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The one game soundtrack you want more people to know about...

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zlatko

Banned
Final Fantasy XI and its expansions is the best music I've ever heard in games. The atmosphere created is second to none.
 
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Dark Schala

Eloquent Princess
Nocturnowl said:
I did not know this, thanks for the info.

This thread has me teetering on purchasing Mighty Switch Force to experience the soundtrack, only thing holding me back is the games length
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You could always purchase the soundtrack from virt.

Veal said:
100% I haven't been disappointed by any of his music, but I really think this is the strongest so far. It reminds me of good, loud arcade game music and older anime themes!
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That's the overall impression I got by the end of it too; especially with the chiptune mixes towards the end of the soundtrack. I think it's his best soundtrack yet.
 
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Luigison

Member
Does this count?
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I know this isn't small or from the video game, but ...
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Requeim

Member
TimeKillr said:
Digital Devil Saga, 1 in particular.

Shoji Meguro's finest, imo. It's completely insane.

The last dungeon in particular is a work of genius. It's got so many layers that slowly get introduced as you climb the tower - it starts off as a small track, then every time you get to a new "layer" of the tower, the track gets one more layer added to it, so it ramps up in "epicness" as you climb up the tower, reaching the full amount of crazy at the last level, where the track is so crazy and pumps you full of adrenaline.

Seriously. DDS1 is my favorite PS2 RPG for a bunch of reasons, one of which is the soundtrack.
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dude, the last dungeon idea is straight out of nocturne lol. I agree it's an awesome soundtrack, but i wouldn't place it above the other meguro soundtracks. I wonder why people always seem to go for DDS1 over Nocturne or DDS2. I find them all equally awesome *shrug*. Maybe it's the wailing guitars riffs lol.
 
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Spieler Eins

Member
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t3ht4ilzd0ll

Banned
Hey everyone, I may be new here (I've been lurking for a year or so), but seeing Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon mentioned, I just had to give a shout-out to the music of the sequel, Goemon's Great Adventure (Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon 2 in Europe).

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Burning My Soul (Edo Castle): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UnhsxC6X4o

The Electromotive Hell (Kokeshi Road): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xLPzuTpJb4

Fantastic Seventh Revolution, Eighth Happening (Underworld Night): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAPvSCf3vqI

Passionate Horny Man (Cloud Fortress): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqoqCILXRWs
 
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SatelliteOfLove

Member
Game Music Thread! WHEEEEE!

Meccanical said:
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Best soundtrack Yoko Shimomura ever did in my humble opinion.
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I will not argue against this.

Meccanical said:
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Oh and this game

OST doesn't get anywhere near the recognition it deserves.
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The China section had EXCELLENT music. We need more Hirota.

Shanghai Mood
Blow Up
Brain Hopper

vic2020 said:
Tactics Ogre PSP remake
Harvest Dance
Fight It Out!
Notice of Death (Reprise)
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Those arrangements are GOD TIER. The whole game is divine work.

Myriadis said:

The best soundtrack in the whole Final Fantasy Universe. I love these instruments, the slight influences of celtic folk and the beautiful melodies.
- Kaze No Ne (I'm sure it had an influence on "Colony 9" from Xenoblade)
- Departure
- In The Gloomy Darkness
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I like it's successor even more:

Ruins
Lett Highlands
Altfitaria Capitol

The instrumental selection of this OST is so damn good.

And finally, cuz I love shilling this every "underappreciated OST thread" we have:

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Game Breaker
The End of this Passionate Feeling
Flower Blossom Guide
Eye of the Timer
Strange Wind
Sand Shower
R&R Junkie

Easily Tenpei Sato's best work; it's like he went all Limiter-Off Install Mode or something. Harmonicas, mandolins, flutes, and fiddles each fighting for centerstage to do insane uptempo solos.
 
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Messofanego

Banned
Hear me on this one, GAF...

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Hall of Heroes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM01C5ZlSEg&feature=related (fight!)
Epoch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpF5Pyg25eo&feature=related (sing!)
Aesir: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT0DEzL5Is4&feature=related (respect!)
World Tree: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRFp6oCKiUE (cry!)
Gods and Chaos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx7Dib5ZqTk&feature=related (dance!)

I can hum all of the tracks, they have infinitely memorable melodies and a great Norse atmosphere with the wind instruments and choir. I love it more than Halo :O. I even have the damn CD.
 
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AJTsuki

Neo Member
The_Darkest_Red said:
... Mutant Mudds is a retro 2D platformer with an incredibly catchy 8-bit soundtrack, and I can't get enough of it. Not a day has gone by since the game's release on January 26th where at least one of the songs wasn't stuck in my head, and I've even re-visited the game a few times just to soak up the fantastic tunes ...
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Thanks for the heads up. Loving this one. There are many great soundtracks on Bandcamp these days... To the Moon, Lifeformed, Terraria and everything by Danny Baranowsky just to name a few...

also have to mention the Okamiden soundtrack!
 
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ZombiePlatypus

Member
So many great suggestions in this thread. (Bookmarked it for future reference.)

Anyway, here's my pick:

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Pretty much all the games from this series. I know that it's by no means obscure, but I don't think the endearing music (which I'd wager plays a huge role in the game's charm) gets as much attention as it should.
 
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Octagon

Member
i am not one for buying soundtracks but i couldn't resist with:

- Sonic Adventure 2
- The World Ends With You
- Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
- LocoRoco

I also think NIER has some awesome pieces.
Ikaruga, too.
 
