Top ten soundtracks

Feel free to give this more thought than I have. Off the top of my head-
Symphoney of the Night
Final Fantasy 3
Rez
Smash Bros Melee
Contra Hardcorps
Guilty Gear XX
Jet Grind Radio
Panzer Dragoon Orta
GTA Vice City
Soul Blade

Good topic. I could list a lot more than ten (and I'll do just that by cheating with honorable mentions). I'll limit myself to one game per series too. These ten aren't in any particular order. They're all excellent.

Chrono Trigger- Chrono Cross equally good, better in some ways
Super Castlevania IV- hard to pick just one Castlevania
Earthbound- nothing like it, and I love it. It's nuts.
Ecco the Dolphin- again, unique sound. Tides of Time is probably better.
Ico- seeing a trend? The little music that's in this game, is awesome. Really enhanced the mood.
Halo- many things you can complain about when talking about Halo, the music was not one of those things.
Phantasy Star Online- in the hundreds of hours spent playing this game, I never once played with other music playing. Forest music is so soothing.
Final Fantasy III- my favorite Final Fantasy also has my favorite Final Fantasy music. Crazy, I know.
Megaman 2- probably the best example of good old school action game music. Except for Ducktales moon music (see below!).
Sonic CD- U.S. soundtrack. Best Sonic soundtrack, although SA2 comes close in my opinion.



Honorable mentions:

Ducktales- Moon music. 'Nuff said.
R4: Ridge Racer 4- I liked this a lot, not quite sure why.
Shenmue- Nice epic soundtrack. Added a lot to the experience.
Starcraft/Diablo 1&2- Fantastic music. Tristram music from Diablo is haunting and amazing.
Super Mario World- Great music for a great game.
Panzer Dragoon Series
Tenchu series

I like way too many soundtracks to make a top 10, but here are 10 of my favorites:

Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy Tactics
Granada (X68000)
Sorcerian (PC88)
The Scheme
Thunder Force III
Turrican II
Ys Book I & II (PC-Engine CD)
Ys III (PC-Engine CD)
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys

Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon Zwei
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Soul Reaver 1
Soul Reaver 2
Riven
Myst III : Exile
Burning Rangers
NIGHTS
Tomb Raider 1

There's been way too many of these types of threads, and everyone always says the exact same things. Lame.

I couldn't narrow to a top ten so here are the first ten that came to mind:

Barbarian(C64) - This should be on more lists but I doubt many here have heard Richard Joseph's masterpiece.
Shenmue 2(DC)
Super Metroid(SNES)
Out Run(Arc) - Timeless and better than its modern remix.
The Last Ninja 1 or 2(C64)
Double Dragon(Arc) - Not my favourite beat 'em up but definitely my top beat 'em up soundtrack.
Castlevania - I can't decide which one.
Phantasy Star Online - The previous PStars are also excellent.
NiGHTS into Dreams(SS) - Soothing.
System Shock(PC) - Old school sci-fi sound at its best.

Chrono Trigger, Mystical Ninja (SNES one but N64 is ok too), all the Final Fantasy's and of course Super Mario 3.
Also, I remember Earthworm Jim series having some good music.

I like the 16 bit era over most of the nowadays soundtracks. Generic electronic music just doesn't cut it. It actually takes away from the game.


Check out this site -> www.ocremix.org
It has a whole bunch of old songs but remixed. Some are better than the originals.

Mega Man 2 (NES)
Mega Man 3 (NES)
King of Fighters 98' (NEO)
Street Fighter 2 (ARC)
Super Metroid (SNES)
Castlevania 4 (SNES)
Castlevania: SOTN (PS1)
Thunderforce V (SAT, PS1)
Radiant Silvergun (SAT)
Darkstalkers (ARC)

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

There's been way too many of these types of threads, and everyone always says the exact same things. Lame.

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Really? I did a search for soundtracks and got this-
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...earchid=130441

Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 4
Castlevania: SOTN
Genso Suikoden
Genso Suikoden II
Prince of Persia: SOT
Valkyrie Profile
Metroid Prime
Metal Gear Solid: TTS (I liked the remixs better than the originals, by far)
Zone of the Enders II: Second Runner
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins