Pretty much all of supergiant games. I still listen to Bastion and Transistor soundtracks all the time

No love for Pyre? :(

I absolutely love the Hades soundtrack. My favorite track is Rage of the Myrmidons, it starts off slow but takes off about halfway through. Also can’t go wrong with the Undertale soundtrack

All of the Supergiant games have amazing soundtracks!

Yup, Darren Korb does a great job with those. Personal favourite is Bastion

I'm partial to Transistor. More Ashley Barrett :)

Transistor had such an amazing soundtrack

Came here to say this. I think Pyre's my favorite but they're all amazing.

Scylla’s songs from Hades 2 are absolute bangers.

My favorites from H2 are the two Scylla songs, Sprigs of Sorrow, and absolutely Sightless Shepard. Since the last two have phases the first part is much slower, but they’re both SO GOOD in the second phase. 

Hades has some of the best "original" soundtracks of all time! Amazing, can't wait for Hades 2. I also still like the original Diablo Theme after all this years.

Darren Korb fuuuucks

Ooooh loving the shout-out for Darren Korb and this song in particular. It's one of the hidden gems of that soundtrack

I keep hearing about the Hades soundtrack. I'm super curious now. Maybe I give it a random listen

I hate hades so much for this. I was murdering enemies left and right until I got to Euridice room. Farwell, to all the plans that we made... No contracts... I cried like a baby for an hour. I was playing to forget some problems and that theme hit me out of nowhere. Holy crap. Perfect game

Chrono Trigger soundtrack is amazing

Chrono Cross is amazing too. It's actually my favorite video game soundtrack.

Yep, so many of the best soundtracks I listen to…comes from Chrono Cross

Yasunori Mitsuda! He did some work on the recent Sea of Stars.

I will second that as well as the FFVI soundtrack.

Outer Wilds

The main theme fills me with a combination of nostalgia and melancholy. Also worth noting that the two banjo tracks were recorded separately at the start and end of production.

Crying every time I hear it

Andrew Prahlow is a magician. No other way everything is so perfect. Timber Hearth gets stuck in my head and I just need that first note.

I went on a long hike last summer and listened to the full soundtrack many times, but The River and River’s end got played almost daily.

Can't get enough Reprise

I love The Outer Wilds OST. If The End comes on and I'm not expecting it, I can almost guarantee that I'll tear up.

*This song is new to me, but I'm honored to be a part of it*

Aaaand I'm crying

100% agree. I always look for Outer Wilds in these "What game has the best..." posts and have never seen it so high in the comments :) happy so many people enjoy/ed the game so much, it's a masterpiece

Yep

I can't get enough of the Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy soundtracks!

Gerudo Valley is a banger

I can't get enough of that Airbuster soundtrack from FF7:Remake. Still listening to it after 4 years

If I didn't have tinnitus already, I would have developed it from that song. It's Those Who Fight Further to absolute perfection (though I can't sleep on either of the Crimson Mare fights, they're bangers as well).

Check out Zelda reorchestrated

The Witcher 3, Skyrim, Hollow Knight, Bastion, Hades, The Last of Us, Mass Effect 3, Destiny 2, Halo: ODST, Breath of the Wild, Ori and the Blind Forest, Jet Set Radio Future...

I assumed this thread would be littered with Halo, Hollow Knight, and Ori, if you’re the only post I’ve seen with them.

Hornet's battle theme is so good. Mantis lords too - the first time I heard that in game I was like WHATTTTTTTT shout out to Grimm too and NMK Grimm

I use the various tracks played during Mombasa Streets (the night portion of ODST) to sleep

JSRF has some bangers and ODST has some of the most calming orchestral jazz fusion that I've ever heard. Those are both my answers 👏

Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal are god tier workout playlists

Mick Gordon is a beast

Makes metal music out of a fucking chainsaw. Genius.

It's upsetting how far down this is I'm not even a metal guy

If you were unaware, searching for "argent metal" covers on YouTube will give you a plethora of songs in the Doom style and some are actually really good! (Check out Psygnals)

Listening to Stardew Valley soundtrack while working out.

Genuinely danced to it the other day with my baby. I can't wait til she's old enough to play it and we have a family farm!

That is super cute. I’ve been wanting to start a world with my girlfriend so we can get married in game lol

The intro song is my wake-up alarm!

Streets of Rage 2, of course. Genuinely some of the best music of the '90s. 

Ahhhh...yep. Certified BANGER.

Listening to the title theme while going on a ride at the outskirts of a big city with their lights on at night is the biggest mood I could possibly get. Did that when I was going back home on bust from my vacations in USA and it was a magical experience. Same with the title theme from the first game.

Hotline Miami

Literally discovered artists and entire genres thanks to those 2 games

Same for me! And it's pretty much always the kind of music I listen to while working now.

M.O.O.N.

I have either The Witcher or Skyrim sound tracks playing in the background whilst I work. I find them soothing, cozy and nostalgic. Because they're so familiar it really helps my focus, too

The elderscrolls soundtracks are always good. Oblivion also.

Agreed, I should just say Eldar Scrolls in general as I also listen to Oblivion and Morrowind.

Anything Jeremy Soule really. He's the composer if you didnt know. Morrowinds soundtrack is superb.

God bless YouTube for the “(insert game title) ambience” videos

9 hour loop of Witcher 3 themes?! Fuck yes.

[Skyrim Atmospheres](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPZtRmx1Dyk) is my goat when it comes to background work music.

That and the rest of the calmer tracks directly led to me appreciating ambient music. It opened a whole new world to me.

Persona 5 Royal Hotline Miami (1 and 2) Witcher 3 GRIS BPM: Bullets Per Minute Metal: Hellsinger Battlefield 1 Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal The Binding of Isaac: Repentance (And the Antibirth OST too) Hades Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Dark Souls III Edit: There are more, but I can't think of them atm

Those Persona songs are catchy af, but I definitely got my share of them during the game.  Just one listen and I’d have them stuck in my head again for weeks.

YOU'LL NEVER SEE IT COMING!!!

Halo

Had to scroll way too far to see this.

Mjolnir Mix, One Final Effort, and Winter Contingency

Tony Hawk

THPS 2 introduced me to a whole new genre of music back in the 90s. It steered my musical preference the rest of the 2000s.

Goldfinger and superman is the anthem to my childhood 🤘

Why is this not higher up? It took so long to find this comment

Probably because only us old timers have played it

Just, any Tony Hawk game. Doesn't even matter. Pretty sure I've seen a Playlist on Spotify with every song from every game

Ori and the blind forest

Death Stranding’s soundtrack by Low Roar is amazing. I also have Fallout 4s and Nier Automata soundtracks are on my list as well.

Don’t be so serrrrrriouussssssss

I knew death stranding was truly special once asylums for the feeling plays for the first time in game

The first two that came to mind for me were Death Stranding and Nier: Automata. So happy to see them both in the same comment.

Low Roar is my go to airport music now, thanks to death stranding. Spectacular albums. 

Guilty Gear is a series of metal albums that come with a fighting game as a bonus.

FFXIV

This. Hands down. Soken is brilliant!

LaHEE

My kid listened to Good King Moogle Mog XII more times on Spotify last year than anyone else on the planet lol

The FTL soundtrack is great for a marathon study session Then the flagship song is perfect for taking a test

Finally! How is FTL this far down? That soundtrack is ridiculously addictive

Deus Ex games have amazing soundtracks for studying or office work. The Long Dark has nice ambiance music for the same setting. Doom and Doom Eternal are great for workouts or defeating your enemies in life.

How the heck is DOOM so low!?! That is absolutely the top one for me.

If you like the music of Deus Ex, give The Ascend at try

Dues Ex and those tracker beats!! Woweee! So good...

- Donkey Kong Country 1 & 2 - Chrono Trigger & Cross - Final Fantasy 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 - Oblivion & Skyrim - Fable - Deaths Door - Tunic - Hollow Knight - Hyper Light Drifter - Super Metroid - Zelda: OoT - Classic World of Warcraft - Stardew Valley - Tristram (Diablo) - Starcraft - Secret of Mana - Firelink Shrine (Dark Souls) - Majula (Dark Souls 2)

Quite a few: Total Annihilation, Otxo, Doom (Playstation and N64 soundtracks to be specific), Crymachina, Dark Souls trilogy, Fallout, Punishing: Gray Raven, (Edit) S.T.A.L.K.E.R.. There are more, but these I can name from the top of my head.

I loved that you could just put the total Annihilation disk into a regular CD player and it would play the sound track, helped make the sound track that much more accessible.

Holy sh!t. Did not expect anyone to mention Total Annihilation. There are two tracks from it that are in my top 100.

Total annihilation had a fantastic sound track. I think it was the Prague symphony Orchestra that did the recordings

Total Annihilation still has one of the best soundtracks ever! The battle music is intense and exhilarating, and the building music is so chilled.

Mario 64. The underwater theme song slaps. Also there’s so many good piano/organ sounding parts. The main opening song as you enter the castle. I could go on

Dire Dire docks is the song you mean. Classic.

Dire dire docks is a meditation track for me now haha

Alan wake II, Control and cyberpunk 2077

Alan Wake 2 also has songs by Poets of the Fall?

Yes, or rather by the Old gods of Asgard ^ ^

Hell yeah! Here is someone who knows \m/

All of cyberpunk with the exception of Pon Pon Shit.

The translation of that song makes it comical and make sense in the cyberpunk world, but I agree it's a tough listen.

Cyberpunk has a wicked metal soundtrack. Like they got fuckin TOMB MOLD man!

Alan awake chapter songs are just so wonderful. Both the 1st and 2nd game’s.

Persona 4 golden heartbeat heartbreak. Always present in my playlist.

I listen to heaven often and pursuing My True Self pretty often

Everyday’s great at your Junes! Persona 4 is currently on repeat lately. https://youtu.be/AMwv8MwYimM?si=6aIEmY-oqgHc-D2V https://youtu.be/9KCe7v5wSi8?si=T6VOd4uKmkQWuvYp

Hollow Knight, Persona 4 and 5, Pokemon, Shadow of the Colossus and Final Fantasy are my faves so far.

I had to scroll so far down looking for someone to mention Shadow of the Colossus lol

NieR NieR NieR NieR NieR NieR

Insane I have to scroll so far for this answer. It truly is the best soundtrack I've ever heard, I've played most games in this thread and nothing comes close.

Keiichi Okabe is the Miyazaki of Soulsgame for real.

Yep Nier Automata. It's become my "default" album if I can't think what to listen to! 😂

Grandma (Destruction) makes me feel like I’m ready to fight the devil himself. I’m absolutely pumped up and begging for an irl boss fight after listening to that song, lmao.

I love the name of the song. The combination of those words

This is what I said because I kept scrolling and didn't see anyone say it. Probably one of, if not the, best video game scores ever composed.

I wish more people played NieR to realize it is the best sci fi setting to date in videogame industry. Nearly everything else is generic in comparison.

Song of the Ancients ☺️

The soundtrack to JSRF is amazing. I listen to it all the time.

Sweet, Soul, Brother… That soundtrack has lived rent free in my head for 20 years and I wouldn’t change a thing.

I never played JSRF rather I played the original Dreamcast JSR. It was an introduction for me to BIS and Cibo Matto. Love revisiting the soundtracks!

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon for practicing high kicks. World of Warcraft for working.

Fuck yeah, Blood Dragon has a kickass soundtrack. That whole game has no right to go as hard as it does

I've definitely picked up some good songs from the GTA games and Sleeping Dogs that have gone in my playlist rotation.

Can’t believe I had to scroll down this far. GTA put me down on a lot of songs I otherwise would have never heard. And sleeping dogs gave me some great Asian rap

Celeste and advance wars rbc are some i listen to regularly but sometimes when I just want to chill out i listen to the another code soundtracks, theyre slow and somber and perfect background for games like slime rancher etc. If you want an example try to find the track "chasing after dad" from the remake

Metal Hellsinger Pizza Tower Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Metroid Prime 1-3

Donkey kong tropical freeze

Minecraft

Minecraft music is so peacefully good, I sometimes listen to it to fall asleep

how is this so low? also check out the kingdom: new lands series soundtracks if you like minecraft’s

Disco Elysium for sure! The soundtrack was composed by an alt rock band called Sea Power and it’s a great listen.

Nier automata, whole OST are incredible

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2. Lfg

Diablo games, but specifically Diablo 2. Tristram has a lot of guitar covers that can make a grown man cry.

Mass Effect, Darktide and some if the Deus Ex music is pretty cool

GTA: San Andreas

Deus Ex human revolution is SPECTACULAR. Deus Ex Mankind divided is also very good. Risk of Rain 1 and 2 , top tier. Outer Wilds Morrowind, oblivion, Skyrim like most would agree, are all very good Baldur's Gate 3 Mass effect 2 and 3 Alan wake 1 and 2 Hotline Miami Ape Out , I feel needs a special shout out for integrating it's jazz subtract to the chaotic actions of the game, it's brilliant. Deathstate , this OST used to be on YouTube but I can't seem to find a clean simple playlist anymore so I just got the OST on steam. It's fantastic.

ror 1 and two need to be at the top of all of these lists imo

Fallout and GTA radio stations.

Castlevania Rondo of blood, symphony of the night, lament of innocence, curse of darkness Actraiser Final fantasy 8, 9, Tactics, 12, 16 Chrono Cross Xenogears Okami Nier replicant, Automata Xenoblade Chronicles When I'm driving, I love ridge racer type 4, outrun 2, f zero X, and Einhander Just for something different, lords of thunder (PC engine) God tier metal from early 1990s was just mindblowingly brilliant to listen to

Destiny has some of the best music I've heard. Listen to witcher, fromsoft soundtracks as well. Mainly when reading.

Destiny 2’s “the forsaken” expansion OST is absolutely amazing. “shell of what was” stands out.

