What's your favorite video game music score? (not a poll)

Dynamite220 · 11-25-2004, 12:31 PM

Most people I know don't listen to the music when they are playing games, and most times, they are not meant to. Even background music can be enjoyable if you stop to listen though. Especialy when it is apropriate to the circumstances of the game. So my question is, what is the best music you have ever heard in a video game. Here's my list.

1. Final Fantasy VI- It has the best boss theme ever in any game I have ever played and has a great variety of songs on a 65 song sound track. Most of it is very well writen.

2. Halo- Most people are not concerned with music when they have 200 flood up their ass. If you have time, though, stop and listen. It's a very good score.

3. Golden Sun: The Lost Age- Has the music from both games in the series. I recomend the Venus Lighthouse music, one of my favorite video game songs. To enter the sound check, go to the battle mode and talk to the girl in the southwest corner while holding L and R.

mammothtank · 11-25-2004, 12:41 PM

I agree with Golden Sun and Final Fantasy VI. Much of the music from Fire Emblem is really good, too.

Royalspork · 11-25-2004, 01:26 PM

Star Wars battle front!
it has only music from the Star wars movies. Teh coolness

slightly aboveaverage man · 11-25-2004, 01:36 PM

the music from Red Alert 2. I tell you, nothing puts you in the mood to invade like "Hellmarch 2."

Raerlynn · 11-25-2004, 02:27 PM

Oh god, let's go down the list:

FF: Mystic Quest has some nice ones, like Last Castle and Middle Tower

FF7: Battle Themes are wicked, and the overworld score, as well as Interrupted By Fireworks, are incredibly well done.

FF8: As much as people bash this game, it has some of my favorite songs in here. For battle themes, the basic and orchastrated versions of the battle theme are nice, Force Your Way, both normal and Black Mage Flavor are good, and Battle the Sorceress is an incredibly dramatic piece. I also like the airship's theme, as well as Balamb's.

FF9: Battle theme is nice, love the overworld theme.

FFX: Excellent soundtrack. Raid, Takeoff, and Those Who Approach are wonderfully tense songs, I play them during high tension battles online. Wandering Flames, A Revealed Truth, and This Is Your Tale are all excellent pieces as well. And for peaceful ambiance, nothing beats Besaid.

FFX-2: Ummm...I really don't have much to say about this piece, there aren't many good ones here. Among them though are Calm Lands, Mushroom Rock Road, and Eternity.

FFXI: The Battle Themes are all excellent, from fight alone, to fighting in parties, to fighting MVPs, the themes are each unique and very well done.

Zone of The Enders 2: Beyond the Bounds is fun, and I love Zakat and Air Battle.

Soul Caliber II: Here I have a few favorites lurking; including Unwavering Resolve, Hubris, Hubris: Reprisal, Confrontation, Healing Winds, Healing Winds: Reprisal, If There Were Any Other Way, Nothing to Lose, and Hellfire.

Legend of Dragoon: Incredible music, all around. The boss and big boss themes really do get dramatic as the fight progresses, and the Battle Against Melbu Frahma is an incredible piece of work.

Smackdown vs. RAW: Most aren't original songs, but the one I really love more than any other is Randy Orton's Theme; Burn In My Light, by Mercy Drive.

Baldur's Gate I/II: Excellent Battle themes, very dramatic. The basic overworld theme and main themes of both are very well done.

And that's just a sample of my favorites

Aeria · 11-25-2004, 06:27 PM

Umm... Everything? I love almost all my video game music. Final Fantasy games, Dragon Warrior games, Halo, Command and Conquer... "We will stop them now!" "Warfare" "Mechanical Man"... Warcraft... They're all good.

Wild Arms 2 - Battle with Lord Blazer. This is one of my favourites... I even did my final computer animation project using this music.

Basically though, anything that fits the mood of the part of the game where it is heard is automatically perfect to me. This is why I own more CDs of Video Game music than I do 'popular' music. I can't decide on which is my favourite because they're all my favorites. Hell, if you composed a list of all the games ever made, about 90% of them would be on my favourites list.

