History AwesomeMusic / PCOnly

** Skullmonkeys has the amusing and extremely satisfying Klogg Is Dead song.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv6jQmQStjc&feature=related So did Battlefield 3!]] [[{{Earworm}} Can't blame 'em though...]]

* DeceasedCrab, who did a LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/CaveStory'', says "Anyone who doesn't love [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNk6OtebN5Y the Outer Wall music]] is a monster." [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZU_f3QaX68 Geothermal]] is also pure awesome. And it's amazing that all this was made by one guy.

** We've mentioned Last Battle a couple of times. Now, there are three major versions of the soundtrack: the original, the Wii version, and the 3D version. All three of Last Battle's versions have their strengths and weaknesses. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhZoe9oJPio&feature=related Here is all three played together.]]

** We've mentioned Last Battle a couple of times. Now, there are three major versions of the soundtrack: the original, the Wii version, and the 3D version. All three of Last Battle's versions have their strengths and weaknesses. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhZoe9oJPio&feature=related Here is all three played together, with the exception of the Wii's extended intro.]]

* The ''{{Mechwarrior}} 2'' soundtrack. It's probably among the most memorable video game soundtracks ever. It makes even the most mundane activity in the game seem epic. Even listening to them outside the game, they sound like they should be played while something epic happens.
** Especially [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V5Ssig2rQo Rogue Chariot]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJHD2icItdY Wednesday 7]] from Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance is up there too. In fact, a lot of the Mech' series music is good, whether it's from #4 Mercs, either of the 'Commander games, or the other 'Warrior games. Also in #4 Mercs; Behemoths for the Heavy/Assaults and Skittersprint/Floodgate for the Lights and fast Mediums.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ4zJ0WkzHY every]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7tpQouOrL0 piece]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxTvCFLP5Sg from]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNi6ZIT-hIw the]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S96zhgsnJh4 MechWarrior 4]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPmgZHcnlDo Soundtrack]].

* ''VideoGame/PlanetSide''[='s=] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZwuA5H4PwI main theme]] radiates epicness, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PmBHueNCIk the main menu music]] sets the mood for the epic battles you're about to take part in. You can thank Don Ferrone for the soundtrack, and his return to ''VideoGame/PlanetSide 2'' [[AndTheFandomRejoiced cued much rejoicing.]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5XhPEc3giA The New Conglomerate Sanctuary theme.]] FREEDOM OVER OPPRESSION!

* ''CrusaderKings II'' is full of epic music, as you'd expect from a ParadoxInteractive game with Andreas Waldetoft in charge of the music, but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b493SVQtY7o Horns of Hattin and Aftermath]] is a particular highlight.

* The. Battlefield. 1942. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg0Tmydj29M Theme]]. Let's get out there and kill some Nazis.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXn92egnibY Red Orchestra:Ostfront]] sets the tone perfectly to the horrors of the eastern front.

* Doujin shmup ''EXceed 3rd: Jade Penetrate'' brings to the table "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CN78ourvr8 Intersect Thunderbolt]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwayroaCac4 The Fate of...]]", the themes of the final boss and her [[OneWingedAngel super form]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhyz20rBfxk One of the First Game's Battle themes]] is particularly awesome.

* Both RedOrchestra games have great orchestral music. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKomL-xqlKE&feature=BFa&list=PLAF1BD11EA8CF57A2 Heroes of Stalingrad]] has Sam Hulick (of Mass Effect fame) as the composer. Special mention to the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1GQDGHk-ZI&feature=BFa&list=PLAF1BD11EA8CF57A2 endgame]] tracks.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXn92egnibY&feature=BFa&list=PLFA9E7F834EE606CD Red Orchestra:Ostfront]] sets the tone perfectly to the horrors of the eastern front.

* Both RedOrchestra games have great orchestral music. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKomL-xqlKE&feature=BFa&list=PLAF1BD11EA8CF57A2 Heroes of Stalingrad]] has Sam Hulick (of Mass Effect fame) as the composer. Special mention to the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1GQDGHk-ZI&feature=BFa&list=PLAF1BD11EA8CF57A2endgame]] tracks.

