Video Game Music Thread

**LethalFishEater** · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:12 pm Post subject: Video Game Music Thread

Name explains the thread. This is about music in video games, not rhythm games. I've been listening to video game music a lot lately (without actually playing the games) and putting them on my iPod. What songs from videos games are your favorites? Why? If you can provide a link to the song, it would be much appreciated.

Current video game songs:
Pokemon:
Frontier Brain Battle The bells in the background make this song incredibly epic, along with the general upbeat tempo.
Mario:
Final Bowser Battle The intro is so... menacing. Then there's this buildup to go along with the battle.

Super Smash Brothers:
Dialga / Palkia Battle It's just so regal and marching band-ish.

I have all these on my iPod already x3

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**Rawrspoon** · Joined: 04 Sep 2008 Posts: 1597

Nuff said

**Fatsally93** · Joined: 16 Jan 2008 Posts: 842 Location: Council Bluffs, IA

Dragon Force says that they are inspired by video game music. O_o

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**CorpusCollosum** · Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 1823 Location: San Francisco

Heh heh, the Pokemon bicycle tune is legendary.

Video game soundtracks have been a long-time secret pleasure of mine. Because some of my best childhood memories are playing certain video games, and music/sound is second only to scent for tying to your memories, video game music is a great way to stay with the games of past, even if you don't play them anymore.

On a regular basis, you can still catch me listening to Zelda, Mario, Metroid...well, any Nintendo or Rare game. I suppose even though the technology for music in video games is always advancing, no soundtracks have really stuck out to me in the last decade, with a few exceptions: I love the Metroid Prime and Halo soundtracks, and most recently was blown away by Braid's.

Amazing how influential music can be, even in a video game.

EDIT: I suppose I'll hop on the bandwagon and link some of my favorites >_>
Metroid Prime Tallon Overworld Theme 2

And some of you know how much I love the Super Mario Bros. 2 theme.

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**LethalFishEater** · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:13 am Post subject:

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F-Zero GX Fire Field

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**kevinsomnia** · Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 557 Location: Davenport, Iowa

Final Fantasy IX - Vamo Alla Flamenco

I really love all the music from this game, but this is one of my favorites.

Also, all the music from the old Sonic the Hedgehog games (Sonic 1-Sonic and Knuckles)

The music from the Zelda games is really good as well.
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**guitarroker** · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 1993 Location: Iceland

The music from the Legend of Zelda games is one of the best video game music I've heard. I particularly love the Ocarina of Time music. The Metal Gear series is another great example, and how can I forget Doom and Doom II?
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**Metaloid** · Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 173

the best song ever.

seriously one of my favorite tunes ever not just videogames.
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**Rawrspoon** · Joined: 04 Sep 2008 Posts: 1597

Forget what I said, anything from SSBB is amazing.
That game has possibly the best soundtrack ever made for a video game.

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**LethalFishEater** · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:26 am Post subject:

**Absoltastic** · Joined: 15 Dec 2007 Posts: 661 Location: Louisiana

Golden Sun and Pokemon win my award for favorite VGMs. Golden Sun: The Lost Age has a remarkable and extensive soundtrack of amazing music. Like this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFMc40qxJK4
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**EmoArbiter** · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:01 am Post subject:

I'm a big fan of the Cynthia fight from Pokemon Platinum

Combine that with the piano intro when you talk to her before the fight and you have an epic piece of work
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