Post your VG OST collection!

[Fiend]

Topic.

Note: Go ahead and post your anime OST's too.

I've got:

All the Silent Hill OST's (Akira Yamaoka's the man)

Hitman Contracts Soundtrack

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (The only FF game I liked, and the only FF soundtrack I enjoyed too)

Deus Ex SE Soundtrack (came with GotY Edition)

.hack Best Collection

Half Life 1 & 2

ICO - Melody in the Mist (30 minutes of the most beautiful, atmospheric music ever.)

Katamari Damashii (pure brilliance. :D)

Tenchu: Kurenai (awesome)

Last Exile - Cloud Age Symphony (nice stuff. The opening song is the most catchy J-Pop song I've heard)

NiGHTS Into Dreams & Christmas NiGHTS

Oni

Phantom Brave

Prince of Persia

Ragnarok Online

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin Soundtrack

MGS3: Snake Eater OST (Harry Gregson Williams and Norihiko Hibono rock the house. ;D)

Ghost in the Shell, Innocence, and Stand Alone Comlpex + Game OST

The Bouncer

MGS: The Twin Snakes (more Norihiko Hibono. The awesomeness is strong with this one.)

And that's it I think. I might have some more, I kinda forgot. :D

So, what's you guy's/gal's game/anime soundtrack collection look like?

[bigyellowlegoman]

I only have one, methinks, and that's Warcraft 3, which I got with the collector's edition box set. I listened to it all the time when I got it first, but not so much now.
Some of the songs are REALLY atomspheric and I remember there was one that actually made me jump a couple of times! I think it was an orc chant or something, with eerie drum beats rattling until it finally quietens down, then, BOOM! An explosion of pounding leather skin drums with a rapid beat. F**king brilliant.

[FigureFour]

You own the Ragnarok Online soundtrack?


Why?

[Oceans Andrew]

oh man, i have well over 100 OST's, let me start typing, it will take awhile.

this is like my big hobby is jamming to VG ost's, and death metal..

[Fiend]

You own the Ragnarok Online soundtrack?


Why?

Because I happen to like it. There a problem?

[Hiltz]

Anime Song Collection

Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone Complex
-Inner Universe
-Lithium Flower

Full Metal Alchemist
-Melissa
-Ready Steady Go
-Unerasable Sin

Kingdom Heart
-Simple & Clean

Last Exile
-Cloud Age Symphony

Hellsing
-Opening Theme
-Shine
Witch Hunter Robin
-Shell

Cowboy Bebop
-Blue
-Tank!
-Heavy Metal Queen
-Rain
-Call me
The Real Folk Blues

Full Metal Panic!
Tomorrow

Cowboy Bebop Movie
-Ask DNA
-Pretty with a Pistol
Trigun
-Opening Theme

Gundam Seed
-Invoke

Wolf's Rain
-Stray
-Gravity

Serial Experimenst Lain
-Duvet
Scryed
-Reckless Fire

G-Gundam
-Flying in the Sky

Naruto
-Wind
-Go
-Sambomaster
-Rocks
-Captain Stridum
-Harukakanata

[bigyellowlegoman]

I don't think I've ever seen a video game soundtrack in a shop over here. Oh well, I still have to get an mp3 player. Anyone know cheap sites to download 'em?

[Fiend]

Nice one Hiltz.

I forgot to add:

Serial Expiriments Lain & Deus Ex Invisible War.

[Naota]

Where do you all get these soundtracks? I only have like 1 or 2 stores that sell game/anime music (way overpriced) where I live, it's pitiful! Anime seems to be one of the least popular subjects in my city. Sad...

...by the way nice collections.

[Steasaurus]

I have...

FFVII OST

FFVIII OST

FFVIII C/B N.Uematsu O/B S.Hamaguchi

FFIX OST limited edition box

Street Fighter (really old with japanese title dunno what it says lol has dodgy ingame sound effects over the music... haduken!)

I also have a load of downloaded stuff but thats naughty :eek2:

[Fiend]

Where do you all get these soundtracks? I only have like 1 or 2 stores that sell game/anime music (way overpriced) where I live, it's pitiful! Anime seems to be one of the least popular subjects in my city. Sad...

...by the way nice collections.


Thanks :)

I usually get my stuff from either www.chibitokyo.com or from a small anime store a few miles from my house. A few of the CD's (like the Ghost in the Shell one) I got from some random site I found on google.

[Snowfox]

I have uhh... Mortal Kombat and MK : Annihilation OST. Not really based on the actual videogames so much as the movies but eh, I felt lonely not having any unlike all you studs.

[Steasaurus]

the first mortal kombat st is amazing... a friend of mine bought it way back in the day lol I lurved it soo much.

[Bloodstar]

I downloaded like 5 Black Mages songs if you can count those.

[FigureFour]

Because I happen to like it. There a problem?

Didn't mean that as an attack on your musical tastes there man. I just never considered the game to have particularly good music. Also, if you actually have the game, you've allready got the soundtrack in mp3 format.

[Hiltz]

Ah! Mortal Kombat theme song...

The music is pretty good but the dialogue is pretty corny.

MKII? Don't even remind me of anyting about that horrible movie haha.

I use Shareaza for mp3 downloads concerning the list I put up so they aren't an actual cd format collection. :tear:

But I did have an actual small collection. Unfortunetly, I wasn't thinking gave it to aclass friend to borrow before the last day of high school... never saw it again. :crying:

[The Bran Eating Zombie]

The only games I've ever felt an urge to listen to the music outisde the games were the Silent Hill games and the Myth games. Other then that I've never heard music in a game that I wanted to hear outside the game for any reason other then camp. (Old Zelda music, Mario theme, etc)

[Hiltz]

.. Mario theme and Zelda theme... classics. :)

[Steasaurus]

The bran knows whats what... Akira Yamaoka is teh god

I heard a pretty good punk/ska version of the tetris theme... can't remember who it was by though lol

[pofo]

I agree that Myth has an awesome soundtrack. That and the soundtrack to Katamari Damacy are the only ones I can think of right now. Since I don't play many video games it's natural that I don't have many of their soundtracks ;)

[Fiend]

Didn't mean that as an attack on your musical tastes there man. I just never considered the game to have particularly good music. Also, if you actually have the game, you've allready got the soundtrack in mp3 format.

No problem.

Gravity never released an official OST, so I just got them from the game directory.

[Dunge]

Hi there everyone,

I recommand you to the following scores:

- Baldur's Gate (I,II + add-on) *hehehe*
=> That's a brilliant orchestral score, with live percussion performance (~ 30 membranophones altogether) and real brass recordings and a perfect synth-orchestra (sounds really authentic). There are many theme developments, of course with some kind of "musical complexity" (no standart string-triad-wailings á la Jeremy Soule).
The main motif (2nd, 2nd major 3th upward, then a 3th back and two 2nds down) is almost used in every cue, but in such an interesting and artistic way that it is a real pleasure to recognize it in each track.

- Ultima IX (and of course the extracts of U. X)
=> That score is the live recording of a 40-piece essemble with many strings, string-like instruments and mediavel flutes, called a "sweetening orchestra".
The soundtrack contains plenty of wonderfully composed themes for each location (mainly mediavel towns, castles and dark dungeons) the Avatar - the main character of the game's story - has to visit. Of course there are also some fighting cues and short suites for the game interrupting video seuqueces.
Two main/franchise themes dominate the whole score: The heroic Fellowship theme (for the Avatar's kindreds) and the dark, chant-like Guardian motif, which represants the absolutely evil antagonist of the Avatar.
The soundtrack itself is about 75 mintues long, the average length of each track amounts to 2-3 mintues.

The 6 tracks of Ultima X are good as well, because they're performed by the big Northwest Symphony and contain a little of the matierial of U. IX.

- Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (add-on)
=> that's a really nice performance of the popular (mostly metal) Diablo themes by the City of Prague Symphony Orchestra.
Not very long (only 5 tracks of 5-8 mintues), but quite interesting and - sonmehow - very moving.

- Jurassic Park - The Lost World
=> I don't know if you have this already. If not: JUST GET IT NOW!! *g* That's Giacchono's first live orchestra score. There very adventurous themes and cues in good and variative developments. The performance is perfect, because of the great Seatlle Philharmocis.

- Heroes of Might and Magic II
=> An epic fantasy score, such as Merlin or Willow, but more coherant and homegeneous (not so many emotional changes). The orchestra sounds very good but is sampled by big synthesizers. The opera-like voice performances (mostly tenor and sopran) are of course live recorded. ;-)

- Myst II: Riven
=> Not really an orchtral score, but still worth a listering!
It provides you with a dark, epic atmosphere that never really gets loud, so it also carries a bit of an ambient (almost new age) flavor to it. Perfect not just to go with the game (I have to assume, since I am not a Myst gamer myself), but to work, read or write. It's mellow, but it doesn't sound common or simple. It is one of those albums you wish you could get more of, so I end up playing it once and again and again in my stereo... ^^

- Super Smash Brothers
=> That's an orchestral suite containing 15 well arranged medleys of the most beautiful Nitendo gamemusic themes (the Super Mario Theme, or the Zelda Ouverture for instance).
The whole work is performed by the Tokyo Philahormonics in a perfect sound quiality. Although it's a live concert recording, there're no end clapping, ovation or other noises.
I have cut them away (thanks Audacity 1.5). All!!! ;-)

- Arcanum (only 4-piece string essemble, but wonderful renessaince-like music)
- Longest Journey (very atmospheric mediavel ambient music, with many cues for
classic guitar)
- Knights of Honor (full-ochestra score, exciting action themes and beautiful
melodies for harp and flutes, the style reminds a bit on Hanz Zimmer)

- Icewind Dale
=> Jeremy Soule's first soundtrack for a role-playing game. Very creative kind of (main)theme composing: Powerful brass fanfares for Dwarven mines and cute flute cues for pieceful moutain villages, based of course on the same leading motif, goes into another in a fantastic way of development.

- The Hobbit
=> This genial game score was written by three composers: Dave Adams, Rod Abernethley and Chance Thomas, who composed most of the ambient themes as well as the absolutely awesome main theme for this action adventure, which is the prelude to Tolkien's great The Lord of the Ring novel. The main part was performed by noone else than the big Northwest Symphony Orchestra. It's really good soundtrack, although the CD version is quite short.

-Warcraft III
=> Not as good as World of Wacraft, WC III has a very pleasing soundtrack, with epic-dramatic themes, as well as some very calm and beautiful cues. The "Cinematic Suite", a cut-together of the orchestral video sequences, is definitively the best!

- and - last but not least - WORLD OF WARCRAFT
=> That's a fantasic instrumental soundtracks. Most of the pieces, particularly the one of the main locations, are orchestral live recordings. The tracks are very long (average ~ 6-8 minutes) and all in all the scores measures almost 80 mintues.

Best regards from Germany

Dustin Naegel
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