What's the best video game soundtrack of all time? Tell us for $2!

Posted by Ford James in Video Games

Video game music long passed the point where it could stand with any other kind, yet even among gamers it's often undervalued. Sure, sometimes its job is to fade into the background and set the atmosphere subtly - whether that's an epic boss fight in Dark Souls, a moment of tension in a horror game, or the music that plays as you flick through some menus - but even then, the best of it is worth noticing and appreciating.

So we want to know what your favourite video game soundtracks are! It can be an original soundtrack, with music exclusively composed for the game at hand, or it can be a fully licensed soundtrack like you'll often find in sports and racing games, or a radio station in GTA. If there's a Spotify or YouTube link for the playlist you can include, all the better!

Description: Tell us which video game has the best soundtrack of all time, and why!

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Created at 4:30pm, 28th September, 2023. Page last updated at 2:43pm, 16th May, 2024.
Deadline at 10:30pm, 3rd October, 2023.

Submissions (5)

Dave10/2/2023

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Parapa the rapper on PS1. Pretty unique and bizarre game at the time with a really catchy soundtrack. Kick, punch it's all in the mind!

Plus it has this really cringy advert...

Ross10/1/2023

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

There's SO many soundtracks to pick from, but i've recently started replaying the gamecube version of Ocarina of Time and the music brings back so much nostalgia for me. It's fun, it's emotive, it helps tell the story.

From when you first launch the game and hear the Kokiri Forest theme, to fighting Ganon in the final throws of the game, every piece of music fits it's scene well and helps tie the game together perfectly.

All in all my favourite game soundtrack of all time and definitely one that's worth a listen for anyone who's not played through the game!

(Also, honourable mention to Burnout Paradise. That game has a BANGER set of songs to drift around and jam to!)

Lanah Tyra9/29/2023

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You meant to ask which soundtrack by Nobuo Uematsu right? (Yes it's me again talking about Final Fantasy) Let's face it, he's one of the greatest composers of our time. Well it has to be One Winged Angel from Final Fantasy VII. Whenever I hear it I have to turn the volume to maximum, absolutely love the energy of it.

I had the pleasure to hear this song live performed by the orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall during the Distant Worlds tour. They keep changing the setlist as there are so many good track from the games, but One Winged Angel is one of the 2 tracks which has to be part of every performance, as requested by Nobuo Uematsu when Distant Worlds was launched.

I have a friend who is teaching classical music, she knows nothing about video games, but she heard about Final Fantasy because of the music.

Wadd Enderas9/29/2023

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Fallout: New Vegas

I never even played the game, just spent countless hours on the sofa watching my university housemate play on a projector we had set up. This question immediately took me back there after more than 10 years, so I choose Fallout: New Vegas and Johnny Guitar.

MacGybo9/28/2023

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Superbike 2000 by EA Sports. Primarily because I wrote it. :D (Not joking) I also contributed to DJ Hero, so that's a close second.

Those aside, Sanxion by Rob Hubbard.