Best VG Music
 

We all know that videogame music ranges from totally crappy to amazing, but a lot of the stuff is so good that it surpasses commercial music. So my question is, what does everyone think is the single best piece of videogame music ever created? And I mean just one. Only one track. I know it's hard to choose, but what's the first thing that pops into your mind?

For me I'd have to say it's definately the Super Mario Bros. 3 Ending Theme. It may be something about how I loved it at the end of the old AoSMB3 tv show, or it may be because when I finally did beat Bowser in SMB3 it was one of the greatest achievments of my young life, but either way, I love it. Easily my favourite piece of videogame music evAr.

Wow your right that is hard! I had to listen to the two songs I was considering just to choose.

A tie between the Theme from Resident Evil Outbreak*bad game but the theme is amazing* and Dance With Night Wind from the Silent Hill 3 soundtrack.

I choose the theme from Outbreak, it's just composed so well and the song is erie and sets a good mood.

Biohazard Outbreak Reprise is another great song which is like a remix of the theme. But it's shorter.

The entire sound track to Zelda: A Link to the Past.

I remember the amazment my friend and I had after we beat Aghanim and got zapped to the Darkworld, the music keying up and realizing that there was MUCH more to the game then we thought.

It is hard to choose... But Zelda has such great memories to me. Nothing will ever beat it.


...Then there's the beautiful Final Fantasy music...

and of course, the addictive Tetris!! ;) :)

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Aeris theme owns!!

And Sephiroth's theme!

And... everything FF7.


Tetris and Zelda does have great music... but c'mon now... HALO!!!!11!!1!!one!!

Halo has music?

Zelda and maybe Final Fantasy 3

I thought the point was to pick one song, not one full soundtrack...?

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Yes. It's awesome.

Yeah I think people kinda lost track of that after the first post -_-

I heart the music from Donkey Kong Country in general. And the single best piece from this series - "Vulture Culture" stage. I went through it many times just to listen to its BGM.

*deep breath*

The first thing that always pops into my head when asked a question such as this is....

Dire Dire Docks - Koji Kondo
Super Mario 64

The song is just, in my opinion, the most beautiful piece of music to ever come out of Nintendo. The way the instrumentation build itself up, altered, softened, or got a beat depending on where you were in the stage was amazing, but the song is near perfect by itself on the soundtrack CD as well. Its just simply beautiful. There hasn't been a Mario soundtrack like that since SM64.

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Wind Waker and SM64 had some really nice music as well.

Coral Capers from Donkey Kong Country.

I think it rivals Dire, Dire, Docks as the most beautiful.

I'll just go with the Darkworld Theme in LttP then :-p.

I said one song people! And yeah, GWG, believe it or not, Halo does have music. The main Halo theme is one of the best ones to come out of this generation of videogames.

It's kinda hard to notice when you're busy fraggin' aliens.

Okay, question. What type of game music do you prefer? Atmospheric, rock, horror, ect...?

The music in a game should set the mood for the area just as much as level design, color pallet, and the movement of the game.

So I'm gonna say atmospheric.

When I was younger, the main Killer Instinct theme was really the best video game music ever ! Its not for nothing that they were giving cd's with the game ! :) Still today, when I hear that music, I have shivers.

As for something more recent, the Halo theme was indeed one great composition. It would fit no problem with the movie.

Wind Waker had beautiful music. D:

Oh, man. That song rules so hard. I remember turning on my NES just to listen to it. :lol:

Earthbound.

I think the best music would have to be the Runaway Five's theme, you know, what they play in the theater and on the road.

Lon Lon Ranch - Koji Kondo
Zelda's Theme - Koji Kondo

Boo. Mega Man III for the win.

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Aeris Theme - FF7 for the win.


That song does better than Brittney Spears in Japan! :D