Official Gaming Music Topic

[Shenmue_Dojo]

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[OL]

The Payday 2 soundtrack is really, really good stuff. That was one of my very first impressions of the game, actually. After about 70 hours logged in it, you'd think I'd be tired of this stuff by now, but it still sounds great to me.

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[Thief]

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It's funny how this music has become a little nostalgic for me when I only played this game for the first time about 4 or 5 years ago. Anyway, a damn good piano cover of music from the first Goemon on the Famicom.

[amiga1200]

Thunder Force IV [Toshiharu Yamanishi, Takeshi Yoshida, Tomomi Ootani]

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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF06712C4C1CF7557

at least the yamaha on board sound chip on the megadrive was good for something?!
(ost package to the game was submitted to BCG. item is a 1/1 fla/cda conversion from the retail audio disk. i didn't dump and rip it, just retrieved from a now dead tracker, and shared. video playlist is also not my doing.)

[Henry Spencer]

Been in a bit of a gothic mood lately, so these OSTs hit those notes really well.

Deception 3 is one I haven't played any of yet, but the OSt I gravitate towards the most as my favourite. Trapt, which I am currently playing, has pretty generic medieval music sounds which are rather forgettable, but Deception 2 and Deception 3 have this really dark, otherworldly sound, which makes sense since the composer of those games later worked on Fatal Frame, which similarly have that creepy sound to them.

I love those "dated" orchestral synth music that PSX had loads of from that era.

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As far as underrated video game composers go, I think Shigeki Hayashi is one of the most underrated ever. Nobody knows who he is. But he composes great music all of the time. His work on such games as Knight in the Nightmare (DS & PSP), Gungnir (PSP) and Yggdra Union (GBA & PSP) is up there with the likes of Hitoshi Sakimoto as the best of the "synth orchestral" music to be found in video games. Whereas Sakimoto's work sounds more fluid and stuck firmly in the medieval era, Hayashi's sounds are more well suited to the gothic and Norse mythology. His other works include Front Mission 3 where he arranged all of the music, Riviera which has a beautiful soundtrack and this gem of of a soundtrack:

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I used to prefer the original PSX/Saturn OST by Masahiro Iwata, but the remake's music has really grown on me over the years. There's just more variety to it, it's far less ambient too and the use of piano, hard electro beats, guitar, synth and symphonic is just a really great listen for outside of the game, not just when I play the game. So yeah, Shigeki Hayashi, I salute you, sir.

[amiga1200]

Robocop 3 [jeroen tel]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1AeBgalFZk

not heard an LSDJ version...yet!

[amiga1200]

BLAMP-kin!
sorry sega, you can eat it!
Zool - rave [patrick phelan]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_W8fmL7o6U

[OL]

Just amazingly moody and atmospheric. Excellent credits music.

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[amiga1200]

i mentioned devil may cry on another subject.
here's fine example of quality.
Devil May Cry - ost [noisia]

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

[amiga1200]

another of my faves.
i suppose anybody would be fair in asking:
Q: what the flying fuck are you doing at this forum when you don't suck off sega and worship dreamcast/saturn, and make CBM tech/games/music your TOP priority?
A: good question, one i can't answer objectively, you win the mums!
Benefactor [Olof Gustafsson, Magnus Walterstad]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy6n8G2GtQA

tosec has the original retail dump if you want cda/wav/fla true audio quality.

[Hyo Razuki]

One of my all time favorites. Street Fighter Zero 2 - Gouki

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@amiga:

Don't worry about that. While most Shenmue fanboys once where also Sega fanboys - which brought them to Shenmue in the first place - I think Sega have made a conscious and continuous effort throughout the last ten years to scare away all of their fans. I stopped caring about Sega many years ago. Still worship Dreamcast, Mega Drive and Saturn though. In that order.

[Mr357]

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The perfect mix of intensity, suspense, and optimism. This track always let you know that shit was about to go down, even if not immediately.

[Henry Spencer]

Love the Snatcher OST. It's really the official Cyberpunk game music definition in the Dictionary for me. This is my personal favourite:

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[Mr357]

If you want cyber punk, this is the OST to check out.

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[Thief]

Final Fantasy V is by far my favorite Final Fantasy -- and I still hold the thought that it also has the best soundtrack of them all. This particular track has always been a favorite of mine. I often start up the game on my SNES just to hear the opening track really quick if the mood strikes me right.

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Anyway, I just found this orchestrated version on youtube (apparently from 1992) and it's so good. I'm in love with it.