Best Ending Theme?

Deep Six · 10-03-2016 07:56PM #1

Not sure how much discussion this will generate, but what is your favorite ending soundtrack to a game?

Mine has to be the original Streets of Rage "Good Ending". It's burned in to my memory as I first heard it the day myself and my dad finished the game. I absolutely adored it even at the age of 7.

I've listened to it again tonight and cannot stop hitting replay. It is the best ending theme to a game I have ever heard in terms of melody. Even though it's going on 25 years old this year, it's still a style that isn't heard much anymore. Yuzo Koshiro is a unique talent in that regard, also composing the excellent Revenge of Shinobi soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhwkkEqeWUM

Gandalph · 10-03-2016 11:20PM

'Through the parting glass' at the end of AC; Black Flag.

Love this song so made me enjoy the ending a lot more.

SeantheMan · 11-03-2016 12:00AM

I thought this would be obvious ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI

I also really like no.2's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fVUU7Drv2I

and special shout out to Metal Gear Solid....really went well with the sombre ending.
I remember hearing it for the first time and really enjoying it...and then realising it was in Irish...and liking it more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6miaTf1gF4g

J. Marston · 11-03-2016 12:39AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H00e6eUn8uU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5RyEE1Mhj4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaE8iQ-nhQ4

sniper_samurai · 11-03-2016 02:08AM

Godhand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFSen7DRQWU

Captain Chaos · 11-03-2016 08:09AM

Mass Effect 1, The Faunts Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcrDWAuyqtc

strelok · 11-03-2016 08:45AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvvFnR0kJFw

Penn · 11-03-2016 08:49AM

SeantheMan wrote: »

I thought this would be obvious ?

I also really like no.2's

and special shout out to Metal Gear Solid....really went well with the sombre ending.
I remember hearing it for the first time and really enjoying it...and then realising it was in Irish...and liking it more.

The Portal games were the first ones to come to mind for me too. Good shout for MGS1 as well, however since you've taken most of my top picks, I'll go with the ending theme from MGS3; 'Way to fall' by Starsailor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9hagVL-__c

And I'll also throw in 'Take us back' by Alela Diane, which , as if the ending of the game wasn't emotional enough, they throw a song like that at us.