Underrated/Hidden Gem Video Game Tracks

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We all know about the Streets of Rage 2s and the Donkey Kongs, but what about the lesser known titles you never hear about when people talk about videogame music?

Lethal Weapon - NES
Composer - Neil Baldwin


Pictionary - NES [Didn't know the NES could produce a track like this]
Composer - Tim Follin


Ninja Combat - NEO GEO
Composer - Hideki Yamamoto, Hiroaki Shimizu


Sword of Vermilion - Genesis [sounds like some movie shyt ]
Composer - Hiroshi Kawaguchi

 

[Kingshango]

Batman NES

 

[SupaHotIce]

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

Relax breh it ain't that hot

 

[Rout3r2035]

This is the greatest single piece of music in video game history don't @ me

 

[ball15life]

The music was already , but the remix to the Super Mario Brothers theme (around 1:55) had me as a kid

 

[SupaHotIce]

Relax breh it ain't that hot

I was about to neg you but I'll let it slide because you probably haven't played Y4

This plays when two legends of the Yakuza fight

Big Boss vs Solid Snake levels

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

This is the greatest single piece of music in video game history don't @ me

This is a world acclaimed top 10 video game track.. it ain't a hidden gem

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Sonic 1: Spring Yard Zone
Illusion of Gaia: South Cape (The Town by the Sea)
Secret of Mana: The Color of the Summer Sky

This is my all-time favorite gaming song and it is so underrated. Squarenix knows that it is piff though. When I bought this game, no lie, I let the title screen just sit there for an hour while the song looped. Here is the song in various versions.

Final Fantasy X-2: Eternity: Memory of Lightwaves Game Version
Final Fantasy X-2: Eternity: Memory of Lightwaves Piano Version
Final Fantasy X-2: Eternity: Memory of Lightwaves Orchestra Version

These aren't bullshyt homemade youtuber remix versions either, Squarenix composers made these different versions, all three are dope but I'm more inclined to the piano version than the others.

Others would include the following, along the lines of commercially licensed music.

Jet Set Radio: Guitar Vader: Magical Girl
Grand Theft Auto 3: Conor & Jay: Change
Top Spin 3: The Go! Team: Huddle Formation

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

This shyt right here had me then when the beat hits it became then the vocals hit and it became one of my favorite game tracks of all time
Hidden gem for sure

 

[martin payne]

This is the greatest single piece of music in video game history don't @ me

had to @ you , to say i agree

 

[Apollo Kid]

 

[Dwolf]

Basically the music from this series
Need that Devil Summoner 3

 

[SupaHotIce]

Sounds like a MvC2 soundtrack

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Basically the music from this series
Need that Devil Summoner 3

Yeah this is what I'm talking about when I mentioned "lesser known titles". We all know about the Mario games.