This is the Video Game Music Thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnvN_acWq8k

Proggy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jbJSftFr20

can this thread be revived forever plz?

rare's in-house composers (beanland, kirkhope) were really something. here is one of the former's best. i barely even played the game that this is from and yet i find it stunning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVrorgoCrKU

and more recently, this one gets me a little teary every time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mziw3FQkZYg

Aquatic Ambience is an alltime favorite. even beats any remix @ ocremic.org....

sounds like something from the safe ost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFVSlyd3KjE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV3RC2sDwQs&feature=related

this sleepy ambient stuff is cool and all but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU1l8_ZpQbU&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCA_msAEn8k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVPHmok3hxA

'Can video game music be "good"/"listenable" outside of the game?'
Even though it is the identical sounds you're hearing, I feel like it's no longer video game music if the videogame isn't actually generating it.

Take this music out, and it's a bad ringtone, but in the game, it's happy pirate time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPgRwaXSL9M

speaking of pirates:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wDCuG6Ffig

let's throw in another great lucasarts soundtrack for good measure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT4A-MSQgoI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55cbGTlgHqI

haha wow that music hurts my heart

Always felt so sad when the hill filled up with gravestones ;_;

SIm city 3000 kills, reichian business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8ozXI7yusc

I love the music from Cave Story (a shareware RPG/adventure game in an 8-bit style released a few years ago):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiZIr2Xc4zU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JCxwocVoP4&feature=related

The music from Pocky and Rocky 2 for SNES was also really good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ3MwEy3L0Q&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na9JRpN1bJE&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNUevXYq6VA

for really real ^^^^^^^^^^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjazC45Qkww

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erq0yVZqrj8

guess my video game music tastes as a kid were 'goth'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAFJoATw3Kw&feature=related

so much awesomeness from DCK.

hilarious youtube comments:

Illumina7ion
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I love you guys, im so sad... why does life change so much? I want to be a little boy again sitting in the comfort of my home with the blinds down the sun glaring in... oh the beauty... it was a dream the summer days back when we were young.. it was a dream playing this game with no care in the world thinking everything is forever it was a dream... and I am 21 and everything feels like a chore, the summer weather doesn't have the same effect .... LIFE is something, thank you donkey kong.

DKC*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQG8vkNG8aM

omg that dkc comment... yung bro... feelin so old...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTZ1-ROnIYg

So sad and peacefull!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ARAGVHhyxc

maybe a bit played now but ~still~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iof5pRAIZmw&feature=related

wheres the thread where whiney was making youtube mashups? cuz ico "heal" + chopped and screwed "no matter what" wld totally work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG_fV0r4cX0

ah ico, what a fantastic game :(

the castlevania series has tons of good tunes

like this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhDvw7FmGo0

Paula's Theme that crüt posted is still so good. ;_;

came across this recently, music made from samples of mario paint's musical themes

http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Electric-Family-Mariopaint/master/31036

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPNX8z3BZA

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so beautiful. keichi suzuki is a genius

i haven't heard any of his other game soundtracks though. i'd really like to play this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Sound:_Kaze_no_Regret

Wow! I'd never heard of that. Probably hard as hell to find.

Also, just wanted to post this because it is awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Ij30btVao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea74cXLWytE

Hirokazu Ando who did the music for this game also worked on Earthbound IIRC.

1st gen pokemon themes were great, my favourite is Bike Ride:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxU2UjAjN24

Poke Center is a nice hook too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjZIjHu0OfY&feature=player_embedded

though IMO they sound better on Gameboy hardware and speakers

...damn, I can feel the nostalgia kicking in

I never played any of the Pokemon games. Maybe I should download an emulator.

Moar Kirby greatness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y21G3GkwuSg&feature=related

I have clicked none of your links.

u mad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Ec4sJBsPc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIvlOA0XS-c

Always thought Shadowrun for the SNES had pretty bitchin' music.

That second one is badass — reminds me of the music from Darius Twin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TutsWNJRoXI&feature=related

The music for Super R-Type was great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EuN1wXOljY&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hahr56i6ReE&feature=related

I was disappointed when I found out Keiichi Suzuki wasn't doing the music for Mother 3, but Shogo Sakai did a good job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptb4MMI3puw&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5xdue7GFcc

I'd love to hear the music for a lagoon level on Super Mario 64, but I'm damned if I know what it's called, I just remember rushing around in knee high water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D20dF5Ao1mE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUdH1uwSfGY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQpi9D1ZxUQ

i'm trying to find more music (game or non-game) in a similar style to the Machinarium soundtrack, this has to be my favorite game soundtrack of the past several years. it's all a bit eno-esque i guess but more lush and structured

my 2 favorites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvDvawzJ3s8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy8HXFrqpCI