The best game music track

I'm pretty sure that it was asked before, but must be a long time ago, since I hadn't found it on my first search - and I'm too lazy to browse the old threads throughfullly.

Tell what's the best game music ever created, in your opinion.

Just one, not draws, not runner ups, not "everything from that guy" or not "everything from that game".

To me it's Gerudo Valley, Zelda Ocarina of Time, by Koji Kondo.

And yours?

Two Player Green Hill Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sky Chase Zone - Sonic 2

Ending - Sonic 2

My favorite vg music is all from Zelda, so I'd actually have to choose... mmm... well, the fairy fountain music. It's very serene.

kof '96 goenitz theme always gets me.

Picking just one is tough, but after some thought, I knew what to pick.

"Source of the Protective Flame" - Panzer Dragoon Saga.
(It's also sometimes labeled "Under the light of the Protective Flame")

The only RPG song I listened over and over, that many times, because I just was taken in by the subtle atmosphere.

It's at its best when listened to, while playing the game. During this time, the song is joined with the sound of wind blowing through the town, while windvanes are moving in time with the wind as it picks up and dies down. The combination together is as scenic as the visuals, giving a Myst-like exoticism to the whole thing. I can literally lie back and listen to that same song for hours, dreaming of an exotic escape.

Like Commander Griker would say...

Kirk Foiden said:

Picking just one is tough, but after some thought, I knew what to pick.

"Source of the Protective Flame" - Panzer Dragoon Saga.
(It's also sometimes labeled "Under the light of the Protective Flame")

The only RPG song I listened over and over, that many times, because I just was taken in by the subtle atmosphere.

It's at its best when listened to, while playing the game. During this time, the song is joined with the sound of wind blowing through the town, while windvanes are moving in time with the wind as it picks up and dies down. The combination together is as scenic as the visuals, giving a Myst-like exoticism to the whole thing. I can literally lie back and listen to that same song for hours, dreaming of an exotic escape.

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Cool

Map Music - TMNT NES

Nesagwa said:

Map Music - TMNT NES

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cheater

The music in the commercial for the SMB3 gba port

dooo dooooo dooo dooooooo doo dooo dooooo

buttasuperb said:

The music in the commercial for the SMB3 gba port

dooo dooooo dooo dooooooo doo dooo dooooo

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I never watched that CM... it's that version of the SMB theme, with guys and girls singing "doo doo doo" instead of the instruments? That's really a cool music.

SuperCastlevania 4 Dracula's theme...

Kirk Foiden said:

Picking just one is tough, but after some thought, I knew what to pick.

"Source of the Protective Flame" - Panzer Dragoon Saga.
(It's also sometimes labeled "Under the light of the Protective Flame")

The only RPG song I listened over and over, that many times, because I just was taken in by the subtle atmosphere.

It's at its best when listened to, while playing the game. During this time, the song is joined with the sound of wind blowing through the town, while windvanes are moving in time with the wind as it picks up and dies down. The combination together is as scenic as the visuals, giving a Myst-like exoticism to the whole thing. I can literally lie back and listen to that same song for hours, dreaming of an exotic escape.

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Nice, where does it appear in the game, Zohar?

One Winged Angel from FFVII.

No other game music has ever had as much of an impact as when that thing blares through your speakers when you fight Sephiroth for the first time.

Dancing Mad (FF VI) 17 minutes of final battle glory.

One Winged Angel can take the place of it, but it was already mentioned.

JHendrix said:

No other game music has ever had as much of an impact as when that thing blares through your speakers when you fight Sephiroth for the first time.

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Nice. It remembered me when I was playing Solul Calibur 2's Weapon Master mode... when I reached the Castor area, when that music started it gave me a chill at the spine, so I got up and went to look at the window just to be sure if that music was really coming from the game

Return - Radiant Silvergun

Sets the pace for the rest of the game and makes the soundtrack a must-buy.

Return - MP3 download

Give it a listen it haven't heard it before.

Enjoy

Damn right. Nothing like final battle music with a singing chorus.

Neo-Exdeath (Final Fantasy V). One of those really really upbeat tunes played in battles with a uber cheap final boss that makes players extremely nervous.

Baseley09 said:

Nice, where does it appear in the game, Zohar?

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Remember when you enter the town that is sectioned off in two? It's supposedly a Holy city, but you have the lower-class in one section, and only the Holy people can enter the other? I believe the name of the town is Zoah.

