Best game music ever composed

As my post about game intros is very successful I thought it would be interesting to start a topic about the

best game music ever composed

To get a better overview you have to post a screenshot or packshot of the game and then the music (MP3 / Youtube or streaming link).
You can post more than one music track.

Please post only the BEST game music, not anything that is just good.

When we have enough game music collected we could start a poll to choose the real best track ever produced.

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So here comes my highscore list:

1) Unreal (PC - 1998)

"this music just brings back so many memories, the aura created by this game trapped you in it. Awesome stuff"
RazorbackV13, Youtube



Main Theme:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD6QbntbYPw

Best tracks:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4z6elrcCnU&feature=related
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NApbb_uE1Ck&feature=related
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glnpnifV4Fk&feature=related

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2) Mafia (PC - 2002)

"so many memories.. this theme makes me cry.. i love mafia"
luckybastard1930, Youtube



Main Theme:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3KrtfjZdOg

Best tracks:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml4QiUcSn0o&feature=related

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3) Tunnel B1 (PC - 1996 - Chris Hülsbeck)

"great soundtrack, great Huelsbeck"
Outlander999, Youtube



Main Theme:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGjy4IJSOp8&feature=related

Best tracks:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMcS-hH6H58

Live orchestra:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=211nC4NmPNM

Only the NWN theme, I am not allowed post the first one because I can't find the composer.

Jeremy Soule, 2002
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb133m_AEnY

edit: o.O

Remember: You have to post a screenshot or packshot of the game and then the music (MP3 / Youtube or streaming link).

i am not so fond of rap, but this one was good:

Call Of Duty Modern Warfare - Sgt. Griggs Deep and hard


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3k3c8LftNo

starts at 1min mark

Currently it's one of my completely all time ever favs:

Guardian Heroes (Sega Saturn - 1996)



US and EU version packshots


Now... the music...

Composers: Norio Hanzawa, Katsuhiko Suzuki and Satoshi Murata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjcB-XowXp0

Two themes inside one video. THE two saxophone themes.
- Saxophone. It's made of win. That simple.


Complete BGM which is great in total: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTY-MYSMiJU

@Joey: If you can`t find him, you can post it. The logo is more important

This was Joeys post:

Unigine (PC Benchmark - 2009)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F6zSgtRnkE

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More of the greatest (im my eyes)

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (PC - 1997, Epic Games)



Main Theme:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnnFFEStA3c

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Monkey Island 1-3 / SE (PC - 1990-2010, Lucasfilm/Lucasarts/Telltale)



"A Pirate I Was Meant To Be" So cool (starts 2:46)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-9my0tsutw

Main Theme Monkey Island 1
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3dB0qEcG20&feature=related

Main Theme Monkey Island 3
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMoxWi-9zpA&feature=related

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Wacky Wheels (PC - 1993 - Apogee Software. Composer: Mark A. Klem)



Main Theme:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhTrUT3hAvs&feature=related

im tempted to post a song by myslef, but the game hasnt been released yet

my taste in music is more classical.

for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VFHoo_kNL8

or like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kq1wosv-6k


in general, second sight has one of the best soundtracks ever composed.

although...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLuIVI3pNLI


and of course:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_wTNxseBTQ


and finally:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiQgYfyUdDs

have a remix of the same song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcExlu3NQaY

thats it for now...
ill return later

Well again I cannot give a "Top Ten List" as there exists so much great music which you can hardly compare or even think of all at once...




Yeah - not a game but a company. Still you pretty much can blindfolded pick a title of theirs getting one with great music. Often because of Nubuo Uematsu which to my mind is a genius and probably one of the best composers of our time...

Here for example scenes from the great Symphonic Fantasies concert in Germany (was there - hooray ):

Final Fantasy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qexlgKjN8Z8
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=...p;v=MzVJPgDuoVk

Chrono Trigger:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=...p;v=abUlWFUjt-k
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=...p;v=iSKtZf-CUYU

With Tour de Japon there of course also are Japanese concerts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAzQERH7BjY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7486oDsg04
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSxrh0_khfU

There exist tons of remixes of songs from those games - doing a good list is hardly possible...




All two games of the Freespace series had great music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moXY_8eVy-A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohKLy59aDVw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noSZa7glFc4&feature=related




Fantastic soundtrack by Jeremy Soule...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_SvjZElgno&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WulGs5aDCb4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qlZEYIS0qg&feature=related

Still there are so many games with good music. I for example really enjoyed the music in the Megaman (X) games but there also are many many more which I won't list now...

