150 Greatest Video Game Scores (Revision Version)

[Tim]

Criteria: Influence, acclaim, popularity

1. Super Mario Bros. - Koji Kondo (1985)
2. Final Fantasy VII - Nobuo Uematsu (1997)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Koji Kondo (1998)
4. Chrono Trigger - Yasunori Mitsuda & Nobuo Uematsu (1995)
5. Final Fantasy VI - Nobuo Uematsu (1994)
6. Silent Hill 2 - Akira Yamaoka (2001)
7. Mega Man 2 - Ogeretsu Kun, Manami Ietel & Yuukichan's Papa (1988)
8. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Michiru Yamane (1997)
9. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest - David Wise (1995)
10. Halo: Combat Evolved - Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori (2001)
11. Metal Gear Solid - KCE Japan Sound Team, TAPPY, Aoife Ní Fhearraigh & Rika Muranaka (1998)
12. Streets of Rage 2 - Yuzo Koshiro & Motohiro Kawashima (1992)
13. Super Mario Bros. 3 - Koji Kondo (1988)
14. Shadow of the Colossus - Kow Otani (2005)
15. Katamari Damacy - Yuu Miyake (2004)
16. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Masato Nakamura (1992)
17. Donkey Kong Country - David Wise (1994)
18. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Jeremy Soule (2011)
19. Chrono Cross - Yasunori Mitsuda (1999)
20. Sonic the Hedgehog - Masato Nakamura (1991)
21. Undertale - Toby Fox (2015)
22. EarthBound - Keiichi Suzuki & Hirokazu Tanaka (1994)
23. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Koji Kondo (1991)
24. Journey - Austin Wintory (2012)
25. Doom - Bobby Prince (1993)
26. Street Fighter II - Yoko Shimomura & Isao Abe (1991)
27. Streets of Rage - Yuzo Koshiro (1991)
28. Minecraft - C418 & Lena Raine (2011)
29. Red Dead Redemption - Bill Elm & Woody Jackson (2010)
30. Super Mario 64 - Koji Kondo (1996)
31. Super Metroid - Kenji Yamamoto & Minako Hamano (1994)
32. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata & Hajime Wakai (2017)
33. The Last of Us - Gustavo Santaolalla (2013)
34. Silent Hill - Akira Yamaoka (1999)
35. Resident Evil 2 - Masami Ueda, Shusaku Uchiyama & Syun Nishigaki (1998)
36. Grim Fandango - Peter McConnell (1998)
37. Outlaws - Clint Bajakian (1997)
38. Persona 5 - Shoji Meguro (2016)
39. Super Mario World - Koji Kondo (1990)
40. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Koji Kondo (2000)
41. Kingdom Hearts - Yoko Shimomura (2002)
42. Super Mario Galaxy - Mahito Yokota & Koji Kondo (2007)
43. Metroid - Hirokazu Tanaka (1986)
44. Wing Commander - George "The Fat Man" Sanger (1990)
45. The Legend of Zelda - Koji Kondo (1986)
46. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Marcin Przybylowicz & Mikolaj Stroinski (2015)
47. Portal - Kelly Bailey, Mike Morasky & Jonathan Coulton (2007)
48. Deus Ex - Alexander Brandon, Dan Gardopee, Michiel van den Bos & Reeves Gabrels (2000)
49. Final Fantasy X - Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu & Junya Nakano (2001)
50. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Toru Minegishi & Koji Kondo (2002)
51. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - Harry Gregson-Williams & Norihiko Hibino (2004)
52. Resident Evil - Makoto Tomozawa, Koichi Hiroki & Masami Ueda (1996)
53. BioShock Infinite - Garry Schyman (2013)
54. Mass Effect 2 - Jack Wall (2010)
55. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Greg Edmonson (2009)
56. Cuphead - Kristofer Maddigan (2017)
57. Silent Hill 3 - Akira Yamaoka (2003)
58. Kingdom Hearts II - Yoko Shimomura (2005)
59. Metroid Prime - Kenji Yamamoto & Kouichi Kyuma (2002)
60. Pokémon Red and Blue - Junichi Masuda (1996)
61. Portal 2 - Mike Morasky (2011)
62. Nier: Automata - Keiichi Okabe & Keigo Hoashi (2017)
63. Red Dead Redemption 2 - Woody Jackson (2018)
64. God of War - Bear McCreary (2018)
65. BioShock - Garry Schyman (2007)
66. PaRappa the Rapper - Masaya Matsuura & Yoshihisa Suzuki (1996)
67. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - Jessica Curry (2015)
68. World of Warcraft - Jason Hayes (2004)
69. Final Fantasy VIII - Nobuo Uematsu (1999)
70. Xenoblade Chronicles - Manami Kiyota, ACE, Kenji Hiramatsu, Yoko Shimomura & Yasunori Mitsuda (2010)
71. Final Fantasy IX - Nobuo Uematsu (2000)
72. Mass Effect - Jack Wall, Sam Hulick, Richard Jacques, David Kates (2007)
73. Fallout 3 - Inon Zur (2008)
74. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - Jeremy Soule (2002)
75. Persona 4 - Shoji Meguro (2008)
76. Okami - Masami Ueda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Rei Kondoh & Akari Kaida (2006)
77. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Jeremy Soule (2006)
78. Celeste - Lena Raine (2018)