Gilgamesh in a Hat · 11-25-2004, 08:44 PM

Final Fantasy V

favorite song has to be "the battle on the Big Bridge" or anything involving Gilgamesh thereof.

Score wise i have to say Zelda 64: ocarina of time, Awesome beyond anything else ... or tetris

slightly aboveaverage man · 11-25-2004, 08:51 PM

By the way, please don't double post, it's against the forum rules. You will notice that there is an "edit" button on the bottom of the page, it allows us to add any afterthoughts we have.
Double posting takes up bandwidth, and too much wasted bandwidth can cause the server to slow down, making our friends with 56k modems very unhappy.

Just thought you should know.

Lost in Time · 11-25-2004, 08:55 PM

Yes, make me unhappy.

But anyway. I loved the FFVII Boss Music. And Melodies of Life form FFIX. ...I can't think of anything else right now, I'll post more when I can think of more.

Cloud Strife · 11-25-2004, 09:10 PM

The scores from FFVII and FFVIII. They are both beautifully done.

11-25-2004, 12:31 PM	#1
Dynamite220 Covert op? Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Unionville, in the state of Union, in the Unionized States of America Posts: 676	What's your favorite video game music score? (not a poll) Most people I know don't listen to the music when they are playing games, and most times, they are not meant to. Even background music can be enjoyable if you stop to listen though. Especialy when it is apropriate to the circumstances of the game. So my question is, what is the best music you have ever heard in a video game. Here's my list. 1. Final Fantasy VI- It has the best boss theme ever in any game I have ever played and has a great variety of songs on a 65 song sound track. Most of it is very well writen. 2. Halo- Most people are not concerned with music when they have 200 flood up their ass. If you have time, though, stop and listen. It's a very good score. 3. Golden Sun: The Lost Age- Has the music from both games in the series. I recomend the Venus Lighthouse music, one of my favorite video game songs. To enter the sound check, go to the battle mode and talk to the girl in the southwest corner while holding L and R. __________________ I've been left all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self-service pumps! -Weird Al Yankovich

11-25-2004, 01:26 PM	#3
Royalspork Magikoopa Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: chapel hill wo0t wo0t Posts: 1,617	Star Wars battle front! it has only music from the Star wars movies. Teh coolness __________________ Zei Zao looks helplessly as he runs out of road to follow! The army of Huang Yao Shi grinds to a halt as to avoid wading through grass. That's for "common" armies. Much like Gao Hu's, who's invasion force reaches the border and sits in ambush for any fleeing units of Huang Yao Shi. In the grass. Cao Zhen, however, continues to follow the road, as grass is too green for his liking this time of year. You ain't got no K-Mart!

11-25-2004, 01:36 PM	#4
slightly aboveaverage man Trudeau Maniac Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cyberspace Posts: 4,253	the music from Red Alert 2. I tell you, nothing puts you in the mood to invade like "Hellmarch 2." __________________ Comics! Coffee! Videos! All at WWW.Ultima-Java.com If you're not there you'd better be dead, or in jail! And if you're in jail... BREAK OUT! Visit this Sunday SUNDAY Sunday and saturday.

11-25-2004, 06:27 PM	#6
Aeria Light Warrior Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Canadia Posts: 600	Umm... Everything? I love almost all my video game music. Final Fantasy games, Dragon Warrior games, Halo, Command and Conquer... "We will stop them now!" "Warfare" "Mechanical Man"... Warcraft... They're all good. Wild Arms 2 - Battle with Lord Blazer. This is one of my favourites... I even did my final computer animation project using this music. Basically though, anything that fits the mood of the part of the game where it is heard is automatically perfect to me. This is why I own more CDs of Video Game music than I do 'popular' music. I can't decide on which is my favourite because they're all my favorites. Hell, if you composed a list of all the games ever made, about 90% of them would be on my favourites list. __________________ ~ }\|{ ~ The Magic Butterfly

