Maybe not "crazy" but I alone among my friends share this dementia and love for game music. I have friends that like games MORE than I do but couldn't give two figs for the music. I am amazed at that mindset. I guess it takes a certain type of sensibility to be able to appreciate this brand of music.

I guess partly we are here because we like to reminice to a degree over the music we remember or want to feel even closer to the games (which is scary) BUT even beyond all that I geniunely LOVE the vibe created by each platform and series. I love the N64 wonkiness right along with my Sonic the Hedgehog shredfests. I love how each area of gaming has such a different flavor; in fact game music is among my favorite and in fact currently is about all I listen to.

I do find it weird (somewhat) that soundtracks aren't made more readily available; there is a bonafide market here just waiting to be tapped. Why there isn't a Zelda Greatest Hits or Jet Moto Tracks available in the cd area at Best Buy is truly beyond me...

Yes, they do. They have no idea of the world of music they're missing out on, and all because it's not mainstream music. They give you this strange look when you're actually enjoying the music to something like Sonic Adventures (all) or Final Fantasy or even music that sounds like something similar to what they already listen to, they just wright it off because it's from a video game, that to me is what's crazy. :laugh:

What I do now is when someone hears me listen to this music I don't tell them that it's from a video game until after I get their REAL opinion of it, and by then they're already interested in it; it's quite effective. :naughty:

Anyway I'll keep enjoying what I enjoy and leave others to make their own decision, just minus the criticism toward me. :rolleyes:

yeah. i never even talk about it with them.

my friend plays ffx for the high scores, he maxes out every character with 255 and takes on penance.

but he doesn't even know the storyline. and he says the music is annoying.

well, i think levelling up the sphere grid 7 times over is a tad bit more annoying than listening to any music.

No, they don't. The VG Music isn't a bad thing.
The VG Music isn't always the music that everyone listen to, they prefer the rap, the rock, the recents songs, etc ...
The Film Music is also not a popular thing that everyone listen to.

LOL i was playing Ghost Recon he other day and my dad was wondering why i was playing with SFX off.

I know exactly what everyone here speaks about... Of the people around me no one understands the music I listen to, if it's not something that sounds like mainstream pop or rock, and even then they blame the music for being boring because it doesn't contain any lyrics. (I wrote some about this subject on lastfm, see my sig). People seem to think that an instrumental piece is not 'music', just 'sounds', that a melody in itself cannot speak. I listen to game music, symphonic rock, movie scores, death metal, classical, techno arrangements of classical pieces, hard rock arrangements of game music, orchestral arrangements of game music, weird avant-garde metal, heck, I even have four cd:s with only music from the Australia Fair Grand Concert Street Organ, which basically sounds like a merry-go-round ride. And people accuse me of having a narrow taste in music. Bah.

On the other hand, if the music you really enjoy could be easily found in the nearest store, would you enjoy it as much? Because everyone wants to be unique; people like us put a certain pride in not touching anything that is even close to mainstream.

On the other hand, if the music you really enjoy could be easily found in the nearest store, would you enjoy it as much? Because everyone wants to be unique; people like us put a certain pride in not touching anything that is even close to mainstream.

This could be taken as elitist though. I do not like this music BECAUSE it's hard to find and I don't avoid the mainstream TO be different, it all just sort of works out that way. I do think though you have a point in that maybe we wouldn't "value it" as much if Best Buy stocked it, but I'd still love it... and my friends would still hate it:)

In parallel news; I made a cd for my boss.. it contained some mainstream stuff (Plain White T's etc.) but I ended it with a Joe Satriani song (he's a guitar instrumentalist) and later my boss said; "I loved all the songs, even the guitar song.. well, I don't know if it's a song because it didn't have words....."

I felt like fainting!

This may seem elitist but in response to Jemeela, I think we are the next evolution of gamer; we don't care about HI scores or leader boards but for the experience and the music:)

Everybody knows the game Okami, right? I simply love that music, but no one knows that I listen to it. If some friends should hear I listen to that music, I'd become very unpopular. About 2 years ago, someone heard me listening to a Zelda tune, and he said to me I'm silly for listening to that kind of music.

in fact game music is among my favorite and in fact currently is about all I listen to.

I'm pretty much the same way. Ever since I started listening to video game music it's the only music I listen too. I've never heard a Final Fantasy song until about four months ago and now it's among my favorite music to listen to.


People seem to think that an instrumental piece is not 'music', just 'sounds', that a melody in itself cannot speak.

Yup, that's the same here. It's strange because some of my friends like jazz music (new age) which has no lyrics at all yet they're completely opposed to video game music, very strange indeed. Have you noticed In some magazines every year or so people can vote for which video game has the best music, which games come on top? Tony Hawk's Pro Skater or Need for Speed underground - games that feature mostly mainstream music. :rolleyes:

Anyway this is an interesting thread, let's hope it continues.

This could be taken as elitist though. I do not like this music BECAUSE it's hard to find and I don't avoid the mainstream TO be different, it all just sort of works out that way. I do think though you have a point in that maybe we wouldn't "value it" as much if Best Buy stocked it, but I'd still love it... and my friends would still hate it:)

You're right. I didn't mean that we love a certain kind of music because it is hard to find, only that if Best Buy stocked it it would suddenly not be entirely as interesting anymore, as you said.

I guess that while my taste in music has evolved and I have started to collect weirder and weirder stuff, the negative views (on game music and the like) of the people around me has gradually made me see an unusual musical taste as part of my personality and image. This in turn has meant that I automatically reject mainstream music, as it does not fit into the image of myself i want to convey to the world - one thing leads to another. I think this can apply to many others here as well.

I'm not trying to say that we're not listening to our music simply because we think it is GREAT MUSIC, of course. I'm only discussing a factor.

Everybody knows the game Okami, right? I simply love that music, but no one knows that I listen to it. If some friends should hear I listen to that music, I'd become very unpopular. About 2 years ago, someone heard me listening to a Zelda tune, and he said to me I'm silly for listening to that kind of music.

Hey, more power to you. Most of the music on my iPod is game music and the Okami OST is probably one of the most played things on there. (I especially like the boss extermination tracks, i.e. Orochi and the Ninetails songs) Masami Ueda is amazing, but anyway, there's no shame in it. You like what you like and who cares what people think. I'm not giving up my game music for anyone. ^^;

You're right. I didn't mean that we love a certain kind of music because it is hard to find, only that if Best Buy stocked it it would suddenly not be entirely as interesting anymore, as you said.

I guess that while my taste in music has evolved and I have started to collect weirder and weirder stuff, the negative views (on game music and the like) of the people around me has gradually made me see an unusual musical taste as part of my personality and image. This in turn has meant that I automatically reject mainstream music, as it does not fit into the image of myself i want to convey to the world - one thing leads to another. I think this can apply to many others here as well.

I'm not trying to say that we're not listening to our music simply because we think it is GREAT MUSIC, of course. I'm only discussing a factor.

Ahh:) Great points. I knew you had that in you:)

Actually no. Everyone around me loves video game music. My fiancee, his friends, my mom and dad. Plus, all my friends before I graduated from high school loved it too. Guess, I live in a crazy place then.

Actually no. Everyone around me loves video game music. My fiancee, his friends, my mom and dad. Plus, all my friends before I graduated from high school loved it too. Guess, I live in a crazy place then.


nice little world you live in there. I have game music in my ipod, when ppl ask what im listening to during school i reply a soundtrack from so and so game and they give me this awed look of disbelief -.-

Yes, they do. Not that I care; after all, it doesn't make me enjoy the music any less. I find it crazier that they can't listen to a song first to see if they honestly like it or not, regardless of its origins.

Hey, more power to you. Most of the music on my iPod is game music and the Okami OST is probably one of the most played things on there. (I especially like the boss extermination tracks, i.e. Orochi and the Ninetails songs) Masami Ueda is amazing, but anyway, there's no shame in it. You like what you like and who cares what people think. I'm not giving up my game music for anyone. ^^;

Sure, they can say what they want, VG music can be great ^_^.

yeah, but everyone knows that I'm just weird lol

I have a friend who likes anything 'hardcore', even from games (mostly from games he's actually played though, like Tenchu, Devil May Cry series etc. etc.) though again he's into maintstream. oddly, he doesn't mind super mario allstars music o_o

most game music and film osts can create a nice mood, or get you feeling hyper, some soundtracks even make me cry (the current saddest song I ever listen to now is theme of sadness from neverending story OST). I draw a lot, so instrumental music helps me, and video game music in general I find is the best source of inspiration. I dislike most songs with lyrics because the image you get from them will always be the same due to fixed lyrics, but if your seeking inspo for art/writing, instrumental music can go any which way you choose because it isn't restricted to lyrics. if a song has words, I end up focusing too much on the words and not the song (unless it's a melody that shines through that then...)

Haha, I feel for you guys. No one around here listens to video game music like I do.. I have a great taste in music too and listen to stuff in most all the genres as well as from around the world (and japan xD). But it's funny.. what really gets my friends is when I have a midi of a video game song playing rather than the actual song.. and on repeat. xD I love midi! But yeah at times I'll just have like resident evil 1 save room music playing on repeat for hours in my room.. you can really get the feel of a game through the music. :D

I live in a mesh of both environments. Although some of the people I know find it strange that I listen to video game and anime soundtracks, more of my friends share this passion (or far surpass it.) I'm a student at a rather nerdy school though, so I suppose it makes sense.

I don't have a preference to where my music comes from. Games and anime, to me, oftentimes have very good soundtracks, and it is a shame that many people cannot look past the stereotypes. However, I tend to avoid modern American mainstream music because I don't find much of it appealing, so other people might say the same thing about me.

People seem to think that an instrumental piece is not 'music', just 'sounds', that a melody in itself cannot speak.

I had that experience a few days back. me and my friends were hanging out listening to music so I popped in my FFVI OST and put dancing mad on after the song ended they said it was boring because it had no lyrics and I was sorta shocked.

but thats sort of the mentality most non gamers get "oh its just a game who cares about the music". when a lot of the music is better than most mainstream music. but I do listen to a bunch on mainstream music but listen to VG music more.

Think about it, ALL music that is on the big radio stations (i'll take Radio 1 as an example being in the UK) has vocals in it.. if it is dance music it will most likely have some sort of vocal sample in it if not a proper vocal.

People dont generally listen to instrumental music.. im talking about mainstream, stuff on this forum clearly aint mainstream and 99%+ of ppl on this forum probably enjoy alot of instrumental music, as do I, in fact only 2% of my collection probably has vocals in it. 99%+ of music on the most popular radio stations is vocal.. most people just dont understand music with no vocals... >_>

I get a lot of crap from people since I'm a black person. They want to know if i think I'm white or japanese or 'uppity'. It irritates the fuck outta me. No one realizes just how good this music truly is!

