This may sound rather low-brow but for me the Jet Moto 1 s/t back in 96-97 was IT for me! I loved DKCountry quite a bit but not so much as to look for ways to hear it out of the game)... so when I realized I could play PSx discs (some of them) in my car cd player I almost ***t my pants:) Yea. The Jet Moto series propelled me here. Sadly I rarely ever hear anyone talk about it.

What was your first love?

Well I knew i was hooked when i played Wild Arms 1 (4 the ps1) after playing the game i was in love with all of Michiko Naruke's music if not 4 WA1 i think i would still be listening to rap music.

The soundtrack to Chrono Cross was what turned me on to the world of video game music. I'd already had the soundtracks to FFVII, FFIX, and FFX, but I listened to them simply because they reminded me of games I'd enjoyed. The Chrono Cross soundtrack, however, opened me up to all different kinds of VGM, and finding/enjoying it inspired me to search for other albums on the Web, which is how I found GH. It's my favorite soundtrack, even after all this time.

To this day, I still haven't played Chrono Cross.

The Timesplitters soundtrack by graeme norgate.

Lots of game music discussions going on right now. Anyway for me it was Baladium's Drive from Klonoa 1. I had a game save right before the fight with Baladium only so that I could listen to the music... Eventually I began recording the music on audio cassettes via microphone, which sounded horrible. Many years later, I'm here :)

Sonic the Hedgehog. Lol Still some of the catchiest tunes I'll ever hear.

Chrono Trigger was also awesome along with FFVII in my earlier days of game music.

Lots of game music discussions going on right now. Anyway for me it was Baladium's Drive from Klonoa 1. I had a game save right before the fight with Baladium only so that I could listen to the music... Eventually I began recording the music on audio cassettes via microphone, which sounded horrible. Many years later, I'm here :)

^Dedication defined:)

chrono trigger ST threw me into the whole vid game music trend.

Turrican 2 was the one that did it for me. The tunes were and still are quite catchy and epic, and I like the way how Chris H�lsbeck managed to make the most out of his synthesizers sound-wise. :)

The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, Duke Nukem 3D (I only liked about four tracks), and Final Fantasy VII.

The Legend of Zelda is the only one I still listen to nowadays. (mostly from the first Orchestral Game Concert album)

Metal Gear Solid 2 main theme. ^_^

Extreme Assault, Tunnel B1 (Chris Huelsbeck) Tunnel B1 for the most part.I lost my TB1 CD but guess where i got it in mp3 files from ;D?

The first game that got me into game music? Medievil for the PS1, that was one awesome soundtrack (sounded kinda like Danny Elfman's music) and it added humor to the game, while still fitting in to the style.. SIR DANIEL FORTESQUE ALL THE WAY!

Honestly, it was probably Super Mario World. I've always loved the music from that game, and it really made me listen to music in other games as well.

The original Super Mario Bros and Street Fighter 2.

Pretty much a combination of everything I grew up playing. So yeah, I figure nothing but Streets of Rage, Mega Man/Mega Man X, Street Fighter II and whatever SNK fighters as a kid will turn anybody on to video game music.

Even though I had played some games with pretty good soundtracks before it, I think the first one that had a really strong effect on me was Lufia 1's. Definitely had the most memorable songs I had ever heard in a game before.

Chrono Trigger

Sonic 3 and Knuckles was the one that started it all.

Sonic CD & Street Fighter II SNES.

hmm... I'm not really sure. I've just like, loved video game music for forever. XD;; though prolly something like Yoshi's Island or Super Mario World. :3

it took me till i played Ace Combat 5 that i realised that i wanted VG music.. and my library continues to grow to this day.

Tomb Raider I.

I wouldn't say hooked, but it was the first gaming music I was into:

NES - Blaster Master

All the Crash Bandicoot game soundtracks made me enjoy ! That's what I decided to research them around the web.
But many other OSTs enjoyed me too ! =)

Chakan the forever Man was the one that really got me into any sort of music or music that at them time and even now that I consider just totally awesome. Same goes for future cop lapd but that was way later. I just wish I could figure a was of getting ahold Chakan the forever man or a rip of the music. Christ I wish my sega worked.

Sonic 2 for the good old Mega Drive. Which was by the the the first console I owned.

I would have to say the game that directed me into the music of gaming would be Breath of Fire IV. man that was some rich music and listening to it today brings me back to the days when all i did was, eat go to school and play games for hours.

Id have to say Morrowind, The intro tune is well good to fall asleep to...

I got hooked with FFTA music.

Sonic the Hedgehog pt. I, Street Fighter II, Double Dragon III for NES, Ninja Gaiden I,II, and III, Toe Jam & Earl 2 (LOL!), King of Fighters, tha list just goes on. I luved videogame soundtracks since I was like 4 years old (I'm 18 now). Some weekends, I remember hookin up some speakers and a nice subwoofer to tha headphone port on tha Genesis and going to tha sound test in almost all my games, this was especially nice for Inner Darkside on Shinobi III!

