50 best songs from games ranked, NEW AND IMPROVED

a new & better list of 50 video game songs i like most. same rules as the last list apply here, except it's 50 songs and i've changed my mind in some places by moving entries around and changing out the song that represents it in a few cases. old list is here https://www.backloggd.com/u/ludzu/list/top-30-songs-from-games-one-per-game-obsolete-1/

if you are wondering why i didn't just edit the old list, it's because people linked to it and i didn't wanna lead to a 404 by changing the title. BUT then i wanted to try and test that at the last minute, and then found that once you change your list name and save it once, you can't go back to the original one! so now it will 404 from an old link anyway. i'm too lazy to copy and paste stuff from here to the other list so i'm just gonna stick to this new one.

"blue" - dioramic phono odor (hirofumi taniguchi) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDG7-cqiLP0
"legendary theme" - coil (ps this is the actual best video game soundtrack in the world) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W__p0gCBSZI

4

"happy shabby life ~daytime walking on scarecrow field~" - hirofumi taniguchi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBBX4CW5fA8
"the reverse will" - akira yamaoka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTVASyh-2Y8
"miller ball breakers" - deavid soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XnkLA4pz-c
"silver remix (itoh-kun mix)" - masafumi takada (original composer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBxSoHPoh-s&t=121 [starts at 2:01]
"tessie!" - keiichi suzuki & hirokazu tanaka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18-eZ8DFtiI
"katamari of love ~ ending theme" - yoshihito yano & akitaka toyama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFuWmY65o-s
"livE" - yukari hashimoto & naomi wakabayashi (cheating a bit bc it was on a separate release tied in with the game but whatever!!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV71pRSK8q4
"millenium anthem (2000 new years eve)" - jay tholen [originally by half-handed cloud] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INj74XRTXbM
"hello world" - hiroshi okubo & taku inoue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvhQ9riN42g
"white (king's theme)" - pixel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itQ94NuNVjo
"theme of noby noby girl" - yu miyake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Lb8dvydro

20

"the wretched automatons" - keiichi okabe, kakeru ishihama, keigo hoashi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoLrFxUbgjw
"final voyage" - andrew prahlow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zlSUvWU6z8
"menu select" - kenji yamamoto & kouichi kyuma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfdJKiRDIuQ
"bonegummed yearnsands" - melos han tani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnRRLsj2xYM

30

"habara - general stores" - masafumi takada & jun fukuda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1X-7Qg14Ns
"jungle zone" - masanori adachi & hirofumi taniguchi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2SA5O7HUcQ
"shining eyes" - shohei tsuchiya (thanks to durandal for putting this one on their list) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieMtmreW7iA
"kimi wa hoehoe musume" - kiyohiro sada & tomoo misato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxvgdZ1YXfc
"eg expression ii - will" - kota hoshino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc5SGUIAhtM

38

"akrillic" - tim & geoff follin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snd_g2IsUpo
"a despair-filled farewell" - kow otani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmXSM8Npa9Y
"HOT TRIP" - masaya matsuura, laugh & peace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B65n78YLtA

42

"hoshingoeika" - hitomi shimizu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EXFCtLAgKQ
"magicant" - keiichi suzuki & hirokazu tanaka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5AZERT4UmU
"ending" - h. ToBetA (i think this is hideki tobeta but not sure) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzXLY7j-JWo
"window to the past" - vasily kashnikov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_TezuqOTIM
"finale ii - escape" - takeshi furukawa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSGZTePX8Jg
"martinaise, terminal b" - british sea power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fm0OcPNAIY

5 Comments


chiming in to immediately chuckle, laughing maniacally from my chair because of that comment about forgetting ASGORE like the evil person I am.

On a real note, thanks for more wonderful music to listen to!

3 years ago

youre welcome!! i didnt forget asgore i just relistened and felt like it doesnt do it for me enough now to put it past the other 20 entries i added. but i also changed my mind n think battle against a true hero is better, so that can be the honorary 51st entry that ill forget again when i expand this to 100 songs (im not doing that)

3 years ago

Dope list.
Horrible takes as "martinaise terminal b" instead of "la revacholiere" or "instrument of surrender" and "katamari ending theme" instead of "lonely rolling star" but a great idea of list

2 years ago

i like the ugly songs in disco elysium more than the prettier ones, and rolling star was my first choice but i have to give it to katamari's credits still getting me emotional. some of these are based towards the moment the song plays but that still counts!


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