Game Soundtracks

[leadingsimon]

I'm looking to make a list of significantly popular and worthwhile video game and even anime soundtracks for work. I'm in the process of looking, but it would be interesting to hear what everyone on RFD has to contribute. So please list some good ones, if possible!

[leadingsimon]

Nobody? :|

[ChinpokoMon]

Final Fantasy VII OST

[cmge]

Vidgame OST

Jet Set Radio
Jet Set Radio; Future
Beatmania IIDX RED
Black Mages
Katamari Damacy
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Wipeout XL
Nintendo's BEST
Konji Kondo REMIXES
IKARUGA

Anime OST

Beck: Mongolian Chop Shop
Air Gear
Eureka Seven I & II
Samurai Champloo
Cowboy Bebop
Honey and Clover

[civ@uw]

Off the top of my head:

Final Fantasy X
Donkey Kong Country 2
Metal Gear Solid 2

Also check out http://gh.ffshrine.org/ for soundtracks for a ton of games (the ones listed above aren't featured there unfortunately, but they can be easily found elsewhere)

[Pyro]

GGXX osts. i think the korean one is the best
samurai champloo osts
need for speed osts generally are pretty good
Quake 2

[Talamasca]

Planescape: Torment. It's an older RPG (late 90s) but it has an incredible soundtrack.

The Total War games (Shogun, Medieval, Rome) also have really nice music.

[poppa]

Shadow of the Colossus

[skyblue12]

i have the super old donkey kong cd.. the one with only instrumentals.. and i love it :cheesygri

[somemale]

Bust-a-move
Bust-a-move 2
(the dancing game not the puzzle game) best game soundtrack ever. Along with Parappa the Rapper of course...

[quikkid]

FF VI Soundtrack
FF VII Soundtrack
FF VIII Soundtrack
FF X Soundtrack
Zelda: Twilight Princess Soundtrack

[AlphaTwo]

I have a large selection, my question is, what type of music? Does it have to be OST, or will licensed soundtrack count too?

With game soundtracks, you really need to know the reference material to make any sort of emotional judgement. Shadow of the Colossus was excellent, but without playing the game, it would be just meh.

[Katillia]

I think it really depends on what kind of music you are looking for. LIke you looking for old school, lively, moody, relaxing...etc?

Some just plain old nice music I would suggest would be .hack//sign

[maebach]

I like music from sports games like fifa 07

[Firestorm]

http://www.projectchaos.info/php/media.php
Download it all!
Especially Scrambled Eggman, Live at the Sandopolis, and Dead Batteries.

[jonkaho]

Classic Mega Man soundtracks

[Eternia]

Final Fantasy Tactics
Ogre Battle 64
Chrono Trigger
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Star Ocean: The Second Story

[boonjaca]

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

[ShadowVlican]

I'm looking to make a list of significantly popular and worthwhile video game and even anime soundtracks for work. I'm in the process of looking, but it would be interesting to hear what everyone on RFD has to contribute. So please list some good ones, if possible!
you're not allowed to use other people's works for commercial purposes

but if you're just making a LIST, there's tons of websites that list popular game music already

personally, i've got over 25K pieces of music in my GAME MUSIC category but the only one i keep going back to is music from Final Fantasy

[mrlooneytoon]

Blur - Song 2

One of my favorite game songs from FIFA 98 - Road to WorldCup I think.

[leadingsimon]

you're not allowed to use other people's works for commercial purposes

but if you're just making a LIST, there's tons of websites that list popular game music already

personally, i've got over 25K pieces of music in my GAME MUSIC category but the only one i keep going back to is music from Final Fantasy

Its more of a list I suppose.
I wanted to take down some suggestions since I can't name an awful lot from the top of my head.

[ShadowVlican]

Its more of a list I suppose.
I wanted to take down some suggestions since I can't name an awful lot from the top of my head.
in that case, the following composers are well known and recommended by me:
Nobuo Uematsu
Yoko Kanno
Yoko Shimomura

that's all i can name off the top of my head.... google their names and you'll probably find a list of their works

(as you can see, i'm heavily biased towards japanese composers ;) )