Gaming

While there's no correct answer here, I think the most widely beloved OSTs of all time probably belong to the Final Fantasy, Donkey Kong, Legend of Zelda, and Super Mario IPs.

I haven't finished the game yet, but Journey's OST is simply amazing.

Final Fantasy VIII holds a special place in my heart for sure.

Shout out to Touhou.

Undertale is my #1. Bully is my #2.

I would say Factorio, the music fits both the atmosphere of an alien planet and a gigantic factory polluting the landscape

Several OSTs that have stuck with me through the years:

• Frozen Synapse
• Dustforce
• Bastion
• Nitronic Rush
• FTL

There are so many :)

• Diablo 1 and 2
• Warcraft 2 and 3
• Starcraft 1
• Legend of Zelda (most of them anyway)
• Red Alert 1 & 2
• Tiberian Sun
• Doom 2016
• Oblivion and Skyrim
• Fallout 3 and New Vegas

Halo ODST

Hollow Knight

Journey

Monument Valley 2 <- especially this one

Zelda: Twilight Princess is probably my all time favorite. Midna's theme is so delightfully haunting in its several variations.

Chrono Cross remains my fave even after all those years.

All-timer has to go to Chrono Trigger. Absolutely incredible soundtrack from start to finish.

Celeste's OST is really nice. Love it's high energy with the B-side tracks. In game, experiencing Reflections and it's progression throughout how it reflects it's dream that becomes more intense and nightmarish made me fall in love with Lena Raine's style. If anyone wants to hear

• Doom 2016
• Outer Wilds

The soundtracks from NieR:Automata and NieR Replicant are definitely my favorite of all time.

Halo: Reach and Halo 3: ODST are also very good.

Jake Kaufman always does amazing work, here's some of my favorites of his from the Shantae series: https://youtu.be/ovk4ygEzMCI https://youtu.be/3OhJnSL4XWA https://youtu.be/MZ7bCDjif9M https://youtu.be/6wJmVxvJTEs

Cave Story has some great retro tracks. Some people prefer the originals but I played it with the arranged versions: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr5fTLogAd5tW_oPORRtgznxL-kUt9z7h

Little known PC game called Chenso Club has a pumping soundtrack by Knasibas: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nHBZFT82t4__lHXCD8bi3WhA98hQaSGuo&feature=share

Minecraft and Terraria, oh yeah also Hollow Knight

One that I love (in addition to Ori and Hollow Knight) is Spiritfarer. Beautiful all the way through with lovely orchestration and colorful melodies.

Outer Wilds, Alan Wake, Gray Matter

The Bomberman Hero soundtrack slaps.

I really love Divinity 2's soundtrack.

Surprised no one's mentioned Undertale yet

Necrodancer soundtrack is criminally good.

Oblivion, I've listening to it while doing homework and it always help me concentrate

Kenshi's soundtrack has such an amazing, surreal sound. Such a vibe, love it.

I definitely love hollow Knight's, if it wasn't obvious by my pfp.

I also love mother 3 / earthbound

kingdom hearts

most persona games

outer wilds

celeste

Chrono trigger

Ff7

Ace attorney

Paper Mario

I could go on and on tbh

The Metal Gear Solid series, particularly Snake Eater.

It's just so dramatic and over the top like the rest of the game.

They even wisely use it as a pallet cleanser after fighting The End and you have to climb that long ass ladder.

Oh man, quite a few actually:

• Dusk
• Most of the Command and Conquer games
• Simcity 4
• Team Fortress 2
• Touhou
• Nier Automata

I could go on but i wanna keep this somewhat brief lol

I gotta give a shout-out to Portal 2, maybe not my personal favorite but probably the soundtrack I appreciate the most. It uses music almost like sound effects, with different stems emanating from different test elements, and turning on/off based on their status. I even made my first video essay about it because there's just so much cool stuff going on.

Kingdom hearts had some amazing original pieces and spins on classics.

One of my fav from the piano collection; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqmBRC6IOAs&t=11

Of course Halo 1, 2 and 3 aaand sims 2.

Bloodborne! Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzdhTGaWzec

total annihilation

pathfinder wotr

elden ring was nice too

Tears of the kingsom has me listening to it a lot recently. Also NieR

Okami and Katamari Damacy. I also love interactive music, some examples are Pokémon Sword/Shield, Banjo Kazooie/Toole, and Journey. If anyone has other examples please let me know.

Need for Speed Underground. Both of them.

Doom 2016, Mirror's Edge, Metal Gear Rising, Nier Automata, ah so many options... probably a bit of recency bias, but I think I'll say Neon White.

When it comes to licensed soundtracks, DiRT 2's soundtrack is perfection.

Just in case some of you don't know...

https://downloads.khinsider.com/

It is a website with gamerips of soundtracks. There are ways to download albums without making accounts, so don't go signing up for this.

Enjoy!

For me, it's Doom (2016), Battlefield 1, Hotline Miami, and Witcher 3 (even though after a 100 hours in some songs got a bit boring)

I think the Elder Scrolls games all have great music, but Morrowind's OST has always stood out as amazing. Hearing that opening soundtrack immediately sends me back to playing it for the first time!

https://youtu.be/xULTMMgwLuo

C418 - Minecraft Volume Alpha

Halo Reach!