Your favorite "original" gaming song

[Astonished]

I do love the song but I can't help but wonder if the appeal of it got to me more because I saw the FMV it played over when I heard it the first time...but then, when I listen to the ending theme from Final Fantasy VII, it always brings tears to my eyes, even if I'm not watching the video of the Lifestream coming to the rescue...I've just seen it so many times, it's imprinted in my brain so I can see it vividly just by remembering the music. I think some songs only grow on me because they appear during a particular scene in a game or movie and I wouldn't otherwise have a pleasant association with the memory of the song.

I'm not even much of a Final Fantasy fan (including 7 or 8). I think they're mostly mediocre games. I just like the song. I actually do like 10 a lot, but I'm not particularly attached to any of its songs.

Disagree about 7, but most of the others and 8, yes, mediocre at best in a lot of cases. 9 is personally the worst for me because it was the most transparent that they were using the same melody and just playing it at different speeds or with different instruments for way too many tracks. Plus they stole one from 7 instead of making an original one. I liked a few of 10's tracks but per capita, yeah, nowhere near as many as 7's or 8's had.

[Edwardo Piet]

Age of Empires 3 soundtrack didn't sound as good as Age of Empires 2 either.

And the game isn't as good either

Age Of Mythology's music is better than Age of Empires 3's.... and I'd say it's a better game too.

Funny how great games often have great soundtracks.

Rise of Nations is also a great game.

With a great soundtrack.

Here's my favorite from RoN:





Very, very very beautiful piano song IMO.

Also... THIS FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER AND EVER AND EVER:

[KevinM1]

Too many to list. Astonished rightfully mentioned Square-Enix's library (aside: Xenogears is my favorite game of all time), but there are so many great songs that are part of so many great games. Games like Metroid, the Megaman series, the Castlevania games, F-Zero, Street Fighter... to things like the Half-Life games and the original Deus Ex... to Mass Effect, and Red Dead Redemption, and so many more.

A ton of great soundtracks and individual songs to choose from.

[Gearbreak]

Mediocre games but awesome soundtrack. Might be nostalgia talking though.

[Cyberman]

Often imitated, never equalled:

[KevinM1]

[Macoleco]

Way too many Would need to make a huge post. I will pick one, though:

[Silver]

Also from Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Sera Was Never

[Ravenshire]

Can't say I've ever really liked any song from video game soundtracks, but "Ragnar the Red" from Skyrim is enough to make me want to bleach my ear canals.

I tend to mute the sound when entering taverns.