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I thought of this post entirely because I have the Pokémon Center theme from Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver stuck in my head, and it has wriggled in over and over for months despite me hearing and actively playing other music.

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[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 32 minutes ago

Literally anything from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 1 points 6 minutes ago

Lost woods.

Honestly anything from OoT, but Lost Woods, Kakariko Villiage, and Gerudo Valley in particular are ingrained into my gray matter.

[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

The festival song or cascade theme, both from mario odyssey.

I also really like celeste's soundtrack

[–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Suicide run, Mass Effect 2.

[–] HarvesterOfEyes@piefed.social 3 points 2 hours ago

I can't pick just one, honestly. Aside from the Tetris theme and World 1-1 from the original Super Mario Bros., I consider these to be not only catchy but also iconic:

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I can never pick one, so here's a few:

  • E1M1(Doom)

  • Hell March(Red Alert)

  • Character creation music in BG3

  • Megalovania(Undertale)

  • Coral Crown(Hades II)

[–] HarvesterOfEyes@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Hell March! The Red Alert 2 version is the best one to me, maybe because it was the first I heard or because it just feels punchier.

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

The second one isn't bad, but I like the more trash metal style and less overwhelming bass in the first.

Which I guess is why Iove Andrew Hulshult's remake of E1M1

[–] mckean@programming.dev 1 points 2 hours ago
[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Doom E1M1 on my soundblaster and my Roland MT-32, all pumped through my surround sound system in my concrete dorm room in late 1992 and I won’t hear otherwise.

[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 hours ago

E1M1 is great, top tier music.

The level clear screen music, E2M8, E1M8, and E1/2M9 tracks are all other top tier track contending for the throne.

Doom II introduced a few more bangers too, but I'm not as able to call the level codes to mind off the top of my head.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Easy answer for me, chemical plant zone from Sonic the hedgehog 2

https://youtu.be/RmGCFYIrLps

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 3 hours ago

We All Lift Together from Warframe goes fucking hard.

[–] diverhell@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

For me it's Gyromite: Gyromite - NES

[–] AgentRocket@feddit.org 4 points 5 hours ago

How has no one mentioned the tetris theme? Dum dada dum dada dum dada dum dada dum di da da da

[–] rikudou 6 points 5 hours ago
[–] hungprocess@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 6 hours ago

NA NANANA NANAANANA NA KATAMARI DAMACY

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 points 4 hours ago

Ever since I first heard it a few months ago, it has never left my mind for even a second.

Free by Crush 40

Sadly this great song was tied to a spin-off series killing game.

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Minecraft by C418 lives rent free in my head. Sometimes i'll start humming it to myself and not even realize

It's an old one, but the Outrun soundtrack was proper catchy.

[–] Sciaphobia@lemm.ee 17 points 9 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

There are better pieces of music in this thread, but this one is the strongest earworm.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

This is one of the songs I hum to myself to get rid of more annoying earworms

[–] Esjott@feddit.org 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Olap@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Baba Yetu is also great

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

A lot from Undertale. Personal favourite is Spider Dance.

Other than this, The Trumpet 4 is catchy as heck.

Mine Windbag Mine is also incredibly catchy as heck, Darren Korb is super talented.

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Not what you asked for, but my music taste was shaped massively by Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series

[–] Nikko882@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I feel like Sea Shanty 2 from Old School Runescape is a strong contender. Even if you have never played Runescape there is a good chance you know it.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 hours ago (5 children)
[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 hours ago

I'm making a note here, huge success....

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[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

OG Super Mario NES, World 1-1

[–] Gobo@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

For some reason the SMB2 theme song is stuck in my head all the time. Something about the jazziness of it.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Those first 6 notes of 1-2 tho...

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

What kind of overalls does Mario wear?

Denim denim denim🎵

DuckTales (NES) - Moon Theme. The covers are also awesome.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 19 points 11 hours ago

Does the Wii shop music count as a video game song?

[–] PattyP@lemm.ee 2 points 6 hours ago

Iwatodai Dorm from Persona 3 Reload was the most recent one that really got stuck in my head, but it happens a lot for me. It’s not always video game music, but probably is a majority of the time.

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 7 points 9 hours ago

megalovania is one of the badasses in my book

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago

Everything from Grim Fandango.

[–] Emanothep@lemm.ee 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

MOON - Hydrogen From Hotline Miami. I'm noticably better at the game when this one is on.

[–] frigidaphelion@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

I'm just gonna leave this gem here.

https://youtu.be/Bc4KBEu29PA

[–] faltryka@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

The entire soundtrack from FTL is fantastic and catchy and full of ear worms.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago

It's a recent one, but I haven't been able to get Gestral Summer Party out of my head since I first heard it in Expedition 33 last month.

[–] tomatoely@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

The Driftveil City Theme from Pokemon B&W pops up in my mind quite frequently, I'd say its up there in the list for catchiest Pokemon tunes. Honorable mention for Cave Story's Main Theme (the wii version is clearly superior from all others and I will not accept any other opinions on the matter)

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago

It's cheating, but there was a track in need for speed carbon that was catchy as hell. Love me or hate me, by Lady Sovereign

Not technically video game music, but it's one of the few tracks in any video game that I went out of my way to find outside of a game.

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Old RuneScape Soundtrack: Harmony

youtube.com/watch?v=JkR7zClEkAo

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