Video Game Music thread

@EHAN  
I lasted 4.
 
@Background Pony #019A  
You know what I’d like? If Ishiwatari did a thing together with Uematsu. That’d be like, da bomb.

@igotnopicks  
oh god not this again

@EHAN  
it’s either that or the dress

@Too_Offensive  
oh god no don’t make me choose

@EHAN  
ooh wait
 
what color is this cheetahman?  

@EHAN  
Choose Cheetahmen. It’s a safer bet.
 
A crap game yes, but with the music of god.

@Too_Offensive  

@EHAN  
I love how vivi’s yellow color scheme contrasts with arthur’s blue one  
I’m done now

@Too_Offensive  
stahp this nonsense  

@Solitude  
It’s one of those dream team crossovers that one can only dream of; my own dream would be to see Motoi Sakuraba and Daisuke together and hear how the two would interpret each other’s work.
 
Motoi’s most famous work, arguably, is the music from Golden Sun, Star Ocean, Valkyrie Profile and both Dark Souls games. My favorites are definitely Motoi’s solemn music arrangements.
 
Dark Souls - Nameless Song
 
Star Ocean 3 - Motoi Sakuraba Piano Solo
 
Golden Sun - The Snow-Covered City
 
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria - Straying Truth

@Background Pony #019A  
>mentioning Golden Sun  
>neglecting to mention the most glorious theme in that game
 
Also the Venus Lighthouse theme is also pretty great

@EHAN  
All of the music pieces in Golden Sun are fantastic and I admit that you can’t avoid those mentions when discussing the music from the game.
 
My list was more of a showcase than anything else.
 
Speaking of showcasing fantastic RPG music, Bravely Default has some great compositions that should deserve further recognition:
 
Bravely Default - Love’s Vagrant
 
Bravely Default - Ba’al Boss Battle Theme
 
Bravely Default - You Are My Hope
 
Bravely Default - Serpent Eating the Horizon

@Background Pony #019A  
I’ll add Noriyuki Iwadare, who did the Lunar and Grandia series among others, to that. Just listen.
 
Theme of Grandia
 
Farewell to Sue (Aerith? Psssh. This? ;_;)
 
The Beautiful Women of Alent
 
Duel with Gadwin
 
Justin Hits the Scene
 
Deck Swabbing
 
Four Volley Rounds of Tension
 
The Three Young Women

@Solitude  
Definitely a few in that list that I have to add to my music collection immediately.
 
It’s pretty difficult to find a good jrpg that doesn’t have good music attached to it, I’ve found.
 
Wild Arms is another jrpg series with a lot of personality in terms of music. Many of the tracks are inspired by the wild west motif and it all works so well in all of the pieces that use it. I especially like the 5th one’s due to the best sound samples present.
 
 
Wild Arms 5 - The Resurrected Left Arm That Brings Death
 
Wild Arms 5 - A Muzzle Dancing in Hatred
 
Wild ARMS 5 - When the Heart Ignites
 
Wild ARMS 5 - Terrible Monster Attacking Crew!
 
Wild ARMS 5 - The Dry Wind Blows Over You
 
Wild ARMS 5 - The Ice Queen
 
My personal favorite arrangement out of all is Wild Arms 2 - Battle VS Lord Blazer

@EHAN
 
Don’t forget this.

@Background Pony #019A  
If anything, the one thing jrpgs have going for them is the music.
 
Wild Arms’ music is also pretty awesome. I mean how often do you find something wild west inspired? It helps that I’m a bit of a fan of spaghetti western music as popularized by Ennio Morricone.
 
Speaking of, here a little in a similar vein, from Lucasarts’ Outlaws.
 
Outlaws
 
The Train
 
Sanchez the Outlaw
 
Anna’s Theme

And one more for Wild West games.
 
Red Dead Revolver