I’m just a casual gamer, I absolutely loved the score in Skyrim and Oblivion but when trying to find other good ambience music for caves/ruins/dungeons I was a bit stumped. I’ve found people creating this kind of ambient soundtracks and that’s great, but I’m still curious about the videogame ones. I tried searching for that and failed.

I’m looking for eerie, natural or mysterious types of tracks, nothing too high energy. The platform or genre of the game doesn’t matter.

Have you got any good examples?

  • AstroLightz@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I like the demon door music that plays in Fable. Not really sure that counts as either (tho sometimes the demon doors lead to caves or maybe dungeons?)

  • crudy555@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I think the Donkey Kong Country OST has some good ones. Especially aquatic ambience and stickerbrush symphony.

  • Gonzako@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I haven’t seen anyone recommend Minecraft but I succinctly remember the very few times I was deep delving only to be met with the soundtrack

    • nomorebillboards@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Cave noises are fire, but ambience in general is sometimes pretty bad. You’ll often hear happy/calm music while something intense is happening, and there are very few true ambient noises

  • janonymous@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The Witcher series also has a great fantasy soundtrack in that vein , if you don’t mind the artists allegations… (got confused, it’s actually The Elder Scrolls soundtracks composer, Jeremy Soule, with the sexual misconduct allegations)

    Other than that the Baldurs Gate 2 Soundtrack was also pretty good iirc.

  • Bruncvik@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Older ones, but Might & Magic 6 through 8 had amazing soundtracks. Especially the sixth one. I sometimes listen to them as a background music when working.

  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and the Bloodstained series of games.

    Basically anything by Michiru Yamane is going to have great cave music.

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    3 days ago

    For really old-school, the 1980s Commodore 64 game Trolls & Tribulations. Vaguely Metroidvania-esque in a medieval/dungeon/fantasy setting, but the music is Bach/Albignioni-adjacent baroque arranged for the SID chip.

  • Sarothazrom@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Hollow Knight and its sequel, Silksong, have done of the best OST in history. Though those games can be, and are, the most beautiful headache inducers around.