Essential Video Game OST? Can't find an Essentials chart.
>>63680416
Streets of Rage OSTs are god-tier. Start with two, if you want crazier shit go to three, and if you want more disco-ey stuff go to the first one.
If you want more general chiptune recs I can give some, but they aren't actual soundtracks
>>63680416
Yeah, Megaman has some choice tracks. Pokemon. Def check out Earthbound. Lots of Final Fantasy stuff.
It usually works out if a game is good it's often got a good soundtrack.
Splatoon recently. Jet Set Radio is awesome.
Anything Mario, lots of Nintendo stuff really.
I really like the Lovely Planet OST.
Nuclear Throne.
Can't help you too specifically sorry.
Katamari stuff as well.
OK now I know why that picture reminded me of Katamari. It's because it is Katamari.
Sorry.
>>63680583
Yeah, first two OSTs are pretty much top tier techno albums.
Mother 3 - unfounded revenge,
Mario and Luigi Bowsers inside story - The grand finale
Donkey Kong Country - Stickerbrush Symphony
![a1679001039_16[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/vIfixI6.jpg "a1679001039_16[1].jpg")
And basically all Danny Baranowsky soundtracks.
I like Wario Land 4 OST
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GxC4rGd6pAw
osts are reddit
Homestuck OST
![a0059901433_10[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/LanAbvU.jpg "a0059901433_10[1].jpg")
![4f4d2f08bdca[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/j3Qa9vO.jpg "4f4d2f08bdca[1].jpg")
All the Elder Scrolls games have nice soundtrack to be sure.
![hqdefault[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/bZHAyKH.jpg "hqdefault[1].jpg")
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![110515104101852244[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/HOR7M39.jpg "110515104101852244[1].jpg")
>>63680954
This could easily pass as a power metal cover.
>>63680989
Triage at Dawn is fantastic.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pk_9rtSJITg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=o2CVzn-ymr8
>>63680820
the only one with actual techno on it is three m8
it's also the best :^)
3 > 2 >>> 1 tbqh
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>>63681076
Now that we're talking about id games...
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>>63681094
Now that we're talking about Quake...
Link's Awakening
Ocarina of Time
Zelda almost always has great soundtracks, but these two are the best in that regard. ALttP, Windwaker and Majora's Mask are honourable mentions.
![a0317087635_10[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/6sOzRU7.jpg "a0317087635_10[1].jpg")
Nobody ever talks about this, but its so fucking good.
![410R6XI6J5L._SL500_AA280_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/OkI7FQO.jpg "410R6XI6J5L._SL500_AA280_[1].jpg")
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>>63681076
>>63681094
these and >pic
and
>all Silent Hill games before 5 and including origins
>all id's games desu, really
>Mother 3 (2 too, if you want experimental-er music, it is cited more often but 3 is more earcandy imo)
>VVVVVV
>the first two Fallout games (look for the "Vault Archives" album, it's free to download and has all the tracks from both games)
>every Rare game ever except maybe DK64 and obviously none of the Rareware games
>all the >elda games up to Twilight Princess
>the two Super Mario Galaxy games
>the first three Resident Evil
that's all I can think about for now.
![8048880584_c024793567_z[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/DD5pppv.jpg "8048880584_c024793567_z[1].jpg")
Eirik Suhrke is just awesome in general.
the true GOAT
also
>>63680416
Atlus games' OST tbhq https://youtu.be/zle-RdHmlDg
https://youtu.be/o4dWX0bMaqQ
https://youtu.be/F_F9tPM7iLg
MGS soundtracks, man
>>63680928
IT'S THE
DEADBODYLOOTINMUTANTSHOOTINVENUSYOUTHINROOTINTOOTIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cTjcGCjluQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqPbRzJ-v40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7EkJZib47s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJIl9XnB9xY
>>63682501
Where is Bloody Tears?
>>63680416
i particularly love final fantasy especially 7 and 9
>>63682661
I'm kinda burned on Bloody tears (it used to be my favorite), but here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HyixXJ2kMo
Also another great version of it from the X68K game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrxOKpGHw3I
>>63680416
EarthBound
Cave Story
>>63680416
Persona 3 OST or anything Shoji Meguro really
>>63680962
>>63681076
>>63681094
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>>63682501
patrish patricians
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/MalcolmXWing/video_game_music/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrA7zHsoT7U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwkFixCq9t0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxzrrUWOU8M
only thing here I haven't seen anyone else say yet is System Shock 2, god-tier OST.
