Everything by Grant Kirkhope is great shout out to the Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie osts, also Skies of Arcadia

• Nier (both games)
• World Ends With You
• Jet Set Radio
• Splatoon
• Chrono Trigger

I can't believe no one has said Halo/Halo 2

In no particular order: Final Fantasy XIV and XVI (Soken is a genius) Transistor Nier Automata Genshin Impact Destiny 2 The World Ends With You Persona 5 Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1/2

Honestly though the FF series as a whole kinda deserves its own special mention. The games have always had stellar soundtracks.

• Disco Elysium introduced me to Sea Power, who have a bunch of cool albums.
• Outer Wilds - I think of the main theme every once in a while and remember all the awesome stuff in that game.

So many! Where even to start?

• Assassin's Creed II (really the whole Ezio trilogy slaps)
• VA11 HALL-A is from a phenomenal cyberpunk bartending game
• PPPPPP - The VVVVVV Soundtrack is a more chiptune-oriented album from one of my favorite games
• The most recent God of War: Ragnarök soundtrack is pretty darn good
• The Monstercat x Rocket League playlists go pretty hard if you're in an EDM mood

Super Mario Galaxy (1+2). Orchestrated music should be a must for main Nintendo games at this point, outside of Zelda (and the Pokémon anime, although that one's not strictly Nintendo or used in actual games, sadly).

Original Minecraft and Eve Online

Shadowrun for SNES had a pretty fantastic soundtrack. It did a lot with very little and really paints a picture of the setting very quickly. Another candidate from the same era is Planescape: Torment. It had this great haunting ambient sound that made Sigil feel so strange and ancient.

At the time though, if you'd asked me which game had the best soundtrack, I've had pointed to Tony Hawk, though I'm not sure if it was 1 or 2. The one with Party at Ground Zero. Found some great music of the era that way!

Shadowrun for SNES had a pretty fantastic soundtrack. It did a lot with very little and really paints a picture of the setting very quickly. Another candidate from the same era is Planescape: Torment. It had this great haunting ambient sound that made Sigil feel so strange and ancient.

At the time though, if you'd asked me which game had the best soundtrack, I've had pointed to Tony Hawk, though I'm not sure if it was 1 or 2. The one with Party at Ground Zero. Found some great music of the era that way!

Dishonered, the drunken sailor cover goose bumbs still after all those years.