Final Fantasy, probably 10.
Then I just started loving video game music. I find that RPGs tend to have the best soundtracks of any genre.

Ooo! That was when I was like... three years old and first played Megaman 2... Metalman's Stage music caught my ear and since then I tried to keep all melodies of games I liked in my memory.
The only tune I've NEVER forgotten was "Holy Intruder" of Secret of Mana. ^^

I'd liked VG music for a long time but I only really started delving into it when I really wanted the soundtrack for Lagoon for the SNES. For all of the crap that game takes, it had an awesome soundtrack.

The mario soundtrack always got me XD

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun :)

My first console was a Sega Genesis, back in the nineties. The two games that started the nostalgia was The Lion King and Sonic Spinball, which was hella boring at first but became a favorite later on. But I've got to say the one game music that got me hooked, particularly because I listened to it for approximate 75% of my early adolescent life, it for long periods of time, in the car, at night, was that of Pokemon.

I thought it was the sht when the little Pikachu would follow you in Yellow Version! Remember that sht? I remember first playing Yellow version at Walmart and I think somebody pulled a super-ass cheat on the savegame; Weedle, Pidgeoto, Ratatata -- any fcking pokeman you caught -- followed you, like the Pikachu. I speant coutless hours trying to rediscover that cheat, and was very dissapointed when faced with the prospect that I quite possibly dreamed the entire event... But Gold and Silver were the bloody shts big time, in a good way, musicwise.

Sonic the Hedgehog pt. I, Street Fighter II, Double Dragon III for NES, Ninja Gaiden I,II, and III, Toe Jam & Earl 2 (LOL!), King of Fighters, tha list just goes on. I luved videogame soundtracks since I was like 4 years old (I'm 18 now). Some weekends, I remember hookin up some speakers and a nice subwoofer to tha headphone port on tha Genesis and going to tha sound test in almost all my games, this was especially nice for Inner Darkside on Shinobi III!

Yes! Yes! Me too! I hooked two big ghetto-ass three-foot thrift-store speakers to my telly and let that sht play for weeks on end. I guess that's why my genisis don't work now, but the sucker sure as hell held up back then. :smrt:

Bom Chicka Wah Wah!

I dun remember d00d
for sure its ff tho,maybe 7

Legend of Zelda,

then further enforced by Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger

Street Fighter and super valis 4

i remember playing exhumed aka powerslave on saturn because of the soundtrack , but aerith theme brought tears to my eyes...

Castlevania, Metroid, Megaman, Doom, Whole Bunch others thats just a few but every game no matter if it is a really $#!/y game has at least one memorable soundtrack.

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Final Fantasy 1-VIII, Jade Cocoon,Donkey Kong 1-3, and Sonic the Hedgehog. And oh yes, for some reason Mega Man did it for me as well. I was hooked on alot of different video game musics. All of which I consider my first love. ^_^

Megaman 2 Nes Woodamns theme is cool!

Golden Sun was the first one that got me hooked.

It begun with games on NES.

Hitoshi Sakimoto really got me obsessed with video game soundtracks, namely Radiant Silvergun, Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy Tactics.

Phoenix Wright.

Sonic CD japanese ver. & Wipeout 3

Jeremy Soul, in Total Annihilation. God i love those songs :D

Sonic Adventure 2:Battle for he Gamecube got me hooked. I can still sing "Live and Learn" without missing a line.

I've always liked video game music but I think Donky Kong Country got me hooked. You play the Coral Capers theme for anyone and they automatically know what it is. Everyone loves that one.

It was Megaman X for me.

Castlevania for me.

Originally, I had done an "experimental" video game collab for a CD. Since then, I've been listening to VG music... a lot more often.

But, I think I'd have to give credit to Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire. They have some pretty epic/addictive themes (mainly the Aqua-Magma; Groudon-Kyogre-Rayquaza battle themes).

The Legend of Zelda: The Adventures of Link

...and Batman for NES, lol

FFVIII.

Though Turrican 2 might be considered the first time when I have actually recorded the music from my Amiga (tape, anyone?).

Hmmm... what got me into game music... Well I think Pokemon Silver (my first Pokemon game) made me appreciate game music more. Probably because it was also my first RPG (well, actually Earthbound was my first, but I hated it and quit after an hour), and it was the first time I experienced such a slow game. You can just walk around in a city and enjoy the music because you don't need to be on your toes for enemies. I didn't really get into game music until after I played Kingdom Hearts, though. The KH2 OST is my favorite OST ever. I have lots of game OSTs engraved fully into my memory that I can basically listen to in my head.