Well I'm a girl, I get weird look just from playing video games~ (at least in these parts) so I don't mind. I don't usually talk about my musical preferences though...cause I really just listen to everything. I like classical, vg, rap, rock, and ....everything but pop...people usually just leave me alone when it comes to music ^_^.

How many of you here have last.fm accounts? We could create a 'ffshrine' group.

I do

Most of my friends listen to it as well, but not as much as me.
There are those people who think I'm crazy for it/make fun of me for it, but those people are usually very ignorant anyway. Then again, that was a long time ago. I don't think I need to talk about game music to anyone. So I usually won't bring it up because chances are they don't listen to it.

I just like to explore all kinds of music.

Despite the fact that videogame music stopped being a series of beeps a good long time ago, some people still think it is. Nowadays, music for videogames has incredible quality to it, in a lot of cases, rivaling or being better than movie scores.

I really think the people that still think VGM is nothing but beeps are probably the same people that believe whatever inaccurate things supposed "FOX news experts" or "video game activists" have to say.

Whoa, guess I'm at the right forum! None of all the people I know like VG music... I love it. OK, it's not the only thing I listen to (I'm a fan of Queens of the Stone Age), but more than other music.

And above all music is music!!! :rolleyes: This is the fact that most people don't seem to realize. The thing that I like about Video game music is that it's unique from most other mainstream music.

.... I had more to say but I can't remember now. :o

I play VG music when I'm in my car a lot. It does make people give me a funny look whenever I do listen to it, but typically, I listen to some of the stuff that could be considered movie-score-ish so nobody really knows and assume the latter unless I tell them directly.

I was at work one day and brought my iPod since we have a cable to connect it to the stereo. Having grown tired of everything that was playing on the radio, I put on the soundtrack to Ace Combat 4 and let it play through its entirety. Every now and then a customer would comment "Wow, this is really good. What is it?" After I told them, again the strange faces came. This could be out of amazement that they couldn't tell, or that I was weird for listening to VG Music.

Doesn't matter to me, I still like it very much, and I imagine I will continue to do so for years to come.

I have few friends who play video games (or at least admit to playing video games) so as far as I know, I'm one of the few who listens to video game music.

The thing with videogame music is that it is music from videogames, but anything else after that is up in the air (jazz, rock, orchestral, etc.).

I think it is for the best that videogame music isn't mainstream because almost anything that is is beaten up to a pulp. I am thinking here about the American pop culture, but I guess this would apply almost anywhere.

By the by, Okami OST is all kinds of awesome. It actually makes me cry whenever I listen to it.

yeah.. if someone asked me what I listen too i would tell them that i listen to VG soundtracks...I'm very partial to tracks the have the electric guitar as one of the main instruments.

Sometimes i just say instrumental stuff to avoid awkward moments.

well, no one really thinks I'm crazy for liking it... well, except for mehbee my mom. o: of course, she doesn't understand why I like j-pop, so that wouldn't really be surprising. most of my friends like it to some extent, so they don't really think I'm weird/crazy. some of them don't really understand, though. I often tell ppl how much I like it, and they never say anything negative about it... well, not normally, anyway. I don't remember a time when anyone did, at least.

It's not crazy to like game music, what's crazy is to spent days downloading them, and all because in some places (like my country) the music sucks and looking for game soundtracks is reeeeeaaaaallyy hard. You just find popular soundtracks like Final Fantasy (I love them) but looking for Castlevania's music is a bit hard. So, I don't see anything wrong on liking game or anime music, not so many people have ideas for a game, it's not easy to compose music and to put on it that feeling (like Aeris' Theme, uh?), some of them are even better than New Age, or so I think. In the end, it's music still!

I'm one of those people that rags on my friends about Vid Game music, calling them fanboys and such. But mostly because they're into the games with weird music.
Don't get me wrong, I like the soundtracks to several games, but they're into the weird Japanese games that don't come overseas, the ones with electronica J-pop.
Whenever I go over to their house, and they're listening to it, I go "alright! Everybody Nerd-out!"

Japanese can make anything seemingly weird into all kinds of cool.

Or creepy.

Guess I'll plug for this site. (http://www.gamemusic.pl/wortal) I've already ordered two soundtracks from them and everything has been top-notch, so if you live in Poland, then you're in luck. I think I'll get the OST Gradius V or Rez next time.

i like pie

Sorry about that lastfm thing, it seems it already exists a group for us. I didn't know that until now...

Seriously: Who gives a crap about what other People think? If you're in the same age like me, you just don't care anyone, and most PPL don't know what they miss. BTW: I really like the King of Fighters and Cowboy Bebop Soundtracks :D

And above all music is music!!! :rolleyes: This is the fact that most people don't seem to realize.

This... This is so true. People think that because games don't have some rapper singing about BITCHES AND HOES YO, BITCHES AND HOES, that it's not music. Ugh. -.-

(also, this is my first post. Hi.)

Perhaps...
I download video games music all day.
When I go to school, I leave my computer on
I have no option, my bandwith sucks.
Sometimes I leave some links of music for my grandpa to download if I am away... hehehehe....

You seem don't really like rap, Aurakitsune.

Video Game and Japanese music is all I listen to.

I get told constantly by my brother I need to listen to "real music".

Really now, who is he to decide what should be considered real music or not?

My friends don't think I'm crazy for liking Video Game music (my mom kinda does), they just don't particularly like it themselves. My friends are metal-heads, though, so they enjoy Iron Maiden and Metallica and other bands like that.

I don't usually listen to mainstream stuff (FAST CARS AND DIS MONEY AND DESE TRIFLING HOES), though I do listen non-VGM/TV/Movie music. (Tenacious D, of Montreal, The Go! Team, Daft Punk, etc.)

i thought i was the only one. kota hoshino armored core 4 - pray for the power, is on the top of my list

My dad likes the gears of war soundtrack that i let him listen from a rip i did. he likes the main theme.

Well I'm a girl, I get weird look just from playing video games~ (at least in these parts)

I know how you feel, I have the same problem as well. You should see the look on their faces when I tell them I want to be a Video Game Programmer (and I am well on my way on that path). Anyways I do get weird looks from my family, friends and peers when I listen to video game music. Especially when I am at home and not using my headphones. It's the only thing I can listen to.

However, there is the exception of my younger sister she likes video game music but only to certain games. While my oldest sister just says that I need to listen to real music (she's into mainstream stuff and rap).

Tell your older sis to define real music?

This... This is so true. People think that because games don't have some rapper singing about BITCHES AND HOES YO, BITCHES AND HOES, that it's not music. Ugh. -.-

(also, this is my first post. Hi.)


Excellent first post and welcome aboard! I agree with you 100%. Its interesting, at least to me, is that a lot of video game music is classical in nature.

I haven't ever told anybody that I've liked video-game music mainly because the oppurtunity hasn't arose, but I would have no problem with sharing my love for the genre to anybody. I think you have to be quite narrow-minded to automatically discourage this type of music if you haven't heard any, or even if you have.

Some of the best music I've ever heard come from video games and I admire the composers who create such beautiful melodies.

I haven't ever told anybody that I've liked video-game music mainly because the oppurtunity hasn't arose, but I would have no problem with sharing my love for the genre to anybody. I think you have to be quite narrow-minded to automatically discourage this type of music if you haven't heard any, or even if you have.

Some of the best music I've ever heard come from video games and I admire the composers who create such beautiful melodies.

"People" in general are discouraging IMO though. So tread lightly if you ever open up to "these people". :)

I can understand that. You're right. I should have said most people, rather than anybody because there are those sort of people who you can easily identify as people who wouldn't be interested and some might even attack you for saying how much you like vgm.
But then, looks can be deceiving so I basically wait for someone with a genuine interest to ask and I would tell them.

I also found that video game music has opened me up to different kinds of music that I never used to listen to before. I'm loving the orchestral/vocal music to the Final Fantasy and Soul Calibur series, and worlds apart, music to the Sonic Adventure and Megaman series.

I've always liked video games, and been awesome at them too, :cool: but because of them I now have an appreciation and desire for their music. I wouldn't worry about what negative things others have to say, I still try to share this with them anyway. :)

Wow, this really rings true for me... Ever since I was a tiny tot playing Sonic 2 (Yeah, Sega Genesis was my first console, so sue me), the first thing I would do after buying a game would be going into the options menu to see if there was a sound test feature... And my two older brothers would just laugh and laugh and laugh about it. When I got older, I would listen to the X-Men: Children of the Atom soundtrack, which I'd recorded off an emulated copy, on the bus home from school and everyone would give me funny looks. Flash forward to today, and I'm walking around with 2 gigs worth of vg music in my iPod, so that when people say "Hey, what're you listening to?" and I have to reply, "Blue the Justice" or "Suitable Opponent", hilarity ensues.

Eh, I'm rambling. My point is, yes, I've been there, and I'm really glad to find people who think like I do through the wonders of thar interwebz. Also, I'm grateful for sites like Vgmusic and Galbadia Hotel, so I don't have to record my favorite songs off my crappy, only-gets-sound-in-one-speaker tv.:-D

Wow, this really rings true for me... Ever since I was a tiny tot playing Sonic 2 (Yeah, Sega Genesis was my first console, so sue me), the first thing I would do after buying a game would be going into the options menu to see if there was a sound test feature... And my two older brothers would just laugh and laugh and laugh about it. When I got older, I would listen to the X-Men: Children of the Atom soundtrack, which I'd recorded off an emulated copy, on the bus home from school and everyone would give me funny looks. Flash forward to today, and I'm walking around with 2 gigs worth of vg music in my iPod, so that when people say "Hey, what're you listening to?" and I have to reply, "Blue the Justice" or "Suitable Opponent", hilarity ensues.

Eh, I'm rambling. My point is, yes, I've been there, and I'm really glad to find people who think like I do through the wonders of thar interwebz. Also, I'm grateful for sites like Vgmusic and Galbadia Hotel, so I don't have to record my favorite songs off my crappy, only-gets-sound-in-one-speaker tv.:-D

Heh, I use to do that too (actually, I still do lolz)! I also love the Sonic 2 soundtrack! :D

I don't think I'm crazy for liking video game music. Cause to me, it's still music...just on a video game. :p I actually have some CDs with nothing BUT video game music. I mean, would a person be crazy for liking a movie/television show's soundtrack? Sometimes it's nice to listen to something without vocals, y'know?

Believe it or not i lost some friends at school just because i changed my musical taste from the crappy radio mainstream music to VGM and movie scores. The people in my school mostly just by musical tastes. But i learned to live with it and eventually will find someone that has or atlest respect the same tastes that i have.

Believe it or not i lost some friends at school just because i changed my musical taste from the crappy radio mainstream music to VGM and movie scores. The people in my school mostly just by musical tastes. But i learned to live with it and eventually will find someone that has or atlest respect the same tastes that i have.


Wow, that's harsh. Serves them right, they don't deserve your personality then, I guess.
People find my tastes just "funny" (though some think it's weird). I let one of my friends listen to a song from Galaxy Force, an old game from the Master System era :p the reactions were amusing to watch.

