Confirm or Deny, Donkey Kong Country 2 has the GOAT video game ost

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papercup
09/01/2024
10:50 AM
#1
I think it just might be the best video game soundtrack of all time
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Garlands_Soul
09/01/2024
10:52 AM
#2
It's really really good. It's one of my favorites
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adjl
09/01/2024
10:55 AM
#3
It's certainly a god tier soundtrack, but it's no Xenoblade. At that tier, though, specific rankings don't really matter. It's all just good and well worth listening to depending on your moment-to-moment tastes.
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FrozenBananas
09/01/2024
11:03 AM
#4
I love the DKC2 soundtrack, its also probably my favorite game in the series, but CT is probably my favorite SNES soundtrack

adjl posted...
It's certainly a god tier soundtrack, but it's no Xenoblade. At that tier, though, specific rankings don't really matter. It's all just good and well worth listening to depending on your moment-to-moment tastes.

i just put 80 hours Xenoblade Chronicles 2 over the last couple months and holy shit its some of the best music Ive ever heard from a game. Having blue tooth headphones with the switch has been amazing
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OhhhJa
09/01/2024
11:04 AM
#5
It's one of my all time faves for sure. I remember I would just sit and listen to bramble blast for a while.

Bur the goat is probably halo 2
SilentSeph
09/01/2024
11:10 AM
#6
It's probably my favorite SNES soundtrack along with Chrono Trigger. Overall I think FF7 Remake is still on top for me but DKC2 is definitely up there
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adjl
09/01/2024
11:18 AM
#7
FrozenBananas posted...
i just put 80 hours Xenoblade Chronicles 2 over the last couple months and holy s*** its some of the best music Ive ever heard from a game. Having blue tooth headphones with the switch has been amazing

And I'd rank 2's soundtrack behind 1's and 3's, though that's obviously pretty subjective. X is also fantastic, but has a very different vibe (it's all a different composer) and generally lower lows.
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NemesisOgreKing
09/01/2024
11:30 AM
#8
Halo 2 > Danky Kang 2: Diddy's Useless Side Quest
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keyblader1985
09/01/2024
11:43 AM
#9
One of the few issues I had with the game is that I wish the overworld had more musical themes, like maybe one for each area. It got old hearing the same track almost everywhere. But the game has no shortage of ear candy everywhere else.
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Lokarin
09/01/2024
12:06 PM
#10
deny. it has like 2 top end songs in a giant sea of games with entirely top end soundtracks
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Damn_Underscore
09/01/2024
12:15 PM
#11
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MICHALECOLE
09/01/2024
12:21 PM
#12
I like the katamari ones
agesboy
09/01/2024
12:44 PM
#13
it's good but nowhere near the top

like, every single touhou game beats it, even the old ones

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FrozenBananas
09/01/2024
01:27 PM
#14
NemesisOgreKing posted...
Halo 2 > Danky Kang 2: Diddy's Useless Side Quest

https://youtu.be/U3fG4b6J8rM?si=2IiyAJhOrHP2HAhw
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darkknight109
09/01/2024
08:44 PM
#15
Nah. It's a good soundtrack, but it's not even the best in its own trilogy.
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Joelypoely
09/01/2024
08:56 PM
#16
The best soundtrack would probably be one of:

Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XIII
Halo 3: ODST
Kingdom Hearts II
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KJ_StErOiDs
09/01/2024
10:45 PM
#17
It's as beautiful as the gameplay.

DKC2 is among my top 3 video games of all time.
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XGenkaiX
09/02/2024
12:35 AM
#18
NieR Replicant and Automata is number 1 for me
OneEyedShinobi
09/02/2024
06:48 AM
#19
Deny.

Ita good, until I heard the Katana Zero OST
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Blue_Thunder
09/02/2024
12:45 PM
#20
It's a great soundtrack but I'd say the GOAT is either Etrian Odyssey V or Xenoblade 1.
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Sega9599
09/03/2024
03:03 PM
#21
adjl posted...
At that tier, though, specific rankings don't really matter. It's all just good and well worth listening to depending on your moment-to-moment tastes.

That's an excellent observation.
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man101
09/03/2024
04:45 PM
#22
It was top tier for the era it was released. It doesn't really compare to some of the full blown orchestral Hollywood blockbuster quality soundtracks we've gotten in the past 20ish years though.

But there's definitely something to be said for making a memorable and catchy soundtrack with limited resources. Which is why I think a lot of the pre 2000s Zelda soundtracks are among the best game music ever written.
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Sahuagin
09/03/2024
06:29 PM
#23
very very very good but maybe not quite the literal single best
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Lokarin
09/04/2024
04:44 PM
#24
meta question

When someone asks about the soundtrack of a game/movie/etc, do you consider only the topmost songs OR do you consider the entire package as a whole?
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Blue_Thunder
09/04/2024
05:20 PM
#25
Lokarin posted...
When someone asks about the soundtrack of a game/movie/etc, do you consider only the topmost songs OR do you consider the entire package as a whole?

In my case, the latter.
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adjl
09/04/2024
06:54 PM
#26
Lokarin posted...
meta question

When someone asks about the soundtrack of a game/movie/etc, do you consider only the topmost songs OR do you consider the entire package as a whole?

Somewhere in the middle. Even the best soundtracks usually have quite a few tracks that are just kind of there, which is arguably necessary to make the best tracks stand out more and don't necessarily drag down the whole experience by existing. Just having one or two amazing tracks isn't enough to make a soundtrack great, though. There should be lots of high-quality music in there, otherwise it's just a couple of good songs and not a good soundtrack.
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darkknight109
09/06/2024
12:51 PM
#27
Lokarin posted...
meta question

When someone asks about the soundtrack of a game/movie/etc, do you consider only the topmost songs OR do you consider the entire package as a whole?
The latter. A few good songs does not a masterful soundtrack make; in order for the soundtrack itself to be considered good, most if not all of the songs have to be good as well.

Particularly for movies, I will also usually clarify if we're talking about the soundtrack as a standalone product or as it appears in the movie itself, as that sometimes makes a difference - for instance, the soundtrack to Star Wars Episode II is absolutely fantastic as a standalone work and one of the strongest soundtracks for Star Wars as a whole... but the sound editing of the movie itself is atrocious (as are most things related to Attack of the Clones) and really works hard to minimize the effects of a John Williams masterpiece.
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