Lately I've been playing a lot of a shareware game called Candy Crisis. It's sort of a Jewelbox/Tetris kind of game. The in game music at first seems to be the typical variety, but there are enough variations in tune that it never seems to grate on the nerves. I've found that I don't enjoy the game as much if I turn the music off. For a little shareware game I found that to be impressive.

What game music has added to your gaming experiences?

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AirBurst has a subtle soundtrack, and you don't notice it until it's gone. I like it.
Oni has one of the best music scores I've heard. Very good.

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I agree the airburst soundtrack is damn cool

But SW RL2 got nice music too.

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Can't ignore Bubble Trouble's music. The atmosphere (well, aqueous environment) wouldn't quite be the same without it.

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Damn straight! Lemmings had great music. My vote goes to Lemmings.

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Bubble Trouble was pretty decent, but there wasn't that much of it. In fact, I think repeating the music that much made the whole game seem repetative to me.

Thats not a general rule though. Remember Tetris for the old Game Boy...

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Lemmings music ROCKS!!.

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I'm sorry to rain on your lemmings parade, but the all time best game music ever is most definitely... Final Fantasy 3. Bar none, this game's music added more to the game than any other music before or after it. I don't even know if half of you remember it, since it was pre-The FF7-popularity spike but trust me, if you have a SNES it is well worth it to buy this game. The Opera Scene... still amazing... wow....

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Oni, hands down

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Don't make me laugh. Early FF music was pretty cool, but the Opera scene??? Maybe it's just that I didn't play FF3 till years after it came out, but that seemed incredibly cheesy to me, music included.

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FF7/8 music hands down. Mainly because those are the only ones I've played. ((stupid FF8 wont work on my crappy emulator ))

Also, I've only played the Oni demo. But the music of the ending scequence of the intro is astonishing. But then many epic anime movies/games have some of the c00lest music out there. (just my opinion)

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Didn't someone remix the Tetris music and release it as a pop chart-topper once? In the '80's I think...

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For those of us who have been around since the Atari and Commodore64 these things were amazing. The Opera scene was and is awesome, just like the scene at the end of Super Metroid where the metroid actually saves Samus. I remember the first time it started raining in Legend of Zelda:A Link to the Past I nearly wet myself. I know I sound retarded but trust me, it was seriously awesome at the time. Nothing really since the SNES has really grabbed my attention like those games w/ the exceptions of: FF7, EVO/Nova, Mario 64, Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time.

(And I know this isn't really relevant but the greatest game of all time was on the SNES-- Chrono Trigger.)

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The Legend of Zelda. Best music ever. Without it, the game would suck. Just listening to the music brings back memories...

ahhhh, what fun times I had playing that game....

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Metal Gear Solid would be my choice, but Lemmings comes a close second

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Einhander had some pretty bitchin' music, enough so that I actually own the soundtrack. The Book of Ys games weren't bad either. As for FF, FF2 has the best battle theme to date, but I think FFT has the best overall music of all the FFs.

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The music set the atmosphere for me in Zeldas, Metal Gear, Final Fantasys (especially in FMVs) and Resident Evil.

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I liked the music from Terranigma a whole lot. It was very, very good for effect. In fact, there is one track that first plays in a town full of zombies, and the music creeped out everyone I know who's played it. Not bad for SNES MIDI.
And FF8 was an absolutely horrible game, but it has very, very, VERY good music.

And as for unobtrusive, good background music, Orisinal does that very well. I get the music from It Takes Two stuck in my head all the time, but that's not really a bad thing.

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Surely you've not forgotten Laguna's battle theme ("The Man with the Machine Gun") from Final Fantasy 8? I'd say that most certainly qualifies as the best.

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I still get that song stuck in my head all the time. I even have the symphonic version of the FF8 soundtrack. (Though I think it sounds better in the original computer-generated version. And the damn symphonic CD doesn't have the music from Esthar!)

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I was always quite fond of the music from Probotector for the GB (Contra in the states I think.)

Az

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The symphonic CD does indeed make some of the best tracks from that game sound even better, though it is a pity only a select few of the pieces are on it.

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I would have to say that the music of FF2 had the biggest "Wow" factor for me at the time ("It's like the FF1 music, but symphonic!").

Favorite mood music:

• The FF2 take on the "Bridge Crossing" theme. Somehow wistful and epic at the same time.
• The "Final Battle" music in CT. Wonderfully pulse-pounding.
• The "Opera" suite in FF3 (not counting the [even then] remarkably cheesy "singing").

