What is your favorite single song from a video game?

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#51  Edited By kenjisalk

I am kinda bummed at the lack of Ueda game love in this thread (though there are still a ton of great posts). 
 
 

 
  
  
Shadow of the Colossus was such an amazing game due in no small part to the fantastic music Koh Ohtani composed.  I still get choked up when I listen to the ost.
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#52  Edited By solvalou

  
   Love the title screen theme for Agony (Amiga version). It's a very sad piano theme.  

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#53  Edited By happyfatman

The music that plays in Gruntilda's Lair just before you enter "Grunty's Furnace Fun."  Shame it's only in that one spot in the game. 
  

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#54  Edited By Tally_Pants
@mikeeegeee:
this makes me want to hook my N64 back up and play some 007! far too many goods were had playing this game!
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#55  Edited By krystians
@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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OH MY YES! that bring back memories! ! I love it too!
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#56  Edited By krystians

This has got to be by far my favorite. 
 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orWrekoonTA
 
PS.
 
Sorry I don't know how to embed the video, please someone tell me how.

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#57  Edited By Goly

I don't know if it's been said already but Max Payne's main theme is fucking epic.

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    Fire Emblem soundtracks... Simply beautiful.
   
   
     
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@VinceNotVance said:

"  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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Wow I remember that now! That was great, reminds me a lot of MegaMan music. Thanks for finding that.
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#61  Edited By NG_21

runners up (for me): tanker battle, harry gregson-williams, MGS2
sector sweep, the main theme half-life2: episode 2
and 4000 degrees kelvin, portal.
 
winner: theme of laura, akira yamaoka :D

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#62  Edited By I_smell

Glad to see someone allready posted that FUCKING BODACIOUS Duck Tales song.
 
Now it's time to GET CRUNK, FOOL.

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#64  Edited By themartyr

  

   
Chilling.
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#65  Edited By CornontheCobbe

Can't decide between these two. Probably the First.
 
 

   Or
  
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#66  Edited By riffingt0n

Favorite individual song is probably the original Zelda theme in all its 8-bit glory
 
 
While I'm at it, my favorite overall soundtrack is the one for Ys Book I & II for the Turbo 16 CD, and the funniest song for me is "A Pirate I Was Meant to Be" from Monkey Island 3.

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#67  Edited By GeekDown
@mikeeegeee: I couldn't agree with you more. I remember pausing the game and just listening to it for minutes.
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#69  Edited By chrissedoff
@natetodamax said:


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Hell yeah! The Mass Effect kind of reminds me of the Xenogears soundtrack except with better instrumentation and not in a piece of shit game.
  @fuzzyponken said:

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The Tristram theme is basically my childhood. Basically.
 
but of course the greatest of all time remains
 
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#70  Edited By Castro
@tiwi: Well crap. I was gonna post the Mega Man II Doctor Wily theme but you had to be an ass and do it first. Also, kudos to whoever was the first person to post the Moon theme from Duck Tales. I honestly can't think of any video game music from the last 15 years or so that really sticks out. Unless it's something like Katamari Damacy or Osu! Tatake! Ouendan! where it actually has a soundtrack with people singing and stuff.
 
Not sure that I have much more to say but I WILL say that I had this song stuck in my head for about 7 years until I heard it again about four years ago. It just popped in there. No clue where it came from. It's not as good as the Mega Man 2 music, but it's pretty great.
 
 
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#71  Edited By Castro

Also, Batman: Arkham Asylum can take a burn because the best superhero game of all time had a great song as well:
 
 

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#72  Edited By Chyro

It's always been Bionic Commando Area 5 for me.  Dunno what it is but I love this song.
 
 

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#73  Edited By Castro

I'd be an ass if I didn't bring up Contra. In my opinion, Mega Man II has the best soundtrack of any game that I've ever heard. If there is a runner up, it would be Contra. This is my favorite track:
 
 

   
I'm assuming that most of you missed it, but the insanely awesome Jeremy Parish from 1up.com interviewed the guy that composed the Contra music earlier this year. There's a video of it here

I'm not done yet! Actraiser!
 
 
  
Dude... 
 