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Spieler Eins

Member
PsychoWARD23 said:
VVVVVV has a fantastic retro soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj8MsbgpjaQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0j6pe043L4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp3qiOKuEBM&feature=related
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Pretty great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=L0gOUmQ39uk

Demon Lizardman said:
What, no Xenoblade?
You guys should all be ashamed!

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It was quite amazing, but I must say that I didn't really like any of the battle themes except for the very first and final boss.
 
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Myriadis

Member
Spieler Eins said:
Played this for the first time last year.
The dungeon themes were quite amazing. Also,
THIS.
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Indeed. It is amazing that the further you advance through the dungeons, the more instruments are added. Zelda got this idea several years later in Skyward Sword.

t3ht4ilzd0ll said:
Hey everyone, I may be new here (I've been lurking for a year or so), but seeing Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon mentioned, I just had to give a shout-out to the music of the sequel, Goemon's Great Adventure (Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon 2 in Europe).

ganbare-goemon-wiki-i2.jpg



Burning My Soul (Edo Castle): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UnhsxC6X4o

The Electromotive Hell (Kokeshi Road): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xLPzuTpJb4

Fantastic Seventh Revolution, Eighth Happening (Underworld Night): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAPvSCf3vqI

Passionate Horny Man (Cloud Fortress): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqoqCILXRWs
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Goemons Great Adventure also has a great soundtrack, although I slightly prefer the first one. It is still great that they do the "more instruments while you advance" thing, and I love the change from the day themes to the night themes in many levels. GGA is indeed a great game, one of the finest platformers.

SatelliteOfLove said:
I like it's successor even more:

Ruins
Lett Highlands
Altfitaria Capitol

The instrumental selection of this OST is so damn good.
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I still want to buy that game, even though many say that it isn't that great.
 
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Dragoon En Regalia

Member
@Octo: Glad you liked it!

My next suggestion is Earth Defense Force's soundtrack (Jaleco). Tsukasa Tawada was the composer/arranger here—all he's known for in the West are the soundtracks to Pokemon Colosseum and XD, both of which are cool too—and he is really good at shooting game soundtracks, as one might tell if they listened to this album on YT. Fantastic variety and diversity of styles and genres on this album, ranging from jazz-fusion to classic chorale, all rendered in that classic FM synth sound that all the Japanese arcade developers used back in the early 90s. Do yourself a favor and check this one!
 
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Starwolf_UK

Member
Nert said:
I'd like more people to give Zen Puzzle Garden's soundtrack a listen. Module, who also composed Shatter's soundtrack, went for more of an ambient, soothing vibe here. Mizuumi no Tera is my personal highlight.
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Someone, tell me I'm not the only one getting serious vibes of Ice Zone from Ecco the Dolphin off that track.

I'm lazy so going to go with Shinobi X (European release of Shinobi Legions) which has a different soundtrack to the other regions (read up about it; basically SEGA Europe didn't like OST; got only person in who could write another one to do what many consider a better job). Many better OSTs have been posted in this thread but I wanted people to know as its one of those rare different region got different music type-things:
Kouryuu (Stage 7 Boss)
Lab (Stage 3)

I had a different one in mind but the uploads on youtube are rather ... flawed so that'll have to be another time, another place.
 
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Lumpy Onion

Member
Lord of Vermillion 1&2 are two of my favorite soudtracks. Never actually played the games though...as its some kind of card-based arcade game or something. 2 has my favorite Hitoshi Sakimoto soundtrack since Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter.

Lord of Vermillion 1- (Nobuo Uematsu)

Name Entry- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGWxAIsFrIQ

Ruined Kingdom Guura- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAuIHju-ack&feature=related

Renaaru Forest- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQhkhCm8fsA&feature=related

Black Dragon's Temple- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjcRhTj3L8w&feature=related

Tyrant's Palace- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6MdtAH2O64&feature=related

Combat Preparation- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLW4gVKxJIk&feature=related

Lord Of Vermillion 2- (Hitoshi Sakimoto)

Faux Supreme God-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0vRYlNUkw8&feature=related

Eden- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ija52qBKags&feature=related

Veteran Gallant- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yw9zs6CBNo&feature=related

Tower of Black Abyss- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDFWqEUGPAs&feature=related
 
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leddmonkey

Member
Okage: Shadow King (Me and Satan King)
****I love the quirkiness of the music in this game****

Theme of Tenell
Beiloune-Hatter
Vampire Evil King Battle

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Threads of Fate (Dewprism)
****Junya Nakano is so very underrated****

Rocky Mountain Sky Garden
Upper River Stream
Ghost Temple


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Plok
****I mentioned the music from this game in another thread, but it needs to be repeated. This was 1993!****

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Beach - I nearly fell out of my chair when I first heard this!
Akrillic
 
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a posh hammer

Member
LiK said:
Bourne Conspiracy

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FANTASTIC soundtrack by Paul Oakenfold. Some great remixes of the Bourne theme as well. I'm really disappointed an OST was never released.
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The 'Bourne Theme' is just that Moby track Extreme Ways right? There are heaps of good remixes of that floating around.
 
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Dug

Banned
sponk said:
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I dont know, but i believe the skyrims OST is not getting the praise it deserves (skyrim in general gets to much hate, thats just my opinion). I even have it on my mp3 player and listen to the songs while i am outside.

you know, listening to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM2WsOXJMmo

while you run though snow covered woods, be exhausted as all hell, is really .... i dont know, "encouraging" might be the right word.

skyrim is the first game OST that managed to fight its way out of my console, into my computer, mp3 player, car etc.
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I wish I knew the one track where it's only one string instrument playing. It sounds so awesome.
 
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