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* ''[[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j4ApjeaFTc&fmt=18 The Port of Adia] from ''[[Turok (
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ5di2hHniE River of Souls]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-4ooTy8FYE Hive of the Mantids]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd28UvA2F7k Primagen's Lightship]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WXAAQjCRDA The Lair of the Blind Ones].
** The original Turok Dinosaur Hunter game also has some pretty cool music in stuff like the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhdepwPs-Z8 Jungle,] the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Joup6R8d6w Treetop Village,] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foeG5-9qc80 The Lost Land,] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVSfEIU2SpU The Catacombs,] and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRdggJytf6k T-Rex Battle] are also awesome tunes to listen to.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX_tvx4YMEo&hd=1 The Hag 1] in ''[[Banjo
** And [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eKK3CZPKac the final battle] from the first game was much more impressive, as it is a hectic remixed version of the standard Gruntilda's Lair theme played throughout the entire game. Banjo-Tooie also has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ_nKGSH3bw Mr. Patch's fight theme.]
** Familiar tracks turned into full-fledged boss battle themes. Banjo-Tooie's boss battles all did this, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9nzSFigA7w Mingi Jongo did it best].
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** No [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY4qEPmRAos Atlantis] love?!
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvMFIp0Rx28&fmt=18 PEPSII MAAAAANNNNNN]
* ''[[
** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP9gTVQOpDw Bonus Level]'s music is rather pleasing. Too bad it's really a [[Bonus Level of Hell]].
** And let's not forget the music from the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9-ZhO2-L3Q Blue Resort] level, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKKxfQf21PM Red Mountain] level, and, Who can forget the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1pQt4qxVTI Green Garden] level muslc? Oh, and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBFOv70e700 Black City] level music gives the feeling of a futuristic level.
** ''[[
* ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp7LkMnN6Ic Star City], also used for Spacedust Alley in the original game. The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5SccAA4OeU other] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL_w37X3H6w tracks] in Future Fun Land are awesome, too. And don't forget [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y08L-D2gvAI Wizpig's Races]. Then again, the soundtrack is filled with [[Crowning Music of Awesome]].
** Don't forget the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yGozvvMz-w Boss Races] either!
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** Don't forget the awesome [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qYTV9X4lzs stage select music].
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P593c9xlmtw Walrus Cove]. That is all.
* As befits a thoroughly awesome video game, ''[[
** You forget the fast paced action level [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3f6RfMuLio Silo], which was pretty catchy at first, but add a bit of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpmfBm0xPoc remix] to it, and it goes up to 12!
** Other [[James Bond]] games have had some pretty fantastic music; ''Nightfire'' had the amazing "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcvjlmlvldY Nearly Civilised]", set to a great [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_kf5pFnoDU title sequence], but the true CMOA has to be the incredible music that plays during the escape from the [[Evil Tower of Ominousness|Phoenix Building]]. It's made of bongos, saxophone, wailing trumpets, and WIN. Listen to it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEXOzjoND54#t=2m30s here]. ''Everything or Nothing'' had a soundtrack composed by [[
*** The one in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_DUjZEEoGs Byelomorye Dam]. Seriously, don't say ''that'' doesn't tense up your nerves!
* ''[[Perfect Dark]]'', strangely enough, plays what is easily its most exciting and blood-pumping music [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRdXiUwQjiQ during the end credits]. That being said, it's more than worth completing the single-player missions just so you can unlock that tune for your multiplayer matches.
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* With an epic plot, epic characters, [[Nintendo Hard]] gameplay, it must be said that the entire music of ''[[Vagrant Story]]'' is equally epic. Again, Hitoshi Sakimoto at the helm. For battle themes, try [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqpdsieTL_s "Ifrit"], or better yet [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftzHKRDIvp4 that battle theme against wyverns!]. For dungeon themes, try listening to "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6cLP6PNuUk Catacombs]", or "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8E8PsIgp3Y Undercity]". On a rainy night. Alone.
** And your reward for surviving those creepy levels and that NH gameplay is some of the greatest [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i-Qw3I6Wqc credits music] ever. You can skip to 3:45 if you want but the buildup is worth it. Also, it helps to have played the game because hearing the motif at 4:25 subtly peppered throughout the rest of the game makes it that much more amazing to hear it in all its resplendent orchestral glory here.
