Kingdom Hearts for sure. Has inspired my love of pop and j-pop to a large degree.
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All of the OST from The Last Guardian, espeically the ending of the game.
Omg, i have never cried so hard for a game until i went to the ending, that was an emotional roller coster for me.
Star Control 2
The world ends with you is up there. I just started replaying it and the music is top fucking notch!
Some of the Kirby games? I love Dusk Dunes from Epic Yarn.
To go a bit newer, I really enjoyed both Death Stranding soundtracks, especially 2. I went on a few months journey of listening to more theatrical/movie OSTs while gaming.
Space Harrier, arcade
720, arcade
Sega Arcade Soundtrack - After Burner 2 OST Track 06 - City 202 DSP Enhanced
Wipeout 2097(XL in the US) - PSX
I've always been into video game music, but as far as awakenings go I would say Lunar Silver Star Story on PS1 because it was the first time I heard original video game music with lyrics. Before that, it was all chiptunes and instrumental stuff, at least that I had seen. That was good. I did play King's Quest 5 long before and it technically also has an original song with lyrics... But it's not something I'd listen to outside of the game.
So, about Cyberfunk Bombrush...and Jet Set...
Thank you Naganuma-San et al
Gitaroo man 🎸
Rolando, which was a little platformer on the early iphone. Music by Mr. Scruff.
I maintain that Pokemon XD has the most underrated soundtrack of all time.
I don't know about an awakening, but Wuthering Waves has some really really good music. Not sure if it's the emotional aspect of the story that makes the impact of the song greater, but I've never found myself downloading game music before like I do now.
They seem to put a lot of effort into music. I'm not about to argue that this is the greatest song ever, but they made this for a freaking side quest that's off the beaten path and you're never directed towards it, no one tells you to go do this so it's something many many people just don't even experience and yet they made this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xsUKWv1KFWs
Better song, one of my favorites:
This one had people crying, but I think it's a case of just needing to know the story for it to mean anything:
I never would have listened to this kind of music even 2 years ago lol