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[Popsickles]

Uncharted 3
https://youtu.be/CeUYzDgs498

 

[TharpDaddy]

Damn right. Dragon's Dogma all the way.

 

[Vindicator]

Turrican 1 + 2

Uridium 2

Stardust

Last Duel

 

[lem0n]

Test Drive 5 had some rad title music.

DriveClub is also very good

 

[Currygan]

another vote for Ocarina of Time / Xenoblade

 

[Enzio]

Uncharted 3
https://youtu.be/CeUYzDgs498

Yep. Was gonna come in to say this.

 

[Dunkley]

My Top 5:

1. Xenoblade Chronicles
2. Persona 4
3. Final Fantasy X-2
4. World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
5. Halo 3: ODST Multiplayer Disk

 

[squidilix]

Final Fantasy X HD Remaster - The Summoning

This version arranged is just perfect.

 

[LeBoef]

speedball 2!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_oW6AOXkdE

 

[Keasar]

Xenoblade like many have mentioned and:

Battlefield Bad Company's menu music just makes me want to make shortnin' bread, mama.

This.

I really miss Bad Company now, especially the light heartedness of the first game. No warlord that is threatening America, just 4 misfits and a ton of gold to find.

 

[Baleoce]

Space Harrier

 

[Yasawas]

Ketsui is the first game in many years where I've just sat and listened to the menu music.

 

[Alex Connolly]

Armored Core Formula Front trying to find this song is a pain :E

A fellow after my own heart. Certainly my favourite AC game. Wish it was on PSN.

 

[boyshine]

Perfect Dark alternative intro. (Using the Alien Conflict track)

 

[Makoto Yuki]

Fire Emblem title screen music on the GBA always manages to make me smile.

Fire Emblem

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

 

[philion]

Commando

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrQuR1LHAVI

 

[texhnolyze]

Nothing beats original Final Fantasy title screen music, the Crystal theme.

 

[Marre35]

Journey to Silius has pretty badass theme.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPb6kDJ-owY

 

[Nocturnowl]

and the entire Layton series. In particular, all the Layton stuff is god-tier.).

Crumbs I almost forgot about Layton when going through this thread until you fortunately reminded me.
I'd not forgive myself for missing the chance to highlight Spectre's Call/Last Specter, when it just goes into a full on jam session towards the end it goes from being great to straight up excellent.

I'm also all for the various title themes from Retro Studio's games, oddly enough my favourites come from the soundtracks that are arguably the weaker of their library on the whole (DKCR and Prime 3)

 

[philion]

Journey to Silius has pretty badass theme.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPb6kDJ-owY

Yes!

 

[AKJP]

Battlefield 1942 theme music never EVER got old. Talk about stoking someone up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg0Tmydj29M

 

[Herne]

Ghouls 'n' Ghosts C64

Just for how inventive it is. Tim Follin made that SID chip sing.

Ocarina of Time

A classic. So soothing.

 

[ignata]

Another vote for Metroid Prime. I've probably never been more excited for a game release in my life, yet the title screen was so amazing I just let it sit there for a while before playing.

 

[Nakho]

Age of Mythology

Partly biased because this is my favorite game of all time and I played it so much.. But I always loved the soundtrack too. This music still pops into my head randomly at times.

This.

 

[Scipio]

Xenoblade /thread

Uncharted 2 runner up!

 

[Lone Wolf]

Crysis 2

Killer Instinct

Halo 2

 

[JMZ555]

Secret Of Mana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y20pc_0zFgg

 

[Gandalf]

I love the title music on Hotline Miami and Persona 4. Both great. There's so many I could name... I'll leave it there. Persona 4 is the favourite though.

 

[TM94]

Deus Ex Human Revolution

Halo 3

COD 4

L.A. Noire

GTA IV

I hate the game but damn the AC III theme is phenomenal

 

[Hedja]

Xenoblade. Not just the music, the scene in general.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfhom1H77Vo

Always left it running for a bit before starting since it really gets you into the zone.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Lot of my favorites have already been mentioned in this thread (Metroid Prime 1 and 3, Hotline Miami, Monkey Island), but here's two I'm surprised to not have seen mentioned.

Cave Story

Animal Crossing (The Gamecube game)

 

[Apo]

I didn't expect much from a title like Bulletstorm but was pretty surprised how good it's title screen music is.

 

[DaciaJC]

This ! also the Guitar Cover is amazing

Beautiful.

 

[Mix]

Every Halo game ever released except Halo 4. I am not a fan of the melody they chose nor the majority of the ost. Here's to hoping that Halo 5 is a call back to that iconic tune.

 

[woopWOOP]

Turrican 2 is still the best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvha_2hAzq0

Man, how could I forget about this one. Chris Hülsbeck knows how to work those Amiga soundchips.

 

[Fbh]

LAIR

You might have heard stuff about the game, you know its reputation and you know it will probably be bad. But at this point it's all just things you have "heard" or "read" and this track gives you hope that you might yet be about to start an amazing adventure.
And it's just an awesome introduction to the best "epic" style soundtrack of last gen

 

[Mr.Fox]

I am not sure what's my definitive favorite, a lot of my favorites have been mentioned already in the thread, so I'll just mention some more.

I enjoy the entirety of Bioshock Infinite soundtrack quite a bit, including the title screen music.

 

[jotun?]

Megaman series

3 is my favorite

 

[Shepard]

Some of my favorite were already posted, so I'll go with
Okami, the whole OST is incredible.

 

[LUXURY]

Tomb Raider 1
Silent Hill 1 & 2
Virtua Fighter

 

[Neo-Saiyan]

Double Dragon's title theme is definitely my favourite: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d4rLtxzle6k

Not only is this theme boss, the game is one of my all time fave that I still regularly play.

Not in any particular order

Double Dragon 2 (Gameboy)
Chuck Rock
Xenon 2
Donkey Kong Country
Wild Arms
Final Fantasy X

 

[kosmologi]

Halo 3: ODST

 

[entremet]

Star Gladiator

Game is a bit overlooked, but the music is great.

 

[Elitist1945]

Has to be The Last of Us. So peaceful.

 

[Badlucktroll]

Metro 2033 Redux menu theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoVV0NHKok8
Evokes many emotions

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Journey to Silius has pretty badass theme.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPb6kDJ-owY

Secret Of Mana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y20pc_0zFgg

Mega Man 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT9DST_M_g8

Chrono Cross.

Garden of the Gods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W_nDvs0QnI

^^^^ Gets it.

 

[kosmologi]

http://halome.nu/index.htm Here you can watch and listen the title menus of all Halo games. An awesome site!

Imo Reach has the best title menu of any game but ODST still has better music.

 

[laughingmood]

OP had the correct answer. Lock thread.

 

[Neff]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krsJO2iqCac&t=20m30s

Undeserving of ears.

 

[DJ_Lae]

Metroid Prime by a long shot.

It's probably the most disappointing omission in the Metroid Prime Trilogy, replacing the great title screens with some generic grey shit with crappy music (or no music? I can't recall).