very emotional, song played when
Heather's father, Harry Mason, was murdered

Final Fantasy:
Anxious Heart - Music is full of despair. Will definitely remind you of the Midgard slums.

Celes (piano version) - Piano version is awesome, will remind you of
Celes' Leap of Faith
.

Speaking of FF 6...
Was Celes the only FF character to attempt suicide in the series? That whole scene was just sad.

I've seen characters give up their lives to help the party escape/progress (which is actually common in the series), but I've never seen one full on attempt suicide out of despair and hopelessness. Especially one thinking that they're the last person left alive on the planet, and the person they loved most just died.
 
ULTROS! said:
Silent Hill:
Room of Angel - Probably one of the best music in the Silent Hill series, not to mention one of the saddest.
This is by far the most saddening song.
 
This makes me feel sad...somewhat isolated, yet still kinda happy at the same time. It's a torrent of emotions.

Ico - Heal

Edit: In fact I'm going to say that no song for me has ever captured the essence of a game more so than that song right there.
 
B.K. said:
Hell yeah. I also love this version...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV_g76ThygI

...and the Febronia theme...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsSMBfguQAY

But my favorite Xenosaga piece is Xenosaga II's "I Am Free"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPOy9kuerqs

It's amazing, but so brief, and -- unlike most of the other themes -- it isn't reprised throughout the game, which gives it that much more impact.

(And I can't argue with anyone posting tracks from SotC, either.)
 
thestopsign said:
Damn that Lufia 2 music is fantastic. Watching the ending of the game and listening to that music it's almost hard not to cry.

Agreed. The ending to Lufia 2 was one of the few times gaming has managed to reduce me to tears. This just reminded me of how much I'm anticipating the NDS remake.
 
Baten Kaitos Origins - Le ali del principio

The whole soundtrack is amazing, but this is one my favourite - absolutely perfect for the scenes it is used in. Also, according to the liner notes, the singer is Motoi Sakuraba's daughter, who was 9 years old at the time.
 
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