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[Hiltz]

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

Always On My Mind - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztspD7xr97o&feature=related

Acceptance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iEBbyrE2IQ&feature=related

Creeping Distress - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtBl8Zd1v0c&feature=related

Different Persons - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RcYW_GxpGY&feature=related

 

[kuroshiki]

Guild wars 2 piano theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAwkcNSK5tc

 

[GCX]

Majora's Mask - Song of Healing

Majora's Mask - Astral Observatory

 

[Quikies83]

Silent Hill: Homecoming - Witchcraft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx2LsPrD_y4

The song is played when you're at your home.

Great choice

 

[The Mana Legend]

Oh yeah, in my opinion this is the most haunting music of the generation. I seriously shit myself crying when I first heard this (which was during a cutscene that made no sense, but I cried like a little bitch anyways):

Eternal Sonata: Pyroxene of the Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TttTC-zXJ6Q

 

[Anteater]

Eternal Sonata: Pyroxene of the Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TttTC-zXJ6Q

YES

 

[SuperAngelo64]

Aion - Song of Moonlight. Didn't care much for the game itself but it has a great soundtrack.
EDIT: Eh, probably not what OP was looking for, I'll think of something better.

Oh SHIT!

How could I forget about this!

Aion has the best soundtrack of any MMO, hands down.

 

[iNvid02]

ezios family - ac2

 

[legacyzero]

Final Fantasy X: Silence before the storm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVRve3qlE48&feature=BFa&list=PLF9AC38EC567E1261&lf=results_main

This one gets me every time.

 

[MarshMellow96]

Dark Sun Gwyndolin

 

[KorrZ]

Majora's Mask - Song of Healing

Came to post this.

Also

FFXIII - Promised Eternity

FFXIII - The Promise

ezios family - ac2

This is another fantastic one.

 

[A Huge Battleship]

Odin Sphere - Final Boss World Map

 

[Bentles]

To Zanarkand

 

[Quikies83]

Dark Souls - Gwyn, Lord of Cinder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-xiTkzdtfE

 

[Hiltz]

Twilight Princess

Hyrule Field (night time) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqZXoRdQsGY

Desperate Hour - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVkJW2zAZwQ&feature=related

 

[Myriadis]

 

[shiptoncraig]

Xenoblade Chronicles - Satorl, The Shimmering

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BvWPzAg8Ig

Metroid Prime 2 - Main theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLOkc9MwFHs

Agreed on Prime 2, but I think that Prime 3's theme is even better.

Metroid Prime 3 - Title Theme

And who can forget the Giants' Theme in MM.

Great thread though, I'm enjoying some of the nostalgia

 

[Nakazato]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHGUmnrkYi8

sanctuary of zi'tah FFXI

 

[~Kinggi~]

Akira Yamaoka got this thread locked down.

 

[Nocturnowl]

DKC2: Forest Interlude

Castlevania Lords of Shadow: Waterfalls of Agharta

 

[phisheep]

This one always sends chills of wonder and yearning up and down my spine.

 

[Anth0ny]

Stickerbrush Symphony from DKC 2. This counts, right?

Came to post this.

Majora's Mask- Elegy of Emptiness

 

[Quikies83]

Akira Yamaoka got this thread locked down.

No doubt.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

Bastion does this really well, and it fits perfectly with the post-apocalyptic, yet beautiful world.

Build That Wall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8cELTdtw6U

Mother I'm Here

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

Great choices.

Also, anything from Arcanum.
Main Theme

 

[Mognet]

Akira Yamaoka got this thread locked down.

No joke.

 

[CielTynave]

Tales of Legendia - Fireflies in Shadow of Leaves, Tender Hand

 

[Synth]

Parasite Eve: Kyrie

This will probably always be my favourite.

 

[GCX]

Alan Wake - Welcome to Bright Falls

What a beautiful tune.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

I personally love "You can hear the cry of the planet" from FF7

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

 

[Cripplegate]

Hauntingly beautiful? Hello, Michael Giacchino.

Medal of Honor: Frontline - Arnhem Knights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OdtAEiHU9s

 

[The Janitor]

The Darkness subway themes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XCFaZQcHFo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWdSYlLHA74

 

[malfcn]

Demon's Souls - Maiden Astraea

Just incredible. Fits your request to a T.. very haunting, very somber, and beautiful.

Wow, that is hauntingly beautiful.

 

[Dante23]

Rock Plains - Opoona

Beautiful and haunting piece.

 

[~Kinggi~]

The Darkness subway themes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XCFaZQcHFo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWdSYlLHA74

Ah yes.

 

[Truant]

ODST's Light at the End, one of my favorite tracks from any game.

Total ripoff of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUs0kElgM9s&feature=related

On topic:

Planescape: Torment - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUt84LyH2JI&feature=related
Silent Hill 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qasnp026MY

 

[Hiltz]

Muramasa: The Demon Blade - Introduction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXP8Bt1QMgM&feature=related

 

[Octorockin']

Abandoned Memories from Chibi-Robo

It's distorted melody is sad, but there's a special elegance to it. It's a great theme.

The Mines of Narshe from Final Fantasy VI

This song evokes a cold, lonely feeling while being enchanting at the same time.

 

[Nemo]

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

Secret of the Forest. The whole song, but especially the piano part at 1:40

 

[Meccanical]

I personally love "You can hear the cry of the planet" from FF7

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

On that note.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMvHTlWyxH0

Anxious Heart was good too.

 

[Lancehead]

System Shock 2 soundtrack. This is the first piece of soundtrack your listen to in the game.

 

[Ra1den]

Yet another thread where Metroid Prime is the best answer There's lots of beautiful music in the world of gaming, but if we are going for haunting ones, the field gets much smaller. The MP series really fits the "haunting" bill perfectly.

Metroid Prime--Chozo artifact temple

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cFIa29FXfM&feature=related

I'm trying to find the track from MP2 that plays in that little rest area place with the Luminoth guy. Anybody know what that one's called?

 

[Memento_Mori15]

Edit: Misread. -.-
But I still got another one. At least, it's haunting to me...
Persona 3- Memories of the City: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhArt4yKg9c

 

[epmode]

System Shock 2 soundtrack.

God almighty that game has a good soundtrack.

I wouldn't call that song hauntingly beautiful though!

 

[-MB-]

Terranigma - Underworld

 

[Deleted member 10571]

I don't even bother to read, I'll just paste this in here

and win the thread.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Fatal Fury 3 Arranged - Pandora no Hako Yori Dai'ichiban Souguu will always have that special place in my heart. Shit is so fucking goddamn amazing.

 

[NFreak]

I think Silent Hill has a lot of hauntingly beautiful tracks.

One of them is Room of Angel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4rXbSnk2ng), hauntingly beautiful and sad.

Came to post this as well as the Dear Esther stuff.

 

[Diablos]

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

I feel like I'm going to an awful place.

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

NieR - Shadowlord's Castle - Memory

Have no idea what this game is even about, but I love the soundtrack.

YES YES YES. Anything off of Nier as a matter of fact. But I love the variations on the theme

Ashes of Dreams, Dance of the Evanescent, and Kaine/Escape and Salvation are fucking amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDftyQ96ZVs&feature=related
So fucking good

You should play it. I played it for the first time last weekend and it's now one of my favorite games of the generation.

You are alright Billy. It's one of my favorite games this generation as well.

 

[Alessandro]

Ace Combat Zero - Zero