Gaming

I love the Deus Ex: Human Revolution OST: It vaguely reminds me of Vangelis' Blade Runner OST.

Far Cry 5. It's probably the only game I've played that has the same songs written in totally distinct music styles. Each song, like "We Will Rise Again", is written as:

• A church hymnal (men and women's mixed chorus)

• A folk song (bluegrass inspired, fiddles, acoustic guitars, and steel harps)

• An ethereal rendition by Hammock that evokes the "bliss" part of the game world that the character Faith rules.

It's amazing that all three of these songs are the same in lyrics and meaning, but their execution is completely different and had very different emotional feels as a result.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is surprisingly good. Surtur's theme is one of the best boss themes ive ever heard. I also really like using the Battle Brothers ost for my Pathfinder games.

Child of Light, Hades, Bastion, Icewind Dale, Dragon Age (any of them really), Heroes of Might and Magic 3-5, Dead Cells, Endless Legend, Pillars of Eternity, Pokemon Violet. Also Warframe, especially from The Second Dream and further period.

• Ico
• Final Fantasy XIII
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Stellaris
• Warhammer 40k: Darktide
• Kingdom Hearts
• Mirror's Edge
• Modern Warfare 2
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted (OG)
• Ratchet & Clank
• Halo 3: ODST
• Persona 5

The Tunic soundtrack is very good, great music for putting on while getting some work done!

Ape Escape 3 holds a special place in my heart.

Star Ocean 3, Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Guild Wars 2

For me it's Persona 3/4/5 and Xenoblade Chronicles 1/2/3 all have fantastic soundtracks!

The Firewatch OST is pretty good and emotional

That one single song that played on the load screen of Boiling Point - Road to Hell. It was incredibly good and I still listen to it from time to time. Boiling Point Road to Hell Main Theme

Deus Ex and Oblivion

Chorus is an underrated game with an amazing main theme

Cowboy Bebop, all albums

RuneScape of course

Mass Effect has banger tracks pretty much throughout the entire trilogy. I also quite often go back to the Bastion soundtrack. The tracks are great on their own already but how they used the songs within the game was brilliant.

I also want to mention the Gothic soundtrack because I get nostalgic every time I hear it. The main theme just transports me back into that world instantly. Even though it's been like 10 years since I last played these games.

Final Fantasy VII (all of them), Kingdom Hearts (all of them), Celeste and Toy Story 2 on the PS1 immediately come to mind.

Edit: Oh my god, how could I forget all of the personas, especially 3.

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Off the top of my head, Hades, Outer Wilds, most Halos, Zelda of course, Alan Wake. I'm sure I'm forgetting something, oh well

Need for Speed Underground. Both of them.

The Bomberman Hero soundtrack slaps.

Oblivion, I've listening to it while doing homework and it always help me concentrate

Legend of Heroes has many of my favorite soundtracks. Hard to pick which one is my favorite because so much of them are absolute banger

In the beginning it was Day of the Tentacle and Transport Tycoon. For the longest time it was Red Dead Redemption 1 and then 2.

Then suddenly Desperados III came along and is so far winning.

I think my absolute favorite that I haven't seen here is Gris. This game is absolutely beautiful as is the OST.

Cowboy Bebop, hands down. Oh, and Samurai Champloo.

edit: Heh, it's late and I didn't see the word "game". Leaving it up, though. 🤪

I don't expect to many people to have played it but Demon gaze has a soundtrack that just hits my adhd brain really nice, that and the 2nd game

There's a lot of them, but Hollow Knight's OST Dark Souls III, HotlineMiami 1/2 and Momodora Reverie Under the Moonlight are my favorites.

Bastion, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within.

• Digital devil saga: The tracks brings me to a very cozy dystopian
• Mega man zero 2: The sound track of the opening stage is just so damn good
• Ghost trick: Can't wait for the new arranged version for the remake

I gotta give a shout-out to Portal 2, maybe not my personal favorite but probably the soundtrack I appreciate the most. It uses music almost like sound effects, with different stems emanating from different test elements, and turning on/off based on their status. I even made my first video essay about it because there's just so much cool stuff going on.