I thought of this post entirely because I have the Pokémon Center theme from Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver stuck in my head, and it has wriggled in over and over for months despite me hearing and actively playing other music.
Elevator7009 2 points a year ago
I feel like the association of Portal with that era and that type of person, even though I think most of them probably became different people with age, even though I was practically one of them, makes the song a little harder to enjoy. I am aware of Ellen McLain's (GLaDOS voice actress) opera creds and think that's super cool though.
Sorry to the composer, it is not your fault. Similarly, I think maybe the same thing happened with Undertale. I think I played before the fandom got a bad reputation, so it and its songs are not quite tainted in my mind, in fact I'm a big fan of the game's use of leitmotifs (am I using the word right?) and really enjoy its music, but if I came in after I saw the fandom, I might like the work less through no fault of the composer.
Sciaphobia 36 points a year ago
Tetris Theme A.
Ensign_Crab 8 points a year ago
There are better pieces of music in this thread, but this one is the strongest earworm.
edgemaster72 33 points a year ago
Does the Wii shop music count as a video game song?
themeatbridge 9 points a year ago
Those first 6 notes of 1-2 tho...
Suck_on_my_Presence 5 points a year ago
What kind of overalls does Mario wear?
Denim denim denim🎵
hungprocess 20 points a year ago
NA NANANA NANAANANA NA KATAMARI DAMACY
Dreaming_Novaling 3 points a year ago
Man the soundtrack alone could get me to play Katamari games. I got a birthday gift card recently and was deciding what game to get, when one of the OSTs came up on YT Music and I listened to it for like a week straight. Immediately got We ❤️ Katamari + DLC on 80% sale.
Could scream that shit in my car honestly.
ghostsinthephotograph 17 points a year ago
DuckTales (NES) - Moon Theme. The covers are also awesome.
wolframhydroxide 15 points a year ago
My time has come. As someone who almost exclusively listens to instrumental soundtrack from movies and games, including from games I have never played, these are the ones that most often get stuck in my head (in no particular order). A plus "+" indicates a song that got stuck in my head regularly before I ever played the game, while an asterisk "*" indicates a song that still gets stuck in my head, despite being from a game I have never played at all.
Baba Yetu - Civ IV (+)
Hyrule Castle - Breath Of The Wild (+)
Lorule Castle - Link Between Worlds (*)
One Final Effort - Halo 3 (*)
Golem King - Moonlighter
Song of the Ancients - Nier Series (*)
Dragonborn - Skyrim
Far Horizons - Skyrim (+)
Dragon Roost Island - Wind Waker (*)
Nate's Theme - Uncharted (*)
Gusty Garden Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy (*)
Korobeiniki - Tetris (+)
Gerudo Valley - Ocarina of Time (+)
Colgera Battle - Tears of the Kingdom
This Song - The Witcher 3 (It's the song Aen Seidhe, but without vocals)
Bloody Tears - Castlevania (*)
But finally, the song that I credit with making me obsessed with instrumental soundtrack, because I fell asleep with it playing on repeat for a whole night at the age of 5, and then lost the game cartridge, so I forgot what it was from, and which I would get stuck in my head roughly once a month throughout my entire childhood until I finally found the song THIRTEEN YEARS LATER:
Ω) Town Theme - Final Fantasy II
CodeBlooded 4 points a year ago
I can hear this comment
CodeBlooded 2 points a year ago
🤘
Emanothep 12 points a year ago
MOON - Hydrogen From Hotline Miami. I'm noticably better at the game when this one is on.
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MyNameIsAtticus 11 points a year ago
Minecraft by C418 lives rent free in my head. Sometimes i'll start humming it to myself and not even realize
leaky_shower_thought 11 points a year ago
megalovania is one of the badasses in my book
Esjott 10 points a year ago
Opening theme of Civ VI. It‘s Songno di Volare nade by Christopher Tin.
Regrettable_incident 10 points a year ago
It's an old one, but the Outrun soundtrack was proper catchy.
RizzRustbolt 1 point a year ago
Splash Wave, Passing Breeze, or Magical Sound Shower?