Basically their saying it's not mature to listen to music. :laugh: Some people hear this kind of music and like it, but when they ask where it's from and you tell them it's from a video game they go: :erm:

It's as if they are at some new restaurant that they've never been to before and decide to order the special, they may like it, even love it, but once they learn that they've been eating liver covered in anchovy sauce they all the sudden hate it. They view video game music the same way, they may enjoy the music but then despise it once they learn where it's from.

We live amongst some strange people don't we. :rolleyes:

So this morning me and my sister are grabbing breakfast at McDonalds, and I ask "what do you think of video game music?". She replies "Well, there is some music from games I would totally listen to but I don't think it's real music, like what's played on [radio station]."

:rolleyes:

Oh yeah, the stuff they play there...remember the Post about "bitches an' hoe's" ? ;)

People always give me strange looks when I tell them I like video game music. I personally don't like any of the music that's everywhere these days.

Tell your older sis to define real music.

Ask her this question.

Ask her this question.

And make sure you are able to record her answer for the glory of the Internet.

Then show her this thread after a day or two.

I also hate rap and hip-hop because it's like a disease that has a detrimental effect on one's brain, ie. stupidity.

BUT!

Whenever I listen/watch Samurai Champloo, I am quickly reminded that there probably is a lot of great stuff hiding deep under the surface that is mainstream culture.

Moreover, I am not exactly a fan of techno and I had rather negative reactions towards Rez OST. Emphasis on OST as I didn't have a problem with the music while watching the game (videos on the intarwebs). That is why I gave it a second chance, listened to it some more and it has begun to grow on me ever since.

Ice-melting moments.

Has anyone ever just played various songs from soundtracks and had a person not really into games love the music you played, but had NO idea where it came from. I did that to a few of my friends and even my mother. (I played Lupin the III and the Boss music from FFVII). Granted, she won't play games much except Brain Age, but I thought it was amusing.

So what music do you think your friends might listen to and not know it's from a video game or anime(that isn't Madden or any EA licensed stuff)?

Has anyone ever just played various songs from soundtracks and had a person not really into games love the music you played, but had NO idea where it came from. I did that to a few of my friends and even my mother. (I played Lupin the III and the Boss music from FFVII). Granted, she won't play games much except Brain Age, but I thought it was amusing.

So what music do you think your friends might listen to and not know it's from a video game or anime(that isn't Madden or any EA licensed stuff)?

Lots of them
My moron friend' favorite music is "My Will and Shinjitsu no Shi", but sickly and stupidly he kept saying he hates anime and anything that relates to it. That sick dude even don't know that both of his favorite songs originally came from Inuyasha' OST. Until someday I tell him this:

"Did you know this music is originally come from an anime?"

"Yeah, who cares"


The same thing also applies to my cousin. She keeps saying she hates Final Fantasy and has an opinion that it's all about stupid unnecessary violence. But you know what? She claims Liberi Fatali as her theme song.


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The same thing also applies to my cousin. She keeps saying she hates Final Fantasy and has an opinion that it's all about stupid unnecessary violence. But you know what? She claims Liberi Fatali as her theme song.

It is a good song. Sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it.

I told some of my friends i only listen to video game music. Some of them are finding it natural, others ask me to tell my REAL favourite music type. Some people just can't understand that video game music is also a music gender.

Video game and Japanese music is all I listen to. Most of my friends find it weird. Like other people have said, they want to know what my REAL favorite music is. They can kinda relate to relate to liking the occasional J-rock song, but saying I mostly listen to non-vocal game music completely blows their mind. What I like so much about non-vocal game music is that I can do so much other stuff while listening to it. I can't write code and listen to a vocal song for example. So often in school when lots of people are talking I put on some game music.

Yeah. My brothers think I'm SERIOUSLY weird for listening to VG music. I don't give a damn about what they say about my love of music! Uh, it IS okay to say damn, right?

I can do so much other stuff while listening to it.

Yeah, I like to make stupid lyrics from Video Game music. I made a stereotypical white-guy rap about growing up in the ghetto from a song in Super Paper Mario.

I usually make that stuff up spontaneously. I'm a little messed-up in the head with my lyrics sometimes though. Paper Mario games are a big source of that. I remember making a song about forgiving from the main overworld theme of the original Paper Mario.

What is really funny is that a lot of video game music is sampled in popular music. Mostly rap. Three 6 Mafia's early work (back when they actually tried to make good music) samples Akumajo X: Chii no Rondo. One of Nelly's biggest hits was ripped directly off of Streets of Rage. I have also heard a lesser known rapper use the boss music from Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

On a similar note, here in New Orleans there is a jewelry shop whose tv ads use the overworld music from Chrono Cross. I'm not kidding.

What is really funny is that a lot of video game music is sampled in popular music. Mostly rap. Three 6 Mafia's early work (back when they actually tried to make good music) samples Akumajo X: Chii no Rondo. One of Nelly's biggest hits was ripped directly off of Streets of Rage. I have also heard a lesser known rapper use the boss music from Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

On a similar note, here in New Orleans there is a jewelry shop whose tv ads use the overworld music from Chrono Cross. I'm not kidding.


Wow, that's funny about the jewelry shop. I have to be honest and say that Guitar Hero broadened my music tastes a little.
Now that I think about it...I've heard a bunch of Game music on Japanese television. I'll never forget hearing Dynasty Warriors (Lu-Bu's theme, of all things) when they were airing a story about slaughtering animals. Kind of appropriate in a sense, huh?

I occasionally listen to my radio to see what's out there...when I'm not listening to my music CDs. So once in awhile, just listen to some random music you haven't heard before...you might be surprised...or might want to jump off a very high cliff.

My sister once said that I have no taste in music.
My reply? "Perhaps, but I'm not the one with a Britney Spears CD or a Christina Aguilera CD."

Don't let your friends and family get you down about your tastes...they are YOUR tastes and preferences. Keep your head up and your insanity safe!

Personally, I listen to everything. And I mean everything. (Mostly breaks and some breakbeat.) The only things I don't like are metal and country. Honestly, I used to be shy about listening to JPOP or video game music, especially in the car. Now that its been 4 years since high school, I can honestly tell you that now I love to drive around listening to the opening theme for Snatcher at full volume. And you know what's really funny: when you pull up to a guy in a suped up BMW M3 listening to JPOP... and the guy turns up Ayumi Hamasaki even louder than you.

Oh yeah, for all of you who hate rap, listen to Cunninlynguists or any other underground group. Old Outkast (not their new stuff) or Goodie Mob are also some great music in its own right, regardless of genre.

You should try listening to Machinehead - Through the Ashes of the Empire. I'm not exactly a fan of metal, but this CD I actually bought. After many, many hours of listening to it.

Mostly because there are lyrics and you can actually understand them.

You know, there isn't too many people that know how much I'm into VGM. Iam the only that I know, in my area, that is into VGM. Some people will see the boxes in my room, and they'll ask. And I just tell them that it's my soundtrack collection. They don't care, and they certainly don't think it's "weird" or anything. They know how much I love music. And that's cool with everybody. But no one is ever interested in hearing them. I'm all aone. :(

Yes, but they left me alone about it for the most part. Then when I went to the Dear Friends concert in Chicago my mom went out of her way to tell everyone how normal I was and that they had concerts for this kind of thing and that it was a growing niche. Really embarassing.

my parents used to think me & my friend were strange for listening to VG music, but now that i have so much of it & listen to it all the time in my room, they don't really care. whichever song i really like i usually loop the song then play it over again I cannot stand fade outs...gets very annoying after a while

..... Jeez. And I thought I was the only one. People listen to the mainstream because everyone else does and it considers normal. I like novelty in my music and the mainstream does not offer it.

Not all mainstream music is bad, though I haven't seen anything good. However, for something close to mainstream, I'd recommend checking out Marillion - Marbles as it's a wonderful album. Make sure you get the 2 disc edition because there's an almost 20 minute song on the first CD that is worth the purchase alone - hell, I almost bought Marbles, but I couldn't for the life of me find that 2 disc edition.

I dun think there are ppl think u are crazy for loving a video game musix..
Some of it is realli so nice.. I could listen for a months..
I perfer to listen to anime and games OST..

I'm into vgm as well as movie scores. Recently a friend of mine asked for "The Huddle" from the Happy Feet score. I got rather excited, she's into mainstream hard rock music otherwise, so I though "Wow, she's at last opening her musical mind and discovering the wonderful world of so-called background music". Well, I gave her a link to the whole album and she was very grateful for that, and all was well until I started to give her recommendations for other scores similar to Happy Feet.

Friend: "Why would I want music from those movies? I haven't seen them/they aren't any good."
Me: "Um, maybe you'll find that you like the music, :)?"
Friend: "But you don't listen to movie scores for the music, you listen to remember the great movie you've seen."
Me: "You don't think movie scores can be listened to as independent music? Music for the sake of music itself? If you want to remember a movie, you watch the movie."
Friend: "No... :-\ " (What she really said, without speaking, was "It's not real music, nerd.")

Here's another excerpt from us speaking:
Me: "Listen to this." (I play the theme from Gridlock'd by Stewart Copeland) It's GOOD.
Friend: (SIIIGH) "I want real music, music with a MESSAGE."
Me: "Okay, I admit this particular track does not have an evident message, but listen to this instead. This is music with feelings. Can you feel?" (I play Godspeed, the ending theme from The Time Machine, a rather emotional piece)
Friend: "NO. Sounds like Titanic. You know, usually artists begin with writing the lyrics, then they create a melody to fit the lyrics..."
Me: "Yeah, that's ONE way of creating music, ONE way of expressing emotions..."
Friend: "It's the USUAL way, you know."

She is the personification of anti-vgm. If a song does not contain lyrics, she finds it completely dull. Poeple like her believe they're interested in music, but what they are really into, is poetry. :notgood: Quality music can speak for itself, is my opinion.

Oh well, we're still good friends, we just get worryingly close to punch each other in the face whenever we start discussing music... :D

And, um, sorry for being lengthy, that's just how I write...

Damn, make her listen to some jesper kyd, if she still doesn't like it then she is lost.

Damn, make her listen to some jesper kyd, if she still doesn't like it then she is lost.

If it is only scores, it's no use, she won't give a damn...

Poetry? Most people that I know of hate plain poetry. :(. Plus vocal music tend to be distracting when studying. I have hunch and I want to try it out but no one I had told wants to try it out. My hunch is the complexity of music and certain instrumentation correlates with intelligence. How many people do you like classical music? And how many people like simplistic style of music. And dont forget the instruments.

Im listening perfect dark zero's subway ambush, how the hell can a person hate that one?

Poetry? Most people that I know of hate plain poetry. :(. Plus vocal music tend to be distracting when studying. I have hunch and I want to try it out but no one I had told wants to try it out. My hunch is the complexity of music and certain instrumentation correlates with intelligence. How many people do you like classical music? And how many people like simplistic style of music. And dont forget the instruments.

:D Haha, intelligence having to do with the type of music you listen to? While the idea may not be completely without basis, I don't really believe in it.

Ok, I can't say I'm a total fan of classical, but my interest in the pipe organ and its music has led me to that genre. I have a 'Classical' folder wth favourites on my mp3 player. Actually I enjoy neo-classical (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Vanessa Mae, rock-influenced organ music, various techno remixes of classical pieces) a lot more. My all-time favourite instrument is, of course, the pipe organ (I'm learning to play it as well :D). Other than that, I can't say I favour one instrument above another, although little of what's on my mp3 player contains any saxophone or steel drums, I can't stand the sound of them...

Simplistic style music, I'm not sure what you mean. But the more complex (more instruments, busy percussion) the sound image, the better. Stewart Copeland has done some pretty interesting stuff.

What I mean simplistic is that, if the music looping is a lot like about ever 3 to 5 seconds. The instruments, might be in play with other factors. Look at mainstream Hip-Hop, it is very simple indeed. Hip-Hop, is a type of music that has to focus on more vocal pieces, to appeal to its audience. Wow, I might be on here a lot more if I get into discussion like these.

My friends don't even know that I listen to video game music, they just think i don't like any music. I don't want them to know =) My parents know I do but they don't mind.

i don't but other people do. they don't know what their missing!

People dont normally think me of being crazy for listening to vgm, but more like puzzled to why I would listen to such music. VGM is the only kind of music that I can be at peace with and enjoy fully.

What I mean simplistic is that, if the music looping is a lot like about ever 3 to 5 seconds. The instruments, might be in play with other factors. Look at mainstream Hip-Hop, it is very simple indeed. Hip-Hop, is a type of music that has to focus on more vocal pieces, to appeal to its audience. Wow, I might be on here a lot more if I get into discussion like these.

Ok. I think I would get bored pretty quickly if a piece of music looped once every five seconds... Well that rules out most radio music... Most western pop/rock since Elvis actually...

I'm rather much against not precisely radio music, but music that consists of the traditional singer/lead guitar/bass guitar/drums/synth set. It's like it's the definition of real music. Every band has those instruments (I'm counting the voice as an instrument), I'm just so tired of it. ("Hi, we're a band, we need a drummer, please call..." Like they need a drummer, can't they keep time by themselves?)

I do like electric guitar, when it sounds as in Key Metal Arrange or Wild Arms rocking heart. Or have you heard Requiem for the nameless victims in Dracula Battle Perfect Selection? Magic! THAT's a guitar!

I know you would get very bored quickly! Its the vocal parts that drives people in. If it was just instrumental, no one would listen to it. I do not have a particular preference for an instruments, but I tend to prefer if the song sounds good and interesting. But, if I have to pick an instrument, it would be between a violin or a flute. That is just my taste in music.

I live in a hick town ( I will be moving next Saturday to college!) right now. And the only thing that is on the radio is country, rap, hip hop and rock. Therefore, what do you expect? Not that much, I hope.

I was reading an article about a few months ago about music and the brain. But, the focus of the article was on beats per a minutes instead of the complexity of the song. I know there must be a logical reason for why we have a natural preference for a certain style of music.

Teblad, it seems like you can help me. Do you think you can help pick up some more albums? I am running out on ideals on what download or buy anymore.

Teblad, it seems like you can help me. Do you think you can help pick up some more albums? I am running out on ideals on what download or buy anymore.

Do you mean recommendations on great music? :D Well I suppose the things I like are pretty well-known by people here, but I can make a list if you want.

EDIT: I just noted the time of you post. I hate time zone differencies. This discussion will take a while...

.... Well, I am usually on most of time. Sure, I do not mind any recommendations. It has only been a year since I have listen to a variety of video games. Before, I used to listen to the songs in the games I am playing.

Wow what an amazing thread:D
I have a hard time with people to. about 95% of my music is video games
The rest is stuff you wouldn't hear on the radio.
It also has a big effect on my personality and the way I view life.
I'm glad to know that there are others, Yay!
I must hand it to the original poster, the comments from everyone and especially you Teblad.
You, are my kind of people. Lets share some stuff or like you said Teblad
A Shrine for us, maybe a list?

Ok. I think I would get bored pretty quickly if a piece of music looped once every five seconds... Well that rules out most radio music... Most western pop/rock since Elvis actually...

I'm rather much against not precisely radio music, but music that consists of the traditional singer/lead guitar/bass guitar/drums/synth set. It's like it's the definition of real music. Every band has those instruments (I'm counting the voice as an instrument), I'm just so tired of it. ("Hi, we're a band, we need a drummer, please call..." Like they need a drummer, can't they keep time by themselves?)

I do like electric guitar, when it sounds as in Key Metal Arrange or Wild Arms rocking heart. Or have you heard Requiem for the nameless victims in Dracula Battle Perfect Selection? Magic! THAT's a guitar!

I apologize for all the posts but, Teblad the way you speak...
You could be my twin, Dang!:D

I am a musician and almost all of my inspiration comes from video game music. Granted, my style partially comes from Imperative Reaction, an Industrial Electronica band I love to death, but a lot of my inspiration comes from Yasunori Mitsuda, Motoi Sakaraba, and Hideki Naganuma. All I really have to say is that all of my life I have liked video game music more than any other kind of music and it is obvious that I will stay this way, especially considering how I want to be a video game composer. My music can be found here (myspace.com/narioband) if anyone's interested (Metallic Lava and Seen Yet Unheard are original and not arrangements, by the way).

Wow Nario thank you for the links...But they didn't work for me:(
EDIT: Nevermind got it to work.

Seeeee people this is why I like video games music/musicians.
Awesome stuff Nick, I wish you the best in your career:)

I apologize for all the posts but, Teblad the way you speak...
You could be my twin, Dang!:D

Thanks. If it wasn't for internet (= ffshrine) I wouldn't have anyone to speak to about music, so I take the chances I've got here to say a lot. :)

I'm planning to make a thread with all my favourite music someday soon, you might find something you like there.

Thanks. If it wasn't for internet (= ffshrine) I wouldn't have anyone to speak to about music, so I take the chances I've got here to say a lot. :)

I'm planning to make a thread with all my favourite music someday soon, you might find something you like there.

Yes, same here. Up until I bumped into this thread I never thought about
Using the internet to find others who share my tastes.
As for your thread, I am looking forward to it.
I am certain I will find many things that I like.
When you do create it let me know so I can add my list as well,
and from there it will hopefully grow with users.

Thank you for replying. For now I wouldn't mind talking
to you guys here about anything music:)

Oh Yeah! Since The Nintendo Era.Lot of people i know say that people who listen to game music are not from this world, for them im crazy and guess what im a proud listener and musician. My Zen Vision M of 30 gb is already 23gb of game music you name it from fighting games(capcom,snk ect. .) to rpg(from square enix, gust atlus ) to command and conquer, starcraft, diablo 1 & 2 and by the way im looking for sega's yakuza ost it's hard to find.

By the way im about to make my own VGM Remixes im my recording studio.
for those who want more of VGM like a remix version of the original and doesn't know about this site visit

http://www.ocremix.org/

Oh Yeah! Since The Nintendo Era.Lot of people i know say that people who listen to game music are not from this world, for them im crazy and guess what im a proud listener and musician. My Zen Vision M of 30 gb is already 23gb of game music you name it from fighting games(capcom,snk ect. .) to rpg(from square enix, gust atlus ) to command and conquer, starcraft, diablo 1 & 2 and by the way im looking for sega's yakuza ost it's hard to find.

By the way im about to make my own VGM Remixes im my recording studio.
for those who want more of VGM like a remix version of the original and doesn't know about this site visit

http://www.ocremix.org/

Yes this is awesome!
23 GB!?:D
I am so happy to not feel so alone anymore.
Like you my computer and Mp3 player is filled with many types of games.
But when you say Yakuza are you speaking of the guy behind Streets of Rage? Oh and let me know when you upload your stuff to OC;)
I love that site! Take care:)

I'd hypothesize that the best artifact to remember a game by, when there comes a point in time when one stops playing a certain game, is the music.

I enjoy the wide gamut of Video Game music on all systems, from the Game Boy to the Wii, and all in between. It's difficult for me to express my penchant for Video Game music even amongst fellow Video Game enthusiasts, unless said game was popular and considered mainstream. You try explaining how one can find the repetitive albeit catchy music from the Game Boy, Super Nintendo, etc. tuneful, and you're usually disdainfully disregarded as absurd with no taste for music whatsoever, especially if the music emanates from an obscure game.

I'd hypothesize that the best artifact to remember a game by, when there comes a point in time when one stops playing a certain game, is the music.

Agree.

Yes this is awesome!
23 GB!?:D
I am so happy to not feel so alone anymore.
Like you my computer and Mp3 player is filled with many types of games.
But when you say Yakuza are you speaking of the guy behind Streets of Rage? Oh and let me know when you upload your stuff to OC;)
I love that site! Take care:)

oh found a forum where you can download the complete soundtrack of Yakuza
here: http://www.shadowhaxor.net/showthread.php?t=111

by the way Yakuza is a sega game like shenmue but with a lot of fighting and storyline only on the PS2 they're working on part2 and Yakuza the movie
Yakuza Official Site http://www.sega.com/gamesite/yakuza/

These Are Sites Form Japan
Yakuza 2 Official Site http://ryu-ga-gotoku.com/

Yakuza The Movie http://www.ryu-movie.com/

Man i should burn my VGM soundtracks on CD's and play em in my dads car like the need for speed most wanted score by paul linford lol.

Man i should burn my VGM soundtracks on CD's and play em in my dads car like the need for speed most wanted score by paul linford lol.

LMAO
My friend a sugestion please do not listen car game soundtracks (eg gran turismo,need for speed ect) i did that by listening to spy hunter the arcade version and i had a speed ticket lol.

Yeah a couple days ago i put on this track from the CD:http://media.putfile.com/Jesper-Kyd-Hitman-Contracts-theme

My dad was like: Whoa this is pretty trippy.

Yeah a couple days ago i put on this track from the CD:http://media.putfile.com/Jesper-Kyd-Hitman-Contracts-theme

My dad was like: Whoa this is pretty trippy.

