In continuing these theme threads, I wanted to know if anyone could help me find some more sad music. I have a core list of sad tinged songs I listen to regularly but am looking for more:

Temple of Chaos (Nobuo Uematsu, Final Fantasy [remake])
The Ruined Sparkling City (Yoko Shimomura, Legend of Mana)
Maridia Rocky Underwater Area (Minako Hamano, Super Metroid)
Mysterious Glitter (Kenji Ito, Romancing Saga -Mistrel Song-)
Theme (Masashi Hamauzu, SaGa Frontier 2)
Mist Began to Form (Motoi Sakuraba, Star Ocean: The Second Story)
Ice Crystal (Motoi Sakuraba, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time)
Bonded by Claire (Junya Nakano, Threads of Fate)
One Day You'll Forget Your Hopes and Dreams (Noriyasu Agematsu, Wild Arms 5)
June [er, October] Mermaid (Yasunori Mitsuda, Xenogears)
Omen (Yasunori Mitsuda, Xenogears)
The Mystic Forest (Nobuo Uematsu, Final Fantasy VI)
From Your Tears... (Masato Kouda, Wild Arms 4)

Can anyone help me find some more pathos?

Sad Song (Yoko Shimomura, Super Mario RPG)

Some are probably gonna kill me for this, but that entire soundtrack has fallen by the wayside for me. I seriously don't know what happened... even the tracks I like aren't really doing it for me anymore.

Hmm...sad songs...

Grief from an cinniuint (Mitsuda)
Prisoners of Fate (Mitsuda)

I'll think of more, but those two, especially "Grief" really hit home!

Dude? Entirely quarters of entire SOUNDTRACKS often consist of sorrowful music; I'll get back to you when I have more time to extrapolate.

Ehh, I guess it does sort of have a sorrowful tone to it, but I think more along the lines of "Mysterious" with that piece. Interpretation, I guess...

Now, you want a sorrowful piece from the FFI & II PSX OST? Try "Ruined Castle" (Disc 1, Track 24) from FFI; it's very evocative of a once great kingdom, now in ruins.

I know what you mean... I still feel a tinge of sorrow in there.

I like that one too.

Gateway (Yuko Komiyama & Akemi Kimura, Megaman X8)
Blood Tears (Akira Yamaoka, Silent Hill)
Requiem (Kohei Tanaka, Alundra)*
Introduction (Jeremy Soule, Secret of Evermore)
Under the Stars (Masaharu Iwata, FF Tactics)
The Last Scene (Fumie Kumatani, Sonic Adventure 2)
Jungle ~ A Lush Load (Fumie Kunatani, Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II)
Funeral March and Alone in the World (Michiko Naruke, Wild Arms)
Broken Promise (Tomohito Nishura, Dark Cloud)
Snowy Valley (Mari Yamaguchi & Tatsuya Nishimura, Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse)
Song of Rebirth (Sawako Natori, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile)

*also used as Cara's Theme in Legend of Legaia.

I'll add more if I think of 'em.

The whole Abandoner soundtrack. Seriously, "Deeds Not Words" is one of the few compositions that has made me shed tears.

For me, there's different kinds of sad music. I'm not overly fond of too sentimental tracks, and prefer minimalistic approaches. Unfortunately in most of the soundtracks (especially in RPG-s), the former atmosphere is preferred.

I've always found the game over music for the SaGa series to be quite sad.

Hiroki Kikuta's Innocent Sea from Seiken Densetsu 3.  Sorrow personified.

This one may be too easy but

Make Me Feel Sad (Dragon Quest V, Koichi Sugiyama)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBeWydACv8k

I'll think of more later.

Okay, sorrowful music! I can do this! Let's do this! Okay, alright! Alright, okay!

I'll go by soundtrack:

Star Ocean 3 ~ Till the End of Time

"Misted Moon" (Vol.1, Disc 1, Track 06)
"Lakes and Marshes with Doubt" (V1, D1, T07)
"Chrysanthemum in Winter" (V1, D1, T09)
"Fallen Leaves (Flute Version)" (V1, D1, T08)
"Fallen Leaves" (V1, D2, T13)
"Till the End of Time" (V1, D1, T12)
"Requiem for a Saint" (V1, D1, T18)
"Rust Color" (V2, D1, T11) - Man, do I ever love the Western flavor of this one!
"Ice Crystal" (V1, D2, T01)
"So Alone, Be Sorrow" (V1, D2, T08)
"So Alone, Be Sorrow (Piano Version)" (V1, D2, T06)

*Whew*

I'll post more later.

