I thought of this post entirely because I have the Pokémon Center theme from Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver stuck in my head, and it has wriggled in over and over for months despite me hearing and actively playing other music.
Hang On main theme tune is excellent. The soundtrack to Hang-On and Super Hang-On are both top tier.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHfvmJtB2gs&pp=ygUSaGFuZyBvbiBtYWluIHRoZW1l
Vempair Survaivors from Vampire Survivors
Does the Wii shop music count as a video game song?
Sonic two when sonic drowns.
This was a triumph…
I’m making a note here, huge success…
my hot take is that even though portal is a masterpiece this song is so cringe because i associate it with unfunny “the narwhal bacons at midnight” type redditors
I feel like the association of Portal with that era and that type of person, even though I think most of them probably became different people with age, even though I was practically one of them, makes the song a little harder to enjoy. I am aware of Ellen McLain’s (GLaDOS voice actress) opera creds and think that’s super cool though.
Sorry to the composer, it is not your fault. Similarly, I think maybe the same thing happened with Undertale. I think I played before the fandom got a bad reputation, so it and its songs are not quite tainted in my mind, in fact I’m a big fan of the game’s use of leitmotifs (am I using the word right?) and really enjoy its music, but if I came in after I saw the fandom, I might like the work less through no fault of the composer.
You need to get out more.
The song is a masterpiece on its own.
the counterpoint to me not liking a song from a Video Game because it of its association with Internet Culture has to be something other than “get out more”
No, it’s valid because the reason you claim for it to be bad in itself is kinda cringe
The entire soundtrack from FTL is fantastic and catchy and full of ear worms.
MOON - Hydrogen From Hotline Miami. I’m noticably better at the game when this one is on.
I’m just gonna leave this gem here.
The
from Yakuza: Like a Dragon has been in heavy rotation on my favorites playlist for a while now.
I just recently finished this one, and The Man Who Erased His Name shortly after that. Apparently I’ve been sleeping on the Yakuza series, because they’re fantastic, and have amazing soundtracks.
As far as Pokemon goes, I’ve always been partial to the Team Galactic battle theme from DPPT. And though “catchy” doesn’t quite do it justice, the night theme for Jubilife City, also in DPPT, is tremendous. Walking into that city for the first time at night was one of the defining moments of my video game life.
And the Shiver City theme from Paper Mario is unforgettable.
I don’t think anything will ever beat Still Alive from Portal though.
OG Super Mario NES, World 1-1
Those first 6 notes of 1-2 tho…
What kind of overalls does Mario wear?
Denim denim denim🎵
For some reason the SMB2 theme song is stuck in my head all the time. Something about the jazziness of it.
Turtle Woods from Crash Bandicoot 2 has never left me ever since I first played it on the PS1.
Tim Follin:
Solstice
Silver Surfer
Time Trax
Pictionary
Hell yeah, Tim Follin is a god.
“Tim, would you mind making the music for our Ghouls and Ghosts Commodore port?”
“No problem, here’s 9 full length tracks spanning 22 minutes including a 4 minute long title screen song. I hope that’s enough. I hope I got the screams right…”
Iunno how this wasn’t mentioned, but Payday 2 has a lot of catchy / going-hard songs.
Gonna leave 3:
for me it’s perhaps Metro Exodus end scene.
