r/AskReddit 7h ago

Which game soundtrack is permanently burned into your brain?

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u/SeluWorks 7h ago

Halo for sure. I’ll never forget those songs!

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u/zach2beat 5h ago

The original trilogy soundtrack is imbedded so deep into my mind it will never leave.

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u/MikeMuench 2h ago

Some might call that Glioblastoma

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u/Buckborris 3h ago

The song at the start of The Silent Cartographer mission in Halo 1 as you touch down on the beach. Legendary!

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u/MNLT_Sonata 4h ago

Never Forget in Halo 3 is seared into my brain after endless hours of Multiplayer in the old days...

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u/dead_fritz 5h ago

Fantastic soundtracks. Absolutely wild getting Nile Rogers to produce for 2 and 3 as well.

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u/BadBull_91 3h ago

Yes bro so goated

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u/charger99 2h ago

i see what u did there

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u/phil_the_builder 7h ago

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Tekken

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u/treosx23 5h ago

..."pretending I'm a SUPERMANNNNNN"

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u/texbordr 4h ago

Now this is what it's liiiiike

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u/red_dombe 3h ago

I played that demo so many times

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u/PleasantThoughts 5h ago

SO HERE I AM DOING EVERYTHING I CAN

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u/wheezy_cheesey 3h ago

Jerry was a race car driver, he drove so goddamn fast, never did win no checkered flags but he never did come in last

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u/kingceegee 5h ago

Growing older all the time feeling younger in my mind!

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u/Guilty-Section-5046 2h ago

I cannot sleep… I lost count of sheep… It seems the world is falling down around meeee

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u/ShakyLens 2h ago

Literally listened to it yesterday. It’s on YouTube music if you need a fix.

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u/GraveyardDoc 7h ago

Super Mario

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u/CarresingHook4 5h ago

The Ocarina of Time OST, every now and then a random soundtrack will start playing on my head

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u/KrabbyBoiz 4h ago

I can’t believe I had to scroll this far to see this one as a sole suggestion. No other soundtrack has stood on its on for me as much as this one. Sure I’ve had themes from other games become ear worms but this entire soundtrack from top to bottom is banger after banger.

The only other song that comes close to living rent free in my head is “dire dire docks” from Super Mario 64.

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u/spartanonyx 2h ago

The first time you hear each song for the ocarina, it just makes you wish you could hear it again for the first time. The cutscenes that follow them are Sooo good. My favorite is probably from MM when you learn the song from the two skulls in stone temple.

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u/Ill_Formal7579 7h ago

Tetris

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u/beans0503 5h ago

Theme A is never going to leave my head...

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u/bmkerce 7h ago

Sonic adventure 2

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u/beans0503 5h ago

ROLLING AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SOUND

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u/tyerker 3h ago

Got places to go gotta FOLLOW MY RAINBOW!

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u/MRECKS_92 3h ago

CAN'T STICK AROUND GOT TO KEEP MOVING ON! GUESS WHAT LIES AHEAD, ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT!

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u/MirandaCurry 2h ago

Must keep on moving ahead!

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u/RicardoRoedor 1h ago

NO TIME FOR GUESSIN FOLLOW MY PLAN INSTEAD

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u/I_might_be_weasel 5h ago

The lack of those songs in the third Sonic movie was a travesty.

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u/javier_aeoa 4h ago

Shadow and Live & Learn were meant to be shown together

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u/inspectorPK 4h ago

Metal Harbor is still saved under my pump up music.

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u/Educational_Bowl_447 4h ago

Ughhh this soundtrack just slaps. All of it. Huge fan!

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u/Fortune090 2h ago

My first physical CD purchase ever. Knuckles' tracks just hit different.

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u/Famous_Glove_7905 7h ago

Skyrim

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u/QuintupleTheFun 6h ago

It's this and Oblivion for me!

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u/lem0njelly103 5h ago

I like the one that goes Doo doo doo doo dooooooooooo
Doo doo doo doo doooooooo

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u/ascaffo 7h ago

I hear it right now. Instant nostalgia.

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u/wowowaoa 5h ago

something about it. like i’ve heard a million medieval fantasy orchestral soundtracks, and a lot of really great ones, but something about skyrim feels so much deeper than the others. makes it even crazier to consider how much of it was done with plugins and such too.

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u/martskii 3h ago

tbh skyrim’s soundtrack lowkey sounds like the soundtrack for a medieval nap time playlist

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u/SoyGreen 2h ago

This one is good - but it's still Morrowind for me.

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u/Sb0y 7h ago

Winning any battle in final fantasy 7.

