I would like first to thank this article’s authors (John Twells, Brad Stabler, Miles Bowe, Scott Wilson & Tom Lea) for not shortening this list to a top 20 or even worse, a top 10. 100 may be a big number, but any gamer who wants to (re)play some games with great soundtracks should have a look at it.
Sure, you may disagree on which game is or isn’t in the list and on how they’re ranked. But to me, this isn’t about which game is better than any other one. It’s more about sharing opinions on what seems to be good/awesome VGM.
If you don’t want to read through all of it, here’s the shortened list:
100 Shovel Knight
99 Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
98 Metal Gear Solid 2 – Sons of Liberty
97 Secret of Evermore
96 McDonald’s Treasure Land Adventure
95 Ecco : The Tides Of Time
94 Twinworld
93 System Shock 2
92 Machinarium
91 Ikaruga
90 Super Mario 64
89 Dragon Quest VIII
88 VVVVVV
87 Psychonauts
86 Megaman X
85 Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
84 The Binding of Issac
83 Police Quest 3
82 Skies of Arcadia
81 Altered Beast
80 Bomberman Hero
79 Kentucky Route Zero
78 Panzer Dragoon
77 Duck Tales
76 Super Mario RPG
75 The Curse of Monkey Island
74 Time Crisis
73 Oddworld: Abe’s Odyssee
72 Bastion
71 Gitaroo Man
70 Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
69 Crash Bandicoot
68 The Neverhood
67 Halo: Combat Evolved
66 Out Run
65 Ys I & II
64 Battletoads
63 Bubble Bobble
62 Gone Home
61 Golden Axe
60 Dune II
59 Star Fox
58 Fez
57 It Came From the Desert
56 Legend of the Mystical Ninja
55 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
54 Doom
53 Parasite Eve
52 Kirby’s Dream Land
51 Parappa the Rapper
50 Shadow Of The Colossus
49 Ridge Racer 4
48 FTL: Faster Than Light
47 Alien Soldier
46 Quake
45 Fallout 3
44 Silent Hill 2
43 Grim Fandango
42 Revenge of Shinobi
41 Shadow of the Beast
40 Mass Effect 2
39 Chrono Cross
38 F-Zero
37 Star Control II
36 Pokemon Red/Blue
35 Ristar
34 Street Fighter II
33 NiGHTS into Dreams…
32 Half-Life 2
31 Final Fantasy 7
30 Tetris
29 Goldeneye 007
28 Rez
24 Actraiser
24 Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
24 Metroid
24 Shenmue
23 BioShock Infinite
22 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
21 Clock Tower
20 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
19 Super Mario Bros.
18 Journey
17 Jet Set Radio
16 Final Fantasy 6
15 Earthbound
14 Secret of Mana
13 Resident Evil 4
12 Donkey Kong Country 2 : Diddy Kong’s Quest
11 The Legend of Zelda : Ocarina of Time
10 Red Dead Redemption
9 Portal
8 Streets Of Rage 2
7 Katamari Damacy
6 Silent Hill
5 Super Metroid
4 Megaman 2
3 The Last Of Us
2 Chrono Trigger
1 Ico
And for people looking for some great songs to listen to, here’s the Youtube playlist.
