Best RPG soundtrack?

[Berserker]

Xenosaga was produced my Namco, not Square

Well, since Xenogears too wasn't taken in Europe I shall curse Namco AND Square.

[Excell]

Haha. Europeans....

[diapadion]

Chrono Trigger. No question.
I've seen many soundtracks in my day, but on the whole, none of them have the lasting value and diversity of the Chrono Trigger songs.
Sure, Xenogears has some really nice tunes, but many of the melodies are reused again and again, plus, the actual arrangement of the originals isn't all that spectacular. The Creid album sort of makes up for this.
Other really nice soundtracks I include are Chrono Cross, the little known Radical Dreamers, Terranigma, Total Annihilation, the early Castlevania games, The Lufia games, plus the Pre-Playstation Final Fantasy games. FFV and FFVI are quite good on their own, and Nobuo Uematsu is an incredible composer, but they don't match up to Chrono Trigger. Probably because Nobuo Uematsu and Yasunori Mitsuda both worked on CT.
Yeah, there are lots of good game soundtracks, although it seems that the best come from Japan. Possibly due to the sheer quantity of total games that come out of Japan.

[Excell]

The reason why the CT songs aren't overused is because it is about 15 hours long. Xenogears can hit upwards of 60 hours. Huge difference.

[Impossible]

There's some great music in Zelda games, too. Especially the ocarina songs and stuff... But Koji Kondo is just awesome.

[Inderos]

Also, it seemed to me that the songs they used more than once were their way of connecting multiple events. A good example of this is the Music Box song... Can't remember what it's called, but they used it several times to connections between Fei and the past.

[Telephalsion]

The zelda 3 map music is simply great... you can hum it repeatedly, same goes for super mario theme.

tohugh final fantasy has it's good songs too, though some are so overused it's not even funny.

Chrono trigger has great music too.

Can't beat F-zero though

[Porter]

i'm very suprised Chrono Cross hasn't been touched yet, I thought that was one of greatest.

More underrated:
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1. Final Fantasy 5
2. Suikoden
3. Tales Of Phantasia
4. Final Fantasy Tactics

[Strayed Wanderer]

I definitely hold the first two suikodens and wild arms up there... some of those songs have been stuck in my head for several years.

[Excell]

Suikoden I, II and III all have good soundtracks. And yes, Chrono Cross has an absolutely amazing soundtrack on par with CT itself.

FF3/6, Suikoden, FF7, Suikoden II, Breath of Fire III, Breath of Fire IV, Terranigma, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Suikoden III, FFT, Xenogears....probly some others. I love all of their soundtracks.

[Impossible]

The zelda 3 map music is simply great... you can hum it repeatedly, same goes for super mario theme.

I've always wished someone would do a single remix of the two LttP overworld themes - light and dark world. It would be so awesome.

[A Wanderer]

Final Fantasy X.

Suteki Da Ne (the song you hear when Tidus and Yuna kiss in the woods) is fantastic!

[Excell]

That game and everything about it is crap. Never mention it again. Ever. Anyone.

[Fitz Tayo]

It's not really a sound track, but it is in a way, The Black Mages I and II are both really good.

[Sage Of The Wise]

I've always wished someone would do a single remix of the two LttP overworld themes - light and dark world. It would be so awesome.

I'm almost positive I've seen that on VGMusic, but I can't find it right now.