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I've been looking for some more instrumental music to listen to while working, besides putting FF and Stardew on loop.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 5 months ago

Any Fromsoft soulsborne game.

[–] kinkles@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The Nitronic Rush soundtrack is some really awesome techno. It feels very Tron-esque at times.

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters has some great tunes.

Edit: and The Talos Principle

[–] vonxylofon@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That nobody mentioned Transport Tycoon Deluxe is criminal. I recommend the live-action version recorded for the mobile release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuJy9oCdUns

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[–] RandomStickman@kbin.run 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have listened to Rimworld, Disco Elysium, and EVE Online's soundtrack while working. Though it's probably my emotional attachment to EVE more than anything lol

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

The Eve Symphonic Orchestra is so good though.

[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago
[–] tuckerm@supermeter.social 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You missed some great ones:

Promanade of the Condemned

Prison Rooftop

Formerly Known as Assassin

The Castle

Hand of the King

The whole soundtrack is one banger after another. The two best are Clocktower and Hand of the King.

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[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Everything by Jeremy Soule. Especially Guild Wars 2 and Skyrim.

Crysis 2

Overwatch

A Hat In Time

[–] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 2 points 5 months ago

Total Annihilation

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Doesn't look like anyone listed the Ori soundtracks by Gareth Coker yet, they're amazing. Also can't go wrong with WoW if you're looking for more classic fantasy style.

[–] BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Any of Marty O'Donnell's Halo soundtracks

[–] erie09@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago
[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Lots of Elder Scrolls and Elder Scrolls Online

Lots of Metal Gear stuff

Kingdoms of Amalur

Shadow of the Colossus

Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (badass 80s music)

Assassins Creed 3

[–] fragrantvegetable@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Thomas was alone OST is superb.

[–] birbs@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Offworld Trading Company. Haven't played the game but it's a great sci-fi soundtrack by Christopher Tin of Civ IV fame.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Cloudpunk OST for a Blade Runner vibe.

[–] NOOBMASTER@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I liked the music in La-Mulana 1&2.

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Can't go wrong with pretty much any pre-Skyward Sword Zelda. SS itself also has Ballad of the Goddess, which was good, but I can't remember any other tunes from it or BOTW that aren't just reprises of tracks from previous games.

[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Portal 2, Minecraft, Half Life 2, Black Mesa, Team Fortress 2, Battle Block Theatre, Doom 2016, Doom Eternal,...

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago
[–] simonced@lemmy.one 2 points 5 months ago

I would suggest "quake 2", it's rock /metal and put me in a good mood when I work. Now if you like instrumental metal, it's no game music, but I would suggest Aephenemer (their official instrumental playlist is on YouTube).

[–] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Ultrakill has some bangers, didn't even play the game Injust stumbled on the OST.

The Witcher 3, I love BANANA TIGER.

Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2.

No Man's Sky

Lost Ember

Gris

Deep Rock Galactic

Route 96

Cyberpunk 2077

So so so many more

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

starfield the game is divisive to say the least, but i cant imagine anyone would talk bad about the soundtrack. inon zur's best work so far, and the death metal songs in there are fucking awesome too

[–] Pheral@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Subnautica has a long and beautiful OST. It's been a long-time favorite of mine, and just a great instrumental jam to fuel my creativity lately. Stardew has my other favorite game soundtrack!

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Spiritfarer has an excellent soundtrack, which is utterly wasted on such a mediocre game.

As an added bonus, some of the tracks on the OST are longer than you'll ever experience in game because they cut them short for some reason.

[–] RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Need for Speed 3 -- the original hot pursuit has an amazing techno and rock soundtrack.

GTA V has an awesome soundtrack (listen to the original score, not the music they licensed)

The very first Hitman and Hitman Contracts had some killer techno/electronic soundtracks.

Any of these are great to play in the background while you work.

[–] MrDrProfJimmy@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

There's a lack of Ace Combat in this thread so I'm going to single out 7's but they're all pretty good.

Also Redout has a soundtrack to spike your heartrate

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

My favorite soundtrack ever, of course, is that of The Secret of Monkey Island (MT-32) by Michael Land. A lot of nostalgia there.

I also very much like the soundtrack to Dune by Stephane Picq. There's an edition that combines the Adlib, Adlib Gold, and MT-32 versions which is "chef's kiss". Alternatively, I can recommend the Space Opera edition.

Strike Commander by Nenad Vugrinec on MT-32 is also great.

For chiptunes, I really liked Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 by Alex Mauer.

Or, for a real classic, Earthbound by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka.

Yes, I have a bit of a thing for retro sounds. 😁

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Portal / Portal 2

"Science Is Fun" is a great track, as are the end songs "Still Alive" and "I Want You Gone".

[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Child of light

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 months ago

XCOM 2 Legacy Soundtrack. Some darned good beats on there.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Wh40k: Mechanicus has some amazing music.

[–] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Civilization Beyond Earth and Battletech have marvelous soundtracks

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

Rise of Nations soundtrack is fantastic sandis the only "video game music" that I semi-regularly listen to.

Especially check out "High Strung" that would always play in multiplayer whenever a player dropped a nuke on another player.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL829D6AF91A5C465E&si=yvPeVG9kuDx71mZb

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