My mind landed on Stickerbush Symphony from Donkey Kong Country 2 and kinda settled there. David Wise is damn good at composing video game music.
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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
Menu screen for crackdown
Original music: probably everything Solar Fields did for Mirror's Edge. Not original: No Rest for the Wicked is perfect for Borderlands. Hard choices though, there's a lot of good shit out there.
The speedy/daredevil comets in super mario galaxy
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
Max Payne 2: βLate Goodbyeβ by Poets of the Fall.
https://youtu.be/GYLdQZQ0YT8 Distant Worlds II: The Prelude, if that counts as a video game track.
https://youtu.be/STPnXPSirT0 With this as continuation.
https://youtu.be/lndBgOrTWxo Otherwise Stickerbush Symphony.
It has to one of these two for me, hard to pick: The Chersonese soundtrack from Outward or Fear Not This Night from Guild Wars 2.
The Outward one hits especially hard while adventuring through Chersonese!
Edit: typo
The outward soundtrack is something different.
βDuh nuh nuh naaaaaah! Dun nuh nuh naaaaah! Dun nuh nuh naaaah!β¦.β
The early sneaking into the castle during the rain music from the beginning of A Link to the Past?
The Halo warthog run music.
Riversong - Tonto's Expanding Head Band (Universal Paperclip)
Mass Effect 3 - Leaving Earth
Scored by the great Clint Mansell, also check out The Fountain OST.
I think this might be at a sweet spot between being a well-known track and an unexpected top choice to answer this question - Kefka's theme is iconic.
I'd still put FF6 as my top game soundtrack, but I'll admit it's easily possible that's just a consequence of me not playing many games the past couple decades.
I'm partial to Terra's theme, but yeah, that whole OST is amazing.
Fortress of Doors from the American McGee's Alice OST.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz8dOeZCMjE&list=PLE6593A6F00DB9E4B&index=4
I had a soft spot for Icewind Daleβs soundtrack by Jeremy Soule.
I'm just gonna say Rainbow Cliffs from the Ty the Tasmanian Tiger OST, just because it has been my ringtone for a few years now and I still can't get enough of it.
Runner up is probably The Reverse Will from the Silent Hill 2 OST (original, not remake)
Razorback - motorstorm Pacific rift
Just one?
Portal - Self Esteem Fund by Kelly Bailey
The volumes this song speaks through it's atmosphere is incredible. The raw emotions and feelings of isolation are better conveyed through this song than words ever can in my opinion
My scrobbles say I've listened to this single song for more than 9 hours over the years... I have so many emotions bottled up in this song lol
The track during the balcony scene from the first Blade Runner point-n-click adventure game. Came out in 1997. It's Vangelis' iconic Blade Runner Blues
I don't know why my brain refuses to let it go, but Graeme Norgate's Astrolander from Timesplitters 2 is short and very sweet.
Also theres the opening theme from Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters.
Oh actually also the Italy round of Road Rash 3. I once worked in an Italian restaurant and would whistle this without knowing it was taken from some famous Italian opera, and the owner asked me how I knew the music, and I didn't have the heart to tell him.
Dearly Beloved
Ordinary from NFS:Hot Pursuit 2
Danger from Secret of Mana / Seiken Densetsu 2. I love me some boss battle music!
Missing You - Kingdom Hearts II
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 OST Carrotus
Probably Coalescence from Risk of Rain 1
Aquatic ambience - donkey kong country