can we have a video game music thread that's about listing ALL the worthwhile, above average tracks in a given game soundtrack?
Like an actual list, no youtube or webm shit; just the titles, number, disc number of the songs (clarifying as needed in the case of multiple sources/versions for the same OST having differing song names)
Ideally the whole ost is filtered of ambient, story-accompaniment, non-repetitive unremarkable tracks and the remaining rest cleared of duplicate themes that don't have significant variation, choosing the best version as needed. Basically, do the tedious work of listening and curating the entire game ost down to a selection of songs that you think had merit, and aren't necessarily your favorites, so another anon (or at least me) gets the most value out of the whole ost and not just single bits and pieces of it, as is the case when people only recommend their favorites. That way not everyone has to listen to, like 4 hours of music for every ost, to find songs they like
pic related is my own curated list of songs for assorted final fantasy games as a start. Actually it's not completely true, it's my personal playlist - some duplicates exist and far more songs are omitted based on how "listenable" I thought they were (ff13 trilogy), but it's generally filtered down to worthwhile songs (there are some more inconsistent choices and also maybe errors/bad judgement, ask me)
OSTs I would like a curated list for: dragon's dogma dark arisen, valkyria chronicles 1 & 2, xenoblade chronicles 2, smash 4 + dlc, WoW legion and WoW battle for azeroth, zelda skyward sword, super mario odyssey, octopath traveller.