Spookiest VGM for each verse

[Follow_Doctor_Freeman]

Halloween is upon us, so let's shine a spotlight on how horror music can fit into a wide variety of aesthetics. I've found some surprisingly frightening tune from even series one wouldn't expect! What music is "the scariest" is subjective, and I'm sticking to a just handful from site-significant series in the OP at first, but feel free to add unsung chillers that stand out to you, too.

• Berserk: Gut's Rage -- To the Castle
• Castlevania: Curse of Darkness -- Catacombs of Grief & Sadness
• DC's Batman: Begins (GBA) -- A Chill
• Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening -- Temen-Ni-Gru United with Demon World
• Doom 64 -- Perfect Hate (Pitfalls)
• Halo 2 -- Falling Down
• Marvel's Blade (PS1) -- Nightbeast
• Metroid: Other M -- Inside the Crater
• Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum -- Old Chateau
• Resident Evil 4 -- Novistadors
• Shin Megami Tensei V -- Alien World
• Sonic CD -- Final Fever (US)
• Super Mario Odyssey -- Crumbleden
• Touhou Project: Koumajou Densetsu Scarlet Symphony -- Uninvited Guests
• Transformers War For Cybertron -- Lobby Menu (Pt. 2)
• Vertigo's Spawn: The Eternal -- Violator's Realm
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links - Cutscene Theme (Possession)
• Zelda: Twilight Princess -- After Battle with Zant

Blind spots: Warhammer, Final Fantasy, Warcraft, anime game adaptations in general. What are some of your favorite spooky VGM or even soundtracks from movies & shows?

 

[DaReaperMan]

Warcraft. Just general Naxx things.

Warhammer stuff lacks things due to being a book and tabletop verse first, so... yeh. Other than that, I dunno.

 

[Franstel]

For Fire Emblem either "The Mad God's Blessings" or "The Slumbering Labyrinth"



For Higurashi it's definitely Festivals - Shiukusai

 

[Follow_Doctor_Freeman]

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Thanks for that great lead for potential Warcraft candidates; I gotta listen to the whole thing to single out a track but the music at the view spikes at the 12 & 43 minute marks are among the most chilling I've heard in an MMO OST.

Hitman/Assassin's Creed composer Jesper Kyd had a few spooky ones in Darktide, though I feel as if there's gotta be a track from this or another WH game out there that goes even harder than this:

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Higurashi, that reminds me that When They Cry & VNs in general are a largely untapped gold mine for this sort of thing. I'm more familiar with Umineko's OST so thanks for the blind spot fill; that song gets intense by the end.

On Fire Emblem, your nice selections remind me that Awakening had some strange stuff as well. "Something Is Very Wrong" is probably scarier but this is close & is more unique imo:

 

[Follow_Doctor_Freeman]

Turns out VSB has Pink Panther pages (!) so imma post this