Legend of Dragoon soundtrack composed by Dennis Martin.

Bajo Kazooie soundtracks by Grant Kirkhope.

Donkey Kong soundtracks by David Wise.

Sly Cooper soundtrack (first game) by Ashif Hakik

Metroid soundtracks by Kenji Yamamoto.

All made insanely long lasting impressions where I could hear just a bit from one of the songs and instantly know what it is. Having played lots of video games, these seem to be the ones that have created the most lasting memory. They also absolutely slap as well.

The Legend of Zelda games BOTW and TOTK get mention here as well, though I don’t find it as memorable. the sound design in these games is just top notch though.

Tetris definitely deserves a shoutout.

LA Noire by Simon Hale is fantastic though it’s mostly just riffing off of Chinatown’s soundtrack and I wouldn’t say it really implants itself in the memory like the ones mentioned above.

Other honorable mentions

Vice City

Jet Set Radio – Hideki Naganuma

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater

• Nanashi no Game
• Soma Bringer (only one song linked, there was no playlist available)
• Final Fantasy XIV
• The Last Guardian

FFXIV and Nanashi are notable as they’re by the same composer (latter game was done under a pseudonym) and even happen to share at least one song, in some form.

Soma Bringer has the most beautiful music of this list.

Last Guardian has the most inspiring music.

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
• Undertale
• Hades
• Helltaker
• Kirby

BLOODBORNE

Doom 2016

There’s this french MMO i played as a kid called Dofus and that soundtrack still hits hard when I listen. I think part of it is nostalgia but also its just so beautiful

Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross will always bring me to tears. 💙 Also Robo’s Theme is a banger!

I used to fall asleep to a Morrowind OST CD.

Vanilla WoW, Celeste, and Mirrors Edge all makes me feel like when I played the games for the first time as soon as I hear them. Fantastic evocative soundtrack.

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

TUNIC, FEZ, Nier Automata, Outer Wilds.

I also have a soft spot for Paper Mario and TTYD, those soundtracks are full of bops

Primarily a mix of Old School RPGs (FFVI, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger) and some current RPGs (Persona 5, NieR: Automata)

nobody has mentioned disco elysium? legendary soudtrack immo

This is going way back, but the 7th Guest soundtrack had lived in my head since the first time I saw the game. Really great atmosphere, equal parts creepy and playful, perfect mood for a haunted mansion filled with puzzles.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard a megaman track I don’t like

Wild for me to scroll through a thread like this without seeing Halo: ODST mentioned.