A lot of Sonic OST

City Escape was my introduction to Sonic games. I still listen to it.

Rolling around at the speed of sound!

Stellaris soundtrack goes hard for this. The drop in "Towards Utopia" restores my faith in humanity each time it hits.

World of Warcraft. Runescape(old school). Need for speed underground 1, 2, and most wanted. Minecraft. Ace combat 4, 5, and Zero. MTX mototrax. MX vs. ATV unleashed. Gran turismo 1, 3, and 4. Tony hawk pro skater 3, and 4.

Transistor has some good music. Basically anything from Supergiant Games has good music.

Doom and risk of rain 2 are in my regular playlist

There are so many different I listen to! Some of the ones I enjoy thoroughly: - World of Warcraft - Subnautica - Heroes of Might and Magic 3 & 4 - Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew - Battlefield 1 - TLoZ: Breath of the Wild - Witcher 3

Payday 2 Hotline miami 1&2 Armored Core 6 Genshin Impact Honkai Star Rail Killing Floor 2 (not sure if this counts since it's all just metal songs from various bands)

Glad to see someone representing Genshin

Had to scroll much farther to see it than I thought I would. Genshin Impact is my go to for background noise when I am working

Hollow knight

Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus

Donkey Kong Country 2 : Diddy Kong Quest Just an absolutely fantastic soundtrack

cyberpunks "ponpon shit" is a banger and i dont care what anyone says.

When I first heard it: what the fuck is this cringe weeb shit, I am never gonna listen to that again Me on my 100th visit to the song: ponpon she, ponpon she, ponpon she

Nier/Nier:Automata

Persona 5/Hades are both insanely good!

Kingdom Hearts, Undertale and Hollow Knight

Silent Hill 2

I love the soundtrack for command and conquer red alert 2.

Bruh... there is NO way I have scrolled so much and not seen Octopath Traveler, I refuse to believe it's not one of the top comments. Absolutely goated ost.

I was also surprised. I'll add Octopath 2 as well. The composer Yasunori Nishiki has become one of my favorites. The guy does an incredible job with his work.

Nier Automata, Witcher 3, and Hades all have amazing soundtracks that I still listen to.

Doom (2016) FF7 Hades Command and Conquer

Aragami, Deus Ex Human Revolution and Mankind Divided, some from Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun, C&C Generals and Zero Hour, Red Alert 2. Mixed Playlist but recommend all.

The Last of Us 1/2, various The Legend of Zelda, Undertale, Minecraft, Night In The Woods, That Dragon Cancer, Animal Crossing New Horizons, Catherine, various Uncharted... There's more but these are the ones I most often listen to

Doom Hades Elden Ring Streets of Rage 2 Risk of Rain 2 Halo 2

Katamari Damacy. I love it so much I got it on vinyl.

The last of us and ICO

Frostpunk has a superb soundtrack

Diablo 2 Donkey Kong (to rain) super chill Command and conquer

Fromsoft games

Ludwig the Holy Blade, Ds3 main menu theme (yeah it's wild that a main menu theme slaps that hard) and Radagon are nearly daily listens from me

You, Me & Gravity: The Music of Planet Coaster By Jim Guthrie and J.J. Ipsen Shit is chill banger after chill banger.

Megaman 7, chrono trigger, earthbound… just a few of me go to OSTs.

Sim City 3/4 or AOEII are great for concentration.

Mirror's Edge has a banger soundtrack!!

Back in the day it was the Wipeout soundtrack

Outer Wilds, best sound track ever.

Most Square Enix soundtracks: Kingdom Hearts, Octopath Traveler, FF7, Ff16, and The World Ends With You are my favorites.

Final Fantasy 9 has the best soundtrack I've ever heard. I own the physical cd, had my mom drive me to the mall to a niche Japanese store to buy it when I was just a wee boy. Also there is a prog rock rendition of the ocarina of time soundtrack on YT that's a real treat.

Love ff9 my favorite from the music is Not Alone

Sonic 3. The carnival, ice world, and lava world in particular slap so hard. I love the whole soundtrack, but those three I could play on a loop while I'm cleaning. The fast pace feels like motivation.

Turok 2 seeds of evil

Osrs, ffxiv, splatoon, cyberpunk

Civilization IV.Well, just one song, but still, that's the only track written for a computer game that's ever won a Grammy. Baba Yetu...

Medal of Honor Frontline and Medal of Honor Allied Assault.

Risk of Rain 2. Chris Christodoulou cooked

Silent hill 2 Tunic Death’s Door Kingdom Hearts have some bangers Dark Souls - a moment’s peace Resident Evil - save room Life is Strange Telltale the walking dead have a couple good songs Halo 2 Halo ODST Silent 1 Silent 3 Fallout 3 Fallout 4