Oh god that's a toughie. First game soundtrack i feel in luv with was the MegaMan 2 OST, still sum of the bes tunes ever. Then there wuz Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time OST, with the Fairy Fountain theme(one of my faves). But probably the soundtrack that forever got me hooked wuz the Street Fighter Alpha 3 OST, #126 - Simple Rating(best game music EVER!!!!) I listened to that as well as the KH and KH2 OSTs all the time

Oh god that's a toughie. First game soundtrack i feel in luv with was the MegaMan 2 OST, still sum of the bes tunes ever. Then there wuz Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time OST, with the Fairy Fountain theme(one of my faves). But probably the soundtrack that forever got me hooked wuz the Street Fighter Alpha 3 OST, #126 - Simple Rating(best game music EVER!!!!) I listened to that as well as the KH and KH2 OSTs all the time

Final Fantasy VI has my all time favorite OST. Very first video game OST I ever downloaded and still love. No theme on that ost I hate. Made me start to love music from a video game series. I also love the Zelda: LTTP OST, too.

Then I started on with other FFs, such as FF5. I don't know why so many people hate that game's OST. I think its wonderful.

*thinks a very long time*
I remember playing Medal of Honor Allied Assault at my uncle's house, that game was already special for me because I couldn't play it at my own pc..
And the music of that game was just fenomenal, later on I found the OST of the original PSX game and I listened it a whole night long.. damn...that was nice:D

When I first played Final Fantasy VI back when it was called 3 in the US, I found myself begging my mom to buy me the OST that was listed in the flyer included with the game. I also used to hook up my SNES to my stereo and record the music to Street Fighter 2 on tape.

I always thought it was catchy starting with Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario Bros. 3, but FF VIII got me hooked.

I would have to say either Star Fox or Donkey Kong Country at first, then FF VIII. Some great sound tracks right there. Right now I'm listening to FFXII and it's wonderful. Reminds me of FF tactics advance. Great game.

Rygar.

ff 10 had an amazing soundtrack
and so did mgs 2

I freaking love donkey kong country, Especially the factory level music.

Had to be Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. I dunno why. I just got stuck to it.

For me it's a tie between Mario Kart 64 and Banjo-Kazooie.

My penchant for Video Game music entailed the first Video Game I ever played; Super Mario Land for the Game Boy.

And...a couple of years later, I discover myself compiling Video Game music into unofficial albums. It's funny how things develop.

one word SHENMUE!!!!!!

The first game that had me 'hooked' on game music in general has to be Lost Eden for the PC - That game has some incredible music for it!

However, my favourite VGM (and most-listened to) comes from Streets of Rage II. Game music just does not come better than that.

For me it was Final Fantasy music, and I still believe that Nobuo Uematsu is one of the best composers today (well he's tied in first place with John Williams).

it would have to be silent hill 1's theme

I got adicted when I listen the retro games. I loved the music in that time and still love it now. but shining the holy ark and shinig force 3, and castlevania. hum.....good times to remember

I got the ost to FF3 ("Dancing Mad") as a birthday present a long time ago, and I played it so many times...

Actually, before that I was hooked to gaming music thanks to the second verse of the song "The Legend" from the SNES RPG Arcana. The tune was really plaintive and struck at my heart... then when I finally reached the last boss, the music was a blaring upbeat version of that verse. Back before I knew about emulation or ripped music, I used to listen to a MIDI of that last boss theme until my ears fell off - it was such a great song.

For me, it was the sarafan stronghold combat music from "Soul Reaver 2", It was stuck in my head all night long and when i woke up the next day I rushed to the PC and opened it and played it as fast as I could, the music was so inspirational and fit the scene so well it was amazing! One of my favourite tracks till this day.

Suikoden II - walking into Kyaro and hearing Beautiful Morning as one of the best characters ever tackles you. Easily the defining moment of my interests.

Music from Final Fantasy 7
Problally the Prelude.

When I was young, I felt the feeling of FF7 the game changed my life. If it wasn't for FF7 I would have lived completely different.

Nobuo still number 1 for me.

Definitely Ocarina of Time. I used to stop playing so I could hear the songs.

my first love... XENOGEARS!!

What made me into Game music and all that was Final Fantasy X

I never got a console, so of course, my first VGM is from a PC game.
For me it was Test Drive: Offroad (music by Gravity Kills)
It all started with a friend telling me that there are PC games with audio tracks, that can be played on any CD player - I was amazed! :-D

Hmm...Must have been Vandal Hearts 2 soundtrack, I just knew when I heard the opening theme and The Powerless People track that I was hooked forever *__*

I never got a console, so of course, my first VGM is from a PC game.
For me it was Test Drive: Offroad (music by Gravity Kills)
It all started with a friend telling me that there are PC games with audio tracks, that can be played on any CD player - I was amazed! :-D

I remember waiting to pick up my son from school and being bored I popped in the Star Wars "Fighting Game" Tera Kasi or something like that from the PS1 and I was like........ um, the music is ...PLAYING ON MY CD PLAYEEEERR!!!! WOW!! I quickly went home and raped my PS1 collection and almost S'd my pants when Jet Moto 1 played the music too!!

MDK.this soundtrack is very good and the variations of the songs are the best!!!

Well, when I first heard the music for .HACK (forget which one...started with an 'L'....must look it up) I thought it was pretty awesome. And Ergo Proxy's music is pretty cool too... I've always liked game/anime music...^_^;; Never really paid attention to the game it was associated with; just liked the music...lol

Mario Brothers. Till this day I love that games music and diffrent "versions" people come up with. I tell people game music is better then any movie or tv music (most of the time).

