I’ll start it off - Legend of Dragoon has my heart with this one
Morrowind, hands down.
https://youtu.be/nJD-Ufi1jGk?si=DLqr0hYdvKZ9WCjd
Whats your favorite Main Menu music?
Submitted 1 year ago by Yokozuna@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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CosmicApe@kbin.social 1 year ago
tuckerm@supermeter.social 1 year ago
I liked the music from Morrowind so much, I found the audio files in the game's install folder, burned them to a CD, and printed out my own cover art to make a soundtrack album. I was 11 years old; I probably still have it in a box somewhere, haha.
slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The entire discography is on YouTube I remember ripping off there years ago.
NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Kingdom Hearts main menu theme. It’s absolutely a nostalgia hit for me. That game was one of my “get-away” games while in a rough situation. Hearing that music always makes me feel a little safer, like I’m just one step away from a completely different life.
Satelllliiiiiiiteeee@kbin.social 1 year ago
Dearly Beloved and the variations on it are the best. I'm partial to the version for Kingdom Hearts 2 but they're all great
dmention7@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Skyrim, by a longshot. That theme never failed to get me cranked get my Nordic adventuring on.
HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 1 year ago
HAH. HUAH. HAHH.
HAH. HUAH. HAHH.
OOOhhhh OHHHHH OUHHHHHH!!! AUHHHHHHH!!!
dmention7@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Saw this pop up in my replies before I noticed the context and was very confused… lol
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Really deep lyrics. A masterpiece of poetry.
ono@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
charles@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Such a fantastic song. Not at all surprising that it was the first piece of music from a video game to not only be nominated for but to win a Grammy.
Gigan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
MuThyme@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Pretty much any halo has the best menu music to me (I haven’t played 5 though).
There’s a lot of variety between them all too
TheMinions@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ll go with Mass Effect, the music in the first 3 games is incredible. Especially in the first game I think. This particular piece is called Vigil.
v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Dude, I only just played the games for the very first time earlier this year and I absolutely feel what you mean. It’s the very first piece of music you hear when you start the game, is used throughout the trilogy in pivotal moments, and is the very last theme that plays in the third game. So awesome
TheMinions@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh yeah. Leitmotifs are very effective at tying a story together and really help add some punch to those emotional moments.
I absolutely adore Mass Effect. It’s probably my favorite game ever. Top 3 at least.
Phelpssan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Probably Metroid Prime. Both the Title Theme and the Menu Theme are fantastic.
Branching into a type of game most people here won’t have played - VNs often have great title themes.
- Muv-Luv Alternative’s “Crash” is pure hype
- Both Steins;Gate’s “Gate of Steiner” and Steins;Gate 0’s “Messenger” are great themes too.
ManaBuilt@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I cannot get over how good the Metroid Prime menu theme is. It’s both chill vibes and an absolute banger at the same time.
nlm@literature.cafe 1 year ago
Mass Effect
stoy@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Unreal Tournament 2004:
Kraivo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It wasn’t great. It was just good in sense of it’s time. Some of those music still instantly wakes me up and turns into hunting machine
stoy@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I have the entire soundtrack in my music library, Hyperblast 2 Redeux is awesome.
I also regularly play UT2004 online, DM-Deck17 is my favourite original map, amazing flow, it just goes hard.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
Elden Ring’s main theme is literally the only video game song I have in my normal music rotation.
dgbbad@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I love the Lunar SSS intro, but I’m still partial to the OG Sega CD intro. It gets me pumped up to this day.
magnetosphere@kbin.social 1 year ago
Yeah, there are newer versions, but this is the original.
FireTower@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Payday 2 really sets the mood with it’s music
drislands@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Cadence of Hyrule, for sure. So damn good.
XenBad@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Skyrim and RuneScape 2 (pre-audio update) are both pretty damn iconic
At my wedding we had the DJ play Skyrim and Witcher 3 music during dinner and it worked way better than it had any business working
Jelly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Metroid Prime. I only played it for the first time this year when the remaster came out and the music blew me away.
Davel23@kbin.social 1 year ago
UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Liquid cooled nighttime shades vibe juice for your ears.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The correct answer is Civilization V Gods and Kings.
Reaphenex@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Definitely the original main menu music for Dragon’s Dogma.
I remember booting it up on the PS3 back in the day and was like “Wha-?” but after playing the game so many times it’s definitely become a favorite. Both for how out place it is but also how perfect it fits after all the context of the game.
Sad they replaced it for the Dark Arisen version but luckily there is a mod for PC that restores it in all its glory. :P
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Literally the first thing that came to kind. Any time I go to start anything im excited about my brain just starts up the piano.
eldnikpw@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Battery@lemmy.world 1 year ago
d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 1 year ago
Woah, wasn’t expecting to this answer here! OMF is my favorite one hands down.
A close second would be the music for Jazz Jackrabbit.
Phelpssan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That one was so good.
Haven’t played this game in decades but instantly started hearing the song in my head when I saw your post.
JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not main menu but the golden eye pause menu music on the n64 was a banger 🔥
SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No joke about that shit bro
UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Can’t believe I had to scroll down so far for this
Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Morrowind
Final Fantasy XII
Why9@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dark Souls 3
Even years later, having completed the game many times, that opening song still gives me the chills! So haunting, so beautiful!
Skyrim has to be on the list for the pure joy of it
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Arcanum’s main theme gets my vote.
It’s weird. It’s terrible as music - just random strings with almost no recognizable tune outside of the first few seconds - but it sets a mood better than any other. It’s distilled melancholy in music form.
UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
💯 percent this piece of music makes me feel things
cocobean@bookwormstory.social 1 year ago
Super Metroid.
Spooky AF
lloram239@feddit.de 1 year ago
chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Rocket Jump Waltz – TF2
Gumus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve been using that as a ringtone ever since Orange Box came out
AHorseWithNoNeigh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Super Mario Bros. 2
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Outer Wilds takes the cake for me.
Wilzax@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That game takes the soundtrack cake for any category it has an entry in