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  • Yeah, welcome to watch mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 scariest songs and video games for this list will be looking at video game music that sends shivers up our spines and makes their respective areas that much creepier.

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  • Number 20 Crimson Terrarium.

  • The procedurally generated terrarium features multiple interesting biomass for players to explore.

  • However, one that gives us the willies whenever it shows up is the Crimson.

  • Instead of having the players stumble upon it, the crimson spreads to neighboring by OEMs.

  • It's defined by blood red pools of water, disgusting gore centric enemies and an overall doom and gloom vibe.

  • That vibe is solidified by its accompanying music, the opening percussion, maybe catchy, but it soon grows to include random unsettling sounds and unnerving sense that are just as imposing as the setting.

  • It'll make you feel incredibly tense, which means it does its job well.

  • Number 19 Mr X theme, Resident Evil two being one of the greatest horror game series of all time.

  • There's plenty of spooky music featured in the Resident Evil series, but the one track that will forever unnerve us is the theme for one of the most frightening characters in the franchise, The nearly unstoppable trenchcoat wearing Monstrosity that is Mr X will relentlessly pursue you whenever he sees you and he has an appropriately overwhelming theme to match how stressful his encounters are.

  • It sounds like something you'd hear in a slasher movie as the killer draws closer to their victims, so it fits the character perfectly.

  • Yeah.

  • Number 18 Demise of the Ritual Shadow of the Colossus.

  • This beloved action adventure game follows wonder who attempts to resurrect a woman he cares deeply for.

  • By slaying a group of intimidating colossi naturally the final fight is one of the most challenging moments of the game.

  • Instead of a heart thumping bombastic score, composer Kotani took a much cheerier route and the result is something much more impactful.

  • The swelling strings and chorus fits splendidly with the atmosphere as both rain and the behemoths attacks fall upon you.

  • The score highlights the dreariness of the understated plot.

  • The music is fittingly gothic and makes an already memorable encounter.

  • That much more of a standout moment.

  • Mm hmm.

  • Yeah.

  • Number 17.

  • Music room, corpse party with a name like that.

  • You better believe there's some spooky music attached corpse party follows a group of students who are mysteriously teleported to an elementary school and a different dimension as they explore, they find it's haunted by sinister ghosts of murdered Children.

  • Outside of the school's music room, you can hear someone playing piano, but once you enter, there's no one there, the music may be simple and upbeat but it's still completely disturbing, especially as it's punctuated by off key chords.

  • The fact that you can't see who's playing as well as that it stops.

  • Once you get near it just makes it creepier.

  • Mm hmm.

  • Number 16 this is where they sleep bioshock Garry Schyman score for the original bioshock succeeds in helping to bring the world of rapture to life.

  • Around every corner is a twisted enemy waiting to greet you.

  • Whether they be the adam addicted splices or the terrifying Big Daddy's.

  • Each encounter is accompanied by an exceptionally tense track.

  • The one that makes our skin crawl the most is this is where they sleep.

  • Most of the track is a gradual build.

  • The sharp violins continuously grow louder and more high pitched until you can't take it anymore though short, it's the kind of track that makes you immediately move to the edge of your seat signaling that something is creeping forward, waiting to strike.

  • Number 15.

  • Your best nightmare under tail.

  • Never before has a flower been this terrifying though flower, he seems friendly when you first meet him.

  • It quickly becomes clear that he means you and everyone else the utmost horror unless you're going down the genocide route, flower, we will greet you at the end of the game as a mutated horror.

  • And the music that plays as some of the most frightening, disheartening music to ever play during a boss fight, fast paced and far from catchy like the rest of the game soundtrack.

  • Your best nightmare starts with a sadistic laughter and pummels your ears while flowy pummels you.

  • Even some of the pleasant moments are only there to lure you into safety before the barrage begins again.

  • Oh # 14.

  • Prison Block Out Last.

  • Mm hmm.

  • Just like Resident Evil to outlast Has you being chased by a hulking brute.

  • Only this time you have absolutely nothing to defend yourself with.

  • You.

  • Plays a journalist who follows a story to a psychiatric hospital that has definitely seen better days.