Mega Man 3?

No....

Mega Man X (SNES - 1993)



Armored Armadillo
(Setsuo Yamamoto, Makoto Tomozawa, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara, and Toshihiko Horiyama)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja5QUTlgZ3Y

Best Amiga Music

Next to Turrican2:

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

Had a really cool musical score thoughout the game,
for that time.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuDzQLx4wP4

oh, and that one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESMR-mO8BVM&feature=related
"Ken send me"

That Megaman III Remix is wonderful.

@Spike: If you want to, you can post your own songs here if you think they can beat with the best of the best.
I remember the main theme from 4 Little Warriors, this was wonderful - and an unbelievable earworm. I remember the melody still today.

4 Little Warriors (PC - 2007(?) - Firoball)



Download: http://www.4warriors.de/download.php?file=track2.zip

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Turrican II: The Final Fight (Amiga/C64 - 1991 - Rainbow Arts)



Main Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICoe0j-3xcA&feature=related

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"Still Alive": Melody is not that good, but it`s so cute that the boss enemy sings a song to you . Portal was one of the best games I ever played.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI

The funny thing with The Turrican2 Theme is, that
no following Turrican game, other platform (PC, Atari etc)
or following Highquality Synthesizer or Orcestral Mix
came even close to the original Amiga music.

(I actually have that song somewhere on my USB stick,
with the stereo seperation reduced, and some more bass )

Jazz jackrabbit 2 as referenced earlier. The music is ingenious, labrat is IMO the best one:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cO4SxcqXfI
The composer is Alexander Brandon, he's got more nice music.



Red Alert 2 - grinder:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7jSig5_N3o
Composer: Frank Klepacki, made a whole lot of game music



Kirby's adventure - forest trail:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa-Hik-w-Cw
Composer: Nintendo



Eve Online - Beauty Never Fades



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgFPGvNCCbg
Composer: Junky XL, famous musician



Jet Set Radio Future - Concept of love, Fly like a butterfly, funky dealer, ...:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1XL434RAQc
Especially the first one is a good song, but all these songs fit the genre marvellously. Hearing them recalls some good old gaming times .
Composer: Multiple artists



Halo 1 - Covenant dance



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyqvkwBmyjo
Excellent cinematic music, I love the drums.
Composer: Martin O'Donnell



--> sorry for double post, no more pictures allowed :|

Black & White 1 - intro (also worthy for the other thread!):



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPCLhaNA4-E
Composer: ??



Future Cop L.A.P.D. - Urban Jungle:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHtH6D_kDp0

Darn, I love that dark military theme.
Composer: ??

okay, then here I go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MajeZ-SnIAk
basically, i think this is one of the best songs i ever did. i really love it so much i listen to it myself alot. and that says something, at least to me. i wont talk more about the game here though as long as i havent had the money to pay redemmer (sorry bout that btw)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9-2exquTCM
this is a different piece of music. a little upbeat because of the clarinet.
its a dugneon music. i couldnt decide between this and another dungeon theme, but i went for that because the other one is rather subtle and more amient like, less melodic. i could talk about the game here but i guess that would be off topic...

Motoi Sakurabas Golden Sun music:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XsWRoB3t58

and his Tales of Symphonia music:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QME5zGqK61A

..this guy is a genius

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP7vWiaxw7Y




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

And of course as already mentioned - Monkey Island

Oh

2007 is correct, and the original composer is Torbjörn Karlsson aka Sandman.





Another one.

Lethal Xcess (Atari ST - 1991)


Intro theme (Jochen Hippel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4D-IIZ4i4A

http://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=50724

Period.

oh, that sounds terrible over the included Java-Player...

Nothing beats the original..

I liked the music of Mirror's edge
Lisa Miskovsky - Still Alive

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

http://www.modplug.com/

Use Modplug Player for playback. Set to 44kHz, 16 Bit, Stereo, AGC, HQ, XBass, Reverb and there you go!
It's a bomb.

The Legend of Zelda - A link to the past, especially Dark World Theme is awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kqzc4gcnw&feature=PlayList&p=E25CD8DF6A84EF21&index=11


Assassins Creed II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EaRHlo4B0Y

Listen to the song, imagine running away from guards, jumping over rooftops... simply awesome!


