I just finished playing this so it came into my head instantly but Hotel Dusk, Room 215 had great music, also I really enjoyed the Phoenix Wright series. Portable games also seem to have awesome catchy tunes, even if they are just bleeps and bloops.

@David - I just finished Hotel Dusk two weeks ago!!! It's a great game. I believe that Michael Donahoe gave it a perfect score when he reviewed it. Oh, and the beeps and boops I was referring to were from Pong.

All of those are simply fantastic pieces of music. I especially like the Metal Gear Solid music, there's just something about it. Have you ever heard of, or been to, VideoGames Live? It's an orchestral concert featuring videogame music and it's incredible. I went to the first one back in '05 and got to actually meet Martin O'Donnell. I have a picture with him, and he also signed my copy of Halo 2. Really nice guy.

@Cosmo - I think Michael Palin said it best in the classic Life of Brian when he said "You lucky, lucky bastard!!!" I have heard of it, but never been. Was Martin O'Donnell carrying a coffee mug? :D

@ Lance Actually, I'm pretty sure he [i]did[/i] have a coffee mug! I'll have to find the picture.

@Cosmo - Nice! In the Halo 2 documentary he is walking around the office, and the shot if from the point of view of the coffee mug!!!! What is the term? Pushing the mug around?

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Chrono Cross Chrono Trigger Yasunori Mitsuda is the best music director in the biz.\ Suikoden II Suikoden III Very Carmina Burana. Castlevania:Symphony of the Night Lost Painting is an awesome song. It has a slightly eastern, slightly fantastical feel about it. NiGHTS: Into Dreams Very whimsical. Somewhat melancholic. SimEarth The SNES version of SimEarth had a terrible UI, but wonderful music by composer Takane Okubo. The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy Great 8-bit stuff here. A lot going on for the NES's poor sound chip. Mirror's Edge I'm not really one for cheesy techno, but the music fit the milieu of the game so well. Secret of Mana This song really brings me back to my childhood. Very mournful. Braid Everything about this game is so elegant. Sonic the Hedgehog The Genesis wasn't known for memorable music due to its shitty sound chip, but there were a few gems in there. Kingdom Hearts Again, I don't really like J-pop, but for Kingdom Hearts it just worked. Plus, at the time, that intro movie was so fucking gorgeous to watch. Illusion of Gaia A woefully underappreciated game in my opinion. Portal Instant classic. Second song on my list named Still Alive strangely enough. Clearly I could go on forever. So I won't.

@James - When I get a chance I will add these to the blog. I have never even heard of the Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy!!! And you and I [i]BOTH[/i] forgot Bionic Commando

I can't get links to work in my comments. They were all linked. I don't understand why; I even copied the source code from Benjamin's first comment.

Crono Cross: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laMvJf9UNdc[/url] Chrono Trigger: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW1m_55E4s4[/url] Suikoden II: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8-wGndfd-Y[/url] Suikoden III: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHtx0W2PCh0[/url] Castlevania: Symphony of the Night [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h3BG94IoBA[/url] NiGHTS: Into Dreams: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE4BxoRK8As[/url] SimEarth: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LRRa0f-W2g[/url] The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCMWpbFwky8[/url] Mirror's Edge: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TERyxFfMqDk[/url] Secret of Mana: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXLFtSvLj-Q[/url] Braid: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kflCLshkOg[/url] Sonic the Hedgehog [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFHvxuuOymo[/url] Kingdom Hearts [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ceZsQovjM[/url] Illusion of Gaia: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KelnHjOateU[/url] Portal [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI[/url] This is me, hitting the Internet over the head with a hammer.

Nice picks. All those games have great music. I like James' list too. Yasunori Mitsuda is my favorite composer as well. Don't forget that he also made the soundtrack for Xenogears.

Well I posted the urls, but its says it needs to be reviewed by an admin, so, whatever.

@James - I am in the middle of some horrible busy work, but when I finish I would be happy to add your suggestions to my blog, if the problem has not been ironed out. Cool?

I chose specific songs from each game. Do links have to be reviewed to make sure the don't lead to NSFW content? And if so, why don't they have to be reviewed in articles? And why am I asking you? Heh. Should probably asked the site runners.

@James - Yeah, like I know shit about anything! :D

@James - About 5 of the games you chose don't involve any specific songs, so if you cant get the url thing fixed I will post those!

Chrono Cross: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laMvJf9UNdc Chrono Trigger:. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW1m_55E4s4 Suikoden II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f4eGQ9MIWM Suikoden III: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YmQoREyleE Castlevania:Symphony of the Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h3BG94IoBA NiGHTS: Into Dreams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE4BxoRK8As SimEarth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LRRa0f-W2g The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCMWpbFwky8 Mirror's Edge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE9gMFR1yFY Secret of Mana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXLFtSvLj-Q Braid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kflCLshkOg Sonic the Hedgehog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFHvxuuOymo Kingdom Hearts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt95GfcFSKw Illusion of Gaia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KelnHjOateU Portal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI Just copy and paste.

I copied the urls as plain text and it wouldn't even let me do that! God damn! Well, if they get approved, you'll have three posts from me that (including the first one) that look a lot alike but get decreasingly less complicated. Sorry about the accidental spam if that happens. I'm tempted to just post my own article. Bleh.

@James - You should post your own! That would be great!

I cannot believe that nobody mentioned Blaster Master! Despite being a fantastic game, it had some of the best music on the NES.