A lot of the old Apple II game sounds mainly due to just growing up playing on an Apple II. The Ultima series had some of the best music. Ultima III Ultima IV

'Trial Of Thunder (5-3)' from the 'Crypt of the Necrodancer' (Metal Soundtrack). I'm not a fan of this type of game and have never played it, but Familyjules totally shreds the original 8-bit soundtrack it had.

Too many to list.

• Main theme from Assassins Creed Valhalla
• OST from both Ori games. Seriously, they're all awesome
• OST from Journey
• Bastion Theme (and all other tracks too)

Bonus:

• Super Mario Galaxy
• Tetris

FTL

Easily Mythic Power from Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. Especially in the context in-game the track is first dropped, it's incredible.

The entire Megaman 2 soundtrack.

Double Dragon

Punch Out

Ocarina of time - lost woods

Probably Coalescence from Risk of Rain 1

Sonic 3: Ice Cap Zone Act 1

Skyrim OST "unbroken road". It fits the open world vibes perfectly.

Plok - Beach

Missing You - Kingdom Hearts II

"I wanna take ya for a riddee~"

Mario star sound

I don’t know about “absolute favorite”, but the Spanish Waltz / Shop theme from Castle Crashers routinely loops in my head

https://youtu.be/dLchXp8FCbI

The Insulindian Miracle

Humm hard to pick, my recent top two favourites are

The Legacy of Bhaal (BG3) https://youtu.be/kbQQAg3IPM8

Lord of Frenzied Flame (Elden Ring SOTE) actually, this whole OST is insanely good. Base game slaps as well

https://youtu.be/SHwLbyDlqG0

Danger from Secret of Mana / Seiken Densetsu 2. I love me some boss battle music!

Gran tursimo 4 menu music.

The Great Sea from Wind Waker.

I'm sure nostalgia plays a part, but I'm a sucker for those classic Kondo tracks.

It's a deep cut but I used to play a ton of The Incredible Machine as a kid and the Zydeco song has always been a banger.

Higher quality remixed version from the 3DO version

The speedy/daredevil comets in super mario galaxy

Keke animation on top

I really love the Soundtrack from Yoshis Island. Especially the beginning from the second Level. That bass is Burnt into my memories.

Menu screen for crackdown

Goldfinger & THPS

Metal Gear Solid ending theme, the best is yet to come.

25 years later, it still gives me goosebumps and tears.

Thank you M. Kojima.

Been getting into bullet hells lately and the OST for Espgaluda slaps so hard, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJSlYmeW_es&list=PL6N1UyX9iZqvHkgNTslgU0ivl2jiLjNk2&index=6

The whole game is a wild, 2000's anime fever dream and worth checking out even if you're not into bullet hells. The primary mechanic involves building up gems from enemy kills that allow you to activate a power up to slow time. When time is slowed, any enemy you kill has their bullets cancelled and added to your score, so it encourages you to build up insane amounts of bullets on screen before going bullet time and killing everything. With this insane, trance-y soundtrack playing in the background it is a V I B E.

“Duh nuh nuh naaaaaah! Dun nuh nuh naaaaah! Dun nuh nuh naaaah!….”

Three way tie:

The Last of US : Horizon Zero Dawn: Morrowind

Riversong - Tonto's Expanding Head Band (Universal Paperclip)

I remember the Re/Volt track. All their track kinda got me into electronic music growing up.

Alaska from SSX Tricky is cool

Fortress of Doors from the American McGee's Alice OST.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz8dOeZCMjE&list=PLE6593A6F00DB9E4B&index=4

race against fate from metro exodus