does anyone listen to videogame soundtracks (they do exist)... just wondering?
I do. RPG soundtracks have some of the most heavenly music ever. I have all the Suikoden I stuff on MP3, and used to listen to it a whole lot. Now, not as much because it's kind of a phase type thing. I'm like that with all music. I'm a big fan of FFT's (my bro has the original two-CD set; we both love it), FF9's, and Suikoden I and II. Also, the pack-in CD with FF Anthology was great (had a combo of some FFV and FFVI music).
Mega Man games have some rad music...
I like the Final Fantasy games' music a lot. There's some really brilliant people working on this stuff, and it's really sad to see them looked at so low compared to other musicians
Yep, how could I forget Megaman. And the X series, too. Although the later games got increasingly worse. X1 and Megaman 2-6 and 8 all have some great, great music. Not sure about MM7, haven't played it but maybe once on ROM. And I never owned X2 or X3 so I can't be sure about those either.
The Mario games always have had great music as well, as have Donkey Kong Country. DKC2 has one of the best soundtracks in a game I've ever heard. The Xenogears soundtrack is great, too, as is all the stuff from Chrono Trigger (and Chrono Cross, to a lesser extent).
The music from the Fallout games is amazing... (not sure if it's available)...
Zelda series has some good stuff, and I like the music from Zelda2 because it's so...weird. I love how it stands out that way
I still listen to my Full Throttle soundtrack by the Gone Jackals occasionally. Good stuff. Also have some 2 Final Fantasy CD's. Some of the things they compose (like Celeste's Opera and Sephiroth's theme) are truly great.
I used to just throw the themes from Super Mario Bros. and Zelda onto mix tapes. I'm good like that.
Besides those, favorite pieces of music include:
Everything from Virtua Tennis. Its all like sweet riffage a la Maiden or the Fucking Champs.
Maniac Mansion. Each character had different music on his headphones, which you could turn off at any time, or switch. It was sweet.
California Games - Just remember liking a bunch of these songs.
The "Continue?" menu of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. This is no joke the most sorrowful song I've heard in all of video games. I used to let the weasels catch me on purpose to hear it and make my parents listen to it with me.
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