Hello, this thread is to list amazing video game songs and... Yeah, that's pretty much it. Listening to these songs may provide inspiration as well, so I think this topic would do good to those aspiring to become amazing musicians and I know there is alot of potential out there, plus, I want to be helpful since I'm here, especially since I'm the one who'll most likely be receiving the most help from people. I would love to see your contributions of songs as well, so please post what you can. I really put alot of hard work on it, so please take your time to browse around. The list is not in alphabetical order, however, I do try to keep them all together by game. (Hint - Ctrl+F) Nintendo Gameboy Tetris NES Super Mario Bros (Of course, alot are obvious, but people forget sometimes... Not including this of course) Super Mario Bros 3. - Grassland Map The Legend Of Zelda Theme Metroid - Brinstar Donkey Kong Original Theme Final Fantasy Theme (Hard to find these because FF7 overshadows everything) Final Fantasy Prelude Final Fantasy - Victory! Final Fantasy World Map River City Ransom - Stage 1 (A tribute for a friend of mine whom is no longer here...) Mother - Pollyanna Contra - Stage 1 Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest - Bloody Tears SNES Donkey Kong Country Theme (The better theme in my opinion) Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambience Donkey Kong Contry - King K. Rool Super Metroid Theme Seiken Densetsu 3 - Different Road (Recommend HQ) E.V.O The Search For Eden The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past - Theme The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past - Zelda's Lullaby The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past - Ending Theme Final Fantasy 6 - Dancin Mad! Final Fantasy 6 - Terra's Theme (I believe this is also the intro) Chrono Trigger - Chrono's Theme Chrono Trigger - Magus's Theme Chrono Trigger - Lucca's Theme Chrono Trigger - Frog's Theme Chrono Trigger - Robo's Theme? (Never gonna give you up...) Chrono Trigger - At The Bottom Of The Night Chrono Trigger - Corridors Of Time Chrono Trigger - Memories Of Green Chrono Trigger - A Faroff Promise Secret Of Mana - Meridian Dance Secret Of Mana - I Won't Forget Secret Of Mana - A Curious Happening Secret Of Mana - Orphan Of Storm Secret Of Mana - The Fairy Child Secret Of Mana - Spirit Of The Night Secret Of Mana - Always Together Secret Of Mana - Star Of Darkness Street Fighter 2 - Ryu's Theme Street Fighter 2 - Ken's Theme Street Fighter 2 - Guile's Theme Street Fighter 2 - Cammy's Theme Street Fighter 2 - Fei Long's Theme Street Fighter 2 - T. Hawk's Theme Street Fighter 2 - Vega's Theme Street Fighter 2 - Zangief's Theme Street Fighter 2 - E-Honda's Theme Street Fighter 2 - Blanka's Theme Street Fighter 2 - Chun Li's Theme Street Fighter 2 - M. Bison's Theme (The Dictator) Street Fighter 2 - Dhalsim's Theme Street Fighter 2 - Balrog's Theme Street Fighter 2 - Dee Jay's Theme Street Fighter 2 - Sagat's Theme Mortal Kombat Theme (For those curious, I put it in SNES just to get it over with, I know this game is also for Genesis and Arcades, also if I'm missing any, inform me please) Kirby Superstar - Trees In The Depths Of The Earth (Arabic music much? Not racist, I am Arabic) Kirby Superstar - Run Kirby Run Kirby Superstar - Green Greens Kirby Superstar - Crystal Fields and Mystery Paradise Earthbound - Onette Theme Earthbound - Boy Meets Girl (Twoson) Earthbound - Fourside Earthbound - Snowman (Also in the original Mother) Earthbound - Buy Something Will Ya? Earthbound - Home Sweet Home Earthbound - Winters White Earthbound - Battle Against An Unsettling Opponent (Listen to that bass...) Earthbound - Because I Love You Earthbound - Sanctuary Guardian Earthbound - Saturn Valley Earthbound - Franky (Generic Rock rythme) Earthbound - Pokey Means Business Earthbound - Eight Melodies Earthbound - Good Friends, Bad Friends Earthbound - Smiles and Tears (Highly recommended) Earthbound - Smiles and Tears (Redone for Brawl, never released) Battletoads In Battlemaniacs - Opening Theme Battletoads In Battlemaniacs - Ragnarok Canyon Super Mario World Theme Super Mario World 2 - Flower Garden Super Mario RPG - Mushroom Way Super Mario RPG - Tadpole Pond Super Mario RPG - Sad Song Super Mario RPG - Forest Maze (Overrated) Super Mario RPG - Midas River Super Mario RPG - Battle Theme Sim City - Village Sega Genesis Toejam and Earl Theme Two Crude Dudes – Opening Theme Two Crude Dudes - Stage 1 TechnoCop Theme Streets Of Rage 2 - In The Bar Streets Of Rage 2 - Slow Moon Streets Of Rage 2 - Wave 131 Sonic The Hedgehog - Green Hill Zone Sonic The Hedgehog - Marble Zone Sonic The Hedgehog - Spring Yard Zone Sonic The Hedgehog - Labyrinth Zone Sonic The Hedgehog - Star Light Zone Sonic The Hedgehog - Scrap Brain Zone Sonic The Hedgehog - Boss Sonic The Hedgehog - Special Stage Sonic The Hedgehog - Invincible Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - Emerald Hill Zone Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - Chemical Plant Zone Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - Casino Night Zone Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - Boss Sonic The Hedgehog 3 - Theme Song Sonic The Hedgehog 3 - Angel Island Zone Act 1 Sonic The Hedgehog 3 - Angel Island Zone Act 2 Sonic The Hedgehog 3 - Carnival Night Zone (Michael Jackson?) Sonic The Hedgehog 3 - Staff Credits (It MUST be him!) Sonic 3 Final Boss : (I'm aware that my knowledge was limited in the Genesis area and that I myself, may have forgotten some pretty neat tunes from this system, which I'm sure I have) Nintendo 64 Super Mario 64 - Title Theme Super Mario 64 Theme Super Mario 64 - Slider Super Mario 64 - Inside The Castle Walls Super Mario 64 - Dire, Dire Docks (A