This may be an odd one - but my brother and I would spend HOURS playing Mountain King on our Atari 2600. When you grabbed the crown - the digitized Hall Of The Mountain King started playing and you had to high-tail it out of that temple!! I still have this pop in my head every once in a while. Video:
That track reminds me of one of my favorite games in elementary school, Super Solvers: Midnight Rescue (also liked their other games in the series, especially Gizmos & Gadgets).
Original Contra on NES. (the first couple bars just fits that first scene perfectly as you jump across the exploding bridge trying to shoot down the gun level-up)
Bionic Commando on NES.
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Are the first to come to my mind. . . .
Sonic 2, Sonic 3/& Knuckles soundtracks had very memorable soundtracks. Good selection for the Halloween season:
Halo theme for me!
Or maybe Phendrana Drifts from Metroid Prime
Love the Halo theme! And the whole score. My favorite rendition after that in the series is from Halo: Reach.
OMG Thank You for that. I have not seen that in years. I loved the theme and opening for Oblivion.
Out Run or Space Harrier for me.