What are the coolest games OST in your opinion ?

[Alex]

Personally I'd say snowboard games have the best soundtracks. :|\\

1. the full Cool Boarders 2 soundtrack (can't find my fav track from it on youtube but you can get a fair idea about it through this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYYYXuU9bYI))

2. SSX 3 : NERD - Rockstar [Jason Nevins remix] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyCtfkQit6U) http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a75/Panzer_Kamerad/smileys/hb.gif

3. SSX Tricky (this one is bad-ass, really, my FAV one from the whole SSX serie) : MixMaster Mike - Slayboarder (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN3k09Va9ys)

More to come. :hmm2: :DL

[TLAM Strike]

Best OST? The Command and Conquer: Red Alert games... :03:

... and the Original C@C...

[Oberon]

Just about anything by Nobuo Uematsu :up:

[Alex]

@ TLAM : :up:

@ Oberon : I'll look deeper into this guy's discography. While we're talking about japanese people, let's mention Akira Yamaoka. Listen to this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qalGezr76o) (from the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack), I'm sure you're going to love it. ;)

[Oberon]

I came across 'Promise' in a mod for another game, the 'Reprise' version and yes, I fell in love with it then. :up:

Uematsu did just about every Final Fantasy soundtrack from II through to XI, as well as working on the soundtrack for Chrono Trigger.
I would list my favourites of his...but to be honest, just choosing a couple is very hard, One Winged Angel and Dancing Mad are very epic though. :yep:

[Takeda Shingen]

When you mention original soundtracks, I think of titles where the music was used to maximum effectiveness ingame. In that regard, I would hold Myst to be an excellent example. Yes, it is synthesized and dated, but it was very atmospheric.

[HunterICX]

Would say

Shogun Total War has a great OST: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IU7ia0XIGg (this has to be one of my favorite)

and Lords of the Realms II also had great music for it's time, the music kept me in the mood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QCvRvpDW90
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjenDJLH7KQ&feature=related

HunterICX

[Alex]

@ Takeda : Thanks !
I don't care if the game's outdated : I'm looking for soundtracks never to be forgotten. :arrgh!:

;)

[Dowly]

Just about anything by Nobuo Uematsu :up:

Have to go with this. Especially anything from Chrono Trigger, think it was my first Square game I played back as a kid and was hooked immediately. :yep:

[MH]

Packman.:D

[ETR3(SS)]

Best OST? The Command and Conquer: Red Alert games... :03:

... and the Original C@C...This. Frank Klepacki does some awesome work, outside of the C&C series as well.

[AngusJS]

A tie between Hearts of Iron II and Over Flanders Fields.

Hearts of Iron II:

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

[kiwi_2005]

Not a snowboard game but the space rts 'Homeworld' sound track is awesome. I still listen to it.

[Agiel7]

The Homeworld games.

The stuff from Suda51's games go into ear-worm territory too.

[Lionclaw]

The music from X3: Reunion is nice. :)

[UnderseaLcpl]

Best OST? The Command and Conquer: Red Alert games... :03:

... and the Original C@C...

I have to agree with that. I'm not a person with a lot of appreciation for music, but Klepacki's work in the C&C franchise just fits really well with the games. Aside from that, the battle themes for CnC Generals were pretty good, too. I particularly like "USA Battle Theme 1" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4aPMo7TcR8 and "China Battle Theme 1" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anro5IZm5Hg
I don't know Klepacki had anything to do with those, but I thought they were pretty good.



Shogun Total War has a great OST


I never played Shogun but I think some of the battle soundtracks from Medieval and Empire games are great, so it wouldn't surprise me if Shogun was good too. I feel the same way about Homeworld. The battle soundtracks were great but sitting through forty minutes of the "nothing is going on" soundtracks while you mine resources after you've killed everyone but before you make a jump were just punishing. I think an industrial-sounding track would have been more interesting. I mean, the music wasn't bad for the setting, but when it was combined with the extremely tedious wait for resource vessels to make their trips and the repeat of the same track, it got really boring. Thank God for the "quick harvest" option in Homeworld 2.


A tie between Hearts of Iron II and Over Flanders Fields.


I loved the music from HOI II. The track "War" was particularly awesome when it happened to synch up with a major offensive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsXm0y7z0Gc&feature=related
It becomes particularly awesome at 2:08:DL

[Raptor1]

The ones I can think of right now are Crimson Skies, Arcanum and Homeworld.