79. Disco Elysium - British Sea Power (2019)
80. Xenogears - Yasunori Mitsuda (1998)
81. Bastion - Darren Korb (2011)
82. Deus Ex: Human Revoloution - Michael McCann (2011)
83. Diablo II - Matt Uelmen (2000)
84. Mega Man X - Setsuo Yamamoto, Makoto Tomozawa, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara & Toshihiko Horiyama (1993)
85. Final Fantasy IV - Nobuo Uematsu (1991)
86. Jet Set Radio - Hideki Naganuma, Richard Jacques, Toronto (2000)
87. Hades - Darren Korb (2020)
88. Rez - Keiichi Sugiyama (2001)
89. Secret of Mana - Hiroki Kikuta (1993)
90. F-Zero - Yumiko Kanki & Naoto Ishida (1990)
91. WipeOut 2097 - Tim Wright (1996)
92. Super Castlevania IV - Masanori Adachi & Taro Kudo (1991)
93. Transistor - Darren Korb (2014)
94. Final Fantasy Tactics - Hitoshi Sakimoto & Masaharu Iwata (1997)
95. Braid - Jami Sieber, Shira Kammen & Cheryl Ann Fulton (2008)
96. Wolfenstein 3D - Bobby Prince, Brian Luzietti & Todd Dennis (1992)
97. Ico - Michiru Oshima, Koichi Yamazaki & Mitsukuni Murayama (2001)
98. Pokémon Gold and Silver - Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose & Morikazu Aoki (1999)
99. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - Harry Gregson-Williams & Norihiko Hibino (2001)
100. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Mahito Yokota, Ryo Nagamatsu & Koji Kondo (2010)
101. GoldenEye 007 - Graeme Norgate, Grant Kirkhope & Robin Beanland (1997)
102. Doom - Mick Gordon (2016)
103. Crypt of the NecroDancer - Danny Baranowsky (2015)
104. Deltarune - Toby Fox
105. Hollow Knight - Christopher Larkin (2016)
106. Sayonara Wild Hearts - Daniel Olsén & Jonathan Eng (2019)
107. The Neverhood - Terry Scott Taylor (1996)
108. God of War - Gerard Marino, Ron Fish, Mike Reagan & Cris Velasco (2005)
109. Baldur’s Gate 3 - Borislav Slavov (2023)
110. Duke Nukem 3D - Lee Jackson & Bobby Prince (1996)
111. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi & Tsukasa Usui (2023)
112. Elden Ring - Tsukasa Saitoh, Shoi Miyazawa, Tai Tomisawa, Yuka Kitamura, Yoshimi Kudo (2022)
113. Banjo-Kazooie - Grant Kirkhope (1998)
114. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Toru Minegishi, Asuka Hayazaki (2006)
115. Fallout - Mark Morgan (1997)
116. God of War II - Gerard Marino, Ron Fish, Mike Reagan & Cris Velasco (2007)
117. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - Koji Kondo (1995)
118. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the  Patriots - Harry Gregson-Williams, Nobuko Toda, Shuichi Kobori & Kazuma Jinnouchi (2008)
119. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Jeremy Soule (2003)
120. Super Mario RPG - Yoko Shimomura (1996)
121. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening - Kazumi Totaka, Minako Hamano & Kozue Ishikawa (1993)
122. Super Mario Odyssey - Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii & Koji Kondo (2017)
123. Planescape: Torment - Mark Morgan (1999)
124. Kirby's Adventure - Hirokazu Ando & Jun Ishikawa (1993)
125. Contra - Kazuki Muraoka, Hidenori Maezawa & Kiyohiro Sada (1988)
126. Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Frank Klepacki (1996)
127. Dragon Quest - Koichi Sugiyama (1986)
128. OutRun - Hiroshi Kawaguchi (1986)
129. Phantasy Star II - Tokuhiko Uwabo (1989)
130. Persona 3 - Shoji Meguro (2006)
131. Ecco the Dolphin - Spencer Nilsen, Brian Coburn, Csaba Gigor & Gábor Foltán (1992)
132. Halo 3 - Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori (2007)
133. Tekken 3 - Nobuyoshi Sano & Keiichi Okabe (1997)
134. The World Ends With You - Takeharu Ishimoto (2007)
135. Shenmue - Yuzo Koshiro (1999)
136. Nier - Keiichi Okabe, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi & Takafumi Nishimura (2010)
137. Heavy Rain - Normand Corbeil (2010)
138. Ghouls 'n Ghosts - Tamayo Kawamoto & Tim Follin (1988)
139. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - Hajime Wakai, Shiho Fujii, Mahito Yokota & Takeshi Hama (2011)
140. Jade Empire - Jack Wall (2005)
141. The Secret of Monkey Island - Michael Land & Patrick Mundy (1990)
142. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin - Jesper Kyd (2002)
143. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Michael Giacchino (2002)
144. Castlevania - Kinuyo Yamashita & Satoe Terashima (1986)
145. LittleBigPlanet - Kenneth C M Young, Mat Clark, Daniel Pemberton (2008)
146. Mirror's Edge - Solar Fields (2008)
147. Dark Souls - Motoi Sakuraba (2011)
148. The 7th Guest - George "The Fat Man" Sanger (1993)
149. Super Meat Boy - Danny Baranowsky (2010)
150. Hang-On - Hiroshi Kawaguchi (1985)