I think the first soundtrack I actually bought when they started releasing them (when I found out about them) was the Killer Instinct soundtrack Killer Cuts. Thats when N64 came out. Nintendo right away released various audio cds. Since then it seems companies rarley release game music, they don't see the fortune they could be making. I woudn't download them if they would release soundtracks! If I can't find the soundtrack I am stuck downloading it.

I think one of the first game soundtracks I got was Legend of Mana. It was one of the first games I remember playing that had a vocal track that I actually wanted to find a CD for, and when I saw that there actually was a soundtrack for the game, I had to get it.

Before that, I'd gotten FF9's Melodies of Life on a whim (not knowing it was from FF9), and only a year or so later when I played the game did I realize I'd had and liked the song the whole time. But I guess that doesn't really count because I hadn't realized it was a song from a game at the time.

Mine was the score for Red Alert 1, by Frank Klepacki. I used to play RA1 on my dad's old [old, old old] computer back when I was...well, 7, I guess, and I loved the music more than anything else about the game. [Then RA2 came out and I loved the Armageddon battle tank more than anything else in the world EVER.] It never actually occured to me until I discovered GH that I might actually be able to listen to it again, lol! [Stupid RA1 not working on XP computers...]

I think the game that got me into Soundtracks was Final Fantasy VIII. I remember going through the opening credits to listen to "Overture." When I found out that one of my friends had the soundtrack I begged him to make me a copy. For my birthday last year he gave me the last cd with the track listings and a picture of the Griver Pendent drawn on it. I still listen to it a lot.

I'm currently in love with the FFX soundtrack because I'm playing the game. The Elder Scrolls 3: Oblivion soundtrack is very pretty.

As old and odd as the Sega Touring Car Championship soundtrack is, that was the one soundtrack that got me hooked. The disc I had broke a few months later however, so I couldn't listen to it.

About seven years later, I finally found it and thought : WTF was I on.

However, I still enjoy the Daytona USA (home versions + the arcade sequel mind you) soundtracks.

I think the music that started it all for me is the music of the first stage of Doom: "At Doom's Gate" (E1M1).
Incredible and unforgivable music.. and generally the dark athmospheric music of Doom.

.hack//SIGN and the related tracks to .hack music got me hooked on Video Game music. And all i have is to thank my best friend friend high school for that, lol.

I'd have to go waaaaaay back: Phantasy Star II (I think it was 2, anyway), Shinobi, and Strider for the Sega Genesis. Looking back, I don't know why I liked the music for Phantasy Star II, but Shinobi and Strider both rocked.

M. Bison's theme from Street Fighter II, I think, was the first tune that made me sit up and say, "whoa, what's that?" It was pretty cool, and it suited him (being the last guy in the game).

"Contra Spirits", Megalopolis.

The underrated PS1 Classic

Legend of Dragoon
Best theme song ever

Nestus Dream from Alundra OST, and Baladiums Drive from Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

Dragon Warrior (Quest) I

as for right now Persona 3
and just about all sonic OST they all seem pretty Neat. ^^

Well, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door was the first game I downloaded soundtracks for, so I'll go with that. That, or The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Good stuff.

Spyro the Dragon, it was the first vg i had, i just thought that the music was sweet!

for me, it was ace combat 4 and both god of war cd's. but mainly it was ace combat 4 that really got me hooked.

Final Fantasy 7, Aeris theme, the one music I'll never forget....

Tales of Symphonia. I just had to own the CD, so I bought it. After that I just love listening to music in general. I have around 4x game music than actual music though.

too many to name for me. Off the top of my head, MK 1, 2, 3, KI, Bram Stoker's Dracula opening theme, Super Mario World, TMNT: Turtles In Time, among others

The Neverhood OST is very good and funny too!!!

Honestly, it took a few games to start my VGM music obsession. It was these games that I noticed the excellent music, first, before anything. And here they are in no particular order. There's more, but these come to mind first and foremost.


Darius Gaiden [Saturn]
Thunder Force V [Saturn]
Blast Wind [Saturn]
Dragon Ball Z ~ Hyper Dimension [Super Famicom]
Skies of Arcadia [Dreamcast]
Castlevania ~ Symphony of the Night [PS1]
Mega Turrican [Genesis]
Resident Evil 2 [PS1]

Final Fantasy VIII

Yu-Gi-Oh: Eternal Duelest Soul
Donkey Kong Country
Super Mario 64

Those are just a few. Yes, Yu-Gi-Oh: EDS had some terrific music.

Splinter Cell:Chaos Theory :P

Pretty much every track from Mega Man 3, especially the title theme.

For me, it was the FFX soundtrack, it being my very first video game soundtrack. I even remember the exact song; it was the theme to Besaid that got me instantly hooked.

Sonic The Hedgehog

It was a start.

Sonic was a start for me too. But the first time I realllllllllyyyyy paid attention to a video game's soundtrack was Final Fantasy IV (II on the SNES).

Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version.

I was discouraged about the game at first when my older bro downloaded the ROM many years back. I thought the artwork was too Dragonball-ish and just watched as my brother played the opening sequence.

The first time I heard Peaceful Days was probably my moment of recognition. Even to this day, the Chrono Trigger OSV remains a powerful bookmark in which I discovered VGM.

For me, it was the Chrono Trigger soundtrack! The music sounded so epic and amazingly good for being on the SNES! Ever since, I've been the a huge video game music fanatic! It was both Frog and Magus' themes that drew me in the most.

Megaman 2 was the first soundtrack that made me think VG music could be its own art form. Then Chrono Trigger came out and took it to a whole new level.

For me it was Grandia. The music from that game was in fact a main inspiration in learning to play the piano - so that some day I would eventually be able to play something from that game. And it was all worth it, because I eventually bought the sheet music book, so now I can :D

I suppose other games contributed - Castlevania Bloodlines had a great soundtrack. That probably also sparked an interest (after so much searching I finally found the soundtrack online :p ).

In fact, without these games, I probably wouldn't have any interest in music at all.

warhammer 40000 dawn of war was the beggining of a journey that ended with me buying a terrabyte hdd to sate my desire for annoying aaddictive music that i may never listen to

That would probably be Final Fantasy 6 which had awesome music...followed up by believe it or not; Donkey Kong. And even though I don't per say like 'Silent Hill' the series of games, the music is GREAT! And keeping me addicted - Phoenix Wright!

Final Fantasy IV
Donkey Kong Country
Super Mario World

Those are the three reasons why I'm listening to video game music today.

Xenogears :)

Nemo The Dream Master, Jaws, Friday the 13th and TMNT for NES. That was long ago, I used to bring a tape recorder to my friends house to record the game music.

Some people have mentioned FF VI, which was (and still is, like so many of us say) one of my favorites. Back when I was an absurdly dramatic teenager, running on hormones and caffeine, the Dark World theme seemed like an appropriate song for my life. Oy. Plus, I loved how catchy so much of the music was.

TMNT was an early favorite, too, but carried many bad associations with it because that game was impossible.

I've loved video game music about as long as I can remember. My faves when I was a kid were Sonic 1 & 2, Street Fighter II, Castlevania: Dracula X, Mega Man X, The Revenge of Shinobi, Zelda: OoT, and Streets of Rage, but the games that really got me into listening to the stuff outside of the context of actually playing the game were Super Smash Bros. Melee (by reminding me of all that great Nintendo music I grew up with, as well as introducing me to stuff I hadn't encountered), then Metroid Prime, and then Final Fantasy X.

I've always just been a lurker, but finally i was enticed to post.
I have an obsession with both film and game soundtracks, hell practically have an external hard-drive dedicated to them lol.

But for game music it would probably have been three soundtracks simultaneously that got me into game music as a kid.

Legend of Zelda: a Link to the past - This one is just plagued with great game music, Especially the more subtle tracks like the dungeon music...super simple, but idk it just pulled me in.
Jurassic park on snes - Just the one track, played in the mountain region..used to let grant just sit there for hours to hear the track while i was doing whatever else in my room.
and my all time favorite game soundtrack: Super Metroid - emphasis on the track "Brinstar - red soil & swampy" just loved it, dark and moody.

I suppose it's safe to say that i am a bit of an snes fanboy.
But film and video game music in general is some of, if not the best music out there, it blends so many genres and often times is much more intricate then anything else out there (obviously this wouldn't encompass classical music, but modern game and film music incorporates it so heavily, that it often rivals it).

I'm also a sucker for the Music in the Silent Hill series, Ended up doing my own renditions of about 30 or so tracks from the series total.

I love the Super Metroid soundtrack when playing the game, but I get impatient with the tracks when I'm listening to them by themselves. Anyone else feel that way? Is there anything really interesting going on in this soundtrack (except for maybe "Brinstar")?

I love the Super Metroid soundtrack when playing the game, but I get impatient with the tracks when I'm listening to them by themselves. Anyone else feel that way? Is there anything really interesting going on in this soundtrack (except for maybe "Brinstar")?

well for me it has always made excellent wallpaper music while working, or painting ect. but that is soundtracks for me in general, I usually have a massive list of mixed ost's compiled based on mood...and for darker pieces, that brinstar track always makes the cut.

My first love was The 7th Guest's soundtrack...and it's still giving me goosebumps everytime I listen to it. Even in MIDI format.

Man, that music keeps getting under my skin; so simple, yet so creepy. I just love it :D

I think I became a VGM fan after Saga Frontier 2.

An arcade game called Venture. Less than 20 total seconds of music. But it was, I think, the first video game to really have a musical atmosphere, and we're talking about a time period when I was discovering music as a whole, so...

Elite on the amiga. Super Mario world (Snes). And too many C64 games. Oh and SPYHUNTER

Probably Metroid Prime. I had acknowledged video game music up to the Gamecube/PS2/Xbox generation as decent, but I never really payed that much attention to them until Metroid Prime.

