What are some of your favorite vocal themes from video games?

[Rainy]

I watched a playthrough of Snake Eater recently and it got me thinking. I'll give a few.

MGS 3 - Snake Eater


Final Fantasy VIII - Eyes On Me


Kingdom Hearts 1 - Simple and Clean


Fire Emblem Three Houses - The Edge of Dawn


Also would list: Persona 5 - Wake, Get Up, Get Out There, Persona 4 - Pursuing My True Self, Sonic Adventure 2 - Live and Learn, FFX-2 - Real Emotion, among many I am surely forgetting.

 

[Deleted member 8861]

Perfect.

 

[Video Games Are Dumb]

I'm a sucker for cheesy Japanese arcade tracks.

 

[Deleted member 26768]

 

[CosmicRomancer]

See the sunset...

 

[DiipuSurotu]

 

[Naga]

Here's a few





+ the whole anarchy reigns and MGR OST.

 

[Pirate Bae]

 

[DeoGame]

Does this count?

 

[Yuntu]

*ahem*

OVER THE RAINBOW THERE'S A GLORIOUS SIGHT

 

[yaffi]

Pretty much everything Ar tonelico.

 

[CosmicRomancer]

*ahem*

OVER THE RAINBOW THERE'S A GLORIOUS SIGHT

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[GravityDazeKat]

Being the first thing you hear in the first proper level of the game, it's hype as all hell.

 

[Naga]

*ahem*

OVER THE RAINBOW THERE'S A GLORIOUS SIGHT

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Oh yeah the whole XCX OST is great too.
Especially Uncontrollable and Wir Fliegen.

 

[Waxyresidude]

 

[Graven]

Perfect.

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This is a first post if i ever saw one.

Sonic Adventure 2 entire OST also.

 

[Yuntu]

Oh yeah the whole XCX OST is great too.
Especially Uncontrollable and Wir Fliegen.

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I would consider it a crime if they do a sequel and dont hire Sawano again.

 

[Hakuken]

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

THIS IS MY ESCAPE
I'M RUNNIN THROUGH THIS WORLD AND I'M NOT LOOKING BACK
CAUSE I KNOW I CAN GO
WHERE NOONE'S EVER GONE AND I'M NOT LOOKING BACK

BUT HOW WILL I KNOW WHEN I GET THERE
AND HOW WILL I KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE?
WE'VE ALL GOTTA START FROM SOMEWHERE
AND ITS RIGHT THERE FOR ME
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE NEVER ENDING

I SEE IT
I SEE IT
AND NOW IT'S ALL WITHIN MY REACH
ENDLESS POSSIBILITY

 

[Wulfric]

*gays screaming*

 

[CM_Ace]

Even though I wouldn't understand shit without the translation.

 

[Deleted member 40010]

Yakuza games have some great ones.

 

[Deleted member 19533]

Pretty much everything Ar tonelico.

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Never heard this before. It's really good though. Has that same kind of feeling as some of the .hack vocal tracks.

 

[Daniagatha]

I love this one so much

 

[antitrop]

Dragonsong from Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward. An appropriately amazing theme for such an incredible fight against Nidhogg.



Some of Uematsu's best work in the entire series. The phase transitions give me full-body chills. The way the music swells in sync with Nidhogg's most powerful attack, Akh Morn, is just delightful.

 

[ClearMetal]

 

[Deleted member 18021]

Distant Worlds Together~
Miracles from Realms Beyond~

 

[Ferrs]

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And this. I like how this slaps better.

 

[JustinH]

Since no one else is going to post it, imma gonna post it.


For real though, I like the songs in the Portal games and the Katamari Damacy games.

I like the TJ Combo and Orchid songs from Killer Instinct too.

 

[yaffi]

Never heard this before. It's really good though. Has that same kind of feeling as some of the .hack vocal tracks.

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For the Ar tonelico series they created an entire language called Hymmnos, with grammar and everything. Other than the OST they also released great vocal albums.

 

[Rosebud]

 

[Mechaplum]

 

[Deleted member 18021]

The Phantasy Star Universe OP has a special place in my heart as well, just because it's so godawful.

I played the AOTI version in My Room, so if you wanted to buy my stuff, you were forced to listen to WEEEEE WILL CHOOOOOSE TO FIIIIIIIIIIIGHT.

 

[En Avant]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UFyzTtKNzYI

 

[Hella]

Answers in the end of Final Fantasy XIV 1.0. I was never there personally, but I applaud how it was done.



It is so damn cool, conceptually. I can think of ony a few other games that imbue so much meaning into a song.

 

[Pedrito]

The whole of Far Cry 5 OST (all three versions), but especially:

Keep your rifle by your side


We will rise again


And the reinterpretation of Oh the Bliss

 

[Mechaplum]

Also I will defend the bubble pop Persona 4 songs to the ends of time.

 

[Deleted member 19533]

For the Ar tonelico series they created an entire language called Hymmnos, with grammar and everything. Other than the OST they also released great vocal albums.

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I'll definitely have to look more into this! Thanks.

 

[Outrun]

Daytona USA
Snake Eater
Anything from Sonic franchise

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Small Two of Piece - Xenogears

 

[Iori Loco]

Shoutouts to the F-Zero GX story mode's credits for being an hymn to Captain Falcon, lol.

 

[sweetmini]

If frown is shown then, you will know that you're not a dreaaaamer.

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[UnlimitedRulebook]

Came here to say Eyes on Me, glad it was in the OP. Also a big fan of Kiss me Goodbye and Melodies of Life.

I really like the tragic tale Equilibrium from FFXIV tells.

 

[ActWan]

Shoutout to Silent Hill 4!

 

[Zeiretto]

 

[Coolsambob]

No mention of Jump Up Superstar?

For shame.

Good to see Eyes On Me and Utada being mentioned. Would also add You're Not Here from SH3.

Edit: and that banging Escape From The City song from Sonic Adventure 2.

 

[giallo]

Maybe it's the nostalgia as I'm not really a Sonic fan, but the first time I heard this track after popping the disc in to my Sega CD, I was hooked.

 

[Cronus]

 

[Deleted member 1102]

Too many to count, so here's two off the top of my head

 

[Deleted member 49611]