Your top 10 favorite videogame soundtracks

Your personal "holiest of holy" list please. I'd like to talley your choices into votes, plus I'm just generally curious as to everyones particular taste. If a soundtrack doesn't exist for a particular game, then just mention the game.

My Picks
1. Actraiser Symphonic Suite
2. Chrono Cross
3. Radiant Silvergun
4. Dragon's Quest I&II Symphonic
5. Panzer Dragoon Saga
6. Soul Calibur 2
7. Eternal Arcadia
8. Castlevania IV
9. Samuari Shodown II
10. Final Fantasy VI

...tough choices, I had to leave some faves off the list.

Tally
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (9 votes)
Streets of Rage 2 (9 votes)

Samurai Shodown II (7 votes)

Final Fantasy VI (6 votes)
Final Fantasy VII (6 votes)
Street Fighter III Third Strike (6 votes)

Halo (5 votes)
Mega Man 2 (5 votes)

Castlevania IV (4 votes)
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (4 votes)
NiGHTS into Dreams (4 votes)
REZ (4 votes)
Samurai Shodown III (4 votes)
Soul Calibur 2 (4 votes)

Chrono Cross (3 votes)
Final Fantasy IV (3 votes)
Final Fantasy Tactics (3 votes)
Jet Grind Radio (3 votes)
Metal Slug 3 (3 votes)
Ninja Gaiden (3 votes)
Ninja Master's (3 votes)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (3 votes)
Radiant Silvergun (3 votes)
Samurai Shodown (3 votes)
Shin Contra (3 votes)
Sonic (3 votes)
Sonic 2 (3 votes)
Soul Blade (3 votes)
Soul Calibur (3 votes)
Super Mario Bros. (3 votes)
Super Metroid (3 votes)
Tekken 2 (3 votes)
Winds of Thunder (3 votes)

Actraiser Symphonic Suite (2 votes)
Capcom vs SNK (2 votes)
Grand Theft Auto 3 (2 votes)
Ikaruga (2 votes)
KOF 98 OST (2 votes)
KOF '00 OST (2 votes)
Last Blade (2 votes)
Last Blade 2 (2 votes)
Matrimelee (2 votes)
Metal Gear Solid (2 votes)
Ninja Gaiden (XB) (2 votes)
Phantasy Star IV (2 votes)
R4 (2 votes)
Real Bout Fatal Fury (2 votes)
Ridge Racer (2 votes)
Shenmue II (2 votes)
Silent Hill 2 (2 votes)
Sonic Adventure (2 votes)
Sonic R (2 votes)
Street Fighter 2 (2 votes)
Street Fighter Alpha 2 (2 votes)
Street Slam (2 votes)
Temptest 2000 (2 votes)
Vampire Savior (2 votes)
Ys Book I&II (2 votes)
Zelda: ALttP (2 votes)

