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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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[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 22 seconds ago

I'm locking my answer in on the old Minecraft music. Literally EVERYONE knows it.

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 1 points 4 minutes ago

All versions of moon over the castle from the gran tursimo series, the version from GT4 goes hard.

[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 1 points 36 minutes ago* (last edited 32 minutes ago)

Hang On main theme tune is excellent. The soundtrack to Hang-On and Super Hang-On are both top tier.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHfvmJtB2gs&pp=ygUSaGFuZyBvbiBtYWluIHRoZW1l

[–] Metju@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Iunno how this wasn't mentioned, but Payday 2 has a lot of catchy / going-hard songs.

Gonna leave 3:

  1. Hot Pursuit
  2. Evil Eye
  3. The Mark
[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 hours ago (2 children)
[–] CodeBlooded@programming.dev 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah that's why I didn't link it. I can hear the riff and even play the riff on guitar on a moments notice

Friend says "play me something" and I immediately play that riff

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Naaaaa na-na-na-na-na-naaaa na na, na na na-na naaaaaaaa!

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Also Unbreakable Determination from Ninja Gaiden 1.

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

Tim Follin:

Solstice

Silver Surfer

Time Trax

Pictionary

[–] gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago
[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

My time has come. As someone who almost exclusively listens to instrumental soundtrack from movies and games, including from games I have never played, these are the ones that most often get stuck in my head (in no particular order). A plus "+" indicates a song that got stuck in my head regularly before I ever played the game, while an asterisk "*" indicates a song that still gets stuck in my head, despite being from a game I have never played at all.

  1. Baba Yetu - Civ IV (+)

  2. Hyrule Castle - Breath Of The Wild (+)

  3. Lorule Castle - Link Between Worlds (*)

  4. One Final Effort - Halo 3 (*)

  5. Golem King - Moonlighter

  6. Song of the Ancients - Nier Series (*)

  7. Dragonborn - Skyrim

  8. Far Horizons - Skyrim (+)

  9. Dragon Roost Island - Wind Waker (*)

  10. Nate's Theme - Uncharted (*)

  11. Gusty Garden Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy (*)

  12. Korobeiniki - Tetris (+)

  13. Gerudo Valley - Ocarina of Time (+)

  14. Colgera Battle - Tears of the Kingdom

  15. This Song - The Witcher 3 (It's the song Aen Seidhe, but without vocals)

  16. Bloody Tears - Castlevania (*)

But finally, the song that I credit with making me obsessed with instrumental soundtrack, because I fell asleep with it playing on repeat for a whole night at the age of 5, and then lost the game cartridge, so I forgot what it was from, and which I would get stuck in my head roughly once a month throughout my entire childhood until I finally found the song THIRTEEN YEARS LATER:

Ω) Town Theme - Final Fantasy II

[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

The main theme of Papers, Please: https://youtu.be/DbBB1j5qAFs

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 6 points 7 hours ago

Lost woods.

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

[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 hours ago

Literally anything from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

[–] HarvesterOfEyes@piefed.social 5 points 9 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:

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 7 points 11 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.

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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

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

https://youtu.be/RmGCFYIrLps

[–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Suicide run, Mass Effect 2.

[–] rikudou 11 points 13 hours ago
[–] hungprocess@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 13 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Man the soundtrack alone could get me to play Katamari games. I got a birthday gift card recently and was deciding what game to get, when one of the OSTs came up on YT Music and I listened to it for like a week straight. Immediately got We ❤️ Katamari + DLC on 80% sale.

Could scream that shit in my car honestly.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

I recently obtained a unicorn of a CRT and have been replaying this

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 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 9 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 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours 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

[–] AgentRocket@feddit.org 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Back when groceries were cheaper, I would hum that while putting items on the belt to get scanned.

[–] Sciaphobia@lemm.ee 23 points 17 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

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

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

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

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

We All Lift Together from Warframe goes fucking hard.

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

The Stupendium made an Outer Worlds song called The Fine Print that also goes hard af for either setting imo.

[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

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

I also really like celeste's soundtrack

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 26 points 18 hours ago (5 children)
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[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Splash Wave, Passing Breeze, or Magical Sound Shower?

[–] Esjott@feddit.org 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Olap@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago

This guy studies the old magicks

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 25 points 19 hours ago

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

[–] mckean@programming.dev 1 points 9 hours ago
[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 16 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

OG Super Mario NES, World 1-1

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[–] ghostsinthephotograph@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago

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

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 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.

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 10 points 16 hours ago

megalovania is one of the badasses in my book

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