Emotional video game music

[brettd94]

Apparently the singer of this song voiced the cannibal vampire in Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines.

 

[Lokgamer]

 

[ThomatoSauce]

Village Bridge has always been one of my favorite tracks in all of Pokémon. The fact that you can talk to certain NPCs to add more detail to the music is one of my favorite parts about it.

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

We need more handpipes in sound tracks. I want a theme like this while riding my horse through fields of gold, a shepherd greeting me with his dog and sheep scattered in the open plain as I make my way to a village known for its wine.

 

[Judier]

YOU CANNOT KILL MEEEE

 

[Aldia Aldia]

The final boss theme from Salt and Sanctuary...

Spoiler

It hits even harder because

Spoiler: general spoiler

the rest of the game only had two boss themes that were used interchangeably for the other bosses... and then you reach the end and this track starts playing.

 

[JustLooking456]

My drive-by/getaway song:

 

[wetformommy]

The winter theme in harvest moon friends of minreal town (it's really calming like i know at this time i need to take it easy)

and that's excactly what i do after each optimized run in which i would have fully upgraded my farm having the maximum amount of livestock. And a lot of money to spend it'll always a song i whistle or hum everytime i feel like everything is fine.

maan for some reason, that winter theme one makes me feel sad


personal favorite, i dont even play the first game but this one just sounds the best imo

it makes me want to tame a dragon

 

[TheMinuMaster]

To me, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance has the best soundtrack a game can achieve. The boss themes… my God, they’re on another level. How can a single song carry so much story, philosophy, memes, and raw power?

How can it make sense not just within the game, but in real-world situations too? That’s what I love about it.

 

[Spyrone]

 

[Pao Yu]

The Evergrace soundtrack is brain bending, been looking for something that scratches that same itch - just completely unheard of sounds and rhythms (the bends on that MIDI guitar are demented)

If anyone has recs for games with similarly unconventional soundtracks I'd love to hear!

 

[facsimile]

World of Horror OST among other stuff...

 

[zombie100379]

an absolute fvckin banger

 

[BrawlMan]

Stage 3 of Abadox pretty much lets you know that the parasite planet itself wants you dead or anyone who goes inside of it. The situation is near hopeless. It's even more hopeless depending on which version of the story you're going with.

 

[zebrastuff]

AXEL WAHLIN - found [2025]

 

[Fietto!]

 

[FarJyyUir]

We grave robbing here?

The OP of the 2nd Battle Network game, haven't played the rest yet.

This Japanese channel i found last week played a good cover.

 

[nomohero7]

 

[dizzypixel]

 

[SUPRA_SIGNAL]

 

[Mileena]

 

[CraigJarrett]

Gotta be "Theme Of Laura" Silent Hill 2 and "Good Ending" Streets Of Rage 2

 

[ArchienineArchienine's icon]

These ending themes hit me like a truck.

 

[dizzypixel]

 

[prostheticleg]

time for me to share my picks.
i think hylics generally has a lot a lot of sad and emotional songs but this is my favorite one.

this isnt exactly a videogame (videogame adjacent id say?) but this one is very good in my opinion.

i think ffx ost is really emotional, i have a lot of it saved, but once again these are my favorites.

beautiful and sad as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2n1EQApfVc

klonoas whole ost is very much melancholic and beautiful, i love it a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq7loJnSnAg

this one is both jolly and quite sad in my opinion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prt32vYdHCI

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The Evergrace soundtrack is brain bending, been looking for something that scratches that same itch - just completely unheard of sounds and rhythms (the bends on that MIDI guitar are demented)

oh god, yes, i love evergrace a lot. for a game with a similar soundtrack you should definitely try moon: remix rpg adventure. it has some insane ost imo.

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my favorite one. ALWAYS gives me goosebumps because of how good it is

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this one kind of reminds me of evergrace but the ost in this game isgenuinely quite good and interesting, you should give it a listen. i havent played the game yet but its considered very good as well

ALSO lisa the painfuls ost is quite similar to evergrace, hard to explain but something about it is quite similar imo

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also remembered this one, very beautiful

it embedded weirdly cuz i hit max media limit but the links should still work