Menu Music that makes you go Mmmmmm

[elmo]

rainbow 6... all versions!

[Jack]

Actually, I take RRT4 back and I'm going with Phantasy Star Online. It was magic. It was all like 'Welcome to our world, come on in'. And I did. And it was good.

Oh man, the rumbling noise on the loading screen and the sparkly tingle of the moving star. Woah.

[Monkeyspill]

I really like the ambient sound on the menu screens of both Ico and SOTC. Really suits the game and gives an impression of what it feels like.

[BoggyB]

I only have to hear the first couple of notes from the PSO menu music before I go into a tingly nostalgic state.

[anewman]

The original Tomb Raider had completely lovely and atmospheric menu music. It was gorgeous.

Otherwise, Halo (1, obv) and Prime are great, yeah.

[jonathanhoey]

Do "Goal Scoring Superstar Hero" and "War Has Never Been So Much Fun" count? I can't remember if they play over the menus.

[verbs]

Does the music from the Wii Shopping Channel count?

[Asura]

Vagrant Story.

[linkster]

Thing on a Spring

And ShadowMan (predictable/10)

[Duckula]

Actually, I take RRT4 back and I'm going with Phantasy Star Online. It was magic. It was all like 'Welcome to our world, come on in'. And I did. And it was good.

Shame PSU was a complete disaster. They should put the original PSO on the XBOX live arcade and let people play it for free.

[Smitty]

Halo's menu music grabs me everytime I hear it.

[Asura]

The menu music on Guild Wars is really good at the moment (it changes every so often).

[Asura]

Shame PSU was a complete disaster. They should put the original PSO on the XBOX live arcade and let people play it for free.

Is it really that bad? It's one of the few 360 games that I've had to accept I'll probably never play (due to fucking regional restrictions), and I was a massive fan of the PSO game.

[giant_frying_pan]

Jet Force Gemini.

[CS2x]

The theme music for Little Big Adventure and its sequel always bring back wonderful feelings...

The title screen music (not just the song "Snake Eater", but also the more atomospheric/ambient stuff in the start screen menu) in MGS3 is also great.

[Corleth the Fey]

Is it really that bad? It's one of the few 360 games that I've had to accept I'll probably never play (due to fucking regional restrictions), and I was a massive fan of the PSO game.

It's all right. You can have a lot of fun with it. PSO's simplicity and character does beat it hands down though. I'd played loads of great online games before I played PSU. PSO was the first. Went straight online as well, no single player first. I can still remember that first trip down to the forest with a team in tow. Amazing.

Back on topic - I just love that Skies of Arcadia menu music with the clouds slowly drifting by and it slowly turning from day to night. In fact I love the game full stop.

[Corleth the Fey]

Jet Force Gemini.

The start up music from this - when the logos are appearing on screen - is the music that plays when I start up XP.

[Guest]

Just booted up Civ4 for the first time - oh the music! Wonderful stuff.

Did some research on this, it's called "Baba Yetu".

You can download it (legally!) free from here (click on the Baba Yetu name):

http://www.christophertin.com/samples.html

[Swainy]

Robocop on the 128k Speccy.

[Guest]

Just remembered...Bubble Bobble c64. Amazing scenes!

[squirtle]

No love for Twilight Princess? Love the music in that.

Headhunter 1 and 2 had great title screen music.

Going back some...

Knucklebusters, Green Beret, Yie-Ar Kung-Fu, Parallax and numerous others on the C64.

[DirkCrisis]

Rage Racer. wierd Japanese 80s guitar rock.

Or maybe just the sound of crashing waves in Outrun.

[fatoy.japa]

The string accompaniment to the main menu of Jenova Chen's Cloud is really quite moving. I'm not sure if it's explicity stated at any point, but the small images that make up the menu choices tell the story of a bed-ridden boy who dreams he can fly. Along with the uplifting, but quite wistful, refrain, this really gets to me.

Mercenaries had a fantastic piece of menu music by Michael Giaccino, but I can't really remember how it goes any more.

EDIT: Oh, and Symphony Of The Night as well. I think I might have a bit of a soft spot for choral / orchestral pieces in game menus.

[Isaac]

Did some research on this, it's called "Baba Yetu".

You can download it (legally!) free from here (click on the Baba Yetu name):

http://www.christophertin.com/samples.html

I loved this song.

Hell, the whole OST of Civ4 was perfect. Just matched the epic feel of the game.

[Eats hoops and leaves]

Final Fantasy VII. Super Mario World.

[Professor Puzzles]

The main menu on 'Gun' has a lovely orchestral piece behind it, quite melancholy.

[Kayin Amoh]

Out of all the games mentioned here, F-Zero's the only one that made my nostalgic menu music hairs twitch furiously.

Dammit, i know there are ones I love... but I can't recall any of them offhand.

Oh yeah, Mega Man 2 on the NES was one of them. And Shining Force, of course - epic.

[noizu]

The start menu of Starfox 64/Lylat Wars... it's the loveliest spacey little tune, and weirdly sad sounding - it's what being abandoned to float on your own through space would sound like.

Downloaded it on Wii and have stayed on the menu for waaay too long.

[MW_Jimmy]

rainbow 6... all versions!

Haha. Rainbow Six has some of the worst menu music I've ever heard. Overblown american macho bullshit.

Best menu music? Jet Set Radio or Street of Rage.

[Pilotwings]

Winning eleven 6 final evo/ think pro evo 2 had the same music.

Super monkey ball

Saturn bomberman

These are games that had great options music that i can think of right now.