You know that feeling that comes over you when you great track comes on that you haven't heard in so long? You get goosebumps and something inside of you stirs.
Try to limit it to a single song, though multiple songs are not off limits.
Mine is fairly unoriginal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hWwMZ8yn_I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCC-fxMCKuM
such an eerie tune so mysterious and ancient
i remember playing this game alone in the dark within my basement when i was kid, freaked me out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPkoNICjQFI
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yigc4z1gFA4
Just cause Frog is the bad ass underdog.
>>3256147
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC0cvwnG0Ik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwWNkIS9Ek
First thing that came to mind
>>3256367
Melodies of Life from FF9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94PdrQF1Ugs
I always liked the song, but then my cat died, which bummed me out of course.Then a couple weeks after the fact I just happened to listen to MoL and it hit me in all the right feels. I broke down and had a solid cry right then and there. But that turned out to help my healing process I guess because that taught me that acceptance of death means you only look back on the happy memories of a loved one from that point onward.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw1IEjGkx9g
Gonna be that guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiqJzCp1vSQ
>>3256532
>that blatant rick dom on the right
Fucking sick.
Good song too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUlzmOjr0Dc
This song brings out a lot of emotions because the journey was just so much fun and finally reaching the end felt kind of melancholy. I did everything in the game, including the side-missions. This whole song seems to capture that feeling perfectly.
Maybe I should look up a translation to the lyrics hurr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4oTU0srt2I
This requires less explanation. It's just such a beautiful way to start a journey.
>>3257217
Ever played the shooter called Side Arms?
It's a Capcom game, and there are some Zakus in that game...but it's quite obviously not a Gundam game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9w7_7pjsao
>>3257448
I really like the way the Genesis version of Last Wave sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isZTCOcEq0U
>>3257450
Yeah it's my second favorite. I think it was the first one to introduce the waves sounds as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIIrZJc70Wo
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi also does it justice
>>3257454
That's excellent, sounds like it could be on a Toshiki Kadomatsu album. Are there any other tracks where Mitsuyoshi sings in Japanese?
>>3257459
There are some
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODWeirgcpQ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q3UtUOBFvs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUMmegZAHoc
It's worth noting though that his Ryu theme could really be improved if it was in Japanese.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDWsZh9qXsQ
It's still pretty good, but you can tell he's struggling with the language. English is a real tongue twister for Japs.
Also what's the name of the artist in >>3257450 's pic? I keep forgetting
>>3257469
Ah fuck I mixed the first and fourth link.
>>3257469
Eizin Suzuki
>>3257473
Thanks. Gonna put it next to my Hiroshi Nagai folder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtEIUIeQ95M&index=35&list=PLYvFH2GxNYeaJrq8BPGjb91ddJnbanvz1
Probably ending themes in some games. You've made it through your journey and now everything is wrapped up and time to end that chapter for a new one.
First one I thought was the ending theme to Final Fantasy Legend, but Mario 64 is right up there as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kih2pFVRnwk
>>3257254
Panzer Dragoon my nigga. I bought the game before picking up a Saturn and would play it in my CD player. This song in particular was my favorite. Completely blew my mind back in the 90s. Just perfect.
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While maybe not the one that brings out the good memories of the game, this one fits your description, OP. It's so damn good.
https://youtu.be/Tf6hiqXuXHY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSv4Vt3BEkk
I still get misty eyed when I remember some of the characters that got this song's treatment.
>>3256147
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhP63_bvHM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvFmiYjKtlo
Outride a Crisis from Super Hang On. Edge of your seat motorbike racing and blue Sega skies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F4gG7rXw1s
Beating super Mario 64 and hearing that ending theme never made me cry a lot as a kid. I did cry a bit, honestly, but then again I always cried over anything that ended... anything that I would get invested in I would get sad as shit over. Even get depressed. Prime example of this would be OoT, when I beat it I was literally depressed for days. Still not as bad as when I watched the season finale for Digimon tho. I didn't know season 2 was coming at the time, that ending made me depressed for fucking WEEKS.
As far as ending themes go though I have to say the sm64 ending theme has the right mix of nostalgia for me to still send me into near tears. And it genuinely is a great tune, really makes you feel like you finished a grand adventure.
>>3257602
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvFmiYjKtIo
Mine isn't the most original either, but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB3VycE33TI
I've said this in other threads before, but I was always impressed with the mood the first Paper Mario grabbed. Other Mario RPGs often increased what was at stake, added in a game-changing gimmick or villain, or filled it with self-referential humor; those are all awesome and I love them. But the first Paper Mario, while having a few twists and laughs, always felt like it was really honest and genuine. It had faith that a traditional "Mario saves Peach from Bowser" story could stand up on its own legs, and that even if the setup was cliched, it didn't mean the characters couldn't have strong feelings and relations throughout the whole thing.
I feel like this song captures the hopeful atmosphere perfectly, with just a hint of sadness.
>>3257254
This one's pretty amazing, too.
>>3257254
>Panzer Dragoon - Flight
I'm not sure why, but everytime I run into this song I get this urge to cry.
It's such a beautiful piece of art, it fully encapsulates perfectly what it is to be riding a badass dragon through some dilapidated ancient ruins.
Just makes me think of the plight of men and artists and how they're able to cooperate together to create something beautiful.
I feel like a fucking retarded faggot afterwards, but this fucking song really has a hold on me.
>>3257709
Only criticism I have with Panzer Dragoon is that the best part of Flight cuts out due to the approaching boss battle.
Pretty much the whole soundtrack, but specifically:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKGYGlJYl34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iShGAt_TMU8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBLridjEbvc
Impossible One is probably my real actual favorite piece of music. Or at least it's high up there.
Robocop (C64)
Great Giana Sisters overworld theme
End theme of Pokemon GSC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXbIy0qWhnc
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTcGIk-Pfnk
I'm not even someone who typically listens to game soundtracks, but Xenogears is one of the few that always stirs up emotion for me when I come back to it, especially the overworld music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5WOyV4RaT4
and this one too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwVIKUQ__B0
"Small Two of Pieces" is also great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIzmMizFVE0
>>3258614Not retrobut related.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQQy0Za_6CI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SwQr1Xsg9E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy7Ta3I9lkg
>>3257920
>End theme of Pokemon GSC
Dammit, you beat me to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2_7-z2UZWI
>>3256367
It fills me with pain and horror.
>>3258623Xenosaga
Mah nigga
Lots of favorites have already been posted so far, but here's another:
MGS The Best is Yet to Come
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6miaTf1gF4g
Mario 3 ending
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k-V2wgsrfVE
>>3260025
SMB3 ending is incredibly nostalgic.
One of the best pieces Kondo ever composed IMO.
>>3256147
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDH8izdv0Aw
I this song and ones like the one OP chose resonate with me more because they're not really used as background during gameplay, but rather to define a specific moment, scene, or place of time within a game. It symbolizes a point in which you reached or overcame something, and it's often that which you ultimately recall fondly upon, rather than the process of overcoming it in itself, much like in real life. The same goes for music during cutscenes and endings. In my opinion, that's what makes these kind of tracks so special.
>>3257709
Same here anon. Love PD and especially the Flight song.
Zelda 3 final credits.
I will have that played at my funeral. Haunting and sad at first. Then happy and bittersweet when the classic Zelda theme begins halfway through.
