Bonus points if it's an original score.
And here are my top two picks, because I couldn't only pick one: Hotline Miami and Rise of the Tomb Raider

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Life is Strange
Edit: changed the link, cos it had spoilers for the game.

The song is even more powerful if you played the game.

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Man, I loved that game. Great choice!

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This song is definitely awesome

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totally, i have added several of the life is strange songs to my spotify playlist. amazing music for sure

this song legit makes me cry every time

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This is the one that gets me from LiS
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QT5eGHCJdE)

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Deus Ex HR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=402asYLG_b0

Edit: Changed the link for better quality video

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Goosebump inducing ^^ Nice one.

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+1
It is outstanding!

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the Cinematic Trailers of both games are also nice

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This!

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i didn't remember this theme was so powerful !

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soul blade \ soul edge (opening) "The Edge of Soul "

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Haven't heard it until now, but it gave me a nostalgic trip to the early 2000s animes.

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😭

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Totally agree, let a video of the intro, awesome game and soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtF80UCgarY&ab_channel=Boulotaur2025

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Can’t really name a favourite off the top of my head, but here’s a good one i remember
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Kv7o5PzGI

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So mesmerizing. I love the visuals too

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Outrun 2019 - Relight My Fire and Steal Into the Night
For a Megadrive/Genesis Game realise in 1993, they have done amazing work imo.

Also the main menu from Need For Speed Shift 2 - 30 Seconds To Mars - Night of the Hunter

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True classics. And since you reminded me of the NFS amazing songs, I shall bring these two back to light

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Bloody Tears - Castlevania
Ken stage Street fighter 2
Command and Conquer red alert
Rock and Roll racing Snes

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Some great classics over there, nice picks!

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The recent Humble Ukraine bundle reminds me of Fable OST

EDIT: A few others but there are much more I could choose ^^
Strike Suit Zero
Heart of Darkness
Mortal Kombat 11
Alone in the Dark
Ori and the Blind Forest

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Love the smaller games picks, goes to show that they usually put much more love into the soundtrack than most big games.
Also, The Ori OST is so nice. I love symphonic OSTs and both Ori games are such nice works of art!

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Oh hell yeah DOOM, heavy songs are just what you need while butchering hoards of demons.

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That Wolf Among Us intro is so good. It feels like the intro to a really good noir show. Also reminds me of the Sin City movies, I really want to watch them again now.

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I love the Dishonored one. Listened to it today, actually.

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Didn't notice it while playing it, but Dishonored song sounds great !

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I don't consider it "the best" but it is a song where i really love the sonority, and since not so many people know about this game, i want to share it :
jade cocoon : syrius village

most music from this game were kind of unique and really gave the atmosphere, you can heard more with the full ost

to zanarkand from FFX
also there is 1000 words from ffx-2
lots more of final fantasy song, but this one pump me up in particular :
FFXIII-2 clash on the bridge

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Loved To Zanarkand since I first heard it ~20 years ago (also holy crap...it's that old).

1000 Words is totally not the style of song I like, but man the song mixed with the video that played during the performance REALLY moved me. Doesn't still do it for me today, but back when the game was new, it was awesome.

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I totally understand, the story depicted in 1000 words was so strong yet sad, the music in my opinion really helped carrying that feeling

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the music in my opinion really helped carrying that feeling

Oh, definitely. You worded better what I was trying to say. Not my type of song, but [what you said].

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FF does seem to have a lot of good music. Square Enix in general do a pretty great job when it comes to music.

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I didn't know Rise of the Tomb Raider had an official music video. Does anybody know if there is another like that?

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The song itself is from the credits. It was one of the fewest games that kept me sitting through the credits to the end.

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Paradise city performed by Guns N’ Roses

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz9eNC8DcF0&list=PLdkSCrAWCqGYWVj8uT81J3dWxE3sXJqpv
unbeatable white label ost
it's an original score for a Rhythm game

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Good songs are quite a must for a good rhythm game >_<

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Indeed it is >v<

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I have no idea how Nier didn't make the list yet xD

Here are some of my favorites from the game

Amusement Park
City Ruins
Peaceful Sleep
A Beautiful Song <- The name fits it really well ^^ (also spoiler alert for the 2nd boss? - ALSO if that really is a spoiler, why didn't you play the game yet?)