* ''[[Star Ocean the Second Story
** Not to mention the chilling credits theme [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwZodQUQFz4 We Form in Crystals].
** Don't forget, this is the game that gave us the first version of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMK_R4JjnbE Incarnation of the Devil]. And by extension, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4zpoH8hmCM all] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWjdafbVKos of] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnm4KGbZFt0 its] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDGiZmmxP2A remixes].
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** One cannot possibly forget to mention [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HRzKkD20YM&fmt=18 Cities of Flickering Destruction]. Doubly so for the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIjy3sEPvHk&fmt=18 Drammatica] edition.
* Twisted Metal 2. For example, it actually puts together [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKjcGF60hNU a mix of "Frère Jacques"] that will get you in the mood to just snap and totally wail on everything!
** Well, what about the theme on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eIsTQIqSQQ Holland stage]? Still one of the best [[Hot
** No love for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIFVng_vEXg Dark Tooth?]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGGL2yl6rc Antarctica.] Perfectly fits the tension and fear that the platform you're on is gonna plummet to an icy death.
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* Understandably it didn't get much of a circulation, so not many people have heard it... but the soundtrack for ''[[Panzer Dragoon]] Saga'' is incredible. Try [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ME1XiFyIIM "Atolm Dragon"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDT29nbEQ3U "Rest"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7WMqb8UG6Q "Town of Zoah"], or the main battle theme, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkkIfGaY7sU "Transformation 1"] on for size.
* Takayuki Negishi's work on ''[[Bloody Roar]]''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFjrtjVJFVc Long's] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWTJBsZx-I8 themes] from the [[PS 1]] games, for starters.
* The main theme of the Gran Turismo series, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkbCj82kKik Moon Over the Castle], composed by guitarist Masahiro Andoh of the famous Japanese jazz fusion band [
* Thought you could escape epic [[JAM Project]]( member)-created [[Getter Robo]] themes by staying out of the anime section? Nope. Turns out that Masaaki Endo did the OP for ''Getter Robo Daikessen''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-pMw5vhngg Hope you enjoy your hot-blooded earworm].
* The ''Ray'' series of [[Shoot'Em Up|Shmups]] has awesome soundtracks, what with them being composed by Tamayo Kawamoto (of Taito's in-house music group, Zuntata) and all.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4fWUYA743Y&fmt=18 Molecular Clock], the music for ''RayStorm'''s Stage 5 and 6 bosses is both this and [[Nightmare Fuel]].
** The last part of the song "Vit Symty" in ''Ray Crisis''. That is, the song played if you start with the "Emotion" stage. Also, the [[Ominous Pipe Organ]] music during the [[True Final Boss]] battle.
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*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SCHtceqLnM Cracking!] gets you pumped for the game's later stages.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Edu8-D1jAY Stab and Stomp!], the air boss music from ''Battle Garegga''. The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBEdnJKSUMg&fmt=18 Batrider rearrangement] is pretty good too.
*
** There are MANY examples in the series. From theme songs that are actual full fledged songs (spanning many genres), to normal battle music that actually seems to be HAPPY. But one of the ultimate [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] in video games simply must be the final battle to the second game -- it's a total epic, minor key, tarantelle of a piano concerto that with the bad guy theme as a lietmotif, and even tosses in a sinister harpsichord in a slow interlude.
* From [[
** The [http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=NFQUBYfCgk8 Trick Castle/Crumbling Castle] music as well.
** The entirety of Ape Escape's soundtrack is pure concentrated win, but special mention goes to the epicness that is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNn5R6Mfqag Galaxy Monkey!]
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW8Cf2E9QsQ Far Out] and its remix for the next level, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGbl7K4-Fk8 Gimme Space], are some of the best bloopy-sounding space themes ever.
** ''Pac-Man World 2'' has the Ghost Island theme [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YdJMNSQY-I\] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbWSscPb2bY\] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ELOjuj9HlA its] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqdDwjjnFao variations].
* A particularly obscure one : [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w66Fmq7eJeQ Kiss in the Dark], the japanese opening to the fighting game [[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkZiSf5OUeE&fmt=18 Passing Through The Forest] from [[Threads of Fate]]. A nice peaceful song.
