Top 5 music tracks

[Julio III]

1. Super Mario Bros. - the music is perfect and makes me so so happy every time I hear it. On a semi-related note, the music in Super Mario Galaxy is excellent and I've been listening to that soundtrack a lot this year.
2. Final Fantasy VI - absolutely fantastic, the pinaccle of all epic videogame soundtracks. I own the 3 disc OSV as well as the solo piano and orchestral CDs!
3. Shenmue - again, absolutely beautiful, especially the orchestral tracks.
4. Zelda
5. Tetris.

Wow, thats a surprising list.

[Tourian]

Too many great NES soundtracks to mention.  Everyone should pick up both albums by "The Advantage" ASAP!  Great NES cover band.

http://www.amazon.com/Advantage/dp/B0001LYFA4/

http://www.amazon.com/Elf-Titled-Advantage/dp/B000BDIZBM/

Other than that, Super Metroid has some great epic and atmospheric music.  And Trizeal, Hellfire, and Road Rash come to mind.

[hi there]

A few odd choices, but I tend to stray away from most of the bigger games.

5. King of Fighters '96
4. Street Fighter Alpha 3
3. Violent Storm
2. Super Castlevania 4
1. Streets Of Rage

[Anayo1]

Can we put Johnathan Coulton's "Still Alive" from Portal on the list?

"This is a triumph...

I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS."

[ptdebate1]

This looked like a fun thread to bring back up. Since the original post was about tracks, not entire soundtrack albums, here are my favorite individual pieces, in order. I figured we could post youtube embeds to facilitate sharing of the music:

5. Thunder Force 3: "Siren"

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg7iixMTBgQ[/video]

4. Dragon Quest V: "Magic Carpet~The Ocean" 

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqyYqJafzks[/video]

3. Valkyrie Profile: "Like Becoming Accustomed to Happiness"

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOudNOf82lk[/video]

2. Chrono Trigger: "To Far Away Times"

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn5K-NNmgTM[/video]

1. Final Fantasy X: "Ending Theme"

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bv1oNp_wJw[/video]