History AwesomeMusic / PCOnly

* MDK's soundtrack. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsmjUBRAWFg Facing the Inevitable]] is amazing, as is most of the game's music.
* VideoGame/{{Bonesaw}} has some ''awesome'' tunes. [[http://music.jwmusic.org/album/bonesaw-original-soundtrack Listen to the OST here.]]

* ''{{Seiklus}}''[='=] soundtrack consists entirely of a bunch of previously-existing {{demoscene}} tunes. But the thing is, ''they're all good''. What Clysm lacked in composition skills, he made up for in the ability to find incredibly catchy music. Particularly noteworthy are "[[http://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=67590 Rainy Summerdays]]" and "[[http://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=59161 Believe in Yourself (Extended Remix)]]".
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8bB90q8vz0 Nuclear Winter's theme]] from Freedom Force.
* The ''{{Quake}}'' soundtracks are what happens when you ask [[NineInchNails Trent Reznor]], Sonic Mayhem and Frontline Assembly to work on your game:

** That's not to say the second game doesn't have it's good tracks. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YruCuC6gbl0 Case in point]].

* The ''entire soundtrack'' of {{Rosenkreuzstilette}}, except for most of the talk themes (but not [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXM2HebgiXk Dark Purple Moon]], which was instead [[LongSongShortScene wasted]].) Of particular note are the intro stage theme [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxjDa8B04jQ The Ground Which Can Shine]], Luste's stage theme [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efpi4L-a4tc 26]], Freudia's ''boss'' theme [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1w2wgRNO4I 22]], which also plays when [[spoiler: she saves Spiritia from Iris]], the first [[spoiler:Iris]] stage theme, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUr32cPqxAk Red Pollusion]], the theme of the Garden of Time, Space, and Chaos, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afjqHdReg5w Winter Breath]], and the final stage theme, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnodQ07VOTs ys008 ~The Final Duel~]].

* For Tear Jerking Music, the battle theme in ''RiseOfNations'', for when you are losing, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iRz7tJ8M38 really drives home the extent of your failure.]]
* A little-known game by Apogee called ''RiseOfTheTriad'' did this with half the music in the game. Instead of going atmospheric and moody like most first-person shooters of the time, Triad had music that made you want to charge in, guns blazing - and given that almost all the game mechanics revolved around the RuleOfCool, this was not only feasible, but [[SoCoolItsAwesome totally awesome to do.]]

** To be fair, Doyle W Donahoo's soundtrack for ''Dawn of War II'' is full of CrowningMusicOfAwesome. Just a few examples are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhoCf7Kq8Bc ''Angels of Death'']] for the Space Marines and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5s04KYu-n8 ''The Green Horde Rises'']] for the Orks. The Tyranid themes perfectly capture the sinister, alien nature of their race, and nothing says run for your life like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5n41Pm_iOI ''The Great Devourer'']]. The Eldar music explores both sides of the race: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJpPzjHkDUs ''Khaine's Wrath'']] paints them as the tragic heroes fighting for the very survival of their species, while [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrzW0PFjsjQ ''For The Craftworld'']] reminds us that they still can and will kick your ass.

* ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' with very few exceptions (2-3 mediocre songs) is the Crowning Soundtrack of Awesome, but "Earth Wind" deserves special mention. And also "Curse Of Iron Pipe".

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIoTR5M9dgY Ancient Weapon]]. Pretty much cements Kuu's status as a LadyOfWar and preludes a beatdown of epic proportions on your characters as she slams her chosen target with multiple, potentially unavoidable {{WaveMotionGun}}s.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzH7PFGyufE Let It Go]]. The theme for the final boss. Let's just say it contributes to the entire CrowningMomentOfAwesome and leave it at that.

** [[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 VideoGame/KingsQuestIII]] "Daventry in Ruins" and [[spoiler: "Walking with Connor" (with the ''VideoGame/KingsQuestMaskOfEternity'' character)]] incorporate the {{leitmotif}} from both games beautifully.

* For a Crowning Music of Tear Jerking, the battle theme in RiseOfNations, for when you are losing, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iRz7tJ8M38 really drives home the extent of your failure.]]

* LacunaCoil's "Swamped" in the credits of ''VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', when you (well, at least in one ending) [[spoiler: walk out of Ventrue Tower that just blew up. With that asshole prince Lacroix inside]]. Crowning Music of Awesome indeed.

** [[http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/J.E._Sawyer One of the developers]] contributed some surprisingly awesome songs for the different radio stations -- some are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtlcDvqpV5w original]], and some are "Fallout''-ified versions of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4CMstGM0ik well]]-[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA9izIDhFgQ known]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz30L9NYFf8 tunes]]. "Home, Home on the Wastes" is "Did-I-just-hear-that" [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious]], and "Cobwebs and Rainbows" is downright sexy.

* ''VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden'' is not only a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Crowning Moment of Funny]] for gaming in general with its [[SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem mid-90s]] [[Creator/SquareEnix RPG]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI aesthetic]] and [[FanSequel equally]] [[Film/SpaceJam mid-90s]] [[ClicheStorm plot]], but it has some amazing music in it too. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWKQiZVBtu4 The theme song]] [[OlderThanTheyThink isn't really original to the game]], as at the very least a mashup of the same two songs existed as early as 2005 to become popular on Website/{{YTMND}}, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRpw-8vxZag Eternity]] was in ''VideoGame/BlueDragon'' first and is covered on the AwesomeMusic/NobuoUematsu page, but there's also...

** ''Dawn of War 2'' used a new composer and didn't give us any remixes of the classic themes, but instead gave us "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cn-QyhHayQ Dark Future of War]]" and sweet theme music for the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89um1GGWeTM Orks]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNxD2NYRpgo Tyranids]].
** Even better, the entire soundtrack of ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar 2'' is downloadable on their website for free [[http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blog-post/dawn-war-ii-soundtrack-released-0 here]].

** To be fair, Doyle W Donahoo's soundtrack for DOW2 is full of CrowningMusicOfAwesome. Just a few examples are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhoCf7Kq8Bc ''Angels of Death'']] for the Space Marines and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5s04KYu-n8 ''The Green Horde Rises'']] for the Orks. The Tyranid themes perfectly capture the sinister, alien nature of their race, and nothing says run for your life like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5n41Pm_iOI ''The Great Devourer'']]. The Eldar music explores both sides of the race: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJpPzjHkDUs ''Khaine's Wrath'']] paints them as the tragic heroes fighting for the very survival of their species, while [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrzW0PFjsjQ ''For The Craftworld'']] reminds us that they still can and will kick your ass.

* When talking about W40k game music, it's considered heresy to not mention ''[[VideoGame/Warhammer40000ChaosGate Chaos Gate]]''. While the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo34aqqzJgk Ultramarine Chant]] is a classic, people tend to forget its just as awesome EvilCounterpart, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U85nLTz34Es The Worldbearers March]].

* Codename Panzers: Phase One. It may be just an overlooked Hungarian game about [[WorldWarII the most commonly played war since the war itself]], but, dammit, it has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFIJJaqJExU some]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7eWlHl96Rg good]] tunes. Apologies for the low quality, but the CNP1 music is sparse on Youtube.

* Indie game ''ToTheMoon'' has "Everything's Alright" by Laura Shigihara is a big {{Tearjerker}} in context.

* Indie game ''{{Hamsterball}}'' has good music tracks. Exhibit A: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQk_N8tq0Is Wobbly Race (World of Daze)]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQk_N8tq0Is Master Race (Symphony of the Master)]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkuvYt7jSOM Impossible Race (Absolute Rodent)]].

* The [[http://wiki.cohtitan.com/w/images//a/a4/RiktiWarZone_TheCrashSite.ogg music that plays when entering the Crash Site neighborhood of the Rikti War Zone]] in ''CityOfHeroes''.

** Even though it's only a short loop, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1nwuEEiKQI Requiem]]. It plays in the boss room when you have met the requirements to fight the boss. It's the soundtrack's way of asking, "Are you ''ready?''"
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azGpanbK72M The re-release's version]], for those of you who aren't into chiptunes.

* ''DawnOfWar'' has some great themes for each of the factions, matching them quite well. Notable ones are the apocalyptic (well, it definitely gives that feeling) [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qGi9ppL34E Chaos theme]], Asian orchestral [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhXCQFxGqMM Tau Empire theme]] and the Military March-style [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhqWHIq-aZw Imperial Guard theme]].

** Even better, the entire soundtrack of DawnOfWar 2 is downloadable on their website for free [[http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blog-post/dawn-war-ii-soundtrack-released-0 here]].

* The relatively obscure planetary air-trading sim ''VideoGame/{{Hardwar}}'' had a soundtrack entirely comprised of artists from the Warp Records label, ranging from awesome techno-industrial to even funky drum n' bass.

* The relatively obscure planetary air-trading sim {{Hardwar}} had a soundtrack entirely comprised of artists from the Warp Records label, ranging from awesome techno-industrial to even funky drum n' bass.

* ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' with very few exceptions (2-3 mediocre songs) is the Crowning Soundtrack of Awesome, but Earth Wind deserves special mention. And also Curse Of Iron Pipe.

** The short intro riff of that plays right when you first enter the ruins--and never again, unless you start over or use the La Mulana Jukebox--sets the tone of the exploration perfectly and leads into the excellent Fearless Challenger.
** Mr. Explorer, Grand History and Giant's Cry.
** Giant's Rage is considered by many players to be amazingly epic. It's definitely one of the most epic sounding boss themes, with an excellent instrumentation, and fits its boss fight to a T. In The Bottom is also very good.

* ''LaMulana'' with very few exceptions (2-3 mediocre songs) is the Crowning Soundtrack of Awesome, but Earth Wind deserves special mention. And also Curse Of Iron Pipe.

* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnp5Y5l5CF8 The "Daniel" ending music]], which briefly changes from sad and forlorn to quite epic near the end.

* Videogame/GratuitousSpaceBattles has plenty of tracks, with each faction getting their own unique music. It's great, grand, and of course, gratuitous. From the powerful [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQqJ8gPWpM8 Empire]] to the heroic sounding [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlO9n8NEAJQ Federation]] Gratuitous Space Battles has no shortage of epic space opera music. But for the sake of being complete, some of the many mods also add music of their own, some of the highlights being the [[http://positech.co.uk/forums/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=4550 Uni-T]] theme and the [[http://positech.co.uk/forums/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=5698 Praetorian Industries]] Theme.

*** The boss music isn't too shabby either. [[http://infiniteammo.bandcamp.com/track/boss-fraught Just check out the miniboss music.]]

** The best part is, Dan Wentz did the music for the RedFaction series too, so if you listen closely, you might hear some familiar themes from VideoGame/FreeSpace whilst playing the RedFaction games.

* The ''FreeSpace'' series has excellent music, including gems like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH3KDxZz-60 Chaser]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA72wN8k_1g Monolith]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p87gK9fZAN4 Exodus]], and the incredibly badass [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noSZa7glFc4 Revelation]]
** The best part is, Dan Wentz did the music for the RedFaction series too, so if you listen closely, you might hear some familiar themes from FreeSpace whilst playing the RedFaction games.

* The ''{{Descent}}'' series had quite a few gems. Let's start with the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwhDaESo9rk title theme]], shall we?

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CezOHqlXAFY Grabbag]], the theme of DukeNukem from DukeNukem3D onwards. It has had plenty of fan and official remixes, and even [[AndTheFandomRejoiced the original version's MIDI was released.]]

* [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer Frank Klepacki]] composed the soundtrack to ''StarWarsEmpireAtWar]]''. Three Words: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRyNLNf9BMA Tyber Zann's theme.]]

* [[CommandAndConquer Frank Klepacki]] composed the soundtrack to ''[[StarWars Empire at War]]''. Three Words: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRyNLNf9BMA Tyber Zann's theme.]]

* You have not '''LIVED''' until you have heard the best first level music of all time: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SGimoONJvE The Kitchen Theme]] from VideOgame/IAmBread

* ''{{Vangers}}'': CrazyAwesome music for a CrazyAwesome game, in particular, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83rh5-EeqvE these]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucNycx83WNs themes]].

* ''{{Vangers}}'': CrazyAwesome music for a CrazyAwesome game, in particular, [[http://www.game-ost.ru/soundtracks/Vangers/08_Vangers_Forever.ape these]] [[http://www.game-ost.ru/soundtracks/Vangers/11_Crazy_Necross.ape themes]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=353ccRibvsU Ni Miedo]] from the MMO ''GranadoEspada''. Nice and relaxing.

* The overworld themes from the [[LetsPlay/{{Raocow}} talkhaus]] production ''ASuperMarioThing'' are nothing short of excellent. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVeZ_vDvWyQ Judge for yourself.]]