For me the SNES was the first system to really stand out music wise. I always liked the catchy tunes in older games, but the Square RPGs in particular really got me hooked.

Definitely Streets of Rage, That Attack of the Barbarian Theme is an all time fav

It was 1991 - I was young and it sounds great out of my Amiga
everytime I played Lotus 2 and Turrican 2 / easy

I think it was Final Fantasy VIII when it finally hit me. After hearing 'Selphie's Concert 1 (Irish Jig)' and 'Eyes On Me,' that was all it took for me. Now, all I listen to is Square Enix music...and the occasional Zelda albums, if they're any good (TP is OSM!)

Metal Gear Solid for me.

Silent Hill and Legend of Kyrandia, LoK was the first which really made to think of what`s playing, and Silent Hill was a blow-up, I downloaded all OSTs and CSTs of it and listened for months.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

I am definitely into the Monkey Island Theme, I played Monkey Island I, II and IV (because III didn't work on my computer... still trying to fix the problem :P)
and I found out it's free :)

http://www.scummbar.com//resources/downloads/index.php?todo=MP3

Soul Blade and Castlevania Symphony of the Night.

Unlimited Saga and Megaman 8's soundtracks made me into what I am today: A VG music listener that can beat any and everyone at tetris!

An arcade game called Venture. Less than 20 total seconds of music. But it was, I think, the first video game to really have a musical atmosphere, and we're talking about a time period when I was discovering music as a whole, so...

Thanks for being there. I felt so old while reading this thread as I remember recording the musics from my Mattel Intellivion on a tape recorder to listen to them when I couldn't play (Snafu and BurgerTime were among the favorites) =)

Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Time splitters and Doom is all what got me hooked.

I love the FF series. That's why I listen to game music. It just got even better when Kingdom Hearts came out...I can't wait for Utada's next hit song in the next hit game...

Tempest 2000 for Jaguar

Giants Citizen Kabuto and Blazing Star (bought the real cd for 40 bucks..came with a crapload of inlays/song notes).

hmm for me. i think Jet Grind Radio. or. Streets of Rage 2

First track I liked enough to download was for one of the PS2 Ace Combats.

I've loved so much game music over the years that my first VGM love is presently forgotten a sea of playlists past... it was probably something on the Atari or original NES though, knowing me. :love:

I've always been very fond of the music for Zelda series of games and am a big fan of the stuff for Dragon Quest/Warrior, Chrono Trigger/Cross, and Final Fantasy series.

I think that the first OST I began to listen to while not playing, was Total Annihilation - and the fact the cd could be put in my cd-player DID help =) I did sometimes launch the game and put myself in a corner for some musics in some games befores, but with that one, it went to a higher level and never ceased =P

For me it was either, Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy VI. I loved the music in those games.

Super Metroid for me. The first game I wanted the music from. Still love it today.

Mega Man X. Nuff said there..

Journey to Silius for the NES. The isntant I played that game, I was hooked. Definitely one of the best soundtracks for the NES ever.

It was either Rayman or Destruction Derby for PC/PSX

Sonic 3 & Knuckles

man..... i can remember putting my boom box next to the tv just to record game music. i was about 6 or 7 yrs old when i first started that, but the soundtrack that i fell in love with was secret of mana. i had a talk boy that i would use to record the music from the tv. then along came chrono trigger i still listen to them today and im now 28

Old Amiga game Hired Guns. Was hooked from there, amazing!

FFVIII stole my heart right from the get-go....as soon as i heard Balamb Garden theme....thats was it for me.

Mega Man III...and I never went back.

Ace Combat 4

Jet Moto and Rayman. I nearly died when I discovered I could play those in my car radio, straight from the disc!

Sonic 2, first console and the first soundtrack i listen a lot.

Later some genesis games ( lightening force and vectorman are too cool) and more later all the FF games. Except IX, a never played that game.

Final Fantasy VIII. Fisherman's Horizon pwns all of you ;)

Final Fantasy VIII. Fisherman's Horizon pwns all of you ;)

haaaaaahaaaaaaaaa hell ya

it would have to be Final Fantasy X, I loved the end theme.

The first game that actually got me to realise the greatness that could lie in VGM was the music from The Last Ninja on the C64. I was only 11 years old when I played it, but the songs really got stuck in my head. The first time I started listening to VGM outside of the game though was with FFVII like so many others. That got me into playing the piano and checking out other VGM as well as classical music. So long story short... FFVII changed my musical life:)

FInal Fantasy VII OST

i don't know if i knew i was hooked, but the Final Fantasy VII soundtrack really got me more in to VGM. cliche but more so "One Winged-Angel"

uumm,, i think any sad song that's make me think must sacrifice myself,,
sounds funny,, but i love that

Metal Gear Solid was the soundtrack that got me into the whole Video Game Soundtrack scene.

Super Metroid. It has a fantastic SOundtrack. But i�m really hearing Soundtrack since Halo 1 came out.