* For such a dark and atmospheric game, {{STALKER}} has a lot of awesome music. Some notable examples include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq0U4qviZP0 Fighting Unknown]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDCNlqMgnvo Dirge for the Planet]] from Shadow of Chernobyl and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XZfD1HCI7s Outro Theme]] from Call of Pripyat.

* Sierra games are known for having some excellent scores. For instance, the ending anthem to ''KingsQuestVI''. ''Literally'' crowning music of awesome. The ending scores for any of the ''QuestForGlory'' series also count.
** It says something when the AwardBaitSong is the ''lamest'' things on a ''KingsQuest'' soundtrack.
** [[http://www.queststudios.com/ Quest Studios]] For those of you unlucky enough to miss out on the awesome. These guys also composed their own CrowningMusicOfAwesome for the AGDInteractive {{Fan Remake}}s. [[http://www.queststudios.com/quest/kq2rts/kq2music/kq2music.html Their score for the [=KQ2=] remake]], especially the Air Gem tests, is on par with Sierra itself. [[spoiler: The flash-forward scenes to KingsQuestIII]] "Daventry in Ruins" and [[spoiler: "Walking with Connor" (with the ''VideoGame/KingsQuestMaskOfEternity'' character)]] incorporate the {{leitmotif}} from both games beautifully.

* The Main Themes of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzDpw0-P9JE Secret of Monkey Island]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKWT5wW4gdY Curse of Monkey Island]] are cool stuff.

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Hop3U2UH0 theme]] for the city-building game Cities XL has an unexplainable "Hell Yes!" kind of touch to it.

* The DwarfFortress [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6FXeupOp04 theme]] is so awesome it's the only track in the game, played on a six string guitar by the Toady One himself. The haunting notes suspend one's sense of time's passage and accentuate the [[spoiler:despair]] felt as [[spoiler: Fun]] begins to propagate through one's fortress.

** If you feel an aversion to all '''METAL''' battle themes, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYcty7qM8NI check out this little piece of work]] from ''Monastery'' level, which combines chanting, bells in the background and creepy ambient music for incredibly atmospheric feel.

** Thirdly, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0hierCN4vk "The Footpath"]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXQf4_72Ax4 "The Dark Woods"]]. Really captures the feel that you are lost in a giant, dark and dangerous forest.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=297Tm4FqSE0 "El Puerto Del Lobo"]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT39UKoUEtU "The Docks"]], which also "La Roca"'s slower, "sneakier" remix.

** Its sequel Freudenstachel has been showing strong signs of this: Zorne's new stage theme Eruption Trigger and Sichte's new stage theme [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u66MvIVbrZ4 The Ancient Cry]] are much more awesome than their original stage themes. Sadly, Eruption Trigger can't be found on YouTube... yet.

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Note: Some of the music from the older games (Mostly DOS games before Windows 95) were composed with specific hardware in mind (Sierra games' music was made with Roland MT-32 in mind, for example) that are not possible to emulate on modern soundcards and DOSBox. Fortunately, as of summer 2011 the [[http://www.sierrahelp.com/Utilities/Emulators/Munt.html fans made]] [[http://ykhwong.x-y.net/ considerable progress]] in emulating the Roland MT-32 hardware.

** If you feel an aversion to all '''METAL''' battle themes, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYcty7qM8NI check out this little piece of work]] from ''Monastery'' level, which combines chanting, bells in the background and creepy ambient music for incredibly athmospheric feel.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZSTaw9NRMI "Pirate's Cove"]], which, quite unsurprisingly, gives us pirate-ish feel.

** Also the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hIeSRCtwP8 Orz]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VNul2QETPE Ur-Quan]]. But we could argue all night, and the best would still be the combat theme. It's practically synonimous with the game! Heck, even the combat victory themes were sweet!

** Especially when combined with the rotating world.. But IMHO the whole game has awesome music. Just the fact that every leader got it's own piece, which is performed by increasingly more (modern) instruments as the civilization advances.

** All the music is available for download seperately [[http://www.n1nj4.com/EvilPlanet/Downloads/Audio.php here]] or as a package [[http://www.fileplanet.com/dl.aspx?/strategyplanet/evilgenius/egmusic.zip here]].

* ''Jets'n'Guns''. Brazillian developer Rake In Grass thought their game didn't feel old-school and PC-ey enough, so they hired Machinae Supremacy, a self-styled SID-Metal band. That's right, a SID chip synthesiser is one of their key instruments. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S766_3MsypU Check it out.]]

** ''{{Tyrian}}''. Check [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVZ47z4F0G8 Tyrian, the song]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwn1vb0F8Lc Sarah's Song]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiBc0bKUp6c Rock Garden]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ9shn6kQx0 Asteroids]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPnY5zBp_oU One Mustn't Fall]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thtiUXckAVg Tyrian, the level]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=437543B83BD9ECF0&search_query=skyroads Skyroads]] has some excellent tunes that fit the subject well.

* On the whole, NeverwinterNights was unremarkable in this regard, but its soundtrack did include a few [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb133m_AEnY&feature=player_embedded#at=41 gems]].

** And also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WreJGBEF5iA&hd=1 Klaymen's Theme]] and, of course, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXQ2lvgpHiE&hd=1 The Neverhood Theme]] itself.

** ''Descent 3'''s soundtrack, although [[ContestedSequel contested]] like the game itself, had several epic moments, such as the climax of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlcBvTgVaOc&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLEF10042E824396F1 Level 4]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh3XQDRcBRY Level 7]](unfortunately not on the OST).

** Some Dungeoneering bosses like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HegVB5aaty0& Night-gazer Khighorahk ]] have a great theme.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFhmCkZMQrE&feature=channel_video_title Protoss theme 1]]

** Hell, let's make a trifecta: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYbF3zQH7uU&NR=1 Terran 3]]. Shame neither Protoss nor Zerg invented drums.

*** And how about [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHdJE7iCpoY&NR=1 this]] Mario Paint Tubelectric remix?

** Epic Pinball's music was from the same composer. It [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9dPJmT3D58&fmt=18 still]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCniOV0J2XQ rocks]].

** Tiamat's theme is "Interstice of the Dimention (sic)", which has an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT6p4J9QgMQ&fmt=18 extremely badass rock arrangement]], and Mother's theme ("Good Night Mom") is also definitely worth mentioning.

* ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYt-c0ofZ0o The final boss' theme]]. Just add MacrossMissileMassacre to it and you'll start bleeding awesomeness from your ears, courtesy of Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne [=McCullough=].

** Here's one from Gonryun. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2a3Se2Dvas&hd=1 'Not so far away']], and another from job changes, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMyV1XWbPyg 'Believe in myself']], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVyehHuTHUk 'Dread and Bold']]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCqHmJsDrxI&hd=1 Din Don Dan Dan Fo]] from the second game
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZnoN5o6J7s&fmt=18 We Have Lee but You don't Have]] of Juperos, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmufv9bMGo0&fmt=18 Monastery in Disguise]] of Nameless Island's Cursed Abbey, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUaZlpsZ7jc&fmt=18 Erebos' Prelude]] of Thanatos' Tower (Floors 1-3), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMaBAvf1ku4&fmt=18 Christmas in the 13th Month]] of Nifflheim town, and more songs that just aren't done justice by Youtube's quality.

* DeceasedCrab, who did a LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/CaveStory'', says "Anyone who doesn't love [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNk6OtebN5Y&fmt=18 the Outer Wall music]] is a monster." [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZU_f3QaX68 Geothermal]] is also pure awesome. And it's amazing that all this was made by one guy.

** The 3DS version of Cave Story has some pretty awesome remixes. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBqE9xMJtMc&feature=related On to Bushlands]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEVo7kqUOCM Plantation]] are a couple of good examples, and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np8CYBL1DCs&feature=related Last Battle]] is also totally epic.

* Nuclear Winter's theme from Freedom Force. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8bB90q8vz0]]

** Let's start with the most awesome track from ''VideoGame/QuakeII'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6VpX-feA2M&fmt=18 Quad Machine]].

