Personally, I’m a huge fan of Hollow Knight, Ori and the (Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps), and Kingdom Hearts. Orchestral soundtracks are just something else…

  • Jummit@lemmy.oneEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    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
  • cutecycle@beehaw.orgEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Xenoblade 2, Xenosaga 2, Sonic 3 and Knuckles, Final Fantasy 6, Octopath 2, Jet Set Radio Future 😎

  • pants@beehaw.orgEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I really vibe with Minecraft. The nostalgia just hits different when I listen to it.

      • Kerrangutan@lemmy.oneEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        The Subnautica dilemma™️ "Oh no, my Cyclops is on fire, do I

        • Put out the fire Or
        • Do I have a mini-rave to the soundtrack while my Cyclops disintegrates around me
    • PenguinTD@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Japanese version!! Like dang the emotion the singer carried into the song and the director allowed it to go official. It bring tears to my old soul more than the story itself.

  • chonk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    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

  • Mabexer@feddit.itEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I grew up with a GC and a Wii, for me it is the Metroid Prime saga and TloZ: Twilight Princess.

  • Azure@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • Dutczar@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Indie games in general have great OSTs, MGS:R and Persona (and SMT in general) are obvious popular picks.

    The World Ends With You is less mainstream (with one of the few gripes being the lack of boss-specific themes, at least in the DS original I played - but it makes up with the diverse overworld and normal battle themes), as is Etrian Odyssey.

    I think orchestra is mixed, it’s either the best fucking tracks ever (often when mixed with electric guitar or other modern instruments, but not necessarily), or they kind of blend with other orchestral tracks I know and don’t end up being unique enough to remember.

    • Glide@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      TWEWY is grossly underrated in general, but when it comes to the OST, that’s doubly true.

      Make’s me wonder what they were thinking when they made the anime that was so sparse, even void at times, of all this amazing music they had to work with.

      • Dutczar@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Eh, on one hand it’s overrated when people keep saying “it’s a better Persona, those fans just don’t play anything except Persona 5”, I think that’s stupid. TWEWY genuinely has a lot of flaws. A slightly too fast endgame, the second screen, etc.

        But for me the gameplay is just so goddamn fun and well designed (making your own set of attacks, combining input methods, all the risk vs reward difficulty systems), and it has a few really good ideas that make me want to recommend it to anyone. I imagine you can beat the game in like, 10 hours on Easy without optional fights too, so, it’s not a big time investment. (Though actually getting the game is difficult. Switch I heard sucks at controls, phone version doesn’t seem to work on new ones, emulating the DS probably sucks too)

        In fact, I thought the OST would be the overrated thing, since its style might not be for everyone.