Sound quality on that is excellent! Man, do I ever miss the SD3 OST... (T_T)

and you may ask yourself "why the hell hasnt squeenix remade this for DS yet?"

Well, this likely isn't what you're looking for, but I recommend operas.
A good opera to start is Madame Butterfly by Puccini. It has lots of uplifting and exciting moments (in my opinion), but overall very beautiful and sad. Of course opera isn't for everyone, but I love it!

cheers,

-avatar!

Or released a translated version on Virtual Console?

The Secret of Mana / Seiken Densetsu series, I'd swear is one that Square-Enix is trying to kill or make die; either that, or they've gotten incompetent with it, like how SEGA tried "Innovating" with Sonic, when all anyone really wanted was another side-scroller.

I guess Seiken Densetsu 3 didn't sell too well when it came out in Japan? Or did it?

Hepatica (KOS-MOS) ~ Kajiura, Xenosaga III (one of my favorites)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74L8DNsQFB8

Desert Oasis ~ Sakuraba, Tales of the Abyss (peaceful/melancholy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGu39FhiosE

Kazarov Stonehenge ~ Nishiura, Dark Chronicle (haunting)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHf3-AgA4wU

October Child ~ Kanno, Napple Tale (tender/sad)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62SF3F4Bsjw

Grandpa's Violin ~ Kajiura, .Hack//Sign (from an anime, but hey, it's related to video games. So beautiful. If instruments could literally cry....)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2VX290UOLI

Chiisana Hana from Popolocrois II, arranged for bagpipe/tin whistle (bagpipes=sad!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KLNhMX8VaA

Time's Arm ~ Mitsuda, World Destruction (I think I equate all children's choir vocals to sad and moving. Shivers.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc7z88ABlzs

American McGee's Alice - Wonderland Woods
American McGee's Alice - Pool of Tears
Resident Evil 2 - Leon with Claire
Resident Evil 2 - Ada's Theme
Dewprism - Bonded by Claire
Seiken Densetsu 2 - Phantom and a Rose
Seiken Densetsu 2 - A Wish
Seiken Densetsu 3 - Fable
Silent Hill: Homecoming - Witchcraft
Silent Hill 3 - Please Love Me... Once More
Silent Hill 3 - Dance With Night Wind
Silent Hill 1 - Tears of...

And of course, much of kt2's output...

Ah, forgot this one:

Chrono Trigger - The Last Day of the World

The two really sorrowful themes I remember from Chrono Trigger are:

(Albeit possibly incorrectly titled)

"Day of Revival" (D2, T06)
"At the Bottom of Night" (D3, T03)

(Between Chrono Trigger and Xenogears, why are tracklistings for Mitsuda's soundtracks often poorly translated? I'm guessing because the interest in VGM in the U.S. was still pretty new around then?)

I suppose you could chalk up

"Singing Mountain" (D3, T01)

as well, although, I find that piece more evocative of a reconciliation, rather than mourning. Still a very moving piece, either way.

You could also add

Schala's Theme (D3, T06)

to the list, though I find it more evocative of desperation, rather than depression,

but

"Wind Song" (D1, T09)

which I find rather evocative of a medieval world in which life is short, and rife with hunger, pestilence, and war.

chrono trigger - at the bottom of night

its one of most saddest theme I've ever heard

also breath of fire 2 - twisted bridge

Also I like Crying - Lost Child (S.S.H.)

I'm in SNES mood today, so...

Famicom Tantei Club 2
Sunset
Lyricism
The Dean Room
The Suicided Dean

Actraiser
Sacrifices

Treasure Hunter G
Of My Life, I Regret Nothing
"Wow, What a Story"
Dead Town
Sad Freedom

Romancing SaGa
Deserted Village

Breath of Fire
Town in Despair
Alan and Cerl Forever

Breath of Fire 2
Memories
Give Me a Chance...
You Must Live!
More Than Words

Live A Live
Cry-A-Live
Armageddon

Enough for now.