Risk of Rain 2 - for you synth-based fusion lovers out there.



Grindstone - Sounds like mid-2000's electronic inspired mixed with lofi hip hop. There's maybe 2 tracks that stick out more as a video game vibe, but the rest of the album is top notch as an electronic album.

This one always stuck with me, pair of cans stuck in my GBC on road trips.

jason from volo wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:52 am IMO, this thread would be incomplete without mentioning the soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

...or, is that not considered an "original soundtrack"?

I suppose it is, if it were created for the purpose of the video game!

DOOM 2016



DOOM Eternal



If you can't get enough DOOM, here's Prodeus:



Or mellow out with some Mortal Shell:

Persona 5 has tricked me into enjoying acid jazz.

The Evil Within 2's OST is brilliant. I never played the game, but a Jacob Gellar video brought me to it.

jason from volo wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 1:23 pm

cakes wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 1:09 pm

jason from volo wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:52 am IMO, this thread would be incomplete without mentioning the soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

...or, is that not considered an "original soundtrack"?

I suppose it is, if it were created for the purpose of the video game!

Don't mean to sidetrack the conversation (I'll drop it eventually, I promise)... but I suddenly had a thought that "original" may mean that some person or people actually sat down and wrote original music and/or content specifically for the soundtrack, and that it wasn't just a compilation of songs used in said video game.

It's a good question. I think if the music were created for the video game, then it is what we are talking about.

Katamari Damacy
Fez
Bloodborne
Shadow of the Colossus

I used to listen to the Super Metroid soundtrack using General Midi files and a soundblaster 16 card on my 386. Dang. I am getting old.

A challenge because nostalgia covers for a lot of bad music but the Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 2019 OST features a running commentary on nostalgia so I guess that elevates it to Art?


Animal Crossing. Kazumi Totaka is my favorite VGM composer.


My favorite VGM melodies: Chrono Trigger


These are all 2+ hours so if you're sticking closer to the standard LP format, it's Katamari Damacy.