I think Cythera generally did a good job of "music as background" - I only really noticed the music's effect after I turned it off.

Of course, better still are the remixes at remix.overclocked.org . I would especially recommend "Shadow's Theme" and "Terra in Black" (both from FF3/6) and "Winds of Time" (from CT)

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I wouldn't know, as I've blocked out each and every detail of FF8 I can. Occasionally I'll still get horrible flashbacks.

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Yeah. It still pisses me off to no end that the characters named Laguna and Irvine were in the Crappy One. (For those of you who don't know, the US branch of Square is in Costa Mesa, CA, which is right next to Irvine and Laguna Beach.)
I still think Laguna, and his battle song, were cool, though. Not just because I grew up in the town he was named after.

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Chrono Trigger, Ocarina of Time, and Ogre Battle 64. It seems a lot of RPGs have been mentioned in this topic, perhaps music makes the game.

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I love the opening music in Metal Gear Solid 2. I think its the best, hands down.

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I like Smash Bros. Melee's. Cool orchestrated versions of the tunes we all remember!

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Hell march from RA one. What was that song in C&C1 where the dude said 'we will cut them down!'? I loved it. C&C + RA 1 music gets my vote.





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Actually... I have been known to play the music from GTA and/or Half-life on my stereo...

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All sorts of stuff. The Super Mario theme is no longer worth worshipping, but the infinite number of spinoffs are. I have six on iTunes.

The music from all three in the Myst series is relaxing and almost profound. I keep the Exile music on iTunes, too.

I agree, candy Crisis' music is pretty damn good. AirBurst has an excellent song, but it's so short that it becomes repetitive and therefore annoying. A longer remix I found here.

The music from Chiral and Barrack also kick arse, although as I understand it those where imported from elsewhere, since I have heard the Chiral music on a car commercial elsewhere.

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Best video game music: Lufia And The Fortress Of Doom, Lufia II: Rise Of The Sinistrals (the dramatic theme at Doom Island undeniably rules).

Best mac game music: Hard to say, I like battle-girl (yes, it's supposed to be lowercase).

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Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: The Hyrule Symphony Orchestral version.
Secret of Mana: Orchestral version
Seiken Densetsu 3 (Secret of Mara 2): Nice
Terranigma: Sets the theme incredibly well.
Final Fanasy 8: Both versions, Orchestral was better for the tracks it included.
Oni.: Damn that soundtrack is awesome!

There are others..... but those are my favourites, not in any particular order.


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I would have to go with Oni, Dark Forces, Descent, and Warcraft II.

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Anyone play Otto Matic? The game isn't that great (I hate the movement system that Pangea keeps putting in their games), but that soundtrack is of John Williams quality, my all-time favorite composer. I keep the whole track on iTunes.

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I can't believe I forgot about Xenogears! Screw FF8. Xenogears is the ultimate post CT RPG, period. It may have some minor flaws in gameplay, but it's the damn best in every other field. Especially the music. The opening theme alone is worth getting the game for. And it only gets better. I especially like the music from the Tower of Babel and the floating city.

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I loved the MechWarrior 2 music. All synthesized, but it was cool. It's like an hour long too!

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I love game music...my vote goes to:
1. ChronoTrigger (All I have to say is: Wow.)
2. Terranigma (How come all the good music came from SNES?)
3. Myst III (especially the main theme)
4. Legend of Zelda, orchestrated (and you know why)
5. SPQR (you've probably never heard of it, but the music was so spooky...it fit so well! I think the company that made it died. )

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Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross both have great music but for my money, it's Final Fantasy 7 all the way. The overworld theme is the best ever composed, and most of the music was perfect for the atmosphere of the game. There were some things that weren't completely polished, but all in all the best music a game could ever have. And One-Winged Angel is your god, bow down now and save yourself the trouble.

What else, The themes from Marathon 2 and Marathon Infinity kicked ass, all Final Fantasy games have at least better than average music. Tony Hawk always has a good soundtrack but I don't really count that as a true soundtrack because the songs usually aren't written for the game. The Myst series has always had an excellent soundtrack.

The Tetris music 0wnz.

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Anyone ever played the CTF map "Antimatter ][" for Unreal Tournament? That's some great electronica there.

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It's impossible to find better music than the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The music fits in perfectly with the game and really puts you in the mood for the area that you're in(even though the Forest Temple music gets annoying after about 20 seconds). My personal favorote song is Hyrule Field's theme.

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I agree. Oni was one of best I've ever heard too.

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Also Pop-Pop has good music...

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I just love the song Link and the girl play by the big tree in the lake *aww* memories

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