Thats Cool it is trippy specialy the choir lol

oh found a forum where you can download the complete soundtrack of Yakuza
here: http://www.shadowhaxor.net/showthread.php?t=111

by the way Yakuza is a sega game like shenmue but with a lot of fighting and storyline only on the PS2 they're working on part2 and Yakuza the movie
Yakuza Official Site http://www.sega.com/gamesite/yakuza/

These Are Sites Form Japan
Yakuza 2 Official Site http://ryu-ga-gotoku.com/

Yakuza The Movie http://www.ryu-movie.com/

Ahhh thank you for all the info and for refreshing me.
I remember that game now, its about the gang in Japan right?
If I remember the main character's girlfriend gets kidnapped
I never played it though. How is it? I want to experience the game
before I listen to the OST. (You understand)
Thanks again I'm gonna do some research:)

Someone browsing my ipod came across beethoven once and started sniggering. I asked "whats your fucking problem?" and he answered "hey nothing wrong with it, it just makes you an intellectual". An "Intellectual", I liked the sound of it. I now answer any queries to my japanese, musical, video game or anime music tastes that I'm an intellectual. Damn right bitch.

i always play something and don't say it's from a game. and everyone is like 'wow that's nice!'



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i go to an art school so nah, we usually listen to bgm everytime we do life drawing sessions

And above all music is music!!! :rolleyes: This is the fact that most people don't seem to realize. The thing that I like about Video game music is that it's unique from most other mainstream music.

Totally agree. Im so pleased I found this thread. People think Im weird for liking film music, but I dont care anymore now. It used to fuck me off but it doesnt anymore.

I LOVE video game music whether its 8-bit,16-bit,anything I consider it all a form of music....

Yeah exactly, some of the old Master System music is still great to listen to.

Half the people exclaim "What?!?! You listen to gay music?!?!" when i tell them game music. But yes, the other half do think I'm crazy for listening to VGM

I just ignore those who say I'm dumb for digging VGM.

It's disparaging that most people think video game music hasn't advanced beyond the 8-bit era. Then again, other than mainstream music being used in games, Halo is another popular soundtrack, without being too deep in the field of video game music.


they blame the music for being boring because it doesn't contain any lyrics. People seem to think that an instrumental piece is not 'music', just 'sounds', that a melody in itself cannot speak.
I find this annoying, too; music that needs lyrics to be good isn't music at all.


I just ignore those who say I'm dumb for digging VGM.
My thoughts exactly.

Woah, guys- just because music has lyrics doesn't mean it's not music. Lyrics compliment music in so much. The artist explains his feelings in 2 (3 for music vids) ways.

He/she explains it verbally through his/her own words and through instruments combined to make an emotion stir within the listener (they also express it physically in music videos with dancing or other things to convey an emotion).

The lyrics combined with the music tell a story. A story that one can try to make sense of, -or- just to listen to because they like it. I believe the 2nd one applies to video game music more-so than the first, because if one hasn't played the game yet loves the music, they are not exactly sure what story the music is conveying. I know a lot of VGM I listen to- even from games I've already played and finished-, I just listen to so I can come up with my own stories. Because that's what I feel music is- one big, great story.

There are a lot of people (like those of you here) who listen to VGM simply because they like the music. But don't you think you sometimes listen to certain VGM just because it brings back fond memories of the game? (Note- I definitely don't mean ALL of your collection, just a small part.)

Well, I might post more when my brain feels like functioning more tomorrow. I didn't mean to offend anyone with this arguement, and if I did, I apologize. Feel free to post any contradictions you have or whatever, I'm all up for good discussion. Also, I have trouble finding the right words to explain myself, so if I'm making no sense in certain part, please tell me and I'll try to make it clearer.

LONG POST END

Music is music. End of story.

Hey guys I'm slamming my head against a desk and shooting a gun off into the air at the same time while cars are honking at me for placing a desk in the middle of the street. MUSIC.

True.

I just don't like people saying they've been criticised for listening to VGM, but then criticising others for listening to music that has lyrics. If they don't like their music preferences being made fun of, they shouldn't make fun of others'.

... Ugh, I drag my posts on too much.

Woah, guys- just because music has lyrics doesn't mean it's not music. Lyrics compliment music in so much. The artist explains his feelings in 2 (3 for music vids) ways.
WHOA, lost in translation!

What I meant is, music doesn't have to have lyrics to be good (most people can't stand to listen to instrumental music, though).

It's not bad for music to have lyrics, but in the case of MOST mainstream music, it's simply a cover-up for the rest of the ensemble that really can't perform all that well.

HOLY CRAP, people; how many times am I going to be misinterpreted this night?! Go to bed, and wake up tomorrow feeling clear-minded and refreshed, and THEN try posting!

Oh, sorry. But I was also responding to teblad, who might have meant to say the same thing as you, or she could've been saying something else. Oh well, Sorry again.

yeah they do. but as soon as i play some they suddenly shut up and stop dissin it.

imeem is better than last fm.

They say that I`m too much into FF music... And they say that I should listen to something "real" not only OST`s

I listen to any and every kind o' music under the sun. Melodic death metal is my favorite. But I love VGM.

Ha!!

Signed, Snake Eater, Metal Gear

They say that I`m too much into FF music... And they say that I should listen to something "real" not only OST`s

"Real" lol that's nuts FF is real baby!

I don't know how many people know I listen to videogame soundtracks, but the ones that do know don't think it's weird. They too often like them, since it's just music and no singing in most cases.

The Maid has nice jugs.

The Maid has nice jugs.

Knowhatimsane!!

Hahaha

Ok people check this one out! 3 weeks ago i was part of a wedding with total access in the music and part of the photography crew.Well the bride and the groom asked me to pick a song only for the entrance of the maids and the best man ect (not the wedding traditional song) so you wont believe what i picked. Before i say wich song is, i told her its something different, they listened to it and loved it also asked me who played so they can type the name of the song in the wedding program (that's a huge scoge for the video game community lol) so i said it was played live by the "philarmonic orchestra from Japan" and composed by Nobuo Uematsu.

the name of the song-"The Theme Of Love" from Final Fantasy Live 2002.
i have to lie..if i say that it was final fantasy they wont play it.

you get the picture.lol :p

Ok people check this one out! 3 weeks ago i was part of a wedding with total access in the music and part of the photography crew.Well the bride and the groom asked me to pick a song only for the entrance of the maids and the best man ect (not the wedding traditional song) so you wont believe what i picked. Before i say wich song is, i told her its something different, they listened to it and loved it also asked me who played so they can type the name of the song in the wedding program (that's a huge scoge for the video game community lol) so i said it was played live by the "philarmonic orchestra from Japan" and composed by Nobuo Uematsu.

the name of the song-"The Theme Of Love" from Final Fantasy Live 2002.
i have to lie..if i say that it was final fantasy they wont play it.

you get the picture.lol :p

I kinda did the same thing! I used to DJ and have done a few weddings... I had my turntables set up and a buddy was late showing up with his cd's..... I had few cd's at the time on hand but nothing that could really be played at a wedding reception during dinner. I ended up playing a few FF tunes from Relaxin w. final fantasy... and people really dug it.

Im suppose to be Djing a party later this month and i decided to use the club themes from hitman by jesper kyd lol.

Very much no. There's nothing wrong about listening to game music. The best kind of music out there. Like soundtracks, it can cover almost any genre really. I like the older computerized stuff as much as I do the current. Even moreso, I like how there are still sites like this around that support a good gaming ST.

Yea, theres lotsa remixes for Mario Bro's, Street Fighter n Zelda on 12"

Ok people check this one out! 3 weeks ago i was part of a wedding with total access in the music and part of the photography crew.Well the bride and the groom asked me to pick a song only for the entrance of the maids and the best man ect (not the wedding traditional song) so you wont believe what i picked. Before i say wich song is, i told her its something different, they listened to it and loved it also asked me who played so they can type the name of the song in the wedding program (that's a huge scoge for the video game community lol) so i said it was played live by the "philarmonic orchestra from Japan" and composed by Nobuo Uematsu.

the name of the song-"The Theme Of Love" from Final Fantasy Live 2002.
i have to lie..if i say that it was final fantasy they wont play it.

you get the picture.lol :p
"Love will Grow (Instrumental Version)" would've worked too, or even the FF "Prelude" theme.

My friend Amy is the only one who gives a hard time for just listening to film scores and game music damn near all the time. Everyone else just doesn't care.

I have an interesting story, though. In my junior year of high school, I took a music technology class, and quite a few of the guys in the the class were huge rap fanatics. There was one time when our teacher told us to bring in a CD of the music we like to listen to. The CD I brought in was the score to the 2nd X-Men film, and even the rap fans thought it was cool music! How weird is that???

WHOA, lost in translation!

What I meant is, music doesn't have to have lyrics to be good (most people can't stand to listen to instrumental music, though).

It's not bad for music to have lyrics, but in the case of MOST mainstream music, it's simply a cover-up for the rest of the ensemble that really can't perform all that well.

HOLY CRAP, people; how many times am I going to be misinterpreted this night?! Go to bed, and wake up tomorrow feeling clear-minded and refreshed, and THEN try posting!

I totally agree, and honestly for me it's the other way around.
I perfer music without lyrics about 75% of the time.

What are good comebacks if people call you a nerd or geek if they find out you listen to videogame and music scores?

What are good comebacks if people call you a nerd or geek if they find out you listen to videogame and music scores?

This is what I usually say: "Watch what you're saying, man. I may be the one hiring you for a job in the future."

What are good comebacks if people call you a nerd or geek if they find out you listen to videogame and music scores?

You say..... "Bill Gates is the biggest wealthiest geek/nerd on the planet"

This is what I usually say: "Watch what you're saying, man. I may be the one hiring you for a job in the future."

Hahaha I like that!
I might say "Hey at least these people write their own stuff!"
Or I say "Hey hey don't go mainstream on me man, keep it underground:)"

Hahaha I like that!
I might say "Hey at least these people write their own stuff!"
Or I say "Hey hey don't go mainstream on me man, keep it underground:)"

I'm glad you liked my comeback! I greatly appreciate it. I like your first comeback a lot. I wish I had thought of that one...

I'm glad you liked my comeback! I greatly appreciate it. I like your first comeback a lot. I wish I had thought of that one...

Heck yeah you know it, you are welcome!
Your comeback is gold, I will have to use it!
I have come up with a few over the years, ah it feels good:P
Thanks for the feedback on mine ^_^

"Love will Grow (Instrumental Version)" would've worked too, or even the FF "Prelude" theme.Thanks For letting me know ,i'll look for it

Akuma I haven't heard from you in a while. How are you!?

Akuma I haven't heard from you in a while. How are you!?

Hey!
I've never been so busy
im like Stone Cold Steve Austin
"I came, i raised hell and leave" lol
wow i couldn't even been on the msn messenger.
Good news i finished doing my remix of Street fighter III 3rd Strike now it's complete.

Hey!
I've never been so busy
im like Stone Cold Steve Austin
"I came, i raised hell and leave" lol
wow i couldn't even been on the msn messenger.
Good news i finished doing my remix of Street fighter III 3rd Strike now it's complete.

"I raise hell and leave" LoL!! I that sounds funny, like "Ooook o.O!?"
It's understandable though. Oh I was just going to ask you
about Street Fighter III. What do I do to extract the 7 RAR files
together. I have Winrar but what else do I need to get the game going?
And when you say Street Fighter Remix, you mean the music right?