hated level) Super Mario 64 - Snow Mountain Super Mario 64 - Merry-Go-Round Quest 64 - Melrode Monastery Quest 64 - Melrode Quest 64 - Main Field Theme Quest 64 - Normoon Quest 64 - Dondoran Quest 64 - Dondoran Castle Mystical Ninja - Theme Song Mystical Ninja - I am Impact Mystical Ninja - Oedo Town Start Mystical Ninja - Kai Highway Mystical Ninja - Zazen Town Mystical Ninja - Yamato Mystical Ninja - Koryuta Theme Mystical Ninja - Ghost Toys Castle Mystical Ninja - Bizen Mystical Ninja - Omitsu Theme The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Title Theme The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Kokiri Forest The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Shop The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Hyrule Fields Main Theme The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Market The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Shooting Gallery The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Zelda's Lullaby The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Lon Lon Ranch The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Kakariko Village The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Lost Woods (Saria's Song) The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Zora's Domain The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Great Fairy Fountain The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Temple Of Time The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Horse Race The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Windmill Hut (Song of Rain) The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Gerudo Valley The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Ganon's Castle The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Ending Credits The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Title Theme The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Clock Town First Day The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Song Of Healing The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Termina Fields The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Calling The Four Giants Banjo Kazooie - Spiral Mountain Playstation Final Fantasy 7 - Prelude (Personally, I think this game is overrated "^^) Final Fantasy 7 - Main Theme (World Map) Final Fantasy 7 - Electric Chocobo Theme Final Fantasy 7 - One Winged Angel Final Fantasy 8 - Liberi Fatali Final Fantasy 8 - Balamb Garden Final Fantasy 8 - World Map (Blue Fields) Final Fantasy 8 - Don't Be Afraid (Battle Theme) Final Fantasy 8 - The Landing Final Fantasy 8 - The Loser Final Fantasy 8 - Breezy Final Fantasy 8 - Waltz For The Moon Final Fantasy 8 - Tell Me Final Fantasy 8 - Julia Final Fantasy 8 - Roses and Wine Final Fantasy 8 - My Mind Final Fantasy 8 - Succession Of Witches Final Fantasy 8 - Fragments of Memories (I love this song... I play it on piano sometimes) Final Fantasy 8 - Ami Final Fantasy 8 - Fisherman's Horizon Final Fantasy 8 - Irish Jig Final Fantasy 8 - Where I Belong Final Fantasy 8 - The Oath Final Fantasy 8 - Love Grows Final Fantasy 8 - Dance With The Balamb-Fish Final Fantasy 8 - Eyes On Me (Not my taste, but putting it in) Final Fantasy 8 - Ride On (Ragnarok) Final Fantasy 8 - Ending Theme (Part 2 [Final Fantasy Theme Song]) Chrono Cross - Time's Scar (Intro Theme) Chrono Cross - Another World Metal Gear Solid - Encounter Metal Gear Solid - Enclosure Metal Gear Solid - The Best Is Yet To Come Resident Evil 2 - Claire's Ending Theme (Only ending theme on N64 version) Silent Hill - Opening Theme Silent Hill - Not Tomorrow (Love this song) Silent Hill - Over, Devil's Cry, and Rising Sun (3 songs for survival horror fans) Soul Blade Theme (Not hating on Dreamcast, just a tad bit lazy because alot of this took so much time it's getting me a tad bit tired) Nintendo Gamecube Link's Awakening: Ballad of the Wind Fish Full 'Ballad of the Wind Fish' song Playstation 2 Final Fantasy X - To Zanarkand Final Fantasy X - A Fleeting Dream Final Fantasy X - Ending Theme Kingdom Hearts - Simple and Clean Remix (Not a big fan of the song but...) Kingdom Hearts - Simple and Clean (Real version) Alot of Kingdom Hearts are just redone versions of Disney or Final Fantasy songs, so it wasn't too hard of them to think up some of the songs. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty - Main Theme Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - Theme Song Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - Snake Eater Dot Hack (Game with genius story and music composer)- Cathedral Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground Dot Hack//infection - Skeith's Theme Silent Hill 2 - Promise (Hail Akira!) Silent Hill 2 - True (Don't know much about XBox's music and I haven't actually heard anything great besides talk of Halo, also, alot of XBox games were originally PS2 games) Wii Super Mario Galaxy - Gusty Garden Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy - Stardust Road Super Mario Galaxy - Galaxy Into The Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy - Egg Planet Super Mario Galaxy - Wind Garden Playstation 3 Metal Gear Solid 4 - Old Snake Metal Gear Solid 4 - Enclosure (Remake! Brings nostalgia to player) X-Box 360 Halo 3 - Theme Song (Not a shocker is it? XD) Halo 3 - Unforgotten PC World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Theme Well, I'm a bit tired of posting all these videos to be honest. If anyone sees any mistakes, has anything they request to put on the list, so on and so forth, you can just edit my thingie and do it XD. If you can't, no worries, I'll do it, I'm not that lazy. I really hope this helps inspire you guys out here and that I have helped in some way. [Edited by - Siberianhusky89 on June 17, 2009 3:48:22 PM]