as the others said, Mother 3, Chrono Trigger, Lovely Planet, Earthbound, and Lovely Planet are all fantastic as well
Okay, OP, I'll give you the goods:
Yuzo Koshiro:
This guy should go without saying. He's famous for his dance-style music found in Streets of Rage and for being able to adapt to any genre relatively well and create classic OSTs wherever he goes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCaRxoZtDHI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeTe-hHoAOg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PgRcECUQtU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM0N15QR-sI
Tim Follin:
Probably the most critically acclaimed and consistent composer next to Yuzo Koshiro. This guy did amazing things with the NES sound chip and just about every other sound chip he touched.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUCvzfmJNzs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypNPxwnppU0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzRjk6Ioqd0 (his brother might've had more input into this one but it's still a quality track)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_IJYc9t3vQ
Hip Tanaka:
No, he's not Koji Kondo (the creator of the classic Mario and Zelda tunes), but his small oeuvre of music is really consistent and great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL5Q4GybKWc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9KwHoCrSV8&index=1&list=PL457134D1F61E82D8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UGKCvIrF_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1QfIbLulf8
Stephane Picq:
He scored for some small avant-garde French adventure games in the 90s. It's some of the best DOS-sounding music you'll find.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz8UBhofNOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ngI_d-7FYE&index=1&list=PL7EFB796433294447
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF8a9RIAOr0&list=PL7EFB796433294447&index=3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-56Xgx5Ylj0
Alberto Jose Gonzalez:
Sounds a lot like Tim Follin. He only scored obscure gameboy European games, but his sound is flooring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlokRNcURKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdkkgkEu_NQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RppSzDQL7Dc&list=PLDEA193B29B277776&index=8
Honorable mentions include Hiroshi Kawaguchi and Ryu Umemoto.
>>63683860
Tim Follin's Plok theme seems to be disabled so I'm going to post an alternate link here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peuTnilEv9g
>>63683860
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Zry-oYIh4
>>63683959
I was actually thinking of posting that exact track but I forgot! Misty Blue is a really cool 80s pop sounding ost. If people here like Koshiro, they should also check out the stuff he did for Ys.
Also a cool Adventure Island track by him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxcTW6DlNqA
>>63680416
bravely defaults ost was goad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrIpuaWVAec
FTL soundtrack was also really nice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygH9VcV7IBg
>>63684036
I haven't played most of the games he made soundtracks for but the music is always fun no matter what.
>>63681023
It's true, though
ecco the dolphin dreamcast OST
Thanks to all the people making my life easy and posting youtube links so I can easily add the music to my watch later list.
>>63681184
Did you mean 'every Rareware game and obviously none of the Rare games?'
If not that is troubling
>>63680416
Why no Ninja Gaiden?
One of the best!!
Best Fightan Soundtrack IMO
smt / persona games
>BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY
While the in game music can be annoying some times, the album soundtrack is great.
Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Hqq-Pd3_U
Album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4hAGXBQyb8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ypzpl02Rps
Essential
![metroidprime1280jpg-dff37a_1280w[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/xyjhNTh.jpg "metroidprime1280jpg-dff37a_1280w[1].jpg")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBq_SueS8oo
Paying respects to based Mothersbaugh and Copeland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_fhQsexenI&list=PLF1E97B8420C874C8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LvO0LBOmc0&list=PL8EAD524E22A5518D
This.
>>63688576
>Spyro ost
The original Copeland soundtrack makes me nauseous. I'm not joking. If I play the first Spyro for a long enough time, I start feeling like throwing up. Eventually I realized that if I turned off the music the feeling would go away. It only happens when I both listen to the music and play the game.
Weirdest thing is that this is a low-key experience that happens to a lot of people.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/927750-playstation-3/66074146
http://www.fluther.com/22160/do-you-feel-nauseous-when-playing-the-original-spyro-the-dragon/
http://theadultgamer.com/forum/index.php?/topic/29588-do-low-frame-rates-make-you-motion-sick/
>>63680954
Daggerfall is the best tho
Top notch dungeon Synth
>>63680928
The rap song, Kings and Queens of the Wasteland and Pizza Sewers theme are exceptionally awesome
>>63686116
THIS.
this badboy
The No More Heroes games have 10/10 soundtracks.
>>63680989
This. Half-life has a great ost too, and the episodes.
Rez.
>FEAR IS THE MINDKILLER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgMRNiEPPYg
>>63682501
They literally just got prog rock and jazz musicians to compose these (same goes with newer games like Dark Souls).
One of my favs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQD-21G43kQ&ab_channel=GoombaTV
