Now I'm not asking for obvious answers like DKC2 or Skyrim. I'm asking about games that barely anyone talks about, or belong in a genre that isn't necessarily known for good OSTs, that have surprisingly good soundtracks.
For example, I like browsing VGMs for samples to use in my music and I recently came across Reel Fishing Wild for the Dreamcast. Why is the OST for this obscure ass fishing game so damn beautiful? They really didn't need to dig that deep for this…
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The soundtrack of Plok! is the perfect example of one that goes unnecessarily hard. Boss and Beach are two songs that especially stand out.
Listen to Guilty Gear it is a series of rock albums that comes with a free fighting game.
The Halo soundtrack is out of conversation these days. The Master chief collection actually couldn’t license the same music and changes it in parts of the game in Halo 2..
Edit: by Halo I mean 1-3, and ODST. Halo 2 and ODST especially comes to mind.
Pull up “Full Katamari Damacy OST” on youtube, hit play and enjoy.
The Ascent soundtrack by Paweł Błaszczak
Legend of Legaia for ps1 had a really good battle theme for a random ps1 rpg
Let me tell you about Abandon Ship from Subnautica…
Sea of Stars
Citizen Sleeper
Alan Wake, hands down.
Halo ODST gets a special mention for that soft jazz playing constantly.
Pictionary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwh3erQlyE
Anything Tim Folin got his hands on.
Far Cry 5 though not in the way your looking for probably
Spyro
All of the Metal Gear games
Genshin Impact.
I mean, the game is huge and it’s an RPG so it’s not totally unreasonable that it has amazing music. But I feel people that aren’t familiar with it just assume it’s some mobile game and how good could the music actually be?
But Genshin legitimately has some of the best music I’ve ever heard. It’s crazy how good it is.
Maybe this is an obvious answer though, I guess millions of people do play Genshin Impact. But if you aren’t one of them, I highly recommend checking out Genshin music.
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Warhammer40k Darktide came out of nowhere! The Division 2 is also surprisingly good.
The soundtracks for the Kingdom Hearts series are some of the most fire game music ever and I will die on this hill. Hate the series for any or all of its flaws, but the music is NOT one of them.
GoldenEye on the N64 smacked
The *Destiny* franchise.
I feel like some of these responses below miss the point. OP isn’t asking for games with good soundtracks, OP is asking for games with good soundtracks that probably did not need to be anywhere near that good.
It’s one thing to get a composer and say “Yeah, we’re making a shooter game with religious themes and it’s about the fight for humanity’s survival” and they give you a grand soundtrack with monks singing, and something else when you say “Yeah we’re making a game about a gorilla and a monkey throwing barrels and swinging on vines in the jungle” and then for David Wise to say “Okay, here’s a haunting theme perfectly capturing the ageless beauty of the ocean. Oh, and it will only get better with time.” Or “Here’s a crappy tie-in to the live action Flintstones movie” being met with [this fucking banger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRF_7xsu10c) for no good damned reason.
All of the games that Supergiant Games release have the MOST BANGER SOUNDTRACKS in gaming imo. Darren Korb does such a fucking great job on every piece of music I just can’t give enough praise.
Shout out to Sonic games as well. Gameplay might not always be up to par, but the music is a banger. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle and Sonic Frontiers are standouts to me, but even the Gamegear Sonic games had bangers.
Chrono friggin Cross
Risk of Rain 2
So many people not understanding OP and just listing games with good soundtracks. OP is specifically asking for games you wouldn’t expect to care about their soundtracks, but have ones that go hard anyway.
And the quintessential example of this is none other than Pictionary.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwh3erQlyE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwh3erQlyE)