What games have an under appreciated OST?

Shin Megami V.. under appreciated game and soundtrack lol

Garage music

Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact (Arcade) − "Jazzy NYC ~ NY House Mix" (1997) − by Hideki Okugawa

Alpine Racer 3 (PlayStation 2) − "BGM 11" (2002) − by Hideki Tobeta and Koji Nakagawa

Spark the Electric Jester (PC) − "Kerana Forest" (2017) − by Funk Fiction and Andy Studer

Jungle music

Kozure Ōkami (Arcade) − "Boss" (1987) − by Kenji Yoshida

Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact (Arcade) − "Tomboy ~ Africa" (1997) − by Hideki Okugawa and Yuki Iwai

Zanac X Zanac (PlayStation) − "Snowfield Story" (2001) − by Masatomo Miyamoto

@SolidGame_basic: Haven't heard SMT5 before. Nice rock song!

That reminds me...

Hard rock

Turbo OutRun (FM Towns) − "Keep Your Heart" (1989) − by Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Fatal Fury Special (Neo Geo) − "Soy Sauce for Geese" (1993) − by SNK Sound Team

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) − "The Price of Freedom" (2007) − by Takeharu Ishimoto

@Jag85: yea, it’s badass, and it doesn’t start playing until you press A at the beginning of the battle lol.

Xenoblade 3 is also great! Oh, and I love that Crisis Core pick. Just beat the Remaster recently

@SolidGame_basic: That's quite an epic symphonic rock anthem. I need to listen to some more of this newer stuff. Speaking of symphonic rock...

Symphonic rock

Fighting Street (PC Engine CD-ROM²) − "Theme of Eagle" (1988) − by Toshiyuki Sasagawa & Yoshihiro Sakaguchi

Chrono Cross (Sony PlayStation) − "Voyage ~ Home World" (1999) − by Yasunori Mitsuda

Ys Origin (PC) − "Genesis ~ Beyond the Beginning" (2006) − by Falcom Sound Team JDK

Electro−funk music

Quartet (Arcade) − "Oki Rap" (1986) − by Katsuhiro Hayashi

Shadow Dancer (Sega Mega Drive) − "Battle on the Railway 2" (1990) − by Keisuke Tsukahara

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PlayStation 2) − "Al-Naafiysh" (2002) − by Hashim

New jack swing

Altered Beast (Sega Mega Drive) − "Game Over" (1988) − by Kazuhiko Nagai

Misty Blue (NEC PC-88) − "Theme of Enix Quest" (1990) − by Yuzo Koshiro

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Mega Drive prototype) − "Ice Cap Zone ~ Act 2" (1993) − by Sega Sound Team

Remember when Sega made its own Castlevania?

@uninspiredcup: I thought Sega's Castlevania was this game...

Kenseiden (Sega Master System) − "Yamato and Mito" (1988) − by Sega

...Well, if Castlevania was set in Feudal Japan.

@Jag85: Completed that a few times. Na, doesn't really play like Castlevania, has action-rpg elements as well, training, leveling up and stuff.

Master Of Darkness is like, a straight up Castlevania clone. And TBH prefer it over the first Castlevania, lot of shit I don't like in OG Castlvania.

@uninspiredcup: I used to play Kenseiden a lot back in the days. Not a clone or anything, but Kenseiden reminds me a lot of later Castlevania games, like the Metroidvania exploration and medieval horror themes (but set in medieval Japan rather than medieval Transylvania). Haven't played Master of Darkness, but that certainly looks way more like Castlevania.

Jazz music

Gekisō (Arcade) − "Main BGM" (1985) − by M.C

Grandia (Sega Saturn) − "Theme of Grandia" (1997) − by Noriyuki Iwadare

Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream (Sega Dreamcast) − "A Guitar's Rhythm" (2000) − by Yoko Kanno

Lounge music

Psychic Detective Series Vol. 2: Memories (FM Towns) − "Rest Your Heart " (1989) − by Yasuhito Saito

Bubble Bobble (FM Towns) − "Over the Cinematic View" (1990) − by Tadashi Kimijima

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (PC) − "Paris no Gogo" (2002) − by Aidia

Jazz fusion

Knight Arms (Sharp X68000) − "Opening ~ Knight Arms" (1989) − by Toshiya Yamanaka

Snatcher (PC Engine Super CD-ROM²) − "One Night in Neo Kobe City" (1992) − by Konami Kukeiha Club

Punch-Out! (Wii) − "Main Theme" (2009) − by Mike Peacock & Chad York (feat. Kenji Yamamoto)

Techno music

Wrecking Crew (Nintendo Entertainment System) − "Bonus Stage" (1985) − by Hirokazu Tanaka (Hip Tanaka)

