"I love the fact these albums always come with a free game!"
— Common meme relating to the quality music of the following examples
We've come a long way since bleeps and bloops, huh? Not that there's anything wrong with that, mind you. This page indexes several examples of Awesome Music in Video Games.
2021 Olympics
- Perhaps the ultimate expression of this: At the opening ceremonies for the 2021 Olympic Games, the national teams marched into the stadium to the tune of, or rather tunes from, several video games, from Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy to Monster Hunter and Sonic the Hedgehog. These tracks included:
- "Introduction: Loto's Theme" (Dragon Quest)
- "Victory Fanfare" (Final Fantasy)
- "Olympus Coliseum" (Kingdom Hearts)
- "Proof of Hero" (Monster Hunter)
- "Song of the Ancients" (NieR)
- "Star Light Zone" (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- "Robo's Theme" (Chrono Trigger)
- "First Flight" (Ace Combat)
- "The Brave New Stage of History" (Soul Series)
Games with their own pages:
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A-E
- A3
- Ace Attorney
- Ace Combat
- Age of Empires
- Alien Hominid
- Animal Crossing
- Anthem (2019)
- Antonball Deluxe
- Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia
- Arcaea
- Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
- Arknights
- ARMA
- Armored Core
- Assassin's Creed
- Astro's Playroom
- Asura's Wrath
- Ayakashi: Romance Reborn
- Azur Lane
- Baldur's Gate III
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Barry Steakfries
- Baten Kaitos
- Batman: Arkham Series
- Batman Doom
- The Battle Cats
- Battlefield
- Battlestations: Pacific
- BattleTanx
- Bayonetta
- Beastieball
- Bejeweled
- Berwick Saga
- BEMANI
- The Binding of Isaac
- BIONICLE
- Bioshock
- BIT.TRIP
- BlazBlue
- Bloodborne
- Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
- Blue Archive
- Blue Dragon
- A Boy and His Blob
- Borderlands 2
- Borderlands 3
- Bravely Default
- Brawl Stars
- Brigandine
- Brothers in Arms
- Bully
- Bug Fables
- Bugsnax
- Bust a Groove
- Call of Duty
- Capcom vs.
- Carmageddon
- Cassette Beasts
- Castle Crashers
- Castlevania
- Cave Story
- Child of Light
- Chrono Trigger
- CHUNITHM
- Civilization
- Claw
- Club Penguin
- Code Name: S.T.E.A.M
- Command & Conquer
- Contra
- Corpse Party
- Crash Bandicoot
- Crash Fever
- Crimson Echoes
- Crowntakers
- Cry of Fear
- Crypt Of The Necrodancer
- Cuphead
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Cytus
- Cytus II
- DanceDanceRevolution
- Danganronpa
- Dante's Inferno
- Darius
- Dark Cloud
- Dark Deception
- Darkest Dungeon
- Darkstalkers
- Dark Souls
- Daytona USA
- Dead by Daylight
- Death Stranding
- Deepwoken
- Deltarune
- Demon's Souls
- Deemo
- Dept. Heaven
- Descent
- Destiny
- Detroit: Become Human
- Deus Ex
- Devil May Cry
- Digimon
- DiRT
- DJ Hero
- DJMAX
- Donkey Kong Country
- Doodle World
- Doom
- Double Dragon
- Dragalia Lost
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Dragon Ball Fighter Z
- Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle
- Dragon Quest
- Drawn to Life
- Driver
- Dusk
- Dynasty Warriors
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Elebits
- Eiyuu Senki: The World Conquest
- Elden Ring
- The Elder Scrolls
- Endless Space 2
- Epic Battle Fantasy
- Equestria at War
- Eternal Sonata
- Etrian Odyssey
- Europa Universalis
- Everhood
- EXA_PICO
- Exit Fate
F-J
- Fallout
- Far Cry 5
- Fate/Grand Order
- Fighters' Impact
- Final Fantasy
- Find the Chomiks
- Fire Emblem
- Five Nights at Freddy's
- Flower Knight Girl
- Forza
- Fossil Fighters
- Freedom Planet
- Friday Night Funkin'
- Furi
- F-Zero
- Genshin Impact
- Gex
- Ghost Trick
- Girls' Frontline
- Goddess of Victory: NIKKE
- God Eater
- God Hand
- God of War
- Gods Will Be Watching
- Golden Sun
- Gradius
- Granblue Fantasy
- Grand Theft Auto
- Gravity Rush
- Guilty Gear
- Gundam Battle Assault 2
- .hack
- Hades
- Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
- Half-Life
- Halo
- A Hat in Time
- Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!
- Hearts of Iron
- Hell Let Loose
- Henry Stickmin Series
- Heretic
- Heroes of the Storm
- Hitman
- Hollow Knight
- Homeworld
- HOME (2013)
- Honkai Impact 3rd
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Hotline Miami
- Hypnospace Outlaw
- IDOLiSH7
- The Idolmaster
- Ikaruga
- Illusion of Gaia
- I=MGCM
- Indivisible
- Isonzo
- The Jackbox Party Pack
- James Bond
- Jet Set Radio
- Just Shapes & Beats
K-P
- Katamari Damacy
- Kid Icarus
- Killer Instinct
- The King of Fighters
- Kingdom Hearts
- Kings Bounty
- Kirby
- Klonoa
- Kraven Manor
- Laika: Aged Through Blood
- La-Mulana
- L.A. Noire
- The Last of Us
- League of Legends
- Left 4 Dead
- The Legend of Dragoon
- The Legend of Zelda
- LEGO Dimensions
- Leisure Suit Larry
- Let It Die
- Len'en
- Library of Ruina
- Like a Dragon
- Limbus Company
- LISA
- LISA: The Hopeful
- LISA: The Pointless
- LISA: The Pointless - Scholar of the Wilbur Sin
- Life Is Strange
- Life Is Strange 2
- Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
- Line Rider
- LittleBigPlanet
- Little Nicky
- Little Tail Bronx
- Live A Live
- Live Powerful Pro Baseball
- LocoRoco
- Lonely Wolf Treat
- LucasArts
- Lufia
- Luftrausers
- Luigi's Mansion (Series)
- Mad Rat Dead
- Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story
- Mana Series
- Maplestory
- Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
- Mario Sports Mix
- Mary Skelter
- Mass Effect
- Meat Boy
- MechWarrior
- Medal of Honor
- Mega Man
- MementoMori: AFKRPG
- Metal Gear
- Metal Walker
- Metro
- Metroid
- Mickey's Speedway USA
- Might and Magic
- Miitopia
- Minecraft
- Mitsumete Knight
- Monster Hunter
- Monster Rancher
- Mother
- Mortal Kombat
- Mr. Gimmick!
- Muramasa: The Demon Blade
- Mutant Mudds
- Myst
- Naruto: Clash of Ninja
- Need for Speed
- Neptunia
- NES Godzilla Creepypasta
- NieR
- NieR: Automata
- Night in the Woods
- NiGHTS into Dreams…
- Ninja Gaiden
- Nintendo Wars
- Nitrome
- No Straight Roads
- Nocturne (RPG Maker)
- No Man's Sky
- Octopath Traveler
- Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent
- Octopath Traveler II
- OFF
- Ōkami
- OMORI
- 1bit Heart
- Opoona
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Outcore
- Outer Wilds
- Overwatch
- Pac-Man
- Paladins
- Panzer Dragoon
- Parappa The Rapper
- Patapon
- Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
- Path of Exile
- Pathologic
- PAYDAY 2
- Pepsiman
- Phantasy Star
- Pikmin
- Pizza Tower
- Planescape: Torment
- Plants vs. Zombies
- Pokémon
- Pony Island
- Pop Stage
- Portal
- Professor Layton
- Psychonauts
- Puyo Puyo
Q-Z
- Quake
- Rabi-Ribi
- Ragnarok II: The Gate of the World
- Rain World
- Ratchet & Clank
- Rayman
- RAY Series
- Red Orchestra
- Remember Me
- Resident Evil
- Reverie
- Rhythm Doctor
- Rhythm Heaven
- Riddle School
- Ridge Racer
- Ristar
- Robopon
- Runescape
- Rune Factory Oceans
- Rygar
- SaGa (RPG)
- Sakura Wars
- Sam & Max: Freelance Police
- Samurai Warriors
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
- Sega Superstars
- Seihou
- Sengoku Basara
- Serious Sam
- Seven: The Days Long Gone
- Shadow Hearts
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Shantae
- Shenmue
- Shining Series
- Shin Megami Tensei
- Shovel Knight
- Show by Rock!!
