RPG music

I’m working on two massive playlists of RPG music that I feel has an "RPG sound" to it, one "chippy" and the other not, and I’m looking for some that I maybe haven’t heard yet or have forgotten about. Here’s the albums/games with music included in the playlists, to give you an idea of what I’m looking for:

Chip:
Breath of Fire series (http://vgmdb.net/album/926) (also in non-chip)
Chrono Trigger SNES (http://vgmdb.net/album/18)
Dragon Warrior 1-3 NES and SNES
Mother
Earthbound
Energy Breaker (http://vgmdb.net/album/3651)
Lufia 1-3 (http://vgmdb.net/album/3061)
Final Fantasy 1 and 2 NES (http://vgmdb.net/album/41)
Final Fantasy MSX 2
Final Fantasy 3 NES (http://vgmdb.net/album/27)
Final Fantasy 4 SNES (http://vgmdb.net/album/38931)
Final Fantasy 5 SNES (http://vgmdb.net/album/39568)
Final Fantasy 6 SNES (http://vgmdb.net/album/40154)
Final Fantasy MQ (http://vgmdb.net/album/1229)
Gun Hazard (http://vgmdb.net/album/2681)
Illusion of Gaia
Landstalker
Live A Live (http://vgmdb.net/album/19818)
Lunar Eternal Blue PCM
Phantasy Star 1-4 (http://vgmdb.net/album/7010)
SaGa series (http://vgmdb.net/album/13462) (also in non-chip)
Secret of Evermore (http://vgmdb.net/album/882)
Mana series (http://vgmdb.net/album/26348) (also in non-chip)
Shin Megami Tensei SNES
Shin Megami Tensei 2 SNES
Shin Megami Tensei If…
Shining Force II
Shining in the Darkness
Sword of Vermillion
Tales of Phantasia (http://vgmdb.net/album/53313) (also in non-chip)
Terranigma (http://vgmdb.net/album/1920)
Ys (http://vgmdb.net/album/1280)
Ys 3 Genesis/Megadrive
Ys 4 SNES
Ys 5 SNES
The 7th Saga

Non-chip:
Atelier Escha & Logy (http://vgmdb.net/album/38557)
Chrono Cross (http://vgmdb.net/album/3383)
Final Fantasy 7 (http://vgmdb.net/album/3407)
Final Fantasy 8 (http://vgmdb.net/album/3384)
Final Fantasy 9 (http://vgmdb.net/album/7)
Final Fantasy 10 (http://vgmdb.net/album/8)
Final Fantasy 13 (http://vgmdb.net/album/15980)
Final Fantasy 14: Before Meteor
Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (http://vgmdb.net/album/1857)
Genso Suikoden (http://vgmdb.net/album/916)
Genso (http://vgmdb.net/album/2953) Suikoden 2 (http://vgmdb.net/album/2952)
Genso Suikoden 4 (http://vgmdb.net/album/682)
Genso Suikoden 5 (http://vgmdb.net/album/920)
Kingdom Hearts (http://vgmdb.net/album/373)
Kingdom Hearts 2 (http://vgmdb.net/album/301)
Legend of Dragoon (http://vgmdb.net/album/757)
Lunar 2 (http://vgmdb.net/album/257)
Lunar 2 Saturn
Lunar 2 PSX (http://vgmdb.net/album/259)
Puppet Theatre / Eternal Eyes (http://vgmdb.net/album/11876)
Record of Agarest War (http://vgmdb.net/album/5291)
Star Ocean OST (http://vgmdb.net/album/116)
Tales of Phantasia OST (http://vgmdb.net/album/1075)
Xenogears (http://vgmdb.net/album/48)
Xenosaga (http://vgmdb.net/album/1799)
Ys 7 (http://vgmdb.net/album/15682)
Ys 1&2 Chronicles (http://vgmdb.net/album/15684)
Ys 3 TG-16 CD audio

Any other suggestions?

I already see a few I’m missing (like the Final Fantasy remakes), but I haven’t gotten to those yet. 🙂

I guess this could also serve as another "recommendations" thread, if we’re doing game genres. (I’d also like to do another thread like this for shooters, if there isn’t one already.)

Lots of worthy ones not on there yet, but I’ll start with the SNES since that’s one of my favorites consoles.

Bahamut Lagoon
Brain Lord
E.V.O.: Search for Eden
Front Mission
Lufia & the Fortress of Doom
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Mystic Ark
Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
Robotrek
Soul Blazer
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Tactics Ogre
Treasure Hunter G

I’ve already suggested you Rebus, over at VGMdb (glad you found tracks you enjoyed in that one)… Maybe you can find stuff to enjoy also within Wild ARMs and La Pucelle: Tactics, but it’s been a while since I’ve listened to their music, personally, I offer my apologies in advance, in case they don’t work.

Well, what I’d like to do one day is turn other similar playlists I have into a sort of VGM radio station or podcast or whatever works these days. I really want to broaden my horizons on how an RPG actually -did- sound in whatever era, as well as having a very strong "RPG feel" to them and give the station a "sound", you know? So if that helps anyone with ideas, keep adding them and I’ll keep listening and adding. 😀

arthurgolden: I’ve actually added a few of your ideas already (Mystic Ark, the Lufias, a few others) and hope to listen to more some time tonight.

Leon Scott Kennedy: Rebus was just the kind of thing I was looking for. I recently discovered Shining Wind has some great "RPG sound" to it. I was actually wondering how no one had suggested Wild Arms yet, honestly. (I certainly see it all over the place in vgm places.)

For non-bittunes, i would add: Heroes of Might & Might 3 and 5, the various World of Warcraft soundtracks, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, Warhammer 40K Space Marine, Shadow of the Colossus, Darkest Dungeon, Lara Croft & Temple Osiris, Odin Sphere Leiftrasir, land of Lore 2, God eater, Lair, Diablo 2,

Well, what I’d like to do one day is turn other similar playlists I have into a sort of VGM radio station or podcast or whatever works these days. I really want to broaden my horizons on how an RPG actually -did- sound in whatever era, as well as having a very strong "RPG feel" to them and give the station a "sound", you know?

This^ sort of thing would be amazing. I remember searching for VGM podcasts and found nothing of quality. I also whole-heartedly second adding the Super Mario RPG OST… 🙂

RuneScape.
I know there’s over 1,000 tracks but I have no idea how I’m going to acquire them in any chronological-ish order.

Freaks me out!