mine:

Parasite Eve - Out of Phase
Parasite Eve Aya Reprise
Harvest Moon: Back to Nature - Winter
Chrono Cross - Scars of Time
Chrono Trigger - Corridor of Time
Zelda: TW - Hyrule Field at Night
Okami - Sparrow's Inn
FF8 - The Man with the Machine Gun
WoW - A Call to Arms
Red Alert - Hell March
Starcraft - Zerg Theme 1
Resident Evil - Safe Haven
Metroid Prime - Title Theme

Not my favorite, but Icewind Dale has great soundtracks:

Icewind Dale - Bonus Track 1: Variation on the Theme

Icewind Dale - Lonelywood

Icewind Dale - Arundel

Icewind Dale - Kuldahar

Icewind Dale - Heart of Winter

Ultima is the oldest RPG series that is no longer in production -- the first game came out almost forty years ago, and the last game about ten years ago. Japanese basically ripped off Ultima for their very first crop of RPGs. In the 1980s, the creators of Ultima even went to court with a few Japanese RPG developers over the infringement, but they later settled out of court.

The main theme of the Ultima series is "Stones". It is very very good. I don't think any Japanese RPG has ever topped this:

Ultima - Stones, Piano Instrumental

Ultima - Character Creation Theme

Ultima - Character Creation Theme, Guitar Instrumental

FINAL FANTASY
(by Nobuo Uematsu)

Prelude / Main / Opening / Overworld Themes
Final Fantasy 1-12 - Prelude Themes
Final Fantasy 1-5 - Main Themes
Final Fantasy 6-12 - Main Themes
Final Fantasy III - Memory of the Wind: Legend of the Eternal Wind
Final Fantasy IV - Land of Dwarves
Final Fantasy V - Unknown Lands
Final Fantasy V - A New World
Final Fantasy VI - Dark World
Final Fantasy VII - The Great North Cave
Final Fantasy VIII - Blue Fields
Final Fantasy IX - Over the Hill (World Map)

Battle Themes
Final Fantasy 1-10 - Battle Themes
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - Battle 1
Final Fantasy VIII - The Man With The Machine Gun
Final Fantasy X-2 - YuRiPa Battle 1
Final Fantasy XIII - Battle Theme

Boss Battle Themes
Final Fantasy 1-7 - Boss Themes
Final Fantasy 3-6 - Boss Themes (Anniversary)
Final Fantasy VII - Still More Fighting (Remastered)
Final Fantasy 8-12 - Boss Themes
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - Battle 2 (Boss Theme)

Special Boss Battle Themes
Final Fantasy III - Final Boss Battle Theme
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - Battle 3 (Dark King)
Final Fantasy V - Clash On The Big Bridge
Final Fantasy VI - Battle to the Death
Final Fantasy VI - Dancing Mad 2
Final Fantasy VII - J-E-N-O-V-A
Final Fantasy VII - Jenova Absolute
Final Fantasy VII - Birth of a God
Final Fantasy VIII - Maybe I'm a Lion
Final Fantasy IX - Dark Messanger
Final Fantasy X - Fight With Seymour
Final Fantasy X - Summoned Beast Battle

Victory Fanfares
Final Fantasy III - Victory Fanfare
Final Fantasy VII - Fanfare
Final Fantasy VIII - The Winner (Fanfare)
Final Fantasy X - Victory Fanfare

Vocal Songs
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core - Why (by Ayaka)
Final Fantasy VIII - Eyes On Me (by Faye Wong)
Final Fantasy VIII - Eyes On Me (Ending Theme) (by Faye Wong)
Final Fantasy IX - Melodies of Life (Japanese) (by Emiko Shiratori)
Final Fantasy IX - Melodies of Life (English) (by Emiko Shiratori)
Final Fantasy X - Suteki Da Ne (by Rikki)
Final Fantasy X - Suteki Da Ne (Orchestra version) (by Rikki)
Final Fantasy X - Feel (by Mayuko Aoki)
Final Fantasy X-2 - 1000 Words (Japanese) (by Koda Kumi)
Final Fantasy X-2 - 1000 Words (English) (by Jade Villalon)

Soundtrack Playlists
Final Fantasy VI - Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy VII - Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy VII - Remastered Soundtrack
Final Fantasy VIII - Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy IX - Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X - Original Soundtrack

Other Music
Final Fantasy III - Elia, the Maiden of Water
Final Fantasy IV - Theme of Love
Final Fantasy IV - Rydia
Final Fantasy IV - Troia
Final Fantasy V - Reina's Theme

Final Fantasy XIII's soundtrack sounds like it's going to be amazing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahzvsrnQxFA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiptawRp7ys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJU8UtGAepM

Hello all

My favorite game musics are:

1.Wild Arms 3
2. Wild Arms Alter Code Echo
3. Wild Arma 5


and all the Final Fantasy series except no:12.