EDIT: Oh, and some of the C&C games too.

The music from X3: Reunion is nice. :)

Not all the tracks were very good, but some were quite awesome.

[DarkFish]

Guitar Hero:D

Flat Out 2 has got some great music.

And of course Command and Conquer: Red Alert:)

Edit: Oops! This thread is about OST, while GH and FO2 are hardly "original" sound tracks:oops: ah well, they're at least very good!:D

[Arclight]

Don't know if it really counts, but the atmospheric music from the TES games can be quite enchanting. :)

*Oh right, link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rfw8ydDWJA).

[Alex]

Please guys, :stare:

Don't forget to post links to the tracks you like the most (if you can find them on youtube). :O:

:D

[Jimbuna]

GWX3.0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=Ae8Wlzt-lds :DL

[Bilge_Rat]

the original Half-Life (1998)

[Weiss Pinguin]

The ones I can think of right now are Crimson Skies
Oh yeah :yeah: Also C&C, some of the Call of Duty games (MW2 was scored by Hans Zimmer), gawd there's so many I like. EndWar (http://endwargame.us.ubi.com/article.php?news_id=9304) has some great backround-actiony music, I put that on all the time when I play games. Fracture (from Lucasarts awhile back) also had some good music, but they never released the soundtrack :nope:

[TLAM Strike]

Please guys, :stare:

Don't forget to post links to the tracks you like the most (if you can find them on youtube). :O:

:D

:O:

Like I need to post the link to the one we all know from C@C... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-gI_pFog0)

[Oberon]

:O:

Like I need to post the link to the one we all know from C@C... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-gI_pFog0)


That's a classic...but then again...so is this...

"Gentlemen this, Gentlemen this, Gentlemen this is about combat." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lCD0Syzdhs)

[HunterICX]

That's a classic...but then again...so is this...

"Gentlemen this, Gentlemen this, Gentlemen this is about combat." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lCD0Syzdhs)


:smug:

I'm a mechanical man, I'm a mechanical man!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap6QaDBZJwM

HunterICX

[Lionclaw]

Command & Conquer - Act on Instinct

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez4gPTOxLCc

[Arclight]

Ah, the day Westwood stormed the world... wait, what the hell happened since then? :doh:

Bloody corporations...

[Raptor1]

wait, what the hell happened since then? :doh:


"EA Games, damage everything."

[Arclight]

Talk about scorched earth policy. :shifty:

[Alex]

@ Arclight : Man :huh: Enchanting is the word, indeed...
Thank you very much, I like it a lot ! :|\\

@ Chief : :D :up: http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/2821/banane01.gif :|\\

(MW2 was scored by Hans Zimmer)


Talking about FPS, let's not forget the MoH Frontline soundtrack (Michael Giacchino rules :o). But you need to play the game to enjoy it as much as possible, really.

Definitely one of my favourites !

Medal of Honor Frontline - Border Town (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBX_GVt3yck)
Medal of Honor Frontline - Shipyards of Lorient (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9qnSiUFOlo)
Medal of Honor Frontline - Operation Market Garden (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKa0oq6EvsQ) ear-candy....................... :o
Medal of Honor Frontline - Sturmgeist's Armoured Train (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjpcl_ralLU) :stare:
Medal of Honor Frontline - Nijmegen Bridge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KKoLkYJ2ZY)

@ TLAM Strike, Oberon, HunterICX, Lionclaw : :rock: !

[Arclight]

For good measure: Morrowind theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWuNf4gxwuM&feature=related). Oblivion theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3EOibiVzq4&feature=related) is nice too, but morrowind's still gives me goose-bumps.

[Oberon]

Oh...Knights of Arnhem...first time I heard that choir rising above the gunfire in the ruined streets of that Dutch town, well damn, a tear came to my eye I will admit it.

