SubJeff on 8/7/2013 at 00:49
Some nice ones there to be sure.
It's funny; I've played DXHR (and of course DX), MP3, SS2, Braid, Homeworld and Hotline Miami off that list. The music is so much more meaningful to me than the other stuff, just because I played the games, and so I like it better.
For example, Mass Effect's Uncharted Worlds is exactly the kind of thing I like but as much as I like it I prefer the music from the games I've played.
Vicarious on 8/7/2013 at 07:58
I skimmed through both threads, some good soundtracks from multiple games. But I can't believe this one never came up:
Rise of the Triad - (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtaCAZ5ndNs) I Choose the Stairs
ROTT OST is fantastic.
Vojtechsonik on 8/7/2013 at 20:04
Judith, that list is awesome. (I am pleased that you like Shells from Max Payne 3, it was great and well-fitting)
Also, why did not anyone included anything from Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory? And one of the earliest Rainbow Six had amazing OST, also Hitman 2. (sorry, I can't remember particular tracks)
Judith on 10/7/2013 at 13:15
Thanks guys.
Quote:
Also, why did not anyone included anything from Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory?
Hmm, how come I don't have that ost in my collection any more..? I'd definitely pick this one:
Amon Tobin - El cargo (
http://youtu.be/s9-FU-1YoUU)
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It's funny; I've played DXHR (and of course DX), MP3, SS2, Braid, Homeworld and Hotline Miami off that list. The music is so much more meaningful to me than the other stuff, just because I played the games, and so I like it better.
For example, Mass Effect's Uncharted Worlds is exactly the kind of thing I like but as much as I like it I prefer the music from the games I've played.
I think it works on several levels, like I have a lot of great memories from Mass Effect saga, I spent like 150-200 hours with all three games, so listening to the OST is more meaningful to me - remembering my story, being sad it's all over (
despite the shitty ending in ME3, that is) etc.
Still, I have a few soundtracks for games I've never played or finished, and they are relevant to me (and can be relevant to anyone else IMO). The composition, structure and choice of instruments ("the language of music", forgive me the cheesy phrase) is understandable to everyone, at least to some extent. I never played Bastion for example, but most of these tracks are doing well on their own. The idea of two separate songs that intertwine in the end is a pretty straightforward and self-explanatory. You don't need to play the game to understand what kind of closure the two characters had in the end.
MGS3 is another good example, I haven't played that until it was released as MGS Collection on X360, but I got the OST when it was released. Still I had no difficulty in noticing the nods to old MG/MGS themes, winks at classical music, MASH-era style scores, 60s/70s vintage guitar sound and all this pop-cultural mashup, being basically a sonic representation of what Kojima & Co. always do on the story/gameplay level.
Sure, there are plenty of negative examples as well, e.g. I really liked the heavy stuff on DmC, but only after skipping through that Combichrist album on my player did I realize how pathetic copypaste that band is ;)
newguypaul on 11/7/2013 at 02:51
This came up on the first page and I just really had to agree with it. Red Alert's "Hell March" is easily in my Top 3 best game songs of all time.
(
http://youtu.be/Tb-gI_pFog0)
Yakoob on 15/7/2013 at 04:10
Mothereffing Judith getting me hooked on the Darksiders 2 OST (which I never played). Seriously, like half the tracks you posted in your long list im totally in love with. Magic.
Sulphur on 25/9/2016 at 18:21
I've been playing this for the past 3 days pretty much continuously. It won't leave my head, and now I feel I the need to play the game. I hear it's not great, but with Olivier Deriviere behind the soundtrack, it's certainly got that going for it. I'll have to get the game for that alone, not least because it has a wealth of tunes, but the official OST only has three tracks in total (!).
[video=youtube;aRHJDo-HZQQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRHJDo-HZQQ[/video]
henke on 25/9/2016 at 19:00
A recent favourite is the Steamworld Heist soundtrack, which, it turns out, is by a band of real-life steampunk weirdos.
[video=youtube;fj8XRFjRng4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj8XRFjRng4[/video]