Nabuo Uematsu is a good composer. Michiko Naruke and Noriyasu Agematsu are also very talented.




Humanity is but one family.

My favourite videogame soundtracks would probably be:

Final Fantasy series (by Uematsu Nobuo)
Final Fantasy (Origins) (1987 / 2002)
Final Fantasy II (Origins) (1988 / 2002)
Final Fantasy III (NES) (1990)
Final Fantasy III (DS) (2006)
Final Fantasy IV (SNES) (1991)
Final Fantasy IV (DS) (2008)
Final Fantasy V (1992)
Final Fantasy VI (1994)
Final Fantasy VII (Original) (1997)
Final Fantasy VII (Remastered) (2009)
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (2007) (by Ishimoto Takeharu)
Final Fantasy VIII (1999)
Final Fantasy IX (2000)
Final Fantasy X (2001) (by Uematsu Nobuo & Hamauzu Masashi)
Final Fantasy X-2 (2003) (by Matsueda Noriko & Eguchi Takahito)
Final Fantasy XIII (2009) (by Hamauzu Masashi)
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (1992) (by Sasai Ryuji & Kawakami Yasuhiro)

Metal Gear series
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990) (by Izumi Mutsuhiko & Sekito Tsuyoshi)
Metal Gear Solid (1998) (by Togo Hiroyuki & Tappy)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) (by Hibino Norihiko & Harry Gregson-Williams)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004) (by Hibino Norihiko & Harry Gregson-Williams)

Street Fighter series
Street Fighter II (1991) (by Shimomura Yoko & Nishigaki Syun)
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (2008) (by OverClocked ReMix)
Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact (1997) (by Hideki Okugawa & Yuki Iwai)
Street Fighter Alpha 2 (1996) (by Nishigaki Syun & Mizuta Naoshi)
Street Fighter Alpha 3 (1998) (by Capcom)
Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha (1997) (by Capcom)

Sonic series
Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy (16-bit) (1991-1994) (by Nakamura Masato, Senoue Jun, Howard Drossin)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) (1992) (by Sega)
Sonic CD (1993) (by Makino Yukifumi)
Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) (by Senoue Jun)

Lunar series (by Iwadare Noriyuki)
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (1992 / 1999)
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (1994 / 2000)

Mana series
Sword of Mana (Seiken Densetsu) (1991 / 2003) (by Ito Kenji)
Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 2) (1993) (by Kikuta Hiroki)
Seiken Densetsu 3 (1995) (by Kikuta Hiroki)
Legend of Mana (1999) (by Shimomura Yoko)

Gaia series
Illusion of Gaia (1994) (by Kawasaki Yasuhiro)
Terranigma (1995) (by Kobayashi Miyoko & Hikichi Masanori)
The Granstream Saga (1997) (by Tanaka Kohei, Hikichi Masanori, Miyoko Kobayashi)

Chrono series (by Mitsuda Yasunori)
Chrono Trigger (1995)
Chrono Cross (1999)

Mega Man series
Mega Man 7 (1995) (by Tomozawa Makoto)
Mega Man 9 (2008) (by Yamada Ippo)

Star Ocean series (by Sakuraba Motoi)
Star Ocean (1996)
Star Ocean: The Second Story (1999)
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (2003)

Tekken series (by Namco Sound Team)
Tekken 2 (1996)
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection (2005)

Breath of Fire series (by Aoki Yoshino)
Breath of Fire III (1997)
Breath of Fire IV (2000)

Grandia series (by Iwadare Noriyuki)
Grandia (1997)
Grandia II (2000)

Zone of the Enders series (by Hibino Norihiko & Kakuta Toshiyuki)
Zone of the Enders (2001)
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner (2003)

Nintendo soundtracks
F-Zero (1990) (by Yumiko Kameya & Naoto Ishida)
Super Mario 64 (1996) (by Kondo Koji)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) (by Kondo Koji)

