Soundtrack↕ | Composer↕ | Game↕ | Year↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | Koji Kondo | Ocarina of Time | 1998 | Music IS the gameplay (ocarina melodies), Gerudo Valley, Lost Woods, defines adventure in games |
| Final Fantasy VII | Nobuo Uematsu | Final Fantasy VII | 1997 | One-Winged Angel (Sephiroth's theme), Aerith's Theme still makes people cry, orchestral + rock fusion |
| Undertale | Toby Fox | Undertale | 2015 | Megalovania is a cultural phenomenon, one person composed the entire soundtrack, 101 tracks |
| Super Mario Bros. | Koji Kondo | Super Mario Bros. | 1985 | Most recognizable game music ever, overworld theme = gaming itself, coin sound, underground theme |
| Doom (2016) | Mick Gordon | Doom | 2016 | BFG Division heavy metal + chainsaw samples, shredding while demon-slaying, redefine FPS audio |
| Halo: Combat Evolved | Martin O'Donnell | Halo | 2001 | Gregorian chant main theme, rock + orchestral, defined Xbox, humming it in school hallways |
| Minecraft | C418 (Daniel Rosenfeld) | Minecraft | 2011 | Sweden / Wet Hands — ambient beauty, loneliness and wonder, lo-fi study music, nostalgia for a generation |
| Chrono Trigger | Yasunori Mitsuda / Nobuo Uematsu | Chrono Trigger | 1995 | Time travel reflected in music, Corridors of Time, Schala's Theme, SNES sound chip masterclass |
| Hollow Knight | Christopher Larkin | Hollow Knight | 2017 | Haunting piano + strings, City of Tears (rain + piano), atmospheric worldbuilding through sound |
| Tetris Theme (Korobeiniki) | Traditional Russian folk | Tetris (Game Boy) | 1989 | Russian folk song became the most earworm game music, plays faster as blocks stack, global recognition |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Jeremy Soule | Skyrim | 2011 | Dragonborn chant (Dovahkiin!), 30-voice male choir, open-world exploration music, 'FUS RO DAH' |
| NieR: Automata | Keiichi Okabe | NieR: Automata | 2017 | Weight of the World in multiple languages, vocals in fictional language, emotional devastation |
| Cuphead | Kristofer Maddigan | Cuphead | 2017 | 1930s big band jazz, live recorded with 13-piece orchestra, ragtime + swing, retro cartoon perfection |
| Metal Gear Solid | Norihiko Hibino / Harry Gregson-Williams | Metal Gear Solid series | 1998-2015 | Alert sound '!', Snake Eater theme song, Hollywood-quality orchestral, Kojima's cinematic vision |
| Persona 5 | Shoji Meguro | Persona 5 | 2016 | Acid jazz + J-pop, Last Surprise ('you never see it coming'), Rivers in the Desert, stylish AF |
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