[Dan D]

"Vietcong" Trailer ("Pseudo-Hendrix"):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XOEvw4y9hc&feature=related

Vietcong - Red Dawn (theme):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_hED3zkRZ4&feature=related

Po Tlong Karai Valley mission intro (Iggy and the Stooges: Wanna be your dog):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T5ZJ9HUrLk&feature=related

Vietcong 2: "Imagine"(Lennon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZDWOBizjM4&feature=related

[Oberon]

Oh, and mention must be made of the soundtrack to the Touhou games, there have been some classics to come out of them, and the fans have elevated those classics to new heights:

Bad Apple!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzEUeWnV73U

UN Owen was her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YOY3-R_QPA

[Arclight]

*snip*

Ack, forgot about Vietcong. :salute:

Had a great time just sitting in ma bunker listening to the radio. Some great music in those games... what ever happened to Pterodon anyway? :hmmm:

[SteamWake]

Guitar Hero... :har: :woot:

[Dan D]

Ack, forgot about Vietcong. :salute:

Had a great time just sitting in ma bunker listening to the radio. Some great music in those games... what ever happened to Pterodon anyway? :hmmm:

OT: Yea, best game experience I have had so far:Vietcong, game modus team-coop, difficulty: Vietnam, and crawling through the bushes with some regular guys on the "meatgrinder" servers with headset on; restart for the whole team only when all players were eliminated.

[Weiss Pinguin]

*Launches BitTorrent*
:rotfl2:

Talking about FPS, let's not forget the MoH Frontline soundtrack (Michael Giacchino rules :o). But you need to play the game to enjoy it as much as possible, really.
Michael Giacchino has some great music :rock:

I forgot to mention Assassin's creed, both games have fantastic music.

[DarkFish]

"Vietcong" Trailer ("Pseudo-Hendrix"):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XOEvw4y9hc&feature=related:rock:

Makes me want to go to the park to smoke some weed:yep:


EDIT: no wonder me and my friends are occasionally called hippies lol:D
EDIT2: jeez, it just dawns on me, we are pretty much hippies:-?:88) we listen to the right music, we're the right kind of persons, we smoke weed... I'd still call me a Metalhead though lol:O:
EDIT3: maybe Metalheads are in fact a pretty linear descendant of Hippies. Metal descends from Psychedelic Rock, we've got many norms/values in common, we've got our hair dress in common (long hair)... I know we are somehow connected to Hippies, but maybe that connection is stronger than I first thought.. anyone care to elaborate?

[Arclight]

OT: Yea, best game experience I have had so far:Vietcong, game modus team-coop, difficulty: Vietnam, and crawling through the bushes with some regular guys on the "meatgrinder" servers with headset on; restart for the whole team only when all players were eliminated.
The AI had this nice little quirk; they wouldn't throw grenades unless you did. I remember evey time someone on the team tossed a frag, it was reciprocated with VC grenade spam. :lol:

Still one of the best tactical games imho. Nice cover system. :yep:

[TLAM Strike]

EDIT: no wonder me and my friends are occasionally called hippies lol:D

All you unwashed long haired freaky people tend to look alike from behind riot armor...

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9713/silly02.jpg

:O:

[DarkFish]

All you unwashed long haired freaky people tend to look alike from behind riot armor...

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9713/silly02.jpg

:O:Why always the violence?:stare: let's have
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/152/pp0809.jpg
:O:

[TLAM Strike]

Why always the violence?:stare: let's have
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/152/pp0809.jpg
:O:


How to you think you achieve peace?
http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/3594/borntokill.jpg
That's right, with Whoopass! :rock:

:D

[DarkFish]

How to you think you achieve peace?Well, for starters give people so many drugs and alcohol that they are simply physically not able to wage war:O::D


All you unwashed long haired freaky people tend to look alike from behind riot armor...yeah well the problem is that even our friends call us hippies:O: (the friends that are hippies as well, basically everyone of us has got some hippie spirit deep inside but only acknowledges it on the others... therefore I would not call myself a hippie although occasionally I'm described as one;)
Ah well I guess us Metalheads are indeed the modern equivalent of hippies...)

[Sledgehammer427]

for the metalheads...
I go for the Painkiller soundtrack.

[Dowly]

Though I've played it for countless of hours, I've never really stopped to listen to the soundtrack in Rome: Total War. It's quite nice. :yep:

"Divinitus"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GityoGjUj0g

"Forever" is nice too, but it kinda falls apart towards the end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj_kRsTUwJc

[Platapus]

The first thing I do with a new game is turn the music off. Often it find it more distracting than enjoyable.

Anyone else kill the music in games?

[Tchocky]

Usually I kill it, yeah.

That said I like all the RA music and the BF1942 was kind of punchy.

[Schroeder]

The first thing I do with a new game is turn the music off. Often it find it more distracting than enjoyable.

Anyone else kill the music in games?
Likewise.

[Eichhörnchen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQlkg6cC4aQ

[Jimbuna]

The first thing I do with a new game is turn the music off. Often it find it more distracting than enjoyable.

