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Disco Elysium, Twin Peaks, Cowboy Bebop, and Samurai Champloo come to mind.
I also really like anything Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross put out for film scores
From anime:
From games: Mass Effect 3, Purgatory club
From TV: Andor, Niamos! (galaxy mix)
With so many great options, you went with purgatory music? :)
My personal favorites are I Was Lost Without You and Reflections
I have a favorite anime series called Star Blazers. I know I am carbon dating myself because that was a show from the late 70s to the early 80s.
All the openings and endings from Death Note and GTO (animes)
Rose of May from Final Fantasy 9 (video game)
That introduced me to Maximum the Hormone.. I still listen to it today almost 2 decades later.
My small brain literally cannot comprehend how something so beautiful and genius can even exist. Pure perfection....
Oh and it blends super nice with this song, although it's not next in the album playlist. I always hear those two together.
The soundtrack to Kingdom Hearts is one of the best video game scores in my opinion
Roughly half the music i have is from some kind of media but i'm going to specifically mention the Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDQ7hXMLxGc. I didn't play the game but from what i know of it it is very janky, but the music is epic.
Master Theater (Me And My Shadow (open source game nobody ever talks about))
All Saints Street OP (Chinese animated web show (also, not the Japanese dub opening))
Boss of Me (Malcom In The Middle OP)
Valley & The Great Fair (both track course songs from SuperTuxKart (Black Forest and Candela City respectively)
Team Star Boss Battle Theme (pokemon sc/vi)
For video game music I really love the whole Transistor soundtrack (Darren Korb) and basically everything from Surviving Mars.
TV would probably have to be Kick Back, the theme from Chainsaw Man.
Edit to add: One Winged Angel But The Genre Keeps Changing is a lot of fun, especially if you know (and like) the original
The whole soundtrack of Lineage II by Bill Brown is amazing. Also Jeremy Soule with morrowind and skyrim. Oh, and Halo (Martin OβDonnell) of course.
Merry Go Round of Life-Main theme of Howl's Moving Castle (movie) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGetv40FkI
What Will You Leave Behind-Spiritfarer (video game) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGetv40FkI
I'll Fly for You-Carnival Row (TV) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9OR2jQlOXkQ&pp=ygUYZmx5IGZvciB5b3UgY2Fybml2YWwgcm93
Vide Cor Meum-Hannibal (movie) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SP9IrCCMUUw&pp=ygUWdmlkZSBjb3IgbWV1bSBoYW5uaWJhbA%3D%3D
Most of the Phantom of the Opera OST from 2004
Sagashimono-Deemo (video game) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SKb5ftYgdWU
Yotake no Uta-Deemo (video game) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uSqQ8zCtDrA&pp=ygUSZGVlbW8geW9ha2Ugbm8gdXRh
LOTS of songs from Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory. A lot of the songs came flooding back as I tried to list them. I might exceed the character limit if I tried! So many beautiful songs βΊ
Ho boy, this could have been long. But here's just a few TV tracks:
"Junk" by Jane Air, from The Boys. Sounds like 1999-2000 rap rock with punk, but I can't understand most of it and it fucking STOMPS.
"White Widow" by Afterhours, from Mr. Robot. Just good hard rock with some tension that fit the scene well. There's the original Italian version out there as well.
"Something for your M.I.N.D." by Superorganism, from Legion. I absolutely hated the direction this show went beyond the first season, and I only watched the last season on some (bad) advice. This song had a trippy backdoor music video in one of the last episodes, which was easily the highlight. Lo-fi electropop with half-sung, half-spoken goofy (good) lyrics.
"The Box" by Fad Gadget, from The Americans. Paranoid as fuck 80s electropop. It has this blaring melody that will get into your head. The Americans has a reputation for its musical cues, and this was probably my favorite.
We All Lift Together.
This one's source surprised me when I first heard it in-game. It's from Warframe.
I could name many, many things from video games. But for everyone's sake, I'll list just this one from Digital Devil Saga.
