This week’s Big Question is all about video game music we love.
(And there’s actually a Sonic game in here too, so that works on multiple levels.)
Now, hey, lend us your ears.
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Akira Yamaoka is one of gaming’s most talented composers, and this is by far his greatest work.
Driving through hordes of enemies while blasting Blitzkrieg?
It doesnt get much better.
You cant deny that Nobuo Uematsu is a master composer and his work speaks for itself.
If I had to pick just one song that I really love, it would have to be Answers.
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1+2
I dont like video game music, mostly because its bad.
What I do like though isactualmusic, which is why the THPS games have always appealed to me.
The best original soundtrack is in Transistor, without a doubt.
She Shines is an ode to Reds city of Cloudbank, and my favourite original song in the game.
Grand Theft Auto 3
Look, I agree that Vice City has infinitely superior music.
But I am here to submit that GTA 3 has the better soundtrack.
The banter on Chatterbox remains some of the most screwball dialogue ever written.
I listen to One Final Effort during particularly rough days at work.
The Halo soundtrack is a musical score I can’t imagine my life without.
Theyre fast, energetic, and provide character to a game everyone wouldve otherwise forgotten about.
The story is all about love and loss, pain and regret.
The art style is every bit as pensive as it is plaintive.
The best part is that all of this finds a perfect reflection in the soundtrack.
Something about it just makes you feel profoundly melancholic.
The composer behind the song, Keiichi Okabe, managed to make a masterpiece.
You should really give this one a listen.
Even outside of the game, these are justgood songsstanding on their own.
Seriously, listen to it.
Death Stranding
It’s a good thing that narrowing this choice down is so difficult.
That’s Death Stranding for you.