Actraiser (1 vote)
Akumajo Dorakura - Gekka no Yasoukyoku (1 vote)
Anubis - Zone of the Enders (1 vote)
Art of Fighting 3 (1 vote)
Axelay (1 vote)
Batman (NES) (1 vote)
beatmania IIDX 7th Style (1 vote)
Blazing Star (1 vote)
Castlevania II (1 vote)
Castlevania Dracula Battle Perfect Collection/Dracula Battle 2 (1 vote)
Chrono Trigger (1 vote)
Contra (1 vote)
Daytona USA (1 vote)
Def Jam Vendetta (1 vote)
Demolition Racer (1 vote)
Descent 2 (1 vote)
Doom (1 vote)
Dragon's Quest I&II Symphonic (1 vote)
Dynastic Hero (1 vote)
Earthbound (1 vote)
El Viento (1 vote)
Enter the Matrix (1 vote)
Eternal Arcadia (1 vote)
Eternal Champions (1 vote)
Fatal Fury 2 CD (1 vote)
Fatal Fury 3 (1 vote)
Fatal Fury 3 arranged (1 vote)
Fatal Fury Special (1 vote)
Fighters Megamix (1 vote)
Final Fantasy VI Grande Finale (1 vote)
Final Fantasy VIII (1 vote)
Final Fantasy X (1 vote)
Freedom Fighters Ost (1 vote)
G-Darius (1 vote)
Gates of Thunder (1 vote)
Genma Onimusha (1 vote)
Ghost In The Shell: Megatech Body (1 vote)
Ghouls'n'Ghosts (1 vote)
Grand Theft Auto Vice City (1 vote)
Guilty Gear X2 (1 vote)
Guilty Gear X2 # reload (1 vote)
Guilty Gear X2 Sound Alive (1 vote)
Gunstar Heroes (1 vote)
Guwange (1 vote)
Hyper Street Fighter II (1 vote)
Kid Icarus (1 vote)
Killer Cuts (1 vote)
Kingdom Hearts (1 vote)
Kirby's Adventure (1 vote)
KOF 95 OST (1 vote)
KOF 96 OST (1 vote)
KOF 99 OST (1 vote)
KOF 99 arranged (1 vote)
KOF '00 arranged (1 vote)
King The Spirits Ost (1 vote)
Legend of Mana (1 vote)
Match of the Millenium OST (1 vote)
Mega Man 3 (1 vote)
Mega Turrican (1 vote)
Metal Gear "Ost Complete" {MG II Solid Snake + MGS} (1 vote)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (1 vote)
Metal Slug (1 vote)
Metal Slug 2 (1 vote)
Metal Slug 5 (1 vote)
Metroid (1 vote)
Metroid Prime (1 vote)
Mystical Ninja 64 (1 vote)
Myth 2 Soulblighter (1 vote)
Neo Turf Masters (1 vote)
Ninja Warriors Ost {Zuntata} (1 vote)
Onimusha (1 vote)
Outlaws {from the Lucas Arts PC game} (1 vote)
Outrun (1 vote)
Phantasy Star Online Ep. 1&2 (1 vote)
Pitfall: The Lost Expedition (1 vote)
Product Number 03 (1 vote)
Rage of the Dragons (1 vote)
Rastan Saga: "The Legend" Zuntata Remix Vol. #2 (1 vote)
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 (1 vote)
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (1 vote)
Ridge Racer hi-spec (1 vote)
Ridge Racer V (1 vote)
Sakura Taisen 2 (1 vote)
Sakura Taisen 3 (1 vote)
Samurai Shodown II CD (1 vote)
Samurai Shodown III AST (1 vote)
Samurai Shodown IV (1 vote)
Samurai Shodown Warriors Rage: Asura Zanmaden (1 vote)
Scorcher (1 vote)
Secret of Man (1 vote)
Seiken Densetsu 3 (1 vote)
Shenmue (1 vote)
Shining Force (1 vote)
Shining Force CD (1 vote)
Shinobi ShadowDancer (1 vote)
Silent Hill (1 vote)
Silent Hill 3 (1 vote)
Sonic's 3-D Blast AST (USA) (1 vote)
Soul Edge Khan's Super Session (1 vote)
Street Fighter Alpha (1 vote)
Street Fighter Alpha 3 (1 vote)
Street Hoopz (1 vote)
Super Shinobi Ost {Yuzo Koshiro Vol. #1} (1 vote)
Super Mario RPG (1 vote)
Super Smash Bros. DX (1 vote)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (1 vote)
Super Street Fighter II Turbo AST (1 vote)
Super Street Fighter II Turbo OST (1 vote)
Super Valis IV (snes) (1 vote)
Sword of Berserk (1 vote)
Sword of Vermillion (1 vote)
Tekken 4 (1 vote)
TMNT Arcade (1 vote)
True Crime (1 vote)
Turrican II (1 vote)
Valis III (MD/PCE CD) (1 vote)
Vampire Hunter (1 vote)
VibRibbon (1 vote)
Viewpoint (1 vote)
Wipeout Fusion (1 vote)
Wonderboy III (1 vote)
Xardion (1 vote)
Xenogears (1 vote)
Ys IV The Dawn of Y's (1 vote)
Ys V Expert (1 vote)
Zelda: Majora's Mask (1 vote)
Zero Divide (1 vote)

01> Freedom Fighters Ost {Jesper Kyd & Hungarian Radio Choir}
02> Bare Knuckle II
03> Metal Gear "Ost Complete" {MG II Solid Snake + MGS}
04> Ghost In The Shell: Megatech Body
05> Actraiser Symphonic Suite
05> Rastan Saga: "The Legend" Zuntata Remix Vol. #2
06> Ninja Warriors Ost {Zuntata}
07> Super Shinobi Ost {Yuzo Koshiro Vol. #1}
08> Outlaws {from the Lucas Arts PC game}
09> Metal Slug 5 Ost
10> King The Spirits Ost
{Known as "High Velocity in America for SEGA SATURN}

MERCENARY X99

KOF 98 OST
KOF 99 OST
SSF2T AST
Street Slam/Street Hoop/Dunk Dream
Match of the Millenium OST (my first :P)
Last Blade 2 OST
Art of Fighting 3
Neo Turf Masters
Rage of the Dragons
Sonic's 3-D Blast AST (USA)


Hard to pick only 10!

temptest 2000
fatal fury 3 arranged
NiGHTS into Dreams
kof 99 arranged
R4
ridge racer
sonic adventure
sonic r
seiken densetsu 3

those stick out as my faves I guess.
not exactly ten I suppose.
temptest and the seiken densetsu 3 in my opinion is some of the best music ever
to be put onto a cart for any game. life always gets better with cd quality audio
but these do stand out. especially temptest 2000

1) Samurai Shodown II CD
2)FFRBS CD
3)Valis III (MD/PCE CD - the MD pcm is near exact, maybe better than cd)
4)Fatal Fury 2 CD
5)NiGHTS Into Dreams
6)Street Fighter Zero/Alpha
7)El Viento
8)Sonic 2
9)Sonic
10)Super Valis IV (snes)


