Great Video Game OSTs
Video game OSTs that hold up well outside of the game they are presented in. Some of these games I haven't even played and know solely through their OSTs.
Notes include information on the composer, whether a soundtrack to the game is officially released, and if it is commercially available.
Notes include information on the composer, whether a soundtrack to the game is officially released, and if it is commercially available.
44 Games
Saori Kobayashi and Mariko Nanba
Commercially released in full
https://vgmdb.net/album/1039
Commercially released in full
https://vgmdb.net/album/1039
Nobuo Uematsu
Commercially released and available
Commercially released and available
Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobuo Uematsu
Yasunori Mitsuda
Yasunori Mitsuda
Soyo Oka
Only official release is on a Super Famicom music compilation that is very hard to find
https://www.discogs.com/release/15100671-Various-Nintendo-Super-Famicom-Game-Music
https://vgmdb.net/album/2032
Only official release is on a Super Famicom music compilation that is very hard to find
https://www.discogs.com/release/15100671-Various-Nintendo-Super-Famicom-Game-Music
https://vgmdb.net/album/2032
Yoko Shimomura
Yoko Shimomura
Yoko Shimomura
Commercially released.
https://vgmdb.net/album/59
Commercially released.
https://vgmdb.net/album/59
Yoko Shimomura and Noriko Matsueda
Noriko Matsueda
Masanori Hikichi and Miyoko Kobayashi
Commercially released.
https://vgmdb.net/album/1920
Commercially released.
https://vgmdb.net/album/1920
Masaharu Iwata and Hitoshi Sakimoto
Commercially available
https://vgmdb.net/album/37676
Commercially available
https://vgmdb.net/album/37676
Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata
Commercially released and available.
https://vgmdb.net/album/26
Commercially released and available.
https://vgmdb.net/album/26
Masaharu Iwata and Hitoshi Sakimoto
Beginnings of a dream team. Released on CD
https://vgmdb.net/album/1684
Beginnings of a dream team. Released on CD
https://vgmdb.net/album/1684
Masaharu Iwata
Released via CD
https://vgmdb.net/album/60
Released via CD
https://vgmdb.net/album/60
Kota Hoshino
Thelonius Monkees (+ various artists)
Main score is handled by Thelonius Monkees but numerous artists contribute to the "Moon Disc" portion.
Soundtrack has been commercially released
In memoriam of Moondays boxset
https://www.discogs.com/release/17701726-Various-Ex-Po-97-In-Memoriam-The-Moondays
https://vgmdb.net/album/93789
Sketches of Moondays
https://vgmdb.net/album/2100
Hard to get but listen any way you can!
Main score is handled by Thelonius Monkees but numerous artists contribute to the "Moon Disc" portion.
Soundtrack has been commercially released
In memoriam of Moondays boxset
https://www.discogs.com/release/17701726-Various-Ex-Po-97-In-Memoriam-The-Moondays
https://vgmdb.net/album/93789
Sketches of Moondays
https://vgmdb.net/album/2100
Hard to get but listen any way you can!
Joel Corelitz
Soundtrack is available on Bandcamp!
https://joelcorelitz.bandcamp.com/album/eastward-original-soundtrack
Soundtrack is available on Bandcamp!
https://joelcorelitz.bandcamp.com/album/eastward-original-soundtrack
Yuzo Koshiro
Soundtrack has been released on CD, vinyl and digitally via Bandcamp
https://datadiscs.bandcamp.com/album/streets-of-rage-2-remastered
Soundtrack has been released on CD, vinyl and digitally via Bandcamp
https://datadiscs.bandcamp.com/album/streets-of-rage-2-remastered
David Wise, Robin Beanland and Eveline Fischer
Released on CD
https://vgmdb.net/album/429
It has also been remade for a special vinyl release
https://mentalgroove.bandcamp.com/album/donkey-kong-country-ost-recreated-2
Released on CD
https://vgmdb.net/album/429
It has also been remade for a special vinyl release
https://mentalgroove.bandcamp.com/album/donkey-kong-country-ost-recreated-2
David Wise
Available on CD
https://vgmdb.net/album/469
Available on CD
https://vgmdb.net/album/469
Keiichi Suzuki
Shogo Sakai
The soundtrack has not been fully commercially released. A partial soundtrack is available on iTunes.
The soundtrack has not been fully commercially released. A partial soundtrack is available on iTunes.
Hiroki Kikuta
Commercially released and available for streaming
https://vgmdb.net/album/721
Commercially released and available for streaming
https://vgmdb.net/album/721
Konami Kukeiha Club
Commercially released and relatively available.
Commercially released and relatively available.
Shoji Meguro
Hideki Naganuma
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Daisuke Amaya
Toby Fox
Disasterpeace
Available on Bandcamp!
https://disasterpeace.bandcamp.com/album/hyper-light-drifter
Available on Bandcamp!
https://disasterpeace.bandcamp.com/album/hyper-light-drifter
Keiichi Okabe
Masahiko Ishida (under the alias OH!G.I.)
Released on CD
https://vgmdb.net/album/4272
Released on CD
https://vgmdb.net/album/4272
Hirokazu Tanaka, Ryoji Yoshitomi, Kazumi Totaka
unfortunately not commercially available
unfortunately not commercially available
Yasunori Shiono
Yukio Nakajima, Yasunori Shiono, Yuyo Yamamoto
Released on CD (very rare)
https://vgmdb.net/album/170
Released on CD (very rare)
https://vgmdb.net/album/170
Haruyoshi Rokudo
Available on CD (very rare)
https://vgmdb.net/album/165
Available on CD (very rare)
https://vgmdb.net/album/165
Hidehito Aoki & Misaki Okibe
Makes use of a special chip on the cartridge to deliver better than usual sound.
Available on CD (very rare)
https://vgmdb.net/album/2502
Makes use of a special chip on the cartridge to deliver better than usual sound.
Available on CD (very rare)
https://vgmdb.net/album/2502
Tim and Geoff Follin
Commercially released and available
https://vgmdb.net/album/88999
https://vgmdb.net/album/96890
Commercially released and available
https://vgmdb.net/album/88999
https://vgmdb.net/album/96890
Alexander Brandon, Michiel van den Bos, Dan Gardopée, Bryan Rudge
Commercially released
https://vgmdb.net/album/910
Relatively available
Commercially released
https://vgmdb.net/album/910
Relatively available