Awesome Music / Video Games

The Rule of Symphonism.

"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.

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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:

A-E

• A3
• Ace Attorney
• Ace Combat
• Age of Empires
• Alien Hominid
• Animal Crossing
• Anthem (2019)
• Antonball Deluxe
• Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia
  • Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica
  • Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel
  • Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star
• Arcaea
• Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
• Arknights
• ARMA
• Armored Core
• Assassin's Creed
• 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
  • beatmania
  • DanceDanceRevolution
  • Dance Rush
  • GITADORA
  • jubeat
  • pop'n music
  • REFLEC BEAT
  • SOUND VOLTEX
• The Binding of Isaac
  • The Binding Of Isaac: Revelations
• BIONICLE
• Bioshock
• BIT.TRIP
• BlazBlue
• Bloodborne
• Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
• Blue Dragon
• A Boy and His Blob
• Borderlands 2
• Borderlands 3
• Bravely Default
  • Bravely Default II
• Brawl Stars
• Brigandine
• Brothers in Arms
• Bully
• Bug Fables
• Bugsnax
• Bust a Groove
• Call of Duty
  • Call of Duty: Zombies
• 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
  • Destiny 2
• Detroit: Become Human
• Deus Ex
  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution
  • Deus Ex: Invisible War
• Devil May Cry
• Digimon
  • Digimon World
  • Digimon World 2
  • Digimon World 3
• DiRT
• DJ Hero
• DJMAX
• Donkey Kong Country
• Doodle World
• Doom
• Double Dragon
• Dragalia Lost
• Dragon Age: Origins
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition
• 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
  • Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
  • Final Fantasy XIII Trilogy
  • Final Fantasy XIV
• Find the Chomiks
• Fire Emblem
  • Fire Emblem Gaiden
• Five Nights at Freddy's
  • Five Nights at Freddy's World
• Flower Knight Girl
• Forza
• Fossil Fighters
• Freedom Planet
  • Freedom Planet 2
• Friday Night Funkin'
  • Friday Night Funkin': Corruption
    • Corruption Expanded
  • Friday Night Monster Of Monsters
  • FRIDAY NIGHT THE 13TH
  • HoloFunk
  • Martian Mixtape
  • Mid-Fight Masses
  • Salty's Sunday Night
  • Vs Sonic.exe
• 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
  • Grand Theft Auto V
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Gravity Rush
• Guilty Gear
• Gundam Battle Assault 2
• .hack
• Hades
• Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
• Half-Life
• Halo
  • Halo 5: Guardians
  • Halo Infinite
• A Hat in Time
• Hearts of Iron
• Hell Let Loose
• Henry Stickmin Series
• Heretic
• Heroes of the Storm
• Hitman
• Hollow Knight
• Homeworld
• HOME (2013)
• Honkai Impact 3rd
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Hotline Miami
• Hypnospace Outlaw
• IDOLiSH7
• The Idolmaster
  • THE iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls
• Ikaruga
• Illusion of Gaia
• I=MGCM
• Indivisible
• Isonzo
• The Jackbox Party Pack
• James Bond
• Jet Set Radio
• Journey to Silius
• Just Shapes & Beats

K-P

• Katamari Damacy
• Kid Icarus
• Killer Instinct
• The King of Fighters
• Kingdom Hearts
  • Kingdom Hearts
  • Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
  • Kingdom Hearts II
  • Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
  • Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
  • Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]
  • Kingdom Hearts III
• Kings Bounty
• Kirby
• Klonoa
  • Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
  • Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
• Kraven Manor
• La-Mulana
• L.A. Noire
• The Last of Us
• League of Legends
• Left 4 Dead
• The Legend of Dragoon
• The Legend of Zelda
  • Hyrule Warriors
• 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
  • Mega Man (Classic)
  • Mega Man X
• 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
  • Pac-Man World
• Paladins
• Panzer Dragoon
• Parappa The Rapper
• Patapon
• Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
• Path of Exile
• Pathologic
• PAYDAY 2
• Pepsiman
• Phantasy Star
  • Phantasy Star Online 2
• Pikmin
• Pizza Tower
• Planescape: Torment
• Plants vs. Zombies
  • Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare
• Pokémon
  • Pokkén Tournament
• Pony Island
• Pop Stage
• Portal
  • Portal 2
• Professor Layton
• Project SEKAI
• Psychonauts
  • Psychonauts 2
• 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
• 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
  • Persona
    • Persona
    • Persona 2
    • Persona 3
    • Persona 4
    • Persona 4: Dancing All Night
    • Persona 5
    • Persona 5 Strikers
• Shovel Knight
• Show by Rock!!
• Silent Hill
• SimCity
• The Simpsons
• The Sims
• 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
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge
• Spore
• Spyro the Dragon
  • The Legend of Spyro
• Starbound
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
• Star Control
• StarCraft
• StarCraft II
• Star Fox
• Star of Providence
• Star Wars Video Games
  • Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Story of Seasons
• Stray Gods
• Street Fighter
• Streets of Rage
• Suikoden
• Sunset Riders
• Super Mario Bros.
  • Mario & Luigi
  • Mario Golf
  • Mario Kart
  • Mario Kart 8
  • Mario Paint
  • Mario Party
  • Mario Strikers
  • Mario Tennis
  • Paper Mario
  • Super Mario Galaxy
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2
  • Super Mario Odyssey
  • Super Mario RPG
• Super Monkey Ball
• Super Robot Wars
• Super Smash Bros.
  • Smash Remix
• 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
  • Terraria Calamity
• Thief
• Thunder Force
• Time and Eternity
• Tokyo Xanadu
• Tomb Raider
• Tomodachi Life
• Toontown: Corporate Clash
• Total War: Three Kingdoms
• To the Moon
• Touhou Project
  • PC98 Era
  • Early Windows Era
  • Modern Windows Era
  • Other Works
• Transformers
• Trauma Center
• Trepang2
• TS!Underswap
• Twinbee
• Ultima III
• Ultima IV
• ULTRAKILL
• Uncharted
• Under Night In-Birth
• Undertale
  • Undertale Yellow
• Unreal
• Vexx
• Virtua Fighter
• Virtual-ON
• Vortex Point
• The Walking Dead
• Wangan Midnight
• Warcraft
  • World of 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
  • NEO: The World Ends with You
• World of Goo
• WWE Video Games
• Wynncraft
• X-Universe series
• Xenogears
• Xenosaga
• Xenoblade Chronicles
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 1
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 2
    • Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 3
    • Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
  • Xenoblade Chronicles X
• Yandere Simulator
• Yo-kai Watch
• Yoshi's Island
  • Yoshi's Story
• 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

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