What is your favorite single song from a video game?

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#1  Edited By Whisperkill

There are so many, I'm thinking about doing a top 10 one of these days.
 
My personal favorite would have to be the Song of Storms from Zelda. Not only is it an amazing piece of music, but it just brings back so many awesome memories of playing the two Zelda N64 games with my friends when we were younger.
 
 

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#2  Edited By nnickers

Breathing new life into ladder-climbing:

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#3  Edited By TobyD81

SPOILERS:
 

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#4  Edited By natetodamax

Either this:
 
 

  
This:
 
 
  
Or This:
 
 
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#5  Edited By agentboolen

I have always had a thing for the 1st Mario Bros song...  Its kind of catchy for a 8 bit video game song.
 
 

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#6  Edited By Lukaz

M4 Part 2 by Faunts during the Mass Effect credits. Although it's not an original track, the ME credits was where I heard it first and treat is as one of its tracks.  
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#7  Edited By buzz_clik

Mutants on the C64 by Fred Gray. Three channels of sound utilised brilliantly. Sadly this a pretty lo-fi video.

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#8  Edited By Hot_Karl

 I won't embed a ton of Youtube vids, because I think the songs are iconic enough that you'll know what I'm referring to.

Ironic hits for me include the end song to Rogue Warrior ("goddamn cockbreath commie motherfucker!"), "Girlfriend" from Brutal Legend and "IN-DE-STRUCT-A-BLE" from Street Fighter IV (but only slightly, because I love that song in a guilty pleasure way too).
 
Someone posted a topic about the best songs from a game soundtrack from last year, and they had "Downstream" from Braid which I called a "simply beautiful" song, which it is.
 
I also love the entire Bully soundtrack, as well as that from Bionic Commando: Rearmed (amazing soundtrack). Finally, this, I feel, is one of the best songs from any video game ever. I assured my non-gamer lady friend that this is the case, but she doubts me. Maybe you guys have my back on this one?
 
 
 
 

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#10  Edited By breadfan

The music of Half-Life 2 was almost its own character. 
 

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#11  Edited By mikeeegeee
@Disengage: OOOH boy, you sir... are right on target. I dig it.
 
At the minute? I'll go with the Goldeneye's pause menu beat.
  
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#12  Edited By Suicidal_SNiper
@mikeeegeee said:

" @Disengage: OOOH boy, you sir... are right on target. I dig it.
 
At the minute? I'll go with the Goldeneye's pause menu beat.
  

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Ohh man the memories! Definitely my favorite.
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#13  Edited By TheGremp

This was a triumph... I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.

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#14  Edited By Snipzor

Someone was kind enough to upload the song below, considering it isn't included with the rest of the music (officially anyways), the only way to hear it was at the first quarter of the game. How kind of that person. I would always play this song in my head when I was talking with someone, just felt right.
  

  Does this count as Youtube spam though? There isn't much discussion going on.
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#15  Edited By Steve_C

You don't get much better than the Sonic 2 OST.

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#16  Edited By Zicdab

Look everybody!  It's the FFVII fan boy!
I like the main theme from Final Fantasy VII.  This is the orchestra version. 
 

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#17  Edited By mikeeegeee
@buzz_clik:@VinceNotVance:@Steve_C: 
 
YES. Oh my god, I'm going to have to assemble a mix tape.
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#18  Edited By Ben_H

I still have a Genesis hooked specifically for Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers.  The music is still awesome.  The SNES stuff is better sounding to me though.
 
 

  
 
  
I just realized I have purchased 5 Street Fighter games.  Wow.
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#19  Edited By demontium

  @Whisperkill:

    
    
   
cannot decide.
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#20  Edited By buzz_clik
Oh, and another C64 fave of mine is Rub Hubbard's Zoids. As a child, this was the very definition of epic game music for me.
 
 
 
@VinceNotVance: Yeah, that is pretty sweet fer sure.
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#21  Edited By jimi

 

   
 
Still waiting for a system shock 3...
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#22  Edited By eclipsesis

Final fantasy 8, Don't be Afraid

i don't know how to embed it XD

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#23  Edited By lamegame621

 
I'm not the worlds biggest fan of Halo, but I absolutely love the soundtrack---this in particular: 
 
 

 
 
 
  There's also something really amazing, thrilling, and hypnotic about the Mass Effect soundtrack.
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#24  Edited By fuzzyponken

Forever ingrained in my mind.  
 
  

 
And also:  
  
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@demontium said:

"    @Whisperkill:

   
    
   cannot decide. "
I wouldn't be able to pick a single track myself, but you win for posting this at least. <3 David Wise.
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#27  Edited By Yummylee
@raven_squad:
Room of Angel, beasty choice. 
 
  
  This baby had me tear up a little.
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#28  Edited By Little_Socrates
@lamegame621: Is it for the piano segment, or for The Last Spartan portion? 'cause that piano segment is really, really awesome, and actually pulled me back into Halo 3 many times when I was annoyed by the story. 
 
Personal track might be Snake Eater or Still Alive, but there are a LOT of really good ones that come to mind. Together We Ride (Fire Emblem), Phendrana Drifts (Metroid Prime), Tambur (Assassin's Creed II, albeit not REALLY an original) and in general the BioShock soundtrack are big standouts.
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#29  Edited By applet0n

Strangely, it was the song from Wanted: Weapons of Fate. Hearing it just made me feel like a badass assassin, which the game failed at in other parts.
They should have just kept the song going instead of having it die out every now and then.
 
 

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#30  Edited By jonnyboy

I was eating the first time I heard this, very dangerous. That said, choking to death after laughing at this song is an inescapable irony.
 

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#31  Edited By AndrewB

 

   
Which is pretty much an epic remix of the original Baldur's Gate theme.
 
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#32  Edited By Yummylee
@applet0n:
Thats actually a pretty good song. Rather just listen to this song than play the game anywhoo.
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#33  Edited By AndrewB

And as long as we're talking really kickass Sonic Music...
 

   
RIP, Sonic...
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#34  Edited By Zicdab
@eclipsesis: Here you go.  Just click insert, then video, then copy and paste the URL of the video.
 
 
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#35  Edited By Synthballs

  

  Awwwwwwwww yeeeeeah
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#36  Edited By tineyoghurt

Either the Oblivion theme or the Stormwind Theme from WoW.

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  Fucking beautiful.
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The reason why I am into Ambient music these days.
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Here's some more good ones I like:
 
 

   
   
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Here's some more good ones I like:
 
 

   
   
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#41  Edited By JonathanMoore

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G8QywDNCEU
 
Love this.

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#42  Edited By penguindust

There are a bunch of different songs I've come to love over the years from games.  Some go back a number of years and others are very recent.  I'm not going to embed a bunch of them since (a) it's dangerously close to YouTube spam and (b) most people just glance over them without clicking them to listen.  So, I'll link a few below which will probably have the same result, but will take up less space on the page.

  1. "Hikari" / "Simple and Clean" : Kingdom Hearts  ~  Back when G4 still aired a show called Cinematech, they aired this and another video constantly.  I got hooked on both songs because of this and have had them on my Ipods for years now.  
  2. "Fly Like a Butterfly" & "The Concept of Love"  :  Jet Set Radio Future  ~  The entire soundtrack by Hideki Naganuma is fantastic, but these two songs really stuck with me over the years.  They too have been in strong rotation on my Ipod since early 2000s. 
  3. "Brand New Days"  : Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES  ~  This one is relatively new to my playlist, but I really like it.  Whenever I hear it, I am reminded of the game which I also love.
  4. "Reach Out to the Truth"  :  Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4  ~  Basically, I've have this song drilled into my psyche after so many battles.  P4 is among my favorites (behind P3) so, this one was a "no brainer" to mention.  "Mass Destruction" from P3 FES (the battle song), is also etched into my skull, but "Reach" is a slightly better song in my opinion.
  5. "Reign of the Septims"  :  Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion  ~  Not since "Carmina Burana, O Fortuna" has their been a song I think that so perfectly encapsulated the majesty of the traditional fantasy genre.  
  6. "Wishing for an Eternal Sky"  :  Skygunner  ~  About the same time G4 was bombarding me with Utada Hikaru's song, they also put this charming trailer into heavy rotation.  It has since become my number one song from a video game.  Below is the video to this great song.  
     
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#43  Edited By Kiemoe

I'm gonna cheat a little 
   
  

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#44  Edited By Ronin147
@VinceNotVance:
Thank you for reminding me of that song and game!
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#45  Edited By MikkaQ

  

   
Hell yeah! It's a like a proto-pokemon song, but with the level of awesome I've come to expect outta Blaster Master. 
 
Okay so probably not my favorite, but it's great, and I can't play favorites with this shit. 
 
Another awesome one: 
 
  
   
 
I really want an official version of this game to come out on something. I'd play the MSX-2 metal gear on XBLA. None of that "I Feel Asleep" NES shit.
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#46  Edited By some1

  

  Or:

  

  
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#47  Edited By Tiwi

there's a few
Kraids Chamber - Metroid
It's one of those songs you can listen to forever as long as you're playing a game, it evokes an atmosphere which makes it hard to stop playing.)

 Ken's theme - SSF2T (adding the HD Remix version because it's awesome)
 I want to punch someone when i hear this song.  *punches Jlrm01*
And in the end I always seem end up at this song; the best 8 bit song. EVER.  
Mega man 2 - Dr. wily: stage 1 
 
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#48  Edited By zeforgotten

One that really stands out to me is the Gerudo Valley song from Ocarina of Time 
I remember just going there just so I could listen to the song.  
 

  Just to add to the Youtube spam =D
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#49  Edited By moelarrycurly

  

   
@ZeForgotten:
 Gerudo Valley is hella awesome as well.
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#50  Edited By Binman88
@ZeForgotten said:

" One that really stands out to me is the Gerudo Valley song from Ocarina of Time 
I remember just going there just so I could listen to the song.  
 

  Just to add to the Youtube spam =D "

I loved that song, it fit the setting perfectly.
 

One of my favourite songs from OoT was the Forest Temple music, which went hand in hand with the creepiness of the temple.