1) Music from a video game that people wouldn't be able to tell is from a video game just by listening to it

World Of Goo - Brave Adventurers

World Of Goo was the very first indie game I have ever played and a game that introduced me to the world of indie games in general. For anyone unfamiliar with this game it's basically a physics-based puzzle game where you build towers and bridges made out of different types of cute little goo balls with different abilities and effects in order to guide the goo balls not used into pipes, and it all occurs under a sinister plot from a newly formed corporation on their seemly peaceful world. I can't recommend this game highly enough, and this track is one of the most memorable for me and it's hard to believe it's not only part of a video game but part of a video game basically made by two guys.


2) A really creepy/scary track from a game

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Riddle Tower

Note: You really only have to listen up to around the 1:25 mark to get the general idea.

This is one of my favorite video games of all time so I really can't resist having another answer related to this game Seriously though this track is extremely creepy not only on its own but it's also fairly creepy for a Mario game. I could go into more detail as to what makes this music track even more creepy but to prevent spoilers I'll put it into a spoiler tag:

Spoiler

You explore the final dungeon of the game only to suddenly come across this huge underground city looking area with the Riddle Tower in the middle. The fact that the existence of this tower is left completely unexplained in the game even though you are almost certain it has some strong connection with the lore of the Shadow Queen, makes this specific music track even more creepy and makes it really highlight the unknown factor.

3) A track from a video game you wish you could forget so you could hear it again for the first time

Mega Man 7 - Wily Stage 1

I mentioned this track in Round 1 and I'm going to make it an official answer in this round for one main reason. When I played Mega Man 7 for the first time I was in a very sour place in my life and I don't remember much of the Wily stages only that they made me rage quit constantly which for me to even get angry at all in a video game now-a-days is rare. Unfortunately, because of this I was unable to fully grasp what an amazing tune this was when I arrived at this stage for the first time. I'll gladly forget about it and listen to it again for the first time, and actually I'll love to forget my first experience with the entire game and play it again blind because it is a very enjoyable game and I'll hate to have such a down moment in my life completely ruin it.

1) Music with an uplifting beat and sound

Five Nights At Freddy's 6: Pizzeria Simulator - 240 Bits Per Mile

I want to go with this one specific track because I know for a fact that no one's going to post anything like it This is a track that plays in a horror game that starts off as an innocent looking pizza restaurant tycoon kind of game only to quickly show a dark side not only during the office section (being stuck in a very small office space trying to make sure nothing "undesirable" crawls into it via air vents as you work), but also in the form of little Atari minigames that are a stable of the entire series that serves to hint at lore going on in the background. This track plays during one of those minigames that starts off as a racing game. It's very uplifting and fast paced and serves as a nice break from the rest of the game.


2) Music that is more atmospheric sounding

Secret Of Evermore - Hall of Collosia

I've been following an LP of this game for a while now and while I must admit I wasn't sure about it at first... now I absolutely love it and really wish there was some way to play the game now. I noticed that the entire soundtrack seems to lean more towards being atmospheric and it works fairly well. The track I picked, for example, is one that plays in an ancient temple and listening to it you can just picture the atmosphere of an old, crumbling, and forgotten temple.


3) Music with a very dark and gloomy sound to it

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Song of Healing

What? Another Majora's Mask song? It's kind of hard not to pick certain songs from a soundtrack that can manage to provoke many different feelings in you. Unlike my previous pick (Stone Tower Temple) this one is more well known and has a very sad, dark, and gloomy undertone to it even without the context of its use in the game. For anyone that wants context: it's a song you learn early on that heals troubled souls haunted by regrets and guilt and turns them into masks, making this gloomy sounding tune even more gloomy.

1) Music that seems to be underrated in your opinion

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Stone Tower/Stone Tower Temple

This was a lot tougher to find a music track for than I thought since most of the stuff I like everyone else likes as well, so I thought long and hard about it and I think I have an answer that requires some backstory first (I don't know if any of this is 100% true so I apologize beforehand). Majora's Mask was often viewed as a "black sheep" in the Zelda series when it first came out due to its recycled assets from Ocarina of Time and its surreal weirdness and it didn't find as much success as Ocarina of Time did. I did notice, however, that more and more people are started to appreciate the game a lot more now-a-days than back then when it was released... myself included. This one music I choose from this game is one that a lot of people don't really talk about as much as other music tracks. It plays during the final main dungeon and has a somewhat upbeat, positive sounding sound despite the fact that the dungeon takes place at the center of so much death and gloom. It's not the most epic video game tune ever, but I've always loved it ever since I heard it for the first time.


