Comments on: You Know What I Love? Songs

By: jigoku

jigoku — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:42:28 +0000

Alan Wake. After finishing off a fight outside you walk inside a warehouse. There’s a radio. You flick it on and Poets of the Fall – “War” begins piping out as you are suddenly surrounded …

By: James Pinnell

James Pinnell — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:18:38 +0000

ausjoker: My favourite song moment also comes from Saints Row 3: it’s one of the earlier missions where you parachute into an enemy compound, and Kanye West’s “Power” plays. It was a cool moment that was made epic by a perfect music choice.

This is one of my favourite uses of licensed music in any game, it's just perfect.

By: psychosmiley

psychosmiley — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:43:13 +0000

tacitus42: SNAAAAAKE EEEEEATEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Gaming's best ladder climb ever.

By: gmcleod

gmcleod — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:46:34 +0000

v4moose: +1 million also halo 2 where they implemented and instumental version of Breaking Benjamins – blow me away

Hells YEAH! That scene in Halo 2 is my favourite use of music to get a player into action. (By 'favourite' I obviously am excepting all the examples above, because I love them too.) The first time you walk into that room, you're greeted with the sight of hunters, elites and brutes all fighting each other. My first thought is usually 'I'd like to watch the AI in this game duke it out, and see who wins.' While thinking this, there are some ambient tones playing, and within a few seconds the music kicks in, and the only thought after that is 'Damn, how could I possibly sit this one out?'

By: somexspec

somexspec — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:19:10 +0000

Murray Hibble: And so from simple beginnings, great love affairs grow…

I feel this way about Red Dead Redemption, no other game comes close. The music was incredible, the story was amazing. If only I could marry the game :*(

By: Murray Hibble

Murray Hibble — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:08:29 +0000

minkelz, I remember renting GTA3 the third time I saw it at the video store... had no idea what it was about as I'd never heard of it. And so from simple beginnings, great love affairs grow...

By: steverogers42

steverogers42 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:52:52 +0000

“Hey everybody, did the news get around
About a guy named Butcher Pete
Oh, Pete just flew into this town
And he’s choppin’ up all the women’s meat”

loved all the live commentary coming back from THREE DAWWGGG AROOOOOOOO!

But i will have to give HL2 and its Eps some praise here. epic situation = epic music.

By: minkelz

minkelz — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:36:28 +0000

He mighta went on livin’, but he made one fatal slip,
When he tried to match the ranger with a big iron on his hip.

Big Iron…

I agree with the rockstar praise, just bought off steam GTA4 and it’s been a lot of fun. Instantly took me back to when I was a kid that just bought GTA3 home from harvey norman and was in complete amazement at the game. The music contributes greatly to the atmosphere of the game (especially the cars), but I really loved the talkback radio channel (until I listened to all of it and it started recycling). One day when my computer blows up I might accidentally turn on my 360 and play RDR as well.

By: Marius

Marius — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:27:28 +0000

Well, aside from the lack of Leliana, I am also disappointed at the lack of musical trolling. Allow me:

“I got spurs, that jingle jangle jingle…”

By: mindsnare

mindsnare — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:17:23 +0000

whiteknight210, Oh man, I loved that scene so much. It's perfect.

By: whiteknight210

whiteknight210 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:41:20 +0000

What about “Don’t Fear the Reaper” from the intro of Prey?

Awesome…

By: Murray Hibble

Murray Hibble — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:40:51 +0000

I saw the article title and came here to gush about that beautiful midway point in RDR, but clearly you’re familiar. Great article, music can really open a game up to repeat play and conversely drive you away.

By: matty

matty — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:35:28 +0000

Great article, but just one little nitpick, John’s last name in Red Dead Redemption is Marston.

By: Marius

Marius — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:20:42 +0000

Leliana’s Song.

By: dxpetti

dxpetti — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:52:54 +0000

José González’s “Far Away” makes the moment in RDR just so much more epic. Metal Gear Solid series across the board has the best music. So much soul and emotion; does not overshadow what is happening on screen but merely enhances it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjdS1BG6ulw

By: tacitus42

tacitus42 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:18:02 +0000

SNAAAAAKE EEEEEATEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

By: palzer0

palzer0 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:35:52 +0000

Can’t have a discussion about songs in games without mentioning Portal and Portal 2 in some way (particularly the latter).

By: ausjoker

ausjoker — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:31:57 +0000

My favourite song moment also comes from Saints Row 3: it’s one of the earlier missions where you parachute into an enemy compound, and Kanye West’s “Power” plays. It was a cool moment that was made epic by a perfect music choice.

By: v4moose

v4moose — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:30:33 +0000

+1 million

the two scenes in RDR where your rolling to mexico then rolling home would rank top 5 gaming moments ever

also halo 2 where they implemented and instumental version of Breaking Benjamins – blow me away

and i think i listened to the tony hawks pro skater 2 soundtrack more than i played the actual game :D

By: pinothyj

pinothyj — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:19:41 +0000

I am VERY surprised that Bastion did not get a mention here. Music in this gem was used as a storytelling device and not just as mood setter or silence filler. There is also S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl where the only music in the game (sans Yanter, but that was super creepy ambient stuff that made you shoot at shadows) is played by your fellow stalkers around camp fires and in bars. The Complete mods made this even better with the addition of hundreds of new some sung in Russian and Ukrainian.

I was also just reminded of the AMAZING Borderlands intro with Cage the Elephant…