Daily Video Game Music

Your daily dose of great video game soundtracks, scores, composers, and more! Everything is tagged by song, game, and composer, so feel free to search around for what you want to listen to! If you can't find something, feel free to make use of the submit feature. Submit!

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Portal 2 - "Love as a Construct" - Mike Morasky

In case you weren't aware, the entire Protal 2 soundtrack is available free for download straight from Valve, [Here]. Mike Morasky composed almost all of the music for the game, which sounds much different than the first game. Portal 2 has extremely dynamic music, meaning that as the player interacts with the environment, or makes progress on a puzzle, the music changes accordingly, sometimes as if the songs are coming from the objects and walls themselves.

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You're fresh off the boat at Seyda Neen. This is a game about exploring, so let's go explore, right? You make your way down the road to the Bitter Coast, and find it's pretty uninhabited. You see some ruins in the distance and head for that. Your eyes gaze up at the pillars, noticing the color of the stone, and all of a sudden, a Dwemer Centurion out of nowhere. You're flustered and forget how to use magic, and your tiny dagger isn't doing anything. The Centurion misses, and you take your chance to turn around and RUN. Through some water (was that a mermaid?), Over a swamp or two (Was that a...large metroid?), all the way back to Seyda Neen. Up the dock, to the top of the lighthouse. This is where you catch your breath, realize that the sun is setting, and this song is playing.

Morrowind's music was composed by Jeremy Soule, who was actually criticized for the lack of emotional impact the music had on the game. Over ten years later, I think we all disagree with their concerns. The music is ambient, and serves as a backdrop for everything you do in the game. It is so subtle that you honestly will forget it's there, much like you forget your character has a face, or legs. In other words, the music becomes part of your experience, and it's only when you stop to remember it that it hits you the hardest.

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Hey guys, this is going to help you get through the weekend, I guarantee it.

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The infamous Totaka song, or K. K. song as it's also known. This 19 note song appears in every game Kazumi Totaka composes for, including but not limited to: Link's Awakening, Yoshi's Story, Animal Crossing, and even Virtual Boy Wario Land. There are a few games he has worked on in which the song hasn't been found, most notably Wave Race 64, Wii Sports, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The first game to include the hidden piece is a game titled "X," a Japanese GameBoy game, although the first game to be discovered in was Mario Paint, which came out a few months after X.

Totaka also appears in Animal Crossing games as K.K. the musical dog, who in the Japanese versions of the game is named Totakeke.

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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles is filled with light pieces that set the atmosphere. "Gentle Blowing Breeze" is on disc one of the two disc soundtrack. The music for this game and the rest in the series are composed by Kumi Tanioka. She says she was inspired by the game art, and decided to give the game an old, rustic feeling, using ancient instruments such as recorders and lutes.

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"Click Clock Wood" from Banjo Kazooie; If you don't still have this song stuck in your head from when you last played the game, please tell me your secret! All the music in this game was composed by Grant Kirkhope, who made different themes depending on what the environment you're currently playing in looks like. This piece is from the Spring version of the level, as there's separate music for Fall, Winter, and Summer. I think this song is perfect for the level: it's light and has a jumpy sound to it, and goes well with the climbing of the big tree. My favorite part was always the "BRAA" during the breaks.

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Today's song comes from F-Zero GX, titled "Shotgun Kiss," which plays during the Vegas Palace map in the Ruby Cup. The songs in this game were composed by both Hidenori Shoji and Daiki Kasho. The first set of songs, or the soundtrack's first cd was composed by Kasho, while the second cd, including this piece, were composed by Shoji. The overall theme is fast, rock or techno songs, that really captures the mood of a futuristic racing game.

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The famous Ocarina of Rhyme, Gerudo Valley style

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Wind Waker's soundtrack is a masterpiece. With Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Toru Minegishi, and Koji Kondo all working on songs for the game, there's no way it would have turned out otherwise. The soundtrack is an amazing 133 songs.

This song in particular, "Dragon Roost Island," was composed by Nagata, and as you can hear, is heavily influenced by Southern styles, including pan flutes and guitars all around.

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Link to the Past's "Dark World" is a great overworld song: it's light, quick, and incorporates some sort of brass instrument to give the song a somewhat dark overtone.

Check out a metal version of the song [here]

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The "Song of Healing." Just..Listen. There is no other song in the Zelda universe that I adore more. Left, Right, Down, Left, Right, Down; And yet, although it starts out as three simple notes, a beautiful song is seemingly thrust upon the player. I don't think I'm the only one who's had this song stuck in their head since first hearing it. Koji Kondo does it again.

I think it's interesting when you listen to these small songs that you're forced to use in game, that you're really forced to memorize, and listen to them in entirety. The best part upon playing the songs was listening to the rest of the piece before the effect was completed in game.

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Ah, the "Ballad of the Wind Fish," one of the more moving Zelda pieces. When you've finished your journey, and you've "proven your wisdom, courage and power," you see the world, everything you saved, and hear this simple melody. Kazumi Totaka and a few others composed for Link's Awakening.

Also, check out an awesome tribute to the song [here] by Alak

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The Song of Storms on violin - The Legend of Zelda

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Here it is, song one of the Zelda Anniversary spam! "Lon Lon Ranch" is a peaceful piece that plays when arriving at, you guessed it, Lon Lon Ranch. The first thing I noticed about this song was it's resemblance to "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie, at least the introduction. Check it out [here]. This song is really like a safe haven after roaming the land of Hyrule, killing various baddies after you. Step into Lon Lon Ranch, hear this song, and instantly let out a calm sigh.

This song, along with just about every song in the console Zeldas was composed by Koji Kondo.

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In celebration of the Legend of Zelda's 25th Anniversary a few days ago, get ready for some Zelda music spam heaven!

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Metroid Prime made a very smooth transition over to 3D adventuring on the Gamecube. To help die hard fans of the previous 2D games, most of the music is remixed versions of previous Metroid titles' music. This piece, which plays on the overworld of Talon, is a remixed version of the Brinstar music from the original Metroid. Kenji Yamamoto, the composer for Metroid Prime, stated that it would "satisfy old Metroid fans. It's like a present for them." The great thing about this game is you really get pulled into the worlds, and playing as Samus in first person. Things like Surround Sound really made this possible.