As I may have said before, somewhere anyway music from games can be quite emotional or inspiring.

Again I will refer back to Mass Effect. Mass Effect 2 contains at least one of my favorite music pieces in a game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAcWuw2pDpo - This is not the original version but it is a better version. Shame they didn't put this version in the actual game.

The music in a game can really set/ add to the mood/scenario, after all this is why music is added to things in most cases.

Now I will refer to Guile's theme from Street Fighter 2, which goes with just about everything.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtlYCE4dnfk - An example it's from Sherlock Holmes: A game of Shadows. It is probably one of my favorite examples of where the music suits.

Anyway, while this one piece of music "goes with everything" there is always the music that doesn't, unless mixed with something else.

The Lavender town theme. I don't think I need to post a link, we all know it and we all used to hate it ((gives me headaches, like the creepypastas said it would, weird))

Of course, much older themes such as the Mario theme, which I'm sure we all know are more famous but for the right reasons, of course. I bloody love that theme, I love it as much as I love pancakes. And dear god how I love pancakes.

My favorite romantic pieces of music from games are probably from the DarknessII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoINlQZ5pZI

And yes, you guessed it. Mass Effect ((3))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txrPOJG5bUc

Both were in completely different scenarios

I can't really decide on a favorite "sad piece" though there are a handful that I love, again some are from the Mass Effect series[/color]

This post was last modified: 10-30-2012 05:28 PM by Some_Bloke.

(Warning; Spoilers)

Wot, no Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty theme tune?

Not even ZOE2's Beyond The Bounds? No love for Nerevar Rising, which actually has a spoiler for the end of the game if you listen to it carefully (The drums are the heart of Lorkhan, listen to the beat)? No reference to the excellent use of Adagio for Strings and Agnus Dei in Homeworld, all three times? Also, dat voice acting from Fleet Command in the second video.

This post was last modified: 10-30-2012 10:14 PM by ῦ.

I never played the series but...

That is some really epic music.

http://soundcloud.com/dreamburo/topolla-theatre

I never played this game but when I was trying to please my man during a long-distance phase in our relationship, I made this recording to remind him of his childhood...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Bd_AZVNeQ

In my opinion, the best video game music can stand out on its own, outside of the context of the game in which it originally appeared. That's why I favor the timeless fantasy scores of Nobuo Uematsu, Kenji Ito, Yasunori Mitsuda, and Jeremy Soule, the orchestral bombast of Koichi Sugiyama, Hitoshi Sakimoto, and Masaharu Iwata, the progressive rock-influenced scores of Motoi Sakuraba and Satoshi Kadokura, the neo-Romanticism of Masashi Hamauzu, the ambient soundscapes of Junya Nakano, David Wise, and Eveline Fischer, the versatility of Yoko Shimomura and Shogo Sakai, the pulsating dance club beats of Neil Voss and Hideki Naganuma, and the spaghetti western-inspired scores of Michiko Naruke and Masato Koda.

This post was last modified: 11-02-2012 09:16 PM by Yuji.

Yes. I loved his work on Total Annihilation.

Now that you've mentioned Jeremy Soule I've just remembered this pretty epic track from Neverwinter Nights. Ah, good memories.

NWN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvRc9wnXU...ults_video


Yuzo Koshiro did some incredible tracks for the sega mega drive.

Streets of rage 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC-B3Q0cRrY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkhJN4m97...ure=relmfu

Revenge of the Shinobi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bYFpg02m...ure=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrNGaClSU...ure=relmfu

Crap, I forgot to mention Hiroki Kikuta, Ryuji Sasai, and Noriko Matsueda.

Nobuo Uematsu, enough said

Yeah, it was Uematsu, perhaps more than anyone else, who made players really pay close attention to music in video games (and in doing so, he inspired future generations of game-based composers and musicians).

Holy Balls! On Classic FM for night of the movies they are doing night of the video games! This made my day. Anyway, here is a list of what is being played from the website.

Legend of Zelda- Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet


Tommy Tallarico: Advent Rising - Muse
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Studio Choir: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Alexey Pajitnov: Tetris - Theme
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Joel Eriksson: Battlefield 2 - Theme
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet


Jeremy Soule: Elder Scrolls - Oblivion
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Harry Gregson-Williams/Stephen Barton: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Main Menu Theme
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Inon Zur: Fallout 3 - Theme
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Koji Kondo: Super Mario Bros - Themes
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Koji Kondo: Super Mario Galaxy - Gusty Garden Galaxy
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Hans Zimmer: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Theme
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Studio Choir: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Ari Pulkkinen: Angry Birds - Main Theme
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Michael Hunter: Grand Theft Auto IV - Soviet Connection
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Jason Hayes: World of Warcraft - Seasons of War
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Studio Choir: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Harry Gregson-Williams: Metal Gear Solid - Sons of Liberty Theme
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Studio: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Martin O'Donnell/Michael Salvatori: Halo 3 - One Final Effort
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Greg Edmondson: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Nate's Theme
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Nobuo Uematsu: Final Fantasy - Main Theme
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Jack Wall/Sam Hulick: Mass Effect - Suicide Mission
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet

Michael Nielsen/Kaveh Cohen/Amon Tobin: Splinter Cell - Conviction                                            
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Skeet      

EDIT- it's in bold for a reason

This post was last modified: 11-10-2012 08:08 PM by Some_Bloke.

The Music in Streets of Rage is classic

Ohhhh Gareth...

I can safely assume you will love this

OK that is an opening to talk about this guy on youtube. I first came across his work when looking up Mass Effect stuff ((no surprises there ))

He hasn't got that many videos, but you should really check him out:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MonsieurDrea...ture=watch

Everything bar one ((so far)) is gaming related. The other has to do with the world cup or something.

Tomb of VARN theme in Might and Magic VI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwAHHVMkABM

It still gives me goosebumps.

also, the soundtracks for Might and Magic VII and VIII are considered classic by a lot of people