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Title: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: StarmanJr on 21 Mar 2008, 16:51
my vote goes for rockstar's bully.
http://www.emusic.com/album/10966/10966886.html (http://www.emusic.com/album/10966/10966886.html)

everything is composed by Shawn Lee, and the songs range from groovy 80s beats, hard grunge riffs of the following decade, upbeat keyboard/synth tunes and mellow bass filled tracks. all around an awesome cd that everyone should have. the album is available for free, amazingly. download each file one at a time to avoid having to sign up with emusic, and thank the saints of rockstar.

so, any other ideas? :?
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: feh on 21 Mar 2008, 18:41
The Katamari Damacy music was completely insane, and made the game like 100 times more fun.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Melodic on 21 Mar 2008, 19:08
Wrong forum, poor choice, forgot to search. This thread fails.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: StarmanJr on 21 Mar 2008, 19:28
i wasn't sure if this was the right forum, but since the thesis of the thread is 'original music' i went ahead. if the computer/video game forum is more appropriate, then a mod will move it.

Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Jimmy the Squid on 21 Mar 2008, 21:26
This guy. (http://www.inonzur.com)

Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: will: wanton sex god on 21 Mar 2008, 21:52
Some game's I've really enjoyed the music for:
Smash Bros Brawl
Shadow of the Colossus
Super Mario Galaxy
Pokemon (Orig gamebo)
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: frullic on 21 Mar 2008, 22:59
Tetris song A
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: StarmanJr on 21 Mar 2008, 23:22
man, how could i forget ocarina of time?
this (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UxUbB1NgZE&NR=1") guy (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nad5AJaIcBI&NR=1") at least keeps true to the old tunes.

all* of these games mentioned so far are good, but some are more than ten years old. OoT turned ten this year.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Ikrik on 21 Mar 2008, 23:51
Shadow of the Colossus.....Kow Otani is EPIC.  Ocarina of Time fails because they've been recycling that music for every game since they created it however many years ago...don't believe me? play the game.  Katamari Damacy is....well....it's special.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: KickThatBathProf on 22 Mar 2008, 00:12
Oh man that one song that plays during the credits of We (Heart) Katamari is the epitome of the word "special"
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Spluff on 22 Mar 2008, 00:24
Fallout, Witcher.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Melodic on 22 Mar 2008, 00:41
Will nobody mention Bioshock or do I have to?
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: StarmanJr on 22 Mar 2008, 08:25
Fallout, Witcher.

are you referring to the first fallout game for the PC?
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Kai on 22 Mar 2008, 08:33
Tetris song A

Song C was better
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Daft pun on 22 Mar 2008, 08:41
Oh come on now, Amon Tobin (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpfpxqtsldke).
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Beastmouth on 22 Mar 2008, 16:33
Electroplankton!
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: StarmanJr on 22 Mar 2008, 17:07
Electroplankton!

er, explain?
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: McTaggart on 22 Mar 2008, 19:31
Yeah, Electroplankton wins simply because you make the soundtrack yourself.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Dimmukane on 22 Mar 2008, 20:01
And no matter what you do, it sounds good.  I still haven't unlocked that stage in Brawl, but when I do, that's all I'm playing.

I heard the sequel will actually let you save music this time.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: tomselleck69 on 22 Mar 2008, 22:17
Did Xenogears happen before 10 years ago? If so, that gets my vote.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Beastmouth on 23 Mar 2008, 00:19
Electroplankton!

er, explain?
This guy, Iwai Toshio, made this game for the DS.  There's a bunch of fish and other organisms and you use them to make music.  It's even a part of my band! 


Of course, next month or two Korg are releasing an actual DS software synth, which I'm sure will be most sexificating.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: StarmanJr on 23 Mar 2008, 00:22
i heard about a game like that coming out for the psp called patapon. the music is supposed to be ass-shakingly catchy.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Spluff on 23 Mar 2008, 00:29
Fallout, Witcher.

are you referring to the first fallout game for the PC?

Yes. As far as I'm aware there is only one Fallout?
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: StarmanJr on 23 Mar 2008, 00:31
if you don't count fallout 2 and tactics, as well some other game for the ps2 i think was called fallout something...
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Ikrik on 23 Mar 2008, 01:00
if you don't count fallout 2 and tactics, as well some other game for the ps2 i think was called fallout something...

Fallout: Brotherhood Of Steel....soundtrack was pretty interesting but I died too much to appreciate it.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Spluff on 23 Mar 2008, 01:02
Blegh @ the ps2 version.

Wasn't the fallout 2 soundtrack the same as the first, though?
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Streltsy on 23 Mar 2008, 01:22
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
the exploring music is glorius as well, makes me nostalgic (the little bit thats missing for me is the silt strider sounds).
http://youtube.com/watch?v=z_7n16vh79k&feature=related

or

Diablo II
the classic tristram theme, never has the theme music and general atmosphere made me as depressed as the Diablo games.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gGTUz4OnzdM
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Caspian on 23 Mar 2008, 01:29
The Katamari Damacy music was completely insane, and made the game like 100 times more fun.

Definitely. Red Alert 2 had a good soundtrack (Hell March FTW), and Fallout 2 was quite excellent and atmospheric. Golden Sun 1 & 2, apart from being the best games ever, also had excellent soundtracks.

Having said that, I find it distressing that no one has mentioned the doom sound track.


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Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: ZedAvatar on 23 Mar 2008, 02:27
I enjoyed the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack quite thoroughly. 
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Christophe on 23 Mar 2008, 08:33
The Sims 2's music is wonderfully wonderful. Chalk another one up for Mark Mothersbaugh!
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Dimmukane on 23 Mar 2008, 09:18
I concur.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: KvP on 23 Mar 2008, 13:43
Blegh @ the ps2 version.

Wasn't the fallout 2 soundtrack the same as the first, though?
For the most part. There were new songs for Arroyo, Vault City, New Reno, San Francisco, Modoc and Redding. Which as far as I'm concerned are all excellent. Plus, they weren't derivative of the Aphex Twin, like several of the original songs.

You know there is a duplicate thread in the Computer forum. And it contains links.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Beren on 23 Mar 2008, 15:11
Portal, silly.

Okay, there's only one song. But it's a soundtrack in itself.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: talley on 23 Mar 2008, 18:07
I'm a pretty big fan of the Stubbs the Zombie soundtrack.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: morca007 on 23 Mar 2008, 18:37
I'm a pretty big fan of the Stubbs the Zombie soundtrack.
It's one of my favorite albums of all time.
I've never seen anyone else mention it! <3
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: RedLion on 23 Mar 2008, 20:43
Chrono Cross. Hands down the best video game music composed.

I love Stubbs the Zombie soundtrack, but that's not really "original." It's modern covers of classics.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Nodaisho on 24 Mar 2008, 03:04
Having said that, I find it distressing that no one has mentioned the doom sound track.


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Well, it isn't past ten years, but otherwise I would agree with you, at least in part due to how many of the tracks were just barely not metal songs (pantera, metallica, slayer, etc). It is good to have a lawyer making the music, he knows what he can get away with.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: katarinka on 24 Mar 2008, 04:09
Portal, silly.

Okay, there's only one song. But it's a soundtrack in itself.

Agreed.

And it's practically a soundtrack when you play it 20+ times in one sitting... I mean... I've never done that.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Caspian on 24 Mar 2008, 04:21
Having said that, I find it distressing that no one has mentioned the doom sound track.


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Well, it isn't past ten years, but otherwise I would agree with you, at least in part due to how many of the tracks were just barely not metal songs (pantera, metallica, slayer, etc). It is good to have a lawyer making the music, he knows what he can get away with.

Doom's soundtrack may sound vaguely similiar to some of the more popular bands, but they actually completely ripped off a few more obscure thrash bands.

Whatever, though. Still freakin' awesome.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Nodaisho on 24 Mar 2008, 04:47
Not just obscure ones. I am sure if I went through it, I would notice some Testament, Exodus, Overkill, or something, but just here they have about ten examples. http://www.doomworld.com/linguica/doomcovers/
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: MusicScribbles on 24 Mar 2008, 11:05
It isn't just that this thread is in the wrong forum, (It can stay here if it wants to.) but there is already a veeery similar thread right here (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,17223.100.html).
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: not even hope on 30 Mar 2008, 14:58
this is sickening how come nobody has mentioned zelda:Majora's Mask yet?
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Beastmouth on 30 Mar 2008, 15:32
this is sickening how come nobody has mentioned zelda yet?
Because 1: "Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years" and 2:  someone has already
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: not even hope on 30 Mar 2008, 15:54
this is sickening how come nobody has mentioned zelda yet?
Because 1: "Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years" and 2:  someone has already

I'm a dumbass, I meant Majora's Mask..
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Beastmouth on 30 Mar 2008, 16:53
this is sickening how come nobody has mentioned zelda yet?
Because 1: "Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years" and 2:  someone has already
I'm a dumbass, I meant Majora's Mask..
Because I never had an N64!  :(
Why do you have to point out every little thing.  ;_;



:p
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: rynne on 31 Mar 2008, 20:24
No love for Quake?
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Daft pun on 01 Apr 2008, 01:47
Err, totally forgot about that one, it's by NIN right?
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: MadassAlex on 01 Apr 2008, 05:36
Metroid has an incredibly unique soundtrack. All of them, but it shows up best in the Prime series.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: rynne on 01 Apr 2008, 06:36
Err, totally forgot about that one, it's by NIN right?
Yep.  But *I* just realized that the topic is best video game music of the last 10 years, and Quake is over 11 years old now.  D'oh!
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: muteKi on 01 Apr 2008, 10:27
I am listening right now to some songs from the Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 game) soundtrack.



Mariko Nanba is very good at this music composition thing or whatever you call it.
Title: Re: The best original video game soundtrack of the last 10 years
Post by: Nodaisho on 01 Apr 2008, 16:56
Err, totally forgot about that one, it's by NIN right?
Yep.  But *I* just realized that the topic is best video game music of the last 10 years, and Quake is over 11 years old now.  D'oh!
Yeah, that is the problem. I liked the music in it well enough, but I usually had Black Sabbath's s/t, Paranoid, and The thing that should not be by Metallica on a loop. I found it fit better than the soundtrack.