Well, the better-conditioned Holy section is where that music plays. The first time you hear the music is when you find a way to get back there, for the first time. (However, you only at first, have access to a small section inside the Holy City, but can't go around, in there). How you get there? Once you find the entrance to the well, you'll climb down into a small hut. The hut has one entrance to the outside. Go out that door, and you'll be in the Holy City, but free progress into the place is blocked off by barriers. You can still, look around, while standing there. That's your first chance to hear the music. (Of course, once you gain regular access, you can hear it as well)

*** Possible PDS spoiler Ends.

i honestly think it's the SMB theme. It's unbelievably hard to get out of your head, been covered by orchestras and cut up by dub dj's, and even people whose only experience with a Mario is of the Van Peebles variety recognize it.

doo doo doo doodoodoo doodoo...

Verythrax said:

I never watched that CM... it's that version of the SMB theme, with guys and girls singing "doo doo doo" instead of the instruments? That's really a cool music.

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Nah it's some japanese song. I have it hosted but my site is down right now.

Ryu1972 said:

SuperCastlevania 4 Dracula's theme...

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Nice choice.

I've got the soundtrack. If you ever want a copy let me know my friend.

Dallas_Five said:

i honestly think it's the SMB theme. It's unbelievably hard to get out of your head, been covered by orchestras and cut up by dub dj's, and even people whose only experience with a Mario is of the Van Peebles variety recognize it.

doo doo doo doodoodoo doodoo...

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Interesting that you mentioned it. It's that music that sounds pretty simple and even idiotic when listened as midi in the games, but when you hear a good arrange... it's like an unbeatable classic.

I just got a bunch of orchestrated versions of Nintendo games music, and it's just incredible. They easily rivals with Konami as the company with best game music to me. I can post some here, if someone is interested. There's some in Big Band version as well.

Incredible that nobody mentioned a Konami game music until now.

As far as Neo music, one of the best tracks ever is Todo's stage theme from AoF1.
It just really conveys fighting spirit, and while it was rehashed later for the Kyokugen teams of KoF, it never sounded as good as it did in the original.

Koji Kondo and Yuzo Koshiro definitely have ALL the pull in this discussion though.
I mean, you can hum the SMB theme to ANYONE and they'll know what you're humming, in damn near every corner of the civilized world. That tune belongs on the next Pioneer mission capsule or whatever. Yuzo made incredible beats on what everyone considered shitty sound hardware...made that sucker breathe and spit fire on game like Revenge Of Shinobi and Streets Of Rage.

Nobuo Uematsu deserves as massive shout as well. The FF series may never have had the same kind of magical appeal without his amazing scores, especially in the SNES days. Such emotion conveyed through such technologically meager means.

I think game music is fast becoming a lost art or an afterthought. Now that digital audio is standard, many times the soundtrack is just some throwaway thing they have some studio musicians cough up, or it's the shitty EA Trax method of whoring out licensed tunes from overexposed FM bands. I mean, yes, something like Def Jam Vendetta kinda only exists as a pre-packaged product to push those artists, but can you imagine a similar game with music by Yuzo ala Streets Of Rage? That could be awesome.

Yes, game music is one thing that definitely hasn't progressed since the technological advances in next-gen hardware. I can count on one hand the amazing soundtracks I've heard in the last five years. Even most releases from Nintendo, like Mario Kart Double Dash, are really bland sonically. Mario Kart (especially the SNES one) had incredible music before, and now it just feels really placeholder and lifeless. Or you get lame licensed J-pop techno garbage like in Initial D. Ridge Racer used to do that sort of thing correctly.

buttasuperb said:

Nah it's some japanese song. I have it hosted but my site is down right now.

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Sung by a japanese girl...?

If isn't, forget it, I'm just trying to figure out if I already listened to it.

Kirk Foiden said:

*** Possible PDS Spoiler Starts

Remember when you enter the town that is sectioned off in two? It's supposedly a Holy city, but you have the lower-class in one section, and only the Holy people can enter the other? I believe the name of the town is Zoah.

Well, the better-conditioned Holy section is where that music plays. The first time you hear the music is when you find a way to get back there, for the first time. (However, you only at first, have access to a small section inside the Holy City, but can't go around, in there). How you get there? Once you find the entrance to the well, you'll climb down into a small hut. The hut has one entrance to the outside. Go out that door, and you'll be in the Holy City, but free progress into the place is blocked off by barriers. You can still, look around, while standing there. That's your first chance to hear the music. (Of course, once you gain regular access, you can hear it as well)

*** Possible PDS spoiler Ends.

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Ah memories i'd forgotten about that all together, truly amazing stuff. I thought it a shame (prolly only let down) that there wasnt something involving the horse/bird animals. like maybe you could ride around or race them.