I'm a big fan of Paper Jam's Gloomy Woods, Odyssey's Steam Forest, and Hollow Knight's Greenpath, tho I'm not sure if that one counts. All of the ones on here are bangers!

shenmue 2's guilin portion has quite a few, but I'll suggest this one

Hyper Light Drifter's The Midnight Wood

darkwood's untitled 2 is real good too

Both the Bravely Default and Bravely Second ones will always be my favorites

pokemon gsc - viridian forest
super metroid - upper brinstar (more of a jungle theme but thought i'd throw it out there)
metroid prime - tallon overworld theme 2
xenoblade x - noctilum theme (also a nopon place from what i remember)
earthbound - peaceful rest valley (deep darkness theme also probably counts and rules also)

pikmin forest themes (including wistful wild and twilight river) are also all pretty good, tho idk if i'd characterize them as dope ass personally

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Thanks gang, I'll add those as soon as I finish adding my friend's recommendations (there's a lot of them...)

click clock wood from banjo kazooie? good picks here already tho

Every first stratum theme in the Etrian Odyssey series:
EO1: https://youtu.be/lQcKlQ6iAew?feature=shared
EO1U: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZBCPPTUrjc
EO2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_LKm8XmQiE
EO2U: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUZhOFWQqq4
EO3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYELHg_Qv68
EO4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTU-jTmWr-k
EO5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIOsqoWsFMw

Nier automata needs to be here too bells.....

Dawn of Mana has lot of really good ones such as "A Mysterious Forest" or "Green Whirlpool"
almost any game from that franchise has a good forest/woods track

Others I remember:
Nights Into Dreams: Gloom of the N.H.C.
Final Fantasy Mystic quest: Beautiful Forest or Forest City
Ristar: Dancing Leaves
Pocky & Rocky: Enchanted Forest
Panzer Dragoon II: Forest of Taboo
Tales of Phantasia: Mystic Forest
Astra Superstars: Memory of a Sleepy Forest

Pac-Man World 2 - B-Doing Woods
DKC: Tropical Freeze - Forest Folly
Banjo-Kazooie - Click Clock Wood

Here's more:

American McGee's Alice - Wonderland Woods
Environmental Station Alpha - Spinning Dandelion
Mega Man X - Sting Chameleon

Primeval Forest Ring (5th stratum) - Etrian Odyssey 5
Shadow Forest - Chrono Cross
Treeshroud Forest - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky
Lush Forest - Super Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
Gloomgeld Woods - Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection
Alley of Silence - Cold Steel 3
Path of Spirits - Cold Steel 1
Hazy Moon - Tokyo Xanadu
Secret Jungle Survival - Gurumin
The Heartwood - Pokemon Legends Arceus
Clover Ruins - Xanadu Next

I could probably go on, but these are several that come to mind that are among the most tuneful forest themes I've heard.

Chasing the Black Caped Man - FF7 (despite the name iirc it's used for a forest area)
Maktha Wildwood - Xenoblade 3

I asked some friends and here's more they liked:
Get Off My Lawn - River City Girls 2
A Walk Through the Forest - Atelier Rorona
The Forest of Meeting - Atelier Iris Eternal Mana
Forest of Judgement - Varnir of the Dragon Star: Ecdysis of the Dragon
Morning Dew, Melt Away - Ar Tonelico Melody of Elemia
Witch of the Quiet Forest - Cold Steel 4
Deep Forest Daylight - Atelier Ryza 2
Ixa'taka - Skies of Arcadia
Silence in the Sunlight Filtering Through the Trees - Trails to Azure
Lost in Green - Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana

don't forget SA2's rhythm and balance, insanely good song

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - Hyrcanian Forest
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal - Florana - Nabla Forest
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time - Quantos - Zolar Forest
Spyro the Dragon - Tree Tops
Spyro 2 - Summer Forest
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy - Forbidden Jungle
Jak 2 - Haven Forest
Super Kiwi 64 - Forest
Guacamelee - Forest del Chivo
A Hat in Time - Subcon Forest
Trine 2 - Waltz of the Temple Forest Elves

Do you plan to do any more lists like this?

Kings field: the ancient city - Holy Forest

Just came to make sure that Forest Maze was here. It is and I am pleased.

very glad to see super metroid on this list

The Gapra Whitewood from FF13 should be on the list. Way more foresty vibes than the sunleth waterscape.

@contemporation if its any consolation i picked sunleth waterscape because i liked the song more lol

I know it's in the list, but Devil Forest from Last Bible 3 is incredible.

for a sec i thot this said "dog ass forest themes" lol

Fiend Empire and A Veil of Leaves are the two that immediately come to mind for me.

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Currently waiting to "finish" up my Forest and Desert versions of this list respectively, and then I have one more I'd like to make for Oceans. If I feel like continuing after that, I definitley have some more ideas in the tank.