Soundtracks are among my favorite aspects of video games... and often the sole reason I remember some games at all. So let's celebrate games with great sound! I'd love to know which ones to look out for that I might pass by otherwise.
So let's pretend a well-stocked pincade is a jukebox: Which game earns your coin if only to hear its original music / soundtrack?
Or put another way: setting aside qualms about themes and gameplay, which pins do you play in spite of their faults, just to hear them? What game drives you past the point of rage, hoping to make an achievement just so you can hear the reward?
Given the thread title, obviously games with licensed music such as ACDC, GNR, MET, LotR, STTNG, etc are excluded because you can hear those themes and songs elsewhere, anytime. I'm more interested in games with *original*, exclusive music. Let's also forgive fidelity issues owing to the tech of the day (mono / lousy speakers / bad compression / etc) too. That is what it was, but can be overcome and enjoyed in spite.
------EDIT to ADD 4/12/2016 6:30 edt:-------
Thought it'd be fun to compile a list of responses to see how clear the favorites are. Any game mentioned once will be listed. If someone went through the trouble to mention it again, that's another "point". Upvotes where one game is mentioned also count as extra points... but where more than one is mentioned, it's not always clear which the upvotes are for, so those don't count. Anyway, this is for fun so I'm not gonna count chads:
~updated 4/14/2016 @ 10:30p
OPENERS (not mostly original, but well executed)
- The Addams Family
- Iron Man
- Lord of the Rings
- Phantom of the Opera
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Tommy
- Twilight Zone
- WhoDunnit
HONORABLY MENTIONED (JUST) ONCE:
- Attack From Mars x
- Bad Cats x
- Bad Girls x
- Black Knight x
- Brahm Stoker's Dracula x
- Centaur x
- Champion Pub x
- Congo x
- Corvette x
- Excalibur x
- Genesis x
- Grand Lizard x
- Heavy Metal Meltdown x
- High Speed 2 x
- Indianpolis 500 x
- Medieval Madness x
- Millionaire x
- Mousin Around x
- Pirates of the Carribean x
- Transformers x
- Transporter the Rescue x
- Victory x
- Viper Night Drivin' x
- Whoa Nellie x
PRETTY GOOD JAMS (2-4 votes):
- Banzai Run xxx
- Cirqus Voltaire xxx
- Class of 1812 xxxx
- Elvira & the Party Monsters xx
- E-M dingleberry ragchime xxx
- Fish Tales xxx
- Funhouse xxx
- Hollywood Heat xx
- Judge Dredd xxxx
- Junk Yard xx
- Monte Carlo xxx
- Mystery Castle xx
- Night Moves xxx
- No Good Gofers xx
- Road Kings xx
- Robo War xx
- Rollergames xx
- The Shadow xx
- Taxi xxxx
- Theater of Magic xx
- Torpedo Alley xx
- Time Machine xx
CRANK IT UP (5-7 votes):
- Bride of Pinbot xxxxx
- F-14 xxxxxx
- High Speed xxxxx
- Monster Bash xxxxxx
- Space Station xxxxx
- Swords of Fury xxxxxx
- Tales of the Arabian Nights xxxxxx
- Whirlwind xxxxx
- Whitewater xxxxxx
ARENA MONSTERS (8 or more):
- Pinbot xxxxxxxxx
- TX-Sector xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
MOUNTAIN DWELLERS
- Black Knight 2000 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx