What's your favourite game soundtrack?

I'm talking about licensed soundtracks, for me I'd have to say Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 or Burnout 3, both of them made you feel like a badass while playing their respective games...

Brutal Legend. Original soundtrack? Silent Hill 2. Akira Yamoaka is a god to me.

Shadow of the Colossus is the best.

I can't think of a single memorable licensed soundtrack, without going for a cop out answer like Rock Band.

This list seems a pretty good answer (warning: I won't edit for shit):

Soundtracks to review to.

Well, I just put up my latest review, so I thought I'd make a list of the soundtracks I listen to whilst writing these reviews. And as an added bonus, I'll include a link to a song from each soundtrack. (It won't be my favorite song from each game, because picking just one would be far too difficult.) Think of it as a sing-along list, only I won't be singing. You will be, most likely in a room all by yourself.

	1. Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu Is it really any surprise? There are just so many memorable tracks from this game! In fact, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2trLhHan2Y">here's one</a>.
	2. Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon Man, does this game know how to work a piano. It knows exactly which notes to hit to make you feel whatever emotion it wants. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBWL1GvGPH8">For example,</a> you are now trembling with fear, hoping that when you turn around, Chickenhead isn't greeting you. (On that note, I've found it very hard to make that particular song sound scary in Audacity. I've even tried reversing it, and it sounds <em>exactly the same</em>.)
	3. Bahamut Lagoon Just like Fragile Dreams before it, Bahamut Lagoon's pretty good at laying down some emotional tracks. There's a lot of sad stuff, but here's something <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWRRu4L8-1g">a bit more uplifting.</a>
	4. Mystic Ark How the hell did Produce make the SNES sound so good? Sometimes, it's hard to tell which track is the original, and which is the arrange. Also, crazy ass names abound. Ooh, like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rDxaU3zq2U">here.</a> It's just a shame that my favorite track (Alone) is nowhere to be found on YouTube. Also, it sucks that the sequel dropped the crazy names for something much more <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F6NoyiWRNw">boring.</a>
	5. Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together Not the PSP version (although I've nothing against that), but the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Urr8lWFPsc">SNES version.</a> It's like a boisterous proto-Mystic Ark, in a sense. It's just the type of fighting spirit I could use while writing about how much I don't like Costume Quest.
	6. Final Fantasy VI Again, like Seisen no Keifu, so many memorable and beloved tracks to pick from. I'll just go with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZxB4eO8X9s">what I know.</a>
	7. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time OK, I mostly listened to this one while I was reviewing the game in question. It's how I figured out that half the soundtrack is ripped from Link to the Past. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw9ifzsR_Oc">Doesn't mean I can't enjoy it, though.</a>
	8. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Honestly, how the crap can you question this? Michael Jackson wrote the soundtrack. He snuck Smooth Criminal into the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtQtbWifobQ">Ice Cap Zone</a>. That is just all kinds of awesome.
	9. SaGa (Specifically, the Romancing variant of it.) Technically, I should only list Romancing SaGa 3 here, since 1 is hard as hell to find on YouTube (hint: English won't do you any favors), and I'm pretty sure that 2 isn't even on YouTube, but they're all so good. Kenji Ito sure as shit knows how to compose stylistic music. Hell, just listen to his specialty: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn8KGnCxiAQ">bitching battle music</a>.
	10. Hatsune Miku Goddamn it. I guess that's it. I've crossed the weeaboo line. There's no going back now. I have to admit, though, that this Vocaloid can work wonders when used properly. As for the song, might as well link to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAsC28YypaI&list=LL3DFQ81-rFXXe53gVHDcFJQ&index=12&feature=plpp_video">the one that started it all</a>. You (I) have Icemael to blame.

Hard to pick only one so I'll name a few. Persona 3 and 4, bastion, blazblue, silent hill 2 and 3.

A four way tie between Tony Hawks American Wasteland, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit (PS3/360), and Twisted Metal (PS3)

Last Gladiators Digital Pinball

@Video_Game_King: Read the OP.

I hate Witcher 2 beyond your imagination (and my will), but at least I fucking LOVE rocking that soundtrack in my car.

@Unknown_Pleasures:

Hatsune Miku is 16; she's totally old enough to drive.

Hey, this is about licensed soundtracks! No Zeldas or Final Fantasies.

My vote would be Jet Set Radio Future. Closely followed by Burnout 3/4.

@Video_Game_King said:

@Unknown_Pleasures:

Hatsune Miku is 16; she's totally old enough to drive.

Well fuck, you got me there....and about time you started to admit that you are a weeaboo.

Licensed soundtrack? I can't even guess. So much of the music in games which license their music is completely forgettable to me. That's why I used to always import my own songs into those games when I played them on Xbox consoles. However, as Panpipe above suggests, the Jet Set Radio franchise is the most memorable to me. I'm not sure what the relationship is between Hideki Naganuma's compositions and the games they appear in, but whatever it is, I like them and they feel at home in those titles.

Tony Hawk's Underground has a licensed soundtrack that's pretty damn memorable. great tracks

@Unknown_Pleasures said:

@Video_Game_King said:

@Unknown_Pleasures:

Hatsune Miku is 16; she's totally old enough to drive.

Well fuck, you got me there....and about time you started to admit that you are a weeaboo.

Accept the greatness of Miku. (well, some of her songs)

Plenty but Blood, Shadow Warrior, Mass Effect 2 & Brutal Legend are always at the top of my list.

@Cloudenvy said:

@Unknown_Pleasures said:

@Video_Game_King said:

@Unknown_Pleasures:

Hatsune Miku is 16; she's totally old enough to drive.