Thrice (Sharp X68000) − "That's Thrice" (1990) − by Yuzo Koshiro

Tekken Tag Tournament (PlayStation 2) − "Yoshimitsu" (2000) − by Nobuyoshi Sano

Vocal songs

Nobunaga no Yabō: Sengoku Gun'yūden (FM Towns) − "Inishie no Hitomi" (1989) − Akino Arai & Yoko Kanno

Nobunaga no Yabō: Haōden (Sega Mega CD) − "Hōki Boshi" (1994) − by Akino Arai and Yoko Kanno

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP) − "Calling to the Night" (2006) − by Natasha Farrow and Akihiro Honda

Pop music

Psycho Soldier (Arcade) − "Psycho Soldier" (1987) − by Kaori Shimizu and Eikichi Kawasaki

Sonic R (Sega Saturn) − "Back in Time" (1997) − by Teresa Jane Davis and Richard Jacques

Final Fantasy XIII − "My Hands" (2010) − by Leona Lewis

@Jag85: had no clue Leona Lewis did video games lol

@SolidGame_basic: Yup. But it's kind of normal for a Final Fantasy game to include a pop song or two, ever since Faye Wong's "Eyes on Me" in FFVIII.

Pop rock

Soul Edge (Sony PlayStation) − "The Edge of Soul" (1996) − by Khan Super Session

Tales of Vesperia (Xbox 360) − "Kane Wo Narashite" (2008) − by Bonnie Pink

Final Fantasy XV - "Too Much Is Never Enough" (2016) − by Florence + The Machine

Synthpop music

Super Locomotive (Arcade) − "Rydeen" (1982) − by Yellow Magic Orchestra

Space Harrier (Arcade) − "Main Theme" (1985) − by Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (MSX2) − "Theme of Solid Snake" (1990) − by Masahiro Ikariko

Rhythm and blues

City Connection (Arcade) − "America" (1985) − by Jaleco Sound Staff

Major League (Arcade) − "Offense" (1985) − by T.A

Shenmue (Sega Dreamcast) − "Yokosuka Blues" (1999) − by Sega Sound Team

J-pop music

No·Ri·Ko (PC Engine CD-ROM²) − "Namida wo Tabanete" (1988) − by Noriko Ogawa

Urusei Yatsura: Dear My Friends (Sega Mega CD) − "The Last Step" (1994) − by HIRO

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation Portable) − "Why" (2007) − by Ayaka

@Jag85: love me some J-Pop!

Honestly, the whole Xenoblade 3 OST warrants a mention. 11 hours! Insane.

@SolidGame_basic: 11 hours?! But then again... I've probably already posted 11 hours' worth of music, haha. It's gonna take me a long time to get through that Xenoblade 3 soundtrack, but good stuff so far.

And yeah, J-pop is under-appreciated. It's better than K-pop, yet doesn't get anywhere near as much international exposure. But maybe that's a good thing. K-pop cater heavily to current Western pop trends, whereas J-pop do their own thing and don't care about current Western pop trends. That's why you still hear strong rock and jazz influences in J-pop, many years after much of the world moved on from rock and jazz.

City pop

Kagami no Kuni no Legend (PC Engine CD-ROM²) − "Hoshikuzu no Alice" (1989) − by Noriko Sakai

Lunar: Eternal Blue (Sega Mega CD) − "Lucia's Theme" (1994) − by Chisa Yokoyama & Noriyuki Iwadare

Air (PC) − "Farewell Song" (2000) − by Lia and Magome Togoshi

@Jag85: that’s a good way to put it. Shogi Meguro is a beast!

Yea I wish the game would tell you what song is playing because it’s been hard trying to find it under 11 hours of music lol

@SolidGame_basic:

In honour of Shoji Meguro's favourite genre of music...

Acid jazz

Blazer (Arcade) − "Pastel Sealane" (1987) − by Seiichi Sakurai

Breath of Fire III (PlayStation) − "Sigh of the Fairy ~Kotomonashi Acid Jazz Style~" (1997) − by Akari Kaida

Persona 3 (PS2) − "When the Moon Reaches for the Stars" (2006) − by Shoji Meguro (feat. Yumi Kawamura)

Nu jazz

Ys I・II (PC Engine CD-ROM²) − "Stay With Me Forever" (1989) − by Mieko Ishikawa & Ryo Yonemitsu

Athena ~Awakening from the Ordinary Life~ (PlayStation) − "Crumbling World" (1999) − by KIKU

Persona 3 FES (PlayStation 2) − "P3 FES" (2007) − by Shoji Meguro (feat. Yumi Kawamura & Lotus Juice)

@Jag85: so good. I would seriously go to a Persona concert if there was one by me haha. I almost went to the Final Fantasy Remake concert, but this was right before the pandemic and it got canceled. Btw, I finally found the song from Xeno 3 that I wanted to share.