*** Another great qualifier is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALBKFB28E0M&fmt=18 Descent Into Cerberon]]
** And then, there's ''Quake III: Team Arena''[='=]s intro track (also a ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena''[='=]s regular track) - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG6oBC0Ym5c&fmt=18 Quad Damage]].
** Two words: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG2g45mZ_fw&fmt=18 Pressure Zone]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNfPPu4Mrj8&fmt=18 Raptor]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_HQIJzr_dM&fmt=18 Nexus]]: the former plays during the first serious space battle of the game while the second comes with brutal SceneryPorn (translation: Epicness turned UpToEleven).

** Also, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkeVknNhZjE Haegemonia]]'' and it's expansion, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4CFMK8_0T0&fmt=18 The Solon Heritage]]''. Even better, both versions has the soundtrack in [=MP2=] format without encryption, compression or custom codecs, neatly organized in the game folder!

** Mention must definitely be made for the final boss theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1JRNVLx1Ls&fmt=18 ~Requiem for Myself~]]"

*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQs48dvebck Hangarmageddon]] is an awesome version of it. And whilst we're on the subject, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLEfBVMga0I&fmt=18 the Playstation version intro]], whilst the title rises slowly from a sea of flames, can send shivers up your spine.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAcSg11JIYE&fmt=18 Popular Potpourri]], the credits is also pretty great.
* VideoGame/{{Civilization}} IV. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGr4g_Knw7k&fmt=18 Baba Yetu]].

*** And then there's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X28q4EMMpW4&feature=related Spain's war theme]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSzzSrCfEqw&feature=related England's war theme]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viePNPx6iVk Persia's peace theme]], the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT1VhQHXvDk&feature=related Ottoman war theme]] even has a GeniusBonus by including snippets of Beethoven's Turkish March, the list goes on!

* Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption has its main theme, available in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOFwYVy37_c&fmt=18 Dark Age]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b4m5NkDie4&fmt=18 Modern Age]] variants.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeQw5kNLcJM&fmt=18 Wonderland Woods]] from AmericanMcGeesAlice.
* Most of the PlanescapeTorment soundtrack is made of awesome. A small taste is the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixv_jRI6VqY&fmt=18 Main Theme]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciElC-u2vno&fmt=18 Transcendent One]]. The latter is chillingly awesome in game, with its first appearance being [[spoiler: right after the Nameless One has moved on after defeating Ravel Puzzlewell. The Transcendent One, aka the Nameless One's disembodied mortality (and final boss of the game) arrives and this theme starts up. He and Ravel proceed to have a truly epic battle against one another, which made the previous battle against the Nameless One himself seem like little more than a warm-up. Can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DZAIFQH4fM&fmt=18 here]]. There's also a bit of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAiypc2wsOA&fmt=18 Sigil Battle]] and the theme from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPm1BpFD83M&fmt=18 Ravel's Maze]] to be heard there as well, which are cool in their own right.]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxYEJwmMCX4&fmt=18 Smoldering Corpse Bar]]

** And the version of the theme played during the loading screen of Wake Island 2142. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW0t4TBye2M& Played with electric guitars.]]

* ''ActionDoom2UrbanBrawl'' has a couple of great tunes, such as the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apxVY-0dcAs&fmt=18 Bridge music]].

** On the subject of ''Fallout 3'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifGiqPD3QLA This brief piece]] that plays when you step into the wasteland for the first time... magnificent. And then, of course there's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgDF2xfcbv8&fmt=18 "Civilization"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0i6vmmPJhs "Anything Goes"]], for all your SoundtrackDissonance needs...

* ''4D Sports Boxing'' already had a nice theme playing on the title screen... [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThsPe7FDxkw&fmt=18 then, somebody made a rock remix.]]