Wow gw, appreciate the effort you went into coming up with the list & look forward to having a listen.

Regarding FF7, I think it was the characters that made the game great more than anything else . Cloud, Aeris etc, with the nostalgic music and moving scenes in the game. Some of the gameplay etc isn't so great, but it really does make me feel just as nostalgic thinking of that game, as some real moments in my life lol, as terrible as that sounds. It was amazing to me.

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Original post by Jay Taylor Wow gw, appreciate the effort you went into coming up with the list & look forward to having a listen. Regarding FF7, I think it was the characters that made the game great more than anything else . Cloud, Aeris etc, with the nostalgic music and moving scenes in the game. Some of the gameplay etc isn't so great, but it really does make me feel just as nostalgic thinking of that game, as some real moments in my life lol, as terrible as that sounds. It was amazing to me.

That's understandable. It's alright to feel that way about the game, just because it's overrated (At least, I believe so), doesn't make it a bad game. Anyhow, I have odd feelings toward the game. People give it more credit than it deserves in my opinion because personally, I don't think Final Fantasy was all that well known to alot of people (It was well known, just not as known as it was during the time of 7) and it was the first FF to many. Anyhow, your feelings are your own ^^ Thanks by the way, I worked really hard on this list, took me hours because some of the songs were a pain to find. If there's anything on there you want me to put up, I'll do so, just say the word.

very nice :o
may i add some songs?
Sonic 3 final boss :


Chrono Trigger,Corridors of Time :


Final fantasy 6 - Dancin Mad!


Dot hack(game with genious story and music makers)- Cathedral Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground :


Dot Hack//infection : skeith's theme :


Silent hill 2 - Promise(hail akira!) :


Silent hill 2 - True :


between you,me, and everyone in the forum,we all know that games' music is the best genre of music :-)

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Original post by Bru very nice :o may i add some songs? Sonic 3 final boss : Chrono Trigger,Corridors of Time : Final fantasy 6 - Dancin Mad! Dot hack(game with genious story and music makers)- Cathedral Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground : Dot Hack//infection : skeith's theme : Silent hill 2 - Promise(hail akira!) : Silent hill 2 - True : between you,me, and everyone in the forum,we all know that games' music is the best genre of music :-)

Done and done. They should be listed now XD Thanks by the way, you reminded me of some of Silent Hill 1's songs which I was considering putting up there, but thought it wasn't good enough since they were just creepy sounds and such, but I finally decided 'screw it' and put em up there. Not to mention 2 songs on there that aren't horror ones and are badass.

