Patient Gamers

Dear Esther

I love so many video game soundtracks, so I'll try to just list a few:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Monster Hunter: Tri (wonderful balance of stirring and cozy)
• Bloodborne (really almost all of FromSoft's soundtracks, but especially this one)

I also really like Hollow Knight and Hades soundtracks, and of course DOOM (2016) has already been mentioned.

The Batman Arkham games had some pretty awesome soundtracks.

Beyond Good & Evil

None mentioned (all links are yt) Axiom Verge (s), Defcon, Element4l, Furi, Giants Citizen Kabuto, Painkiller, Risk of Rain (s), Speed Runners, They Bleed Pixels, Wildstar or any Zachtronics so far.

Bunch of bangers on this list already, but the one that sends shivers up my spine to this day is Crusader Kings 2.

Fantastic game soundtracks are the ones which I actually go out of my way to acquire. Chrono Trigger, PixelJunkMonsters Deluxe, SimCity 3000, and Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair.

Planescape Torment and Icewind Dale. Not all the tracks but many of their tracks are great. I play them on the loop.

Also The Witcher has great soundtracks, I often play them on the loop while I was working.

I'm surprised at the lack of love for 13 Sentinels - Aegis Rim here. It's a little more on the electronic side but fans of the NieR soundtracks in particular would vibe hard with 13S-AR. A couple of standouts - Lysine and Brat Overflow

The entire Ace Combat series, particularly from 4 onward are almost entirely comprised of the best music I've ever heard. I couldn't reccomend all the specific tracks because i'd probably hit some sort of character limit but each game has a "flagship" track which I'll highlight here:

• Rex Tremendae + Megalith -Agnus Dei-
• The Unsung War (special mention to First Flight)
• Zero
• The Liberation of Gracemeria
• Daredevil

Also will reccomend both the Metal Gear Saga (e.g. ...Metal Gear Saga)

And the Boss themes from Metal Gear Rising

• Rules of Nature
• I'm My Own Master Now
• A Stranger I Remain
• The Stains of Time
• Red Sun
• The Only Thing I Know For Reap
• Collective Consciousness
• It Has To Be This Way

Metal: Hellsinger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HidvYgF9-8Q&list=PLJQHL1SwXgq0m1LuxDGHDEWnBDFdYc2Vk&index=9

Super Monkey Ball 2 - not in the sense that I'd want to sit and listen to them, but they really fit the game super well. And I've heard them sampled in actual songs before... Also as YouTube video background music many times.

I don't think I've seen any shmup OST mentioned, but there's so many that I think are bangers.
A favourite of mine would be DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu / Resurrection, specifically Black Label Stage 2.