This may sound a little unusual, but for me the first soundtrack that made me realize that I was hooked to game music would be the "Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess" soundtrack that came with the Nintendo Power subscription last year because it was the first soundtrack I listened to on an mp3 player I tried. Together, this and the mp3 player I tried it on made me realize for the first time that I loved video game music. Afterwards, I bought an mp3 of my own (a PSP system) to quench my musical thirst, and I've been with it every day since.

Chrono Trigger did me in. I try to listen to it once a week.

FF7...That was the first video game soundtrack I bought...

Perfect Dark.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2. I been listening to Video Game Music since I was 4. I cannot play a game if the music sucks. Darkstone and King Quest 8 anyone?

Super paper mario got me interested into downloading paper mario 1 and 2, which got me into zelda music, and eventually into donkey kong.
Anyways, Super paper mario started it all for me.

Little big Adventure 2.. The sound track was on the same cd.. It was nice. I guess.

that was mega man 2

Jet Set Radio on the Dreamcast

I think it was from one of the Monkey Island's on the Amiga.

The original 'Ninja Gaiden' for the NES was the first video game ever to make me crank the volume to a disturbing level while I played it.

There are a few.
Ace Combat 4 and Time Splitters 2 were the ones that hooked me, although goldeneye 007 had some nice one too. I just played the game so much I never thought of looking for the songs. (and even now Ill boot up the N64 with my college buddies and go nuts. good times)
Then again, earliest memory is Super Street Fighter II... Ken and Guile stages.

Killer7.

Oh & some Resident Evil & Jet Set Radio.

& then I found out about Final Fantasy via iTunes...

I'd have to say Final Fantasy VII, since then I've bought almost all of the FF soundtracks and idolize Nobuo Uematsu:-D

I do believe what got me onto VG Music was at first Pok�mon G/S Music. Then Once again with FF VII's a few years later, and what Finalized it was DoLL in DDR SuperNOVA (Not Exactly videogame, but yeah)

Medal of Honor and Medal of Honor: Underground.

Plane Crazy soundtrack would be mine... A shame it was only released on PC

Final Fantasy 7 without an absolute doubt. The entire OST awoken me to VGM.

Banjo-Kazooie, actually. Best Buy gave out the 17-track OST as a preorder bonus. I actually bought the game from EB instead since Best Buy got it a day late, but I kept my shirt and CD from the reservation. Prior to that, I had actually recorded game music using my tape deck, but B-K was the first game I actually owned a true sound recording for. (FFVII was the first import CD I ever bought, though).

Also, to the person who on the first page mentioned Chrono Cross, I had the CD for at least four years prior to owning the game, which in my opinion was mediocre at best (I never bothered to play more than five hours or so of it). I still listen to the music very frequently, but you made me think of that when I read your post.

The first music I can remember is Megaman legends 2. I used to record it and scenes on vhs and cassette tapes. But with a new computer I started anew with the xenosaga soundtracks. Tear jerking songs in there.

Sonic 2 flagged my interest but Perfect Dark is when it really caught on.

This may sound rather low-brow but for me the Jet Moto 1 s/t back in 96-97 was IT for me! I
loved DKCountry quite a bit but not so much as to look for ways to hear it out of the game)... so when I realized I could
play PSx discs (some of them) in my car cd player I almost ***t my pants:) Yea. The Jet Moto series propelled me here. Sadly I
rarely ever hear anyone talk about it.

What was your first love?

The Bold part. It was the Donkey Kong Country Trilogy Soundtrack Series 1, 2, & 3 which is what I was hooked onto.:)

I hate to sound cliche but.... Final Fantasy VII.... although i could technically say FF VIII lol

Definately it was Sonic The Hedgehog 1,2,3 and Monkey Island 1 (PC) I used to put the CD in my PC and listen to the music. It took the Minibosses Brass to get me to start really listening to VG music

For me, definitely was Megaman X3 who got me into listening games music.

It was probably the very first Tomb Raider. I was so excited when I discovered I could play the game disc in a CD player, and I promptly set about recording the CD to a cassette. (I did the same with all the other PSX discs that would actually work in a CD player.)

For me, I would have to say the original Super Mario Bros. Overworld theme and the Invincibility theme got me started, got me humming it for weeks! Next up was that Miniboss theme from Sonic 3 and that's when I know for sure I got hooked!

The very first game inwhich i loved VG music was the best game that hardly made it..Albert Odessy!
anyone?
OH! and Burning Rangers!!!
2 Classics!!
I know someone agrees! RIGHT!?!?!?!

Yeah, definitely the Super Mario stuff. Especially some in Super Mario 3. Anyone ever play The Longest Journey? I liked the soundtrack from that one. Also works from Bjorn Lynn (Worms).

The One...
It would be the landing from Final Fantasy 8.
first, and best FF ever made :D

Oh, and Goldeneye, amirite

FF8 and Xenogears...
No other..

FF8 and Xenogears...
No other..

agreed on ff8...

Hm.. guess it was Final Fantasy 7 ^^

Sonic 1 - 3.

