The Phoenix Wright games & Final Fantasy IV, X, X-2, and X-III all have beautiful soundtracks

I personally enjoy the Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/874738450/rayman-by-remi-the-collector-soundtrack-album

Rayman Collector's Soundtrack Kickstarter. New live band jazz/rock recordings by the original lead musician. Please let this reach its goal.

Best by far:

Final Fantasy IX - https://youtu.be/n76DBcgyZ3g

Sims says

i rented chrono cross when it first came out and it confused the out of me and i never looked back

it never begins to make sense

the credits ends with one of the characters suddenly existing irl and standing in shibuya square

*Darkstone* - Diablo clone. Music. I like it.

The Darkstone Will Shine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY-CNK_VX3g • Town #1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwdS_petzXE • Wilderness #3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3yiIEI2Qgg

*Rayman series* - 's groovy. Rayman was my childhood. The composer for the first game recently did/started doing full live orchestra arrangements of its soundtrack. Pretty cool.

Rayman 1: Much of Band Land - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-h4-D9zko8 • Betilla the Fairy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT-Cz3Wt7o0 • Stuff from The Caves of Skops - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQHsB0YNBpo

Rayman 3 because it's honestly the only other one I'm really familiar with: … Geez the full OST is 8+ hours, check comments for timestamped list, favorites include Hoodoo Sorcerer (+ Credits, alternate version used for only one encounter), Mecha-Squid, the Shortcuts, Funkyboards, Land of the Livid Dead, the Summit Beyond the Clouds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9cUAGcXVho

*EDGE* - Spacey little bloops. Fits the sharp, blocky aesthetic of the game.

Kakkoi! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCHR4RtPot4 • Quiet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHLOnvn6OYU • M Zone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6vEUkKpRe8

*Dance Dance Revolution* - DDR had the largest impact on the formation of my early musical tastes out of anything. There's been THOUSANDS of songs in DDR games at this point. Just listening through a mix's song list previews takes about fifteen minutes. There's no short list. Styles are all over the map.

Konamix is an old mix, but it's relatively short, all original music, has a number of classics, and is what I grew up with, so - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAnvuw7H6I4

Also, for fun, compare the first boss song to one of the hardest now. PARANOiA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGiDTTFScE4&feature=youtu.be • EGOISM 440 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7Vx5FvX7-E

k 's nuff f' now

Some o' m' faves.

*Undertale* - Theoretically interesting, brilliantly intertwined cobweb of leitmotifs, complements each moment of the game beautifully, some fun Easter eggs for the musically inclined. IIRC, for a lot of scenes, the music was composed before anything else.

I'd single some out, but there's about a dozen equally top-tier tracks, some with leitmotif spoilers and some much better in context/at the in-game speed rather than OST (slightly different in some cases). Just play the game if you still haven't (fanbase-induced hype aversion sucks right?) and hear everything in context.

*Katamari Series* - What would Katamari be without its ingeniously eclectic soundtrack? NOTHING. IT WOULD BE NOTHING. Except a fun game with no soundtrack.

The Moon and the Prince - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2C8XvxYqos • Blue Orb - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK9pGJZWEkc • Katamarity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoupxGlkYwk

*PS1 Spyro trilogy* - Composed by the drummer for The Police, Stewart Copeland. Mystical and oddly idiosyncratic. Since I mentioned Undertale's music often came first, I happen to know the music in Spyro was built around each level.

Ice Cavern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sbZZzDoSPo • Idol Springs/Fracture Hills - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6c-Toqnxgw • Bamboo Terrace - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my6kw9WYb_w

*The Legend of Dragoon* - Nostalgic JRPG music time. Great opening theme, everything else pretty great too.

Full OST in one video, timestamps in description, said opening theme is the final track - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzXuyzrMxow

i rented chrono cross when it first came out and it confused the out of me and i never looked back

EtherealFan says

Greninja says

also chrono cross > chrono trigger. if you disagree you have an opinion

rofl nah man. Both are good games, but there is no contest that Chrono Trigger is better

i don't care cross > trigger(ed rofl)

undertale

jet set radio future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GtToG_j5go

duck game

elise says

Touhou, hands down

this

Kirby Air Ride's soundtrack was really good for a gamecube game.

Sims says

jackhammer says

there was that one platformer puzzle game where you control time to go through, had some great music on it but I forget its name

braid?

thanks buddy

Chrono Trigger

Heroes 4 OST is great.

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

Touhou, hands down

jackhammer says

there was that one platformer puzzle game where you control time to go through, had some great music on it but I forget its name

braid?

there was that one platformer puzzle game where you control time to go through, had some great music on it but I forget its name

I forgot to say Bayonetta has some catchy tunes

Yessss leo pmd is immense

most final fantasy is also good

Bigpock says

hotline miami..?

yes