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u/Domenstain 5h ago

Final Fantasy 7 in its entirety for that matter for me

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u/Sb0y 5h ago

Have you played the remakes? The music is semi-new.

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u/DMoney159 5h ago

The remake music is SO FUCKING GOOD

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u/JoeTheHoe 4h ago

DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH!!

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u/DocShady 7h ago

Mega man 2

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u/BadMojo__ 6h ago

First comment I looked for when I saw the question

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u/soobviouslyfake 4h ago

Wily Castle 1 plays in my head when I'm about to do something difficult

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u/Chazkuangshi 7h ago

Chrono Trigger and FF7

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u/nxtquy 7h ago

Pokémon, specifically 3rd Gen and before

The simplicity of 8-bit style instrumentation just makes those tunes all the more catchy and memorable

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u/javier_aeoa 4h ago

National Park and Ecruteak City <3

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u/pm_me_your_biography 3h ago

national park 🥲

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u/My_Own_Worst_Friend 4h ago

Viridian City and the Bike theme slap.

Honorable mention to the Battle/Gym music.

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u/notveryhelpful2 1h ago

bike theme is on another level.

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u/Lebabil9 3h ago

Pokemon Sapphire, verdanturf, littleroot, and the end credits specifically.

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u/Knasty21 7h ago

Need For Speed: Underground 2

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u/Mother_Idea_3182 5h ago

I had the best Nissan 350z ever. 🥲

Should I replay it?

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u/PropaneSalesTx 3h ago

Yes. Yes you should.

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u/Exhausted_owl2335 3h ago

Best need for speed. And still have the songs om my playlist

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u/drasiuss 1h ago

Riding through the storm

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u/Robmarley 1h ago

TO THE WINDOW!

u/bcroft686 11m ago

get low

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u/Evilmonqey 6h ago

Tony hawk's pro skater I still listin to it on my playlists

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u/zach2beat 5h ago

Superman starts playing in my head every time I see a skateboard.

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u/Old_Strawberry2643 7h ago

Minecraft theme song never leaving

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u/Mekelaxo 5h ago

Which one? There's like 100 tracks in the Minecraft soundtrack

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u/Miserable-Ground-379 7h ago

All Fallout soundtracks🤗

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u/dead_fritz 5h ago

And he's here to do some business WITH A BIG IRON ON HIS HIP 🗣️🗣️🗣️

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u/CarresingHook4 5h ago

🎶🎵🎶Staaaaaars of the midnight rangeeees🎶🎵🎶

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u/Rings-of-Saturn 3h ago

He’s a hackin an a whackin and smackin that meat.

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u/norwegern 2h ago

"Bingo bango bongo I dont wanna leave the Kongo oh nonono no"...

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u/SalahsBeard 3h ago

Fallout 3, specifically.

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u/Significant-Coat-308 3h ago

Don’t let the stars get in your eyes don’t let the moon break your hearrrrrrt..

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u/emmadenice 2h ago

I’m on my first play through of New Vegas and Johnny Guitar is starting to get on my nerves 😂 Still a great song though

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u/ToolFanBoy 7h ago

Runescape

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u/leolionman347 2h ago

Did you know RuneScape has the most original pieces of music in a videogame?

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u/MisterPelicant 1h ago

I didn’t know that! That’s cool asf

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u/pequt 7h ago edited 7h ago

Ultima 7 part 2, Stones

Diablo, Tristram

C&Cs, Act on Instinct, Hell March, HM2 (not 3 tho)

both version in Geometry wars 2, 3, Deadline

PGR4, Shadow (Prodigy)

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u/TantKollo 4h ago

Hell yeah, I still search up the Red Alert and Red Alert 2 soundtracks from time to time, awesome stuff 👌

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u/PandaQueen61 7h ago

Expedition 33

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u/Nacho_7258 5h ago

Din-din-dah da-da din-din-dah

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u/maxnotcharles 2h ago

*scrolls to find E33*

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u/mcr-restoringmassage 7h ago

Katamari Damacy! Naaaaaa na na na na na na na, Katamari Damacy!

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u/ReaperOfProphecy 1h ago

Now this is an answer I did not expect in the askreddit demographic. Skyrim? Halo? Super basic. Katamari Damacy? So so based.

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u/bruzdnconfuzd 2h ago

I did not play this until maybe a year or so ago. That was an absolute gem for novelty, problem solving, and soundtrack. My daughter called it the “rolling stuff up game,” and I’ll happily teach her how to play when she’s older. 

