15 Greatest Video Game Theme Songs Of All Time

4. The Legend Of Zelda

From one pixellated legend to another, and the other half of the Sony/Nintendo divide that dominated the late 90s. Many gamers who 'picked sides' during this time only experienced one or the other when it came to Final Fantasy VII or Ocarina of Time, but thankfully, both were just as majestic, just as fulfilling and just as memorable where their scores were concerned.

The Zelda theme is just one of those timeless classics that's been iterated on through the main canon's various incarnations, sometimes being added to and padded out with additional instrumentation, or minimised to hint at only the root notes in the main bars of its composition.

It's been performed live by hundred-strong orchestras and whistled back yourself in the morning after a good evening's adventuring. Nintendo might just be the masters when it comes to pure consistency of excellent themes, and Zelda is a ringing endorsement of that.