From the best to the worst:
2 > 3 > 1 > 4 > 7 > 5 > 6 > 8
Pokémon Soundtracks rankings by Gen
4 > 5 > 2 > 1 > 3 > 7 >>>>>> 6 > 8
4 is a refined taste
For me its this, but slightly different
4=5>2=1>3>7>>>>>>6
1 is miles better than 2.
Nothing in 1 comes close to how shitty this sounds: youtube.com
Well I can nitpick too user, but I'm not going to. And nothing in 1 comes close to how good National Park is.
5 > 7 > 3 > 4 > 1 > 2 > 6 > 8
7th gen ost is underrated as fuck
4 and 5 are great. They even elevated 8-bit soundtracks from Gen 2 to the highest level. I never feel bored hearing Welcome to Sinnoh, Eterna City, Canalave, Route 209, and Azalea Town soundtracks repeatedly. Prof. Juniper's Lab and several unova route soundtracks are soothing to hear too. And I think the first time I hear a soul wrenching music from pokemon games was during final confrontation with N. Oh, and LGPE has kino soundtracks too but I don't know which gen to put it in
National Park original and HGSS cannot be topped by anything else.
Gen 4 and 5 still did an amazing job in general.
SM>PLA/DPPT>USUM>SwShDLC>HGSS>ORAS>FRLG>SwSh
I hated DP when it came out, but even back then acknowledged that it had the best soundtrack.
I'd say gen 4 > gen 2 > gen1 = gen 3, don't really care about other gens since I didn't play them enough to rate them. Gen 5 was rather good, I think.
That being said, of the gens listed up there, none of them have a bad soundtrack.
You all put 6 below
But we all can’t deny it has the best and catchiest bike theme
5 is the worst simply because it has the retarded as fuck low HP battle theme.
I’d put XY second also
I don't have the autism to actually rank every game but all I'm going to say is that USUM is one of the best.
1 is bored, too vanilla
Gen 1 has not a single song as good as these:
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Azalea Town's is so good
Unbeatable and definitive. Azalea Town is Johto's National Theme in my headcanon.
3 > 4 > 5 > 2 > 6 > 1 > 7 > 8