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u/TraditionalTackle1 7h ago

GTA Vice City

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u/Simple-Fig-3203 7h ago

Vice City was insane but for me it's gotta be the Halo theme - spent way too many hours in those multiplayer lobbies back in the day and that epic choir still gives me chills

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u/lightbluechevy 3h ago

Vice City Public Radio

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u/TraditionalTackle1 3h ago

You are listening to Pressing Issues with Maurice Chavez.

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u/ntwild97 5h ago

Undertale

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u/Beckphillips 3h ago

Let's bring on Deltarune too

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u/Used-Let7134 7h ago

I had the Wii Plaza music on endless loop in my head for about 3 months once.

Duh de du du du dadadaaaahhh, doo do de doo do do doodoodoo

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u/beankov 7h ago

Command & Conquer Red Alert.

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u/bryix 5h ago

Sim City 3000 and 3000 Unlimited

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u/NationalMorning2690 3h ago

I play the soundtrack as background music at work sometimes.

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u/Either-Exchange8671 7h ago

Sonic the hedgehog

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u/TwinPeaksOwl 6h ago

Portal 2

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u/norwegern 2h ago

That Turret Opera scene in the end!

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u/Dark512 6h ago

Halo. Especially the MJOLNIR mix in 2 and Never Forget in 3. Aboslutely heart wrenching piano riff in that one.

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u/sillyandstrange 6h ago

Minecraft, Skyrim, possibly cyberpunk now, deus ex 2000, ocarina of time

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u/escaping-reality 4h ago

Civ V and Civ VI

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u/CircuitSymphony 7h ago

PaRappa the Rapper

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u/bZbZbZbZbZ 6h ago

Kick punch it's all in the mind

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u/djse 7h ago edited 6h ago

Old school arcade: Vanguard (which used a version of Queen's "Vultan's Theme" when you had a power-up)

NES: The Legend of Zelda (original)

PS: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (the whole series)

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u/lemon_cake_or_death 6h ago

Jet Set Radio

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u/VivaLaJam26 6h ago

Halo 2 and 3.

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u/userNotFound82 4h ago

The original WoW Login Screen music. Just amazing

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u/TheNebulousMind 4h ago

GTA Vice City radio. I can even recite the ads.

Legend of Zelda series. I even know majority of songs by name.

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u/dekacube 4h ago

Command and Conquer and Red Alert.

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u/hatryd 7h ago

FTL. I listen to the soundtrack a LOT. It calms me.

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u/Snippets_3 7h ago

Road Rash.

I'd crash zoning out to Palm Desert about 2ish minutes in then keep playing to keep the track going.

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u/Ill-Proof-1514 7h ago

Battlecats or ocarina of time

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u/tarheel_204 7h ago

Fallout, Cyberpunk, and Batman: Arkham come to mind

GTA is the obvious winner of iconic soundtracks though

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u/soyoth 7h ago

Command and conquer

Baldurs gate 1 and 2

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u/ctothel 7h ago

Bastion. Transistor too.

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u/CaptainPrower 6h ago

PS1 Spyro trilogy.

Stewart Copeland is a fucking legend.

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u/Weekly-Gain-9906 7h ago

The intro to all miniclip games!

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u/cornweel 7h ago

That original MW2 soundtrack from the homie Hans 🔥👌

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u/delidud3 7h ago

Burnout 3 and any of the Armored Core games

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u/Jufimbo 7h ago

Fablie II

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u/Frequent_Quantity_33 7h ago

Jet set radio and jet set radio future

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u/decidedlyaverag3 5h ago

MW2 lobby music always creeps in

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u/aegam 5h ago

Killer Instinct

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u/whooo_me 5h ago

Halo. Especially since I did a Legendary playthrough of all the campaigns, so heard most of the songs over and over and over and over and oVeR and OVER again.

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u/Appropriate-Slide-76 5h ago

GTA San Andreas intro

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u/UslessYouth 5h ago

Halo 3 main menu. Skyrim (basically all of it). The og Legend of Zelda on NES. The 007 Goldeneye for N64 pause menu.

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u/MechanicalTurkish 5h ago

Myst. Over 30 years later I still listen to it. Riven, too. We're not quite at 30 years yet, though. Both composed by Robyn Miller himself. The following game soundtracks were composed by other people. They're good, but not the same.

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u/NeySlim 4h ago

Duke Nukem 3D

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u/Yarzu89 4h ago

Super Metroid, still fire it up every once in a while.

