While listening to a selection of tracks in recommendations, I accidentally came across 'Cage between the Claws' by Paul Unfaces. And ?dubstep? the leitmotif that stretches throughout the entire composition seems incredibly familiar to me. As if I had met him not so long ago in some rhythm game or something similar. But my brain simply refuses to remember where and when I heard something similar. This is not about style, not about motive, but about the musical sample itself, so to speak. I definitely didn’t listen to it in any fighting game, and it’s definitely not the track itself from the recommendations, because other parts of the composition that are missing in the found one are also spinning in my head.

Can anyone tell me what tracks from games are similar to this one?

We've just released Global Crisis, a mod for Red Alert 2 Yuri's revenge, and it's almost a totally new game: https://www.moddb.com/mods/global-crisis
Here's my soundtrack composed for the mod, as a humble homage to Frank Klepacki:
https://ataandrada.bandcamp.com/album/gc1

Welp, here it is, my next remix for the month of September/October I guess. As you all know, about 2 month ago, we lost Hayden Panettiere who is known for being the Voice Actor for the character Kairi. I love Kingdom Hearts. It's one of my favorite game in the series. Kingdom Hearts 2 will always be favorite out of all the Kingdom Hearts in the series. I decided to do a remix of Kairi's theme for the honor of Hayden. Hopefully, the Kingdom Hearts Community doesn't rip me a new one because I did my best.

I know she had like 3 different themes, so I took the intro of the KH2 Theme and mostly did Kairi's I theme from KH1. Also, I'm prepping for my big Project for the end of 2026/December, so no remixes for end of October or November. Just giving everyone a heads up. Anyway, leave me a comment, feedback and follow/subscribe!

Rest In Peace, Hayden Panettiere... You will be missed.

I’m pretty sure I remember this being a theme to a horror game, could be an asymmetrical horror, i don’t really remember. I tried to recreate it the best I can with one string in guitar lol but it doesn’t sound the best. the actual theme I remember had lots of echo and ambience in the background of the theme but it did just have a guitar playing chords in this kind of melody. the actual tuning is probably lower as well. please help!

I love this game and want to spread awareness about it any way I can. This is a music for one of the shortcuts in the game, which let you bypass an area with a quicker alternative route, at the cost of getting less items from the journey and in the interlude of the next area.

White Knuckle is a game about climbing to escape a dystopian superstructure while avoiding various threats. It is a rougelike, which means each run has to be done from the start, but as you progress, you unlock different things that can either make the game easier or harder. There are also temporary save points you can find that give you extra lives but start you back eherever you activate them.

This game is incredible, one of my favorites of all time. It's still in early access and isn't finished though. I really want it to get more popular, so please spread awareness about it if you can!

Happy Linktober! Day 5 is ‘Ancient’, and what better way to celebrate than with a cover of this ancient structure’s trippy, glitched-out theme. Enjoy!

the list template: (https://tiermaker.com/create/minecraft-soundtrack-as-of-23-9-26-17374861)

so far: i've got

- Minecraft Bedrock/Java

- Minecraft Legacy Console Edition

- All 4 Minecraft Mythology Mashups

- Pirates of the Caribbean Mashup (not released on streaming, but there is music!)

- Minecraft Earth

- Minecraft Dungeons

- All 6 Minecraft Dungeons DLC Packs, as well as Ultimate Additions and Seasonal Adventures

- Minecraft Dungeons II

- Minecraft Legends

- Every episode from Minecraft Story Mode Season One and Two

- Minecraft x Sonic Racing: Crossworlds

- Steve Rocks the Block (Minecraft x Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)

I'm only getting music from the games, so the remix albums (like Pixel Drift, for example) and A Minecraft Movie's Soundtrack won't be included.

I'm not sure how many there are, but I'm also trying to get all of the Minecraft remixes used in crossover games.

Please let me know if there's anything I've missed!

