What is the best videogame music composition ever created?

[JustinBailey]

Many times we discuss the best game ever, and that usually boils down to about 10 candidates. However, I do not feel like we've given enough attention to singular compositions of videogame music.

There are so many songs that make me melt, and tug at my existence. I began my gaming journey during the NES days with Metroid.

Still, no matter how many I review in my mind and no matter which part of my life they came from, Nobuo Uematsu's Dancing Mad sticks out to me as the magnum opus of the industry even to this day.

Dancing Mad in all its glory

What's yours?

Edit: Mods please move to gaming!

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Weren't many parts of Dancing Mad lifted from some 70s prog rock songs?

 

[AtomicShroom]

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Jeez. Another Chrono Cross thread?

 

[NESpowerhouse]

 

[DiipuSurotu]

 

[Psamtik]

It's Baba Yetu.

 

[signal]

 

[itwasTuesday]

 

[King Alamat]

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Jeez. Another Chrono Cross thread?

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I dunno, it owes a lot to Mari Boine's "Gilvve Gollat":

Mari Boine - Gilvve Gollat

http://www.cumle.org

www.youtube.com

 

[themoralcenter]

there are so many but a link the past stands out also ff8 liberi fatali.. oh and i feel it's obvious but megaman 2

 

[Carn]

It's Baba Yetu.

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came here to post this (y)

 

[Akumatica]

I'll agree with Famitsu readers, The Sun Rises/Rising Sun from Okami is amazing-

 

[Duncan]

On this very Sunday....




But it's probably all of Tommy Tallarico's The Terminator on the Sega CD OST.

It singlehandedly turns an ok game to a great game.

 

[Lump]

No Shadowbringers mentions yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSSKndu1zHc

 

[NESpowerhouse]

I'll agree with Famitsu readers, The Sun Rises/Rising Sun from Okami is amazing-

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I was always a bigger fan of the original ending theme

 

[hEist]

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[Tace]

 

[JustinBailey]

Weren't many parts of Dancing Mad lifted from some 70s prog rock songs?

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I don't actually know the answer to this! Source? According to Uematsu, he just played around with early classical themes and really went for it, I think. But that's my hazy memory.

 

[themoralcenter]

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great choice!
my band does a version of this soundtrack. look it up we're the neskimos

 

[StallionDan]

Waiting for someone to post RE DC DS Edition basement theme.

 

[Masagiwa]

 

[a916]

The most recent one but it absolutely gets me because of what it encapsulates



And easily top 3 all time for me is this from Mass Effect 1:

 

[Cyclonesweep]

It's such a good mix of all the themes in the game.


And I can't pick a version of this. Dearly Beloved is one of the most moving pieces of video game music

 

[Richietto]

Nothing captures a "Lazy Afternoon" like this song. Yoko is the best. I adore this song with all my heart.

 

[Hella]

Answers, the end of an era.

 

[Magnet_Man]

 

[DaciaJC]

Classical/orchestral is my favorite genre of music in general, so as far as I'm concerned, the "best" would probably be

 

[Deleted member 47654]

01:14 INGAME

 

[Deleted member 23046]

Bubble Bobble (main theme) - Tadashi Kimijima - Arcade version - 1986





Supremacy (main theme) - Jereon Tell - Commodore 64 version - 1990

 

[Xagarath]

It's still the God Hand Credits:

 

[Lant_War]

It has to be from Mario Galaxy:

 

[Deleted member 42105]

For me it's a tossup between Scars of Time and Gerudo Valley.

 

[Lunaray]

Jeez. Another Chrono Cross thread?

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This would be my second choice.

 

[Ceadeus]

 

[A New Beginning]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3V9zxXN1rx0

 

[Phil's Empty Chair]

 

[hydruxo]

 

[PlayBee]

 

[Concelhaut]

The best theme that came out of video games imo

 

[Crystal Spire]

For me it's Crystal Spire from Darksiders II. It was released in the official soundtrack, but never played in the actual game.
My fav track of all time, and it's so underrated.

 

[Deleted member 1102]

Yes I'm posting the full soundtrack, fucking fight me

 

[Hella]

Yes I'm posting the full soundtrack, fucking fight me

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[Deleted member 1102]

You have selected:

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I'm fine with that

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Yes I'm posting the full soundtrack, fucking fight me

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[Desma]

 

[Dyle]

Pictionary Menu Theme

 

[Exist 2 Inspire]

Probably not the best ever but i love it so much

 

[jb1234]

Dancing Mad is a good candidate but let's not forget its big brother!