* A real obscure one is most of the soundtrack to the game ''Spider'', which is awesome enough of being an experimental gun-and-knife wielding spider, but having some of the most kickass unheard of music on the [[PS 1]]. Such as the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm5x5NxCJFE Boxes/Machine Room] level music.
* ''[[Frogger]] 3D'' (also known as ''Frogger: He's Back!'') has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V59jrnyOwMw "Airshow Antics"], while the sequel (''Swampy's Revenge'') has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YNE20ahZc8 the Laboratory theme].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2wpbjbT4HY "Kline's Dream"] from [[
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC8gZzFMKwM "Ra's Underground Hideout"] too.
* ''[[Alundra 2:
* How they did it, no one will ever know... but the terribly-designed ''Yu-Gi-Oh!: Forbidden Memories'' has several bits of awesome music scattered throughout it. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_y4WyrYltU Preliminary Match] comes to mind...
** There's plenty more. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7WVKqxFprY Seto Kaiba] has a battle theme exclusive to him, and it is '''amazing'''.
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* ''Valkyrie Profile'' also has quite a few great pieces. In particular, the track ''Turn a New Leaf'' that plays prior to every boss fight. And the two battle music tracks - ''Confidence in the Domination'' and ''Fighting the Shadowy Gods''.
** Celestial Troupe. No more needed to be said.
* [[The Problem
* "The Musashi Legend" from ''[[Brave Fencer Musashi]]'' (linked to in the [[Fanfare]] page).
** "Twinpeak Mountain". It sounds like a piece from a western.
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* Technically, they're not video game-exclusive, but a lot of the real-world college fight songs that appear in the ''NCAA Football'' series are quite epic.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BkGDem3l3U The opening theme] to the [[Dating Sim]] ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]''. Seriously. If the [[Ear Worm]] tune isn't enough, just wait for the guitar solo...
** There are jazz/prog-rock remixes of the music in the game. You heard that right. [[What Do You Mean
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TloRRzVM50E Hydra Prime] is nothing short of awesome.
** The soundtrack to 3 surpasses it's predecessor by a mile. Hand-picked by the Ministry of Sound. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMWJTwueA2c Here's an example.]
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* ''Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas'': Much of the soundtrack (produced by BT), especially [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTXpg8p-xpI Prison Cell Block], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVWTXX7EcMM Prison Banquet Hall], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncuqZZu-LY0 Desert Highway], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuG6AzTu2E8 Desert Gunfight], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jeTLNv3yQ8 Desert Bunker], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAvKvXEK7Zc Vegas Downtown], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oooHDLyGI6U Bio Lab], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lct8kF-ucDA Dam Driving], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yuCbLZFMuY Hotel Strip], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kobIXo0Nbw Reese], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbgscc5xvLQ Nemesis].
* ''[[Time Crisis]]'' has two pieces which deserve mention. The first is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqSdNYSFSIA the theme for series villain Wild Dog] (''Time Crisis 3'' version presented here), which is instantly familiar to anyone who's played the games. The second is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blOoJlVkXHU the final boss music in Time Crisis 3], complete with ominous chanting and bells. It works because of the tension in both actual play and the storyline: [[Big Bad]] Giorgio Zott comes at you with duel-wielding a submachine gun and a sword (wielding both with deadly effectiveness), and is backed by mooks AND TANKS. He also just initiated the launch sequence for missiles which will wipe out a Mediterranean county if they fire. All you're thinking is that you have to kill the SOB before an entire nation ceases to exist.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzTfV92i6oY&fmt=18 The Main Theme] of the ''[[Bubble Bobble
* The entire soundtrack to the game ''Wild 9'' represents some of Tommy Tallarico's finest work. A shame the game is so hopelessly obscure. In particular, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIZxpH1topw Beast Engine stage theme] is just all kinds of awesome.
* [[Spider
* ''Zero Divide'': Most of the soundtrack is pretty good, but the real standouts are [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpffkIbg7j4 A Nation of Poison], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAYn65Lg7GI The Power Beat], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V8DP5Jguxg Waiting for the Sound of Thunder] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7MTvkLYATc Fate].
* ''Top Gear Rally'' had some pretty cool music for both the American and the [[No Export for You|Japanese/European]] versions. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOt55BOVMT8 The Main Menu Theme], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4ZsvdHW6mg the Desert], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS5ITjEh-L0 the Jungle].