Other Sega soundtracks
Streets of Rage trilogy (1991-1994) (by Koshiro Yuzo)
Ninja Gaiden (Master System) (1992)
NiGHTS into Dreams (1996) (by Hataya Naofumi, Sasaki Tomoko, Kumatani Fumie)
Shenmue (1999) (by Mitsuyoshi Takenobu)

Other Square Enix soundtracks
Live A Live (1994) (by Shimomura Yoko)
Xenogears (1998) (by Mitsuda Yasunori)
Kingdom Hearts I & II (2002 & 2005) (by Shimomura Yoko)

Other Namco soundtracks
Tales of Phantasia (1995) (by Sakuraba Motoi & Tamura Shinji)
Soul Edge (Soul Blade) (1996) (by Yotoriyama Hiroaki)
Dragon Valor (1999)

Other Sony soundtracks
Wipeout 2097 (Wipeout XL) (1996) (by Cold Storage)
Wild Arms (1996) (by Naruke Michiko)
Alundra (1997) (by Tanaka Kohei)
The Legend of Dragoon (1999) (by Miratsu Takeo & Dennis Martin)
Rogue Galaxy (2005) (by Nishiura Tomohito)

Other Konami soundtracks
Silent Hill (1999) (by Yamaoka Akira)
Suikoden III (2002) (by Yamane Michiru & Kimura Masahiko)

Other soundtracks
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (1995) (by Shiono Yasunori)
Resident Evil 1-2 & Code Veronica (1996-2000) (by Kaida Akari, Tomozawa Makoto, Ueda Masami, Miura Takeshi, Anze Hijiri, Kasahara Sanae)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time & Warrior Within (2003 & 2004) (by Stuart Chatwood)

Hello Mr Jagger, how's life?


I never expect you are going to list "Legend Of Dragoon", that's truly a classic. It brought back pleasant memories of completing 4 Cd's game and hearing the soundtrack coupled with exciting plot.

Have to add: Persona 3 and Persona 4 also have a quite entertaining soundtrack. The battle scene music in Persona 4 is nice.

As for Chrono Cross, Yasunori Mitsuda the composer, that's a legend too. His flute music is simply amazing.





Humanity is but one family.

I played Legend of Dragon nearly ten years but didn't get very far in it. My favourite track from that game was the Grassy Plains theme.

I started playing Persona 3 last year but didn't get very far in it, and I haven't played Persona 4 at all, so I'm not sure how good the soundtracks are.

As for Mitsuda Yasunori, he is one of my all-time favourite composers. His soundtracks for Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross and Xenogears are incredible!

My favourite game music has to be from the Shenmue series.

This is a really nice piano medley of Shenmue's music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN4QFpKauq0

^ I almost forgot about Shenmue! Thanks for reminding me. I've just added the Shenmue soundtrack to my list right now.


Yes, the earliest Japanese RPGs, like the first Dragon Quest for example, began as rip-offs of Ultima and other early American RPGs. By the late 1980s though, Japanese RPGs started coming into their own as a distinct subgenre of their own as they started diverting away from Western RPG conventions.

Hello all

Ooh man, how can I overlook Shenmue?? This game is a masterpiece and the soundtrack cannot be forgotten either. Unfortunately, they decided not to resume the game. A very sad indeed.

Why don't we all gamers make a signed petition to Sega so that they proceed with the sequel? Joking man.

By the way, Mr Jagger, Persona 4 is not to be missed. But be prepared for the challenge, not an easy bait to complete the game.

Another game music that composed by Yasunori Mitsuda was Tsugunai:Atonement. This game was under hyped though the storyline and the music must not be ignored.

There's another game called: Legaia 2 Dual Saga. The game had a few touch by Yasunori Mitsuda though overall the music was not composed him entirely.



Humanity is but one family.

Duck Tales: The Moon!!!!

Exactly!

Hey everyone, another year, another pile of games. I was wondering what is your favorite game in general or this year and your absolute most anticipated game this year, next or even after. Listem... NOW

My Favorite games are, Valkyrie Profile PS, Tales of Destiny 2 PS, Breath of Fire III PS, Disgaea PS2, SMT: Persona 3 PS2.

My Most Anticipated games are, Resident Evil 5 Multi, Gears of War 2 360, Star Ocean: The Last Hope 360, Final Fantasy XIII Multi, Final Fantasy Verses XIII PS3.

What aboot you?