EDIT:

I have just remembered that the Celeste OST helped me get past depression last time. I hecking love that game!

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Nier really has an amazing soundtrack. I loved the game and the music so much. Almost as much as I hated the keyboard and mouse controls.
Also, Celeste seems like such a beautiful game. I'm sad I haven't been able to play it yet.

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Thankfully I switched to a controller like 5 minutes into the game... It just doesn't work on a keyboard I guess.

Exactly the opposite can be said about Celeste though. Even though everyone says you should play platformers on a controller, I never do. I have way more control with the keyboard.

Both are really amazing games. I don't have a key for Celeste anymore, but believe me when I tell you that's it's worth 500% of the price ^^

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I don't have a controller, I usually hate using controllers even in games that require it. So I spent about a day just modding and configuration controls and trial and error until the KB+M controls were actually decent and that's the way I played it. It's just sad that it needs other people to fix things that should've been solved by devs on a decent port of the game. Although I've heard they did some patching on the controls not long ago, so maybe now it's all good.

I'll probably get Celeste as well as soon as I clear some of my backlog. But I am quite excited to try it at some point, I like platformers and I absolutely love the art of the game!

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Yeah, I am not a controller guy myself.

I think I can count on one hand the games that I'd rather play using one. Maybe the Steam Deck will change that. We'll see.

I am not 100% sure about the controls, but at least the game should run a lot better now, including in cutscenes and on "normal" resolution. No more 1600x900 windowed mode gaming

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Oh, there's too many to just have one favourite!

Bastion
The Cat Lady
The Long Dark
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

The last two might not count though.

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I love the Long Dark one!
The only Metal Gear I've played was Phantom Pain, and it was so good, and I remember how much I enjoyed the music in it too.

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I would nominate these two^^ Both have many great songs imo.

Killing Floor 2
Spiritfarer

Killing Floor 2 My family must have this version is their hearts by now, after me switching it for the basic version of carols every year.

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The Christmas one is so good lol.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMIA0wQIJ9w duke nukem manhatten project

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Hell yeah, gotta love metal paired with mayhem and rampage games.

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YES! I remember this one from games soundtrack playlists

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there's too many good ones to pick a greatest, but here's 2 background songs I like:
Rogue Galaxy - Shadow of the Sun
Vagrant Story - Undercity

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I like them, really atmospheric music,

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Vagrant Story's soundtrack is awesome. But I like this one better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGZwS4LVd6E&list=PL49D6F5F3FC29A278&index=17

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nice, I think I prefer the Wyvern battle theme, if that's the one you meant instead?

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Still Alive from Portal was amazing, particularly in context. Spoilers, so don't watch if you haven't played yet.

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Feels so nostalgic >_<

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The complete soundtracks of Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Human Revolutions were both awesome. Since Prosac already posted the DX:HR Main Theme, here is the one from the Original DX:
Deus Ex - Main Theme
And especially the Unatco Theme from Deus Ex just stuck with me. You entered the HQ of your organization and this started playing. :D
Deus Ex - Unatco

Edit: Oh forgot The Soundtrack of Beyond Good and Evil, no matter where you were or what happend at the moment - the soundtrack was just right
Beyond Good and Evil - Safari

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awesome game and stellar soundtrack

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Deus Ex did an incredible job when it came to soundtracks.

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+1: BGE had lots of unexpected memorable songs which just somehow fit. Reminds me of "The Fifth Element" in that sense.

I remember Propaganda!

Cheers!

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Yeah had a hard time picking a song from that game.^^ Also loved the scene when your hovercraft died and Mammago came to the rescue :D
Mammago!

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While I will admit that the UNATCO theme IS the definitive theme when I think about Deus Ex I still think The Synapse is my favorite track from the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYqv75ANPik

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Devil May Cry V - Bury the Light
Overall favourite for me

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oh I love the Funky Beat!

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