Anima Flux has a sick soundtrack! Caught myself playing longer just because those tracks are straight fire
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Many games feature amazing music, but certain games take it beyond even that.
Games like DOOM are known for the "procedural" composition they use to marry gameplay and sound, and not only that, the way the music is a perfect tonal match to what is happening.
What games have you played that feature music that doesn't just make you notice it, but also pulls you further in?
I havent seen it mentioned yet, but ultrakill. Holy fuck this game's soundtrack is like cocaine, nothing beats the absolute rush that is every song in this track. From the guitar/percussion in prelude slamming away the drums like your bullets breaking the skulls of whats in your line of sight, to the absolute state of HOLY FUCK the tracks in the p- levels rip into your soul. Its fantastic
Animal Crossing. Each hour of the day has a different track and it really makes it feel special to play at every different time of day. When your playing and the song switches or makes you want to play more.
Superhexagon
Stellaris.
I don't see Transistor mentioned. Great moody soundtrack that fits the cyber noir aesthetic wonderfully. We All Become is such a beautiful song.
Every supergiant game has a wonderful soundtrack. Darren Korb is the composer.
Furi
Came here to say this. Amazing game.
Unreal Tournament. A soundtrack made by the sceners and trackers. If you know, you know.
Tunic
Definitely Tunic. I listen to that soundtrack to study to
Literally any of the Ace Combat games! They have absolutely no business going as hard as they do in an arcade-y flight sim but good lord they are just incredible. I listen to the OSTs whilst I’m working all the time when I need pump up music - Zero is particularly good!
First one that comes to mind is wing commander prophecy. Opened my ears to new styles of metal and industrial music I had never heard before then. If I'm limiting to video game composers streets of rage, I still listen to it sometimes.
Is it cheating to say Crypt of the Necrodancer?
Must move to the music's beat, and the music itself is by Danny Baranowsky (other works include the original PCl soundtracks for Super Meat Boy and Binding of Isaac)
Nah, that's exactly the type of game that's a right answer.
The original Doom comes to mind for me.
Man, just fucking everything by Nobuo Uematsu. Such a GOAT
Tony Hawk Pro skater 2 (but probably many of Birds games)
Battlefield: Vietnam
I feel like licensed music with historical context is cheating, but I'll get behind that
Balatro, game has 1 song (with variations), and after 100+ hours I'm still not tired of it.
If you like that you might also like vampire the masquerade redemption soundtrack that came out a few years earlier, and the deb of night radio show from bloodlines.
Honestly, The Last Of Us games. Gustavo Santaolalla is a ridiculously talented musician/producer. Apparently, the guy never learned to read music either!
ULTRAKILL definitely has a perfectly fitting soundtrack
To quote, "This shit sounds like how coke smells"
Really make you feel that you are a unstopabble force.
World of Warcraft vanilla had an amazing score. Still brings chills to my spine. But that might be nostalgia.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. That game is damn near flawless.
Castlevania music is a style of its own. Love that stuff.
Risk of Rain 2!!!
so true... most songs build up over the course of the stage (just like the difficulty usually), then when you hit the tp to start the boss it plays an epic boss song
my only issue with it is that after the tp there's no music, and I often run around after the tp to minmax items, so I have to sit there in silence :(
Tunic has unique soundtracks for the different areas that totally hit the right emotional chords in each area. And like how getting back to the main hub feels like a relief in every way (sound, colour, brightness, difficulty).
Demon's Souls. Sparse and somber and sad and like with this vibe of overwhelming (but not overly melodramatic) loss - just like the game (though it's a tad less restrained with the melodrama) haha
Highly recommend checking out SANABI if you enjoyed Katana Zero or Furi.
Mass Effect, the first one. The soundtrack, being event driven, made the whole thing feel like a space opera you'd watch as a tv series, not just be an RPG.
Also the synthy goodness with those distorted like bass rips or something idk but 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻😫
Alan Wake (the og one). It's music was so in tune with the atmosphere, and it is one of the very few soundtracks I listen to.
WarCraft 2
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