Best Video Game OST

I'd have to go with Assassin's creed games 1, 2, and Brotherhood composed by Jesper Kyd. That music is fantastic and fit the game perfectly. I definitely added those albums to my MP3 collection.

The Silent Hill soundtracks take a close second.

In terms of recent games I was really impressed with the Ni No Kuni soundtrack. I finished with the game months ago but still walk around with some of the songs stuck in my head.

For older games, I'd say Donkey Kong Country and Legend of Zelda. Stickerbrush Symphony is one of my all time favorite songs.

For more recent games, Halo comes to mind immediately. Nier, a lesser known game, has an incredible soundtrack as well. It's hauntingly beautiful.

I like so many, but there are a few that stand out above the rest for me:

• Chrono Trigger (Probably my all time favorite OST, ever)
• Silent Hill 2 (Though really, the whole series, especially Yamaoka's stuff)
• Earthbound
• Afro Samurai
• Castle Crashers
• Secret of Evermore
• Donkey Kong Country
• Katamari Damacy

I'm sure there are so many that I'll not think of

I have loads of favourites, so I'll restrict my list to just one game per franchise:

• Space Harrier (1985, Arcade)
• International Karate (1985, C64)
• Ys I & II (1989, PC Engine)
• Street Fighter II (1991, Arcade)
• Sorcerian (1992, PC Engine)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992, Master System)
• Streets of Rage 2 (1992, Mega Drive)
• Fatal Fury Special (1993, Neo Geo)
• Secret of Mana (1993, SNES)
• Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (1995, SNES)
• Zero Divide (1995, PS1)
• Final Fantasy VII (1997, PS1)
• Xenogears (1998, PS1)
• Chrono Cross (1999, PS1)
• Shenmue (1999, Dreamcast)
• Silent Hill (1999, PS1)
• Air (2000, PC)
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001, PS2)
• Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner (2003, PS2)
• Clannad (2004, PC)
• Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection (2005, Arcade)
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter (2006, PC)
• Mushihime-sama (2009, Xbox 360)
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011, Wii)

Some of my favorites include Tenchu Stealth Assassins, Ultima Exodus, Mass Effect, Halo, Two Worlds, Crysis 2, TDU2, Dragon Age Origins, LA Noire, Fable 2, Vice City, God of War.

Need for Speed - The Run's soundtrack by Bryan Tyler was one of the best parts of the game, enough said.

Modern Warfare 2's superior soundtrack added a lot to the campaign. Really stands out in the franchise, in my opinion.

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, enough said. They should have stayed with the new direction they took. I remember how disappointed I was with The Two Thrones.

GRID 2. If Codemasters keep getting non-licensed soundtrack made for this series, they need to start using it more often inside the games. Just try the demo, guys. Checkpoint race.

Some more pretty good ones that made me get the OST collections: Bulletstorm, Crysis 2, Devil May Cry 3, Half-Life games, Split/Second.

I'm surprised no one mentioned any of these games yet.

Mass Effect, Crysis 2, Fallout 3

The Last of Us and Dark Souls

older games tend to have a more taste in terms of music than today's

name that Klonoa 2 ,or even better Sonic CD(JP/EU)

There are a number of games that for me, had outstanding soundtracks, but ones that come to mind straight away would be games such as Mass Effect 3, which really was able to capture the sense of epicness occuring in a war waging throughout the entire galaxy. Also, the Fallout 3 soundtrack comes to mind as it was so distinctive, putting the contemporary music into the future where it could still be considered contemporary. And also for me, Oblivion's soundtrack was just ridiculously good, this is probabaly just from my fond memories of walking around and exploring and having that incredible soundtrack subtly in the background.

There are many more, but those three examples are the first that come to mind. I mean you can't forget the soundtracks of GTA Vice City and San Andreas either.

Super Metroid, Castlevania SotN, and Panzer Dragoon Saga.