For me it was Metal Gear Solid 2!!

Megaman 2 (NES), released in 1988, I was only 4-5 years old (born 1984) when I played it but I did hum the tunes every now and then.

Twisted Metal 2 (PSX), released in 1996, really cool soundtrack and an enjoyable game.

Final Fantasy 7 (PSX), need a description here? Don't think so. Got it when I had just turned 13 years old. A very important thing in my life and childhood. Amazing memories and it's just perfection.

Deus Ex (PC), amazing game and story. Soundtrack is very inspirational as well.

Sonic The Hedgehog and Turrican 2. Still amazing soundtracks

The Metal Gear Solid (Playstation 1), Final Fantasy VII, and the original Soul-Blade soundtracks were my first video game OST favorites.

Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy 3. (Yes, 3.)

Since I was a kid with the original NES and genesis. Then I remember getting soundtracks for games like seceret of evermore and final fantasy chronicles, FF3, Killer Instinct killer cuts and stuff like that. I also remember buying Donkey Kong Country and rare sent me a soundtrack in the mail which I never purchsed or requested.

Illusion of Gaia.. the song "Legacy of the Ancients". Hands down, no doubt about it. It plays at a pivotal point in the game, and.. it's just amazing.

Dude, David Wise's Donkey Kong music. I was hooked on "Stickerbrush Symphony." I remember pausing my game just to listen to it.

The Gran Turismo Soundtracks. :)

My first I would have to Say MegaMan 2

For me it was Darius Gaiden.

Secret of Mana

The original Game and Watch gallery. When I was 6 I used to come up with lyrics to the tunes, and it'd drive my parents nuts during a car trip.

I think my first video game soundtrack was Parasite Eve 2 and I just fell in love with video game music since ^^!

Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon for the 64 <3

Call of duty 4 Extracted from the disk soundtrack :D

I knew I was addicted to this shit when I started listening to the Megaman and Sonic series' games...

30 GB of this stuff later, and at 20 years old, I've been dedicated to this type of music ever since, besides Techno, Jazz, Rock, Metal, Gospel, and R&B...

Commander Keen.

When I heard One-winged-angel from Final Fantasy VII

Mario Sunshine

As a kid, Super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt.

As a fan, it's a tie between Super Metroid, Sonic the Hedgehog 2/3/Knuckles, and Donkey Kong Country.

Since then, I've garnered a few 'all-time' favorites: Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VI, Pokemon Red/Blue, Pokemon Gold/Silver, Final Fantasy VII, FF VIII, Tales of Phantasia... the list is too long to really delve into I guess.

Bust A Groove (AKA Bust A Move in Japan)...and i still didnt kno they had an Original Sound track XDD

Damn, that's a good question there. I can barely remember what video game that got me hooked to video games.. Hmm, must be Homeworld or Zelda... Maybe Unreal Tournament can't really remember. :(

Lightening Force (aka Thunderforce IV) back in my halcyon Genesis days. STILL probably one of my top 10 fav game soundtracks, and still my favorite horizontal shmup.

besides Techno, Jazz, Rock, Metal, Gospel, and R&B...

It's good to be eclectic :-D

*points at various Megaman games* Was probably Megaman 4 that totally got me hooked on game music . . . but if it wasn't that, it was either Sonic 3 or Phantasy Star IV. Chiptunes for the win, baby!

The music of Final Fantasy largely did it for me. Uematsu is a genius.

lol i never really bothered, i felt gutted though when i sold my snes and the games back in 95 for a used PSX. Now since i got a snes and a load of my old games back (good ole Ebay) listening to the music brings back memories.
And the music is really good being honest, thinking about it the snes (for me) has some of the best in game soundtracks.

Recent Games between PS1 AND 3 i find the final fantasy series and Metal Gear Solid Series have some decent tracks (well from metal gear solid 2).

If i went through my games i might suggest more, but it seems to be the snes that had the most and best.

Langrisser , the whole series

For me it was Rob Hubbards loading screen music from Commodore 64 games

I was a Nintendo kid...sooo the music from the NES Metroid and Zelda pretty much did it for me from like 11 years ago lol

For me it was Sonic Triple Trouble on the Game Gear.

I remember fighting the second level train boss and hearing that haunting melody chime in.

Anyone else remember that?

Nights into Dreams OST for me.

Generally, the Final Fantasy series of their OST.

well disgaea has some catchy tunes but i like the old megaman series 1-6 w/e
FF series and can't really think of anything else i really like.

Oh, definitely Chrono Chross. I'd enjoyed some catchy tunes before that, say with Mario and Final Fantasy but that was the first time I ever really stopped to listen. It wasn't just good, it actually moved me.

It was the first game OST I ever bought, actually the first one I ever looked for. So if it weren't for that game I might not be quite as into game music as I would have been. I might have gone on thinking that game soundtracks didn't even exist.

Chrono Trigger, Okami, Sonic, Devil May Cry and the original Mario Bros. also receive an honorable mention in the 'Rock My Socks" category.