Game Music Poll

[caraig]

Just a sort-of poll for folks out there....

What do you consider to be some of the best/hardest-rocking/sweetest/whateverish video game music you've heard?

For me, it'd have to be the following:

• Hellmarch from C&C: Red Alert
  
• Aeris's Theme from FF7 (and yes, I'm a pansy because it still brings a tear to my eye)
  
• The main theme from Descent, I think it was by Skinnypuppy

As much as I would like to include Yes's Homeworld, that's more music inspired by a video game rather than music from a video game.

So, what tracks or themes come to your mind with this? =)

Comments

[frostedelves.livejournal.com]

Halo soundtracks, 1 & 2. The second one has more electric guitar.

Icewind Dale. <3 I only played the first one, but the soundtrack was gorgeous and made me feel like I was in a movie. A good movie.

Hitman, which was for PS2 or Xbox, don't recall. It had some good orchestral stuff on it, though, with maybe a touch of wordless or Latin choir. Hard to recall now, but it was definitely a very good soundtrack-- the sort you listen to just on its own, like the one for Halo. As it turned out, the Icewind Dale soundtrack does not stand on its own as well; it's excellent background music, but hard to actively listen to if that's all the input you're getting. It's not paced to stand alone, it needs to complement an activity.

[points.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I've ever paid that much attention to video game music overall. I tend to be happiest with it when it fits, and I -can- put it into the background without having to put a lot of attention on it. If it comes too far ahead or behind the rest of the game, it becomes more of an annoyance.

[rantmaster.livejournal.com]

The Mood Music from System SHock 2.

The songs from Beyond Good and Evil (man, those tunes were catchy! Propaganda!)

"Late Goodbye" from Max Payne 2 (I liked it so much, I found the single and bought it!)

Deionarra's Theme from Planescape:Torment (actually, I liked a lot of the music from that game).