Give me your favourite OSTs, individual tracks, whatever.
I have lots of favourites but I feel like most will be suggested by others so I’ll go for one that isn’t as popular: Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine. The whole soundtrack is amazing start to finish. Some of the best piano tunes to ever be in a video game, and a super under-appreciated game. It should’ve been way bigger than it was. Unfortunately it’s being tainted by its less-than-stellar sequel which came out recently. Don’t play the sequel, but definitely play the original. It’s fun solo but it really shines co-op with a friend (or three). It supports up to four players and I’d definitely recommend co-op if you have the means. I used to play it on 360 with a friend of mine and it’s some of my most fond gaming memories. It’s not a difficult game to figure out but it’s not an easy game to get good at. But all that is to say, play the game, or if you can’t, absolutely listen to the soundtrack. It’s awesome.
Seconding this for the co-op play. It just captures the feeling of a heist so perfectly in a bite-sized package. In a matter of seconds you’ll go from everyone calm and knowing their role, to full panic mode as soon as someone makes a mistake, to a wary sense of relief as you manage to barely get to safety but still have to complete your mission.
I didn’t know about the sequel. Now I’m tempted to try it…
Neon White has a killer soundtrack by Machine Girl. Highly recommend it for anyone into DnB (the game also isn’t bad).
Celeste.
The synergy between the soundtrack, the gameplay and the mechanics is just unparalleled.
I liker Cyberpunk 2077’s soundtrack so much I incorporated that specific style of music in my general listening habits because of it.
MDK 2 Main theme has been rocking in my mp3 folder since the release of the game. And I just have unlocked core memory by listening Tanker Theme. Thanks for making me recall all these tunes!
I absolutely love Kurt Theme 3. Plays in the level where you’re running from Schwang’s spaceship. So good!
OST ones:
- Pizza tower
- Jet Set Radio/Future
- Doom 2016
- Psychonauts 1 and 2
- The Binding of Isaac Rebirth and DLC
With licensed music:
- Pretty much any GTA
- THPS series
- NFS Series from 2 SE up until Most Wanted 2005
Almost 200 comments and not one single mention of Disco Elysium? What are we doing here guys? It’s one of the most fitting , most perfect and beautiful soundtracks I’ve heard. Captures the vibe so perfectly Robert Kurvitz personally convinced Sea Power to get on board, including - allegedly - by being the man inside the bear costume at one of their gigs.
Have listen: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n9enLNuLjWTn67qj2aXP6FuJbX239vQdI
Warhammer 40k: Darktide has some absolute fucking bangers:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnOREzwYYP0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ozcKqF4E8
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s entire soundtrack is also a masterpiece but just to share a few:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zmvsw2ILX5k
Bastion. It’s Bastion. Holy shit the answer to this question is Bastion.
I’m assuming you know that Hades’ soundtrack is fucking amazing, but before that came Bastion (from the same developer), and it has possibly the most powerful soundtrack I’ve ever experienced. The way it’s integrated into the story genuinely blows my mind. Every track is a banger, but then you’ll start to get used to it, and then you’ll hear a song that’s so different, and it’s because something unexpected and beautiful is about to happen.
Then you’ll get to the end and you’ll have a choice to make. Except it won’t feel like a choice, because you’ll feel compelled to do exactly what the game wants you to do, and then you’re rewarded with one of the most beautiful sequences I’ve ever seen in a game, accompanied by a haunting song that I still sing fourteen years later.
I can’t stress this enough: if you want a game where the music is an essential part of the experience and is just so fucking amazing on its own that you’ll want to play it on repeat, the answer is Bastion.
I also really loved the soundtrack to Baldur’s Gate 3.
Surprised no one said Nier Automata yet. Great soundtrack and game
And I’d also mention Nier Replicant. The OST has a slightly different vibe, but it’s also fantastic
Before games had full epic soundtracks, you still got quality “intro tracks”, occasionally with a few other songs for whilst you’re playing.
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe intro music (youtube link)
From the same Atari ST/Amiga era: Chaos Engine, Frontier Elite 2, Xenon 2 Megablast, Syndicate Wars
For newer stuff with “full soundtracks”, you can’t beat Stellaris OST (youtube link)
- All of the Zelda games
- All of the Ori games
- All of the Horizon games
- All of the Mario Galaxy games
So good.
Just comented this in another thread, but Amon Tobin’s soundtrack for Splinter Cell Chaos Theory goes fucking hard.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nphWymI_0f4SxcEak39sDr0k0CxujIOws
Absolute underrated banger for sure. God Chaos Theory was just such a perfect game.
hell yea, I love Amon Tobin