Wehre do i even fucking start,l lets get the big one out of the way first, GAMES
Entire advance wars series but lets give you a little taste with:
grits theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=3bXM-WqvT18
senseis theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=5a1bFQLvXq0
Jess theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=KylAZa2Vu54
hyrule warrios, my fave track is: eclipse of the moon: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=FFnpAiI5bwU
the menu theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=7-U9HKk6o74
aris of sorrows clock tower theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=eEdgubvviYk
rhythm tengoku: bon odori: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=gxC4MtWN0rM
ace attorney pursuit theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=UFcJmOs8DRQ
Katawa shoujo: from start to end but here here some top picks:
wiosna the menu theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=d20d6epERP0
raindrops and puddles: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=LMv-6ATLw2I&list=PLDEA007FAB5D8F479&index=23
Ah Eh I Oh You : https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=ARR02AZtaZw&list=PLDEA007FAB5D8F479&index=1
lets go to movies:
the obvious one first, the entire fucking lotr soundtrack, start to finish
the 300 score: returns a king: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=VAZsf8mTfyk
hercules (german version): i cna go the distance: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=ZtMv8WXqmqw
Lets get to the magnum opus, anime and weeb shit:
Ben-to opening: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=KHsMv0TIHf0
Little witch academia: excited magic: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=g_Y_nE1IIzY
lottes theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=XxnY_90hpRc
the second opening, if you follow the stars: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=NiK9LSFqImE
anohana opening and ending: https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=T3bxbVGWy5k , https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=SJywJjwqIK8
girls und panzer:
SΓ€kkijΓ€rven Polkka: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=KCm2PtSgzkA
Chanson de lβOignon: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=e_u8LpMRhgM
Katyusha: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=cu9EYHjohp0
Akira, mutation: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=fshgWIpcPeE
Busou Renking opening: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=6xPGD0KvC7Y (sung the by same dude who did the OPM OP)
Another opening: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=We_uZ7-_HmM
Angel beats:
opening: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=zIFV8UUs1-c
My Song: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=VUkxwUhoOSU
Ichiban no Takaramono: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=tm7Xf9818FM
GOSICK opening: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=iOrkj_MFXm8
Kill La Kill:
Before my body is dry: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=uc7EcuqVhPE
2nd opening, ambiguous: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=K42ED-7PWAo
Satsukis main theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=wSAp991JIVs
the ending: Gomen Ne Iiko Ja Irarenai: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=AkkK7IakkbI
One motherfucking Piece, also basically everything but here are some top picks again:
Binks sake: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=ClnlNUOwRAg
Tot Musica: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=V9_ZpqfqHFI
Opening 1 through 5: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=z1FGY-Y69U0
Gear 4th theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=kXtfCQSi6IA
Difficult: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=nMbTTpcvEcw
Katakuri theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=Bhu1E6QkKMw
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The whole soundtrack of Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Basically the entire soundtracks of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumia and K-on! (both seasons and the movie) are 110% bangers for me. Also, the opening themes for Evangelion and Vision of Escaflowne.
Others have mentioned all my favorite movie soundtracks, but I feel like Tron bears repeating. I liked the soundtrack for the second Tron movie, but it honestly didn't compare to the original which still holds up as just gorram great music.
And then there's the opening theme for Firefly. That song was perfect for that show.
And I gotta give credit to the classics: Magnum P.I. and Knight Rider have slapping' theme songs, but the GOAT is, of course, Doctor Who.
ETA: forgot to mention Final Fantasy VI and Kingdom Hearts for video games.
Edit: my phone's keyboard does weird shit on Jerboa, including deleting random words. No clue why. Anyway, I noticed a missing word andfixedd it.
The Mega Man 2 soundtrack has been my favorite VGS since the mid eighties. The "introduction" music is what you hear when the main screen loads after you start the game, and has always given me little chills that I'm about to experience an amazing game.
The theme from White Lotus. Season 1 & 2 are slightly different but both versions of the song are great.
Also the theme song from Raised by Wolves really grew on me after hearing it several times.