Game soundtrack/musical score

[Missy]

So other than pretty graphics and gameplay, I'm sure there have been games which music you enjoyed a great deal while playing. So share and elaborate, por favor~

Galerians had some awesome music. I bought the soundtrack a while ago because I enjoyed the game so much. (Who would have thought?) But the music matched the story so well and were so upbeat. I loved it.

I suppose Final Fantasy games are a given in my list because Nobuo Uematsu is legendary-material. More specifically, I'll choose certain songs. For example, Liberi Fatali sounded...whats the word... epic. And when in the dungeons, "Find Your Way (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kia3MaNO60)" suited the mood perfectly. And Vamo Alla Flamenco (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bxp7qJieKw) from FFIX was another favorite. There are many others but I'll keep it at that.

Parasite Eve had some good moments. Like when Melissa was playing the piano, I loved how it starts off like a dreary simple piano piece (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7tk-A62PxI), then goes into a hypnotizingly beautiful piece.

MMO-wise, It was interesting because Silkroad had some decent tracks... The music that played when you left a town, actually pumped me up. Or maybe it was because I had headphones on so it sounded very boomy and motivating. However, they did a good job with matching music to certain areas. Like, Donwhang had desert-like music that fit it well. I was surprised.

I think I liked Granado Espada's soundtrack the best; because it was so full of variety. There were rock tracks, trance, classical, even mixed genres. Not to mention there were about 4 songs for EVERY area. That's quite a bit of songs... I wont lie, I skipped a couple songs because they grew a bit annoying after 4 hours of grinding lol. But overall, nothing but love for the soundtrack. The G Appears (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWLc8hyiA8U) from Prison De Joaquin was also win.

Purple Snow from the GE Sountrack was one of my alltime favorites among others. I remember hearing it for the first time when Yuuiki, Jyu, Stig, and I ran to the Lv104+ areas when we got bored.
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I'm sure there are more, but I'll leave it at this for now.

[[BlackDeath]]

Metal Gear Solild 1-4. Harry Gregson Williams a known Hollywood music composer was brought in from the second game onwards to with with Kojima and has made some of the best music in gaming history imho. Although the first MGS game did have some amazing songs such as "The Best Is Yet To Come (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6miaTf1gF4g&feature=related)" it only progressively got better with Harry on board. The MGS 2 theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiPon8lr48U) was probably my fav but the whole OST is definately worth a listen. All should already be familiar with the game.

Zone of the Enders 1+2. Yet another Kojima made game.
Flowing Destiny (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrJzNFUCeUc), Kiss me Sunlights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPE8EesftLg&feature=related), Beyond the Bounds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niruwh4UwS8&feature=related) and A Light with a Name of Hope (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uquaswg5Yjw) are my notable ones. The game was graphically great at the time, game-play fast and fluid, story wasn't notably great but the game-play kept you playing and the main let downs was it was a short game (1st 3 hours and 2nd 6 hours) with very little in terms of replay value.

Eternal Sonata. The complete OST also, the game itself uses music as a basis and revolves around that taking many famous pieces from a composer called Frederick Chopin and follows him through a sort of dream like world during his illness. During certain parts of the game, mainly at the beginning (or maybe the end) of a chapter and story would unravel more with one of Chopins classical pieces playing which would be suited for the part. Words I can only use to describe is 'beautiful', 'master piece', 'genius' so listen for yourself;
Raindrops (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA6pxLQbckU)
Tristesse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_TJwLqx1Hw)
Grande Valse Brillante (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzTaI7gAuaI)
Fantaisie-Impromptu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g16nkZV6tcQ)
Nocturne (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHksYqaN-Ww)

I have mutual feelings with what Misseh said on Granado Espada and Nobuo Uemtasu's work, Liberi Fatali is also a good favourite of mine and not much to add. I loved the techo songs from the GE and also Esa Promesa in Torche's Mansion.

Castlevania also had a notable soundtrack though I don't know many of the tracks if any I only remember the melodies, Chris Kline aka VertexGuy did a few covers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyEO3t7M4u4) of them. Listening to to that video of Vertexguy give me so much nostalgia and fond memories.

Lets throw in another childhood memory =) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsu4Tzgahoo)
FF Bonus <3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY9Souv2iwk)

[Serated]

The Infamy Soundtrack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOmCyRo1_1c) to the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 opening.