11-25-2004, 08:44 PM	#7
Gilgamesh in a Hat The One That Says Bad MotherF$#%er Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: right behiND THIS DOOR! A-HAh! Posts: 172	To ba specific Final Fantasy V favorite song has to be "the battle on the Big Bridge" or anything involving Gilgamesh thereof. Score wise i have to say Zelda 64: ocarina of time, Awesome beyond anything else ... or tetris

11-25-2004, 12:41 PM	#2
mammothtank We make good team! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: kicks Iowa Posts: 1,722	I agree with Golden Sun and Final Fantasy VI. Much of the music from Fire Emblem is really good, too.

11-25-2004, 02:27 PM	#5
Raerlynn Lurker Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Near St. Louis Posts: 561	Oh god, let's go down the list: FF: Mystic Quest has some nice ones, like Last Castle and Middle Tower FF7: Battle Themes are wicked, and the overworld score, as well as Interrupted By Fireworks, are incredibly well done. FF8: As much as people bash this game, it has some of my favorite songs in here. For battle themes, the basic and orchastrated versions of the battle theme are nice, Force Your Way, both normal and Black Mage Flavor are good, and Battle the Sorceress is an incredibly dramatic piece. I also like the airship's theme, as well as Balamb's. FF9: Battle theme is nice, love the overworld theme. FFX: Excellent soundtrack. Raid, Takeoff, and Those Who Approach are wonderfully tense songs, I play them during high tension battles online. Wandering Flames, A Revealed Truth, and This Is Your Tale are all excellent pieces as well. And for peaceful ambiance, nothing beats Besaid. FFX-2: Ummm...I really don't have much to say about this piece, there aren't many good ones here. Among them though are Calm Lands, Mushroom Rock Road, and Eternity. FFXI: The Battle Themes are all excellent, from fight alone, to fighting in parties, to fighting MVPs, the themes are each unique and very well done. Zone of The Enders 2: Beyond the Bounds is fun, and I love Zakat and Air Battle. Soul Caliber II: Here I have a few favorites lurking; including Unwavering Resolve, Hubris, Hubris: Reprisal, Confrontation, Healing Winds, Healing Winds: Reprisal, If There Were Any Other Way, Nothing to Lose, and Hellfire. Legend of Dragoon: Incredible music, all around. The boss and big boss themes really do get dramatic as the fight progresses, and the Battle Against Melbu Frahma is an incredible piece of work. Smackdown vs. RAW: Most aren't original songs, but the one I really love more than any other is Randy Orton's Theme; Burn In My Light, by Mercy Drive. Baldur's Gate I/II: Excellent Battle themes, very dramatic. The basic overworld theme and main themes of both are very well done. And that's just a sample of my favorites

11-25-2004, 08:51 PM	#8
slightly aboveaverage man Trudeau Maniac Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cyberspace Posts: 4,253	By the way, please don't double post, it's against the forum rules. You will notice that there is an "edit" button on the bottom of the page, it allows us to add any afterthoughts we have. Double posting takes up bandwidth, and too much wasted bandwidth can cause the server to slow down, making our friends with 56k modems very unhappy. Just thought you should know. __________________ Comics! Coffee! Videos! All at WWW.Ultima-Java.com If you're not there you'd better be dead, or in jail! And if you're in jail... BREAK OUT! Visit this Sunday SUNDAY Sunday and saturday.

11-25-2004, 08:55 PM	#9
Lost in Time Fungus Among Us Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: On Your Nightstand Posts: 1,967	Yes, make me unhappy. But anyway. I loved the FFVII Boss Music. And Melodies of Life form FFIX. ...I can't think of anything else right now, I'll post more when I can think of more. __________________ Eat me!

11-25-2004, 09:10 PM	#10
Cloud Strife Stranger in a strange land. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Walla Walla, WA. Posts: 2,846	The scores from FFVII and FFVIII. They are both beautifully done. __________________ You know, I'd put up something witty and clever right now, but eh. I'm lazy.