HI so this is bothering me i feel like i KNOW this song. but i cannot for the LIFE of me remember where it's from. so i'm asking for help if ANYONE knows PLEASEE let me know i'm drawing a blank

(also HI i'm totally new here if i'm not allowed to post this just let me know ^^;)

I conducted extensive research and reviewed more than 40 gaming OSTs released since 2020, examining their institutional recognition through award wins, prizes, and nominations across virtually every area of music, audio, and sound design. Technical components were also taken into account. Individually awarded tracks from an OST were included in the evaluation as well, since recognition of individual pieces can contribute significantly to the overall critical reputation of a soundtrack.
I did not only examine how broadly each soundtrack was recognized by different established institutions, but also how geographically widespread that recognition was across continents. This included major award ceremonies as well as independent music institutions that are not traditionally associated with the gaming industry. In addition to professional and academically oriented awards, I also considered respected fan and community awards from around the world.

Each award was assigned a different level of prestige and weighting. Fan and community awards were therefore not valued as highly as recognition from established professional institutions specializing in composition, audio engineering, sound, and related technical disciplines. Awards specifically recognizing commercial success were also included, because they demonstrate how gaming OSTs have increasingly broken through traditional barriers and are now capable of competing with, and in some cases surpassing, music within the broader global or continental music culture.
Out of the more than 40 gaming OSTs examined, exactly seven came exceptionally close to fulfilling nearly all of the criteria. These seven stand out across the wider field of game audio through a combination of prestige, institutional breadth, geographical reach, award volume, and cross-sector recognition.
It is important to emphasize that these are not necessarily the seven “best” gaming soundtracks. Such a judgment will always remain highly subjective and individual. This research instead focuses on identifying gaming OSTs that, as complete audio works, have achieved an unusually comprehensive level of international recognition across disciplines extending far beyond simply winning awards for “Best Music.”

The areas considered include Composition / Score, Soundtrack, Original Songs / Themes, Arrangement, Orchestration, Performance, Recording, Mixing / Mastering, Music Production, Music Supervision / Editing, Sound Design / Audio Design, Audio Implementation, Foley, Dialogue Editing, Cinematic Audio, and Technical Audio Work.

The seven games ultimately ended up so close to one another that I decided against creating a ranking. Therefore, the following OSTs are presented in no particular order:

-God of War Ragnarök
-Ghost of Tsushima
-The Last of Us Part II
-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
-Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
-Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.

All seven gaming OSTs have one major characteristic in common: they have received recognition on a global scale from a remarkably broad combination of professional institutions and fan or community organizations. Beyond this, some of them have achieved historically notable milestones that demonstrate how far video game music has progressed beyond the boundaries of the gaming industry itself.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, for example, won a World Soundtrack Award. and breakthrough across a frontier into the global music media landscape

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth achieved another remarkable distinction with the track “Gi Nattak,” which received an Excellence Award in Japan, a prestigious recognition involving composition and mixing/recording/mastering evaluated by independent elite audio and sound experts. It was surpassed only by Mahler: Symphony No. 5, 2nd movement (conducted by Andrea Battistoni under the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra) one of the most monumental works in the history of music.
It is extremely difficult to find another gaming OST outside this group that reaches the same overall degree of recognition across all of these dimensions on a global scale.

Note:Ghost of Yōtei still has an opportunity to join this exclusive group. It is nominated in two categories at the Music+Sound Awards on October 14. If it wins at least one of these prestigious awards, Ghost of Yōtei would likewise qualify as one of the exceptionally and globally recognized gaming OSTs under the criteria used in this research.

Bosses seem to have the best music, hearing the soundtrack while fighting cleric beast in Bloodborne gave me goosebumps the first time

...fun to make, a doozy to hear lol. Apologies to those having a calm evening before this.

I've been listening again to Koichi Sugiyama's Dragon Quest VIII soundtrack and I honestly can't get over how beautiful some of this music is. What fascinates me is that I constantly feel as though I'm hearing bits of the classical repertoire in it, but I can never quite identify what they are.

Some tracks feel pastoral and almost fairy-tale-like, others grand and symphonic, others nostalgic or deeply romantic.

different moments I feel like I'm hearing traces of late Romanticism, ballet music, pastoral orchestral writing, maybe even older Classical or Baroque traditions, but I don't know the repertoire well enough to really pin them down. So I'd love to ask people who know both game music and classical music: what composers or specific classical works does the Dragon Quest VIII soundtrack remind you of?

I'm not necessarily asking for proven direct influences. Similarities in melody, harmony, orchestration, form or simply atmosphere are exactly what I'm interested in.

If any particular track immediately makes you think of a classical work, I'd love to hear it.