Greatest Video Game Songs/Tracks
1. Overworld - Super Mario Bros., Koji Kondo
2. Corridors of Time - Chrono Trigger, Yasunori Mitsuda
3. Overworld - The Legend of Zelda, Koji Kondo  
4. Green Hill Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog, Masato Nakamura  
5. Theme A - Tetris, Hirokazu Tanaka
6. Underworld - Super Mario Bros., Koji Kondo  
7. Overworld - Super Mario World, Koji Kondo
8. One Winged Angel - Final Fantasy VII, Nobuo Uematsu
9. Megalovania - Undertale, Toby Fox
10. Overworld - Super Mario Bros. 3, Koji Kondo
11. Aquatic Ambience - Donkey Kong Country, David Wise
12. Lost Woods - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Koji Kondo
13. Aerith's Theme - Final Fantasy VII, Nobuo Uematsu
14. Dancing Mad - Final Fantasy VI, Nobuo Uematsu
15. Dr. Wily Stage 1 - Mega Man 2, Ogeretsu Kun
16. Song of Storms - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Koji Kondo
17. Dragonborn - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Jeremy Soule
18. At Doom's Gate - Doom, Bobby Prince 
19. Sweden - Minecraft, C418
20. Duke Nukem Theme - Duke Nukem 3D, Lee Jackson 
21. Main Theme - Halo: Combat Evolved, Martin O'Donnell
22. Guile's Theme - Street Fighter II, Yoko Shimomura
23. Theme of Laura - Silent Hill 2, Akira Yamaoka
24. Terra's Theme -  Final Fantasy VI, Nobuo Uematsu
25. Kitchen Ace - Doom, Bobby Prince
26. Hell March - Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Frank Klepacki
27. Get Them Before They Get You! - Wolfenstein 3D, Bobby Prince
28. Pac-Man Theme - Pac-Man, Toshio Kai
29. Dark World - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Koji Kondo
30. Pokémon Theme - Pokémon Red/Blue, Junichi Masuda
31. Vampire Killer - Castlevania, Satoe Terashima
32. Dire, Dire Docks - Super Mario 64, Koji Kondo
33. Gerudo Valley - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Koji Kondo
34. Snake Eater - Metal Gear Solid 3, Norihiko Hibino
35. Still Alive - Portal, Jonathan Coulton
36. Life Will Change - Persona 5, Shoji Meguro
37. The Opened Way - Shadow of the Colossus, Kow Otani
38. Baba Yetu - Civilization IV, Christopher Tin
39. Venice Rooftops - Assassin’s Creed 2, Jesper Kyd
40. Stickerbrush Symphony - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, David Wise
41. Nate's Theme - Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Greg Edmonson
42. Main Theme - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Michael Hunter
43. Bloody Tears - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, Kenichi Matsubara
44. Big Shot - Deltarune Chapter 2, Toby Fox
45. Honor for All - Dishonored, Daniel Licht

[ManPerson]

All criteria being weighted equally, I feel like SMB should be number one.

[Tim]

Guess I can see that.