Anyone else kill the music in games?

Not initially but usually after a session or two of play.

[Eichhörnchen]

Been playing this game for the first time (found an old CD Rom boxed set). The soundtrack is nice; reminds me of one of the Medal Of Honor themes (Pacific Assault?) Maybe they were from the same composer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvlyP4dOmAk

[Wolferz]

An inspiring track from one of the Final Fantasy games...

Not Enough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=higOpMTXCzs

[jacobston]

The first thing I do with a new game is turn the music off. Often it find it more distracting than enjoyable.

Anyone else kill the music in games?

Sometimes I do if I need to concentrate. I also like to watch videos on my other monitor while playing some games, so I'll shut the music off and even turn the master volume down then.


That said, of any game my favourite soundtrack would be in Mount and Blade: Warband
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw8-FwmDHJQ

[Betonov]

I'll just ad Tropico 2 in here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKBE9BLy5Lk&index=6&list=PLDPDaU77rVJtucypb8ua2ChlhgLUlzSR0

Along with Tropico 1 soundtrack, this is my hammock music

[Red October1984]

Anyone else kill the music in games?

Most games, yes. Especially racing/other sim games and RPG's and shooters. Nothing bugs me more than when I'm racing there's some odd electronic music going insane in the background. I can't hear my car, I can't pay attention. :dead: Or when I'm walking in an open world game...unless it's an in-game radio like Fallout, I'll kill the music on all others except for Elder Scrolls. Those always have good music.

Some games stand out with the music.

That said I like all the RA music and the BF1942 was kind of punchy.

BF1942 was great. :cool: I still play that occasionally.


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My favorite of all time has to be the Splinter Cell Chaos Theory soundtrack by Amon Tobin.

Full OST (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbTo4vyY-nU)

Close second is the SC: Conviction OST.... I love Splinter Cell Soundtracks

SCC OST (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce9lGRVZLBs)

[Platapus]

When we start sending the military into combat with accompanying music like they used to, I will start listening to music when I play war themed games. :up:

It is really difficult for me to get into a sniper game when there is a music soundtrack following me. :D

"Hey! I think there is a sniper around here!"

"Why do you say that, did you see him?"

"No, but I heard the soundtrack increase in intensity"

[Eichhörnchen]

A subject for debate; music can be very intrusive and it's good that we can usually turn it right off if we choose. In some games ("The Saboteur" and "Prisoner of War", to name two) it complements the action immensely, as well as being important in helping you gauge just how much danger you are in.

http://i.imgur.com/MEdifes.jpg I think the music in "Death To Spies" intensifies the drama of escape...

[Eichhörnchen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niZqC0WXNUw

http://i.imgur.com/4rApHb8.jpg

I was fortunate in getting a copy of this S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game which included a soundtrack disc. I love it: the post-apocalyptic desolation of the story's landscape is perfectly conveyed.

[Betonov]

I still play the non-combat OST from Far cry 4 if I need to relax.

[Nippelspanner]

Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Icarus Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-0qUKk7grA)
If you won't feel anything while listening to that, you're basically dead inside. :hmmm:

[Eichhörnchen]

A fabulous theme this; I have to let it play all the way through before I can begin the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdy4U_DSCfU

[Von Due]

2 games:

TES Morrowind. It's just right and pretty monumental which again makes it right for that game. Also, works well on a stereo if you don't mind short tracks on repeat like if you were say, a goldfish.

Ultima Underworld. Context sensitive soundtrack in a time when soundtracks were mostly beeps and boops. Added immensely to the gaming experience then as it still does. Few UW players can hear that tune today and not see themselves running around in dark caverns.

[Giesemaschine]

Rogue Spear (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiSTywA6fHY)

Medal of Honor (Playstation 1) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPO-bc9KD68)

Another Medal of Honor (the main theme - wow!) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV8E5aZtBCE)

Donkey Kong Country 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCAnj_7hJAg)

Rome: Total War (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC-uATAqSo8)


And my all-time favorite FPS - Wolfenstein 3D (Mac version) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4CkWoQ3U10): I played this as a kid until my eyes bled, this entire soundtrack will forever be etched into my brain.

[fumo30]

I can't forget these:

Descent II Redbook Soundtrack - Cold Reality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIzA1LKW5mo

Silent Hunter 3 music - Battle 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSenaycZqp8