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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#1: May 24th 2011 at 4:09:45 AM

That are comparable from ones from movies?

I liked to listen to video game music but most of them are all designed to be fitting in specific context and just listening to them alone can be really dull or irritating.

Then I stumbled into Modern Warfare 2 musics, composed by Hans Zimmer, and god dayum, I instantly downloaded some of the musics into my MP 3 player and listen the hell out of them.

Any VG music in your mp3 player?

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#2: May 24th 2011 at 4:48:56 AM

Sonic Colors YES

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#3: May 24th 2011 at 6:57:59 AM

Most recently, the Persona 3 & 4 soundtracks.

AllanAssiduity Since: Dec, 1969
#4: May 24th 2011 at 7:07:11 AM

I'd argue for Final Fantasy XII, personally.

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Oh, on my MP 3 player? FFX, FFX-2, FFXII, FFXIII, Dissidia, Dissidia Duodecim, Baten Kaitos, Disgaea 1, Disgaea 2, Disgaea 4 and Okami. Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep and 358/2 Days OST, too.

I gotta admit, I don't listen to all of them. I'm just too lazy to chop out bits I don't like... mainly because what I like depends at least partially on the mood I'm in.

edited 24th May '11 7:09:33 AM by AllanAssiduity

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#5: May 24th 2011 at 7:12:53 AM

Portal 2 has one of the best soundtracks I've heard in years. It's not released (that I know of) but someone ripped it from the game data files and you can download it. I fully intend to buy it if/when Valve releases it, though.

It's hard to say what my favorite tracks are but "In Charge of Everything", "Old Aperture", "The Part Where He Kills You", "Explode with Dignity", and "Stalemate Resolution Button" are all way up there.

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#6: May 24th 2011 at 9:53:14 AM

I have three full OST albums on my MP 3 player, those being the ones to Beyond Good And Evil, The Neverhood, and Persona 4. Most of the other stuff I have is scattered stuff, but a few more "musicy" sounding things I can recommend are the Buck Bumble theme song, the various Professor Layton main themes, and that perennial favorite, "Wind's Nocturne" from Lunar some subtitle I forget.

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#7: May 24th 2011 at 9:57:59 AM

I listen to the Street Fighter 3 Third Strike arranged soundtrack on my mp3 though that is about it.

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#8: May 24th 2011 at 1:30:46 PM

The soundtracks to Half Life 1 and 2 (it probably helps that the first game seems to have some similarities to Die Hard), Crysis, Command And Conquer 4 and Dawn Of War. Maybe even Portal 2, actually.

The list gets a bit narrower if you want my favorites.

edited 6th Oct '11 9:49:46 PM by RocketDude

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#9: May 24th 2011 at 2:12:55 PM

Oh my, where to begin...

Well, I'll just let my iTunes library speak for itself.

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I'd post more, but lazy~

edited 24th May '11 2:16:46 PM by Electivirus

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#10: May 24th 2011 at 2:15:01 PM

☢ OPINIONS ☢ OPINIONS ☢ OPINIONS ☢

yeah, this thread is highly opinion based.

Also, on that subject, Touhou music tends to be rather good.

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#11: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:55:37 AM

Um just about anything by Koji Kondo so that counts for most of the Mario games,but others not by him are good to such as the Super Mario Galaxy scores,which are fantastic in every way

Also Ocarina of Time has some good themes to

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#12: Jul 1st 2011 at 1:05:51 PM

Portal 2 does have a killer soundtrack, yes. Very well done.

I am also fond of the Homeworld soundtrack, and Fallout 2 has a good one, too. I was pleasantly surprised that they reused some tracks for New Vegas.

But yeah, opinions.

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#13: Jul 1st 2011 at 1:17:29 PM

Okami/ Okamiden is pretty movie worthy as far as music goes.

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#14: Oct 6th 2011 at 9:32:27 PM

Electivirus, I am sooooo jealous right now. You get the Pokemon OSTs and the third album by The Black Mages? D:

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#15: Oct 6th 2011 at 9:48:25 PM

The soundtrack to SpaceChem is somewhat short (8 full songs, 24 minutes long), but it contains concentrated amounts of awesome.

It's also free to download, which is always nice.

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#16: Oct 6th 2011 at 9:49:27 PM

Shadow Of The Colossus has some of the best music I've ever heard in a game. world of goo is also great.

edited 6th Oct '11 9:49:40 PM by lolacat

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#17: Oct 6th 2011 at 9:50:20 PM

There's also the soundtrack to Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit, which had pretty good Techno music for the 90's:

edited 6th Oct '11 9:50:46 PM by RocketDude

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#18: Nov 1st 2012 at 1:42:35 PM

Decided to bring this back from the dead. Jet Set Radio and The World Ends With You anyone?

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#19: Nov 1st 2012 at 9:14:04 PM

Former, yes. Latter, eh.

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#20: Nov 1st 2012 at 9:25:20 PM

Blaz Blue. Unh. So fine.

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#21: Nov 2nd 2012 at 12:58:43 AM

Skullgirls! Just... Fucking Skullgirls! SO GOOD!

edited 2nd Nov '12 1:00:46 AM by IWasJustPassingBy

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#22: Nov 2nd 2012 at 1:12:30 AM

AI War Fleet Command: Some good samples

Or Frozen Synapse: Also samples

Space Chem's already mentioned, so...

edited 2nd Nov '12 2:16:00 AM by onyhow

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#24: Nov 2nd 2012 at 6:18:08 AM

Beyond The Bounds

edited 2nd Nov '12 6:18:33 AM by Nicker

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#25: Nov 2nd 2012 at 6:29:35 AM

Final Fantasy Tactics, Xenogears, Vagrant Story. The Square Holy Trinity as far as I am concerned. Uniformly brilliant soundtracks. Have some examples of the bliss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKoV4C2o_s0 - Final Fantasy Tactics - Character Introductions - Masaharu Iwata.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dKpeTEBYIA - Xenogears - One Who Bares Fangs At God - Yasunori Mitsuda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0UrQSt4LNg - Vagrant Story - LeĆ” Monde Is Sealed - Hitoshi Sakimoto.


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