Top Three Video Game(Series) Music?

General Discussion
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Xenosaga
Final Fantasy
Guilty Gear

I don’t think any further explanation is necessary.

Mega man for honorable mention. Definitely.

And if Trine was a series, it would be in that list. Technically, Trine 2 isn’t out yet, so yeah.

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That’s simple.

Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune (3, especially.)
Jet Set Radio Future
Initial D Arcade Stage V.3

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In no order:

KOF series
Halo
Jet set series
Final fantasy
Mario Kart series
Samurai showdown series
SF series
Super smash bros melee

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  • Chrono series. It doesn’t matter if you think Trigger is better than Cross; both soundtracks are phenomenal.
  • Jet Set Radio series. ☆MILLER BALL BREAKERS☆
  • Street Fighter series. Pretty much every game except Alpha3, there’s at least like six songs I enjoy. Even SFEX+α had some catchy songs. :stuck_out_tongue:
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hard to say because I think most of my choices would just be mostly driven by nostalgia for the game.

but Snake Eater is one of the best vg songs of all time!

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  • Chrono Triggeer
  • Metal Gear
  • Street Fighter
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  1. Castlevania (Not Lords of Shadow bullshit generic movie orchestra shit either. I’m talking about everything before that shit)
  2. Streets of Rage
  3. Any classic Konami title (Gradius/Contra/etc.)
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  1. Final Fantasy Series - Plenty of memorable songs that captured the moods and atmosphere of the games that I played from the bunch (III/VI, VII, VIII, X)

  2. Sonic - I agree, the songs really do fit the scenes and levels well. Red Hot Skull Mountain = One of the greatest video game songs EVER.

  3. ?

I haven’t played more than one game in other series so I can’t really come up with a third. But from what I’ve heard in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and the youtube vids of SOTN I’d consider giving them 3rd. Either that, or maybe the Tony Hawk series since 3 (and 2 for that matter) had an absolutely awesome soundtrack, and I really enjoyed Bayonetta’s OST.

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I am not a fan of VG music usually, so it’s rare for me to find something I enjoy.

Only one on top of my head is Secret of Mana, such a beautiful soundtrack.

Yeah that is about it as far as what I would listen to outside the game, though Silent Hill titles have a tendency to be spectacular.

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Castlevania
Final Fantasy(especially Uematsu’s stuff)
Nier(I know it’s just one game, but eat me, the soundtrack is incredible)

I’m probably the only person who plays the Mega Man games on mute whenever I actually play them. The chiptune Dragonforce precursor soundtrack annoys the piss out of me.

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Glad there is only few suggestions for megaman x. There is way better on the Snes.

Chrono series does need a mention (even though Chrono Cross has the same melody through out most of the soundtrack)
King of Fighters 94 - 2000 (Arranged soundtracks)
Donkey Kong Country just cause it hasn’t been mentioned yet

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wow…i thought there’d be a lot more “marios” in ppl’s post. ok…

mario:
-lets be honest here…sonic 2 and sonic 3 had the best music. sonic 1’s first zone was dope. everything else doesn’t compare to a mario game. at least IMO
-super mario bros 1 songs have to be the most recognized video game songs on the planet only being above or even with the tetris theme.
-mario 1, 2, 3, world, kart, yoshi’s island and rpg (snes) is one hell of a back to back run, musically.
-there’s not a weak link in mario 3’s track list. there are weak links in sonic 2’s.
-there’s not a weak link in smw’s soundtrack. there are in sonic 3’s.
-smrpg’s sound track is dope as hell.
etc. etc.

donkey kong country series (dkc 1, 2, and 3)
-there isn’t a weak link in dkc2’s soundtrack. PERIOD.
-the bramble levels, the mind shaft levels, the castle levels, the bee hive levels, etc. shit on anything that was out at the time, iirc, and a lot of shit out now.
-dkc 3’s forrest levels (like the one with the giant saw) are dope.
etc.

final fantasy series (I-XIII)
-so at this point i’m feeling lazier than when i listed the stuff for dkc, lol. you already know how dope this series’ music is so i’ll leave it at that.

honorable mention goes to the sf series but i didn’t want to put it in the top 3 because ww music has been reused for multiple games, III was dope as shit but IV is weak in comparison. sf is def fourth on my list, tho.

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Marble Zone rapes Mario, sir.

Here are my picks:

  1. Chrono Trigger
  2. Mother
  3. Megaman X
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no sir.

smb2:
the cave song when you listen, then pause for a few, then unpause, etc.

smb 3:
world 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8 themes, bowser end boss theme

smw:
forrest illusion, the song that plays when you fight reznor (when you’re running out of time), the theme that plays for world 8, the song that plays when you fight king koopa

smrpg:
forrest maze theme, mid boss, boss, marrymore, etc. etc. etc.

all shit on marble zone.

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  1. Megaman (OG & X)

  2. Zelda

  3. Pokemon

The last one was the hardest choice because Super Mario, Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter and Earthbound could’ve easily filled that 3rd spot. The only reason why I chose Pokemon is because I played that game so much that all of the music is ingrained into my soul. I can hear some little kid playing the game and know exactly what town they’re in, if it’s a gym, pokemon, or trainer battle, and the version of the game solely on music alone.

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Sounds like something I’d say.

Favorite music scores from me are probably:

-Donkey Kong Country 2 (in case you can’t tell I think this game is near perfect)
-Chrono Trigger/Cross
-Megaman 7

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  1. Megaman
  2. Sonic
  3. Castlevania

Other series music I love:
Metroid
Panzer Dragoon
Phantasy Star
Grandia
F-ZERO

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The Chrono Series (Chrono Cross has the greatest soundtrack ever created)
Megaman
Castlevania
Final Fantasy.

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Mario music: upper mid tier

Mario music while riding Yoshi: god tier

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Don’t know about absolute favorites, but three came to mind right away.

Resident Evil 1 (PS1)
Sonic 1
Kingdom Hearts 1

These three are based on the game alone, not the series.