  • One of the game's most terrifying moments when patient chris walker pursues you through a prison block of patients is paired with an incredibly intense soundtrack.

  • The quick notes from the strings and the clanging percussion elevate the chase to quicken your breath and make your heart beat out of your chest.

  • It's one of many moments and outlast where you feel powerless and this particular track helps make this one the most notable # 13 Sayonara Doki Doki Literature Club.

  • We don't want to give away all the twists of this dating sim, but trust us, when we say things get pretty disturbing, it begins innocently enough.

  • You're a high school guy who joins an after school reading club so you can get to know its female members better as you play the games, ridiculously catching main theme bounces along.

  • But a unique rendition of it is utterly petrifying.

  • Sayonara plays when the player character discovers the body of seniority.

  • His best friend who has seemingly hung herself.

  • It's the main theme but with all instruments except the piano being played slightly out of key.

  • It's an incredibly clever way to warp something joyful into something downright horrifying.

  • Number 12 The Hunter Blood-borne.

  • the Gothic yarn on is one seriously spooky location.

  • Its architecture may be impressive, but its inhabitants are some of the deadliest, most bloodthirsty in gaming and early boss that forces you to adapt to the game's mechanics or die trying.

  • His father Gascoyne and the music that accompanies him is equal parts badass and completely chilling.

  • Mostly composed of impressive strings and booming brass.

  • The Hunter is a perfect boss track as his attacks grow more aggressive.

  • So too does the music adding a chorus and quickening its pace.

  • It's a fantastic piece for setting the mood for the rest of the game or to just listen to get into the spirit of Halloween.

  • Number 11.

  • 1st chapter on the Ground Dragon Guard, Set in the middle of a religious war.

  • Players control came a Prince of the currently losing side game starts strong showing how dire things are for the Union during an invasion from the mighty Empire.

  • As came hacks and slashes his way through enemies.

  • The score penetrates the action with strings sharper than any blade.

  • It's a chaotic nerve wracking track that brings feelings of urgency, uncertain nous and futility, which only means that encapsulates everything.

  • The player is currently experiencing.

  • It immediately sets the tone while putting you on edge, making it impossible to get a grip on anything.

  • Mm hmm.

  • Okay.

  • Number 10, Tomb of the Ancients, Rayman two, The Great Escape.

  • Raymond's games are usually incredibly cheerful, but that doesn't necessarily mean every moment is bright and happy one level in his second game is anything but the Tomb of the Ancients is home to a robot pirate stronghold.

  • And upon entering you'll be made immediately aware of this section's creepy vibe.

  • Not only is the area filled with spiders and skeletons, but the music is some of the scariest to ever be featured in a platformer.

  • In fact, the infrequent piano notes that puncture the haunting, high pitched strings make it sound like something from an Alfred Hitchcock movie.

  • It's still one of the franchises standout tunes all these years later, number nine drunken whaler dishonored this track from our canes action stealth game gets major props for taking a song everyone knows and turning it into something far more creepy and sinister.

  • Players can find a book of harpooner songs in several places that feature the renditions unsettling lyrics which include the lines slice his throat with a rusty cleaver and feed him to the hungry rats for dinner.

  • The lyrical changes are enough to make it unsettling.

  • But the song was also used for its gameplay trailer instead of a group of sailors merrily chanting.

  • It was a bunch of Children which undeniably makes the song much scarier.

  • Yeah, # eight Prayer, Silent Hill three.

  • The decision behind naming this track was clearly a genius one.

  • Any song named Prayer that's featured in Asylum Hill game was always going to be ominous and disturbing.

  • But Akira Yama Oka defied all expectations.

  • A few tracks can embody the feeling of pure evil the way this one does.

  • Although few game series and Body terror the way Silent Hill does, it consists of low pitched, distorted moans, infrequent breathing and percussion beats that simulate a lumbering monster inching its way towards you.

  • It definitely isn't a track we'd want to listen to regularly, but it is one that flawlessly captures the tone of its game # seven Dungeon.

  • Diablo.

  • Mm hmm Well you're going on a journey to hell to defeat the devil after all.

  • So you'd better expect some pretty spooky tracks.