* [[Electronic Arts|EA]] sure did have awesome music for their sports games (at least for [[
* We ''all'' know that the F-Zero series is known for its awesome music, [[No Export for You|but only the Japanese]] ended up having songs like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKtv8Dfsyc Regeneration], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3NvLHbtvtM Rollercoaster], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CEKHrXjJOk Big Foot] on their F-Zero X game, and that's because ''they'' ended up getting its expansion pack. Hell, even the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXqJEEAA-sw Rainbow Road] theme is better than the song in the normal F-Zero X game, and that's because it's a cover of the Rainbow Road song from ''[[
* ''[[
* No mention of ''Snowboard Kids''?! There were a lot of great tracks in that game, particularly [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkH0qjQ8GNw Big Snowman], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PStxslJ7Ks Night Highway], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1lj59dGfzQ SILVER MOUNTAIN].
** The sequel had some amazing ones, too:
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll8MWQcks4o Gothic Neclord] aka possibly the best dance track that cold ever play while you are killing an evil vampire.
** When an army battle opts for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8pf6wFn_go Battlefield Without Light] over the standard theme (or silence in the US version), you know it's an important one.
* [[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhiO9ekOotc The fittingly ironic ending theme] of ''Killing Time''.
* No mention of the original ''[[Virtual On]]'' yet...? OMG!! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0f7xMtabO8 She's Lost Control] because you haven't! Fly [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWtXRMXXVZY&feature=related Into the Blue Sky] while [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qXWtdS2w6Q&feature=related The Wind Is Blowing] before she trashes you into pieces of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7GexWoLDhc Ruins] and you [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs3wiwH8KmA&feature=related Fade To Black]...!!!
* The full soundtrack to EA's ''Soviet Strike'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hnVzGHMn7Y\]
* From the AMAZING [[Virtual Boy]] game Galactic Pinball: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtSVkFy6_g4&fmt=18 MOONMAN's Fandango]
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oweJZ1H731w Custom Battle music] from the original ''[[
* ''Mortal Kombat Trilogy'', anyone? Themes like the pulse-pounding [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGCAz5KYffU&feature=related Character Selection] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrIQ3Bjojw&feature=related Rooftop], as well as the epic [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-sG5q67jhY Temple] come to mind. There are many more awesome songs in the series; this should have its own page.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYBJr-_kJoo intro] for Treasures of the Deep.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A3n4AINVPI&hd=1 In This World] from Mr. Bones, a song that has been compared to [[Pink Floyd]]
* Coolboarders 2. This game is one of those simple ones with a knack for being good and have great music. Take [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49g2PHVROlI The Red Hot Mamma], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBkYswIUKsE Mr. Rain], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVak7mZhUfQ Lynch Law], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtwsYtG5nnk Tranzy] as examples.
* South Park Rally, of all things, has March in the Big Gay Parade. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrehF-E_pu8&feature=related\] It's the kind of patriotic jingle that makes [[American Dad
* ''[[Driver]]'' has the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE1gTYd9EDc Main Theme], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0fZNHTtcSU Miami Escape at Night], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgZRt5EUedE San Francisco at Day], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfItHAOf44o Los Angeles at Night], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9iNi9w_0Fg Los Angeles Escape at Night], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfUAKv-M5Jg New York Escape at Day], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4gGgMW7Jsg New York at Night] and the unused [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtXI5qGw83w Los Angeles Escape at Day]. ''Driver 2'' has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWInEV2teeg Chicago at Night],[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc4LtHpljTk Chicago Escape at Night], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLzI2tXaqSY Havana Escape at Day], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1xVD0sQghw Havana Escape at Night], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGs-EVdCMD8 Las Vegas at Day], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S15VtM6Euco Las Vegas Escape at Day] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HfsAwVwRUo Rio Escape at Day].
* ''[[Sin and Punishment]]''. In particular: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHg0tAlRUzQ Agave], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RirrfF0bORA Blood Infactor] and especially this one: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7-AHj8vooE Heroine 'a']
* Regardless of [[Licensed Game|the game itself]] (which was actually pretty decent), [[Harry Potter|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]] on the GBC had some really cool music. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSeP9lOXVxw&feature=watch_response_rev the boss theme], for example.
** Also from the console and PC versions: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwaLGCV58w0 Diagon Alley (Menu theme in the PC version)]
* ''[[
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