Greatest video game theme?

ShiverinEskimo · 13-02-2009 12:28am

http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=41663 for those of you looking for mawks link.

mawk · 13-02-2009 12:30am

ladies and gentlemen..
screw attack.

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entirely too dumb to embed a video that isnt on youtube, and reading up is causing more confusion...

http://www.screwattack.com/Top10/Themes

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this

Retr0gamer · 13-02-2009 1:44am

Most of the time I hate screwattacks top 10 lists becasue I disagree with every entry they put in but in this case they really did put in some crackers. Was going to put in either bubbleman or Wiley stage 1 from Megaman 2 and they had Wiley stage 1 (quite possibly the greatest bit of 8-bit music ever). Also they reminded me just how gorgeous the secret of mana theme was.

Here's another classic from the Ghouls n' Ghosts series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYzHyVt78ws

And from the game with some of the best megadrive music ever, Rocket Knight Adventures:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRTbMO8ERQg

Retr0gamer · 13-02-2009 1:49am

How could I forget.

Terras theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7RPY-oiDAQ

johnny_ultimate · 13-02-2009 2:20am

Lots of classics mentioned (Deus Ex, Castlevania etc...) and they are all well and good.
And then this piece of brilliant nonsense came around and showed what contemporary video game music is all about:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dP74pbLpxc

Anyone who doesn't adore that piece of music has no soul :P

FruitLover · 13-02-2009 2:28am

One of my favourites is the Phendrana Drifts theme from MP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AP0qhycBpQ

Tyranax · 13-02-2009 4:21am

Here's a couple of my favourites, first up Cosmo Canyon, one of the best themes from Final Fantasy VII, and an overlooked one in my opinion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei3i996VsNQ

Next up, is a recent one, from Virtua Fighter 5, Kage's theme. The Virtua Fighter soundtracks have been awesome in the last two installments, some real gems, like the snow fort in VF4, but I'm putting this one in because I think that it's better, and I love the arrangement on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8b09...e=channel_page

Finally, one from Metal Gear Solid. My favourite game ever, and I'm going again with what I hope is a less obvious choice. Psycho Mantis' theme really unnerved me when I first played the game. It still does now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqN6bizDbTM

Sorry, no embedding for these I'm afraid, I failed at it.

Tyranax · 13-02-2009 4:24am

Fail post is fail.

dlofnep · 13-02-2009 9:22am

I love the Cosmo Canyon one. One of my favourites too!

Leprachaun · 13-02-2009 10:51am

When I first heard this song in AoC,I got shivers. :pac:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG7UspfRdzg

Didn't embed.

It's worth listening to though.

TerrorFirmer · 13-02-2009 12:02pm

Wolfenstein 3D
Halo
Duke Nukem 3D
Battlefield 1942
Streets of Rage
Metal Gear Solid

Probably my favorites. The Medal of Honor games have always have particularly excellent music scores and themes, especially the original game on the PSX.

TygerKrash · 13-02-2009 12:23pm

Double Dragon - Arrival of the black warriors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkTX5gNaXxY

was never really any good at it.. but played it to hear the music anyhow!

Dcully · 13-02-2009 2:09pm

Leprachaun wrote: »

When I first heard this song in AoC,I got shivers. :pac:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG7UspfRdzg

Didn't embed.

It's worth listening to though.

+1

Fully agree, first time i heard it i loved it instantly.

d22ontour · 13-02-2009 8:26pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AFpLv25bYg

Excellent, infact the whole soundtrack is excellent.

:cool:

Helix · 13-02-2009 8:33pm

sf4 wins this by an impossibly long amount due to its complete naffness

*edited for youtube vid*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ5WUyqHu2U

cheesetastic

pixelburp · 13-02-2009 8:59pm

Actually, that Bf:Vietnam music reminds me of another forgotten but loved classic with a great OST: No One Lives Forever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss4r7SMLnms

"Cos No One Lives Forevvvvver ... But Evil Never Diiiiiiies ... "

Varkov · 13-02-2009 9:10pm

Either "Ozar Midrishim" from Soul Reaver 1. Very vampire-ish.

Or "Snake Eater" from Metal Gear Solid 3. Very Bond-ish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_zIKKOjC7Q

Retr0gamer · 13-02-2009 9:18pm

The snake eater theme is laughably bad. You just can't take it seriously with your wan scream 'snake eater!' sounds like a porn soundtrack

Unfortunate really because other than that it's very bond like.

noodler · 13-02-2009 9:24pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The snake eater theme is laughably bad. You just can't take it seriously with your wan scream 'snake eater!' sounds like a porn soundtrack Unfortunate really because other than that it's very bond like.

Come of it you cynic! The SE theme tune is outstanding.

Retr0gamer · 13-02-2009 9:43pm

Yes it was apart from the fact it was called snake eater. What were they thinking it's not like the series needed anymore innuendo, what with Big Boss and Solid Snake

DublinWriter · 13-02-2009 9:48pm

Would have to be Jean Michelle Jarre's intro for Captain Blood on the Amiga. Pretty lame now, but very kewl for 1991:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN9VMFlhVV4

Bubs101 · 13-02-2009 9:51pm

Ehhhh, Tetris?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whBg7IF5JUg

Also this from Killer Instinct

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0H1d_2MreI

pixelburp · 13-02-2009 9:54pm

Oh, forgot another personal fave - as much for the whole OST as for the main theme - Mass Effect. It sounds like John Carpenter (the good John Carpenter btw) if he had to do a Star Trek theme tune

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

o1s1n · 13-02-2009 9:59pm

Another one of my own Favourites - The whole soundtrack to Alisa Dragoon.

ProjectColossus · 13-02-2009 11:09pm

Speaking of Katamari, this piano piece is fantastic. I really should get around to learning to play it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G0pBGYXH34

Apart from that, I've always thought the Dawn of War music is really excellent, pretty much all of it, but here's the Space Marine's theme as an example.

Varkov · 14-02-2009 12:32am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Yes it was apart from the fact it was called snake eater. What were they thinking it's not like the series needed anymore innuendo, what with Big Boss and Solid Snake

What are you on about? He eats snakes, and he's after the Cobra Unit, hence Snake Eater.

You really do pick at things an aweful lot for really simple little details, and some of your posts can come across very haughty and condescending because of it.

Retr0gamer · 14-02-2009 3:23am

Varkov wrote: »

What are you on about? He eats snakes, and he's after the Cobra Unit, hence Snake Eater.

You really do pick at things an aweful lot for really simple little details, and some of your posts can come across very haughty and condescending because of it.

Sense of humour fail.

noodler · 14-02-2009 2:41pm

Varkov wrote: »

What are you on about? He eats snakes, and he's after the Cobra Unit, hence Snake Eater.

You really do pick at things an aweful lot for really simple little details, and some of your posts can come across very haughty and condescending because of it.

I think/thought it had more to do with the fact he eats snakes in the Forrest etc in that game.

Maybe I didn't read enough into it.

Amazing the MGS which probably got the least hype/attention was the best.

TygerKrash · 14-02-2009 3:11pm

Helix wrote: »

sf4 wins this by an impossibly long amount due to its complete naffness

*edited for youtube vid*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ5WUyqHu2U

cheesetastic

Oh. my. god. how the mighty have fallen. My ears will never be the same again.

The music for Shadowrun on the SNES was pretty cool, listened to that a lot..

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

CyberGhost · 14-02-2009 3:50pm

For me it's BF2, brings some warm memories when I was fully hyped up waiting for it's release.

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