Underrated original video game soundtracks
Dark void is made tolerable only by it's awesome score by Bear McCreary.
The Newest Bionic Commando game (not rearmed) had great music also.
MW2 definitely only because that's one of the greatest soundtracks of any game. But I feel since it's Hans Zimmer, one of the greatest movie composers out there for films, it's kind of cheap. I don't really care though. All of the songs in the game are very very good. But I think if I had to say which was the best of them all, it has to be the Boneyard Flyby song.
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Personally, I think The Official Dead Space Soundtrack is. There are a lot though. The Darkness, Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, etc.
Call of Duty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZZ2yZhgh_4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jY5Oh1Z_VM
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olaYsglghdI
Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0pStxKAI_A
Battlefield always brings it as well, although not necessarily underrated.
This is a cool thread (it popped up in a google search, sorry for the necro). I'm actually really into trying to highlight both more recent and more obscure video game soundtracks (everybody already knows that Chrono Trigger and the like have good soundtracks), and I've been running a YouTube channel for that purpose ( http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion/30/vgmhq-youtube-channel-with-modern-overlooked-video-game-music/471159/).
One soundtrack that I haven't seen mentioned in this thread yet is Forza Motorsport 3's. In addition to licensed tracks, the game has a lot of original pieces for its menu music, and they're all very soothing.
@ Lawrens: I thought I was the only person who played God Hand. Nice choice. The song that plays during the credits made me laugh.
This one isn't really all that obscure (at least not when it came out) but nowadays I don't see it popping up as often. Here's Max Payne 2:
I'm sorry, but this thread must go on.
Embedding doesn't work on the last one, but belive me, it's worth it.
A lot of people hated the Quake soundtrack when the game came out since it wasn't the hard ass metal industrial stuff they expected. But I think it's brilliant and creepy as all get out.
That said, here is the theme from Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure. That version comes off the CD version. Beautiful. The rest of the music is just as good.
Enternal Sonata, don't like many Japanese RPG's but I sort of fell in love with this one and one of the main reasons was it's stunning soundtrack. Being a Frederic Chopin fan as well helps I guess. Stunning soundtrack throughout.
Bear McCreary's scores in general are usually right up my alley, but I was particularly impressed with his work on Dark Void.
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