Is there a piece of videogame music that you can't forget?

Once it finds you, you'll never escape...

Surprised I haven't seen any Souls boss music, It's practically the only music in the game lol.

It's been so long since I've played it... And I still hear it in the back of my brain.

Tetris theme until the end of my days.

Just such an epic theme, from dark to triumphant. Fantastic

A song that I heard a lot when I was younger, and still brings back good memories. So much time spent playing HM64.

The intro to Wild Arms, that whole soundtrack was amazing actually.

@AndrewB said:

@Nentisys said:

BG2 main menu. Bombastic!

Which one? Shadows of Amn style or remixed/epic Baldur's Gate original for Throne of Bhaal?

Both!

The Final Fantasy 7 tune One Winged Angel (I'm sick of it, but that's not the question)

A few of the Red Alert 2 tunes, although I could not name them.

The Final Fantasy 7 battle victory music is seared into my brain after so many hours playing it as a kid!

Under A Killing Moon theme

Been my ringtone for a while now

Super Mario Land credits music.

To the Moon, For River.

@Loafsmooch said:

Love

also this in a BIIIIIIIIIG way

Any game that has really good music is going to get stuck in my head at some point or another, but older games with their simpler, catchy melodies are the ones that stay stuck and never go away.

The one game whose music always gets stuck in my head for no apparent reason, though, above all others, is the Super Mario Bros. 2 music. At least a few days out of every week. I don't know why, but there you have it. Some of the Mega Man X stage themes are pretty constantly in my head, too.

super mario 64 bob-omb battlefield for me, galaxy 2's version of this song is pretty good as well

galaxy 1's final bowser music is good too

The Halo theme playing at the end of the third game. Get shivers every time.

So creepy.

My favourite song in the entire game.

Over 100 hours of listening to this in my childhood.

Never get tired of this one. Played it alot when i was a kid

This one as well!

Metal Gear Solid end credits.

I think the music from Streets of Rage 2, Fez, Freedom Fighters, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project are the ones that get stuck in my head and come up the most.

That TMNT game has particularly underrated music. I never really hear it talked about but it's truly outstanding and so catchy.

A lot of songs from Zelda Oot make this list for me but just to be different Zagat from Zone of the Enders 2.

Super Mario Bros 2. Specifically when I would get the invincibility star and then warp to the dark dimension for bonus coins. The music would only play that way when you'd do that specifically. I thought it was awesome and sometimes me and my cousin would sit there and listen to it.

Lots, but the oldest one would be "A Premonition" from Chrono Trigger.

Whenever there is a lot of fresh snow on the ground, I think of the Severnaya theme from Goldeneye 007.

Most of this soundtrack especially this song.

@crazyleaves: That soundtrack is amazing. AMAZING.

@Kerned: Yep, I got it in FLAC from a humble bundle and I blast that shit on Saturday mornings sometimes. Pressure Cooker is great too.

Soooooo good. And it was on the Genesis! This was so far ahead of it time in terms of what people were doing with game music back then. I wish I could have been there when Yuzo was djing a club in Japan and played the soundtrack. I would have been so hype!

@ProfessorK said:

Soooooo good. And it was on the Genesis! This was so far ahead of it time in terms of what people were doing with game music back then. I wish I could have been there when Yuzo was djing a club in Japan and played the soundtrack. I would have been so hype!

Dude yes. This games soundtrack is in heavy rotation on my iPod. That main theme is just unbelievable. He is doing some show in the US in January someplace too not sure where though.

@crazyleaves: haha, I also got the FLACs in a Humble Bundle. I have some of the tracks on a workout playlist, including Pressure Cooker.

Also, for anyone who hasn't played it, it's worth noting that the game itself is phenomenal.

@ArtisanBreads: holy shit! sadly if its not on the east coast I can't go:( I hear there is going to be a Zelda orchestral session at Madison Square Garden in November though

After watching the Hotline Miami quick look, I'm not sure I can get that track outta my head.

@Asurastrike: I would agree with FFX except for that terribly cheesy final boss music. Sorry, hated that shit.

Stickerbrush Symphony from DKC2

A couple more here. The first hit me hard as a kid. While it's basically a bullshit "it was all a dream!" ending, it did somewhat gloss over the fact that the American SMB2 was terribly inconsistent in design and mechanics from the classic SMB. Plus, seeing Mario that close up was a thrill in the 8 bit era. I tend to like simple things executed well, and the gentle transition from the bombastic regal march during the defeat of Wort (was that his name?) and the ensuing celebration to a musicbox rendition of the theme felt right. Still does a little bit:

Then, of course, there's this. Which got me PUMPED. DRAMATIC ROBOT HAIR.

And, I've never thought of this before, but it mirrors the end music pretty well. Helmet on, fight, kill, helmet off, retire in the countryside. It's even similar in structure.

Indestructible. The theme to SF4. Song is real.

Rome: Total War's Divintius:

And the theme from Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.

Whenever I play Super Mario Bros. 3 I always sing along with the soundtrack.

Sometimes I'll catch myself singing on the toilet. :I

@Mr_Skeleton said:

This is a beauty.

@JasonR86 said:

This. How can one forget this song? It's like the most memorable piece of video game music ever.

@Taefarinas said:

Rome: Total War's Divintius:

And the theme from Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.

Also a great one... helps that I heard it for like 80-100 hours. What a game.

The typical ones like Zelda, Halo and that but then these two are prominently in my mind too.

I may have posted too many songs in this thread already, but the Sim Isle soundtrack, especially the 7th track (starts at 15:39) has been stuck in my head since 1997.

The song that kicked off my playthrough of Bastion in one sitting

Some RPG tunes that have stuck with me throughout the years:

Most. I actually listen to a lot of game music and I can remember many I didn't listen lately because I couldn't find them.

http://www.last.fm/user/trylks

The one I probably listened longer ago and I can recall is the theme in stage 1 from Super Mario Land.

Bully's main theme.