Nobuo Uematsu, Harry Gregson-Williams, Motoi Sakuraba. We've all heard these names before, they are the names of some of the greatest composurers to gaming. Something that is often not given enough credit. Music, music in gaming is important. It's the only thing I value almost as much as Gameplay. Because with great music, you can tell a great story. Without even using words, video, cutscenes, or anything.
Music gets you excited for whats happening, it sets the mood and helps you feel what the characters are feeling. Music helps lift the enviroment from a dusty dry desert into something you may consider to be a adventure. (Listen Below)
Thoughout gaming music has been a very centalized part of it, previously in generations where graphic quality wasn't as good as it is today. Developers relied alot on music to close the gap between what's happening and what the characters are feeling. As visually seeing it wasn't as easy. Although recently we've seen music and soundtracks take a smaller role in game design as more resources are devoted to new things, one cannot forget how important music is today.
For myself, I value music to be more important than graphics themselves. Where as graphics tells you the specifics of the story, what, Who, how, where, why. Music tells you the feeling behind that story, and without music. Everything would be empty and cold.
So I create this thread in order to ask you. VGChartz, what is your favorite works of Gaming Music to you? Why are these pieces so important? And if you can, please find a link or embed a source of said music for all of us to enjoy.
As for myself, the single greatest piece of music to ever grace my ears from a video game. Is the theme from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
This song by Harry Gregson-Williams is undoubtably a masterpiece. Even if you don't like the Metal Gear Solid series, you have to be able to at least enjoy the depth of emotion, action, suspense, and everything else this piece of art provides.
What about you VGC?
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