Metal Gear Solid
The Metal Gear series is well known for its excellent choice in music. The franchise is so synonymous with its great soundtrack that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots allowed Snake to plug in his iPod and listen to classic tunes from previous installments. Pretty much any Metal Gear Solid game could be on this list but it’s arguably the original game that really embraced music. As the first game in the series to be on disc, Metal Gear Solid featured some truly beautiful tracks that helped make the release such a game changer.
Metal Gear Solid’s music was composed by publisher Konami’s in-house musicians and the composer and lyricist Rika Muranaka wrote the classic song The Best is Yet to Come which was performed by the Irish singer Aoife Ní Fhearraigh. For many gamers, Metal Gear Solid was one of the first titles to show just how perfectly games and music could work together. The Metal Gear Solid series has since gone to feature many other classic original songs including Calling to the Night from Portable Ops, Snake Eater Theme from Snake Eater, Old Snake from Guns of the Patriots, and Sins of the Father from The Phantom Pain.