2) Music you associate with frustration

Mega Man 4 Voyage - Skull Man

I think I'm going to do something a little bit different with this one and choose a fangame for this one. It's a Mega Man fangame that is actually a ROM hack of the original Mega Man 4 game but with different graphics, music, and the same bosses but with different behavior. Don't get me wrong it is a functionally well made game but holy heck it was way too difficult for me. I think it might be more difficult than Mega Man Unlimited (another fangame) and that one is considered to be one of the harder fangames too! I feel bad ranting about it but there were just so many design decisions I didn't agree with like the Dive Man boss that ended up being a mashing fest against tiny missiles with tiny hitboxes that homed in on you and the wind-like physics gimmick of Dust Man's stage. However, I went with Skull Man's theme because it was the first robot master I went after when I played this for the first time so it's the main track I associate with the game... and the frustration


3) Music that makes you feel nostalgic

Super Mario Land - Overworld Theme

One of my very first Mario games. I was really young (don't remember my exact age) and my late grandfather bought me my very first Gameboy Color with Pokemon Blue and Super Mario Land (both games were actually for the original Gameboy). I had no idea how to play Pokemon back then so all my time went to playing Super Mario Land almost to death. Even if the game has aged slightly meh over the years, I have so many great memories with it. For example, I actually remember very clearly getting to the penultimate level of the game and asking my grandmother to play through it for me because it was too hard for me. I also remember feeling my heart beating so fast every time I defeated the final boss.

Really good picks here especially that final boss track! Wow I also really love that Frogger one with all the little different animal sounds in the background as it really seems to fit the game itself. I also really like that Four Swords Adventure one, and I've actually never played that game. I've never even heard anyone talk about it that much even when the game was released. Your comment on it is honestly the first real thing I heard about it

These Command & Conquer tracks are really good and I especially loved that credits one , but damn that Icon of Sin one... whoa! That one just sounds perfectly demonic and extremely fitting for that type of final boss (haven't played Eternal yet but have an idea on who the boss is from Doom II). I also couldn't help but chuckle when you mentioned it as the "most christian game" because my brother said the SAME EXACT thing to me not too long ago heh

I haven't played a lot of Kirby games but the ones that I have I've always LOVED the music so much and this credits track you posted is no exception. Amazing. The Cocoto Kart Racer one sounds very nice as well, and despite it being a racing game it sounds very relaxing as well. Finally, that final boss track is indeed epic. It's such a fast paced song that it really gets you pumped up.

That Ori and the Blind Forest credits track is beautiful. I haven't played the game (yet) and have heard nothing but good things about it. On the other hand Risk of Rain is actually a game I didn't know existed until I heard Arctic Oscillation from one of IchoTolot's contest levels of the same name. That game definitely has some good music and Monsoon is another one I like. Finally we have the one and only Megalovania I absolutely love this track as well and I agree on what a shame it is that it had to be overplayed and become almost a meme, but I still think it's a very memorable track and an epic final boss battle theme.

SQron has introduced me to a lot of different music tracks from the Turrican series and man does it have good music. This credits track is no exception either. The Gran Turismo 6's track you choose has a very nice and calm little beat to it, and I also quite like that Einhander track.

1) Favorite music that plays during the credits shown at the end of a game

Super Mario 64 - Staff Roll

The credits sequence should not only visually show you that you completed a game, but it also needs to make you feel like you finished it and one of the best ways to do this in my opinion is in the music that plays. The upbeat staff roll for Super Mario 64 is one of the best examples that I can personally think of and one that always comes to mind when thinking about the general topic of feeling accomplishment in video games, especially around the 1:12 mark of the video I linked.


2) Music you like from a game that you have played and disliked

Paper Mario: Sticker Star - Tower Power Pokey

I'm not a huge fan of the later Paper Mario games after Super Paper Mario (which is a game I can still say with confidence is actually decent), but the soundtracks of these games remain top tier. My choice for this one is the energetic theme that plays during a specific battle against a desert themed boss.


3) Favorite final boss battle music

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - In The Final

Sadly I was unable to find a short video of good quality for this one but the loop ends around the 1:30 mark.

This was an insanely difficult one to choose a music track for, but then I remembered this one EPIC track. It isn't the most over-the-top final boss track ever, but it doesn't have to be. It perfectly captures the sinister and impeding doom occurring around you as you face off against the final foe.