Well fuck, you got me there....and about time you started to admit that you are a weeaboo.

Accept the greatness of Miku. (well, some of her songs)

Like this?

Braid has my favorite licensed soundtrack, that I was unaware was even licensed until it was pointed out.

@Video_Game_King said:

@Cloudenvy said:

@Unknown_Pleasures said:

@Video_Game_King said:

@Unknown_Pleasures:

Hatsune Miku is 16; she's totally old enough to drive.

Well fuck, you got me there....and about time you started to admit that you are a weeaboo.

Accept the greatness of Miku. (well, some of her songs)

Like this?

No. No. No. No. No.

No!

Besides the Jet Set Radio games, I can't think of one solid consistent licensed soundtrack. Some of the stuff in NFS Hot Pursuit (the new one) is pretty good, and it seems that the status quo for racers is to have at least one LCD Soundsystem song in it, and that's cool. Does the Adult Swim station in Saints Row The Third count?

@Cloudenvy:

It could be worse: I could post a wrong Vocaloid song (Why Don't You Call Me Yet as done by Len, Kokoro as done by Hatsune Miku, Rin Kagamine's World is Mine, etc.).

SSX 3 I guess.
 
  

I like GTA IV's licensed tracks. That's not a popular choice, but I like the deeper cuts. As original scores go, Metal Gear Solid, every single Zelda, Shadow of the Colossus and Red Dead Redemption are way up there.

@Video_Game_King: Those are indeed all wrong.

I'm just saying, Black Rock Shooter is the best Vocaloid song.

@Cloudenvy:

What about Hirari Hirari? Or any of those songs from before with the right Vocaloids? Those can be pretty good.

@Video_Game_King: The right version of World is Mine is indeed pretty great. Basically, all Vocaloid songs composed by Supercell's Ryu are great.

Hirari Hirari is not half-bad either!

Licensed only? Brutal Legend, Midnight Club 2, Saints Row: The Third. Those are what come to mind.

For originals? Scott Pilgrim Vs The World! Some tracks on there are almost impossible to not love.

No one has said Vice City yet? Maybe you guys are all younger than I thought.

@RainbowRaccoon said:

Brutal Legend. Original soundtrack? Silent Hill 2. Akira Yamoaka is a god to me.

Glad we worship the same god.

Well, Vice City and San Andreas have great soundtracks that work even better by fitting into the game's setting.

I've always liked soundtracks of games like Tony Hawk and Burnout. There's generally a nice mix.

The Phoenix Wright music is always great and I even enjoy the Sonic music. It's the only thing they seem to get right most of the time.

I'm also quite fond of the Airblade soundtrack, though maybe that's just because there was only one song per level. On constant loop. Forever.

I've always found a fondness for the Need For Speed: Most Wanted soundtrack to be pretty awesome to listen to every now and then, so I'll vote for that.

The Tony Hawk games and Fallout 3

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

Braid has my favorite licensed soundtrack, that I was unaware was even licensed until it was pointed out.

I didn't know that was licensed until just a while ago either. It surprised me. It's the only one mentioned so far that had music that stuck out to me. Precisely because it didn't come across as licensed.

Saints Row: The Third has fucking brilliant soundtracks. It's not just they get good soundtracks, they also use them well in support of the moment-to-moment gameplay.

@Chemin said:

@RainbowRaccoon said:

Brutal Legend. Original soundtrack? Silent Hill 2. Akira Yamoaka is a god to me.

Glad we worship the same god.

Same as well ! I also have to agree with Brutal Legend. I wish it had more power metal but it was awesome nevertheless.

A few other original soundtracks I like include:

Castlevania series (Love that it isn't afraid to tap into many other different genres and of course the more iconic tunes from the first few always come back arranged differently and such)

Legend of Zelda series ( You just can't hate that soundtrack)

Guilty Gear XX (Awesome Rock and traditional heavy metal soundtrack)

Advent Rising (Emotional movie score like)

Banjo Kazooie series (Songs will all be embedded in your head and soul forever)

Capcom vs SNK 2 (Very great jazzy styled soundtrack... Well I really liked it.)

Nightmare Creatures (Kickass gothic metal/ and dark symphonic-y soundtrack!)

Final Fantasy series (of course)

Gauntlet Legends/ Dark Legacy (Who could forget the famous Gauntlet song hehe. Oh the nostalgia!)

Deadly Arts (N64 fighting game with a very GREAT soundtrack made of nostalgia and the 90s LOL... It's drum n bass-y

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

Braid has my favorite licensed soundtrack, that I was unaware was even licensed until it was pointed out.

Good call; the Braid soundtrack is fantastic.

Personally, this track is my favourite:

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City or Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 would be my choice of my favourite licensed soundtrack.

Okami

1. To the Moon
2. Rayman: Origins
3. ...

Metal Gear solid collection, still my favorite after all these years.

Vice City. Goddamn that soundtrack was awesome.

Little Big Planet (the first one) That was some fantastic music

My favourite licensed game soundtrack would have to be Mount&Blade Warband: Napoleonic Wars; I think it has around 40+ classical pieces. It gives the game either a whimsical/comedic or a very serious feel.

GTA Vice City. The sole reason why 80's music is my guilty pleasure.. And I don't even feel guilty about it.

Which just makes it pure pleasure. Mmm.

FF VII and FFVIII soundtracks! epic!

@Video_Game_King: There is no Nier there? WHY!?

The amount of epicness from the sountrack is mindblowing. It is moving, brilliant and just plain amazing. Farewell Cavia... from the dust you came from, the dust you return... providing quite possibly one of the actually greatest video games of all time. I am not joking in the slightest. Goodbye... comrades from across the sea!