Music In Games

I don't know how much you guys notice, but music is one of the biggest contributors to a game's atmosphere and I'd just like to acknowledge the way music influences the gaming experience. For example, the music in Fable 2 is easily one of my favorite aspects of the game and without it I doubt I would even like the game. It's pretty late in the morning here so i might elaborate more on this later, just had an impulse to post what i was currently thinking. 
 
What about you guys? Do any games come to mind when you think of sweet music in games? Do you even notice the music when you play?

For most games, yes, right now I'm finally getting around to playing Little Big Planet and love the music they chose to put into the game. The only time I haven't liked the music is when I'm playing an EA game with EA Trax.

Mass Effect 2's score is the best I've heard in a game in a long while.

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory had one of the best original music from a non-gaming composer.

I think so, too. It always seems strange to me when I hear about people muting the music and playing rock music or whatever in the background. Talk about ruining the mood.

When you're talking about video game music, it's really hard not to talk about Castlevania.  I don't think that modern game's soundtracks have as much impact as stuff from the 8-bit and 16-bit generations did (not including Katamari Damacy of course, the music it that is beyond words).  

I think the most obvious example is Ocarina of Time. But there, I brought it up anyways. I love that games music.

" @Sir_Ragnarok: Pure epicness ha ha, I love it. "

" @RollingZeppelin said:

" @Sir_Ragnarok: Pure epicness ha ha, I love it. "

It's incredible, yeah. "

I cannot listen to game music without the game, because that's what the function of the music is - to complement a game, either in tone or style, or to directly to accompany the action. To listen to it alone for pleasure seems kind of perverse to me.

" Splinter Cell Chaos Theory had one of the best original music from a non-gaming composer. "

" I cannot listen to game music without the game, because that's what the function of the music is - to complement a game, either in tone or style, or to directly to accompany the action. To listen to it alone for pleasure seems kind of perverse to me. "

Halo.

I love video game music! 
 
Paper Mario, Final Fantasy, Castlevania, megaman(X), Legend of Zelda, Super Metroid, No More Heroes.....the list goes on...

Yeah, music is probably the most important thing to a game in my opinion. Great music can do so damn much for a game. 

Recently I find Mass Effect 2 to be pretty epic with surround sound and the music volume cranked up. 

Music is a very important aspect for me if I wanted to be immersed in a atmosphere, or affected in some way. Unfortunately many developers and gamers tend to push aside in the sound/music department in favour over graphics.

Castlevania, Faxanadu, Megaman, some of the old Final Fantasys, the old Sonics, pretty much any Kirby game, Majora's Mask, Fable, Diablo II, and World of Warcraft all come to mind as having soundtracks I enjoy.
 
 
I'm sure there are more I can't think of right now.

Would end of credits music count? If so, then The Late Goodbye in Max Payne 2. Too perfect.

"Morrowind's music = Epic "

If you liked the Oblivion soundtrack I highly suggest checking out the Morrowind soundtrack. Morrowind's soundtrack is one of my favorite of any game's ever! Listening to Peaceful Waters brings me right back to the moment when I stepped off that boat into Seyda Neen, which is an extremely nostalgic moment for me in gaming, where I discoverd my love of Western RPG's. The main theme is just way more epic than Oblivions IMO, so ya check it out!!  

I found myself often returning to Guild Wars solely because of the music.

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@Hourai:
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Mega Man 2 and Contra for me. There's Katamari Damacy and Ouendan as well, but I'm not really sure that those count as Ouendan is a music game and a lost of the music for Katamari Damacy wasn't probably created specifically for that game. I might be wrong on that second point though.

I love music in games.  LOVE IT.  My love affair with music started in games, going all the way back to the C64 and Martin Galways' amazing title theme to Sensible Software's Wizball.
 
Recently an incredibly talented musician named Reyn Ouwenhand did a live reinterpretation of that epic piece and it's glorious!
 
  The original Martin Galway piece in all its 4 channel mono glory.

i really loved mass effect 1's sound track