If so Let me hear it! I am still loving Anguish:D

"I raise hell and leave" LoL!! I that sounds funny, like "Ooook o.O!?"
It's understandable though. Oh I was just going to ask you
about Street Fighter III. What do I do to extract the 7 RAR files
together. I have Winrar but what else do I need to get the game going?
And when you say Street Fighter Remix, you mean the music right?

If so Let me hear it! I am still loving Anguish:D

From the arrange version of ps2 and of course the same from dereamcast the ps2 version sounds more cleaner also because i record it using optical cable so its digital the remix means that i added some cuts of the original and arrange version you know that all of the tracks got 2 or 3 parts because of the rounds i joined them and i did some extra stuff on it so i remix it!

"I raise hell and leave" LoL!! I that sounds funny, like "Ooook o.O!?"
It's understandable though. Oh I was just going to ask you
about Street Fighter III. What do I do to extract the 7 RAR files
together. I have Winrar but what else do I need to get the game going?
And when you say Street Fighter Remix, you mean the music right?

If so Let me hear it! I am still loving Anguish:D

From the arrange version of ps2 and of course the same from dereamcast the ps2 version sounds more cleaner also because i record it using optical cable so its digital the remix means that i added some cuts of the original and arrange version you know that all of the tracks got 2 or 3 parts because of the rounds i joined them and i did some extra stuff on it so i remix it!

Oh yes, they think it's childish... But there really is NOTHING childish because nowadays game music is almost movie quality music. And no one, at least of my friends, think that it would be childish.

almost movie quality music

BETTER imo, more diverse too.

almost movie quality music

BETTER imo, more diverse too.

YES!! I totally agree it's much better, more variety, more risky and bold
(If you know what I mean) more freedom and simply beautiful ^_^

People do think I'm crazy for listening to video game music (I think the biggest complaint people give when they see my ipod is "Why isn't there any real music?"), but I'm fairly used to it now. When it comes to music, if it's a niche it has to be weird since for some reason no one seems to understand the concept of different aural tastes. I tend to get the same reactions when I'm listening to A Capella music as well.

However, what irks me to no end and absolutely blows my mind is when people I know who enjoy film scores and such think that I'm crazy for liking Video Game music.

If someone asks to see my IPOD playlist im gonna proudly display it to them, this is what it will show up.

OrangeC's Gamerips

Film Scores

See there faces, possiibly someone is going to say" WTF is a gamerip lol.

If someone asks to see my IPOD playlist im gonna proudly display it to them, this is what it will show up.

OrangeC's Gamerips

Film Scores

See there faces, possiibly someone is going to say" WTF is a gamerip lol.

"WTF is a gamerip" Hahaha!! No kidding:D
People are so silly and fun sometimes and just to see their reactions
I may "accidently" blurt out some video game tune.
They usually look like this --->o.O? Or say stuff like.
"You should live in reality" <---Your reality? Nah I'll pass:)
"You are crazy or not from from earth" <--Damn that's mean:P
"You are like a game or cartoon charater" <---Duh!
"You are too animated" <---WTF? Yeah I actually heard that one last week lol!

I usually tried to keep this type of thing to myself but if discovered
I won't hide it and I will defend to no end. If you guys ever have to
correct/own/shut up anyone from dissing our music be sure to sing/play
Final Fantasy's "Victory Fanfare" and watch the faces lol!
Oh and be sure to collect your level up!

If you guys ever have to
correct/own/shut up anyone from dissing our music be sure to sing/play
Final Fantasy's "Victory Fanfare" and watch the faces lol!
Oh and be sure to collect your level up!

I'm going to start doing this, it sure beats constantly getting into dead end arguments.

I would play the KILL FRENZY soundbite from the original GTA. or MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!

"Kill Frenzy" LoL!
Hey Lijik and OrangeC you got it:D
I hate getting into arguments with people about this
I don't try to it's just...Man! Humans certainly fear what they don't understand or should I say annoy the hell out of you!

I forgot to add one of my favorite come backs.
just tell em' to "DO A BARREL ROLL!" lol!

My music can be found here if anyone's interested (Metallic Lava and Seen Yet Unheard are original and not arrangements, by the way).
Nice music there, although I'm really not a big fan of techno. I am musician too and I also find my inspiration from movie/game music.

You can listen my work in here:
http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=69779&displ_lang=en

haha i just let my dad listen to my GRAW rip in the car and he's all like: man now im picturing soldiers running alongside the car.

But yeah when i have a car im gonna blast VGM Music all day and when someone gets in my car im gonna really have a ball lol.

I would do the same! Go for it!

Count me in... I can`t wait till the day when I FINALLY GET THE DAMN CAR!

I usually tried to keep this type of thing to myself but if discovered
I won't hide it and I will defend to no end. If you guys ever have to
correct/own/shut up anyone from dissing our music be sure to sing/play
Final Fantasy's "Victory Fanfare" and watch the faces lol!
Oh and be sure to collect your level up![/QUOTE]

Aurora
Thats a Touche!
LMAO
My Level is 3 or should i say at maximum
If you know what i mean
LP, LP, RIGHT, LK, HP "Shun Goku Satsu " :p

HEY Im waiting on messenger

LET ME WRITE IT AGAIN AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T LIKE US TO LISTEN TO GAME MUSIC HERE IT IS

LP, LP, →, LK, HP

Aurora
your messenger got stuck
need to restart
my messages are not going thru

Video game music never gets old.

I just hate it when people go call it weird music and go like: Whatever the hell is that you listen to? kinda makes me mad that people don't view it as regular music.

Its a shame to them that regular music is whats being played on a radio.

I just hate it when people go call it weird music and go like: Whatever the hell is that you listen to? kinda makes me mad that people don't view it as regular music.

Its a shame to them that regular music is whats being played on a radio.

Yeah I know what you mean, it bothers me sometimes.
I agree with the radio bit to that was a nice touch:)

Another thing,

Someone asked me what did i have on my IPOD today in class. How do i answer that without getting weird looks? Do i just say: uhh video game score or movie score? thats gonna sound prety weird to them.

So id there any ideas, because its complicated trying
to explain to the person?

Heeey that's a very good question, come on everyone let's help
em out! Hmm I would probably say:

"Ohhh just soundtracks I like"
"Just something I whipped together in the kitchen this morning"
"Something me and my friend named Nobuo Uematsu are working on:)"

Another thing, So id there any ideas, because its complicated trying to explain to the person?
It depends on whether you're well-liked or not, in a way.

If I don't know them, I would say, "Music." and if they ask what type of music, I would say, "The kind that you listen to." Unless this person has an intense desire to find out what you're listening to, he or she will laugh and eventually give up without any negative feelings.

If I knew them, I would say, "Have you played/seen *insert game soundtrack or movie soundtrack*?" and if they say yes, you can say, "Yeah, I got the soundtrack to it. It's some good stuff." and they won't think negative feelings towards that.

Be sure to have a coat of funniness too, so nobody thinks it's awkward.

Another thing,

Someone asked me what did i have on my IPOD today in class. How do i answer that without getting weird looks? Do i just say: uhh video game score or movie score? thats gonna sound prety weird to them.

So id there any ideas, because its complicated trying
to explain to the person?"this composer I like."

When someone asks me what I'm listening to, or something like that, then I say "some music from [insert videogame name]" or just "music from a videogame".
People don't seem to have a problem with that, but sometimes they say something like "oh I see... hey I liked the music from [insert SNES game here]"

For some reason people only remember the main theme of super mario world :-P

I don't think we're crazy, I think we're a bunch of geeks, no offense to anyone but it's true.

I don't think we're crazy, I think we're a bunch of geeks, no offense to anyone but it's true.
Except for the fact that I'm with friends 5 times as much as I play video games or use the computer, sure, I'm a geek. But you see, there isn't anything wrong with video game music, unless you excessively listen to it and not any type of music.

But yeah, me likey game music.

I do get embarrassed about listening to video game music in public places. I usually turn the volume down. And hey - guess what? I listen to my music on my DS, that has a homebrew card and can play MP3s! I don't listen to much 'normal music' as such, and prefer ambient music, video game music, TV/film music. (I love the 24 soundtrack.)

I do get really pissed off at myself for being embarrassed about it though. I mean, what makes people hate VG music? Well, this country's numbskulled populace don't realise their thoughts are being strongly influenced by society, and sadly, they've been influenced to believe that video game music is 'sad', and indeed that it probably is made of bleeps...

Nothing we can do but put up with it.

Hey Shaun,

Very good points, but don't be embarrassed. I turn it down
to avoid stupid questions and stuff, but heck if I want it louder it goes up
I just won't care ya know? It's funny that you said made of bleeps
I recently attended the video games live concert and one of the opening comments was "People think it's made up of bleeps...Let's show em then;)"

Like you I don't listen to what people would consider "Normal"
but if it is you really won't find anything mainstream in my collection ^_^

At my college i go in the breakroom everyday and put my IPOD on and listen to My gamerips that ive made lol, all while watchign those poor minded souls go about there way.

When someone asked me what was on my iPod, I told them mostly music from video games, but also some classical and electronic music, but not from video games (Juno Reactor, The Cynic Project, Gaby Ponte, etc.). They responded by asking "so you have the soundtrack to Mario on your iPod?"

I tried to explain to them that just because its called "video game music" doesnt mean it cant sound like a regular old artist created the music and sold CDs. I tried to convince them that the video game music I listen to (Metal Gear Solid series, Anarchy Online, EVE Online, Castlevania series, Final Fantasy series, and many more) is good quality music, not some MIDI beeps and boops like what you would hear on the old game systems or Game Boy. For some reason, this is what people at my school think. Its almost like they have never played a video game who's designers created music specifically for that game.

Plus, I hate the music from the mario games. It fits the game, but its not something I would sit and listen to. Why do people have to stereotype modern video game music with the "old school" video game MIDI music?

Also, I absolutely hate it when people think all electronic music is called Techno. Techno is its own genre of electronic music. Sorry, I hate to let it out. Thats another discussion though, I dont want to change the topic.

people either laugh, say im listening to devil music???, elevator music... or think that im some kind of crazy person. I usually don't hear em anyways, cause im too busy listening to my crazy songs!!!

This is a great message for me to state this- VIDEO GAME MUSIC IS THE ONLY THING I TRULY ENJOY!!! I don't see why everyone is trying to turn me on to all this other crap on the radio as it is myself. I know my neighbors in college want me to derive a better tate in my music by listening to some more rock and rap. Too bad all I want is some good video game music to listen to...

As it is, that's all I really have on my MP3 every time it's on, but I'm not telling my neighbors and friends that. And this message, by the way, is
coming from a black, for anyone who wants to know.

-ShaqZero-

I think also asian people will probably actually think its cool because in asian countries VGm music is up there with the mainstream. So ig i showed my graw rips to an sian person he/she'd probably thinks its cool.

