Good Game Soundtracks

[ravenus]

This is the thread to list some of the game soundtracks that you really liked.

My favs:
1. Quake II - Muscular Exodus-style guitar riffs with excellent drumming make for an adrenaline-pumped experience, even when you're just listening to it on your CD player.
2. HoMM 3 - In mp3 format, HoMM3 has some exquisite orchestral themes for the different town types and scenarios. Great stuff, especially love the darker themes - Dungeon and Necropolis.
3. DooM 1&2 - Some of the stuff done by Bobby Prince on these games is worth hearing again and again, incredible what he achieved in midi. My absolute favorite is the track for map01 in DooM 2, it has an gob-smacking good neoclassical keyboard solo.
4. Love the music for the Lucasarts adventures Curse of Monkey Island and Grim Fandango.

I've heard a lot about Jeremy Soule's work for the Black Isle AD&D games, but sice I don't play that sort of stuff I haven't heard it.

[Morning Star]

Good choices there, I love the HoMM3 music and Dooms.

Some favourites of mine include Dreamweb, Mystic Towers and Elvira 2: Jaws of Cerberus. Old titles, but great atmospheric music.

[I, Brian]

Tekken 2 - great variety.

[Hypes]

Quake - Sonic Mayhem did the music. Great soundtrack.

The Longest Journey - by Bjørn Arve Lagim and Tor Linløkken.

Also, Megadeth did a track for Duke Nukem, and NIN did one Q2 track.

[knivesout]

Originally Posted by Hypes

Also, Megadeth did a track for Duke Nukem, and NIN did one Q2 track.

That was Krush 'Em, right?

[Hypes]

NIN, or Megadeth? I'm not sure of either's title, actually. But I can pass you some samples of both, if you wish.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Hypes

Quake - Sonic Mayhem did the music. Great soundtrack.
Also, Megadeth did a track for Duke Nukem, and NIN did one Q2 track.

A couple of corrections there...
Sonic Mayhem did the ST for Quake II and Trent Reznor (not NIN) did the ST for Quake. Rob Zombie did one of the tracks on the Quake II ST, track no.10 I think.

And knivesout, I think the Megadeth track for Duke Nukem was called Grab Bag, I could be wrong on this. The main score for Duke was done by Bobby Prince.

Oh amongst other things, I also love some of the stuff done by Alexander Brandon and Michiel van den Bos for Unreal (the tracks used for Nyleve Falls, Rrajigar Mine, Dark Arena, Terranieux, Bluff Eversmoking) and UT (SaveMe, Strider, Suprfist, Razorback)

[Hypes]

Thank you, Ravenus. Quake II was on my mind, but I thought they were involved in QI as well. Listening to them now, in fact- brilliant music.

And I have a NIN file here that tells me otherwise... But perhaps it's simply been mis-labeled.

[knivesout]

I believe ravenus is right on this score - I used to keep up on NIN related news and I more or less recall that it was Reznor per se rather than the NIN identity that was credited with the Quake st.

[Hypes]

Conspiring against me.

::eyes darting

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Hypes

And I have a NIN file here that tells me otherwise... But perhaps it's simply been mis-labeled.

Reznor worked on the music and sound effects for Quake. Curiously, the nailgun ammo box in the game bears an NIN logo.
Reznor also worked on the sound effects for the screened demos of the upcoming Doom 3 game, but it's unclear as to whether he has been involved in the making of the final product.

[Foxbat]

Oh amongst other things, I also love some of the stuff done by Alexander Brandon and Michiel van den Bos for Unreal (the tracks used for Nyleve Falls, Rrajigar Mine, Dark Arena, Terranieux, Bluff Eversmoking) and UT (SaveMe, Strider, Suprfist, Razorback)

I agree. Unreal and UT had some of the best sounds around. My particular favourite was Nyleve Falls. Great music makes for great atmosphere

[Hypes]

Anarchy Online had, in my opinion, the best and most evocative soundtrack.

It was synced so well with discoveries in the gameworld itself. Nothing beats coming over a hill to discover the sunrise illuminating the incredible terrain- no other game has ever matched that.

[Myla Starchild]

I like lots of RPG soundtracks, very moving and atmospheric. All the Final Fantasy games have great music, also Wild Arms (ancient PSOne RPG, but one of the first I played that will always hold a speical place in my heart ) had a beautiful soundtrack.

All the others I like have been mentioned, Tekken2, Duke Nukem, Quake, Doom...

[sea_plunder]

i like most kind of soundtracks on games but i especially like the final fantasy games and a game called hearts of iron soundtrak. But i lyk the need for speed underground music also