Semjaza 2 points a year ago
E1M1 is great, top tier music.
The level clear screen music, E2M8, E1M8, and E1/2M9 tracks are all other top tier track contending for the throne.
Doom II introduced a few more bangers too, but I'm not as able to call the level codes to mind off the top of my head.
AgentRocket 9 points a year ago
How has no one mentioned the tetris theme? Dum dada dum dada dum dada dum dada dum di da da da
RizzRustbolt 3 points a year ago
Back when groceries were cheaper, I would hum that while putting items on the belt to get scanned.
whotookkarl 8 points a year ago
Easy answer for me, chemical plant zone from Sonic the hedgehog 2
HarvesterOfEyes 7 points a year ago
I can't pick just one, honestly. Aside from the Tetris theme and World 1-1 from the original Super Mario Bros., I consider these to be not only catchy but also iconic:
psx_crab 7 points a year ago
A lot from Undertale. Personal favourite is Spider Dance.
Other than this, The Trumpet 4 is catchy as heck.
Mine Windbag Mine is also incredibly catchy as heck, Darren Korb is super talented.
Walk_blesseD 7 points a year ago
Literally anything from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
jonesey71 6 points a year ago
Red Alert - Hell March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HUWUtTZvK4
Yermaw 2 points a year ago
My suggestion was Red Alert too, but from 3. I will never know the words, but the tune lives in my heart.
LongboardingLad 2 points a year ago
Forgot about this one! You are correct
WatDabney 6 points a year ago
As far as Pokemon goes, I've always been partial to the Team Galactic battle theme from DPPT. And though "catchy" doesn't quite do it justice, the night theme for Jubilife City, also in DPPT, is tremendous. Walking into that city for the first time at night was one of the defining moments of my video game life.
And the Shiver City theme from Paper Mario is unforgettable.
I don't think anything will ever beat Still Alive from Portal though.
JackFrostNCola 6 points a year ago
One? Ill narrow it down to three,
- Aquatic ambience (DKC)
- Stickerbrush Symphony (DKC)
- Lost Woods (TLoZ Ocarina of Time)
BreakerSwitch 4 points a year ago
These are all outstanding songs, but Lost Woods is the only one I'd describe as "catchy"
JackFrostNCola 2 points a year ago
True, i agree with that. I will amend to be:
- Lost Woods (TLoZ Ocarina of time)
- Song of storms (TLoZ Ocarina of time)
- SMW Overworld Theme (Super Mario World)
tomatoely 6 points a year ago
The Driftveil City Theme from Pokemon B&W pops up in my mind quite frequently, I'd say its up there in the list for catchiest Pokemon tunes. Honorable mention for Cave Story's Main Theme (the wii version is clearly superior from all others and I will not accept any other opinions on the matter)
RizzRustbolt 6 points a year ago
Naaaaa na-na-na-na-na-naaaa na na, na na na-na naaaaaaaa!
RizzRustbolt 3 points a year ago
Also Unbreakable Determination from Ninja Gaiden 1.
HarvesterOfEyes 3 points a year ago
Hell March! The Red Alert 2 version is the best one to me, maybe because it was the first I heard or because it just feels punchier.
Amnesigenic 5 points a year ago
The entire sountrack from the original Toejam & Earl on Genesis, shit rewired my child brain in funky new ways
thermal_shock 2 points a year ago
Yup
Underwaterbob 5 points a year ago
Mega Man 2, Wily Stage 1: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aTbfpkByIM8&pp=ygUdbWVnYSBtYW4gMiB3aWx5IHN0YWdlIDEgbXVzaWM%3D
Heck. Half the Mega Man 2 sound track is probably in the top ten.
Ultragramps 2 points a year ago
I still credit the Wood Man stage music for providing me focus and making it through a downpour on an unfamiliar highway with construction.
Underwaterbob 2 points a year ago
Yeah, Wood Man might be my #2. Possibly Metal man, too, though.
Ultragramps 1 point a year ago
Great picks, Castlevania and Mega Man are my top 2 fave soundtrack franchises.
