I’ll start it off - Legend of Dragoon has my heart with this one
Kingdom Hearts main menu theme. It’s absolutely a nostalgia hit for me. That game was one of my “get-away” games while in a rough situation. Hearing that music always makes me feel a little safer, like I’m just one step away from a completely different life.
Pretty much any halo has the best menu music to me (I haven’t played 5 though).
There’s a lot of variety between them all too
Skyrim, by a longshot. That theme never failed to get me cranked to get my Nordic adventuring on.
Probably Metroid Prime. Both the Title Theme and the Menu Theme are fantastic.
Xenoblade games also have brilliant title themes. Here’s the one for the first game.
Now, for some spice, let’s branch into a type of game I think most people here won’t have played - Visual Novels often have great title themes.
- Muv-Luv Alternative’s “Crash” is pure hype
- Both Steins;Gate’s “Gate of Steiner” and Steins;Gate 0’s “Messenger” are great themes too.
- I also love VA-11 HALL-A’s “Hopes and Dreams”.
I cannot get over how good the Metroid Prime menu theme is. It’s both chill vibes and an absolute banger at the same time.
I’ll go with Mass Effect, the music in the first 3 games is incredible. Especially in the first game I think. This particular piece is called Vigil.
Payday 2 really sets the mood with it’s music
Definitely the original main menu music for Dragon’s Dogma.
I remember booting it up on the PS3 back in the day and was like “Wha-?” but after playing the game so many times it’s definitely become a favorite. Both for how out of place it is but also how perfect it fits after all the context of the game.
Sad they replaced it for the Dark Arisen version but luckily there is a mod for PC that restores it in all its glory. :P
Literally the first thing that came to kind. Any time I go to start anything im excited about my brain just starts up the piano.
Not main menu but the golden eye pause menu music on the n64 was a banger 🔥
No joke about that shit bro
Can’t believe I had to scroll down so far for this
That one was so good.
Haven’t played this game in decades but instantly started hearing the song in my head when I saw your post.
The correct answer is Civilization V Gods and Kings.
Arcanum’s main theme gets my vote.
It’s weird. It’s terrible as music - just random strings with almost no recognizable tune outside of the first few seconds - but it sets a mood better than any other. It’s distilled melancholy in music form.
💯 percent this piece of music makes me feel things
Dark Souls 3
Even years later, having completed the game many times, that opening song still gives me the chills! So haunting, so beautiful!
Skyrim has to be on the list for the pure joy of it
Morrowind
Final Fantasy XII
