Personally, I’m a huge fan of Hollow Knight, Ori and the (Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps), and Kingdom Hearts. Orchestral soundtracks are just something else…

  • @[email protected]
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    111 year ago

    Outer Wilds. Yeah it’s one of the greatest games ever made, but would it be so good without that soundtrack? Debatable.

    I petitioned to play something from it at my actual wedding (sadly was overruled), and I know I’m not the only one.

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      I know! It’s such a good ost! I think one of my favorite songs for it, although not from the ost, is Andrew Prahlow’s Outer Wild - Reprise single. It’s got aspects of all different main themes and is just overall an amazing piece

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        I can barely make it 30 seconds into that one without tearing up and I’m not ashamed to admit it.

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      31 year ago

      Was looking for someone to mention Outer Wilds. I love when games weave music into storytelling and its perfect here.

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    101 year ago

    TUNIC, FEZ, Nier Automata, Outer Wilds.

    I also have a soft spot for Paper Mario and TTYD, those soundtracks are full of bops

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    91 year ago

    Ori and the Blind Forest’s ost is phenomenal.

    I think all of the Supergiant Games have great soundtrack. Transistor was what got me into their games, and it was the soundtrack that caught my attention first.

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    Indie games in general have great OSTs, MGS:R and Persona (and SMT in general) are obvious popular picks.

    The World Ends With You is less mainstream (with one of the few gripes being the lack of boss-specific themes, at least in the DS original I played - but it makes up with the diverse overworld and normal battle themes), as is Etrian Odyssey.

    I think orchestra is mixed, it’s either the best fucking tracks ever (often when mixed with electric guitar or other modern instruments, but not necessarily), or they kind of blend with other orchestral tracks I know and don’t end up being unique enough to remember.

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    71 year ago

    All the soundtracks Darren Korb makes for Supergiant. Hades resonates more with me as it’s the one I’ve played the most, but I’m also a huge fan of Transistor’s.

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    Hollow Knight

    Omori

    Doom 2016 and eternal

    Mario odyssey

    Terraria

    Resident evil 4

    Deathloop

    Bloodborne

    Nier Automata

    Spectre tourment

    Crypt of the necrodancer

    Amnesia a machine for pigs

    Metroid prime

    Persona 5

    Guilty gear strive

    Undertale

    Cuphead

    These are all of my favorites personally. Omori or hollow knight being the best.

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      21 year ago

      Fantastic choices here… based on the quality of the list… I gotta listen to the ones on your list that I haven’t heard yet: Deathloop, here we go.

      As for Spectre tourment, is that Shovel Knight: Spectre of Torment OST?

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        Yeah Shovel Knight Spectre of Torment ost is it. Insane how much better it is than the base game.

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    71 year ago

    The Nier Automata OST is perfection. Almost every single track is memorable and lovable, I often relisten the whole ost just for fun

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    Oh gosh where do I even start. I have a massive list of VGM soundtracks that I listen to but if I had to pick some favs currently:

    • Gran Turismo 5/6 - been playing these games recently through the PS3 emulator and the vibe and feel these games go for is so much more amplified with the soundtrack, lots of chill jazz and downtempo music mixed with other genres like Dance and Rock.
    • Pokémon (really any of them) - I’ve always loved the Pokémon soundtrack in all the mainline games, my favourite games in the series are HGSS so probably that soundtrack if I had to pick one.
    • A Hat in Time - Soundtrack is so fun and upbeat, really regret buying this game on 2 separate platforms and then not playing through either of them.
    • Celeste - Trans girl climbs gay mountain simulator with Lena Raine’s simply amazing piano and synth soundtrack is so damn good I can’t give it enough praise <3 (also all her other work on games like Minecraft and Chicory is super good too!)
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    71 year ago

    I like epic, intense soundtracks so, Darkest Dungeon and Frostpunk. Monster Train is pretty good too.

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    61 year ago

    Bastion and Hades have just cool soundtracks you can listen to anytime. When pure adrenaline is needed the DOOM soundtrack.

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      21 year ago

      same here first Final Fantasy and hearing the Soundtrack live at an Orchestra just cemented it into my all time favs