Feel free to post multiple suggestions for different genres. For example, atmospheric, sci-fi, adventure-like, etc.
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NieR:Automata
FFVII (especially the 10 minute FFVII remake of One-Winged Angel)
Cyberpunk 2077 had some good ones. I’m digging I Really Want to Stay at Your House
Hades
Kingdom Hearts (Wave of Darkness is pretty great)
Every Supergiant game should be on this list,
- Battleblock Theater (goat main menu track)
- Hades (amazing combat music)
- Hollow Knight (most atmospheric)
- Undertale + Deltarune (great range, captures a lot of emotions throughout the story)
Donkey Kong Country. Good Jams!
Persona 5 and 4. The soundtracks can stand on their own as just great music.
Mega Man 2. Can’t believe I scrolled the whole comments and did not see Mega Man 2.
Agreed, we’re showing age though.
The legend of Zelda always had the most iconic themes (personal favorite is Dragonroost island from Wind waker, but they really all have some amazing music).
I also listen to the Chrono Trigger and Octopath traveler OSTs on my free time.
TotK is absolutely insane tho, it’s better than many Hollywood productions
Bloodborne has an amazing soundtrack. Here’s an example of one of the epic songs:
Bastion
Everything else here 100% deserves the credit but I didn’t see anyone mention Divinity: Original Sin 2, which is also amazing.
Tons of little songs I found myself idly humming for days/weeks after playing and a thoroughly epic main theme.
The finale of the game where time slows down and the music swells is one of my favorite gaming moments.
I had to scroll wayyyyy too far to find it. I absolutely love the soundtrack! And Baldur’s Gate 3’s music is also great so far. Not surprising as it’s from the same artist(s) XD
C418 - Sweden
Maybe this answer is cheating, but Smash Bros Ultimate has the best soundtrack of all time. It’s got over 1000 tracks, including some of the most recognizable video games music of all time, and some amazing remixes.
The first Deus Ex is probably my favorite. Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun also had some great atmospheric tracks.
I can’t think of many other game soundtracks that aren’t incredibly mainstream picks, but I played a game called Severed Steel earlier this year, and I loved the soundtrack. I bought it after finishing the game.
Just of the top of my head:
- Doom (2016) - BFG Division - Mick Gordon
- Nier: Automata - 美シキ歌 (A beautiful Song) - Keigo Hoashi
- Super Meat Boy - The Battle of Lil Slugger - Danny Baranowsky
- Metal Gear Solid - Encounter - Takanari Ishiyama, Gigi Meroni, Kazuki Muraoka, Lee Jeon Myung and Hiroyuki Togo
- Hades - No Escape - Darren Korb
And remember you can purchase most of the game OST for download on Steam ! (Nier I’ve found on Amazon Music and Super Meat Boy on Bandcamp).
Darren Korb is the master of video game music. Still listening to the Bastion OST on the regular.
No Man’s Sky