  • The theme that plays whenever you enter one of the game's procedurally generated dungeons will certainly instill a desire to find an exit quickly the tracks, quick, varied percussive instruments and deep horns are accompanied by a strange high pitched sound underneath and some unnerving moaning.

  • Most of the sounds aren't in time with one another which just makes everything more alarming.

  • It makes each enemy more frightening but it's also a great reflection of the overarching villain whose imposing nature has infected the land above number six drowning theme sonic, the hedgehog series.

  • If there were ever a song guaranteed to stress any player out.

  • It's the drowning theme from the sonic, the hedgehog series while Mario could happily swim underneath without issues.

  • Sega took a different route for their.

  • Platform.

  • Ng mascot.

  • Any underwater levels struck fear into the hearts of all of us falling into a pool, we'd immediately begin looking for a way out if you heard the song, you had about 15 of the most fraught seconds in gaming to find an air bubble before the little hedgehog Parish.

  • Our original top 10 had the final boss music from the U.

  • S.

  • Release of sonic Cd, surprisingly disturbing track but this song earns its spot for traumatizing an entire player base number five Final Hours.

  • The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask.

  • Majoras Mask is by far the darkest entry in the Legend of Zelda with a horrific moon about to destroy termina and a masked terrorizing its citizens.

  • There are plenty of twisted moments as the three day loop reaches its close, this forlorn tune will play during Clock Town's Final Hours.

  • The hauntingly stirring tones in tandem with the chimes of bells is apocalyptic and hopeless.

  • While you can always rewind the clock koji condos piece still heightens the sense that everything is about to be wiped away.

  • Zelda is known for its infectiously catchy music and we mean it as the highest compliment.

  • When we say Final Hours is not one we want in our heads.

  • Number four, lavender town Pokemon, red and blue.

  • If a song is so creepy, it inspired one of the most well known gaming urban legends and you know, it deserves some recognition Pokemon rapidly became a pop culture phenomenon thanks to wonderfully designed creatures that acted as our brave companions.

  • Yet many of us were surprised to make it to lavender town where we were greeted by music that made us feel nothing like a carefree adventurer.

  • Sure the location is eerie with its tower dedicated to deceased Pokemon.

  • But the town's theme is so unsettling that it has wormed its way into our subconscious, making us anxious whenever we hear it.

  • # three.

  • Which left for dead.

  • Mm hmm.

  • For the most part, as long as you have your allies, you can make it through just about any encounter and left for Dead and its sequel.

  • But there's one special infected that will always give us pause, making sure we are entirely prepared to face it.

  • The which you'll find her crying randomly in any given level though as soon as you get closer to her she strikes with shocking ferocity.

  • Her music is the perfect complement.

  • The nonsensical vocals and fast piano notes are creepy, but the explosion of percussion that signals her attack will undoubtedly get your heart racing right?

  • Big Number two Guy Vegas.

  • Earthbound, mm hmm, mm hmm Vegas is one of the most memorable bosses in any Nintendo game.

  • And not just because of its evil nature and spooky design.

  • The song that is paired with this final encounter is just as disturbing as the villain if not more so for most of the track, there aren't any discernible instruments to pick out, otherworldly, motoring, static wind blowing and frantic beeps and boobs comprised the majority.

  • It's as if Nintendo found the perfectly random noises to throw together making for an entirely uncomfortable concoction.

  • Geiger is a deeply dark final boss.

  • So it's only natural that his theme gets under our skin.

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  • # one River Twigs Bed.

  • Super Paper Mario.

  • Okay, what the hell Nintendo First you scarred us with the haunted house levels.

  • Music in super Mario 64.

  • Then you put what sounds like demons chanting backwards into super paper Mario.

  • The river twigs is said to be filled with the tears of sinners.

  • So it was already off to a good start.

  • But if you go swimming in it, you'll find it gets far more disturbing.

  • It's filled with invincible skeletal enemies called under hands.

  • But its music is definitely its creepiest aspect other than the blood curdling vocals.

  • It features eerie noises.

  • We can't quite place, but it truly sounds like a nightmare in the mood for more awesome gaming content.

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