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I thought of this post entirely because I have the Pokémon Center theme from Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver stuck in my head, and it has wriggled in over and over for months despite me hearing and actively playing other music.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

It's gotta be from Final Fantasy, hard to choose just one when you got: Suteki da Ne, real Emotions, Eyes on Me, Sen no Kotoba, Otherworld, One Winged Angel, etc... there's a reason why I love Theatrhythm. But if I had to it will probably be Melodies of Life.

Actually, I change my mind, this is the catchiest video game song.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

One? Ill narrow it down to three,

  1. Aquatic ambience (DKC)
  2. Stickerbrush Symphony (DKC)
  3. Lost Woods (TLoZ Ocarina of Time)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

The entire soundtrack of Chrono Trigger, but Schala's Theme is my absolute favorite. 30 years later, and i *still" let it play out in it's entirety the first timer it plays in Zeal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Turrican2 and GODS .... Amiga :)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Mega Man 2, Wily Stage 1: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aTbfpkByIM8&pp=ygUdbWVnYSBtYW4gMiB3aWx5IHN0YWdlIDEgbXVzaWM%3D

Heck. Half the Mega Man 2 sound track is probably in the top ten.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I still credit the Wood Man stage music for providing me focus and making it through a downpour on an unfamiliar highway with construction.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago

Vempair Survaivors from Vampire Survivors

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Borderlands 1 and 2 title songs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Short change hero lives rent free in my head

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Neon White OST

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

...there's one clear victor and it's not even close...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Forgot about this one! You are correct

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

bfg division? maybe the katamari theme song.

i play a lot of shmups and their songs are often stuck in my head, most recently some stuff from raycrisis. fire emblem warriors songs get stuck in my head as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

Megaman 2 Wily stage 1

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I've got 3 that I randomly hum in my head every now and then.

  1. Mega Man 2 - Airman stage
  2. Jet Set Radio - Humming the Baseline
  3. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Daytime Town Theme
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Great picks, Castlevania and Mega Man are my top 2 fave soundtrack franchises.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

Turtle Woods from Crash Bandicoot 2 has never left me ever since I first played it on the PS1.

[–] rabber 12 points 22 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] rabber 2 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah that's why I didn't link it. I can hear the riff and even play the riff on guitar on a moments notice

Friend says "play me something" and I immediately play that riff

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Klepacki is an excellent score writer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My time has come. As someone who almost exclusively listens to instrumental soundtrack from movies and games, including from games I have never played, these are the ones that most often get stuck in my head (in no particular order). A plus "+" indicates a song that got stuck in my head regularly before I ever played the game, while an asterisk "*" indicates a song that still gets stuck in my head, despite being from a game I have never played at all.

  1. Baba Yetu - Civ IV (+)

  2. Hyrule Castle - Breath Of The Wild (+)

  3. Lorule Castle - Link Between Worlds (*)

  4. One Final Effort - Halo 3 (*)

  5. Golem King - Moonlighter

  6. Song of the Ancients - Nier Series (*)

  7. Dragonborn - Skyrim

  8. Far Horizons - Skyrim (+)

  9. Dragon Roost Island - Wind Waker (*)

  10. Nate's Theme - Uncharted (*)

  11. Gusty Garden Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy (*)

  12. Korobeiniki - Tetris (+)

  13. Gerudo Valley - Ocarina of Time (+)

  14. Colgera Battle - Tears of the Kingdom

  15. This Song - The Witcher 3 (It's the song Aen Seidhe, but without vocals)

  16. Bloody Tears - Castlevania (*)

But finally, the song that I credit with making me obsessed with instrumental soundtrack, because I fell asleep with it playing on repeat for a whole night at the age of 5, and then lost the game cartridge, so I forgot what it was from, and which I would get stuck in my head roughly once a month throughout my entire childhood until I finally found the song THIRTEEN YEARS LATER:

Ω) Town Theme - Final Fantasy II

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

All versions of moon over the castle from the gran tursimo series, the version from GT4 goes hard.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago

Iunno how this wasn't mentioned, but Payday 2 has a lot of catchy / going-hard songs.

Gonna leave 3:

  1. Hot Pursuit
  2. Evil Eye
  3. The Mark
[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Naaaaa na-na-na-na-na-naaaa na na, na na na-na naaaaaaaa!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

Also Unbreakable Determination from Ninja Gaiden 1.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

for me it’s perhaps Metro Exodus end scene.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

I'm locking my answer in on the old Minecraft music. Literally EVERYONE knows it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Looked for someone to mention Mega Man. You picked a good one, but I’ll add the opening intro theme for Mega Man 2 for my catchy pick.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Hang On main theme tune is excellent. The soundtrack to Hang-On and Super Hang-On are both top tier.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHfvmJtB2gs&pp=ygUSaGFuZyBvbiBtYWluIHRoZW1l

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Lost woods.

Honestly anything from OoT, but Lost Woods, Kakariko Villiage, and Gerudo Valley in particular are ingrained into my gray matter.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

Man the soundtrack alone could get me to play Katamari games. I got a birthday gift card recently and was deciding what game to get, when one of the OSTs came up on YT Music and I listened to it for like a week straight. Immediately got We ❤️ Katamari + DLC on 80% sale.

Could scream that shit in my car honestly.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

My brain defaults to this if I feel the need to fill silence with sound.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

There are better pieces of music in this thread, but this one is the strongest earworm.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

The main theme of Papers, Please: https://youtu.be/DbBB1j5qAFs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Tim Follin:

Solstice

Silver Surfer

Time Trax

Pictionary

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

I can't pick just one, honestly. Aside from the Tetris theme and World 1-1 from the original Super Mario Bros., I consider these to be not only catchy but also iconic:

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