*** Age of Kings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je3J5AIriTI&feature=related
*** The Conquerors (best version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VlTKjkDdbs&feature=related
***

** Hip Hop, Progressive Rock, Experimental Jazz and Old Title Theme are just some of my favourites!

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E99HjG1228& This music]] is always satisfying to hear, especially after you've gone through hell to complete a mission.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ4LnPTLXqA&fmt=18 Tearing up Spacetime]] from AcidTetris is ridiculously catchy

** And now that version 1.1 brought more bosses, we have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiK3BQrHgNI&list=PL9C1E489D453D4A16&index=10&feature=plpp_video more]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZmaYn6VtAI&feature=BFa&list=PL9C1E489D453D4A16&lf=plpp_video boss themes]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=353ccRibvsU&fmt=18 Ni Miedo]] from the MMO GranadoEspada . Nice and relaxing
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rAJEDs3PY4&fmt=18 Zoo]] from Sleepwalker. DAT BASS

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6BZXz6q9_g&hd=1 Trample Machine]] from the freeware FPS game Another Bound Neo. Some really nice piano and violin.

* From the shmup game Sora, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVWpFCFdVTc&hd=1 Rendezous]], that is a sort of a long song but quite varied but awesome all the way through.
* {{Blood}} has some great pieces of music. The midi version sounds a lot more ambient than the CD. The two that stands out are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NnUrQiygL4&feature=related The Haunting]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svzMK33PMUk (CD version)]], -the creepiest levels in the game- and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LV9D1aFclg Unholy Voices]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IndXRdZLjjg&feature=related (CD version)]].

** Out of context as welk, see for youself [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAODrEEkOYI&feature=player_embedded#!]]
* Indie game {{Hamsterball}} has good music tracks. Exhibit A: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQk_N8tq0Is&feature=player_embedded Wobbly Race (World of Daze)]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQk_N8tq0Is&feature=player_embedded Master Race (Symphony of the Master)]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkuvYt7jSOM&feature=related Impossible Race (Absolute Rodent)]].
* The Main Themes of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzDpw0-P9JE&hd=1 Secret of Monkey Island]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKWT5wW4gdY&hd=1 Curse of Monkey Island]] are cool stuff.
* The FarCry [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbk8WeQU0rc menu theme]]. Oh my lord, the way it kicks in at 0:30.

* ''{{Claw}}'' gets no love? Let me change that:
** First off, we have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksZluJpmEAc&feature=related the very first level]], ''La Roca'', which is by far the most known theme from the game and gives a player an extremely adventureous, albeit slightly creepy, feel.
** Then, we have ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJnU1EhwSnI&feature=relmfu The Battlements]]'', second level and its grim, heavy atmosphere.
** Thirdly, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0hierCN4vk&feature=relmfu The Footpath]]''.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXQf4_72Ax4&feature=relmfu The Dark Woods]]''. Really captures the feel that you are lost in a giant, dark and dangerous forest.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndnc7YiHr4Y&feature=relmfu The Township]].'' Quite a peaceful theme, compared to the former one.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=297Tm4FqSE0&feature=relmfu El Puerto Del Lobo]]''.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT39UKoUEtU&feature=relmfu The Docks]]'', which also ''La Roca's'' slower, "sneakier" remix.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZF8MtgfiR0&feature=relmfu The Shipyards]]''. Does a wonderful job at portraying the atmosphere of sneaking through the night, looking for Red Tail's ship.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZSTaw9NRMI&feature=relmfu Pirate's Cove]]'', which, quite unsurprisingly, gives us pirate-ish feel.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScAm8awxt8Y&feature=relmfu The Cliffs]]'', providing us with a calm, yet adventurerous feeling.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk2ZDWzZGBo&feature=relmfu The Caverns]]'' with its amazing build-up. Portrays finding yourself in someplace completely unknown quite nicely.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsXJyVtBn04&feature=relmfu The Undersea Caves]]''. Not as mysterious and magical as the former, but, again, gives an incredible adventureous feeling.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya_mEOkcyLg&feature=relmfu Tigers' Island]]'', arguably ''the most'' adventureous theme out here.

* And [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS3znI-X2Yg the]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHJSWOOp3aE various]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b5BYVTZWtg scores]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhqy1O1tZX4 to]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzDzKY4wrIo the]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_V5RQakcrA games.]] And those are just a ''few'' examples. Kevin Manthei has a knack for capturing the mood in each game ''perfectly.''

* The ''Realms of Arkania'' games, little known outside of Germany, had quite impressive soundtracks. Case in point: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVfQoSzTN8k the first game's intro theme]].