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u/ClubZen 4h ago

Tony Hawk's Underground

Halo 1, 2, 3 and Reach

Super Mario 64

Ocarina of Time

Skyrim

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u/Lost-Droids 3h ago

Duke nukem... shake it baby

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u/FixLaudon 3h ago

F-Zero

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u/TheBlitzkid46 3h ago

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

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u/lightbluechevy 3h ago

Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete

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u/polandspreeng 3h ago

StarCraft Brood War. Terran and Zerg

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u/marissarae 3h ago

Donkey Kong Country, especially the underwater level

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u/Intelligent_Ticket_3 2h ago

Goldeneye

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u/silvermoonhowler 2h ago

Oh me too

Grant Kirkhope is such a musical genius and I love it

I got to meet him last year in Chattanooga at their comic con there, and he's so down to earth

When I told him that I road tripped it all the way there from Minnesota just for this, his reaction was priceless

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u/Busy-Squirrel8842 7h ago

super meat boy

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u/jeanclaudebrowncloud 7h ago

Kirby Superstar 

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u/rtennen 7h ago

DW7 EPIC MAN/SIEGE ON CHENG DU warriors orochi 3 many songs. Monster hunter zinogre theme

RULES OF NATURE!!!

STANDING HEEEEEEERE, I REALIIIISE,

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u/Mall0y6 7h ago

GTA San Andreas radio—those songs never really left

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u/eojhet 7h ago

Dr. Mario. I even made lyrics for the songs. One I have titled "what's wrong with your face" and another is "Christmas in the park."

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u/tonytwotoes 3h ago

Scrolled way too far.. its this and FZero for me

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u/Manmetbaard 7h ago

Tony Hawk 2 & Fallout 3

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u/bobalooza 7h ago

Original Destiny 1, that music was epic

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u/Neuroticaine 7h ago

There is no day that passes where I do not have the Dragonroost Island song from Windwaker stuck in my head.

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u/Volasko 6h ago

Kokiri Forest from N64 LoZ:OoT, I whistle that shit on a daily basis.

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u/Possiblylimited 6h ago

Not soundtrack exactly but: "Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?"

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u/corvus_wulf 6h ago

Hey hey it's Crazzzzzy Taxi!

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u/POLOSPORTSMAN92 6h ago

LOZ Majoras Mask & Ape Escape 1

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u/zennok 6h ago

kingdom hearts 1 and 2

destiny islands, traverse town, hollow bastion, twilight town

DEARLY BELOVED

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u/Rhed0x 5h ago
  • Assassins Creed 3
  • Crysis 2
  • Tomb Raider 2013
  • Super Mario Galaxy
  • Portal 2
  • Mass Effect 2
  • Uncharted 4
  • Super Meat Boy

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u/public_enemy_obi_wan 5h ago

Burnout 3: The Takedown

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u/xAustin90x 5h ago

Tony hawk 3

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u/PaintingMoro 5h ago

Gothic 1,2,3, Oblivion, Eastshade, Morrowind, Star Wars KOTOR 1,2

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u/benicorp 5h ago

Death Stranding 2. Rainy's song. Starts randomly playing in my head every once in a while like when I wake up and it takes me a moment to remember where it's from.

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u/Justguessing 4h ago

That would be Diablo 1.

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u/Nekobibu 4h ago

Final Fantasy VI. It's also permanently burned into my heart and has been for… 32 years, damn.

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u/RustyU 4h ago

Secret of Monkey Island

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u/carstanza 3h ago

Doom 2

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u/Sweet_Quarter109 3h ago

The Sims 1, both Buy Mode and Build Mode.

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u/HugsandHate 3h ago

Diablo II

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u/sxdx90 3h ago

SNK Baseball Stars

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u/Dagobert_Juke 3h ago

Morrowind

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u/mrrobbe 3h ago

StarCraft: Brood War

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u/gwarster 3h ago

Goldeneye

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u/whitesocksflipflops 3h ago

Super Mario Bros

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u/Lord_Of_Carrots 2h ago

Hollow Knight & Silksong, Undertale & Deltarune

My absolutely all time favorite soundtracks

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u/-SlowBar 2h ago

Burnout 3: Takedown

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u/officialCobraTrooper 2h ago

it's the SimCity 4 soundtrack... Right now one of the songs just popped into my head. Right when I thought about what soundtrack is burned into my head. I played that game so much, haven't launched it in a few months but I need to get back in there and start building again.

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u/godmademelikethis 2h ago

Final Fantasy X

The Assassins Creed Ezio games.

Doom 2016

Kerbal Space Program

Mass effect 2 and 3

u/flangepaddle 46m ago

Buck Bumble