Lost Odyssey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhpwyVkje9Q&feature=PlayList&p=0FF1BAEB1AD803AC&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbeGTgt0RWQ


Kingdom Hearts I + II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpXGDLhWuJY&feature=PlayList&p=D682AB3373BEB046&index=8



Yoko Shimomura and Nobou Uematsu are simply the best.

\O/

the SOTC soundtrack!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzX3-HjTe0Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTjAJe0tZjw

Xenosaga II(the whole ost rocks! thats why i post so many^^")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kco5-mfK5r0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDAiLH7DzWg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEryKU-JHLE

The style of the Ar Tonelico OSTs!(especially 2 here)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A22koip7uSI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T9n6mPfzIY

Eternal Sonata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM3BIOvEJSw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o7hWL8-lCY

Sigma Harmonics by Masashi Hamauzu(which style i admire in general)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loW11_8mzuc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PuzH-n4mmc

omg and Mario Galaxy has an awesome OST too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzYBrUl926c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsAFpdAgh6A

sorry guys, i got carried away~ ^^"

Ar Tonelico... don't know the game but have heard of it before and it indeed has some very nice music

Dante's Inferno:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfUXUiCahBw

I`ve got a new track on my list. Epic game. Epic music.

Duke Nukem Forever.

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

nice piece

Planescape Torment - "Deionarra's Theme"
-> one of the greates rpgs EVER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZOuy4YM0AI

Mirror's Edge - "Puzzle Theme"
-> cool gameplay, great soundtrack, but no story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbdBNMTR8mM

Diablo II - "Harem"
-> great game - the definition of addiction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDtWBTwIL8Y

Crayon Physics - "Ghost - Lullaby"
-> never played, but one of the best pieces of music out there !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acEYrld-9sQ

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game - "Anamanaguchi - Another Winter"
-> never played but this song is great!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wduS15Bv-Bg

old thread is old. this however is new:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG8rvcjhlhA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmUZ8B2pgAc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EypgFH_XRI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dstOzlATSfs&playnext=1&list=PL855CA79F20AE074A



'nuff said. i actually had a second where spikes image didnt load. i was afraid it was going to be exactly what i was going to post.

song of storms is prolly my fav.

Ocarina of time was such a great game! I really enjoyed it when i was young.

Master Quest was pure evil...

There was an epic game called Outcast with a great sound track from the Moscow Symphony Orchestra:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k7Oh0cp_qA

I also like to listen from time to time to the music from Assassins Creed and from Unreal (1). And when you love epic medieval music then I can recommend Witcher and Witcher2 sound tracks.

Cave Story:

Just re-found this one.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XkNC-8NGLU

beta days.... joy...

The Command&Conquer 1 music from 1995 is just awesome

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZTHFRadJwI



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And I totally forgot about an absolute masterpiece of game soundtracks:

TOMB RAIDER



I love the .. soundtrack. Especially the reworked versions of the original music from Anniversary.

- Main Theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22WzzQ_cbUo
- Croft Manor Theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_yYwuVWguo&feature=related

- Angel of Darkness Main Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41aq7BR_5nY&feature=related

Oh, and of course

THE NEED FOR SPEED (1995)

Intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZhW17j6r9c&feature=related

I loved it. And I still do.



- Main Theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsCOc5TbSwI&feature=related
- Showcase Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh54HW9-hJQ&feature=related

Need for Speed was THE game back in the days for me. Do you remeber the intro of NFS2? This has nothing to do with the super-lame arcade console car crashing games from today.

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-rt6LjsvQE&feature=related

And the car showcase vids from NFS1. The cars, the presentation, that MUSIC. Pure 90s awesomeness. . I wish games like this would have survived.

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O14Wgu1bHSI&feature=related
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITcnCzPKTto&feature=related
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFiNLuuIDls&feature=related
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy5EXdNolk8&feature=related

Final Fantasy VIII is missing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eU0tRBHnE0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WL4SGO85Uk

And last but not least (I'd never hear a song like this if it wasn't Final Fantasy ):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNefNLOHVYk

I wonder why no one mentioned Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 4...

Silent hill 2 soundtrack - Promise (Reprise)

Silent Hill 4 - Room of Angel
Silent Hill 4 - Waiting For You (Live At Heaven's Door)

Shadow Man Endsequence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6LwxgCYU-4