Ken Hisuag

Apparently it's ZUN's birthday today. This may be cheating, but I can't let the opportunity pass up.

Someone will get it, I'm sure.

Courtesy of Spirit_Medium:

Maya's theme is probably my favorite track from these games.

Courtesy of GundamFan15:

I'm not as familiar with these ones, but I really liked what I found from Endless Duel.

Mario music is a far reaching subject, so it's difficult to pick out just a couple of tracks to represent it.

Today is the 25th Anniversary of Chrono Trigger! I had already posted some CT music before realizing this, so this week I will share a remix.

Additionally, Ori and the Will of the Wisps released today. The original was one of the most beautiful games I have ever seen, and I'm glad to see the sequel stands up to its predecessor in that regard. But this forum is about music, so here's a track from the original's OST.

This is becoming quite the collection, don't you think?

I've been listening to a lot of Shovel Knight recently, so I'll share some of that this week.

In addition, there's two soundtracks mentioned previously by others which are no longer available through the supplied links, due to the videos being taken down. I don't know much about these games personally, but I'd like to ensure they are available for those who may be interested.

I already know what I'm doing for next week; lots of exciting things happening.

One day I'd like to play Chrono Trigger. The reviews for the PC release have made me hesitant to invest in that direction, so I'm holding out for a Switch release (long shot, but one can hope).

This week, another turn-based RPG from much more recent times (but with an equally timeless soundtrack IMO).

I've mentioned a lot of lesser-known OSTs so far. This week I'll bring up Chrono Trigger. Most people have probably already heard this soundtrack, but it's worth remembering.

Edit: Links broke again, and I only remember one of the two pieces I originally posted. It shouldn't matter too much; we'll definitely be returning to Chrono Trigger in the future.

I'm going to start doing these on Wednesday instead of Friday. Hue is a more obscure release, but its soundtrack is one of my favorites.

Another one I haven't heard of before. A nice, simple yet catchy tune.

This week, a two for one. Here's a couple of tracks from much more recent times. Lucas Pope, known for Papers Please, released another game called Return of the Obra Dinn with a very unique soundtrack.

The Pedestrian is a puzzle game released a week or two ago. The soundtrack is predominately your typical relaxing puzzle music, but has a few uniquely styled tracks as well.

In the interests of keeping this thread alive, I will take this opportunity to share the work of Tim Follin.

I can't tell if the Follin Brothers are the most under-rated VGM composers of all time, or if people just don't talk about them because of how bad the games tended to be.

I had never heard of Okami, and now I'm disappointed I can't afford the soundtrack. Always unfortunate when a great OST doesn't get a release in the Western Hemisphere.

The track reminded me of an I am Setsuna remix that made use of traditional instruments. I don't hear this style used in VGM very often, but I'd love to find more examples.

I'm all for reviving this thread. It was a love for VGM that introduced me to Touhou in the first place.

I'm already a fan of Ace Attorney music, and the original Pursuit ~ Corned is my favorite. I've put off investigating Danganronpa for some reason; this track has definitely pricked my curiosity. For some reason I've never considered checking out the older Persona OSTs. Now I'll have to add that to the list. But Deus Ex . . . I've never heard of this game's soundtrack, and this track sounds amazing!

I'm more familiar with indie titles myself, so I'll share a couple of more recent titles that I believe are underappreciated.

Ninja Gaiden homage/retro-styled metroidvania, The Messenger:

Mario 64 homage/modern 3D platformer, A Hat in Time:

Edit: A Hat in Time was mentioned previously on this thread, but the video has since been removed from Youtube. Thus I felt justified in mentioning it again.

Edit 2: I'm taking advantage of the broken link to add a few tracks, for better representation.

Having discovered Undertale and Celeste, I was scouring Youtube for videos on exceptional video game soundtracks in mid-2018. One of those videos was this:

Why Solo Devs Make Great Music

This was the first time I heard about Touhou. It was a few months after when I got around to looking further into it. I naively searched for "top 10 touhou themes," and was met with this:

Touhou Top 50 Boss Themes

Two months later I could name every theme and game source in the video. I've tried my hand at some of the games, but I've never really gotten the hang of them (bad reaction time on my part). The music, on the other hand, has become a standard part of my life.