Top 5 Video Game Songs

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I was doing this with one of my friends and I'm just genuinely curious. I want to know you guys' top 5 video game songs -- not soundtracks, but songs.
 

Sutekh94

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Top five songs, you say? Here's my current top five, in no particular order:
  • Marble Garden Zone, Act 1 from Sonic 3 & Knuckles (to be honest, this entire thing could be filled with songs from the Sonic the Hedgehog series)
  • Hot Pursuit from PAYDAY 2
  • The credits music from the original Half-Life
  • The title theme from the original Streets of Rage
  • The title theme from Them's Fightin' Herds :D
 
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BypenThynDragon

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In no order
1. Dialgal's Fight to the Finish
2. Megalovania
3. Spider Dance
4. Halo 3 Theme
5. And Title Theme for TFH (SOOOO GOOOOOOD) o_O
 

LLHero25

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Jesus Christ this question is impossible for me but I'll try.
In no order:
1. Celes Theme from Final Fantasy 6.
2. Don't Ever Forget from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky/Time/Darkness
3. Id Purpose and Id Serenity from Fire Emblem: Awakening (cant choose)
4. Gusty Garden Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy
5. Put The Past Behind You from Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game

This is extremely rough and I have like a million more that I probably haven't even thought of.
 
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BypenThynDragon

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Jesus Christ this question is impossible for me but I'll try.
In no order:
1. Celes Theme from Final Fantasy 6.
2. Don't Ever Forget from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky/Time/Darkness
3. Id Purpose and Id Serenity from Fire Emblem: Awakening (cant choose)
4. Gusty Garden Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy
5. Put The Past Behind You from Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game

This is extremely rough and I have like a million more that I probably haven't even thought of.
yha don't ever forget is a really good song (I cri all the time)
 
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This is a tough one, but let's see... First five that come to mind are:

Megalovania (Undertale)
Title Theme (Metroid Prime)
Casino Night Zone (Sonic 2)
Slinger's Song (Bastion)
Title Theme (Freedom Planet)

Argh, I'm not sure which of those to replace, so I'm going to cheat and add two more:
Still Alive (Portal)
Still Alive ( Mirror's Edge)
 
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Szkieletor

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Mentioned this one in the "Favorite soundtrack" thread, it's my favorite game theme period. Call me sentimental, but there's a reason a lot of Morrowind's soundtrack was reused for later titles, including a portion of Skyrim's main theme.
Stealth portion of "And Now We Run" track. It just has this right feeling for stealth, there's tension, but at the same time that smug bass, like a smirk on the heisters' face. We're stealing your gold and there's nothing you can do about it, Murkywater.
As for loud tracks, "The Mark" is my favorite, with "Fusebox" being a close second, followed by "Full Force Forward". Payday: The Heist's "Gun Metal Gray" also comes to mind.
A combination of "Mother, I'm Here" (Zulf's Theme), and "Build That Wall" (Zia's Theme) with it's own twist. It's great.
"Pantheon" is also great. As for non-vocal songs from Bastion's OST, "Spike In a Rail" and "Slinger's Song" would fight for a spot.
Transistor's entire vocal soundtrack could have a spot but this is my favorite. "The Spine" is a close second.
Dishonored's ambient soundtrack is great at it's job, but it's not really all that noticeable, at least not like Bastion's or Hotline Miami's. It's vocal songs are an entirely different story. "Honor for All" has a permanent spot on my main playlist. "Drunken Whaler" is a contender here, Dishonored's version of "Drunken Sailor", bringing it's feeling of hopelessness and decay to a normally energetic shanty.

I'd also like to give an honorary mention to Kanye West's "Power" for it's role in Saint's Row The Third, which turned a normally unremarkable "Kill all those guys" mission into the best mission in the entire game, save for the statue ending with "I Need a Hero". I think I still have a save file with that mission, just so I can unleash the badass every once in a while.

There's a lot of other songs I'd like to put on this list, like half of LoZ OoT soundtrack, Hotline Miami OST, Mirror's Edge "Still Alive", Portal's OST, Cortex Command's intro theme, TFH's OST (or at least what we have of it so far), and many others. But this is the top 5.
 

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Here are a few of my top favorites.

Veil of Night - Professor Layton 1
Nights - Card City Nights
Comrade K.K. - Animal Crossing
Morrowind's Title theme
Baba Yetu - Civilization 4
Fight Theme - Punch Out
 
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5. Live and Learn by Crush 40 (Sonic Adventure 2)
4. Super Brothers by Guitar Vader (Jet Set Radio/ Jet Grind Radio)
3. Mystic Cave Zone (Sonic The Hedgehog 2)
2. To Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X)
1. Shrine Bros by Anamanaguchi (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World)

5. Put The Past Behind You from Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game
This song rocks!
 
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In no particular order:

  • He of the Name (Bravely Default)
  • Despair and Hope (Grandia II)
  • On the Edge of a Decision (Tales of the Abyss)
  • The Legend's Successor (Etrian Odyssey IV)
  • Sword Sparks (The Last Remnant)
 

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In no specific order:
Turok Dinosaur Hunter-Treetop

Undertale-Your Best Nightmare

A Bugs Life Game-Canyon Showdown

Super Smash Bros Melee-Multi Man Melee 2

Half Life 1/2-Hazardous Environments
 
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I don't think I can order them, so just the generic top-ish 5


It plays during the battle with Marie


I was really divided between this and "Ode to the Bridge builder" (Or just any of it for that matter), but this won out in the end
 
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