In the "What are you listening to" thread Yellow Robot commented saying that it would be a good idea to have a top 5 videogame soundtracks thread so here it is.

My top in no particular order are:

Sonic CD (North American version)- Stardust Speedway Good Future
Nexuiz- Sc0rp's Total Meltdown V2
Unreal Tournament GotYE- Course
Sonic 3D Blast (Genesis/Mega Drive)- Boss Theme 1
Zero Wing (Genesis/Mega Drive)- Stage 2 BGM

Descent 1 - Game18.mid <---lol
Descent 2 - GAME04.mid <---lolx2
Descent 3 - Level14
Flight Back (Still in Heavy Development) - Kw-Gauss (FB)
Nexuiz - Whatever plays in test99.

monkey island theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKWT5wW4gdY
doom 3 theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzI7DLR0DPU

Hah lee you beat me too it.
In no order (they are too hard to place into order.)

Silent Hill 3 - End Of Small Sanctuary (Playstation 2/Silent Hill 3 OST)
All the silent hill soundtracks are great.

The Legend of Zelda Theme (Orchestrated version by John Williams)

Star Fox Theme (Star Fox Assault - Main Theme/Gamecube)

Turok 2 - Port Of Adia (PC)

F-Zero X - Big Blue (N64)

Although it's out of my regular gaming scope, my favourite gaming soundtrack ever is probably the number from the final Super Special Stage round of Sega Rally 2. It was very well linked to the track itself with the many quick changes in direction. I think it helped me get my 45.916s.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night has one of the best OST ever, I find it pretty strange no one mentioned it.
I could also list Alone in the Dark 2, F-Zero, Wipeout and Monkey Island, in no particular order, and just because they are the first ones to come to my mind.

Daaaamn yellow! you are not stupid anymore bring back more memories

one of the best N64 games imo
Perfect Dark - Area 51 Infiltration
edit: url fixed

Scarface: The World is Yours has an awesome licensed soundtrack imo, filled with music of many genres and integrates with the game seamlessly.

Geist is a rather underrated FPS which has background music that masterfully adds extra excitement to the game. (Some people find the soundtrack to be monotonous, but it is varied enough for me.)

I can't post a link to Geist's wikipedia article, because this forum does not support parentheses in URL links.

The Doom 3 theme song is great, I also like the various tunes in Half-Life 2.

EDIT: Oh crud, I forgot to add "Metroid Prime", and the "Condemed: Criminal Origins" theme.

1st - GTA Vice City
2nd - Halo 1

Did I just see classic Metroid-style FPS Turok 2 on this thread? I really wish Disney would re-release this one, it's one of the best games ever made and definitely the best in the series. If it weren't for the technical (looking controls, fps drops) problems this game would be flawless. Even the multiplayer kicked ass and in my opinion the graphics are still good (provided you have an expansion pak) today because of the art-direction.

Here's my favorite soundtracks from that game:

River of Souls (N64)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ5di2hH ... PL&index=6

Port of Adia (N64)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF7YZIyP ... L&index=20

Lair of the Blind Ones (N64):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WXAAQjC ... L&index=10

The hub (N64):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYrj8sMv-kg

Lee_Stricklin wrote:Disney would re-release this one

with mickey mouse as final boss?
rofl

Every song in Final Fantasy *, Star Ocean *, and Dark Cloud 1-2...

Also, some in Gran Turismo and Sly Cooper.

THIS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39JMPLV8bqk

and the various other songs from that soundtrack. Made of awesome.

Here's my favorite track from Perfect Dark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZlyR4Na ... re=related