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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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[–] jonesey71@lemmus.org 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Yermaw@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

My suggestion was Red Alert too, but from 3. I will never know the words, but the tune lives in my heart.

https://youtu.be/lDQ7hXMLxGc

[–] Yermaw@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago
[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 week ago (6 children)
[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

I'm making a note here, huge success....

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[–] Sciaphobia@lemm.ee 35 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

This is one of the songs I hum to myself to get rid of more annoying earworms

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[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago

Does the Wii shop music count as a video game song?

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

OG Super Mario NES, World 1-1

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Those first 6 notes of 1-2 tho...

What kind of overalls does Mario wear?

Denim denim denim🎵

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[–] hungprocess@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 17 points 1 week ago

DuckTales (NES) - Moon Theme. The covers are also awesome.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] Emanothep@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

MOON - Hydrogen From Hotline Miami. I'm noticably better at the game when this one is on.

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[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Minecraft by C418 lives rent free in my head. Sometimes i'll start humming it to myself and not even realize

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 11 points 1 week ago

megalovania is one of the badasses in my book

[–] Esjott@feddit.org 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Olap@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

Lost woods.

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

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Doom E1M1 on my soundblaster and my Roland MT-32, all pumped through my surround sound system in my concrete dorm room in late 1992 and I won’t hear otherwise.

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[–] AgentRocket@feddit.org 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How has no one mentioned the tetris theme? Dum dada dum dada dum dada dum dada dum di da da da

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[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's an old one, but the Outrun soundtrack was proper catchy.

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[–] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago
[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Easy answer for me, chemical plant zone from Sonic the hedgehog 2

https://youtu.be/RmGCFYIrLps

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A lot from Undertale. Personal favourite is Spider Dance.

Other than this, The Trumpet 4 is catchy as heck.

Mine Windbag Mine is also incredibly catchy as heck, Darren Korb is super talented.

[–] HarvesterOfEyes@piefed.social 7 points 1 week 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:

[–] faltryka@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

The entire soundtrack from FTL is fantastic and catchy and full of ear worms.

Literally anything from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

[–] tomatoely@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

The Driftveil City Theme from Pokemon B&W pops up in my mind quite frequently, I'd say its up there in the list for catchiest Pokemon tunes. Honorable mention for Cave Story's Main Theme (the wii version is clearly superior from all others and I will not accept any other opinions on the matter)

[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

As far as Pokemon goes, I've always been partial to the Team Galactic battle theme from DPPT. And though "catchy" doesn't quite do it justice, the night theme for Jubilife City, also in DPPT, is tremendous. Walking into that city for the first time at night was one of the defining moments of my video game life.

And the Shiver City theme from Paper Mario is unforgettable.

I don't think anything will ever beat Still Alive from Portal though.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

One? Ill narrow it down to three,

  1. Aquatic ambience (DKC)
  2. Stickerbrush Symphony (DKC)
  3. Lost Woods (TLoZ Ocarina of Time)
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[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (2 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.

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[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I can never pick one, so here's a few:

  • E1M1(Doom)

  • Hell March(Red Alert)

  • Character creation music in BG3

  • Megalovania(Undertale)

  • Coral Crown(Hades II)

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We All Lift Together from Warframe goes fucking hard.

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[–] gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] goombakid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week 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
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[–] Metju@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week 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
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