Game soundtracks, what is your favorite

Well quite obviously the soundtrackcan be an importantpart of a game, but only if it manages to fit with the setting that it's in. If executed well enough, it can make for a great setting.

My favorites:

Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (PS)- Favorite song is Luna's intro theme, it still makes me feel happy whenever I hear it. The rest of the songs are alsouplifting and great to hear.

Legend of Dragoon (PS)- Songs may not betoo memorable, but they very well fit the scenary for every situation and the credits song makes the game well worth playing.

Final Fantasy VII (PS)- (You could tell this was coming) The music just has that classic feel to it that makes it worth hearing as well as the memorable One Winged Angel song.

Star Fox: Assault (GC)- It has a neat remix to the original themesong on the N64 and a lot of good music that's fun to listen to as well.

Original:

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Final Fantasy VII

Licensed:

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

My favorites will have to be

Super Mario Bros. 3

Sonic 2

Mario 64

The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time

GTA: Vice City soundtrack is my favorite, but that's all licensed music.

I agree that Silent Hill 3's soundtrack is good.

I'm rather fond of the Planescape: Torment soundtrack. It's interesting, because if you listen carefully, almost every song is actually a variation of the main theme that's altered to fit the character or location it's assigned to. Some, like Deionnara's, are sad because the character is tragic, while others, like Ignus, are a much more... err, fiery, to listen to. Appropriate considering Ignus is a living conduit for the elemental plane of fire and completely and utterly insane. Yet despite being almost entierly different in mood and tone, it's still the same underlying song. Very clever.

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time also has a fun soundtrack. Nothing super special about it, but it is fun to listen to and an interesting blend of western and middle-eastern music types.

Original:

Silent Hill games

Castlevania SOTN

Licensed:

Guitar Hero I and II

and MVP baseball games.

Star Control II
Streets of Rage 2
Skies of Arcadia

Original:

MGS2

MGS1

MGS3

MG and MG 2 are okay

Earthbound is awesome

Manhunt had awesome synth music, John Carptenter style

Resident Evils

Snatcher

Killer 7

Hitman Blood Money

Silent Hills

Splinter Cell: Choas Theory

Licensed:

Grand theft Auto Vice City

Vice City Stories

San Andreas

The Warriors(Not the lyical stuff, well, Joe Walsh is cool, but the original Warriors tracks by Barry DeVarzon for the movie)

Guitar Hero 1 and 2

I own several OSTs, and there are probably close to a hundred games that have 1 or 2 very memorable tracks, but few could ever hope to be as epic or consistently good IMHO as the following...

• Final Fantaxy VII - Nobuo Uematsu

• Final Fantasy VIII - Nobuo Uematsu

• Final Fantasy Tactics - Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata

• Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time - Koji Kondo

• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - Koji Kondo

• Parappa the Rapper - Masaya Matsuura

• Um Jammer Lammy - Masaya Matsuura

• Biohazard (Resident Evil) 4 - Misao Senbongi and Shusaku Ushiyama

• Earthworm Jim - Tommy Tallarico

• Earthworm Jim 2 - Tommy Tallarico