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.
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.
The main theme of Papers, Please: https://youtu.be/DbBB1j5qAFs
Turrican2 and GODS … Amiga :)
We All Lift Together from Warframe goes fucking hard.
The Stupendium made an Outer Worlds song called The Fine Print that also goes hard af for either setting imo.
Some other bangers are the entire Silent Hill 3 sound track (You’re Not Here and I Need Love are my personal favorites) and My Dark Disquiet by Poets of the Fall from Control.
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.
Suicide run, Mass Effect 2.
Easy answer for me, chemical plant zone from Sonic the hedgehog 2
NA NANANA NANAANANA NA KATAMARI DAMACY
I recently obtained a unicorn of a CRT and have been replaying this
Man the soundtrack alone could get me to play Katamari games. I got a birthday gift card recently and was deciding what game to get, when one of the OSTs came up on YT Music and I listened to it for like a week straight. Immediately got We ❤️ Katamari + DLC on 80% sale.
Could scream that shit in my car honestly.
Does the Wii shop music count as a video game song?
Minecraft by C418 lives rent free in my head. Sometimes i’ll start humming it to myself and not even realize
The entire soundtrack from FTL is fantastic and catchy and full of ear worms.
Iunno how this wasn’t mentioned, but Payday 2 has a lot of catchy / going-hard songs.
Gonna leave 3:
Here a little late with some certified bangers in no particular order:
Monty on the Run - Main theme (Commodore 64)
Sonic CD [JP] - Quartz Quadrant (Present)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Wandering Ghosts
Looked for someone to mention Mega Man. You picked a good one, but I’ll add the opening intro theme for Mega Man 2 for my catchy pick.
It’s cheating, but there was a track in need for speed carbon that was catchy as hell. Love me or hate me, by Lady Sovereign
Not technically video game music, but it’s one of the few tracks in any video game that I went out of my way to find outside of a game.
Not what you asked for, but my music taste was shaped massively by Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series
