What is some restful/profoundly relaxing video game music?
What is some restful/profoundly relaxing video game music?
Inside the Deku Tree
from Ocarina of Time
Very sonorous
What is some restful/profoundly relaxing video game music?
Inside the Deku Tree
from Ocarina of Time
Very sonorous
Pretty much all the night Animal Crossing music (Wild World in particular for me)
I didn't play it, but my wife and kid did, but the music really stood out to me when it was playing in the background. The tracks, Memories and Lullaby complement each other really well.
The soundtrack by Japanese Breakfast was one of the best parts of the game. A very solid mostly wordless ambient pop album. But the standout track is Glide. The song itself is fantastic but the moment it plays the game is so damn perfect. The whole soundtrack did an incredible job setting the tone for a slightly flawed but chill atmospheric adventure game.
Silent Light: https://youtu.be/YW2J96RVN64
Secret of the Forest: https://youtu.be/j6VoS1RlA6Q
Memories of Green: https://youtu.be/4iovcGjvr38
Crystal Teardrops: https://youtu.be/XxEdkh4lYUQ
Illusionary World: https://youtu.be/rDnwn11BqzQ
The Phantom Forest: https://youtu.be/0F-X1uX92LM
Wutai: https://youtu.be/Wu4hiiJ3FBI
Rose and Ghost: https://youtu.be/24gsANNY9w0
Plugging one more forest track for Final Fantasy 5 (Pixel Remaster):
Legend of the Deep Forest: https://youtu.be/9Od3BQQ-7Mo
Stardew Valley
C418's music (Minecraft vol. Alpha & Beta)
"Secunda" from the Skyrim OST
"Schala's Theme" from Chrono Trigger
Some songs of the Hotline Miami soundtrack
Not from a game, but absolutely fantastic:
"Promises" by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders 🪦 and the London Symphony Orchestra
Oh and almost forgot: Til A Mermaid Drags You Under by Mary Lattimore is a must listen, just trust me on this one and don't skim through it.
There's a handful of frantic, battle music pieces in there so you might want to cull it to just the relaxing pieces, but I absolutely adore this soundtrack.
The one that put video game music as an art form on the map.
Stellaris OST
Doubling down on this. Jeremy Soule almost died in a car accident. After barely surviving it he worked on the Oblivion Soundtrack and had a mission: Making his work a celebration of life.
And if you ask me, he fucking nailed that part.
He has some amazing work, IIRC he did Guild Wars as well
Oh wow, I didn't know abot his backstory. Oblivion and Skyrim would probably be very different games if he hadn't survived that accident.
The music from Outer Wilds. Scintillating music for a sublime game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wSAWuhaJ4o
No one has mentioned Journey yet? Wowza.
Honorable mention for Abzu as well
Ff7 Tifa's theme
Fez soundtrack, by disasterpeace
Hollow Knight soundtrack done on piano is basically one epic chill track after another. Some are fast paced and more energetic though.
FTL sound track is also chill and amazing.
Same for the Ori soundtrack.
Honourable mentions: Axiom Verge and Sim City 3000
Pokemon soundtrack.
So many great route and city tracks.
The underwater level music from both DKC and Mario 64.
Yunas Sending from final fantasy x
The GPU song is also a banger but more energetic.
Back in the day when I played Anarchy Online 24/7, when it was time to sleep I used to travel to this area named Varmint Woods so I could sleep to the music and the ambience.
Shapez 2
The Sims 1 OST. Always makes me calm and happy.
I really like this one from Ico titled Castle in The Mist: https://youtu.be/q9xroa4cMLM
Zelda and Chill