.11)Golden Fighter

Real Bout (First One) I think it's Jin Chonrei (the sister), her track is fire
Shinobi ShadowDancer got a hot soundtrack
Street Fighter III Third Strike is hot
Enter the Matrix has an adrenaline laced soundtrack
Mr. Big's track from KOF '96 or '98 I forget
Grand Theft Auto 3 and Vice City baby
HALO's soundtrack gets you prepped for war

Radiant Silvergun
Viewpoint
Vampire Savior
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
Ninja Master's
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy VI
Onimusha
Samurai Shodown III
Samurai Shodown Warriors Rage: Asura Zanmaden

Ninja Masters
Soul Calibur
SS1-4
LB1-2
MS3
SF3 TS

1.Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
2.Axelay
3.Outrun
4.Kid Icarus
5.Contra
6.TMNT (arcade)
7.Super Marios Bros
8.Soul Blade
9.Lords of Thunder
10.Gates of Thunder

1. Guilty Gear XX #Reload: Robo Ky Metallic Edition (Korean N. EX T. Soudtrack)

2. AkumaJo Dracula (Super Famicom)

3. Shin Samurai Spirits

4. Winds of Thunder

5. Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnaval

6. AkumaJo: Dracula X Nochturn in the Moonlight

7. Shin Contra

8. Vermillion

9. Bare Kuckle 2

10. REZ

Castlevania Rondo of Blood

Castlevania Symphony of the Night (Akumajo: Dracula X Nocturne in the Moonlight)

Super Metroid

Above all others: Fatal Fury 3

Under that:
-- Silent Hill 2
-- Silent Hill 1
-- Silent Hill 3
-- Akumajou Dracula X Nocturne Under the Moon
-- Vampire *Hunter* ...sorry to split the Vampire Savior vote. But I love the 2-disc VH OST.
-- Final Fantasy IV (aka 2) can't stand RPGs anymore but I'll always like that music. It will remind me of playing Super Famicom until the sun came up and skipping class.

Hmm, 3 spaces left. Maybe I'll leave them open for the games I know I must be forgetting right now. Or I could give them to MGS2 and two more Castlevania games. Tekken 2 and one of the Ridge Racer games? I'll decide later.

Shenmue II
Streets Of Rage 2
Genma Onimusha
Hyper Street Fighter 2
King Of Fighters 2000
Fighters Megamix
Ninja Gaiden (XB)
Pitfall: The Lost Expedition
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
Silent Hill 2

Super Metroid
FFVII
Metal Gear Solid 1&2
Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Ken's stage is great)
Pretty much any Zelda game, but especially LttP.

Ok, that's not quite ten, but it's all I can think of at the moment.

buttasuperb said:

Ninja Masters
Soul Calibur
SS1-4
LB1-2
MS3
SF3 TS

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incredibly... that is 10 soundtracks...

The only Video Game Soundtrack I brought was "The Bouncer", I don't think Video Game soundtracks are worth the money.

Def Jam Vendetta
Grand Theft Auto III
True Crime: Streets of L.A.
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
Street Hoopz
Sonic (First game)
Super Mario Bros
Kingdom Hearts
Tekken 4
Super Metroid

Mr.Coolio said:

The only Video Game Soundtrack I brought was "The Bouncer", I don't think Video Game soundtracks are worth the money.

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I wouldn't either if the only one I had was "The Bouncer".

. Rez: A Gamer's Guide To...
. R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
. Ridge Racer V
. Halo Original Soundtrack
. Streets of Rage 2/Bare Knuckle II
. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
. Tekken 2
. Street Fighter III: Third Strike
. Contra: Shattered Soldier/ Shin Contra
. Capcom vs SNK

Honorable Mentions left out because they contain unoriginal tracks:
. Wipeout XL/2097
. Wip3out

Castlevania Symphony of the Night OST
Castlevania Dracula Battle Perfect Collection/Dracula Battle 2
Ninja Gaiden
Real Bout Fatal Fury OST
Final Fantasy VII OST
Doom
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo OST
Street Fighter Alpha 2 OST
Street Fighter Alpha 3 OST
Eternal Champions

Mike

I dont know if these are official soundtracks, but...

Mystical Ninja 64
Final Fantasy 3
Super Mario RPG
Sonic Adventure 1
Halo
MegaMan 3 (man that end boss theme always gets me pumping!)
Final Fantasy 7

Thats only 7, but thats all I can think of right now

dracula x: rondo of blood
halo
lords of thunder
ikaruga
final fantasy VI
castlevania: symphony of the night
chrono trigger
ninja gaiden (NES)
actraiser
mega man 2

No particular order:

Capcom vs SNK
Castlevania Symphony of the Night
King of Fighters 2000 AST
King of Fighters 2000 OST
Myth 2 Soulblighter
Descent 2
Final Fantasy Tactics
Legend of Mana
NiGHTS into Dreams
Ys 5 Expert

Castlevania pretty much takes the cake as far as video game music is concerned.

I also like anything that comes out of Silent Hill. I dunno...I just dig the minimalistic style of the composers.