Metju 5 points a year ago
Iunno how this wasn't mentioned, but Payday 2 has a lot of catchy / going-hard songs.
Gonna leave 3:
gaylord_fartmaster 5 points a year ago
Here a little late with some certified bangers in no particular order:
Monty on the Run - Main theme (Commodore 64)
Sonic CD [JP] - Quartz Quadrant (Present)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Wandering Ghosts
Ultragramps 3 points a year ago
Looked for someone to mention Mega Man. You picked a good one, but I’ll add the opening intro theme for Mega Man 2 for my catchy pick.
GeeDubHayduke 4 points a year ago
The entire soundtrack of Chrono Trigger, but Schala's Theme is my absolute favorite. 30 years later, and i *still" let it play out in it's entirety the first timer it plays in Zeal.
weissbinder 4 points a year ago
Borderlands 1 and 2 title songs
JackFrostNCola 3 points a year ago
Short change hero lives rent free in my head
thermal_shock 2 points a year ago
No rest for the wicked - cage the elephant
No heaven - dj champion
From memory, but I think those are right
PattyP 4 points a year ago
Iwatodai Dorm from Persona 3 Reload was the most recent one that really got stuck in my head, but it happens a lot for me. It’s not always video game music, but probably is a majority of the time.
SatansMaggotyCumFart 4 points a year ago
Sonic two when sonic drowns.
PanArab 4 points a year ago
It's gotta be from Final Fantasy, hard to choose just one when you got: Suteki da Ne, real Emotions, Eyes on Me, Sen no Kotoba, Otherworld, One Winged Angel, etc... there's a reason why I love Theatrhythm. But if I had to it will probably be Melodies of Life.
Actually, I change my mind, this is the catchiest video game song.
Elevator7009 2 points a year ago
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southsamurai 3 points a year ago
It's cheating, but there was a track in need for speed carbon that was catchy as hell. Love me or hate me, by Lady Sovereign
Not technically video game music, but it's one of the few tracks in any video game that I went out of my way to find outside of a game.
EarMaster 3 points a year ago
The main theme of Papers, Please: https://youtu.be/DbBB1j5qAFs
autonomoususer 3 points a year ago
Old RuneScape Soundtrack: Harmony
youtube.com/watch?v=JkR7zClEkAo
zipzoopaboop 3 points a year ago
Megaman 2 Wily stage 1
wanderwisley 3 points a year ago
All versions of moon over the castle from the gran tursimo series, the version from GT4 goes hard.
hornedfiend 2 points a year ago
for me it’s perhaps Metro Exodus end scene.
Ashtear 2 points a year ago
It's a recent one, but I haven't been able to get Gestral Summer Party out of my head since I first heard it in Expedition 33 last month.
diverhell 2 points a year ago
For me it's Gyromite: Gyromite - NES
AceFuzzLord 2 points a year ago
Ever since I first heard it a few months ago, it has never left my mind for even a second.
Free by Crush 40
Sadly this great song was tied to a spin-off series killing game.
arudesalad 2 points a year ago
The festival song or cascade theme, both from mario odyssey.
I also really like celeste's soundtrack
mckean 2 points a year ago
top gun! https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Vg5h85k42jU
Widdershins 2 points a year ago
Tim Follin:
Solstice
Silver Surfer
Time Trax
Pictionary
capt_wolf 2 points a year ago
Hell yeah, Tim Follin is a god.
"Tim, would you mind making the music for our Ghouls and Ghosts Commodore port?"
"No problem, here's 9 full length tracks spanning 22 minutes including a 4 minute long title screen song. I hope that's enough. I hope I got the screams right..."
B0NK3RS 2 points a year ago
Hang On main theme tune is excellent. The soundtrack to Hang-On and Super Hang-On are both top tier.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHfvmJtB2gs&pp=ygUSaGFuZyBvbiBtYWluIHRoZW1l
TriflingToad 2 points a year ago
I'm locking my answer in on the old Minecraft music. Literally EVERYONE knows it.
OmegaLemmy 2 points a year ago
Neon White OST
ZamBan 2 points a year ago
Vempair Survaivors from Vampire Survivors
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