The thing I know is that people who don't play any games are completely ignorant in vgm. They make the fun out of you when you even mention vgm. The only music that comes up their mind is SNES mario music.

edit: oh, you guys experienced just the same as me! Actually I'm in an orchestra, so I proposed to play some vgm music with the orchestra you know, they just made fun of my proposal.

They dont know what they are missing. I have a really great orchestrated version of a Final Fantasy 8 song. The Man with the Machine Gun. You can download it at http://bluelaguna.net/music/ff8o/mp3s.php. I think you guys should try that song. Let them listen to the origional and this version and see what they think. Just keep trying to tell them that its not from the SNES.

I picked up some amazing Philips earphones today, and you can hardly hear the music if they're not on your ear. No more turning it down, I guess. However, I do get people in class asking about what I listen to. I only really listen to a couple of bands they'd listen to and I hardly even listen to that. I refuse to conform and I will continue listening to whatever I like. =]

they've been influenced to believe that video game music is 'sad', and indeed that it probably is made of bleeps...
My grandmother found an old Donkey Kong Country 2 disc labeled: Best of Donkey Kong Country 2.

She said, "I don't know why he listens to that. Nothin' but boops and beeps." I laughed because that's entirely untrue.

We should really try to get people educated about VG music. I have a video production class and if im going to add music to my videos, ill defenatly put some music from video games, so long as it fits the video. I will mention it in the credits so they know where that wonderful music came from. Ill bet they wont believe it came from a video game. My school even has like a little show every morning on the TV, its called KWIN. Kids that are in the KWIN group say the morning announcements and then afterwards a little video will come up. We generally can make the video anything as long as its school appropriate. You have to be a senior to get into KWIN, so ill have to wait until next year. Im going to try my hardest to get in. Not only because I am interested in that stuff, but also so I can put VG music on the videos.

You know that little sample at the beginning of icestations on the timesplitters soundtrack?

I think that would go well with the introduction logo lol.

I never heard that song before. Also, we dont really have an introduction logo. However, that is a great idea I can submit to them. Thanks for the idea!

They think I'm crazy, but for different reasons. The videogame music helps, though.

This is a great message for me to state this- VIDEO GAME MUSIC IS THE ONLY THING I TRULY ENJOY!!! I don't see why everyone is trying to turn me on to all this other crap on the radio as it is myself. I know my neighbors in college want me to derive a better tate in my music by listening to some more rock and rap. Too bad all I want is some good video game music to listen to...

As it is, that's all I really have on my MP3 every time it's on, but I'm not telling my neighbors and friends that. And this message, by the way, is
coming from a black, for anyone who wants to know.

-ShaqZero-

Hey, you are one I could totally connect to!
Like you VG music is pretty much all I listen to.
Man I'd love to share music with you guys or better yet
just hang out with you all and listen to VG music and not have to worry
about ignorant close minded people...Sooo who lives close to San Diego:P lol

well i do get laughed at because i listen to video game music (especially when it comes to sonic for soem reason) but it dont matter because i i wouldnt be me if i was the same as everyoen else. so i usually say.

"im an artist, and as an artist, i want to be open to all feilds of things. who sayis i can only listen to only one genere or whatever. and just because you think something is wrong with me for liking video game music? well i will think something is wrong for you to like smoking so much pot, masturbating or (insert wrongdoing here). a person shouldnt be judged by what they like to listen to, watch, or do. if you dont liek it u dont have to be around them."

Hey, you are one I could totally connect to!
Like you VG music is pretty much all I listen to.
Man I'd love to share music with you guys or better yet
just hang out with you all and listen to VG music and not have to worry
about ignorant close minded people...Sooo who lives close to San Diego:P lol

Or who lives close to Manchester, England? :P Also, Lotus Dragon - I think that's a great idea. Personally, I think some of the best tracks to use for such a presentation would come from Metal Gear Solid 1/2, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (amazing), Jet Set Radio (hey, it would fool anyone) or maybe even Tekken 5?

(My VG music taste is actually very varied. I'm just trying to pick out soundtracks that would sound 'cooler'.)

Or who lives close to Manchester, England? :P Also, Lotus Dragon - I think that's a great idea. Personally, I think some of the best tracks to use for such a presentation would come from Metal Gear Solid 1/2, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (amazing), Jet Set Radio (hey, it would fool anyone) or maybe even Tekken 5?

(My VG music taste is actually very varied. I'm just trying to pick out soundtracks that would sound 'cooler'.)

England huh? Well that's only a plane flight away:)
I know what you mean by sounding 'Cooler' and I totally agree
you have a nice selection there and the ones you picked are some
that I listen to very often ^__^ I've actually had a few people stop
and ask me what I was listening to because of Jet Set and Tekken.
I love the reactions once they realize it's a video game Ost;)

(I need to try the Splinter Cell Choas Theory though...)

I'd definitely recommend it. :P The world is much more interesting with the Chaos Theory soundtrack playing. ;) I was playing it last night when walking home for almost an hour. That's what music is about for me - escapism. I just want to feel like I'm somewhere else.

"The world is much more interesting with the Chaos Theory soundtrack playing" <-- I like that:) I share the same feelings and escapism is the perfect word! Video game music takes me to other places like no other ^_^

I'm stunned to hear this from someone other than myself. Kudos to you!

I will search for the ost tonight baby!

I get a lot of crap from people since I'm a black person. They want to know if i think I'm white or japanese or 'uppity'. It irritates the fuck outta me. No one realizes just how good this music truly is!

Yer I know what u mean, some of my friends expects me to listen to Hip hop, Rap, RnB & Grime because thats what black people do and thats negative. I use to listen to that kind of music but i don't (that was like 3 or 4 years ago) because its boring, says the same thing with same beat and the videos get worst & worst, i think there turning into porno mini films and the fact is ITS WAK.

I believe that VG music is a breath of fresh air to me, all the mainstream music that i listen to now sucks BIG time e.g. pop, rock, rnb and some dance music (most of them sounds great). The best game music for me has to be the whole tekken series, Unreal tournament series, Incoming, God of war 2 and loads more.

My advice is just ignore them, don't be ashamed be happy with what u listen to because at the end of the day everybody has a freedom of choice.

Say it loud!!
I listen to VGM and I'm proud!!

I completely agree. It's only the more synthesised stuff I automatically turn down now, like the Streets of Rage soundtrack or Phoenix Wright.

*looks at the topic* I hadn't had that experience, to be honest.

All your comments in this Thread are good to hear for a tormented soul like mine;-) there are even "crazy" people like you in Austria, did you know...

This forum rules :)

I love video game music!

Or who lives close to Manchester, England?

Me! :p

Anyway, I have no idea why I've never used this forum before - it's the only place I can actually talk to people who enjoy videogame music (well, there's 2 people I know in person who enjoy videogame music, but that's it). The appeal to me is that the styles are so varied (particularly in series' such as Castlevania, Michiru Yamane is a great example of someone who uses different styles of music - ranging from lively rock to a more classical style) - there really is something for everyone. Also a point that appeals to me is the fact that most of it is instrumental (or often when there are vocals they are in a foreign language, like Suteki Da Ne (FFX) is in Japanese, and A Deus (Grandia 2)) so the music escapes my main complaint of modern music which is the cliches of the lyrics, which to me make lots of modern rock music, etc, unpleasant and even embarrassing to listen to.

I think I am at an advantage in the fact that my friends actually respect that the music can be enjoyable, though they don't find it so themselves (for a few of them it took a while to put straight their opinions of "videogame music isn't real music" but it has changed to at least seeing it as real music). I think a point is that my opinions and interests change for no-one (mockery for my interests in Poirot and A Touch of Frost, and classical music have turned into respect for the fact I change my interests for no-one (I think myself almost immune to peer pressure)). Of course there is still the point that to the scum-of-the-Earth types I would never admit to the videogame music which fills my mp3 player (although strangely enough I do admit to classical music).

Although having said that, my Business Studies teacher actually called me a geek for my interest (my idea for my new business was an online store for videogame music and she thinks the market isn't big enough, and that the music is still like Sonic soundtracks, etc, so I'm planning to write a load of stuff giving examples and feedback of where videogame music is actually popular (Video Games Live, bands such as The Minibosses, quotes from various forums, the questionnaire I posted on various sites (1 of which blocked my IP address), etc).

And of course, as I write this I'm listening to videogame music - You Goddamned Bathead from Castlevania Chronicles. :p

@#$^! NAW!!! VIDEO GAME MUSIC IS GREAT!!!!

Actuallly depends on the game though...

All the game music i like are either jazz, rock, or just plain catchy
(also if the game have a remix( like The Street Fighter Sings Album) Then it depends...)

Jet Set Radio
Hokuto no Ken (PS2)
Phoneix Wright
Melty Blood
Tekken
Guilty Gear
Street Fighter III
Samba de Amigo
DDR
Exceed
Marvel vs Capcom 2 (@#$@ any one who has a problem with that)

thats all i can think of...

One thing to the discussion: VGM is for me in that way important, that it's a shere endless source of inspiration for writing, what is one of my favorite things to do. When I have the appropriate tune in my ears, if dramatic, sad, joyful or romantic, for example, I can write on on my story for thousands of words, not even need to think how the story should go on. Especially very memorable moments I'm associating with certain themes, such as aeris theme(so sad...) is inspiring my in a tremendous way. And with the wide emotional variety there is in VGM, I'm momentary on 140.000 words of storywriting and there is hardly an end to see. There almost no "normal" music inspiring me in that way. As one of you said, 'escapsim' is the right word. Hearing this music, I'm far from this world, at least for some time. And it is always a good feeling to return, as from a long journey, and you dont even need drugs for this trip;-) so it's healthy and almost complete for free...:-)

I like some of it. Most FF music calms me down. Like tifa's piano theme and whatnot. It's nice to listen to on certain days. But others don't really care for it.

Most of my favourite songs are from video games, and got countless soundtracks on my iPod, but most of my friends think i'm a bit strange for liking them too much. I don't see the problem, it's not like i'm blasting it out like some other music lovers do

Im about to play the Call of duty 4 modern warfare soundtrack into my ipod at school. Check out the rip thats coming into my gamerip thread.

It's so great when you listen to the ost of a game that you played many many years before and you have the feeling of nostalgia. And you remember your childhood...

I love Video Game Music.

It's so great when you listen to the ost of a game that you played many many years before and you have the feeling of nostalgia. And you remember your childhood...

I love Video Game Music.

ah yes, It's great when you remember the game after listening to the music. Sometimes I don't even remember the whole storyline of the game until I listen it's music

Yes.

But, they're truly the crazy ones, because 70% of the music they listen to is crap.


My sister has about 50 of those bad songs on her mp3 player...and I'm nearing 300 of VG music mostly. (because Queen and the Who are awesome)

VIDEO GAME MUSIC IS THE ONLY THING I TRULY ENJOY!!! -ShaqZero-

Agree completely! I listen to abosolutely nothing else! I'm not into what I call 'crap rap' or hip-hop or whatever. It's all garbage.


