I’ve been looking for some more instrumental music to listen to while working, besides putting FF and Stardew on loop.

  • glitches_brew@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    3 months ago

    Surprised to not see FTL mentioned yet.

    I’m loving the track Balatro has too. I wish that game had more music like the one song it has.

    • AliasVortex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Seconding Bastion! That soundtrack got me though so many grad school papers/ projects. I keep telling myself I’ll get around to actually playing that game, but I can’t shake the feeling that the second I hear “Build that wall” I’ma have some ptsd flashbacks.

  • Lucidity 🪷@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    3 months ago

    Chrono Trigger was fantastic. Look specifically for the instrumentals/orchestral on YouTube. 🤙

  • ThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    Cuphead is a banger if you like that kinda music.

    Nier Automata as well. Very different, but hauntingly brilliant.

    Also, fallout radio if you’re feeling that real classic sound.

    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Also, fallout radio if you’re feeling that real classic sound.

      Gotta love the Ink Spots!

    • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      Same artist who did the music for TUNIC. While its soundtrack isn’t great to listen to alone in my opinion, it is phenomenal in game. To the point where watching the trailer gives me goosebumps.

      Also, I emailed the artist once to ask permission to use the Dustforce soundtrack in a YouTube video I was making. They gave me permission and I sent the video to them when it was posted and they said very nice things about it.

    • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Thanks for the recommendation. Listening now. I’m a few tracks in. Gorgeous so far.

  • cRazi_man@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    Super Meat Boy - Ballad of the burning squirrel

    Super Meat Boy - Forest Funk

    Super Meat Boy - Betus Blues

    The composer for Super Meat Boy has done lots of great tracks for Binding of Isaac and Crypt of the Necrodancer too (Danny Baranowsky)

    Enter the Gungeon - Abbey or Die

    Enter the Gungeon - Behold the Boss Eater

    Enter the Gungeon - Boss Battle Beating

    Metal Gear solid theme

    Nine Sols - Collage

    Hades soundtrack (all of it) + if you search for the composer (Darren Korb) then you’ll find loads more great soundtracks he’s done (notably for Bastion).

    Hollow Knight soundtrack (all of it + the piano cover version)

    Street Fighter 6 - Viator (theme for Ryu + there’s a real cool metal cover that is on YouTube by an indie metal band)

    Wipeout HD soundtrack (all of it)

    Super Hexagon (all 3 tracks)

    Hotline Miami soundtrack

    Dead Cells

    Lots of people have rightly mentioned FTL

    Frank Kelpacki has done tons of great soundtracks across the whole Command and Conquer series and it’s worth searching through.

    If you’re into chip tunes, then it is also worth checking out Streets of Rage 2 soundtrack.

    In case you haven’t noticed, I’m really into video game instrumentals. If anyone else is interested, there’s a great podcast called Sound of Gaming by BBC radio 3 that is worth going through the back catalogue of episodes.

    • Tudsamfa@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Super Meat Boy’s OST slaps. I decided to check it out after realizing it was from the same guy that made Crypt of the Necrodancers OST.

      I then spent hours trying to figure out where I’ve heard “Hot Damned” before. It was Siivagunner.

  • SuperSpruce@lemmy.zipEnglish
    6·
    3 months ago

    Pokémon music. Especially the route themes and battle themes. If I had to list the bangers it would take hours

  • vortexal@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    I can provide some examples if you are looking for something specific but to list some games that haven’t been mentioned yet, there’s:

    The Touhou games along with the remixes/covers and fan games like the two “Touhouvania” games.

    Most of the Castlevania games.

    Most of the Sonic games and fan games like Sonic After the Sequel and SRB2.

    And to go with something really obscure, Chaos Legion.

    • riot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Adding on to this to specifically recommend the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 soundtrack. Oscar Araujo did masterful work on this, so much so that I even went out and bought the album, even though it was almost impossible to get my hands on it. But you can listen to it on YouTube.