Personally, I’m a huge fan of Hollow Knight, Ori and the (Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps), and Kingdom Hearts. Orchestral soundtracks are just something else…
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TUNIC, FEZ, Nier Automata, Outer Wilds.
I also have a soft spot for Paper Mario and TTYD, those soundtracks are full of bops
Ori and the Blind Forest’s ost is phenomenal.
I think all of the Supergiant Games have great soundtrack. Transistor was what got me into their games, and it was the soundtrack that caught my attention first.
Outer Wilds. Yeah it’s one of the greatest games ever made, but would it be so good without that soundtrack? Debatable.
I petitioned to play something from it at my actual wedding (sadly was overruled), and I know I’m not the only one.
I know! It’s such a good ost! I think one of my favorite songs for it, although not from the ost, is Andrew Prahlow’s Outer Wild - Reprise single. It’s got aspects of all different main themes and is just overall an amazing piece
I can barely make it 30 seconds into that one without tearing up and I’m not ashamed to admit it.
Was looking for someone to mention Outer Wilds. I love when games weave music into storytelling and its perfect here.
NieR: Automata
The Weight of the World
Indie games in general have great OSTs, MGS:R and Persona (and SMT in general) are obvious popular picks.
The World Ends With You is less mainstream (with one of the few gripes being the lack of boss-specific themes, at least in the DS original I played - but it makes up with the diverse overworld and normal battle themes), as is Etrian Odyssey.
I think orchestra is mixed, it’s either the best fucking tracks ever (often when mixed with electric guitar or other modern instruments, but not necessarily), or they kind of blend with other orchestral tracks I know and don’t end up being unique enough to remember.
For focused work: Shenzhen IO Exapunks Opus Magnum Into the Breach Firewatch IXION
Other: Blue Archive Symphony 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Branched Remix Minecraft Stardew Valley Spelunky Helltaker Kirby
The Nier Automata OST is perfection. Almost every single track is memorable and lovable, I often relisten the whole ost just for fun
Can’t believe noone has mentioned Doom 2016, one of my favorites!
Disasterpeace is an AMAZING composer and has done some stellar work in both video games and film as well. Here’s a couple of my favorites from video games:
Please check out some of his other work here: http://disasterpeace.com/music
Both the Nier games have amazing soundtracks that I listen to frequently.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is also great although I don’t really listen to it on its own. It really makes the game feel much more impactful while playing.
Nier automata has a great soundtrack, i haven’t played the newer one yet, but Drakengard 3 has some great songs on it, if you haven’t played it its meant to come before nier world lore wise.
Also gotta give a shoutout to World of Warcraft, got some massive nostalgia from that soundtrack
I actually got Drakenguard 3 running on my steam deck recently, it runs surprisingly well. I could immediately tell the game was gonna have great music based on the opening animation.
I find Nier replicant is good only after you make it past the first one or two hours. Too many fetch quests for me.
I will say drakengard 3 was one of the grindiest games ive played haha, dont wanna spoil anything though so thats all ill say. But its worth it the story is good if you like yoko taros type of storytelling. Theres a 60 fps patch i used but idk if steam deck is good enough for that, my old pc could barely handle it at 60fps with an i5-6600k and rx480
I remember hearing about needing all the weapons for the secret/true ending so I’ve got a somewhat decent idea of what I’m getting myself into. I’ll look into that 60 fps patch though, it almost felt too easy getting it to run
Several OSTs that have stuck with me through the years:
The FTL composer also composed the Subnautica Below Zero soundtrack. It’s a nice mix, almost a combination of FTL sci-fi sounds and the more soothing ambience of the original Subnautica.
Bastion and Hades have just cool soundtracks you can listen to anytime. When pure adrenaline is needed the DOOM soundtrack.
Need for Speed Carbon especially the electronic music is underrated
I like epic, intense soundtracks so, Darkest Dungeon and Frostpunk. Monster Train is pretty good too.
