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Here I am, again, looking for opinions from gamers.

Like I said before, I love it. I like to know people’s personal experiences with video games. It makes me laugh. I love knowing that a game made you cry, I love knowing that a game took years of your life. I have a lot of games that did these things to me, and I’ve talked about them extensively before.

So now here I am again with a simple question:

This is a difficult question for many gamers, myself included. It’s really hard to pick just one video game soundtrack that either goes hard or takes us back to when we first played the game.

In my personal opinion, as someone who writes about video games, makes music, has a deep burning love for video game music, and has even made music for an unreleased video game project in the past, I feel like I can talk about this at length.

When I think about what makes a video game soundtrack, a few things come to mind. The big one, though, is that it has to be a piece of music that’s intrinsically linked to the game it comes from, sounds great, makes itself known, but sits comfortably in the background. Another special thing that can make a video game soundtrack great, which is not very common, is when it is used as part of gameplay. I believe The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a good example of that.

As mentioned, choosing a favorite video game soundtrack is difficult because there are so many good ones out there. That’s why I’m open to accepting a top 3 purely because that’s exactly what I’m going to do when I tell you mine.

  • undertale – It’s somewhat fitting that my favorite game soundtrack is also from my favorite game. Maybe it’s because the soundtrack is part of what made it my favorite game. undertale‘s soundtrack, every time I listen to it, somehow takes me back to when I played it. Very specifically, each song (even the reprises) is so iconic of each area that I feel transported to every moment of that game they come from. I love it. Toby Fox really beat this one, he won’t lie.
  • trip – Honestly, this soundtrack just makes me cry. Just like the game did. It’s hard to believe that the composition on the original soundtrack was so simple, something I only learned after re-imagining trip‘s soundtrack came out this year. Beautiful things.
  • We love katamari – Yes, this soundtrack just beats. I can’t say much else. We love katamari‘s soundtrack just hits hard as hell. I feel an immense joy every time I listen to it. It rocks.
  • Oh god, there’s so much more. This is difficult. Why did I do this? There are so many more.

As you can see, the above question was a tweet. This has generated many reactions. Here are just a few so you can see if your tastes match:

And of course the only correct answer:

These are just a few answers, but now I turn to you. Which video game soundtrack is your favorite? Which one really stuck with you? Which ones have you saved to Spotify or bookmarked on YouTube? Let us know!