 
 
  
I'll post something more if I can think of it. Gabriel Knight had great music, but I couldn't find any videos on YouTube that were of good enough quality. There were actually several Sierra On-Line games that had great music. That should probably saved for a different thread though. The Lucasarts games had great music. The Monkey Island theme may be one of the greatest songs ever composed. I'm sure there are many more.
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#74  Edited By turbomonkey138

you guys all all wrong  
 

@chrissedoff

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" @natetodamax said:


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Hell yeah! The Mass Effect kind of reminds me of the Xenogears soundtrack except with better instrumentation and not in a piece of shit game.
 

@fuzzyponken

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The Tristram theme is basically my childhood. Basically.
 
but of course the greatest of all time remains
 
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this is the best music ever made 
 
 
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#75  Edited By Noodles

Your Affection from Persona 4.   

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#76  Edited By Castro
@chrissedoff: The Monkey Island theme is timeless. I would have posted it myself but you beat me to it. Also, you fight like a dairy farmer.
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#78  Edited By Capum15
@lamegame621: Yes! That is my favorite track from all the Halo games. One Final Effort, it was so awesome during the snowy part of "The Covenant". I also liked (Apart from the main themes) "A Walk In The Woods" and "On A Pale Horse", at least I think those are the names.
 
The end credits song to Mass Effect was also awesome. 
 
The Command And Conquer songs are always pretty kickass.
 
This doesn't really count, but I don't care: 
 
  And then there is this song...
 
  
Oh man, how I love that Daytona USA song. I remember playing it on my Sega Saturn. It was one of my favorite games. That song just...makes the game.
 
Rolling Staaart! Rolling Staaaaaart!!!!! Rolling Staaaaaaaaaaaart!!! Rolling Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaart!!!
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#79  Edited By jacksukeru
@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. "
Agree, in fact it used to bum me out that it stopped playing at nightfall. 
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As a Mega Maniac who was really fond of Mega Man Zero 2 I really dig it's opening level theme  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxbEoUAqtAs&feature=related
However, this remix of the final battle music in MMZ 4 is just so friggin' epic 
  
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#80  Edited By gpbmike

One of my favorites, was nice to see it performed at Video Games Live too. 
 
  

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#81  Edited By Driadon
@gpbmike: Oh man, that's another good'er. The Video Games Live performance they had of that was easily the biggest surprise of the evening.
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#83  Edited By Tynian

 

  This.
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#84  Edited By TheNakedAnt

  It's really hard to pick just one, but if i have it would be this:

Oh, and this one: 
  And this one... 
  Yeah, I'm done.
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#85  Edited By Kohe321

Almost all the music in Ocarina of Time is amazing, and among the best I've ever heard in a video game.

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Might not be my single favorite ever, but certainly right up there:
 
 

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#87  Edited By Alphonzo
@Disengage: FUNK 
   
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#88  Edited By jakob187

I've always like Cold's "With My Mind" from Psi-Ops: 
 
  

  
 
And I have to also include Blind Guardian's "Sacred" from Sacred 2: 
 
  
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#89  Edited By themartyr
@jakob187: wasn't it weird when Cold came preloaded on the 360? I used to like a song of theirs called 'send in the clowns' about ten years ago.
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I wouldn't say that this is my favorite song of all time, but I think that it's a great one which is really overlooked...so I thought I'd post it on here....
 

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#91  Edited By papercut

  HOW DID NO ONE POST THIS YET!

 
 
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#92  Edited By EternalInfinity0

Too many choices. I can't decide.

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#93  Edited By raccoonusdoodus

 

   
Ahh, the memories...
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#94  Edited By XxBarretxX

Best Boss Battle Theme  

   
Best Song Perioid    
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#95  Edited By crimsonnight

    

        
These would have to be a few of my top favorites 
 
  
   
 
  
  
 
 
                                                     
 
  
    
I have many more favorites so if there is a want for more I will post it! Enjoy!
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#96  Edited By thehideousshrew

Theme to Skullmonkeys.

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#98  Edited By dyslekt
This! 
@gpbmike
said:

" One of my favorites, was nice to see it performed at Video Games Live too. 
 
  

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and this!  
   
  
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#99  Edited By Ghostiet

   Possibly SMILE from Persona 4 or Primordial Star Clouds of EVE Online.

  

  
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#100  Edited By WitchHunter_Z

Either: 
 

  or one of these from Persona 3: