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.
Turrican2 and GODS … Amiga :)
Red Alert - Hell March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HUWUtTZvK4
My suggestion was Red Alert too, but from 3. I will never know the words, but the tune lives in my heart.
Tetris
All versions of moon over the castle from the gran tursimo series, the version from GT4 goes hard.
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.
I still credit the Wood Man stage music for providing me focus and making it through a downpour on an unfamiliar highway with construction.
Yeah, Wood Man might be my #2. Possibly Metal man, too, though.
I’ve got 3 that I randomly hum in my head every now and then.
- Mega Man 2 - Airman stage
- Jet Set Radio - Humming the Baseline
- Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest - Daytime Town Theme
Great picks, Castlevania and Mega Man are my top 2 fave soundtrack franchises.
Neon White OST
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.
for me it’s perhaps Metro Exodus end scene.
Vempair Survaivors from Vampire Survivors
Turtle Woods from Crash Bandicoot 2 has never left me ever since I first played it on the PS1.
I’m locking my answer in on the old Minecraft music. Literally EVERYONE knows it.
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.
you might like !shmups@lemmus.org if you are not already subbed to it
been there for a hot minute! solid little group.
The entire sountrack from the original Toejam & Earl on Genesis, shit rewired my child brain in funky new ways
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