I was about to just ask “What are some of your favorite music?” but then I realized some of you are gonna start naming those popular celebrity-singer songs which isn’t what I’m looking for. Because I find that songs that are part of other forms of media such as Movies and TV shows are really some of the highest of quality.
My Favorite ones (that I can remember, I’m sure there are good ones that I forgot about):
The Main Theme of The Expanse (TV) https://youtu.be/5Y4wuVfV5G4
The Main Theme of Interstellar (Movie) https://youtu.be/kpz8lpoLvrA
The Main Theme of Terminator 2 (Movie) https://youtu.be/1XblVVbqIHU
Baba Yetu - The Menu Theme of Sid Meier’s Civilization IV (Video Game) https://youtu.be/IJiHDmyhE1A
Sogno di Volare - The Menu Theme of Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (Video Game) https://youtu.be/WQYN2P3E06s
Main Theme of FTL: Faster than Light (Video Game) https://youtu.be/VJ817kvh_DM
Field of Hope and Dreams - Deltarune (Video Game) https://youtu.be/PhhGEA_317w
Megalovania - Undertale (Video Game) https://youtu.be/0FCvzsVlXpQ
The Opening Credits of Detroit: Become Human (Video Game) https://youtu.be/eZTasD9YzAo
The Main Theme of Game of Thrones (TV) https://youtu.be/s7L2PVdrb_8 (We don’t talk about season 8 here :(
The Main Theme of Sucession (TV) https://youtu.be/77PsqaWzwG0 (Honestly, I didn’t even finish the first season and kinda got bored, but the theme music was memorable for some reason)
That’s my list of the music I can remember from the top of my head, what’s on your list?
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Disco Elysium, Twin Peaks, Cowboy Bebop, and Samurai Champloo come to mind.
I also really like anything Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross put out for film scores
The OST of Disco Elysium is so perfect and so essential to make up the atmosphere of Revachol, I honestly cannot imagine the game without hearing it’s soundscape.
Champloo is the gateway to Nujabes. It’s a beautiful world to get lost in.
Bebop is just really fucking good.
oh yeah for real, i went down the rabbit hole of nujabes and chillhop after discovering the anime
From anime:
- Kowareta Sekai (Rozen Maiden)
- Libera Me from Hell (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
- Kick Back (Chainsaw Man - the opening itself is also great)
- Lilium (Elfen Lied)
The opening of Cowboy Beebop: Tank.
See You Space Cowboy…
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Theme: https://youtu.be/BwbHW8MeHDU
Enough said
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The soundtrack to Kingdom Hearts is one of the best video game scores in my opinion
From games: Mass Effect 3, Purgatory club
From TV: Andor, Niamos! (galaxy mix)
With so many great options, you went with purgatory music? :)
My personal favorites are I Was Lost Without You and Reflections
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The Witcher 3: the first time you see that Priscilla is about to play, you’re gonna think “here we go, this is gonna be super cringe”, but then she plays The Wolven Storm, which is one of the most hauntingly beautiful sad songs anywhere, let alone in a video game! 🥲❤️
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My small brain literally cannot comprehend how something so beautiful and genius can even exist. Pure perfection…
Oh and it blends super nice with this song, although it’s not next in the album playlist. I always hear those two together.
We All Lift Together.
This one’s source surprised me when I first heard it in-game. It’s from Warframe.
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From games:
- Loop Hero OST is pretty amazing if you like that kind of music: https://piped.video/Vw6hcx8jUeY
- Crypt of the Necrodancer OST is also really good: https://piped.video/7Ks82gn2BqU
- Going back further (a lot further!) - I’ve always loved the music from ZANAC, especially the title theme: https://piped.video/fkmdItOQkKo . There are some pretty good remixes as well: https://piped.video/96aT-5h2P08 , https://piped.video/kQ1SNc3_VA8
All the openings and endings from Death Note and GTO (animes)
Rose of May from Final Fantasy 9 (video game)
That introduced me to Maximum the Hormone… I still listen to it today almost 2 decades later.
For video game music I really love the whole Transistor soundtrack (Darren Korb) and basically everything from Surviving Mars.
TV would probably have to be Kick Back, the theme from Chainsaw Man.
Edit to add: One Winged Angel But The Genre Keeps Changing is a lot of fun, especially if you know (and like) the original
Love Darren Korb, Bastion and Hades OSTs do it for me, they’re great. Although I do feel that generally playing the game does play a lot on your interest on the sound track. I’d say my only exception is the DOOM soundtrack, never played the game but man, that album is awesome
Im amazed no one has mentioned Blade Runner. The 80s movie Flash Gordon is gloriously cheesy and fun-bad, but the Queen soundtrack is a classic banger!
Keeping in that line, Tron had a great soundtrack by Wendy Carlos. She also did Switched On Bach.
The opening song to Neon Genesis Evangelion. A Cruel Angel’s Thesis.
