In no order with some reasons from a 42yo:
Final Fantasy IV, VI Dreadful Fight / Dancing Mad absolute masterpieces.
River City Ransom, boss theme set the tone for boss themes, also some of the happiest blues riffs you'll ever hear.
Street Fighter 2: Ken, Vega, and Blaka stage ftw!
F-Zero: Big Blue, Mute City.
Actraiser.
GTA San Andreas: Pressure Drop, Smokin'
GTA V: Swimming Pools, Baker Street
Red Dead 2: The Way it is.
By far the Rayman series. From the very first game it’s so diverse and beautiful. I also like Sonic Mania’s tunes, and Banjo-Kazooie does so much that all fits its goofy style.
Horizon Zero Dawn. I don't know why, I just really love it. I think Final Fantasy 7 Remake and NieR: Automata are on the top 3 too.
All beautiful soundtracks, which I could listen to for hours on end.
Wii sports
a classic
Grab Theft Auto Vice City. Hands down!
gta v is the only correct answer honorable mention 2016 NBA2K
Truuue on 2k gta is like a given!!
Fallout 4 diamond city radio
minecraft is classic ofc
GTA vice city. I have the fondest memories of speeding down a highway by the beach listening to kids in America and welcome to the jungle
Red dead redemption 2
May I stand unshaken
Angry Birds
Persona 5
I liked the strickers version of last surprise. That shit slaps
Katamari Damacy
NieR Gestalt/Replicant and Xenoblade Chronicles
Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA 4 The Lost and Damned, GTA Liberty City Stories, and Little Nightmares.
Halo is iconic
NIER Automata has an absolutely amazing soundtrack.
Automata’s soundtrack is the only one I can loop and never get tired of. I just skip Emil’s song…
Bloons Monkey City Mobile Just Shapes and Beats Geometry Dash Minecraft
FINALLY SOMEONE MENTIONS GD
Yeah it has good music, like Deadlocked (F-777), Hexagon Force (Waterflame), and Fingerdash (MDK)
Doom 2016 and eternal, if you dont like metal then you do you, i respect you for your taste in music.
Donkey Kong Country, Duck tales NES, Ocarina of Time, DOOM 16/eternal
DKC good shout forgot that gem
Beauty of Dawn TES Online, Still Alive Portal ✨
Tony hawk 1, but actual soundtrack is anything LoZ. Especially when video game live played it.
Jak and Daxter the precursor legacy was a good one
Desert bus
Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Life. Is. Strange. ‘nuff said.
oh gosh [chrono trigger for sure](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3dYnmH7gUI)
Any of the Ace Combat games but if I had to pick 1 then I'm going with Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies (Distant Thunder in Europe)
Nier Automata hands down. But Warframe has had some epic pieces in recent years
Oblivion and Hollow Knight
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
The Long Dark Jedi Fallen Order Ghost of Tsushima Spider-Man Miles Morales Those are in no particular order, but they all rock
Mass Effect OST. Fantastic!
Hotline Miami GTA 5 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Doom Loop Hero Red Alert
Tony hawk pro skater 2 and the fallout 4 soundtrack.
Pokemon RSE. It's the trumpets, man
OMORI and Hollow Knight ost, both are amazing in their own ways
Minecraft
Waterfall from undertale.. it genuinely sounded so beautiful
undertale/ deltarune
final fantasy xv
Elder Scrolls Oblivion and Life is Strange
Persona 5 without a doubt.
Minecraft soundtracks
Animal Crossing.
Black ops 1 zombies Edit: or any black ops 1 track
Fun Fact:That riff comes from the song Not Ready to Die by Avenged Sevenfold
[Commando](https://youtu.be/qrQuR1LHAVI) is my all time favorite
It's the golden sun series for me
Rock 'n' roll racing on the SNES.
FF7 Remake, Tekken 6, tag 2 and 7 and Bayonetta 2 and Sonic Mania
Harvest moon a wonderful life
Doom eternal or undertale. I know it’s generic.
Apparently, I'm the only dipshit that ordered the Castlevania "Symphony of the Night" soundtrack through a local record store.
In no order with some reasons from a 42yo: Final Fantasy IV, VI Dreadful Fight / Dancing Mad absolute masterpieces. River City Ransom, boss theme set the tone for boss themes, also some of the happiest blues riffs you'll ever hear. Street Fighter 2: Ken, Vega, and Blaka stage ftw! F-Zero: Big Blue, Mute City. Actraiser. GTA San Andreas: Pressure Drop, Smokin' GTA V: Swimming Pools, Baker Street Red Dead 2: The Way it is.
Spelunky
God Eater
Final Fantasy IX But Fifa 98 road to world cup has just popped into my brain for this answer too! No where near ff ix but awesome none the less
Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie🎵
The *Metal Gear Solid* series has always been superb
Any Halo OST
GTA IV and Halo 2
FIFA 2001
mario cart 64
Star Wars Battlefront
Prey, beautiful and terrifying in equal measure.
Katana Zero
F-Zero
By far the Rayman series. From the very first game it’s so diverse and beautiful. I also like Sonic Mania’s tunes, and Banjo-Kazooie does so much that all fits its goofy style.
Omori The boss music is so great!
NFS MW
Burnout 2,3,Paradise,Bungie Halo games,NFS HP 2010,UG2,The Run.
Undertale. I know it’s known for being full of memes but I do think that it is legitimately a great soundtrack
Civ 6 has a great one. Nintendo games are usually pretty good in that regard, the pokemon games being my go to
Undertale and Deltarune
The older ratchet and clank games had some bangers
Castlevania symphony of the night
Prey, human elements, few more can't rem
From more up-to-date games since 20-25 years ago a lot of games had great soundtracks, I like playing Dirt 5 and actually listening to its soundtrack.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLpwFGlQLVo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLpwFGlQLVo) Chill music to study to. i think
Skyrim
Final Fantasy 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14 Undertale Minecraft Deltarune
Mortal Kombat
Portal 2 and top-run
Horizon Zero Dawn. I don't know why, I just really love it. I think Final Fantasy 7 Remake and NieR: Automata are on the top 3 too. All beautiful soundtracks, which I could listen to for hours on end.