For my money it’s a tie between Eurydice’s song from Hades, any of the tracks from VVVVVV and Still Alive. But what do you think?
Others have mentioned kingdom hearts, donkey Kong country and Jet Set Radio Future which are some of my favorites, but another one I love is Maplestory. Great simplistic map BGMs that I still listen to quite often when studying or focusing
And now I’ve got the Henesys music playing in my head. Old MS was so fun back in the day. Mesos pls :'(
Kinda hard for me. I’m split between NieR:Automata, ultrakill and Doom 2016/Eternal
Then again, I just started Baldur’s Gate 3 and the soundtrack so far is pretty bangin so this might change
Jet Set Radio Future and Jet Grind Radio. No question. Hideki Nakanuma is a genius.
Oh and Dance Dance Revolution 3rd, 4th, and 5th miss.
I love listening to Rimworlds OST and Hotline Miamis soundtrack.
The Super Mario Galaxy duology has the best overall OST in my opinion. The orchestral music is amazing for so many of the tracks.
For any individual song, however. It would be Weight of the World from Nier Automata. For context:
spoiler
it’s the very emotional song that plays during the credits scene of the game, after you complete all 5 of the main endings
EDIT: I want to give an honorable mention to the Ace Attorney OST, across all of their games. A lot of people may know the Pursuit - Cornered theme, but every game in that series has banger tracks. Not as widely praised, and very underrated imo, hence the honorable mention.
Bro, you put a Super Giant game and don’t mention “Build that Wall” from Bastion, tsk tsk.
Appearently Trump tried to get the license for that song for his campaign
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Not sure about best but the music the black mesa game did for the half life remaster was amazing.
some of my favourites
streets of rage 1 and 2 wave race 64 aerobiz supersonic platoon nes donkey country snes katamari damacy ps2 earthbound snes pictionary nes ristar genesis bomberman hero n64 castlevania 3 nes
Chrono Cross ftw
Chrono Trigger for me but also a great choice!
Has anyone said Minecraft? I haven’t played games myself for years (well before Minecraft) but live in a house where it was played for hours at a time. Soundtrack never became annoying & whenever I hear it it instantly takes me back in time.
Not exactly answering the question, but hearing every generational rendition of Proof of a Hero throughout the Monster Hunter games still gives me the feels
Lots of great answers here already. To me not only is this extremely subjective, this is highly dependent on how you define “best”.
Is it the one that exposed me to the most new music, and most help shape my music tastes today? Then I’m going with Tony Hawk or Guitar Hero.
Is it the best entire original soundtrack, the one that best creates the aesthetic of the game? Bastion comes to mind, but I think there are good arguments to be made for quite a few RPGs.
Is it the most technically impressive? I’m going with the original Mario soundtrack. What they did with so few possible notes and so little memory to create different sounds is nothing short of miraculous, and they are tunes and riffs that are instantly recognizable worldwide.
Is it the best individual song? Hard pick but I really adore the main theme of Skyrim to this day.
Is it just my favorite overall? I think I’d go with Earthbound.
For me definitively the soundtrack of Boneworks (which is also the best VR game I know). Especially its main theme (“Bone Theme”) and “Who am I”
Some more awesome OSTs in no particular order: Minecraft, Banjo-Kazooie / Banjo Tooie, Witcher 3, Risk of Rain 2
I’m surprised that no one mentioned the Metal Gear Solid series. The music was incredible, and it’s got one of the most memorable songs in Snake Eater. I’m also a big fan of Can’t Say Goodbye to Yesterday .
Mgs3 had some bangers
The medley in MGS4 at the climax of the story is also incredible.
Wingspan. I have the Vinyl OST.
Monument Valley is quite nice too.