Anyhow, I find it so subjective to what the best genre is... However... >.> Between you and me, I think that video game music is underrated quite frequently...

Chrono Cross - Intro
Chrono Cross - Another World

Final Fantasy 6 - Terra's Theme
Final Fantasy 6 - Intro
Final Fantasy 6 -...Um...everything lol.

Heheh, I love Quest 64. I make myself play that game (for nostalgia's sake - 'twas my first RPG) every year or so. I must've beaten the game seven times now. Try beating the game with no water magic, to make things more difficult. [smile]

Any particular reason why you have Chrono Trigger but no Chrono Cross? Personally, I don't think I've ever heard any game music better than Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger. Perhaps I'm just playing the wrong games.

Also, I've never played the game myself, but I've come across a few Phantasy Star Online songs and greatly enjoyed them. I wish Amazon sold the OST.

Link's Awakening: Ballad of the Wind Fish


Full 'Ballad of the Wind Fish' song


(Note: If you are looking for music to listen to while programming; I love this composer's work)

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Original post by Servant of the Lord Heheh, I love Quest 64. I make myself play that game (for nostalgia's sake - 'twas my first RPG) every year or so. I must've beaten the game seven times now. Try beating the game with no water magic, to make things more difficult. [smile] Any particular reason why you have Chrono Trigger but no Chrono Cross? Personally, I don't think I've ever heard any game music better than Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger. Perhaps I'm just playing the wrong games. Also, I've never played the game myself, but I've come across a few Phantasy Star Online songs and greatly enjoyed them. I wish Amazon sold the OST. Link's Awakening: Ballad of the Wind Fish Full 'Ballad of the Wind Fish' song (Note: If you are looking for music to listen to while programming; I love this composer's work)

Well, as odd as it may sound, I actually hadn't gotten to play Chrono Cross before, which is very odd considering I've played video games back and forth and Chrono Cross being a popular game it is (Not to mention I rather liked Chrono Trigger), anyhow, I haven't really gotten to hear too much of the music from that. I did listen to the ones he listed just now and I think they were quite good. Though, I hope to make the list large in quality instead of quantity, which is why I skipped quite a few songs from Mystical Ninja, Final Fantasy 8, Metal Gear Solid (I'm a fan, but I restrained it to a much smaller list of, what in my opinion, is the best of MGS1), Chrono Trigger (I wanted to put the Zeal song, but I felt like it was too much), Silent Hill, and so on, however, if it's something new, I think everyone should have a listen.

There were exceptions of course, (Final Fantasy 8 actually being one since it did have a large list even if I wanted to add more) such as The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time which had many amazing scores and so on. Anyhow, Final Fantasy 8 had a pretty amazing score as well. I'll try to listen to more Chrono Cross tracks, however, I wish I could play the game because what makes those games so wonderful is the fact that when you're listening to it, you feel that nostalgia of what was happening during the song. It's a like a psychological response.

You've probably heard of that test with little Albert right? A psychological experiment for classical conditioning. Watson had created an experiment that had caused a baby (little Albert) to be afraid of little furry animals. At the same time when he showed the rat, he would have a sound activated that would scare little Albert and every time little Albert SAW the little white rat, he had been afraid. He eventually related that idea of a rat to anything white and furry, even a beard.

It's a similar thing. With the music that's to be made by the hands of you talented people, YOU can condition the player into remembering certain parts of a game. Every time I hear that song to Quest 64 (Melrode) while playing Quest 64, it makes me shed a tear because the song is just so heartfelt and it reminded me of back when I was younger.

When I hear Enclosure from Metal Gear Solid, I think about Sniper Wolf's death or if Meryl was to die, or... I won't ruin the last one. But you get the idea, you guys are as important as everyone else, you, just like them, make the game come alive. When I'm out there kicking ass with Ryu and I hear his song in the backround, I go like (This is MY stage and this is MY song! It's time for Ryu to kick some ass!) XD But I will put up some things here and there as well about particular music now and then.

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Original post by Siberianhusky89 XD Thanks by the way, you reminded me of some of Silent Hill 1's songs which I was considering putting up there, but thought it wasn't good enough since they were just creepy sounds and such, but I finally decided 'screw it' and put em up there.

Can I just point out that although I know this was done with the best intentions, uploading full recordings of game music to YouTube is a breach of copyright, and as such we shouldn't really be encouraging that on GameDev.net. I appreciate that there is no point pretending that YouTube is not already full of this stuff, or that musicians can't learn something from listening to them, but let's not be supporting the unauthorised distribution of music or any other game resource. This whole thread is a bit suspect as a result to be honest, but I'll leave it up to nsmadsen as to what he wants to do with it, if anything.

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