- Silent Hill
- SimCity
- The Simpsons
- The Sims
- SINoALICE
- The Stanley Parable
- Skullgirls
- Skies of Arcadia
- Sly Cooper
- Sniper Elite
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Soul Series
- Spawn
- Spellforce
- Spider-Man
- Spiral Knights
- Splatoon
- Splatterhouse
- Splinter Cell
- Split/Second (2010)
- SpongeBob SquarePants Games
- Spore
- Spyro the Dragon
- Starbound
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
- Star Control
- StarCraft
- StarCraft II
- Star Fox
- Star of Providence
- Star Wars Video Games
- Story of Seasons
- Stray Gods
- Street Fighter
- Streets of Rage
- Suikoden
- Sunset Riders
- Super Mario Bros.
- Super Monkey Ball
- Super Robot Wars
- Super Smash Bros.
- Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
- The End Is Nigh
- The Outer Worlds
- The Tale of ALLTYNEX
- Tales Series
- Team Fortress 2
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
- Tekken
- Terra Battle
- Terraria
- Thief
- Thunder Force
- Time and Eternity
- Tokyo Xanadu
- Tomb Raider
- Tomodachi Life
- Toontown: Corporate Clash
- Total War: Three Kingdoms
- To the Moon
- Touhou Project
- Transformers
- Trauma Center (Atlus)
- Trepang2
- TS!Underswap
- Twinbee
- Ultima III
- Ultima IV
- ULTRAKILL
- Uncharted
- Under Night In-Birth
- Undertale
- Unreal
- Vampire Survivors
- Vexx
- Virtua Fighter
- Virtual-ON
- Vortex Point
- The Walking Dead
- Wangan Midnight
- Warcraft
- Warframe
- Wario Land
- Wario: Master of Disguise
- WarioWare
- Watch_Dogs 2
- West of Loathing
- Wild ARMs
- Wild Woody
- Wip Eout
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Wolfenstein: The New Order
- The Wonderful 101
- The World Ends with You
- World of Goo
- WWE Video Games
- Wynncraft
- X-Universe series
- Xenogears
- Xenosaga
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- Yandere Simulator
- Yo-kai Watch
- Yoshi's Island
- Ys
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom
- Yume Nikki
- YU-NO
Creators with their own pages
- Capcom
- Disney
- Falcom
- Tim And Geoff Follin
- Matt Furniss
- Michael Giacchino
- Jake Kaufman
- Yuzo Koshiro
- Yasunori Mitsuda
- OverClocked ReMix
- SNK
- Manabu Namiki
- Nippon Ichi (including Gust titles published by NIS America)
- PopCap Games
- Hitoshi Sakimoto
- Jeremy Soule
- Yoko Shimomura
- Nobuo Uematsu
- Valve Corporation
- ZX Spectrum Scene Games
- Other Composers
Unsorted Examples
Note: The following examples need to be moved to individual pages for each game.
- Third Generation or Earlier (NES, SMS, MSX, etc.)
- Fourth Generation (SNES, Genesis, Neo Geo, TurboGrafx-16, Jaguar, Game Boy, etc.)
- Fifth Generation (Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Game Boy Color, etc.)
- Sixth Generation (PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance)
- Seventh Generation (Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, DS, and PSP)
- Eighth Generation (Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, 3DS, Vita)
- PC Only
- Arcade Only
- Web Games