@SolidGame_basic: There was a planned Final Fantasy Remake concert? Didn't know. Shame it had to be cancelled though... Have you been to a video game concert before then?

Nice song from Xenoblade 3. It feels quite melancholic...

Melancholy music

Gaia Gensōki (Super Famicom) − "In the Earthen Womb" (1993) − by Yasuhiro Kawasaki

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (PC) − "Aerie Romance" (2000) − by Michael Hoenig

Xenoblade (Wii) − "Beyond the Sky" (2010) − by Yasunori Mitsuda (feat. Sarah Àlainn)

• It sucks DarkTide is a broken unfinished mess of a game, because it legit has one of the most epic 40k OSTs..

It slaps...

@Jag85: when it comes to melancholic music, this comes to mind lol

Industrial music

UFO Robo Dangar (Arcade) − "Gallus" (1986) − by Kenji Yoshida

Quake (PC) − "Quake Theme" (1996) − by Nine Inch Nails

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within − "Welcome Within" (2004) − by Stuart Chatwood

Been loving the OST for Mechwarriors 5 Merc

@SolidGame_basic: That Zelda track sounds quite atmospheric...

Atmospheric music

Erika to Satoru no Yume Bōken (Nintendo Famicom) − "Field Map" (1988) − by Hirohiko Takayama (Atlus)

Solvalou (Arcade) − "Ocean Field" (1991) − by Hiroyuki Kawada (Namco)

Air (PC) − "Natsukage" (2000) − by Jun Maeda (Key)

8-bit FM synthesis

Gemini Wing (Arcade) − "Stage 2" (1987) − by Mikio Saito (Metal Yuhki)

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (Master System) − "Side-Crawler's Dance" (1989) − by Shinichi Sakamoto

Misty Blue (NEC PC-88) − "I Wanna Be Close To You" (1990) − by Yuzo Koshiro

16-bit FM synthesis

Body Slam (Arcade) − "Team Select" (1986) − by Tōru Nakabayashi (Sega)

Cyberblock Metal Orange EX (Sharp X68000) − "Stage 1" (1993) − by Hitoshi Sakimoto & Masaharu Iwata

Ristar (Sega Mega Drive) −"Shooting Ristar ~Planet Flora~" (1995) − by Tomoko Sasaki (Sega)

32-bit FM synthesis

EVE: Burst Error (NEC PC-98) − "Day ~ Marina" (1995) − by Ryu Umemoto

Tyrian (PC) −"Tyrian, the Level" (1995) − by Alexander Brandon

Cotton 2: Magical Night Dreams (Sega Saturn) − "Watabōshi Hill" (1997) − by Kenichi Hirata

32-bit music

Turbo OutRun (FM Towns) − "Checker Flag" (1989) − by Hiroshi Kawaguchi (Sega)

Panzer Dragoon (Sega Saturn) − "Flight" (1995) − by Yoshitaka Azuma (Sega)

Genso Suikoden (Sony PlayStation) − "Into a World of Illusion" (1995) − by Miki Higashino (Konami)

The Project Gotham series! Especially 3&4! Shame that series ended.

Metroid prime OST is amazing. I'm going through the remaster and loving the music.

For a newer game, hi fi rush is also great.

8-bit chiptunes

The Ninja (Sega Master System) − "Main Theme" (1986) − by Sega

Hokkaidō Rensa Satsujin: Okhotsk ni Kiyu (Famicom) − "A New Departure" (1987) − by Toshiyuki Ueno

Skate or Die! (Commodore 64) − "Intro" (1987) − by Rob Hubbard

16-bit chiptunes

TwinBee (Arcade) − "Main BGM" (1985) − by Konami Kukeiha Club

F-Zero (Super Famicom) − "Mute City" (1990) − by Yumiko Kanki

Dyter 07 (Amiga) − "Stage 1" (1990) − by Karsten Obarski and Ramiro Vaca

@vl4d_l3nin: That's a banger right there! A fine piece of 8-bit chiptune music.

32-bit chiptunes

Virtua Fighter (Arcade) − "Game Start ~ Dural" (1993) − by Takayuki Nakamura (Sega)

Salamander 2 (Arcade) − "Silvery Wings Again" (1996) − by Naoki Maeda (Konami)

Gyakuten Saiban (Game Boy Advance) − "Cross-Examination ~ Allegro 2001" (2001) − by Masakazu Sugimori