Frank Klepacki and some stuff from Inon Zur's works like Dawn of War really got to me emotionally both while playing the games and outside while listening to them standalone.
I really enjoyed the soundtrack to Skate. Sort of a typical sports game soundtrack but they did an amazing job of getting artists that capture the feeling of the amateur skating world, which followed the theme of the game.
With that said, the GTA IV soundtrack simply can not be topped in my opinion. The music does a great amount of the leg work as far as immersing you into the game world. That's always been apart of past GTA games but I feel like this one just refined the method to a fine tip. Just try to imagine GTA with out the music.
Also I guess I'm going to go with everyone else and say FF7 simply for nostalgia factor. Just hearing the first few notes of ANY of the songs from that game brings on a flood of great memories.
I think music in gaming has come along way in the last few years. There are some really good game soundtracks out there (even for some games that were not really good overall experiences)
Some of my all time favorites are:
Alone in the Dark - Killing the Fissure - Olivier Deriviere & the Voices of Bulgaria choir
Universe at War - Divine Inspiration - Frank Klepack
Eternal Darkness - The Sign - Steve Henflin
...and everything done by Martin O'Donnell for Halo & Bungie
I like a lot of the techno tracks in Half-Life 2, as well as the Deus Ex theme song.The theme from Halo is pretty good also. One of my favorites is the Cohen's Masterpiece piano solo from Bioshock.
In terms of an OST, I'd say Halo 3 had the best soundtrack I've ever heard. And I hate Halo XD.
In terms of actual *music* music, sung by artists and such... I don't really know. Most games try to be too diverse to really have anything considered good overall.
The techno/trance score for the whole Half-Life 2 series was really impressive to me. Valve's in-house musicians are really, really talented. Though most of the allure of the score is mostly the deft implementation in the game itself (it kicks in right when things get appropriately epic), I found the compositions to both original and enjoyable.
I like some of the tracks on the GTAIV soundtrack well enough (The Black Keys has an excellent track on the compliation), but overall, there isn't a grand amount of depth, despite the variety the game allows. There were, what, a whole three tracks on the game's ambient/avant garde station, The Journey? C'mon.
"The techno/trance score for the whole Half-Life 2 series was really impressive to me. Valve's in-house musicians are really, really talented. Though most of the allure of the score is mostly the deft implementation in the game itself (it kicks in right when things get appropriately epic), I found the compositions to both original and enjoyable.
I like some of the tracks on the GTAIV soundtrack well enough (The Black Keys has an excellent track on the compliation), but overall, there isn't a grand amount of depth, despite the variety the game allows. There were, what, a whole three tracks on the game's ambient/avant garde station, The Journey? C'mon."
err. Half life 2 has neither techno nor trance. It has electronica, maybe some techno, but definately NOT trance. this is trance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbrTr1pz8pE
"The techno/trance score for the whole Half-Life 2 series was really impressive to me. Valve's in-house musicians are really, really talented. Though most of the allure of the score is mostly the deft implementation in the game itself (it kicks in right when things get appropriately epic), I found the compositions to both original and enjoyable.
I like some of the tracks on the GTAIV soundtrack well enough (The Black Keys has an excellent track on the compliation), but overall, there isn't a grand amount of depth, despite the variety the game allows. There were, what, a whole three tracks on the game's ambient/avant garde station, The Journey? C'mon."
err. Half life 2 has neither techno nor trance. It has electronica, maybe some techno, but definately NOT trance. this is trance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbrTr1pz8pE
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