You know that little sample at the beginning of icestations on the timesplitters soundtrack?

I think that would go well with the introduction logo lol.

I love the icestation song from timesplitters! It's one my favorites! You should also listen to spaceport from the the very first timesplitters game. That one is awesome.

Also I find it rather difficult to answer when some1 asks me what I listen to. Sometimes I tell the truth, but more often than not I lie. I'll tell my friends what I listen to tho truthfullly.

Imo, VG music should be made more available. Sometimes there's a really old and classic vg but because it's ancient the soundtrack isn't available at all. I dislike that immensely because now I have to record songs myself!

Yeah, mad.

"Video game music? You listen to that?"

"Uh-huh. Sure do! You oughtta try it. Gives you hair on you chest."

So you know what I do? I burn CD's of, say, Oblivion (frickin awesome soundtrack) and give it to 'em, not telling them what the hell it is. After they invariably tell me how good the music is, I make my breath smell bad, step right up to their face, and wheeze-laugh down their flaring nostrils like a madman who knows he's right, dammit. And then, I utter the immortal words:

THAT'S MUSIC FROM.... A..... GAME!!!

They usually convert after that.

P.S. I've loved VGM since the days of the Commodore 64 (1980's) and still listen to some of it!

Yer I know what u mean, some of my friends expects me to listen to Hip hop, Rap, RnB & Grime because thats what black people do and thats negative. I use to listen to that kind of music but i don't (that was like 3 or 4 years ago) because its boring, says the same thing with same beat and the videos get worst & worst, i think there turning into porno mini films and the fact is ITS WAK.

I believe that VG music is a breath of fresh air to me, all the mainstream music that i listen to now sucks BIG time e.g. pop, rock, rnb and some dance music (most of them sounds great). The best game music for me has to be the whole tekken series, Unreal tournament series, Incoming, God of war 2 and loads more.

My advice is just ignore them, don't be ashamed be happy with what u listen to because at the end of the day everybody has a freedom of choice.

Say it loud!!
I listen to VGM and I'm proud!!

I can totally relate to both of you. Even in my own family, I put up with a lot of crap from people because of my love of VGM as well as because I don't gobble up everything BET craps my way. It's pretty frustrating.

Yeah, mad.

"Video game music? You listen to that?"

"Uh-huh. Sure do! You oughtta try it. Gives you hair on you chest."

So you know what I do? I burn CD's of, say, Oblivion (frickin awesome soundtrack) and give it to 'em, not telling them what the hell it is. After they invariably tell me how good the music is, I make my breath smell bad, step right up to their face, and wheeze-laugh down their flaring nostrils like a madman who knows he's right, dammit. And then, I utter the immortal words:

THAT'S MUSIC FROM.... A..... GAME!!!

They usually convert after that.

P.S. I've loved VGM since the days of the Commodore 64 (1980's) and still listen to some of it!

:laugh: I can definitely relate to that as well. Sometimes you could be listening to the most awesome of soundtracks from a game and those around may be tapping their feet and bopping their heads but once you tell the it's from a video game, bad breath or not, some just stop and think "I can't believe I showed that I like that crap, now others are going to think that I'm a freak to!" while yet others are thoroughly impressed and actually want to listen to more.

The key to converting or convincing most people to listen to video game music is not to tell them that it's from a game otherwise some will prejudge it before giving it a fair review. :D

YES!! I totally agree it's much better, more variety, more risky and bold
(If you know what I mean) more freedom and simply beautiful ^_^
Well, I said quality. Movie music is performed by a real orchestra when game music often uses only samples.

Well, I said quality. Movie music is performed by a real orchestra when game music often uses only samples.

Super Mario Galaxy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Galaxy) owns this post. <_<

(In other words, Mario Galaxy's music is very much like a movie's score. However, I see where you are coming from with this, and yes, Nintendo is often the exception, not the rule.)

well what Elemental Eye said is true most of videogames' music is not played with real instruments but now a days games tend to hire people to perform the scores, besides many vg's music have remakes done with real instruments.
So now there is plenty of music starring an orchesta or a rockband or whatever is needed to perform the score.

My roommates also like some video game music like I do, but people on my floor attempt to make fun of me for my VG music collection. To get back at them, the only music I share is my VG music.

Oh yes.. I live in Norway from a lucky street where i know many of my friends who do listen to VG musics. The influence of VG music came from me, so that's why many of my friends listen to it. But i am the one who listen to it most, since i cannot live without VG Music.

I remember this happened some weeks ago, when a friend of mine which is a girl asked if she could borrow my MP3, i said yes go ahead and by the way, not sure if you're gonna like some stuff in there but give it a try.

Some hours later she gave it back to me and i asked: Any problem ?
She stated: No, you had some cool music there... I think it was from the game folder :)

I smiled happy back :) The other day she asked if she could borrow it again.. haha i am proud of my VG Music influence. :D <3

Oh yes.. I live in Norway from a lucky street where i know many of my friends who do listen to VG musics. The influence of VG music came from me, so that's why many of my friends listen to it. But i am the one who listen to it most, since i cannot live without VG Music.

I remember this happened some weeks ago, when a friend of mine which is a girl asked if she could borrow my MP3, i said yes go ahead and by the way, not sure if you're gonna like some stuff in there but give it a try.

Some hours later she gave it back to me and i asked: Any problem ?
She stated: No, you had some cool music there... I think it was from the game folder :)

I smiled happy back :) The other day she asked if she could borrow it again.. haha i am proud of my VG Music influence. :D <3

Awesome story! I would love to influence some people:)
*Borrows your MP3 player...Wow there is some cool stuff here,
oh I have this song to tehehe!*

Next move is to make your friend a ninja ^_^

I think I made my best buddy a CD last year for X-mas with video game music on it. I think it was Metroid Metal...

My family thinks I'm insane for listening to vg music. My sister has a select few she listens to (but God help if it's in Jap. She only listens to english songs, the nitwit!) I listen to everything including Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Zelda, Pocketmonsters, YuGiOh, Shaman King, Orphen, Chrono series, and some J-rock~pop (fav is Gackt).

What kind of music do people put on incase someone does asks you what type of music you are listening to and wants to hear?

I always put on Splinter cell 4's jail theme because its so relaxing and acoustic, and thye might probably think thats cool. Its just when they ask where its from things get tricky.

I put on something from the Dragon Quest, or Final Fantasy series.

What kind of music do people put on incase someone does asks you what type of music you are listening to and wants to hear?

I always put on Splinter cell 4's jail theme because its so relaxing and acoustic, and thye might probably think thats cool. Its just when they ask where its from things get tricky.

I am listening to it right now!! Really realxing and atmosphere =D
Otherwise, i'll usually show them Oblivion or Zelda ;-P

Yeah i just love that blues type of voice and the prison guards yelling in the background.

Awesome story! I would love to influence some people:)
*Borrows your MP3 player...Wow there is some cool stuff here,
oh I have this song to tehehe!*

Next move is to make your friend a ninja ^_^

Haha, a ninja would be wild but making her into a GAMER Would be sweet! xD

I think I made my best buddy a CD last year for X-mas with video game music on it. I think it was Metroid Metal...

I've been making mix CDs of video game music for one of my friends for about two years. They include music from all eras and consoles. Come to think of it, it might be fun to start a new thread and see what you guys think of the tracklists.

What kind of music do people put on incase someone does asks you what type of music you are listening to and wants to hear?

I always put on Splinter cell 4's jail theme because its so relaxing and acoustic, and thye might probably think thats cool. Its just when they ask where its from things get tricky.

I put on something really old, like Megaman 2, to see if I can use the person's nostalgia to help bring them around to the idea that video game music can be its own thing. Plus, if they're receptive to the limitated technology of an NES song, then they're more likely to be able to deal with SNES and PSX tracks, too. My wife, for example, can't get past the fact that the NES songs sound the way they do. Even though she respects the composition of the music, she doesn't enjoy listening because she says it's a strain on her eyes.

Ive always been fasinated how they compose those with the limited technology? what equipment they used? midi keyboards, i heard that they used HEX editing?>:O

Yeah that thread would be cool. My CD consists of one data CD filled to burstin' with game songs. I play them in my portable DVD player.

Ive always been fasinated how they compose those with the limited technology? what equipment they used? midi keyboards, i heard that they used HEX editing?>:O

I used to know a lot about this, but I've forgotten most of the specifics. What I remember is that they didn't use MIDI, technically. It was a technology that was very similar to MIDI. For a more detailed and knowledgable explanation, here's an article and a Wikipedia page on these topics:
http://www.vgmusic.com/vgpaper.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_and_video_game_music

My B/f introduced me to Final Fantasy music almost a year ago and opened my eyes to a whole new world of GREAT music. FFVIII and FFX still have to be my favorite game songs but I have made my entire Itunes playlist into Game music since. Whats the point in listening to anything else???

What kind of music do people put on incase someone does asks you what type of music you are listening to and wants to hear?

I always put on Splinter cell 4's jail theme because its so relaxing and acoustic, and thye might probably think thats cool. Its just when they ask where its from things get tricky.

In the past I've switched to something classical, but now (if it ever happens) I keep it with VGM - generally I try to make it something less "cheesy". Something from Castlevania Lament of Innocence perhaps, or Castlevania Curse of Darkness. I think next time I'd switch it to Illusionary Dance from Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (which some people have claimed to be a murdered version of one of the greatest final boss themes ever, but in my opinion its the best version there is).

Some of my family will pick up video game tunes from me, So, no.

Oh yes. My schoolmates, of which 80% are 'wannabe rockers' always have a strange look on their face when I tell them about VG music. But I'm proud of being a videogame music fan!

I love all kinds o' music, melodic death metal mostly, but I love Irish music, and video game music. I have atleast... 50+ video game songs on my PC at the mo'.

My dads been lately weirded out of how much VG music i listen too, Because before usually i would listen to alotta rap, but my tastes have changed, so my dad asks: Don't you think people will find you a bit creepy of how much of that music you listen to?

I just shook my head.

Tell your dad, "Well, pops, at least I don't listen to shitty rap anymore."

Yeah he doesn't like that much rap also, but he listens to jazz and salsa, he is spanish, so i let him listen to the just cuase soundtrack the game. He just said: i still think hector lavore is better. lol

I started out loving classical when I was younger-- video game soundtracks usually fit right in with my preferences.

People do give me strange looks when I mention my library of video game music, though. However, people also roll their eyes when I mention my library of classical music. Those crazy people.

It bugs me how people aren't willing to give video game music a try. Most even refuse my movie soundtracks. Luckily for me, my friends never say anything mean about my musical preferences. In fact, one of my friends likes vg music as much as I; He can recognize most songs, even if they're played on the piano.

What's funny is, I'll even play some electronic video game music from the 80's sometimes, and a lot of my friends think it's pretty neat because they grew up playing those games.